SOC!?
Shit... So much for this then as this Magician has a BGA chip:
HTC Magician upgraded from 64MB-128MB RAM
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~HTC_Magician-280~area~upgrades~action~updateunit.htm
Yes this is by far the sweetest things you will ever see happen to a PPC, it can't be impossible even if it is SOC as PPC Techs do enact the reprogramming of it, although the Apache is infact listed as unsupported & thats the only CDMA device that has been officially marked as "unsupported". The Titan has the same pending messages as the some others on there.
The support is driven by user requests so those that do have it were in high demand so there could be more that are in the same boat as the Apache.
Hmm I'll await PPC Techs answer before I bank on possibilities.