DEAD PLAYER RECOVERY GUIDE

[tadad1]

CoakCraw, Your dum.bin is not a full firmware it is missing a few files that do not get copied from your player. If your player is in recovery mode it will not accept a dump.bin you need to use a full version firmware that contains all the files. You can download some from HERE You need to load the full version to your player it may not fully recover your player but you will then be able to use your dump.bin provided you have repaired it with s1fwx.

[CoakCraw]

Thenk you i forgot to repair de dump.bin. My player is working now and i changed the lay-out to a sort of nano look (what i wanted, but then i blew up my player ops: )
Very much thanks, Tim

[tadad1]

CoakCraw, Glad you got your player going again.

[kryss]

my player is still working but i dont see anything in my LCD - it turned blue (wrong firmware update). am i going to follow the dead player guide (short my chip pins)? because i tried firmwares in here but unfortunately cant find the right one.. my player (ipod china 512mb) SAMSUNG 625 - k9F4608U0A, when it starts ipod logo appears and has a background of waterlily if you connect it to usb..

[tadad1]

kryss, You only need to short the chip if your player is no longer recognised by Windows and the Mp3 Upgrade tool.

[abinbetrieb]

hi all,
i think i'm in a big trouble...
i've got the same player as in the picture (dead player recovery guide).. but it is dead, because i have upgraded it with a wrong firmware (i think so)...whatever, if i turn it on, the lcd doesn't show something... but if i connect my mp4 player to the pc, the pc detects it as an"(unknown) usb device"...and the lcd is black..then i have tried to recover it, with the recovery guide ( i must say it's a very good guide, respect)
but i've got a problem now. until connecting theplayer with my pc, everything is ok.. BUT when i connect it with my pc, and make a connection between the pins using a tweezer or other metal item, the pc detects: usb device and not "adfu server device".. so i can't install a new firmware on my mp4player

and the *.inf file that should have be in the "windows folder" is not there..maybe somebody can send me that file please?

please help me.....

[tadad1]

abinbetrieb, there is also a copy of the AdfuUpdate.ini where you installed MP3 Player Utilities in the RDiskUpdate\driver folder. Also try connecting you player to another usb port, one you have not used with the player before if possible.

[abinbetrieb]

oh thank you very much, now i can update it with a new firmware, but i don't know what firmware i have to update on the mp4player, i have read that you must try every full firmware then dump.bin or so..
which firmware or dump.bin would you advise me to try it first ??

[tadad1]

abinbetrieb,
Do you know what version your firmware was 3.5.35 or 3.5.37?
I suggest that you download s1res from the Downloads\Tools section. With s1res you can open the firmware you download and look at the images within the firmware.
END.RES, is the images in the shutdown animation
LOGO.RES, the startup animation
UI30.RES - icon, has all the other images like menus etc.

If you look through the firmware with s1res and find all the ones that have similar images to the firmware that was on your player they will be the best ones to start with.

Some of the firmware you download may not have been repaired. If you try any firmware that gives you an error warning try naming it dump.bin, place it in the folder of s1fwx and run the repair.bat, then try loading it to your player again.

You will find s1fwx in the Downloads\Tools section as well.

[abinbetrieb]

oh dear, very very very big thanks, i have recovered my dead player
thank you very much