s1flash works very differently from s1fwx. It does not extract a firmware dump as s1fwx did but instead clones the whole memory chip including the area where the firmware resides on the memory chip. It will not load or extract a standard firmware .bin file.
It will not help people who want to theme their 9.0.XX series firmware as the resulting file can not be edited in any way.
At the moment it only reads up to 1GB of memory, I am not sure how that will affect players with memory chips larger than this.
The fact the the backup file generated is the 1GB or more in size means that there are not going to be any firmware uploads of backup files as they are too large for most people.
I see s1flash useful if you have 2 identical players and can clone one to repair the other or to create a backup of your player when you first get it.
I doubt it will be helpful to those who have dead players and are looking for repair firmware.
The app is still in development so expect to see updates.
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