About this message "too many bad blocks" given from Consumer Update programs.
Reading the spicy "
Meizu M6 vs Rockchip Player" I have made a theory about rockchip devices that I want to share with this community.
First, is that firmware is stored in a separate chip in a rockchip device (ELPIDA chip in the pic of
iixorbiusii device). In my device: Winbond chip... used in PC to keep BIOS.... then IS NOT using NAND flash and is in a VERY SAFE part.
Maybe due to this Rockchip device are so consistent, is possible to load any rockchip firmware and the device will function as it should, of course some times showing a Blank Screen, some times with wrong buttons configuration, in such cases Rockchip device is fully functional but "blinded" on "handicapped"... but not "dead".
I have prove this by writing music in my beloved Blank Screen device and I have been able to listen to it without problems but "blinded". Of course, when buttons configuration is messed up it works bad, then is when it's needed to use the hardware method to connect the device in safe mode (rockusb)
I think that is in this chip where appears the bad blocks, Consumer Update maybe check its integrity and when is not in the internal format expected send the "Too many bad blocks" message.
My Zarva Consumer Update do the trick in this chip.
BTW Consumer Update is a program provided by Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd, makers of the wonderful chip.
Second, the firmware uses NAND flash as a harddisk (Samsung chip in the pic), which will be formatted according to windows schemes, and it will act as a common harddisk... writing and reading all the time!
:? I have short circuited NAND FLASH when I want to put the device in "rockusb" mode... next time I will try doing it in the firmware chip instead... or maybe not :?: