cielo009, At the moment it is not possible to extract 9.0.48 & 9.0.50 firmware so you could not have backed up anyway.
Your problem is going to be trying to find a firmware suitable for your player. Because they can not be extracted there are only a handful of factory versions available on the web. Forget trying 3.5.XX series firmware they are not going to work. You could try 9.0.43, 9.0.48, or 9.0.50 that suit your screen size.
http://www.mympxplayer.org/actions-9...mare-dc37.html
If none work you will have to wait till the updated tools for extracting 9.0.XX firmware are released then there will be a lot more for download.

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i have an s1 mp3 player 1G 2".I tried to upgrade firmware and now its dead. i folowed your steps tada but it dosent work. wen i try to recover firmware an error apears" Read or write device information failed.Please exit the program and check if device is connecting

Goust,
What is your player original firmware version?
What firmware are you trying to load?
Is the player in recovery mode and detected as an ADFU Device?
What version of MP3 Player Utilities are you using?

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firmware ACT2097_S75 9.0.43, yes it is detected. I am using Mp3 Player Utilities 4.06

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My player ipode(s1 mp3) is in recovery mode. Board no. mp-693c-sl main v1.3 2005-12-14 ATJ 2085 w (128mb).Tried all possible firmware upgrade .for v 3.5.37 upgrade says success but the player is still in recovery mode with blue screen. I still hav the hope with u genis people

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Chip : Samsung 643
K9L8G08UOMPCBO

Board : ATJ2097H

I have same sony mp4 player I lost my original firmware so kindly I request to you please give me your firmware from my e-mail (tmallik1980@gmail.com)

my mp4 f/w details:

PMA300_010
date: 2006/03/15
f/w : SRX-3.5.35
date: 2006/03/24

please send me your firmware :x :x

tmallik1979,
Try this if your player has a 1.8 LCD.

http://uploaded.to/?id=9vdgh5

PMA300_010
date: 2006/03/15
f/w : SRX-3.5.37
date: 2006/03/24

ok here's the update on my player... it's on it's way on being playable again. i just need the right firmware. it's being recognized by my pc as a removable device, but my screen is blank and black..

and as tadad1 (thanks for the info) said, it might be a while for me to find the right firmware.. i just have to be patient...

please somebody help me

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I have a 1.8" ipod looking 4gb mp4 player, the original firmware # is 9.0.48, I wanted more games so i decided to upgrade it, when I use the 9.0.50 firmwares, only gave me a black screen, when I use the 9.0.48 from this site only gave a blank whit screen, all of them is updatable, but just won't work. chip set is atj2091n, samsung 643, if anyone got a working firmware applicable to mine, and able to send it to me I'd be very appriciated. one more thing, when it is pluged in, it shows up as several disks now, not just one single disk, does that have to do with this problem?

I figured that the mp3 player still works, everything still in function, only that shows a blank bright screen, anyone has this problem, or a solution to it? or know what is wrong with it? the lcd?

morrislee , the problem is likely not with your screen or hardware, but likely with the firmware which is not fully compatible.

Are you able to faintly see the menu or other things if you tilt the screen at various angles?

If so, try loading the firmware into Waterlily and set the contrast/brightness setting.

hum... so Waterlily is a program? and where would I go and download it? I found a firmware on here that I think was for my player, I was able to tell from opening from a program s1res.exe(or something) by the way, it there anyway just to add the games to my firmware?

morrislee , Waterlily is a firmware modifying tool. It can be downloaded here http://www.mympxplayer.org/waterlily...-mb-df256.html

Try playing around with the contrast/brightness setting.

