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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] denco7:
Did you try using a little patience. When I first flashed Hyperdragon it sat at 17% for what seemed like hours ( actually minutes ). Visions of big red bricks flashed ( no pun intended ) through my mind. I had to sit on my sweaty palms to not unplug and start over. Sure enough, serveral minutes later 18%, 30%, 90%, and the congrats windows came up and I took my first breath in 10 minutes.

If it says it should take ten minutes or so to flash that could mean a minute to 17% , 8 minutes on 17% and a minute to 100% that is the way mine went. ( or so it seemed ) Patience is sometimes the answer.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Cal-El:
True, spoken like a true flash master!:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] deca3:
Thanks for the reply. I did do both. The hard spl flash goes through fine. Heres what I did:

- jump spl > flash hard spl > jump spl > start hyperdragon flash > stops @ 17%. Programs gives an error and the recovery button shows up.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] deca3:
It's defiantly stopping at 17%. I don't touch it at all then the program stops and I get a recovery button on the bottom. The status bar goes away.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
Aha, I see the problem :)

You don't use Jump SPL to flash anything except new SPL's.

Just enter Windows Mobile or the Bootloader and try flashing the ROM (by running KaiserCustomRUU) from there.

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Instructions are there to be followed lol read the instructions on flashing Roms thoroughly you wont see anything about using JumpSPL im sure of it :p

Follow the instructions EXACTLY (dont try and use your brain haha) and you wshouldnt have any problems :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] deca3:
That was the problem. I confused myself on the instructions.

Thanks for help everyone and the fast replies.

Lol exactly my problem.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Cal-El:
Good. Well glad you got it! :) Have fun!:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
Hard and soft reset

hey, I know I will get bashed for this but I dont really care. But I am new to this whole thing, I haven't even got my phone yet but you guys have sold me on the TILT/KAISER with all the crap you can do to it lol it should come any day now. But my question is what exactly is a hard and soft reset? you say to do these things but I do not want to do the wrong type of reset at the wrong time.

Thanks for the help
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
You wont get bashed here lol and welcome to XDA :)

Soft reset is basically the same as rebooting your computer. Its done by pressing the stylus into the little hole on the bottom of the kaiser to the right of the usb connector. It just restarts the kaiser if you have been doing alot of stuff on it and want to speed it up or after installing some software that needs a soft reset to complete the installation.

Hard Reset is completely different and you would be hard pressed to do it by accident lol. Its done by holding down the left and right soft keys and then pressing the soft reset button with the stylus for approx 3 seconds. You will then be given the option to press the green send button which will wipe all stored data on your phone and return it to the orginal condition it was in after first flashing it. Hard Resets are performed after flashing to make sure nothing was left from your previous Rom or if something goes wrong on your phone and you want to go back to a fresh Rom without reflashing it.

Hope that gave you some clarity on the differences and good luck when you decide to jump in and start flashing lol you will always find help in this thread :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
Thanks a lot. I will let you know when I try all this stuff to my phone. I am 90% confident that I will be able to do this all without any problems. Another thing I was curious about is activesync, do I need to download that separately or does it come with the phone? or does it come with the package I will download in the step by step tutorial?

here are a few other questions that have been pondering me;

1) when you say to turn of your screen saver, is it on the phone? on the computer? or both?

2)when I unlock my sim will my carrier (AT&T) banned me from anything? in otherwords, is what I am doing on here illegal in anyways?

3)After I do steps 1-4 one time, and want to change my roms in the future, I can go right to step 5 correct?

I will be going with your ROM/RADIO the Rom: HyperDragonIII (25th Dec 2008) | Radio: 1.70.19.09 | SPL: Cmonex HardSPL 3.29.

I am running microsoft vista 32bit incase that is a question you needed to know.

Thanks again for all your help and responding so quickly.

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] vikasraj:
Well on the same line may i know how do i get the phone to the boot loaded mode is it by usin the cam and the power button pressed simultaneously and then using the stylus on reset... :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
Hey Dave,

Active Sync must be downloaded for Windows XP, Vista should already have WMDC (Win Mo Device Centre) installed.

1) Screen saver on your PC.

2) No it's not illegal, it voids the warranty, but it can all be undone for a warranty return.

3)Yes, Steps 1-4 are unlocking your device, 5 is flashing the ROM.

Good luck and enjoy,

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
Hey MSkip,

ANother brain buster for ya as Im sure many more to come after haha. But when I do this ROM install, doe this mean I will lose all my other applications as well that came with the phone? ex. wif connectivity, bluetooth, games, programs, messengers?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
If you read my guide you would know how to get into the bootloader screen lol..

