devika, It is not possible to tell you the exact firmware you need as there are 100's of variations now. If your firmware was originally 3.5.37 then you must just keep trying this version firmware until you find one that works with your player there are quite a few in the Download>Firmware section. Worry about your audio problem once you get the player going again.

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Hello all! :)

i want to add an information, its that i've shorted my player chips pins and it came to life, well what i wanna say is that i used to short first the processor chip pins ATJ2085, and it works, as it sure to work with shoting the memory chip pins SAMSUNG or HYNIX!

so you can bring your dead players to life by shorting any chip pins you want or you see that its easyer for you to short, its not important which chip you short!

N.B: i used to short memory and processor chip, thats worked in both, but i didnt short radio chip pins just because i havent one in my player :) ! , so i dont know what will happen if you short your radio chip pins!

Thanx! :)

HELLO FRIEND MY PLAYER STILL DEAD MY CHIP ID-ATJ2051 H/PROCESSOR 0552-29F4C08BAB /SW VACTS16D-37/3.5.37.001 ANY ONE CAN HELP FIRMWARE I RONGLY CHANGE THE FILE $ACTSDK$.FW FOR V3.2.16 MY OREGINAL V IS 3.5.37 ANY CHANCE TO RECOVER IT...THANK

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Hi,
Im new to this forum.
I have the 4GB MP4 player with samsung chipset.
I followed the instructions to short the pins and was able to update the firmware and I tried a few and still had no luck getting it to work.
Now Ive another problem in that the screen is now permanently on and a blueish colour. When I short the pins it wont detect as a USB device in windows.
Occasionally and very rarely it will beep and display as a USB device but it immediately removes itself so no device is found.
Anyone had similar problems or have ideas?
I have backed up the firmware from a similar player so can upgrade it when I can get the unit to detect again.
Many thanks

zacspeed,
Try connecting to a different USB port if possible one you have not used the player on before. Then short the chip across from side to side. It needs to be recognosed as an ADFU device then when you open the Upgrade tool you will get a message that the player is in Recovery Mode and waiting for firmware to be loaded.
If windows can't find the ADFU driver there is a copy in C:\Program Files\MP3 Player Utilities 3.57\RDiskUpdate\driver or where you have the utilities installed.
When it is recovery mode you will need to load a full version firmware, then format the player, then load the dump. There are full version firmware in the download section, it does not have to be the exact one for your player but try and keep to your original firmwares version number eg. 3.5.37.

If changing ports does not help, right click on My Computer select Manage , then device manager, expand the Universal Serial Bus Controller heading and right click on every USB Root Hub and select Uninstall. Disconnect the player and reboot. Windows will re-install the drivers when the PC re-boots. Then try the player reset.

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Hi Tadad,
Thanks for your advice. It helped me get further than I have done before but found it just took me thru an infinite loop. It would recover the firmware but then it wouldnt read the drive and said it wasnt readable and it wouldnt allow me to format it. So i'd start over and repeat the cycle.
So anyway I tried a different firmware, I think it was a version 3.2 something.
It said it was successful and then the screen flashed for a little while, approx 1 second at a time and then went blank. I tried uninstalling all USB devices again and when I short the pins I get no response now.
Any ideas as im at a loss?

hi tadad1

sorry but the firmware you have referred to is invalid firmware... when used to upgrade player using upgrade tool, it says, "invalid firmware file"..

nwei.. thanks for the effort... i really appreciate it.. pla send me another similar firmware if you found so... thanks again

regards
renz

PS: just want to say to all that s1mp3.org is now online... thanks

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Is it suposed to spark when touching the chip on the player?