i think my problem is solved. After you said to make sure I repaired the backup tadad1, I re-repaired it to make sure it worked and it didnt not. I dont really understand why it worked the first time I repaired and not the second, but i extracted and repaired all over again and i was able to upgrade fine in MP4 Player Utilities 4.0. I unfortunately dont have my original firmwire with the standard menu, but I should be fine with this edited one.
Thanks for the help