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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Tom Williams:
I can appreciate why you are peeved with the kaiser, I would be too if I was trying to use it as an all features phone.

However I do not, and I always view windows devices as a PDA with a phone built in, or as an add on in the software. Therefore it will never out perform or match a well specified Nokia mobile phone for example.

My solution is this:

Run the Kaiser as a device, for email internet and controlling your diary, schedule and files etc. Run it on a data only tariff, for example for £15 a month at the moment with vodafone uk you can get 1GB a month.

Then run a well equipped Nokia mobile phone as your phone, you get great call quality, good handsfree support when in the car as well as being able to leave the Kaiser at home if you do not want emails etc.

I do this, I run a Kaiser on data only, it does my gmail via imap as well as outlook email and internet plus in control my diary on it.

I then run an Nokia E65 which does my phone, test messaging etc etc etc. I also run my gmail via the Symbian onboard email client which means if I am out I can check headers and download an email if I need to read it.

I think for the small extra monthly outlay the kaiser is a fantastic device for what its designed for and I am not going to blether on about that.

Food for thought.

Tom
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] meorah:
Or you could just get a laptop with a built-in 3g card from whatever provider you want. I heard they have pretty nice qwerty keyboards on those. If that's too expensive, there's always an EEE PC + USB card, especially since those cards are usually free if you sign a contract.

Then you could drop the smartphone and just get your choice of free crappy samsung/motorola flip phone for phone and text.

The point of these devices is convergence. To re-split them is to go backwards in time.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] moos:
Hmm.. if HTC doesn't fix this soon, I'll get the Meizu M8 (IF it will be released that is..).

Finally a sleek WM phone, 16 million colors baby!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] surur:
I appreciate your story, but just a little note - the N95 has the same 320x240 screen resolution as the Kaiser, and the Kaiser is 2.8 inches of course (same as the latest N95 of course)

I wish the kaiser had a better camera, and proper graphics acceleration, (and that accelerometer seems more and more useful each day) but mostly I appreciate the N95 is more of a phone than the Kaiser.

After years of WM however I find other phones (and especially the N95) completely unintuitive, and cant really see myself switching away from the rich ecosystem soon.

Surur
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] andaroo:
Couldnt have said THAT better myself.

who in their right mind would carry loads devices for music, taking pictures, sat nav, a mobile, a pmp, thats just stupid
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jay2TheRescue:
I'm sorry that the Kaiser didn't work out for you, but each person is an individual, and what works best for me, may not be good for you. That's why we have hundreds of models of phones available. Personally I love my Kaiser, and I think its far better than my old PDA phone, the HP iPAQ hw6515. The RF reception is just as good as a good regular handset, not like the iPAQ which was only good in urban areas where you were surrounded by plenty of towers. I used to keep a Motorola A845 and a V551 in my truck and when in rural areas I'd have to take my SIM out of the iPAQ and put it into another phone to be able to make a clear call. I haven't had to switch my SIM card once since I bought my Tilt.

Sorry this hasn't worked out for you, and I wish you luck in finding the perfect device for your needs.

-Jay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] smads:
That was an interesting read. It's a shame that the kaiser isn't all everyone wants it to be. I like my kaiser, sometimes I love it other times I find it incredibly frustrating. For example when sitting in my living room playing around with it, it's great.

But I was out and about over the weekend, standing on a very cold football touchline texting the results to my wife. The kaiser was running like a dog. Sloooowwww to update while entering contacts into the search as you type 'To:' field. Then the text failed to send (despite a full signal). I really started to think about other options such as the N95 or SE P1i - you know, devices that just WORK!

But last night I was traveling on a coach to the Wales v Normay match and decided to play with my google maps and built in GPS on the Kaiser and I fell in love with it again. I arrived at the game and shot some images on the camera and blogged to through Shozu. It all worked well. I then turned to Opera Mini to check the England v Switzerland scores and the thing froze on me. SR later and I couldn't get a data connection on T-Mobile despite my sons' N73 having a full signal and gprs connection. (also on T-Mobile)

I know I am going to have a love/hate relationship with this phone, but hey! Thats Windows Mobile.

Now....... how much is that P1i on Expansys....Hmmm £284 ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jgermuga:
Haven't bitten the bullet yet but seriously considering E-Ten X650. Won't satisfy those wanting a fast data connection or a keyboard, but it does have an FM Radio and VGA screen. My biggesst concern is smaller RAM. Anyway, I am looking to get something a bit smaller with better video and it seems like it will fit the bill. Before the driver thing came up, I was thinking of going to the Touch Cruise, as I don't use the keyboard all that much but I since have vowed to never again buy an HTC device. I think the lack of drivers may have been excusable if handled properly, but the disrespect they have shown their customers and this community is in my opinion deplorable.

