[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] outofmydepth:
attempting this from zero experience (maybe not such a good idea)

i'm wanting to put the cursorSense32a rom onto my Magic but as yet my phone is un-rooted. This seems like a large task to undergo so first i wanted to get some confirmation that i'm heading in the right direction. i've been trying to do my research but the information seems to be all over these forums and there isn't any up to date tutorials that work from start to finish.

my boot screen reads:

HBOOT (My phone as it stands):

SAPPHIRE PVT 32A SHIP S-ON H

HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000)

CPLD-12

RADIO-3.22.20.17

May 8 2009, 21:02:32

and these are the steps that i am expecting to undertake to root my phone and make a back up before i can do anything that you have mentioned in this thread.

Step 1.

One click root

taken from: theunlockr.com/2009/08/29/how-to-root-the-htc-magic-in-one-click/

download flashrec.apk

put flashrec on sd card as well as chosen recovery image (recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.1H.img* ?)

navigate to flashrec through the phone and have it execute the recovery image saved on the sd.

Once finished turn off the phone

Turn on to RA recovery (home and power at the same time) and check it has been installed.

Step 2. an engineering SPL or HardSPL (required to use FASTBOOT??)

taken from: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=529019

download an engineering SPL eg. Engineering SPL 1.33.2005*-

1.Boot in fastboot mode

Code:

fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0.G.img or fastboot boot recovery-RAv1.2.0.H.img

– where do I type this code?

2.Wait a while

3.Choose Apply sdcard:choose zip and select the required SPL update

4.Press the GREEN key once the update is done

5.Press HOME + BACK to reboot

Step 3. Getting my nandroid backup file (nandroid is included on the recovery image?)

taken from: androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/adb-fastboot-for-rookies-18124/ - old, old post for g1 (possibly not applicable for the magic?)

Download the sdk files (developer.android.com/sdk/dow...ows-1.5_r2.zip) unzip it and copy the contents of the folder named “tools” to a folder called 'android' that I create.

Download FASTBOOT (android-roms.googlecode.com/f...boot-win32.zip) copy the FASTBOOT file to the same folder

install fastboot drivers to windows (Drivers are included in sdk download); make sure phone is in debug mode, plug the phone into my computer and point the “new hardware found” dialog to the drivers. - alternatively install drivers through device manager.

With phone still connected to the computer open a command prompt in windows, navigate to the android folder I created and type 'adb remount', after it is successfully mounted type “adb shell”.

if all is well disconnect phone from pc, turn off and then turn the phone back on into recovery mode (pressing power and home buttons) i'm assuming there will be an option to perform a nanroid backup of my phone which will be saved onto the sd. Run nandroid and back up the files onto my hard drive.

It is my understanding that it is only necesarry to have FASTBOOT sorted out on my computer when I want to restore the image of my phone at the time it was backed up.
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please let me know if i am seriously misguided. any advice would be of help.

thanks a million.