HTC_Kaiser

HTC Kaiser

HTC P4550 / HTC TyTN II / Orange & HTC TyTN II / Vodafone VPA Compact V / Vodafone v1615 / SFR v1615 / Swisscom XPA v1615 / T-Mobile MDA Vario III / AT&T Tilt / O2 Xda Stellar / EMobile Emonster S11HT

Released in: September 2007

Official Website :

• http://tytnseries.htc.com/
• http://www.htc.com/www/product.aspx?id=640

The HTC Kaiser, is also known as:

• HTC TyTN II
• Qtek & HTC TyTN II / P4550
• Orange & HTC TyTN II
• T-Mobile MDA Vario III Deutsch
• AT&T Tilt (8900, 8915, 8925), FAQ - Tilt nuances, TiltSpecificWikiPage
• Vodafone Personal Assistant Compact V
• Vodafone v1615 Netherlands
• SFR v1615
• Swisscom Mobile Assistant XPA v1615
• O2 Xda Stellar
• EMobile Emonster S11HT

HTC Kaiser is the successor of HTC Hermes.

Specifications

• Qualcomm MSM 7200, 400MHz
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional
• ROM: 256MB (accessible 145.24MB), RAM: 128MB
• Dimension: 112mm (L) X 59mm (W) X 19mm (T)
• Weight: 190g with battery
• Display: 2.8", 240 X 320 QVGA TFT-LCD display with adjustable angle and backlight
• Network: Tri-band HSDPA/UMTS (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Device Control: Finger scrolling and panning, 5-way navigation control, 3-way Jog Wheel
• Keyboard: Slide-out lit QWERTY keyboard
• Keyboard Layout Pictures
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi 802.11b/g, HTC ExtUSB
• GPS: Built-in GPS and connector for external antennas, A-GPS supported
• Camera: 3MP CMOS color camera with auto focus on the back, front VGA CMOS color camera (for video calls. No front Camera on AT&T Tilt.)
• Audio: Built-in mono microphone and speaker
• Audio Output: Proprietary jack
• Battery: 1350mAh rechargeable Li-polymer battery, shape: KAIS160 (35H00088-00M)
• Expansion Slot: MicroSD(SD2.0 compatible, MicroSDHC compatible, up to 16 Gb tested)
• AC Adapter: 100-250V AC, 5V and 1A DC

Specifications of some HTC Kaiser variants

• HTC TyTN II (HTC Kaiser 120)
• AT&T Tilt 8925 (HTC Kaiser 100) (main camera, no front camera)
• AT&T Tilt 8900 (HTC Kaiser 110) (NO cameras version)
• Vodafone v1615
• T-Mobile MDA Vario III (HTC Kaiser 120)
• O2 XDA Stellar
• Comparison Table between different Kaiser variants

Technical Information & Chipsets

• Kaiser Research
• Kaiser IRQ assignments
• Kaiser GPIO addresses
• Data sheet of the Qualcomm MSM7200, Sign the petition for new drivers to enable acceptable video playback!!
• MSM7200 diagram

MSM7200 has connection to Power Management chipset IC which is PM7500:

• PM7500 data sheet
• PM7500 diagram
• Samsung_K9K2G08 NAND Datasheet
• Enhanced Mini USB (EMU) connector
• The Bluetooth and WiFi chips are from Ti (BRF6300 and WL125, respectively).
• The power management unit is a Qualcomm PM7500
• NAND+DRAM are in a multi-chip module (1.8V, 2GBit NAND x8, 1GBbit DRAM x32) from Samsung
• The 3G/GSM RF part consists of Qualcomm's RFR6500 (receive with integrated GPS) and RTR6275 (transmit) as well as AWT6280, AWT6273 and AWT6273 amplifiers
• There furthermore is a CPLD: Xilinx XC2C128 (3000 system gates, 128 macrocells).

Disassembly Pictures

• PDAFans ( Need registration )
• Service and User Manual / Disassembly Guides

Service Manual

HTC Kaiser Confidental

Replacement parts (including housings and screens)

Cellular Nationwide Network

Reviews

• Review on 4winMobile.com
• Paul's Review (modaco)
• Youtube Kaiser hands-on review
• BoyGenius Unboxing
• TrustedReviews
• phone Arena
• Pocket PC Thoughts
• PocketNow
• Mobility Today
• GSMArena.com
• Mobile-review.com

Getting Started

First time here? Not sure what to read? Start with the following links:

• KaiserFAQ
• Forum Stickies
• ROM Upgrading
• Kaiser Software Page

Hardware

• Kaiser Resets - How to do a Soft Reset, Hard Reset, or Enter the Bootloader
• Screen Align Shortcut - Press center select button & IE button (under left soft key) --by lewcamino
• Quick Lock - Press the End Call Button for 3 seconds

Software

• KaiserFAQ
• How to assign a shortcut to EndKey, SendKey, Power Button, PTT Button
• Setup Blackberry connect for the AT&T Network
• Increasing TouchFLO's sensitivity

• Remap PTT button on Tilt

  • Remap PTT cab for Tilt

• KaiserTweak- A collection of useful registry tweaks by Chainfire

  • KaiserTweak XML files by Nikagl
• Tilt Keyboard Fix (for Tilt devices when using HTC based ROMs)
• TyTN II Keyboard Fix (for TyTN II devices when using AT&T based ROMs)
• Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) slow scrolling (use cab)
• Low FPS Camera Temporary fix
• Internet Sharing over Wi-Fi
• Internet Sharing over Wi-Fi (ICS Control)
• Kaiser SIM-Unlocker
• Kaiser SuperCID & Security Unlocker
• NEW! *Integrated* SIM/CID unlocker (Best Solution)
• Cube
• FlashVideoBundle - watch YouTube and other video streaming site
• Sliding Sounds - Edit/Add sliding sounds to your Kaiser
• Read the Definitive Guide to Microsoft Voice Command (MSVC)
• SASHIMI - All in one installer tool. Don't manually set up everything after reflashing your ROM!
• TCPMP version that works on WM6.1 when other versions don't

