Hourglass stuck on ipod

vhone601 · #1 (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2009, 5:28 pm

I do not know if this is the right place to inquire my problem.My sister-in-law gave a nanolike mp4 8gb from China.I download about 100+ songs on it as i started listening to my downloaded songs after about half an hour, it displayed an hourglass thing on a black screen background.
I searched over the net but i do not understand the whole process as i am a novice when it comes to software/hardware issues.When i plugged my ipod on the PC it cannot be detected i tried opening it through device manager and it is placed under the unknown device category.I tried opening the properties and it said the drivers for the device was not installed.
I do not know what is the first thing to do.Can i still recover my player?
Help is much appreciated.Thank you in advance.

lolita · #2 (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2009, 8:38 pm

Open the player, post board ID and CPU...

You will also need ADFU driver. Search this forum.

vhone601 · #3 (**permalink**) 14th Feb 2009, 9:23 pm

Thanks for the info.I will open it and try to find those numbers needed.I will get back soon after the task.

vhone601 · #4 (**permalink**) 16th Feb 2009, 4:24 pm

Hello i tried opening my ipod and this is what i've got i am not sure what is the specifications of these numbers.But these are the numbers i have:

(ON THE BACK)
hynix KOR
HY27UU08AGSM
TPCB 825HA
MTUJI047JQ
03C4110

AK1025
8F007AB0FB

SPT
SP3767AHN
08DT11

(I saw this in the front screen)
GOLZI
G-18A_MAIN_VO.6
2007.12.08

(and these one on the upperside of the LCD)
CYCWO210807 06-B

i cannot open the lower part in front of the ipod i cannot see a screw connected.i'm afraid i may break it but i hope these help.Thanks!

lolita · #5 (**permalink**) 16th Feb 2009, 11:51 pm

Golzi... yes.

http://mympxplayer.org/viewtopic.php?p=57788

He has the same player. Try the firmware that worked for him.

vhone601 · #6 (**permalink**) 17th Feb 2009, 12:18 am

This is the folder name:G-TGS177SHOOS1221IPOD.rar
I tried to extract it and this is the result:G-TGS177SHOOS1221IPOD.fw

I cannot open the the file.What should i do?

vhone601 · #7 (**permalink**) 17th Feb 2009, 10:45 pm

Do i need to install driver for the ipod for it to be recognize on my computer?To be specific ADFU driver?Is it the right driver for my ipod?
thank you so much for the help.

lolita · #8 (**permalink**) 17th Feb 2009, 11:34 pm

Yes. ADFU driver. Use MP3 Player Utility.

vhone601 · #9 (**permalink**) 17th Feb 2009, 11:45 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolita";p=&quot

Yes. ADFU driver. Use MP3 Player Utility.

I am not good with these things.I do not know how to do it.Please can you tell me step by step?where to download adfu.I have here RDiskUpdate.zip, ADFU XP.zip and driver ADFUUD sys.Of all these i only have the extension .inf and .sys.And I am getting confused sorry.And also my computer cannot recognize my player but it is under the device manager other device"unknown device".How to install ADFU driver using MP3 Utility 4.15?
thanks

ftanl · #10 (**permalink**) 18th Feb 2009, 12:30 pm

Vhone601,

If you follow the instructions & download the files from the links I provided you should have your MP3 back in action in 5mins.

G-TGS177SHOOS1221IPOD.rar ( it worked 4 me)

MP3 Player Utility 4.15 worked for me..

If you can't get your player to show up as ADFU device use the recovery guide..If it already shows up as an ADFU simply extract the firmware in a folder..
G-TGS177SHOOS1221IPOD.rar

extract the 4.15 tool

Then connect your device & open the tool & click on select firmware...select the one you EXTRACTED & click on update...

If the tool doesn't recogonize your player try the recovery guide for getting it into ADFU..

let us know how you make out..