DEAD PLAYER RECOVERY GUIDE

haspak · #**561** (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2007, 11:21 am

hi
i have this http://www.uxcell.com/uxcell/retail/...v0blk1024mp021
mp4. i bougth it online from uxcell.com. Now after 2 weeks its dead. my pc can not recognize it. i have two pc i tried both of them does not get recognized. it does not even turn on. totally dead. so search online and i saw tis site. i tried to do wat u said. but still i can not get it recongnized. is there any way u can help me. i will be greatfull if u help make my mp4 works. my e-mail is smh_volum@yahoo.ca
thanks

alshere · #**562** (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2007, 5:18 pm

Hi, am I reading the recovery guide correctly. I got my ChiPod back to a blue screen, shows up as a u disk, formatted it, ok so far. now it says to upload the firmware again?? does this mean re-flash it with different dumps till I stumble on 1 that works ?

tadad1 · #**563** (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2007, 11:10 pm

alshere, After shorting the memory chip and putting it into recovery mode the player will only accept a full version firmware. If this fully recovers your player then great but in most cases it will not but now your player will be able to load extracted firmware dump.bin files until you find one that is compatible with your player. If your player stops responding again then you need to repeat the process of shorting the chip.

lattesurf · #**564** (**permalink**) 15th Feb 2007, 7:59 am

mcadam , the firmware that you updated it with is not fully compatible with your player. What was your player's original firmware version?

Besides the colours problem, is the rest of the player functioning properly?

lattesurf · #**565** (**permalink**) 15th Feb 2007, 8:13 am

mcadam , if you have a backup of your original firmware (maybe from the CD that came with it), then try flashing it back again.

I would not advise you to try any other firmwares as you will more likely brick your player even if the firmware version is exactly the same. There could be 100s of variants of the same firmware version. You were lucky that this firmware did not brick yours.

As the current firmware extraction tool S1fwx v3.1 does not support any versions higher than v9.0.43, you most probably will encounter problems looking for a compatible firmware.

i'll suggest that you bear with the current colour problem with your player until the tools are able to support your version.

lattesurf · #**566** (**permalink**) 15th Feb 2007, 9:19 am

mcadam , as the firmware extraction tool S1fwx v3.1 only supports upto v9.0.43, the firmware dump that you extracted earlier on has missing files. This is the reason for the sand-glass screen even when you flashed it back to the player.

You can either contact your seller for an exchange, or wait until the tool supports your version. So other users are able to extract their firmwares for you to test on your player.

lattesurf · #**567** (**permalink**) 15th Feb 2007, 9:41 am

mcadam , it is currently being created by wiRe of S1mp3.de. We don't know when it will be out, maybe a few months.

qilabot · #**568** (**permalink**) 16th Feb 2007, 12:34 am

Hi i tried the guide but when it comes to the part where i choose "have disk" and browse for the file "AdfuUpdate.inf" i get a message that the file doesn't contain any information about my hardware????

Specs · #**569** (**permalink**) 16th Feb 2007, 2:08 am

Waaaaaa! i followed the guide and it detect as "adfu" but it cant be detected by the upgrade tool pls help!!!!

kobssed50 · #**570** (**permalink**) 16th Feb 2007, 9:11 am

hi please i want you help
i've do all steps but when i upload the backup they ask me "device switching error,reconnect device"
please if someone know what's the problem answer me please