fake ebay 16gb actually 2GB AK2025 9800gba 08b need firmware!
 

Here are the specs after opening it and looking through the firmware in the settings menu

ANYONE else have one of these? (Just got it few weeks ago)

No matter what I put on it it just says
Empty disk!

I got my money back and did not have to return it!

Note nothing seems to play on it!. I would like to wipe it load it fresh with proper firmware or do something. I bought it from a ebay name http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/ca/s.gifkikikimarket advertized as a 16GB 3RD 1.8LCD MP3 MP4 Media Player 16GO FM Video SIL



(STICKER UNDER THE BATTERY)
A-N03670297AA0903480

(on the PCB )
BKEESTAR
bks2025056 mv3
080826


(this is whats on the memory chip)
samsung 921
k9gag08u0m
pcb0
FBK718XX

(here is the newer chip everyones talking about)
AK2025
9800gba 08b

(not sure what this is but here is what is on it!)
COMLENT
CL5767
X786
1909

(in the settings here is what it says)
Firmware version
MP# PLAYER
XTD_2025
2009-01-15
9.5.54
2008-09-05

It has just a headphone jack and a switch with the usb (small) on the bottom . the back has one tinny longish screw and two inside.

more from the ebay
Description if these disappear I have a backup)

linux
 

With linux you can find out if your play is fake with out loading any software at all

the command lsusb will show what you have cnnected to your pc

I am running a debian 2.6.28 something kernel

# lsusb
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Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 10d6:1101 Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd D-Wave 2GB MP4 Player / AK1025 MP3/MP4 Player
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My 16GB shows as a 2GB
and even does the 4 digit VID code and 4 digit PID code.
10d6:1101
from some Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd D-Wave 2GB MP4 Player / AK1025 MP3/MP4 Player

The fact its been modified is a dead give away when you try to look at the partion. With the fdisk command

# fdisk -l
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Disk /dev/sdb: 17.1 GB, 17157284352 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 16362 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

This doesn't look like a partition table
Probably you selected the wrong device.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 ? 379950 937327 570754815+ 72 Unknown
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 ? 82368 1027695 968014120 65 Novell Netware 386
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 ? 913029 1858355 968014096 79 Unknown
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb4 ? 1409025 1409052 27749+ d Unknown
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Partition table entries are not in disk order
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as you can see it thinks there is some sort of problem. pretty clear here something is funny and has been modified to screw with the microsoft world. I guess Linux is not so easily fooled

now lets try a dosfsck (fat32 file system check)

now I tried to do a dosfsck /dev/sdb1 (sdb1 the partion it should be on.. but its weirldy wanting to only do anything when I do a sdb) so my command is ...

# dosfsck /dev/sdb
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
dosfsck 3.0.1, 23 Nov 2008, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
65:01/00
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
? 3
Reclaimed 6241 unused clusters (51126272 bytes).
Free cluster summary wrong (2086105 vs. really 2092346)
1) Correct
2) Don't correct
? 2
Leaving file system unchanged.
/dev/sdb: 2 files, 3/2092349 clusters
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I did'nt want to correct anything. Just in case.

I also tried gparted to move the partion and I am unable to it just will not budge. So I am unsure what I should do to get it back to a normal what ever the actuall size really is!

Note you may need to have su fdisk or su lsusb depending on your Linux distro

dosfsck
 

Has anyone been brave enough to let the Linux tool dosfsck correct the problem. And did it work after ?

I am sick of this format error I have not been able to put any jpg or mp3 or movie on here that it will read with out complaining format error!

Anyway I took the plunge and ran the dosfsck command .. here are my results

# dosfsck /dev/sdb
dosfsck 3.0.1, 23 Nov 2008, FAT32, LFN
There are differences between boot sector and its backup.
Differences: (offset:original/backup)
65:01/00
1) Copy original to backup
2) Copy backup to original
3) No action
? 2
Reclaimed 6241 unused clusters (51126272 bytes).
Free cluster summary uninitialized (should be 2090890)
1) Set it
2) Leave it uninitialized
? 1
Leaving file system unchanged.
/dev/sdb: 3 files, 1459/2092349 clusters

it still seems to show its a bigger then 2GB drive so I am going to say that does nothing.

I am Open for any ideas?! anyone in the same spot as me? Would be neat to have this work!

ok so I opened gparted and deleted the partion and recreated then made a 2 gb partion or just under then formated fat32 .. seems the same nothing really diffrent othere then I have 2.1 gb as it says and if I look in settings it tells me I have 6gb something free.. this is messed.

Mostly I can find googleing is russian sites. but no firmwares

ugh

I've got my 16 GB 1,8'' 4th Gen MP3 MP4 USB Player. When I was connected it to PC, command lsusb in my SuSE Linux show: ID 10d6:1101 Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd D-Wave 2GB MP4 Player / AK1025 MP3/MP4 Player.
I try to change the flash capacity. You may see here http://articles.softportal.com/article-487.html.
No effect. Fdisk report about mistake.
I think we need another firmware. There is china site you can find some firmware: mp4help.
But I don't know is firmware correct.

Please create a seperate post for your problem as it's different from this post and would be best to have them seperated.