Now if we could just get E-Ten devices into this forum. Maybe they would appreciate the awesome support this community provides.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Boinng:
I have to say, I'm surprised that the E-Ten devices don't get much credit around here. I've never used one (maybe that's why I'm surprised!) but on paper it seems like devices like the M800 have the Kaiser pretty much licked. I mean, not only do they appear to have the drivers and performance, but VGA too? Okay, they don't look quite so nice, and maybe the button arrangements aren't so good, but surely they're Kaiser killers apart from that?

I kind of got my Tytn II by accident, and stumbled into the world of Windows Mobile, and on the whole I'm happy with it - but if I was putting serious research into it now I'd definitely have to take a serious look at e-ten.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] redsrule2500:
I left, then came back at the refurb price.

I love the phone, but not worth $400....I'll take $150 tho :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] raymondu999:
Note: for anyone considering E-ten. don't get it. First and foremost, build quality sucks. and it's... I don't even want to go there.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] fb.knight:
Hey im thinking of leaving the kaiser 2 can any one sugest a few devices that might make a good replacment? checked out the P1i metioned above really im thinking iphone after they give it 3g but will it have hsdpa? xda had to unlock it on the kaiser didnt they?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] raymondu999:
there may be hope yet:

http://msmobiles.com/news.php/7085.html
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dkapp:
I put my Tilt on the shelf for now and picked up a Blackjack II. It works for now, but I still visit the forums hoping for a fix. I am kicking myself for selling the 8525. That thing was really running great with the latest cooked ROM's.

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] akash_84:
very interesting comments, I was half expecting immature comments about my own thoughts on why I was leaving windows/kaiser but these were very good constructive comments

So I've been using the N95 for almost a week now.

I've still not had to use the Kaiser once though I have kept it at arms reach just incase.

The only time I used it was for TomTom until I get my Garmin software for the N95.

What do I think so far?

Well after a week of intensive use... I do really prefer it to the Kaiser. Yes I still miss the keyboard which still takes 3 times longer to type an SMS compared to an N95 and I miss the touch-screen time2time but aside from that, I've got used to it and it does everything I need to.

For those who considered the Ericsson P series... I used to be a P series fan a while back having owned a P800, P900, and a P910. I was not however impressed with the P1 at all and found it more of a chore to use than anything.

But each to their own- I've just gone of the UIQ symbian software yet I still like the Nokia s60 symbian software.

If anyone wants more information about the N95, Kaiser or any other phone that exists - do let me know and I can try and answer them.

I work part-time as ahobby in a phone repair place so I get a chance to mess around with a lot of the units!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Septastrum:
Hi, I'm thinking about giving up my kaiser too. I got it free on contract as it was the most expensive phone :p and I had a wizard before so liked the touch screen. But like many others I've really been underwhelmed, I like to take photos and the camera performance is so bad it renders it nearly unusable. (I say nearly, here's a photo I took precariously of some nesting ducks today [at York Uni campus FYI ;)]: IMAGE_117.jpg [646k]).

The GPS performance is so-so, but not something I really needed. I like the ability to get emails and check the web, but again I'm finding the browser very slow to render pages and navigation even worse. Opera 9.5 mobile should rectify this hopefully. :)

My question though: for someone who doesn't need a kaiser, but just wants a good phone that works well, fast UI etc. and definately capable of supporting HDSPA connections what would you recommend (as you seem to work with a fair few phones). Should I just stick with this and hope the bugs are ironed out and the performance is improved? (One of the other reasons I got it was because it was so 'powerful'!)

I don't know what the current resale value of a used good condition MDA Vario III is but that will impact on whatever I can afford after. Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread but thought I'd tap your brains :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Foxhunter123:
I really don't get it...

You knew the size, the weight, the OS, the functions. What is it exactly that the Kaiser does not give you that you can get in a Nokia N95...?

Yes, the driver issue is there, but it's in a function I don't use anyway... (And will probably be solved by some genius at xda some time in the future :cool: )

I most certainly will never go back to a phone that does not have a touch screen that's for sure!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Septastrum:
Yea I agree. I've used WM before on a wizard, was a bit underwhelmed by the general UI and performance but overlooked these because of two kaiser features:

- much faster processing power

- new add on user friendly UI

I can cope with it, that's why I'm not decided. Didn't want a N95 because it had no touch screen! But I'm starting to think something like a K850i even would be better for me because they seem to just work, whereas with my experience of two WM products they do seem like tech toys. I'll never have to worry about home brew drivers again! Yea, you're right about someone solving the problems soon :) I've been a lurker and find there's so much knowledge here it's overwhelming. But with regards to phones I'm not a genius, just wanted the 'best' phone I could get, and this was supposedly it. I still think it's awesome and it certainly has the wow factor with friends.

