Ok.
First things first, tell your friend that performing the dead player recovery can render the player completely DEAD. He needs to know the risk and that if it does completely die, then it's not your fault. If he's willing to take the risk then you should do it. That will cover yourself.
Follow the Dead Player Recovery Guide and read the other posts. Best to sort the pins mentioned.
Well, finding the correct firmware is the hardest part as there are so many variations. You may get lucky and you may not. Also mention that there is a chance that you CAN'T recovery it either if you can't find the correct player. It doesn't really matter because right now it's dead anyway and useless right? At least what you're doing is attempting to get it back to life.
ID3 support, don't think it's possible. It depends on your player's firmware and what works on that player. The Actions chipsets don't have all the best features though unfortunately so you'll be lucky if you can find out that is going to give you ID3.
Hope that helps.
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