Themes, Skins & Wallpaper

• Custom Animated Themes on Startup

  • More Animations(Broken Link)
  • Even More Animations

• Themes

  • More Themes
  • Even More Themes
• WMP Skins

• S2U2 v1.00

  • S2U2 Wallpaper
  • Animated S2U2 Wallpaper
  • More Animated S2U2 Wallpaper

TomTom

• Configuring TomTom 6
• Stop TomTom 6 from starting with every soft reset
• Using both internal/external GPS without hard reset - Registry entries (pg. 12 from link above)
• TomTom 7
• Settings for the external GPS (pg. 1)
• Kaiser GPS Enhancement Guide

Downloads

FTP

• ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Kaiser/
• ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Kaiser/
• Kaiser Shipped ROM's

External Freeware Sites

• Freeware for Pocket PC
• Freeware PPC
• Pocket PC Freewares

Cab Collection Threads

• Nadavi's All the Latest HTC Software - in one post
• Patr!k's All Extracted HTC Apps (cabs and oem included)
• Kyphur's XDA-Live Tilt Addon Files

Dead but link kept in case it comes back.

• Dutty's Collection of the Latest Cabs for kaisers

Programs / Tools

• nueLED - Change the LED light actions for the Kaiser
• HTCClassAction.org - Direct3D video driver project for the Kaiser along with a petition to get working drivers out of HTC

See Hacks and Tweaks, ROM Upgrading and ROM Cooking for additional downloads.

ROM Upgrading

1. Don't know what a ROM is?

   • Watch this first, and read the ROM Flashing FAQ.

2. Don't know what a SPL is?

   • After reading the basics if you are still confused about SPLs, or which SPL you want, read SPL Questions?.

3. Upgrading your ROM can void your warranty. Worried?

   • Browse through how to revert back ROM and SPL for warranty return before you start.

4. Think you're ready?

   • Read some things to know before and after you flash.

5. Ready now?

   • Start here with the Introduction to ROM Flashing to find out!

6. Still confused?

   • How about another how to flash the ROM thread.
   • Or, How to flash the ROM using a MicroSD Card

7. Worried about too much flashing will brick your phone?

   • Read about the effects of ROM flashing

8. Semi-Automated ways to restore your phones settings?

   • CABs to automatically set your data communications to the U.S. AT&T Settings CABs for AT&T
   • Make a CAB file to automatically set your WiFi Settings CABs for WiFi
   • Install Sashimi which will allow you to automatically (more or less) reinstall your CABs Sashimi

Troubleshooting

• HardSPL will not install - WHITE SCREEN
• Kaiser intermittently stuck in SPL? - No stuck SPL
• How to revert back ROM and SPL for warranty return
• Kaiser Resets How to do a Soft Reset, Hard Reset, or Enter the Bootloader
• Having volume or camera trouble after flashing? It might be the Kaiser Radio

• MTTY (How to fix a bad ROM flash!)

  • MTTY MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE - READ THIS TOO.
• Stuck at the Tri Color (Colour) screen? See here

Flashing Custom Splash Screens

• How to flash custom splash screens on Kaiser
• Custom flash screens

Windows Mobile ROMs and radios:

• Available Cooked ROM Versions
• Available Original Shipped ROM Versions
• Reconstructed ROMs in other Languages
• Roms in Dutch language only

• Extracted Radio Upgrade - discussion thread

  • Here are some benchmarks about battery testing results with various radios
  • Here are more benchmarks link
  • Here is a matrix of available radios link

Tools

• HTC Kaiser Hard-SPL v1 - CID Unlock & Flash any ROM to your device (4 free)

  • Video
• HTC Kaiser HardSPL v3.xx - CID Unlock & Flash any ROM to your device. For Windows Mobile 6.1 ROMs ONLY
• Kaiser Sim Unlocker
• NEW Integrated SIM/CID unlocker
• SoftSPL
• CustomRUU
• Kaiser SuperCID and Security Unlocker + HardSPL with AT command mode support
• FrankenKaiser
• XDA PagePool Patcher v1.4
• Cross Platform Pagepool Changer

ROM Cooking

Kaiser ROM Kitchen, latest updates found here

KaiserCook v1 Yardie.Spike's Kitchen can be found here

• Kaiser ROM Kitchen Tutorial
• Kaiser Cooking Guides for the Ultimate Noob - SCREENCASTS!
• How to dump HTC Kaiser ROM
• How to Reconstruct dumped Kaiser ROM
• Kaiser Language Templates
• Kaiser OEM Package Tutorial - How to convert CABs to OEM packages & create OEM packages from an extracted ROM.

• Kaiser BaseROMs + OEM Packages + Folders

  • Alex's Cooking Kits

ROM Cooking Tools

• UUID Generator
• Dark Simpson's HTC ROM Tool
• Bepe & Ervius BuildOS + Package_Tools
• itsme's ROM tools
• evalu8t0r's Cab2OEM

Android

Above: Kaiser running the latest Android Cocked ROM

Android/Kaiser Wiki

• Run Android on Kaiser

Discussion Forums

• Kaiser General
• Kaiser Software
• Kaiser ROM development
• Kaiser Accessories

Site Info

• Instructions for connecting to XDA-Developers FTP
• Wiki Site Development

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