A new user experience comes via ROM Version 3.05.401.3

Jan 29, 2010 14:57 GMT  ·  By

Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC released on Thursday a new ROM upgrade for one of its highly-popular handsets on the market, the HTC Magic. The new software solution now available on the company's website under the form of ROM Version 3.05.401.3 is set to deliver to Magic users a feature that was promised long ago, namely the HTC Sense.

“This ROM Upgrade for your HTC Magic will let you experience HTC Sense on your phone. HTC Sense lets you create a phone just right for you. You can customize your experience to be any way you like. Discover intuitive experiences that make everything you do on your phone effortless and delightful,” the handset vendor describes the new ROM upgrade.

According to the company, the upgrade will be made in two different steps, and users should read carefully the installation instructions it provides so as to make sure that all goes according to plan. During the first step of the process, a number of three programs will be updated (“At the end of this step the screen will show “Boot-Fail” about 5 seconds, and this is the normal scenario, please let the Magic keep running to second step,” HTC notes), while the second step will upgrade 5 programs (“it will spend around 10 minutes for the whole upgrade process,” says the company).

At the same time, the mobile phone maker also notes that the ROM upgrade for HTC Magic is delivered as a generic software update, meaning that any settings or applications delivered by a carrier will be lost after the process. Those interested in installing Sense on their HTC Magic device should also strongly consider backing up all data on the phone prior to proceeding with the update, so that no important files or info will be lost.

All the necessary instructions on how to install the new ROM upgrade for the Android-based HTC Magic can be found on HTC's support page. The software solution is also available for download from the handset vendor, so head over to its website to learn more.