**To check HardSPL version on your phone Enter Bootloader by Holding in the Power and Camera buttons, press the reset button with the stylus for about 3 seconds until the tri-colour screen appears, then read the 2nd line which is the SPL version**
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
You will lose all software that was on your original Rom as it will be overwritten by your new Rom which will have all the software and connectivity setup the old stock Rom had plus soo much more. Anything else thats not included in the new Rom can easily be downloaded. If you look in My downloads (link in my sig) it has everything you should ever need.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
Alright,

Well im gonna give this a shot. I hope everything goes well lol How long does the entire process take from start to finish? Does your ROM have any sort or lag to it? What didnt you liek about the AT&T ROM which made you want to change it all?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Just go for it and stop worrying lol. Cutom Roms dont have all the bloatware that are included with the stock roms and have been tweaked/ optimized to give better stability and performance. Its almost impossible to do any lasting damage and theres plenty of help around if u need it.

HardSPL takes less than 5 minutes.

SIM/CID Unlocking is only required if you want to use your phone with another carrier.

Rom flashing takes around 10 minutes to complete.

Hard Resetting takes a few minutes.

Setting up your phone just how you want it could take forever haha.

Download everything you want including the Rom before you start flashing anything. If you run into any trouble just shout I will be on for a while ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
You said for step 4 (4. SIM and CID-Unlock.) is only necessary if your going to use your phone with another carrier? Does that mean if I have at&t and the phone is a at&t phone then I can skip that entire step and go on to step 5? because I am not going to use it with another carrier like tmobile or something
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Yes you can skip step 4 and go straight to step 5. Do not pass step 5, do not collect £200 lol :p

After you HardSPL you can flash your Rom. If it doesnt come with a Radio included then you will need to flash a Suitable Radio after but if it does then test the Radio for a bit and if it gives good results then keep it on.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] JerryG:
3rd Flash

I just flashed my third rom actually 4 if you count the upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1. I've followed the directions meticulously just like Mark says to do. The first time I flashed the rom I printed the instruction and highlighted each line item as I executed it. I created a specific directory on my PC and crossed off the files as I downloaded and unzipped them.. My palms don't sweat anymore while flashing, and it no longer feels like I'm going to brick my phone. My only questions these day is "how phones did you folks brick while you figured out the sequence"? As Mark states FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
Not everybody reads, and as Mark says the other day, some people think too hard :)

I don't even think Mark was a member when I first flashed my Wizard, and this sorta guide wasn't around when I flashed my Kaiser ;)

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
hey mskip,

Still haven't received my phone in the mail yet (Damn UPS) but I was looking at your radio and the one that comes with the most recent hyperdragon III and they are different. theres is Radio 1.65.24.36 + Splashscreen where yours is 1.70.......any reason why yours is higher? do you have any suggestions as to which would be the best package out right now? ROM+RADIO+other stuff lol? right now im looking @ RUU Kaiser HyperDragon III BlackStone OS 5.2.20757 Build 20757.1.4.0 That should include everything I need after i flash the hardspl 3.29?

another thing, is there a program that will completly block all phone data except for wifi access? so I know im not being billed? or is it easier to call the service provider up and ask for a data block?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
mskip will be trying the different radios, like we all do, different radios work best for different people on different carriers in different countries. The only way to know the best for you is to test a few and find one you like (There is a Ultimate radio thread sticky with them all in).

The latest HD III ROM should be fine, as will any radio Sakajati or Mskip recommends. (If you don't get any sound, try a new radio).

I don't know of any data blocking tools, but I am sure it's possible, maybe delete the connection settings in System, Connections.

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Theres alot to be said for not using your brain and just following instructions blindly :p I tried to make every step totally fool proof but some people insist on thinking about it too much and make mistakes by cutting corners or getting steps mixed up.

Ur right I probly wasnt a member when you flashed your first device lol I never got around to flashing my Hermes. I got my Kaiser in March 2008 and it took me a few months of research til I had the courage to jump in and start flashing. It was a case of read the instructions from 1 thread which then linked to another thread and then another I think I must have had 10 different Tabs open trying to work out which steps to follow and in what order haha. You noobs should feel lucky you dont have to go through all that hell lmao.

God I sound like an old man re-living the GREAT War :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Dave is exactly right, as he always is :p different Radios work better in certain locations and on certain Networks. Just because the Radio is a higher number doesnt mean its going to be better. I use 1.70.19.09 because it gives good battery, Fast GPS and good signal strength for me in the UK on Orange Network but that might not be the same for someone living in America or china. Try out the Radio that comes with the Rom and if you dont like it then try another.

