New Orange Kaiser

[Sherbet66]

My brand spanking new first ever Orange Kaiser arrived at 6.30pm, I swiftly unboxed and booted to check the battery status (59%), I straight way contacted Orange who transferred my number to my new SIM card (they warned it could take 24hrs, it actually took a couple of minutes) and then immediately ran hard SPL, Pof’s first, no luck, then Jocky’s, which worked.

I then ran the IMIE check software and fired off the resulting file (and my I.D), who responded in 20 minutes with the unlock code (time was about 7pmish), whereupon I immediately installed Dutty’s 6.1 most recent ROM, which worked a treat.
Total time from box arriving on doorstep, to new OS installed, under an hour. Not bad for a relative newbie I thought.

Is this a record?

Ps, not a single post requesting info, i read the forums and Wiki till my eyeballs ached.

[billington.mark]

i hope you didnt pay to have your phone sim-unlocked......
theres a prog floating around on here (and im sure its ok the WIKI) that would have done it for free...

just so you know, im on orange UK aswell. 750mins unlimited texts and 250MB data bundle for £20 a month :)

[Sherbet66]

i hope you didnt pay to have your phone sim-unlocked......
theres a prog floating around on here (and im sure its ok the WIKI) that would have done it for free...

just so you know, im on orange UK aswell. 750mins unlimited texts and 250MB data bundle for £20 a month :)

I was aware of the free unlocking software and i'm sure it's worked for lots of people but given my Orange ROM was not a 6.1 radio i'd be having to use Jocky's unlocking software (unless i am mistaken) which given the steps and complexity of using this i decided on balance it was £20 well spent, although its really down to personal choise i suppose.

[lasthours]

Morning sherbert66 & billington.mark, have been lurking several times and chickened out of replacing the Orange ROM plus not convinced I fully understand the acronyms nor the steps. I've tried the wikis found on google but am still not sure enough to take the plunge - don't know why as have been mucking up PCs for years. Anyway, if you don't mind can you point me to the info that is relevant for getting a new and decent ROM onto my Orange supplied TyTn (have downloaded Hard-SPL V2 and KaiserUnlimited)... thx

[MaxMotus]

i hope you didnt pay to have your phone sim-unlocked......
theres a prog floating around on here (and im sure its ok the WIKI) that would have done it for free...

just so you know, im on orange UK aswell. 750mins unlimited texts and 250MB data bundle for £20 a month :)

Thats a good deal I have to say! I get 750mins and free texts, but my data bundle is Evening and weekends unlimited. The only alternative they gave me on data was £1 per day of use unlimited. So either cost you an extra £30 or nothing depending on how you use it.

[timstephens11]

i hope you didnt pay to have your phone sim-unlocked......
theres a prog floating around on here (and im sure its ok the WIKI) that would have done it for free...

just so you know, im on orange UK aswell. 750mins unlimited texts and 250MB data bundle for £20 a month :)
That is a good deal with the 250mb, what plan is that?

Is everyone using dutty's ROM? as far as i've read the's no issues with anything is there?

[Sherbet66]

Morning sherbert66 & billington.mark, have been lurking several times and chickened out of replacing the Orange ROM plus not convinced I fully understand the acronyms nor the steps. I've tried the wikis found on google but am still not sure enough to take the plunge - don't know why as have been mucking up PCs for years. Anyway, if you don't mind can you point me to the info that is relevant for getting a new and decent ROM onto my Orange supplied TyTn (have downloaded Hard-SPL V2 and KaiserUnlimited)... thx

Hi,

Firstly you need to hard SPL to allow you to upgrade your phone to the cooked ROM's.

Run Jocky's hard SPL:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354061

Once this is done then you must SIM unlock the phone, if you do not then and you try to upgrade to 6.1 (and i presume you do) then you will find the phone will SIM lock you out after you have upgraded it.

Use either Jocky's SIM unlock (free):

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=361039

or IMIE unlock (£20):

http://www.imei-check.co.uk/kaiser-unlock.php

Then cherry pick a ROM from the Wiki:

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Kaiser_Cooked_ROMs

or mosey on over to the ROM development forum to see what rOM's are just out. Hard SPL and SIM unlocking are once only deals, after these steps are complete you can change ROM's as often as you like, it becomes a bit addictive after a while!

please do read the Wiki as this is a valuable resource, the instructions above are just a brief summery of what worked for me, its important you read up on each step, everything you need to know is there, including what to do if things go amiss, which radio's are best and which to avoid and so on. Like i say, i spent a bit of time researching it, time well spent.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Kaiser#ROMx20.Upgrading

[Sherbet66]

Forgot to say, my Kaiser was free from Orange on a £25 tarrif ( 200 mins, 100 texts, data not included) as an upgrade, originally when i phoned i was told it would be £129.99, i then politely asked for my PAC number as i would be moving networks to get it for free (a white lie), i was then immediatly transferred to customer retention where the free offer kicked in. 18 month contract but still, not bad.

