broose, Hard to say but if the full one was working then the problem may be something else. Try shorting the chip across from side to side starting at one end and dragging the tweezers down all pins, I find that more effective most of the time. the other thing that sometimes plays up is the upgrade utility so uninstall it and then install a different version and see how it goes.

Argh success, did what you said and also plugged it into a differant usb port. but now i need to find the right firmware as i dont have the old one

cheers

broose, Happy hunting :)

How Can I format it, if I cannot see it in explorer ? isn t that nonsence ? pls help me....

What you need to do is follow the Dead Player Guide and look in the section where you need to put the player in "Recovery Mode". By shorting the pins on your player and putting your player in "recovery mode", your computer will then detect your player. Then you should be able to install the drivers and format your player after that.

I did it... but It detects it like USB and it is not in exlorer... It says recovery mode butre not in explorer.. :shock:

Dear all,
I bought an Ipod MP4 (8Gb) from China. But after this one died. I have tried recover it following guides in this topic but I cann't finish as well.
My computer can see only 46Mb on the player. And player shows only blue screen. I tried copy some mp3 files to the player and blindly pressed play button and it plays music too.
Please could you help me to repair my player?
Its Chip: ATJ2085W (F5170AB 55U)
Mem: SAMSUNG 534 K9F1208U0B PCB0 (VGG288P1)
I lost the origin firmware of it.
(and I tried almost firmwares downloaded from this site).
Thank you very much!

leanseamap, This is possibly the worst case of a hacked player I have seen. Your 8GB Samsung K9F1208U0B chip is actually 64MB which is why it is only showing 46MB as 18MB is possibly taken up by the firmware.
http://www.samsung.com/products/semi...K9F1208U0B.htm
You still have not found the right firmware for your player which is why the screen is still blue. We only have 100 or so on site but there are 100's of variations so finding the right firmware is usually the hardest part of recovering your player.

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hello my player dead (wrong firmway and blue screen)- seen like these http://cgi.ebay.pl/NEW-4GB-MP3-MP4-P...QQcmdZViewItem but he have a diferend menu.
chip:ATJ2085W
MEMORY:SAMSUNG625K9K8G0BU0A PCBO (I THING)
4Gb clone ipod nano.
firstywol player have blue screen and now doesn't :). When i trying connect to usb i have " usb device" and when i select to instal AdfuUpdate.inf they select no information about service. :(((( My english is so bead but please plis help meee becouse i tied-up :( i dont have no idea what i must doit :((

mrbeny81, You need to keep shorting the memory chip until the player is recognised as an ADFU Device sometimes you have to do it many times before it is recognised properly. Try connecting your player to a different USB port and the shorting the chip across from side to side .

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to another usb port exactli the sem sytuation :( usb device ad when i select AdfuUpdate.inf tel me "is no information about service' :(((

mrbeny81, Keep trying to short the chip in different places eventually it will read correctly.

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mayby its happen becouse when i connect player to port then computer exactly in sem timeprint "usb device" and please me to instal the drive but i dosnt doit whitch pin. hmmm strange :(

i dont understud - just usb device adn nothing else :((


its no body help meee?? :(

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Hello! I have a problem with my mp3 player from wilson co (only mp3, not the mp4 one) . It is a model with 1 GB memory SAMSUNG and FM radio. I have tried to update the firmware without saving old, and when it finished i can only start the player and look at the red backlight of it. It is detected by my WinXP as USB Mass Storage Device. I dont know what i have done wrong, please could you help me restoring my player back to life? :(

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MrBenny, did it say there is no signature from Windows ?
Then You have to set PC it that the signature is not needed...

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its enybody can help me?? :(

mrbeny81,
What's happening? Have you managed to install the ADFU driver?

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i try but always the sem - "USB service" and i hevnt instal drerivers for that :(

mrbeny81,
Windows installs the default drivers automatically.

This is an exert from the guide at s1mp3.org

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4...titled1zf9.jpg

The other thing that sometimes works is connecting your player to a PC running Windows 98 it should pickup the device as ADFU straight away.

please help someone,, i can't found firmware for my mp4,,,, all of them have game in firmware [my frimware 3.5.35 not have game],,,,

Please don't double post.
You have already made a post here: http://www.mympxplayer.org/mp4-dead-...e-vp11310.html.

Hello everybody

First I am sorry but I don't speak english very well I ll try to do my best

Second I would like to tell a big thanks to u because your recorery manual is perfect there is everything u need and i recover my MP4 so that I believed it was dead. Once again THANKS
The firmwarm that has worked for me is on the website of wilson.co.ltd :
http://www.wilson.co.ltd.xfou.com/
But I have a little question for u because now all my MP4 is in chinese could someone help me to have the menu in english it would be easier for me I can enter the setup up because I know the picture but after it is more difficult and now that my MP 4 works it would be too bad to loose it again
I need to know the number of line in the setup menu and then the number of line of the english language
I hope someone will understand me and help me
I have a 4gb version 9.0....

