HTC Magic with OpenEclair: Factory reset doesn't work!

today I got an old HTC Magic phone with OpenEclair (Android 2.1-update) installed on it. Unfortunately there is still the Gmail account of another person linked with it, which I'd like to remove. However, for doing so, you need to do a "factory reset" on the phone. So did I, the phone rebooted, but the data (apps, settings and the account) was still there. Nothing had been removed! Anyone has an idea what could be the problem and how to …
Category: Android

How to upgrade an HTC Magic (32B DEV) from Android 1.5 to latest Android?

Last year I got a free Android phone at a Google event, and I would like to upgrade it to the latest Android version (probably with Cyanogen). What is the quickest/safest way to do the upgrade? It is a developer phone, so: The Cyanogen instructions do not mention my phone. I have no data plan, but the above instructions say "data plan required" (workaround) HTC Magic, Model Number GDDJ-09, Build CDB56, Android 1.5, details: SAPPHIRE EVT1 32B DEV S-ON G …
Category: Android

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