How to determine if you have 32A or 32B

While all Dream/G1 handsets are 32B, HTC Magics come in two flavors of motherboard, 32B (same RAM as G1/Dream) and 32A (288MB total, ~192 available to system). Most 32A Magics (along with Rogers Dream) use an 'EBI1' 3.x.x.x radio and need the 32A/EBI1 kernel.

Is mine PVT32A or PVT32B?

1. Power off the device (long press the [Power Button/End Call] button on the device and select 'Power Off' on the menu).
2. Hold down the [Back] button and press the [Power/End] button to restart the device. If that doesn't work, try holding down the [Call] button and press the [Power/End] button).
3. You should now see a screen with three little Androids on skateboards (or a rainbow screen), and parameters at the very top, e.g.

   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

4. The key parts of this are

   • PVT 32A — indicates which type of handset, A or B (see hardware listings below)
   • HBOOT-1.33.0009 (SAPP10000) — HBOOT indicates which SPL version is installed

5. Push [Call], [End] and [Menu] all at once to reboot again.

What's the difference?

While the PVT32A and PVT32B handsets share the same looks and many common elements, there are a few key differences internally, which is why they need different ROMs.

• PVT32A handsets have 288MB total RAM (192MB usable by OS [same as HTC Hero handsets]) and use the Qualcomm MSM7200A CPU.
• PVT32B handsets have 192MB total RAM (96MB usable by OS) and use the Qualcomm MSM7201A CPU.

Hardware Listing

PVT32A handsets:

• Austria Drei HTC Magic (Black)
• Belgium Proximus handsets
• Canada Rogers HTC Magic handsets
• Czech Vodafone handsets
• Hong Kong Vodafone handsets
• India Airtel handsets
• Italian TIM HTC Magic
• Norway
• Orange Poland handsets
• Portuguese TMN HTC Magic
• Polish Orange HTC Magic
• Romanian Vodafone handsets
• Three(3) Australia, Austria, Sweden and Denmark handsets
• Singapore HTC handsets
• Some Rogers HTC handsets
• Switzerland Sunrise handsets
• Serbian VIPMOBILE HTC Magic
• Saudi TeleCom HTC Magic
• South African Vodacom HTC Magic
• Taiwan ChungWha/Hami handsets
• UAE Etisalat HTC Magic
• US T-Mobile MyTouch3G (3.5mm jack/'Fender edition'/'Magic 1.2') handsets

NOTE The board is 32A, but the radio is EBI0 and the touchscreen is different than other 32A or 32B devices. These models are supported by CyanogenMod 5.0.7-DS and later without the EBI1/32A kernel.

• Venezuelan Movilnet HTC Magic

PVT32B handsets:

• Google ION and MyTouch 3G (no headset jack) handsets
• Most Vodafone and 'Google branded' handsets (Hong Kong Vodafone handsets seem to be the exception here and are PVT32A)
• Vodafone Australia handsets
• Vodafone Germany handsets
• Japan NTTDoCoMo handsets
• France Orange/SFR handsets
• Some Rogers HTC handsets
• Switzerland Swisscom handsets
• Some Singapore HTC handsets (Oceania models may show DREA110 PVT 32B)
• Netherlands Vodafone Magic handsets
• Italy Vodafone HTC handsets
• Spain Vodafone HTC Magic "by Google"
• New Zealand HTC Magic (Vodafone)