Flash firmware on HTC Magic (HTC Sapphire)
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How to flash HTC Magic (HTC Sapphire)?
Why reinstall the firmware?
Errors in the Android OS start to appear regularly.
Some applications do not open, reinstalling which does not lead to a positive result.
Some applications from the Play Market do not start.
The phone restarts or shuts down by itself.
The phone began to slow down a lot.
You want to update the firmware, as it does not suit you in terms of functionality.
Where can I find the firmware?
On the website of your phone manufacturer.
On certain sites where developers post custom or official OS.
What should be done before installing the firmware?
Create a backup copy of all personal information: contacts, photos and transfer it to another computer.
Insert your SD card into your phone. An SD card is needed to write firmware to it.
Find information about your smartphone model.
Fully charge your device.
Find and download the archive with Firmware. And place it on the SD card.
Installing TWRP Recovery
Download the Official TWRP App to your phone from the Play Market. And install this app.
When you start the application for the first time, you need to give consent to future manipulations, as well as to give consent to granting the application Superuser rights and click the 'OK' button.
On the next screen, you need to select the 'TWRP FLASH' item and give the application root-rights.
On the main screen of the application, click 'Select Device', and find your phone model.
After selecting a phone, the application will direct the user to a web page to download the modified recovery environment image file. Download the proposed *.img file.
After downloading the image file, return to the main screen of the Official TWRP App and press the 'Select a file to flash' button. Then we tell the program the path where the file loaded in the previous step is located.
Now press the 'FLASH TO RECOVERY' button and confirm your choice, press 'OK'.
When the message 'Flash Completed Succsessfuly!' appears. Click 'OK'. The TWRP installation procedure can be considered complete.
Transfer the necessary files to the SD card. Using a PC or laptop card reader.
Insert a SD memory card into the phone.
To reboot into recovery, you need to enter the menu accessible by pressing the button with three stripes in the upper left corner of the main screen of the application. Select the 'Reboot' item, and then click on the 'REBOOT RECOVERY' button. The phone will reboot into the recovery environment automatically..
Firmware via TWRP
Before flashing, you need to delete all user data from the phone, this will avoid errors in the software, as well as other problems. Press 'WIPE' on the home screen.
Now you can start flashing. Click the 'Install' button.
The file selection screen is displayed. At the very top is the 'Storage' button, which allows you to switch between types of memory.
Select the location where you copied the files. Press the OK button.
Select the firmware file and click on it. A screen opens with a warning about possible negative consequences, you need to check the item 'Zip signature verification', which will avoid using damaged files during recording.
The procedure for flashing the phone will begin, this is accompanied by the appearance of inscriptions in the log field and the movement of the progress bar.
When the procedure for installing the firmware is completed, the message 'Successful' appears on the screen.
Summary: Design: Classic; SIM cards standard: Mini Sim - Regular; GSM: 850 900 1800 1900; UMTS: 2100; HSDPA: 900 2100; Dimensions (H/L/W): 113 x 55.6 x 13.7 mm, vol. 89 cm³; Display: TFTColor (65K) 320x480px (3.2") 180ppi; Touch screen: yes; Weight: 116 g; Time GSM (talk/stand-by): 7.5 / 400 hrs. (16.7d); Time UMTS (talk/stand-by): 6.7 / 660 hrs. (27.5d); Battery: Li-Ion 1340 mAh; Built-in memory: 192.0 MB; Memory card: MicroSD max. 8 GB; Operating system: Android; Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7201A; CPU 1 frequency: 528.0 MHz; GPRS: Class 10; EDGE: Class 10; HSDPA: 7,2 Mb/s; HSUPA speed: 2 Mb/s; HSCSD: yes; Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g; Bluetooth: 2.0; USB: 2.0; IrDA: no; WAP: 2.0; X ...
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