HTC Hermes
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| Manufacturer | High Tech Computer Corporation |
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| Operating system | Windows Mobile 5 Windows Mobile 6 Windows Mobile 6.5 |
| CPU | Samsung SC32442A ARM at 400 MHz GPU: ATI Imageon 2282 |
| Memory | 64 MB Random access memory |
| Input | QWERTY Computer keyboard |
| Camera | 1.9megapixel rear |
| Connectivity | USB Mini-B TRS connector |
| Weight | 6.2 grams |
| Predecessor | HTC Wizard |
| Successor | HTC Kaiser |
The HTC Hermes(TyTN, Cingular/ATT 8525, HTC P4500, I-Mate JASJAM, T-Mobile MDA Vario 2/HTC Mercury) is a 3G GSM windows mobile Pocket PC smartphone designed by HTC(High Tech Computer Corporation) based out of taiwan. its main control interface is a 2.8inch 320x240 touchscreen and left side slide out qwerty keyboard, with blue LED back lighting. It features a 2 megapixel camera, facing from the rear of the device. Later models of the hermes also features a front-facing video chat camera. Other features include WiFi B/G, Bluetooth 2,IRDA(Infrared), HTCs ExtUSB(usb mini-b + proprietary headphone pins, not 2.5 plugin CHARGES USING STANDARD USB PLUGIN), quadband GSM, MicroSD(microsdhc capable with wm6+ roms). The phone supports GRPS,EDGE,UMTS and HSDPA dataspeeds. it's one of the first phones directly sold through htc, rather than branded-only. On AT&T/Cingular, it's the sucsessor for the HTC Wizard/Cingular 8125. It was superseded by the HTC Kasier/TyTN2/8925/AT&T Tilt.
The Cingular version of the hermes has a substandard alternate keyplacement that differs from other versions, and requires a registryhack for non-8525 based ROMs.
There are 3 models of the Hermes produced, HERM100,200,300. The major difference between them being, the HERM100 lacks a front-facing videochat camera, the HERM200 features a .1megapixel frontfacing camera, and the HERM300 has a .3megapixel videochat camera.
The HERM100 has a small rubber PushToTalk button on the left hand side of the device, which requires a seperate application to remap it, as its locked to att's PTT function in stock roms.
It lacks a 2.5" headphone jack, requiring a ExtUSB to 2.5" adapter, goes for around $3 on ebay.
The HTC Hermes originally shipped with WM5.0, is upgradeble to WM6.0, and WM6.1/6.5 roms are available from XDA-Developers.
HTC Hermes HERM200 is also known as the HTC Mercury.
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[edit] Versions
The Hermes Model was sold as:
- HTC HERM100
- AT*T/Cingular 8525 (US)
- Dopod 838Pro (ASIA)
- i-mate JASJAM (MIDDLE EAST)
- NTT DoCoMo hTc Z (JAPAN)
- O2 XDA Trion
- Orange United Kingdom SPV M3100
- Qtek 9600
- HTC HERM200
- Dopod CHT 9000
- HTC TyTN P4500
- SoftBank X01HT(Japan)
- Swisscom XPA v1605
- Vodafone v1605(Europe)
- Vodafone VPA Compact III
- HTC HERM300
- T-Mobile MDA Vario II
[edit] ROMs
Main article: HTC Hermes ROMs
Original shipping ROM:5.0 AKU 2.3
WM6 releasedate: july 2007.
There are many cooked roms for the hermes around the internet, this section is dedicated to providing them all in easy access.
[edit] Specifications
- Screen size: 2.8"
- Screen resolution: 240×320 pixels at 143 pixels per inch|ppi, 4:3 aspect ratio, flips into 320x240 landscape mode when keyboard is slid out.
- Screen colors: 65536 (16-bit) colors
- Input devices: Touchscreen interface, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and jog wheel
- Battery: 1300 or 1350 ampere-hour|mAh, user-accessible
- TEST BATTERY AND PUT REALTIME BATTERY COCKS HERE.
- 1.9 pixel megapixel|megapixel camera phone|camera with fixed focus lens, LED flash, self portrait mirror, and macro mode
- Google Maps Mobile MyLocation support(finds your position within a few miles using celltowers)
- Samsung SC32442A (400 MHz ARM architecture|ARM ARM920T processor)
- ATI Imageon Graphics Processing Unit
- RAM: 64 megabyte|MB Dynamic random access memory|DRAM
- ROM: 128 megabyte|MB flash memory
- Removable Media: microSD, up to 4 gigabyte|GB (microSDHC, up to 8 gigabyte|GB if running Windows Mobile 6)
- Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 stock ROM with Windows Mobile 6 available to upgrade. Unofficial cooked roms for Windows Mobile 6.1 available, along with 6.5.
- GSM: GSM /GPRS / EDGE / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Tri band HSDPA UMTS 850,UMTS 1900,UMTS 2100) A UMTS 800 band option appears on some updated phones, but has not been confirmed to work.
- Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11|802.11b/g)
- Bluetooth#Bluetooth 2.0|Bluetooth 2.0
- ExtUSB HTCs all-in-one usb+headphone adapter.
- IrDA
- Size: 112.5mm (h) 58mm (w) 21.95mm
- Weight: 176grams
[edit] Boot Options
Soft reset: Use the stylus to lightly press and hold the RESET button on the bottom of your device.
Hard reset: Press and hold the Left SOFT KEY and Right SOFT KEY, and at the same time, use the stylus to press the RESET button at the bottom of your device. You will be presented with a menu saying 'press R to reset, X to exit', if you press R Your device will be set back to factory default settings. (The L/R soft keys are the "- -" keys just above the start and OK buttons)
Another Option if one of the SOFT KEY's is bad: START/SETTINGS/SYSTEM (tab)/CLEAR STORAGE.
Bootloader mode: Hold side OK and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus.
KITL mode: Hold COMM MANAGER and POWER buttons together and reset with stylus.
[edit] Unlocking
The HTC Hermes can be unlocked(SIM and CID) via a free program available HERE if you need more information, view Hermes Unlocking
[edit] Notes
The TyTN has a GPS receiver, however it has no GPS antenna and the GPS is disabled both in ROM and physically through disconnection of certain pins on the circuit.
Early models of the TyTN (HT624xxx - HT632xxx) have been known to suffer from screen alignment problems and should be avoided.
