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Originally Posted by chaoscreater";p="
hmm ok thx for the detail info guys, but may i ask y is it 99.99% i'll break it? Isn't it good to update softwares/firmwares?
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the player you have is a no-brand player,
the advantage: cheap
the disadvantage: no support
these players are made in their thousands by hundreds of factories, they are made for quick sale only and they dont expect people to keep them for long
there are a few branded players from china that may use the same rockchip as yours, and many of these companies do provide firmware updates to enhance the players functionalities and fix bugs, but you pay more for these devices.
firmware is very hardware specific and is tweaked by the factories to suit the components they use, button layout etc so this means that firmwares are not compatible across the board, regardless if the chip is the same or the version number looks the same.
so in short, yes firmware updates can be good, but ONLY if you have a branded and supported player. But no-branded players do not have this luxuary and any firmware updating you do is at your own risk and if you look around this site you will find many people with "white screen" problems after upgrading
no-one is saying dont do it but just be aware that, even if you find a firmware with the same version number, there is no guarantee it will work
if you are not bothered about breaking the player then go for it, it si fun and eventually satisfying if you can get it to work and if you do the only thing you can then do is a little skin modification as there will be no new functionality