Hi,
I own a MP4 player called i-Nickel(1GB version) which I bought from
www.uxcell.com. To begin with, this player has been problematic from the very first day I received it. At first, my PC did not recognize(Windows Message - 'USB device not recognized'). Then suddenly, M$ Window XP picked it up one day. All functions on the player worked well, mp3, voice, photo, amv player, etc. A few days ago I started getting a 'Disk Error' message from the player anytime I tried to access the internal flash. The radio continued to work fine but I could not access the mp3, video, voice, or photo functions. Further more, the device was again in an unrecognizable state with Windows XP. I followed your 'Dead Player Recovery Guide' and was able to get windows to recognize the mp4 player. I then proceeded to update the firmware with the one recommended for this particular device from uxcell.com(
http://www.uxcell.com/public/mp3upda...5_i_nickel.zip)
The firmware upgrade was successful(so says the fw upgrade tool). However I could not access the the drive in Windows Explorer, so I proceeded to low format the drive using the MP3 Player Disk Manager. The formatting process failed at 18%. Since then I have not seen anything on the screen of the palyer. It does not boot. I tried repeating the guide and I am able to get windows to recognize the USB device at times, but the firmware and formatting tool does not recognize the device.
Do you have any suggestion for this problem?
Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Juke