Thanks

katana, If you enter the settings menu Language is usually 3rd from the top, and English is second from the top.

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ok i reinstal windows xp and i have ADFU mode :))))) but i dont have corr3ect firm ware i tryy most of download but no rezault. just blue screen. one times i found one but size on my player wos 1GB and i have 4GB and i trying another . where i mey found correct to the samsung 625 k9k8go8u0a ; atj 2085w; please help becouse i've tiedup:((

mrbeny81,
The Samsung K9K8G08U0A is (8GigaBit) = 1GB so you have a 1GB chip that was hacked to read 4GB.
http://www.mympxplayer.org/samsung-a...rs-vt1692.html
So use the one you found that worked.

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i dont have these firmware becous i don know how i doit that - to works - but now doesnt
:(
and in the RdiskUpdate i have lot of instaled firmware and i dont now how to cleare that

thanks a lot tadad1 your are the best ever
and thanks to admin for this website
i am not very good to resolve problems on players but I will help with a donation next month(this one it's a little difficult for me)
Thanks a lot

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Hi!

iF you have a dead player, witch uses fw 9.0.43. you can restore it, with an older version, like this: http://www.mydown.com/driver/mp3/ainol/29/402529.shtml
This is a japanese or chinese site I don't know it exactly, but due it's look like a normal page, you can fnid the link to donwload. One like this:
http://mdl5.mydown.com/driver/200609...v80_fw9043.zip
:)
It's a FULL VERSION 9.0.43!!!

Have fun with it! :)

BYe:

heavy

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hhee - funny :/

if tadat 1 doesnt help me - no bady help me :(

mrbeny81

There are lots of other people here that can help.

What heavypioneer mentioned is correct. The latest 9.0.43 can't be used with s1fwx at the moment.

There are lots of FULL FIRMWARE available from here: http://www.mympxplayer.org/full-firmware-dc35.html

You need to try them all to find the one that works for your player. Then find another firmware that will give it back it's functions like it was originally.

Good luck.

mrbeny81,
Can you still load firmware to your player? The firmware in the upload tool clears every time you load a new firmware.
Do you remember which firmware you used when your player worked and showed 1GB?

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yes im all the time try but no resultat. When i instal the firmware (on adfu - is posible now) and when is don i see blue scree on player and in explorer i see just partition :(
what can i do??????

There must be some misunderstanding!

With my previous mail I wanted to say:
I've tried to replace my firmware, did something wrong and my player died. But useing the "dead player recovery guide" and http://mdl5.mydown.com/driver/200609...v80_fw9043.zip
I was able to repair my player, and after that edit it with s1fwx!
SO there is a way edit 9.0.43, but I must say it's not so easy like wih older firmwares.

BYe:

heavy

HELLO tadad1
Thank you You vrey hlep me
but now i have another problem
wish my mp4 i stup full f/w because
my mp4 show blue serccn
i stup 3 time full and now my
mp4 dont show screnn only
adfu all the time and i stup new full
f/w and all time is show me adfu
wat to do about situation?
tnx for u hlep :cry:

*my mp4 is fake "ipod"

ipod pic
ipo pic2

Start from begining of recovery guide and have fun :P

tnx i try
BUT You CAN give me
"Url"? TO
begining of recovery guide :?:

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hey peaple
i need help
i tried to upgrade3 the firmware of my mpx player and accidently put in the wrong firmware.
Now my player is dead but my computer is able to read it as an unknown usb device.
If i try to install the 'AdfuUpdate.inf' from the windows folder then a message appears 'the specified location does not contain information for your hardware'.And if i put the installation settings on automatic then the computer installs some drivers in the the player, then the the computer still reads the player as an unknown device but when i check its properties
then the device type shows that its a 'Universal Serial Bus controllers'
and the drivers details shows that the 'no driver files are required or have been loaded for this device'.
In short i am not able to install the 'AdfuUpdate.inf' .
ps-my mpx player is hacked to show 4gb and i am not able o remove the hack.
Please help :(

sratra, Try a different usb port, if possible one you have not used the player on before or one that you have used some other type of hardware.
Sometimes you need to short the chip quite a few times before the adfu device is read. Try shorting it in different places as well left side right side and even side to side across the chip.
As soon as you have it in recovery mode load a full version firmware then format the player and the hack will be gone.

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thank you tadad1. I was recovery my player by your guide, thank you very murch :wink:

xuanchung, :) :) :) :) :) Thats great mate, I love it when another player gets recovered. Well done.