(solved) capacity dropped from 997MB to 108MB

kellryth09 · #1 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 1:52 am

my mp4 has a total capacity of 997 MB (or 1 GB). When I changed my theme into a spawn theme that I've downloaded, here, in this website, my player suddenly turns into 108 MB!! T_T i'm not used to in speaking english, but i hope all of you can understand me. . . T_T help

lattesurf · #2 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 2:10 am

kellryth09 , have you formatted your player before? you might want to format your player with the MP3 Utilities Disk Tool or HP Format Tool. See if the 1GB comes back, else it is likely your player was hacked initially.

kellryth09 · #3 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 2:15 am

when I saw it (108 MB), I instantly reformatted the player, but nothing happened.

This have happened, just this very day. T_T I don't know what to do, I want my 1 G space memory be back. I also tried to use my back up original firmware of my player, but nothing happened.

tadad1 · #4 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 3:16 am

kellryth09, I suspect that your player had a hacked memory chip and is only 128MB not 1GB. When you upgraded the firmware the hack was removed and now your player is reading it's true size.
To verify the size of your memory chip you will need to open your player and check the chips serial number against this list of Samsung and Hynix chips.
http://www.mympxplayer.org/samsung-a...rs-vt1692.html

There is no way to get your player to read 1GB again.

kellryth09 · #5 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 4:05 am

waaa. . . .

( i shouldn't have changed the firmware of my player

now, i lost 900 MB. . waa.

for the information of everybody, my mp4 player is an imitation of IpoD nano, that was purchased in china.

kellryth09 · #6 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 4:07 am

anyway, how can I activate my FM player? in the s1fx program, it says that it is not activated?

another thing is, can I buy a chip with 1 G memory?

kellryth09 · #7 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 4:08 am

if it is originally 128 MB, how come that it has only 108 MB??

Simonski · #8 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 4:19 am

Probably because a few mb are set aside for the internal softwareetc ( i.e a 1GB chip is not FULLY usable as memory as it also needs a certain amount of internal memory taken from the 1GB.

Your got conned with your player, which is a shame as most of the 1GB players I come across are indeed 1GB !

lattesurf · #9 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 4:46 am

kellryth09 , whether you re-flashed in a firmware or not, and whether you see the available disk space as 1GB or 128MB, it doesn't matter. Even if you see it as 1GB, you can't store files more than 128MB. Any files copied in above the 128MB mark would have errors when you attempt to play it.
There are quite a few of threads in the forum discussing about the hacked memory by various members eg Iridium Here.

What Simonski said about the few MB being used is correct, it's set aside for the player's firmware files.

And regarding the FM chip, if your player initially had FM, you most likely can enable it. If your player do not have an FM chip, you will just get an error or restart when you attempt to run it.

kellryth09 · #10 (**permalink**) 26th Oct 2006, 11:27 pm

ok. . now i see. thanks guys and i learned a lot from all of you!!

now,, i can be able to play my mpx with no problem. What lattesurf have said is very true. When I have my 1 G, i can't play all the mp3s in the player, and I am encountering a lot of errors. . Thanks a lot guy!! this site is the best!! good afternoon. .

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