The HTC Magic won’t be out in the UK until April, but anyone desperate to take a closer look need only read the PDF document linked below. Via a Leak to the XDA Developers Forum is a copy of the service manual for the HTC Sapphire – HTC’s internal codename for the HTC Magic.
The HTC Magic service manual is full of pictures of the new Android phone’s internals, all laid out for your viewing pleasure.
As well as an almost gynaecological level of photographic detail, the manual is full of intriguing directions that range from the suggestive (“Insert vibrator as shown”) to the downright surreal (“Place the LCM module into the oven by 60 degrees and 5 minutes.”)
Hopefully, this should give any hobbyist HTC Magic developers a leg up and result in some interesting modifications once the phone is in general circulation. This is still worth a look even if talk of Main Board Leakage Current Tests leaves you cold – if only to see what a modern smartphone looks like on the inside without having to smash it with a brick.
Available now | £free | XDA Forum
