***HTC Magic Thread***

Well new screen arrived... but without the digitizer... which it turns out is the bit I need! Doh! So sending that back for a refund. Good news is the digitizer is only £30, saving £20 on the screen... bad news is it is only available from Hong Kong :(

Oh well, order placed, could still use my Magic just without the touch screen ability... tempted as the Nokia 3510i is starting to get annoying!
 
mrk said:
You should do a dramatic video reconstruction of how it got damaged :p
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Well I'd need to go back to the driving range, trying to be clever, looking at my phone whilst holding a golf club under my arm, putting my glove on and talking to my mate all at the same time. Plus I had a plaster on my finger which made the case VERY slippy (as has already been said)!

Picture of screen and digitizer separate to follow.
 
ElliorR said:
If I dropped my Magic and smashed the screen like that, I'm sure I'd actually cry.
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I did quite well... I certainly smashed some golf balls after I dropped it!!

I was quite calm, it still worked so I went straight to ebay to see how much a new screen would be. Once I saw it was £50 I felt a bit better. But as it will be at least another week until the digitizer arrives i'm a little but more upset now.

But at least it still works! I was thinking I might have to buy a new one... and @ £300 I wouldn't be happy then. Might as well go for a newer phone if I was going to do that.
 
mrk said:
Well get on with it then chop chop!
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Here you go...

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Will need to make sure the screen is nice and clean before sealing the digitizer over the top. Noticed on ebay you can get brand new Magic shells for about £20, available in white and black.
 
Those fingerprints on your screen in that picture are doing my head in as no matter how hard I wipe my monitor I can't remove them. This is the one thing I hate about touch screens, I hate seeing fingerprints on anything. Except crime scenes.
 
Yarp. :)

Any tips on how to root? :p Going to try Cyanogen's mod later on. :cool:

I must say I've been impressed with how responsive the Magic feels on the stock ROM so if cyanogen's mod is faster/smoother then :eek:
 
My sister was impressed with mine and that's saying something because she was boasting about the Samsung Jet and how amazing it was until I shoved an Android in her clutches!

The best routing method should be in #1 post of Cyan's thread :)
 
Finally you got one. You were talking about getting one before I even knew OCUK had a mobile phone forum.

Is yours running 1.5 cupcake or 1.6 Donut? If 1.5 then the way I rooted mine, as I described some pages back, would still be valid. If it's 1.6 then it's not.

There are guides on how to take a 1.6 Magic back to 1.5 then root it (or something like that) on the XDA forums and once I wake up, and get over the shock of you finally getting this phone you were lusting after even before I knew I wanted to lust after it (and I've had mine some 4 months), I shall try and find them/it.

Welcome to the club.
 
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