[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] LoveMyPhone:
I just got my HTC Kaiser (TyTn II variety?) through an importer. I have a set of questions I would like to ask.

1) If my Kaiser is really unbranded, shouldn't it be security-free? That is SIM unlocked, CID unlocked, etc. It seems to have the External Rom locked and info 2 from the bootloader gives me the following:

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Card inserted

Cmd5 CMD_TIMEOUT

SD 2.0 LC card

SD Init OK

Card inserted

Cmd5 CMD_TIMEOUT

SD 2.0 LC card

SD Init OK

Card inserted

Cmd5 CMD_TIMEOUT

SD 2.0 LC card

SD Init OK

HTCSDOPOD001Û<wHTCE

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I am under the impression from a couple of threads I read that my CID would then be DOPOD001.

2) If it isn't SIM and CID unlocked, I would want to flash HardSPL and run the SIM and CID unlocker by jockeyw right?

3) Will either HardSPL or the SIM/CID unlocker erase my data?

4) Where can I find an "Operator Profile" for AT&T for my Kaiser? When I first turned it on it notified me that "Your operator (some number here) is not recognized... Please select an operator profile". I entered into the Network Wizard and tried to select the United States for my country but that option is not there because it was imported directly from Taiwan.

I found a cab that has some settings for AT&T. This was very helpful. My thanks go to alltheway for posting the cab file. This sets up the internet and messaging settings quite nicely. It doesn't however solve the nagging problem of the message I mentioned above.

5) I really liked the feature on the HTC Hermes that allowed you to press and hold the call end button for 5 seconds to kill the data connection. It seems to work for the Kaiser but it also locks the screen. Is there a way to disable that method of locking the screen so that holding the call end button JUST kills the data connection?

Now the question is whether or not there is a way to get this fix in a form that doesn't require reflashing the phone. Thanks for your help!

6) Everybody around here seems to know the ins and outs of the kaiser bootloader including all the commands and things but the information doesn't seem to be out there. Is anybody planning on releasing a comprehensive guide to some basic bootloader commands any time soon? It took me forever to find out how to check my CID and I figured it out by chance in the first place.

Thanks for your great patience with all my questions! I hope that I used due diligence in searching the forums for answers before posting my own topic. When I find the answers to my question I will edit my question to put the answer in it so that others may find all the answers in the first post. Thanks again!

Also, many thanks to agreenagent for answering my most important questions! Thanks man!

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I figured that instead of cluttering the forum with multiple threads, I'd just use this one thread and change the title accordingly. Now I have a new question, which is this: I have the original HTC rom on my phone. It is pretty clean (I think) and is tweaked pretty much the way I want it to be. However, there are a million other Kaiser roms out there all claiming that they are better in some way. (and I'm sure that they are. People put a lot of effort into them!) However, I have to ask, what reasons are there for me to go to the trouble of flashing a non-manufacturer rom? It seems like a lot of the roms are aimed at changing branded phones into unbranded phones. What advantages are there and what disadvantages are there to flashing a cooked rom? I hope that the answers I receive will help others decide what they want to do. Like before, I will quote the helpful answers in my post so that people don't have to search the entire thread for answers. :) Thank's for your patience with a n00bie.