But in a nightclub try getting a girl to type her number in your phone with this. It just doesn't work. And until it gets those fundamentals right it's always going to struggle. That wasn't something I was aware of when I got it :(. Anyway, I'm not decided yet as I said because it was a big investment and hey there may be a fix round the corner. But it does get to a stage of frustration where you wish you'd got the easy phone that works out of the box.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Nojnaworb:
No Kidding, :)

That is exactly why I went with the Kaiser. Convergence! Man, I no-longer have to carry a PDA and a phone or even an mp3 player.

I can take pictures and get GPS navigation and play music and make/receive calls and manage my personal life and sit down with the device on a table to read using the tilt screen and even play some games.

Not only that, but with the 3G, I got rid of my DSL and now use my Tilt/Kaiser to tether web access to whatever computer I happen to be on. I really hated carrying two or three devices around, but I love PDA's too much to not have one with me always.;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Blowfish64:
:confused: You don't use the screen?

As for a fix being "around the corner," I really don't think you all know how much goes into creating a driver. Starting from scratch, without intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the chip (which is not available to the public) is well neigh impossible. Why do you think we're all so pissed?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dungbeetle:
Hmm, so are you comparing those who like their phones to those to like to have sex with dead animals or not, I'm confused. :eek:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Foxhunter123:
Yes I use the screen... :confused:

What I tried to explain is that I don't watch movies or play big games on my Tytn2 and therefore I havn't had problems with a missing grafic driver...

As for the test to show how slow the Tytn 2 is with TomTom in 100% playback - whats the point of setting it at 100 % when it just plays perfect at say 200 %

Many of these "I say goodbye to the Kaiser" threads I find is really made by people who cannot just buy a new phone without getting their decission of leaving the Kaiser justified by someone in here.

I think the Kaiser is the best phone I've ever had and so does the main part of this forum and I really couldn't care less if a few people take their Kaiser back.

Just do it and stop writing about it in here!!! ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jay2TheRescue:
I agree, that the Kaiser isn't all that it could be, but its a lot better than my old iPAQ, and IMHO better than most phones on the market. I'm sure many of the issues out there right now can & will be resolved in updated ROM's in the future, but for now its still a lot better than my old phone. Try watching video on my old HP iPAQ hw6515, and you will agree that even with the Kaiser's video driver issues its still far better than the iPAQ. This doesn't make me an idiot, or that I'm not thinking outside the box... etc. For me the device suits my current needs, and as long as I'm happy with my decision to purchase then that's all that matters. If you decide that the Kaiser isn't the right device for you, then that's your decision. If everyone thought the exact same way then there would only be one device on the market. Instead because we are individuals who make different choices there are many devices to choose from.

-Jay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Blowfish64:
Well then you have experienced the driver problem. Do you use the battery with the phone or always have it plugged in? If the former, then once again you've experienced part of the driver problem. You should read up on it more before assuming we're only complaining about not playing Quake on our phones.

Well that seems a bit hypocritical. You're here writing about how you think it's great, but you don't want people writing that they disagree? I wish I'd known people were dissatisfied with this thing before I bought it, or even within the 30-day return period. I just assumed that once I got all the bloatware off and HTC came out with a fixed ROM things would be fine. If people want to try to warn others off because they've had a bad experience, that's their prerogative.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Blowfish64:
No, it doesn't make you an idiot, but then again, to use an analogy, if you were starving, airplane food would probably taste pretty damn good, but if you were used to better food, airplane food would be a step down. Likewise, I think perhaps if you had come from the original TyTN, you'd be singing a different song. That might be the difference between a lot of people. Some were expecting better because we came from something that was already pretty good. Coming from a much older phone, you will of course see an improvement rather than a decrease in performance.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Foxhunter123:
Well the thing is that some people complain about their Kaiser while others find it the best phone ever.

Why? Different needs... Why is it that I have the driver problem because I use it with battery - you mean it's because of the driver problem the battery drains fast?

You probably are right :-) but still it's far better than my old S/E P900... As for batterytime last night I put my Tytn 2 on standby with it saying talktime remaining 3h06m and about 8 hours later it came out of standby saying 3h06m so it hadn't lost anything during the night...

Yes ofcourse people can say their opinion and if it's a warning to others about not to buy the Kaiser then I guess they're in the best right to write this, it just often seems as it's people who need to hear from others how bad the phone is before they can ditch it them selves and my point was that if they do not like the phone then just get rid of it without writing about it in a "goodbye Kaiser thread"...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] smads:
I'm curious, what app are you using to measure this?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Foxhunter123:
It's the program that monitors the GPRS usage that came along with my Tytn 2. If you choose to have it on your today screen you can amongst other things see the remaining talktime :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] smads:
thank you :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jay2TheRescue:
I don't think there is anything like that on my Tilt w/ the AT&T ROM. What is the program called so I can look it up in the cabs?

