Np. :) we all get things wrong sometimes. Well, from 2 to 1Gb isn't that a big change :P

Luckily I have never had a hacked player. :) I bought a 1Gb mp4 from ebay user e-danton (stopped to sell tho) a week ago it is very nice with a speaker and a good battery (6 to 8h) and the mem is not hacked. :)

The explination should be sticky'd , there are a fuckload of people askin this.. and yeah im still happy with 1gb .. meh i was Dimmu Borgir'n it up at school today.. hah

Sorry , I didnt exsplain it well enough.

Youve got to be happy with 1GB , because you never even had 2GB even if it looked like 2GB , it never had 2GB of content/

dude, they are trying to help. It sounds like you have a hacked one. Thats all.

he had a 1.5gb movie on it tho.. unless the movie wasnt complete.. did you watch the whole movie on the player?

I do wish you'd see what everyone is trying to say.

Yes, until you formatted it, both the player and your computer said it was a 2GB player.
Yes, you appeared to be able to load it with 2GB of data.
Yes, when you tried to play something from that "second" GB of memory, it couldn't play it and gave you a "format error".

So far am I getting it?

THEN...

You formatted the player. And as it was corrupted, the format utility removed the "encryption" from the memory. This revealed the true size of the chip. Which, unfortunately, was one GB. This is further backed up by the fact that the seller you purchased from seems to have many, many negative feedbacks for just this issue.

Now you want me to "go jump" as well, I bet. I guess that's a bad thing to do in Australia? ;-)

So therefore, what happened was you did, in fact seem to load 2GB on the drive. But as there was only a 1GB chip in the thing, what it did was load the file information (name and size) into the directory but nothing else. Up until the point where you got the error, you'd been playing stuff from the first GB of memory.

Now, I understand not wanting to open the case just now, but if what you are saying is correct, then following every step in the "Removing Memory Hack" HowTo exactly and without skipping will restore the full drive size. It's possible that the slider got knocked in the second formatting step, I guess.

However, if following that guide fails to return the other GB, then, I'm sorry, but it was never there. It just looked like it was there. That's the scam.

Did you try the memory hack removal procedure? If it's truly 2GB, then it should bring it back to that. ;)

Ok I have a 1 gig and now after a format its showing 430mg how do I get it back to 1 gig?

Re: Format Error : 2gb Now 1gb , Gahh!
 

TimBo,

Unfortunately the bad news is that it seems you only have a 512MB memory chip in your player instead of a 1GB chip as advertised.

If you follow the "Removing Memory Hack" guide then what that does is removes any hacks the player has. In your case, unfortunately it seems like your player has been hacked to show 1GB when it never had 1GB and in fact only had a 512MB memory chip instead.

Did you buy it from a NZ seller? Generally not a lot of sellers hack 1GB players but more 4GB and 8GB players.

Re: Format Error !
 

Hi,

I'm facing a similar problem. But it is with songs (mp3). It was working well initially, but after a few transfers, the same songs when played now display "Format Error". I've tried formatting, but the problem persists.

My observation is this:

1) It seems like a random possibility. When I transfer song files singly, that is one at a time, most songs transfer well. when I do bulk transfer, most files give format error.

2) In case of transfers, one song at a time, if I get the error, then I try deleting and copying it again. So when copying a file repeatedly, it sometimes works but sometimes it doesn't.

Had there been truly a problem related to format, then it should have reproduced itself each time. But it doesn't. Probably it is something to do with the FAT format of the players. I suspect this because, when I format my player using the FORMAT command, cmd says that the cluster size (64k) is not appropraite for FAT, would you like to keep it? Also, it says, for drives >4 GB, FAT is not appropriate; by the way, I have a 4 GB player. Here is the config:

LG MP3 Player
LS101V12
CM70033
ACT_V9.0.50

Can any one help me troubleshoot this?