Fix a bricked Elfin?

[wnpaul]

Hello,

I am looking for someone who can unbrick my Elfin (purchased as a TMO Touch), somewhere in Europe or the UK (I'm not really keen to ship it farther afield).

If you are anywhere in the European Union and think you can help me, please contact me at wnp@doulos.at and let me know your expectations as to remuneration.

Thanks.

Wolf

[jeremy89632]

Have you tried gold carding it?
and is it , you spilled liquids or ..

[x86]

What exactly is gold carding? I just purchased a Htc Touch that does not power up, so researching on repairing options.

[jeremy89632]

If it doesnt power up, you may have to go to the service centre :)

Please be reminded that digitizer only replace the touchscreen only.
(Not the same as LCD)

[wnpaul]

Have you tried gold carding it?
and is it , you spilled liquids or ..

Nope, haven't tried that yet, only found out about it just now. Will try that (and the Unbricker ROM) next.

And no, I haven't physically damaged it or spilled anything on it or taken it swimming :-)

[jeremy89632]

Can it go to bootloader mode?
When pressed the power and camera button.

[wnpaul]

Have you tried gold carding it?
and is it , you spilled liquids or ..

OK, tried gold carding it, both with my distributed ROM (TMA) and with the Unbriking ROM.

When I reset the device with the stylus, or by removing the battery and putting it back in it immediately goes to the tricolor bootloader screen.

It will load a ROM from the SD Card, but will never boot beyond the tricolor screen.

The Bootload Screen says "SPL 2.26.0002" at the top of the red field, and "SPL 2.26.0000" at the bottom of the red field. Top right corner says "RUU", and bottom left will say USB whenever it is plugged into a USB.

Any Advice?

[jeremy89632]

Fantastic, you are reaching there.
Continue.

Go flash a ROM in.
Download the stock rom first and when you see te multi colour screen, flash it there.

and of course, take reference from this xda wiki page.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Elf_GoldCard

Go down to 'Unbrick your device' and read from there.

[x86]

Yea, I hav 2 Elfs, one I'm replacing the digitizer (easy) but I purchased one to repair myself, so instead of the service center do you guys know what maybe would be needed if it does not power-up...maybe a new board? the battery holds charge.

[wnpaul]

Thanks for the hint, between Gold Card and the Unbricker image I got it going.
Now, how do I get rid of the very first screen which says "Smart Mobility. Test Only. Not for Sale" -- is that the IPL, and can I flash that with the IPL image (i.e. IPL 3.10) as "ELF0IMG.nbh" on the micro SD card?

[jeremy89632]

it is always good to flash using a PC, not a microSD.

Gold carding thread for elf/elfin can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437996

As for the not for sale and smart mobility screen, im really sorry.
I cant help.
But you can google (http://www.google.com.sg/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=remove+smart+mobility+screen+xda&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) and i dont know whether it works for your device.