Hacked player from eBay seller rogerlam628
 

I just got my MPx player today, one of those Glacier types. Bought it from rogerlam628. It's supposed to be 4GB.

Yes this is the first time here, but I've always been fast to hacking something, anyway, I turned it on and realized the GUI looked like crap. So I went to google and found this site, went reading, and found that I could have been scammed. Well, I already had music on it and I didn't want to open it up, so I thought maybe I could take a look at the firmware. Mine has version 9.1.51, so I found it couldn't be modded but no, I was still gunna try.

I found s1clone v1.1. When I went to use it it displayed info about the flash chip.
This is the exact line: flash chip: 2555D5EC "HYNIX/SAMSUNG 2048MB (LBF)" (protected =0)

Last I checked, 2048 MB isn't 4 GB.

So yea, Also, maybe someone could develop a way to open up these s1clone images.

Anyway, I'm about to contact him now, anything in particular I should say?

You still need to format the player to remove the memory hack otherwise you will have problems with it such as restarted, freezing, file format errors.

I would contact the seller which is a known scammer and tell him what you found out. Most likely, he will respond and try to blame it on you, the manufacturer, or claim it is an honest mistake. He will probably tell you to ship the player back at YOUR cost and he will give you a full refund. I wouldn't do it as you are most likely never to see your money or another player again. If you paid thru Paypal open a dispute through them. If he refuses the full refund unless you ship the player back, you might want to accept a partial and keep the player. Find out how much 2gb players are going for and offer to take that.

Your player apparently has 2 GB onboard storage. If you paid for a player that advertised 4 GB storage, then contact the seller and tell them you didn't get what you paid for. If the seller does not offer to refund your money, then open a dispute with Paypal (assuming you paid the seller through Paypal).

Do not do anything with your player, up to and including flashing firmware, etc. until you have heard from the seller about what they plan to do about selling you a player that is not as advertised.

Re: Easier way to see if player is hacked!!!
 

See http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...ry_WEB_new.pdf to decode the ID (2555D5EC in your case) -- it reads backwards, so read as EC D5 55 (ignore the first two digits). Also see datasheet for additional information.

Result: your chip is Samsung (EC), 16Gb x 8, 3.3v. 2048+16 bytes, 256K page size.

ok, I formated, 2 GB confirmed

I am lucky.

I bought a player from rogerlam628 and player is working and is not hacked.

But I will not buy again from him because I see this page.

Re: Hacked player from eBay seller rogerlam628
 

I purchased a 4GB "nano" style MP4 player from rogerlam628. Paid $46 for it. I was warned about probable hacking and shipping from China by another Ebayer, after I purchased it, so I sent him an email saying that I didn't want it if it was a hacked 2GB and being shipped from China (description says "Ships from Canada"). He emailed me and told me not to worry, because he "doesn't cheat customers", and shipping would be quick. That gave me a slight reassurance, because he knew that I could tell what a hacked player was.

Well, it arrived in about three weeks, which I didn't think was too bad for shipping from China......but of course, it was a hacked 4GB, that was really a 2GB.

I told him that I would report him to Ebay, PayPal, and leave negative feedback if he didn't resolve the problem. Of course he told me to ship it back at my expense. I told him that I would not ship it back at my expense, and to either send me a real 4GB, or another 2GB to make a total of 4GB, or give me my money back. I ended up agreeing to take a partial refund of $17. I don't think $29 is too much for a working 2GB player....plus, I figured any kind of refund was better then nothing.

So after I got the refund, I left negative feedback on Ebay. He just emailed me yesterday asking for me to remove the negative feedback. I told him that I would....when he ships me what I paid for, which is a true 4GB player. I told him I would even give him his $17 refund back. He hasn't answered me yet. :lol:

Way to go, dude! :lol: More of this kind of action will tip potential buyers off to the scams of these losers.

I salute you!

Re: Hacked player from eBay seller rogerlam628
 

I was also scammed by this guy earlier this month!
I'm happy i found this site as atleast i now have a working 2GB player.

I contacted him saying that it was only a 2GB player and not 4GB he said he didn't believe me and could i prove that it was only 2GB!

I went a little overkill and emailed him pictures of the windows format information and a picture of the Flash Ram chip (with the serial number clearly visible) and gave him the link to Samsung's web page which can decipher the chip code to show what it is, then gave him a full breakdown of what the code meant and how that proved it was a 2GB chip!

He then just emailed back saying that he didn't understand my email but would be prepared to offer a full refund if i posted it back or a partial refund.

Clearly i wasn't going to mail it back (and it does work fairly well as a 2GB player) so i asked for the partial refund option.

Just to get things in perspective the player cost me just over £21 inc. postage and he just came back offering me a £1 partial refund!?!?!

Needless to say i emailed him back asking him to revise his 'offer' :)

Am waiting to see what he has to say next!

devcloud , perhaps you could search over ebay and compare the average selling prices of 2GB players. Then ask for the difference between the 2GB players and your player.

Keep those emails that he replied you. You might need them if you open a dispute over paypal.