when will we be able to put themes on 9.0.48 and above???

kwimbo · #1 (**permalink**) 10th Feb 2007, 1:24 pm

princessanne1026 · #2 (**permalink**) 10th Feb 2007, 1:41 pm

when a tool is developed that is able to successfully extract and write back firmware to the player. I know it's frustrating to have to wait (those themes can be hideous!) but people are working on it. Just be patient.

LaurensK · #3 (**permalink**) 12th Feb 2007, 1:14 pm

This might sound stupid, but I themed my 9.0.48. It looks crappy as it was my first try and took me 1/2 an hour, but it worked nonetheless.
Laurens

joecool · #4 (**permalink**) 12th Feb 2007, 1:17 pm

LaurensK Can You send me the firmware at tohoro@hotmail.com

LaurensK · #5 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 3:04 am

Sent.
Laurens

_Odyssey · #6 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 3:29 am

well, from what i understand, even though it is possible to modify the theme using a full version of the 9.0.48 firmware obtained from a factory, or from a disk that may have come with an mp4 player with said fw version... even from this site.. (i think theres a version on this site) there may still be complications and you risk killing your beloved player. No doubt. Sharing it makes it worse because you could give your modifed firmware to someone whos player isn't compatible and kill thier beloved. Not all firmware will work across all players.

The best and safest way to mod/theme your firmware to get an exact copy of the firmware in your player. How? By extracting it from your player, repairing it, backing it up, modifying it and uploading it back.

joecool, i sincerely hope you haven't flashed LaurensK firmware to your player yet. It could very likely leave you with a dead player. And possibly no way to recover the original.. if it does flash and the player works.. it may not function the way you want it to.

This is the very reason why the admin, moderators and others insist on waiting for the latest version of s1res/s1wfx so you only have to worry about modding 'your' 9.0.48 (and above) firmware.

my two cents

LaurensK · #7 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 3:42 am

Sorry then.
If anyone has the firmware when the new program comes out, I'll need it I guess. Because I extracted the firmware, and saved it, dunno if it will work later on though.
Laurens

lattesurf · #8 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 3:55 am

LaurensK , as your firmware is v9.0.48, when you tried extracting using the extract.bat, you'll notice that there errors when the files are being extracted.

It will still create a firmware dump, however with some files missing. So it's not a working firmware, and can't be used to recover your player should you need it in future, due to the missing files.

LaurensK · #9 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 4:06 am

Yay. Will someone else's, working firmware dump
help?
Because I'd like to save that one when the new s1res is released. Thanks anyway,
Laurens

lattesurf · #10 (**permalink**) 13th Feb 2007, 5:28 am

LaurensK , unless you are faced with a dead player, there is no point keeping someone else's firmware dump as backup.

Most of the firmwares although have the same firmware version number, same casing, etc, but they most probably would be totally un-compatible.