[Sherbet66]

That is a good deal with the 250mb, what plan is that?

Is everyone using dutty's ROM? as far as i've read the's no issues with anything is there?

Dutty's ROM's are superb, fast and reliable and very highly spec'd. Some poeple prefer different aspect of the different ROM's but for a great all rounder you can't go wrong with a Dutty, can't recommend it highly enough.

[timstephens11]

Forgot to say, my Kaiser was free from Orange on a £25 tarrif ( 200 mins, 100 texts, data not included) as an upgrade, originally when i phoned i was told it would be £129.99, i then politely asked for my PAC number as i would be moving networks to get it for free (a white lie), i was then immediatly transferred to customer retention where the free offer kicked in. 18 month contract but still, not bad.
I do exactly the same, got mine free with a similar price plan, going to go for the unlimited data bundle. I already know i'll be doing the same on my other phone when the touch diamond comes out!

Thanks for the recomendation for dutty's rom, just got to find the time to sit down and do it. Got to wait til she's out for a good day and night to leave me time to play!

Must get out more...

[ajs007]

Hi Guys,

I got my Kaiser / Tytn 2 on Orange last September .. probably about a week after it came out :)

Racoon 35 - £35/month on 18 month contract - this gave 700 across any network minutes, plus 100 text (not a big text guy) .. plus unlimited landline numbers starting 01 or 02.

On the £35 contract, the Tytn2 was £89.99 but the package provided cashback on an old phone ... I got £150 c/b on an old nail of a Nokia 3110 ... cashback works on airtime credit so I've bought the phone with four months free use.

Because I wasn't with Orange previously, I couldn't try the 'I'm leaving you ploy' to get it for free ..

They were/are also providing unlimited data access at evenings and weekends for two months.

Negatives .. Watch out for the data after two months free use .. the small print automatically puts you on a £5 a month data tariff if you don't opt out (the same with the traffic TV service too).

I've unlocked it (for free) and I'm on my third ROM ... waiting to have the new official ROM cooked before I have another OS

Nice to see more Orange users her :):)

[timstephens11]

Anyone on dutty's apr 29 with an orange radio? If not, any issues with the .68 latest radio on orange? I know what orange are like, i'm reluctant to change the radio rom so i get the best signal etc. but i want to sim unlock when i flash to dutty's. i'm on 1.27.14.32 shipped radio as it is and think i read it was a good one, maybe i want everything too perfect!

[AnonymousZC]

I don't want to go off topic too much. But I too am an Orange user who got what they wanted after a bit of persuasion. I got it on the £30 a month package, but at £20 for the first 9 months and £25 thereafter. With doubling the minutes from 100 to 200 and keeping it at unlimited texts (I can text about 600 times in a month easy). I knew they really didnt want to lose me when they decided to give me the £129.99 phone for free.
Saving me about £100-150 in total on any other deals I found around.

I have left it at the standard ROM and really don't know if to start messing about with it yet. I don't want to risk ruining it just yet. But then I am really curious on what these upgrades are like.

[SiJ2000]

I'm too chicken.... It all seems like too many steps! Really don't want to mess it up... I don't want to change the radio or unlock, but would have tried just a new O/S rom from Dutty, but too chicken!

LOL

[livefastdiefun87]

I'm too chicken.... It all seems like too many steps! Really don't want to mess it up... I don't want to change the radio or unlock, but would have tried just a new O/S rom from Dutty, but too chicken!

LOL

Dont fear the orange employee is here lol.

As long as you follow the instructions in the wiki you will have absolute 0% issues when flashing your ROM

As for radios any is compatible as long as you use wm6.1 radio with 6.1 ROM etc (common sense really)

If you are worried about the kaiser developing a fault then if you take a look at the search tool at the top of the page it can magically find the original orange supplied radio and ROM for you if you need to return it.

Dont worry as long as you read properly you will have no worries with modding the h/set

And finally hello to all the n00bs just remember use the search and help as much as you can and you will find this forum invaluable :D