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Old 05-10-2009, 10:02 PM
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hello,is it possible to have root access on the new magic running 1.5 firmware?
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

Probably? In the same way g1's get it? Anyone know?
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

Did you check xda? google xda forum and search for magic. I know there is an area for it, but I haven't really checked it out yet, so I don't know how well it works...
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

there's know hard keyboard so recovery mode wouldnt work the same way.
but i dont think any one has designed a new one.
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

Root access on this phone is not available at this time.
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

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Root access on this phone is not available at this time.
Well, it you root it once.. you'll root it again it's only a matter of time.
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I´ve got one magic. How ca I check it?

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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

go to phandroid.com there's a post on how you can root your magic.
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Rooting the Magic/Sapphire

First of all, everyone owes Haykuro a great big thanks for working on this and helping create the solution without even owning a magic. The following is his method just reworded slightly.

  1. To gain root access on your HTC Magic/Sapphire you will need to download the magic-root-boot.img zip file and unzip it so that you have boot-new.img in a location you can find.
  2. On your device, enter the bootloader by trying one of the following
    • Turn off your device and while it is off hold down back while you press power.
    • Turn off your device and while it is off hold down volume down while pressing power
  3. Make sure your usb cable is inserted and you have Fastboot installed and ready to use.
  4. Type the following commands on your desktop (not on the device):
    • fastboot boot boot-new.img (the .img file you downloaded needs to be in the same directory as fastboot)
  5. wait for the following to flash and the phone to reboot:
    • downloading 'boot-new.img'... OKAY
    • booting... OKAY
  6. make sure you have ADB installed and run the following commands from your desktop (not on the device):
    • adb push boot-new.img /sdcard/boot-new.img
    • adb shell flash_image boot /sdcard/boot-new.img
  7. Download haykuros modified magic recovery, unzip it and run the following commands on your desktop:
    • adb push recovery-new.img /sdcard/recovery-new.img
    • adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-new.img
This gives you a modified boot and recovery which lets you have access to root and to flashing modified update.zip roms from the recovery.
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Default Re: HTC MAGIC root access

do you have the source link for that crazy? i want to include it in my faq.
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