Thanks, Jay
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] neavissa:
hey guys,

the most important thing is that you can like or dislike whatever you want. it doesn't make you an idiot or ignorant, but people have the right to think of you whatever they want too. so if they think you are an idiot for liking the kaiser...who cares?

i just don't like the arguments some people use, when they say that the kaiser is OK for what they use it for. WRONG!!! the kaiser is not OK, its you being OK with the kaiser!!!

huge difference. you cant go ahead and tell me the Lamborghini murcielago is a great family car and it fits all your family...well how big is your family?...i am single. got it?!

SO, once again: i never owned a ppc before. i thought this thing is gonna be better then anything else out there, based on peoples opinions and reviews. i don't know if i expected to much or if i got ripped of. i was waiting for the driver to come out, hoping its gonna boost the kaiser to the next level...i guess i was wrong since there is no driver coming out...

anyway,

the kaiser is for me to poop on!!!

georgios

p.s. its only a phone. no reason to really fight over it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dungbeetle:
If you're single, I would think a Lambo would be the PERFECT family car! :D

edit: I think the point people were trying to make wasn't that it was a great family car, just a great car. Then when people start pointing out that it's not a great family car, they're saying, 'sure, but I'm single, I don't need a big family car.' It may not be perfect for you if you have a big family, but if you don't, there's no reason to bash it. Wait, now I forgot what we're talking about. Phones or cars?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aourek:
Hi, i have found my old S Advance. I have Android 4.1.2. Can i update to this rom? https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s3-mini/development/rom-cyanogenmod-14-1-gt-i8190-t3520752 creator of this rom says it works on i9070.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cassiusss:
Apparently not: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=73445604&postcount=245
[LG Optimus G (International)] legof:
Hello good people.

This is my first time around trying out a new rom, and I just installed nitrogen os 7.1.2. I'm blown away how people are able to port this stuff to my old phone.

I am trying to find the right rom for me, alas many roms seems to be abandoned. So I am looking for the most stable\complete mod for my phone, which also increases performance as 4.4.2 is pretty slow on my phone.

So can anyone recommend a rom for me?

Thank you!
[LG Optimus G (International)] Claureid:
True, this phone is rather too old now. Sold mine for 10% of the cost a couple months ago and just cuz of the battery and the over-heating. Still missing it, it was a beast back in the day, it still kinda is considering it ran Asphalt 8 rather smoothly, but it became unusable lately :(

If you haven't gotten completely bored of the LG UI, I think you should try Artmod and Sling rom. They are fast, stable, offer some other functionalities and customizations, support xposed and most importantly the camera quality doesn't get compromised. The other roms don't do justice to the camera.

I have also used ResurrectionRemix, like in every phone I have because of the customizations it offers right off the bat, it is ofcourse smooth and stable.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Metalgta:
Hi i have an Axon 7 updated to Nougat B05, but i have some issue with microphone because it when i do some voice message on whatsapp or some instagram stories, it records with low and distorted audio so i want to do a downgrade to test. How can i do it?

With adb it says to me that "cannot read ota.zip" (the downgrade file wich is b11 nougat) and with the external sdcard method it says that

What can i do? Bootloader is locked and i want to mantain it original
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] marcus.linkenbach:
download the file version b10 and save it in sd card. follow the normal update process and after the update you'll receive b11 as ota.

Everything U need U will find here

https://www.getdroidtips.com/zte-axon-7-stock-firmware-collections/
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
You should use the Download Center right here in the Guides section. [MENTION=6719297]marcus.linkenbach[/MENTION] it's better having all of the zips on AFH and already unzipped

I'm saying this because the zips usually come packed inside another zip, and it won't work if you forget to unzip it.

After having the zip, throw it on the root of the internal storage and go to Settings - Updates.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Metalgta:
I don't know how but using the b10 file i do the downgrade! With b11 it didn't work! Now i can see if with downgrade i resolve the microphone's problems!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Metalgta:
Update: with b10 MM voice message on whatsapp and audio in instagram's stories are good, but audio from speaker has less power than on b05. So ZTE resolves some issue and causes other. Damn you zte!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
No, you're getting it wrong. Low volume was not an issue, it was because of Europe regulations. Try to install the A2017U firmware (be VERY CAREFUL and FOLLOW A GUIDE, OR YOU MIGHT END UP LOSING THE IMEIs) because U's don't have that volume limitation.
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] sahil.kalka:
Dear Developers

Here is Nougat rom of SD652, i wish if you could find libraries from this rom and make le2 rom better

Here is the linkThis rom is Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] cracking is life:
This rom won't help to improve system because camera modules are different!

So Sorry

This can't help!