If you want to try HyperDragon out then 25th DEcember is a very stable and fast Rom, its been good enough to get drag me away from 11th Oct version which has been my prefered choice for a longg time. After you flash HardSPL then The download file for the Rom includes everything you need to get going.

If you install Advanced Config (its in My Downloads) then run it and goto Menu > More Settings > Connections, then you can tap on the WAP and Internet lines until they goto Disabled. Click "Ok" and "Done" and when your phone reboots all Internet Access should be blocked from accidental use.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
It's all guess work :D

And when I'm wrong cmonex usually appears to point me on the right track ;) :rolleyes:

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Maybe shes stalking you :p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
Maybe... or maybe I'm stalking her (don't tell Oli). :p

Only kidding, I just support the Hard SPL threads for the devices I know about, and half the time I'm just putting my best guess work forward based on all I read and she tell's me where I guess wrong.

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] Pisca:
Hi Mskip

Thanks for your fantastic thread for noobs.

I've done my first flash thru sdcard, "just in case", my pc crashes one or two times this week, after reading your instructions, everything went well till I got stuck on the last screen when it says something like "Ok process completed", one doubt came up, should I reset or not, I did it, and everything went fine.

When we flash thru usb/actvesync, all process goes till the device reboots by himself, looks that using sdcard, we need to reset to reboot the device, when we get that message, can you put something about this in your instructions ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kpdooley:
I always seem to have trouble doing a Hard Reset after flashing. I never get the messages. What am I doing wrong?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kil00927:
Hi there !!!!

ok im not so fool that i didnt follow instructions at all !!!, but still stucked on free my tilt !!!

when the moment to do the sim/cid unlock i`v always get e message that says that its not compatible hardware or something like that, im really sorry cant put the exact message right now, but as long as i could read, some one had the same problem ...

guessing ... it is a Radio problem ??? do i need to flash a different radio first so i can do the sim unlock ???

as far as i can remember ( the phone its on my office right now ) i`ve done all good spl 3.29 hard ??? and windows mobile 6.1 pro that came with the phone ....

sorry if my english its a little rude !!! but i bet its better than the spanish of many here !!!! lol !!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] hmarsh368:
what to do if you can get hardslp to flash

well i tried flashing both version the hard slp nothing happened on either my phone was unlocked when i bought so what would be the next step
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
When flashing by SD Card, when it says "OK", you can just soft reset with the stylus.

What message? "Tap to Begin" (The message at the point to hard reset) or "Press Send to Hard Reset" (The message to perform the hard reset).

If it's the former I'm not sure, if it's the latter, try the reading the advice on the "Kaiser Resets" wiki page, it's probably just your technique. I always hold both buttons firmly first, then insert and hold the stylus in the reset hole until I get the message.

I'm not sure on the problem, when you enter your bootloader (see the Kaiser Resets wiki for help) what model is shown? KAIS____ ?

You can check your SPL version in the bootloader (check the Kaiser Resets wiki page)?

If it doesn't say hard or hard2 or OliPof or Jockyw, you'll need to do the hard spl again. Make sure you follow the instructions exactly as mskip posted them.

Thanks

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kbc88:
So I just ran into my biggest fear.

After a couple questions and reading a bit through this (got too be too much), I have a problem

I did mskip's guide and I got to step 4 SIM and CID unlocking. As soon after I skip to straight 2 and patch the radio, it got to 100% and my phone restarted. Problem is, It won't load up now and it gets stuck in a black screen. I have no idea what to do. My Kaiser is jsut sitting in front of me with a black screen and I can't get it to the home screen after some soft resets. Did I just mess things up? I don't see any complicatoin in following mskip's guide. It's just a problem in itself. Any help will be appreciated as I am calmly freaking out (if that works). Thanks in advance.

Regards,

K

EDIT: Im an idiot. I guess mskip's guide pertains to the 6.1 WMs? I reflashed the radio with one compatible with the original tilt and it worked again... But i guess i can't do the unlocker process in this guide because i can't do step two because its the wrong radio.

Okay update:

Sometime when it had a black screen, i pressed Step 3: unlocker. When i pressed it, Some prompts came up and nothing happened, but then I pressed the button next to the "Red Phone" button (the -) and it gave an error but it still said Unlocker complete! So after reading through some posts when I had a black screen, i realized that it was jsut the radio and i reflashed it. When I did, it went to the tricolor load screen and at the very top it said "Security Unlocked". So I'm confused, Is my hpone really unlocked when I just tampered with random things?

*Note that I used the KaiserUnlocker.exe
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kbc88:
Done. Fixed all problems myself thanks to extensive reading :o. Now onto setting up my new Hyperdragon III ROM =) Thanks for all the guides.

