.fw V.s .bin ??

Zobaidy · #1 (**permalink**) 26th Jul 2007, 2:53 pm

Hi everyone, i'm still lost on what's the different between the .fw and .bin extensions, however, is there any good programs to backup or at any means extract the preinstalled firmware out of MP3/4 players ?

please I need such information.

thnx in advance.

take care!

tadad1 · #2 (**permalink**) 26th Jul 2007, 4:33 pm

Zobaidy, .fw files are generally the factory full versions of the firmware, they contain certain files used to prepare the device, allocate memory for firmware to reside etc. These extra files are not copied to the player.

.bin files are usually extracted versions of firmware that just contain the players operating system.

Having said that, sometimes full version firmware will use the .bin extension.

Zobaidy · #3 (**permalink**) 28th Jul 2007, 2:25 pm

Thank you "tad", i do appreciate your response, and it really put me on the right way through to understand how the players devices work as well.

thnx again,, my respect.

take care.