s1Flash release on s1mp3.de - 22.3.2007
 

Hi,
could someone having a running player test it?
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Description
s1flash is a small win32 command line tool which gives direct access to any s1mpX player's nand flash, using s1giveio. it's possible to select any of the installed flash chips and format, read, write or view it's content. take care how you use this tool, or you could damage your player! if you contain two unique players, you could fix one by reading the working one and writing the dump-file to the broken device. it works for me! and don't forget to donate me some money!!

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Release Notes
v1.0 no bugs known



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unsal, Thanks for the info am trying it know.

Re: s1Flash release on s1mp3.de - 22.3.2007
 

where i can download this tool ?

Findings so far......

No instructions are included with s1flash so this has all been trial and error.

For firmware extraction the player must be in ADFU mode otherwise it is not detected by s1flash. This can be done by connecting the player, pressing the menu button and then going into the players system menu and setting the player to Firmware update.
This should open the hardware install window and you will need to install the Swan_ADFU driver. If the install window does not open and the standard ADFU driver installs automatically you will have to go into Windows Device Manager and manually install the Swan_ADFU driver included in the download.

Once the driver is installed the player will show in the device manager as an LibUSB-Win32 Device.

You need to then open a Command window and navigate to the s1flash folder and execute the program by typing s1flash.exe.

The following info will show:

s1flash v1.0 - offers direct access to the players nand-flash
copyright (c)2006-2007 wiRe - http://www.s1mp3.de/ - FREEWARE

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NO WARRANTY NOTE

BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE
PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE
STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE
PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM CAUSE DAMAGE TO
ANY KIND OF DEVICE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR
OR CORRECTION.

IF YOU DONT AGREE TO THIS TERMS THEN PRESS ESC NOW!
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give access to the device...
found 2 busses
giveio version: 2.00

scan for installed flash chips...
cs-line 0: no chip detected
cs-line 1: 9551D3EC "HYNIX/SAMSUNG 1024MB (LBF)" protected=0 (default)
cs-line 2: 9551D3EC "HYNIX/SAMSUNG 1024MB (LBF)" protected=0
cs-line 3: no chip detected
cs-line 4: no chip detected
cs-line 5: no chip detected
cs-line 6: no chip detected
cs-line 7: no chip detected

select cs-line (0..7): 1

I selected the default device 1

main menu...

0 - select cs-line
1 - read flash
2 - write flash
3 - view flash
4 - format flash

select operation (0..4): 1

I selected 1- read flash, you are then asked to enter a file name. Press enter and s1flash will start reading the flash.

I tried this 6 times in windows xp and the read got to about 5-7% and failed or the read process timed out. I then booted into Vista and repeated the operation and managed to do a full read but the process is very slow. It took over an hour and a half to get to 100%. The resulting file was 1.03 GB in size :shock:

I have a 4GB nano clone using firmware 9.1.50 and could not get the player into firmware upgrade mode every time I selected Update Firmware the player just remained a USB Storage device so I did the above with an old 3.5.37 player.

I then tried to write the gigantic extracted file back to the player using command 4 "write to flash"

main menu...

0 - select cs-line
1 - read flash
2 - write flash
3 - view flash
4 - format flash

select operation (0..4): 4

The readout stayed at 0% for 20 minutes so I disconnected the player and tried using the "Format Flash" option. Same thing stayed on 0% and nothing happened. :(

I will forward this to "wiRe' and see if I can get some instructions.

Here is the reply from "wiRe"

hi tadad1,
the tool was tried on vista 32bit with some HYNIX 128MB (LBF) flash chip and
worked fine.
you used the tool the right way, bad it doesn't work with your player, but
i'll have an eye on that.
it seems your flash chip isn't able to get formatted by my routine (stops
execution instead),
could you pls give me the device id's of your two flash chips installed?

now it's new to me that you couldn't get your new v9 player into
recovery/ADFU mode.
maybe the only way will be to shorten the memory chip to manage this?
could you please try?
i'll also test other methods to transfer data to/from the device,
sure i'll find a way to crack those little v9 bastards!
would be helpfull if somebody could donate me a v9 player for testings,
maybe you could mention that on the board?

I will send him my 4GB Nano clone on Monday for furthur development of the program. If any other members are able to donate a working 9.0.48 or 9.0.50 series firmware player please let me know and I will pass his contact details on to you.

"wiRe" has put in a lot of time and effort to develope s1flash to help us all so if anyone can help support his efforts please do so.

Anyway, I tried s1flash with my MP4 device and got the following message:

give access to the device...
found 5 busses
error: failed to open device

It's an ATJ2091N with a Samsung K9LAG08U1M memory chip

SRX-A7
main v0.2
2006-07-22

Any ideas?

thatjanke

I shorted it out and connected in ADFU mode. Then I ran s1flash and got that message. Did I do it wrong? I know this thing had 9.0.50 on it when I got it. But... I am able to make it work with 3.5.37. Kookie don't you think?

Nevermind, I figured it out... I wasn't using the correct .inf file... :op

s1flash works very differently from s1fwx. It does not extract a firmware dump as s1fwx did but instead clones the whole memory chip including the area where the firmware resides on the memory chip. It will not load or extract a standard firmware .bin file.
It will not help people who want to theme their 9.0.XX series firmware as the resulting file can not be edited in any way.
At the moment it only reads up to 1GB of memory, I am not sure how that will affect players with memory chips larger than this.
The fact the the backup file generated is the 1GB or more in size means that there are not going to be any firmware uploads of backup files as they are too large for most people.
I see s1flash useful if you have 2 identical players and can clone one to repair the other or to create a backup of your player when you first get it.
I doubt it will be helpful to those who have dead players and are looking for repair firmware.
The app is still in development so expect to see updates.

Re: s1Flash release on s1mp3.de - 22.3.2007
 

I have two nano clones one working one not they are both 9...s . Like already mentioned I tried to put the working one into ASDU (or whatever it is called) but the menu system prevents this. If I short it out I guess there would be nothing to read.

Is it possible to put the read out from say a version 3 on to a 9?
Is there a way (other than shorting) to get 9 s into ASDU mode?
Will it be possible somehow for some read outs (given the size 1GB+) to be posted for download?

Info not working pretend 4GB ATJ2093h k9g80u0m I have tried every bit of firmware but the best I can do it get it into USB mode. Just a thought. Once apon a time I loaded some firmware , obviuosly incorrect, that put back to ASDU mode. Some one could write a prog to do this?

Not posted here before so hope I am in the right area.