[ROM][WWE]HTC Elf Clone - Rom Dumped[ONLINE]

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Hey there!

At first I'd like to intruduce myself as I'm around here not too long.
Well I'm a gagdet lover and got my self accidentaly a Touch-Clone, and the worst is that the OS (WM6) is in Chinese ...

First I was pissed off, but then I got trough the Wikis and managed to make a rom-dump of the device, so if anybody is interested, I'd be glad to share the dump with you ...

Actually I'm looking for some possibility to get rid of the chinese interface as I understand nothing and was wondering if it's possible just to exchange language-critical files with adequate english- or german ones?

And is it possible to flash the changed image back to the device with pdocwrite (Filesystem is MSFLASH) or am I confusing something?

Any suggestions or recomendations?
Cheers, Max

You will have to disclose your device's model so that ppl here can confirm if it is a ELF / ELFin Clone. After updating the USPL you should be able to flash any recent rom in any language.

thanks for your reply!

Unlocking the phone with CERT_SPCS and Enable Rapi worked fine, attached some pics:






I hope you didn't get me wrong, this is not an original htc as it seems, as the filesystem is different? But any hints appreciated!
Cheers, Max

This is HTC ELF S1 from China.
It is the first version of Elf.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320155
Flash the USPL and you are good to go for any Elf ROM.
2.20 Elfin ROM is also compatible with your device. But you may want to try those Elf ROM first. You may try the touch surface rom or Shadow CE 2.1.

Originally Posted by baustromverteiler

thanks for your reply!


I hope you didn't get me wrong, this is not an original htc as it seems, as the filesystem is different? But any hints appreciated!
Cheers, Max

BTW, this is the same as other HTC ELF .. No different at all, except it uses Chinese Language ROM.

thanks for the identification, your help is very appreciated!

but just to be sure: the device goes into bootloader when pressing "volume up" and soft reset. Also the bootloader screen is white and shows "Enter bootloader updated from SD card?" written in green.

Isn't the bootloader usualy in three colors? Sorry for my doubts but I just want to make sure I don't brick the device ;o)
cheers, Max

Hey where did you buy your phone?

same as you civilized ;o) already solved your problem?

china clone...

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@baustromverteiler

did you manage to extract the bootloader? and if yes: what tool did you use?
i´m trying to do the same thing on another clone from china running a strange kind of wm6... and it is a msflash-device, too!

regards

chuckbert

hi chuckbert,

use this command to geht the exact size of partition you want to dump (first use pdo Cert_SPCS and EnableRapi on the phone to unlock your device if not done already)

1. pdocread -w -d MSFLASH -p Part00 -b 0x800 -t

output is something like this:

real nr of sectors: 638 - 1.25Mbyte (0x13f000)

then use

2. pdocread -w -d MSFLASH -p Part00 0 -b 0x800 0x13f000 part00.raw

to dump the rom to disk, you must change the 0x13f000 to in value 1. displays, then do this for all your partitions you want to dump, part02 is the OS (at least on my device) and I suspect part00 or part01 to be the bootloader but I don't know how to extract it from the dump, maybe someone could help?

I got in contact with the seller today and they're trying to get a english rom from the manufacturer ...