[Q]ELF will not Hard Reset or go to BOOTLOADER

[michel-2000]

Ok, here's my situation:

I just bought a HTC Touch/Elf and I wanted to upgrade a couple of things in it.
FYI, it's not the first time I'm playing around with some HTC Smartphone...I upgraded a 8125 & 8525 from WM5 to WM6.5...anyway..

So, I tried to get to the Bootloader by pressing POWER+CAMERA+RESET ...nothing happened, except that the phone just restarted normally.

I tried to upgrade the USPL...nothing either...

I tried to Hard Reset the phone (maybe this could help...)...nothing there too...

All the things I tried came to the same conclusion = the phone just restarted normally...???

Here's what I could find :
ROM 1.11.706.1B CHS
ROM DATE 05/24/07
Ril VERSION 03.07.90
Protocol 4.1.13.51

WM 6.1 Professional

What can be wrong? Can it be the phone itself?
Is there another way to enter the Bootloader?
Am I missing something...or doing something wrong?

I need your help guys...I've been reading all around the forum for the last 2 days, and I'm going now a bit crazy...LOL

Thanks

Michel

[depakjan]

Is your phone stuck ??.. or it's just that it's not going to bootloader??... if your phone is going to today screen ,.. connect to activesync and use the device_info tool from dsixda... and let us know the results

[michel-2000]

Now the phone is frozen...it boots, then I get a blue screen. The touch screen does not work anymore, the only thing I can do is reset (soft)...and that's it!

I cannot even see it on my PC when I connect it vis USB....

Darn....

[fcukx3]

to go to bootloader without the reset button(that can be damaged in most models)
take out your battery and hold the power and the camera button
that will get you in the bootloader

if you have unlocked your device then you are lucky if not then you are out of luck

[newdecember]

i thought to enter the bootloader it was just the camera button and the soft reset,

hmmm... u learn something new everyday

[michel-2000]

to go to bootloader without the reset button(that can be damaged in most models)
take out your battery and hold the power and the camera button
that will get you in the bootloader

if you have unlocked your device then you are lucky if not then you are out of luck

Yes the phone is unlocked, but NO, it is not working ...again...

Everytime I try to get to the Bootloader, the phone just ''soft-reset'' itself.

I'm guessing that the WM installed is probably corrupted, it freezes on the Start Screen...darn...

[michel-2000]

Ok...I figured out how to Hard Reset the phone:
POWER + LEFT KEY (green) + MIDDLE BUTTON

Strange???...I never saw this combination anywhere...

Now, I need to figure out the Bootloader combination...

[sasa66]

Ok...I figured out how to Hard Reset the phone:
POWER + LEFT KEY (green) + MIDDLE BUTTON

Strange???...I never saw this combination anywhere...

Now, I need to figure out the Bootloader combination...

I think tht this strange combination belong to Chinese ELF clones not original ones .

[glenl]

I think tht this strange combination belong to Chinese ELF clones not original ones .
Wow... did the OP get duped?

[michel-2000]

Wow... did the OP get duped?

Yes and No....:confused:

I was told, before getting the phone that it was an ''original'' HTC, but when I got it, I could clearly see that it was a clone. For the price, I though it would not be a ''real'' one...but I read a lot online about the copies, and except the bootloader thing, it does work like a real HTC.

As far as I'm concern, if the phone works fine, and don't see a problem using a clone, but the clone has to work...:rolleyes:

If I can get to the Bootloader, then I can play with it a bit...now I can only installed stuff in it, as a regular WM Smartphone...no challenge here :D

[sasa66]

Yes and No....:confused:

As far as I'm concern, if the phone works fine, and don't see a problem using a clone, but the clone has to work...:rolleyes:

If I can get to the Bootloader, then I can play with it a bit...now I can only installed stuff in it, as a regular WM Smartphone...no challenge here :D

Indeed Elf clones run the same as original but it use modified OS and may contain different hardware so it needs its own drivers and cannot be upgraded by original or cooked HTC roms

[michel-2000]

Thanks for the reply.

I understand the ''modified OS'', but what if I want to upgrade the RADIO ROM?

Can I use a ''regular'' Touch Radio ROM to do this?

[sasa66]

Thanks for the reply.

I understand the ''modified OS'', but what if I want to upgrade the RADIO ROM?

Can I use a ''regular'' Touch Radio ROM to do this?

Dont Know about that, look for radio version on your device and see if it is similar to that of touch but search well first or my may get a brick

[michel-2000]

Dont Know about that, look for radio version on your device and see if it is similar to that of touch but search well first or my may get a brick

The Radio ROM now is 03.07.90, which seems to be a ''real'' Touch ROM, as per the WiKi here.

So I'm guessing that I can upgrade the Radio Rom with a more recent one...