I've an HTC Magic on Vodafone in the UK, it is running Android 1.6 as standard. I'm currently halfway throught an 18 month contract and find the phone quite laggy at times and nowhere near as smooth as my Girlfriend's iPhone 3GS. I've recently read with interest that Froyo 2.2 may be released on the Magic. A friend has recently bought an HTC Desire running 2.1 and it feels very smooth and gives the impression of being on a level playing field as the iPhone in the performance stakes.
While I await patiently for news of a release date of 2.2 for my device I have been looking into installing a third party ROM such as CyanogenMod 6 to improve perforance. However I do have a few questions, if I may...
Would a third party upgrade to CyanogenMod 6 give me a marked improvement in performance, as seen on the Desire?
Would I then be able to upgrade to an official release of Froyo 2.2 should it be made available for my device?
And finally, regarding the 'flashing' process. I've read that the first step is to unlock the device by acquiring the relevant code from Vodafone and then to root the device. Is the unlocking neccessary or does the rooting process take care of this inclusively?
While I await patiently for news of a release date of 2.2 for my device I have been looking into installing a third party ROM such as CyanogenMod 6 to improve perforance. However I do have a few questions, if I may...
Would a third party upgrade to CyanogenMod 6 give me a marked improvement in performance, as seen on the Desire?
Would I then be able to upgrade to an official release of Froyo 2.2 should it be made available for my device?
And finally, regarding the 'flashing' process. I've read that the first step is to unlock the device by acquiring the relevant code from Vodafone and then to root the device. Is the unlocking neccessary or does the rooting process take care of this inclusively?