Regards,

K
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kil00927:
its.

KAIS1*0

SPL-3.29.Hard2

CPLD-8

i did the hard SPL following the instruccions here, the both ways, using the siftware and flshing from Micro SD card !!!

Radio 1.65.21.18

thankyou very much for the help !!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Your HardSPL is fine :)

Does the CID/Sim Unlocker run without the phone connected to the computer via the usb cable? It should come up with a Disclaimer and then go into the main program with the 3 steps. Can you be a bit more precise about the procedure you followed and where it goes wrong so the error can be narrowed down.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] kil00927:
no ... the phone was always connected using USB cable.

I found the error, now its working all fine and i can describe to you what happend !!!

Im in Mexico and buy this phone from an Ebay store, so i didnt have an AT&T SIM CARD, so i turn on "flight mode" , and the phone was OFF ( duh ! )

5 finutes ago, testing all the possibilities to try to run the SIM/CID unlock software, remember that, so i turn off the flight mode and then all work nice and easy !!!!

thank you very much for the help and i really hope if there are some one who had the same problem, this could help !!!

again .. sorry for my limited english !!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Glad yo ugot it working in the end lol.

Have fun flashing :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] XeDoX:
Thank you for the well written topic.I've just flashed my first ROM :) Thank you again
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
I am in the process of flashing my 8925 tilt, and I did the hardspl3.29 and it said successful and everything, but How can I tell if I actually have the right SPL on here? what should it say and where?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
Enter your bootloader and see what it says next to the "SPL:" it should either end in "hard" or "hard2".

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
how do I enter into the bootloader? im sure I already did it when i went step by step, but i dunno what the actualy bootloader would be. But I think I got it to work cause I flashed the hyperdragon III rom and thats what it says when I boot my PC i get this though when i boot up:

R 1.65.24.36

G 25.94.40.06H

D 3.SJ.HD.03

does that sound about right??
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DaveShaw:
If you've flashed Hyperdragon, then you must have Hard SPL.

Try the link I posted, to enter your bootloader. It's the tri-colour screen.

Ta

Dave
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] DHSoccer4:
mskip im such an idiot lol. I got my tilt flashed with hyperdragon III. its alright to begin with still playing around with it. But I was playing with the camera and didnt like how it jumped around so much so I downloaded and ran both of ur camera programs with HTC 408 amd HTC 504 fix. now when I click my camera it comes up like to take a picture but it shows no image. I can hear it taking a pic, but cant see anything. any ideas how to make it back to normal ?

the camera worked before I did these downloads, hoping they would update the camera. Is the camera supposed to have a large about of lag when taking the picture? I click the button and it takes about 2 seconds to actualyl take the picture and its gets blurry really easily, is this common?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
Uninstall the 504 fix cab and you should get the screen working again. The fix is what causes the screen to disapear when trying to view the image before taking it. Make sure you soft reset the phone with the stylus after uninstalling the fix. If that doesnt work then download my 5.04 camera cab and install it after a fresh soft reset. make sure you install to device memory and soft reset after.

2 seconds is a bit slow for the camera to focus it really depends what situation you are trying to take pictures in. The kaiser camera is hopeless in low light but in daylight it should be relatively fast and sharp.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mazdabish:
What should I do if I completed the guide but skipped step 4? I just realized how much of a good idea would it be to SIM unlock my Tilt, and was wondering if I had to do step 4 to do so. I already have a unlock code from ATT, and i'm not sure which route to take

I've flashed sakajati's Hyperdragon III Rom, NIKI 1.65.24.36 Radio, HardSPL 3.56, and now I want to unlock my phone. Should I do Step 4 or just use my ATT unlock code?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mskip:
You can easily Sim Unlock your phone using Step4. You will not have to reflash your Rom again the only thing you will have to do is reflash the Radio after the device is unlocked. Theres no danger at all of bricking your device by doing the unlock procedure.

If you have an unlock code already you can do it that way if you desire it doesnt really matter. Im not entirely sure how you enter an unlock code on a kaiser but I assume if you put an incorrect Sim Card into the phone then that will bring up the unlock screen.

Either way should be fine its upto you lol. Let me know how it goes :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] mazdabish:
Well, on the HTC 8925/ATT Tilt, not sure if it applies to all the Kaisers to unlock it with a SIM unlock code you have to shut the handset down, remove old sim card, put in other carrier's sim card, and power it back on and enter the code.

Thanks for the reply though, I think it'll be easier if I do it with the code. The guide was very helpful along with the three other beginners guides around the site when I was first starting out a week ago.