boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Can anyone help me?
http://www.cdrking.com/local/product...442749-2214700

Shows hourglass for a couple of seconds then => tag screen of the company.
=> Main Menu (like in the pics) => shuts down automatically.

Do I have to flash it with another firmware? There's another compatible firmware someone posted here (alex?) but he has a 2" screen. Will flashing this file to a 1.8" screw it up even more?

I was quick and could check this in the options menu:

2006/12/28
9.1.51

2006/06/12
ACT2093_S75

tom99...
ur player firmware version is 9.1.51 ...i think it's not the problem with firmware...u got mp3 utilities???if so...do real format..with the software...ur player is maybe hacked

Thanks gaboon!

This made it work for a while.. Now, it's stuck again!
I'll try formatting the player again if I can get it to come up in windows xp as a removable drive.

What could be the problem? Maybe I shouldn't create any subdirectories on the player's memory..

tom99 , the firmware that you have flashed in previously might not be 100% compatible with the player's hardware, which is causing the reboots.

yea..tom99 did u ever flashed ur player with other firmware before this?if so lattesurf is right

No, I didn't flash this player before..
Anyway: I got it back to reformat.. it works again (for a while?) This time I won't be creating any folders on it..

By any chance do you have the firmware for it?
and if you do can you post it because I really need it.
I have the same nano clone and a white screen just appears everytime I turn it on.
thank you =]

The battery or regulation crystal may be poorly soldered, therefore causing the reboots. Does it reboot all of a sudden or only when you shake it a lot?

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Tom, I have the exact same player. My numbers are slightly different, though. My problem is that mine will turn on, but stays at the blue screen with the hourglass. If the player is switched off, but is plugged into either a computer's USB port or the charger, it comes on by itself.

I have sent "hailitele" from eBay a message, and over 24 hours later, have still not received a response from them. If I hear nothing from that person by tomorrow evening, I am filing a formal complaint with eBay over this. I haven't had this thing a month yet...have already had to format it once because somehow all my music became corrupted.

I had attempted to follow the printout of instructions to upgrade the firmware, but was unable to.

I am about at my wits' end with this thing. My husband is getting upset. He bought it for me for my birthday, and is now saying he wasted almost $50USD for a hunk of junk.

If anybody has any ideas, please let me know. Here is the information printed on a chip inside my player:

SAMSUNG 728
K9GPCBO
FEF1078BC

I know it's a Samsung chipset, obviously. I just don't know how to fix it, except to demand a refund, and pitch it into the trash.

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

You got scammed by hailitele like a lot of us and there's not much to do if you have the hourglass problem. I don't know if anyone with the same type of player managed to revive it but i know i didn't and tried every single firmware available here. Unless someone found another way, you have 2 options. You can trash it and really throw 50$ away or you can follow the dead player recovery guide and use it as a usb drive at the least and that's assuming you can't in the hourglass mode. The choice is your but a usb drive is still better than a totally useless piece of metal.

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

I cannot even use it as a USB drive, because my computer will recognize the device in the Device Manager, but it won't assign it a letter as a physical drive.

I am really getting frustrated over this. But next time, I think I will pay the over $100USD and go buy a real iPod that isn't hacked, and will actually hold what it says it will hold...but this time, I will be going for even more storage capacity...at least 32gig.

I am getting ready to retract my positive feedback, and contact eBay over this. There HAS to be something I can do to either get a non-hacked replacement sent to me, or get my money refunded.

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Like i said if you follow the dead player recovery guide using a 9.0.x.x full firmware you should at least be able to use it as a 1Gb usb drive which is better than nothing. Yes, buying a mp3/mp4 in a store is indeed a good idea and that's what i did personally. If you manage to get something back from that ebay guy let me know cuz after seeing how clueless he seemed the 1st time i messaged him i kinda dropped the idea of getting anything from him

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

There's a setting somewhere in the menus to turn off the player after a certain amount of time... you should check that first.

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Well, I was hoping to be able to recover the player itself. I have plenty of storage as it is, and have no need for a USB flash drive, otherwise I'd have purchased one.

I will try again with a 9.0.x.x firmware and see what happens. I still have not heard anything out of hailitele. I attempted to check on the company he claims he is sending these hacked items from ("Wen co ltd") but I find absolutely nothing. I will include all the information from the shipping sheet so others can compare.

My player doesn't boot then shut down. It simply stays on unless I unplug it from a USB or power source, even when the power is switched to OFF.

I can only hope I get this problem fixed soon.

Lolita, we cannot check that setting if the player goes to a blue screen with an hourglass and stays there. That indicates a dead player, and we are all attempting to restore our players.

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Ive got the same problem before, whenever I switchon the devices it only hangs on the hourglass, even if im only charging still in the hourglass. I have the done the procedure of short-circuit the chip. I was able to revive the said player and used it for the meantime as USB driver :).

Specs:
Specs:

Screen Size: 2"
Memory Size: 2Gig
Firmware:
2006/03/13
9.1.51
ACU7515
2006/12/07

Features:

Mini SD slot
Speaker
FM Radio
Sound Recorder
Games
Mp3 player
Movie player
Picture Viewer
Text Viewer

http://www.mympxplayer.org/my-sundis...er-vt7042.html (same system with smarkies)

I'm using MP3 Utilities version 3.68 to flash my devices, and stop for a while to 9.0.50 firmware version.

Currently, no hourglass (only whitescreen hehe), but can be used as 2GB usb drive. Frustrating yes indeed, till one of the members release 9.1.51 version which i really needed.

waiting for smarkies actually to clone his mp4 hehe which i hope he will.

happy firmware hunting (its my partime work now hehe), if u suddenly bump one..dont hesitate to share.

Hi ismael, do you think "the dead player recovery guide" can be used to recover my player?

I think my firmware is fine, but there must be something wrong with the hardware..

Thanks for commenting, maybe there's still hope left after all? :)

Re: boots, then shuts down again.. other firmware!?
 

Dryad, I used 9.0.48 for firmware, and found two different dump.bin files. Now my player has a black screen whether on or off. I switched to a different USB port, and the player is now recognized and assigned a drive letter, in my case, J: ...But now I need help figuring out how to get the player to start.

The battery shouldn't be dead, because it charges while plugged into both a direct power source (wall outlet) or the computer, as it has shown the "CHARGING" screen both ways before it died.

I am thinking about trying to short the player out again and make another attempt to recover it. If it doesn't work this time, I'm chucking the whole thing in the trash.

I am also working with eBay to get something done about the loser who sold me this thing. Fraudulent information which was changed AFTER my auction...NO communication with this person anymore...I've had enough!