Regarding the games, you'll need to merge firmwares which contains more games into a compatible firmware for your player. It would not be easy to identify which firmware has more games than the others.
However, it is not recommended as your player might just go dead again.

seems like waterlily is not yet competable with my firmware, if possible, can I send you the firmware and you mod the contrast for me?

morrislee , if Waterlily could not support your firmware, then i'm not sure of any other methods to adjust the contrast/brightness. Perhaps you need to wait till it supports your version.

so you mean that even s1res.exe doesn't have the option to do it either? if so then I can stop looking in to that program

morrislee, The contrast adjustment is really only helpful if your screen is to dark and you need to make it brighter. I have also found it has no effect on players that do not have a Brightness setting in the system menu.
You can try Firmware Modifier HERE:
http://www.mympxplayer.org/firmware-modifier-df17.html

I have a 1.8 inch screen MP4. its memory is 256MB(used to show 2gb). it was going fine. yesterday, it ran out of charge , I left it as it is. today, I tried charging it, it didnt. WHen I connected it to my PC, nothing happened. It is DEAD. when I removed it, and tried to short circuit the pins of the IC, nothing happened. any idea? I didnt try any software upgradation.

you may try and open it and see it the usd connector pins inside if it is broken(happend to my old one) this may happen when the pin is a bit out of the place and when you pluge it use cord in and resulting in pushing the pins in or bending it. if not that problem look into either if the batteryis connected correctly, or is it a defective one. look for is anything looks like burned out, make sure you didn't staticed it due to the winter(you get more statics during winter some how) another thing i found out, all the people with the restarting problem, it is not the faulty machine, it is the statics also, try taking a sweater off and have the mp3 player touching the sweater, it will restart. Hope you get yours working!

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i want to thank u very mush u really help me , i have make all steps but it just stop in explorer sign . i have coverd my firmware with Version 3.2.16 and it just show the explorer sign and when i reconnect it to format i can not find it in windows as driver it is still aduf not usb device so i can not foramt it by using windows or even by using mp3 formating tools what i shall do my player is white and called gigamax MP-693C-SL MAIN V1.3 2005.12.14 plz i need help

make sure the file systme is in fat, but if it is in fat 32, windows can still formate it- thats a note

firmware
 

Please help!!! I need firmware for my dead mp4

FW: B806K8X_v2.0
Core: 9.0.50

more detail please???

heres the specs

1.8 inch Large, 65,000 Pixels Full Color TFT LCD Display

FW: B806K8X_v2.0
Core: 9.0.50

macking , there are some v9.0.xx firmwares in the downloads section here http://www.mympxplayer.org/actions-9...mare-dc37.html

If these do not work, then there is nothing much you can do. As the firmware extractor currently does not support any versions higher than v9.0.43.

@lattesurf
i try the version 9.0.43 and 9.0.48 still don't work with my player, my next step is to copy the firmware of my friend's mp4 player coz we have the same model, gladly i extract his firmware using s1fwx , still the result is just a white blank screen

Can anyone help me on what to do to recover my mp4?

macking , two players may look exactly the same on the outside, even with same interface and screen images. But the firmware used maybe totally different from each other.

macking, If your friends player is also using 9.0.50 then the dump will not be usable. s1fwx will not extract a complete backup of any versions above 9.0.43. A new firmware extraction tool is being written for these newer versions but may not be available for some time.

just to double check

we have the same chipset

SAMSUNG 640 K9L8G08U0M

ATJ2091N

Thanks Tadad1 for that info

hi.. I can't access a picture for http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1504/52qd.jpg.. it's not available.. Pls re-publish these pic..

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how do l get this picture... currently it's not available...http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1504/52qd.jpg

l'm looking a picture which is refer to these statement - 'Using the tweezers or other metal item gently make a connection between the pins on one side of the chip. I have found this can be quite random you may also have to do it a few times.
'.. anybody got this pic??

Jong, I have just taken some new images and uploaded them.

thanx tadad1.. now my pc can detect my mp4 player but just 119MB, actually mine is 8GB.. l tried to upgrade the firmware to others version but it's still doesn't work... l don't have any ori firmware so what's the best firmware for my player.. fyi, old firmware was from ACTIONS ZHUHAI (maybe ver 3.0.?) ... my player : ipod clone with 1.5/1.8 LCD.. my chipset was Hynix...

Jong, You will find 2 chips on the players main board. Could you tell me the serial number of the large rectangular Hynix chip and also the serial number of the smaller square chip, it will be ATJ2085 or ATJ2091.

chip : HY27UF081G2A and ATJ2051

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the adfuupdate does not pass a windows test, hence does not inistall

heck am i to do?