MP4 shows black screen with hourglass

[vtr]

okay thanks, can you tell me were I can find this "Mp3 Player Utilities 4.05" ??

Maybe you can email it towards me ?
mymp4player@fiberworld.nl

[_Jim_]

Here you have some tools and even firmware for Glacier like players.

Choose your (real) Flash size and then you get the tools you need.

http://www.uxcell.com/products_servi...v0blk2048mp039

Good luck

[vtr]

Try to follow the "dead player recovery guide" in the top of this rubric CAREFULLY and be patient (the common mistake ) It did work with mine, install a new AdfuUpdate.inf file from the download section of this site, save this file somewhere on your harddisk and navigate Windows towards it when its asking for it, after this your MP4 should be recognized by Windows, SUCCES!

[SeV80]

Hi, I am new here and I have problem with chinese crap like everyone on this forum. My mp4 player looks exactly like on 1st page. I bought my "glacier" on ebay and it stopped working same day when i received it. My piece of crap has on the board same symbols like user's player 'moneytothemax'. There is:

v4500-92v1.0 20070729
The memory chip is a memorex 8GB? (29F8G08MAA)
The main chip is a ATJ2092N.

I tried all firmwares "Thirteen_Glacier-like_Firmwares_www.mympxplayer.org" and "fimware_mp039_glacier" from http://www.uxcell.com/products_servi...v0blk2048mp039 (9.0.43_1 - 9.1.51). Any idea? If anyone has same which works properly, please make backup and send me

[_Jim_]

Hi,

Get the latest software here for your player, and don't forget to install the Upgrade Tool 4.05 !


http://www.uxcell.com/products_servi...v0blk2048mp039

Give it a try

Jim

[vtr]

I tried all the firmware on that site you mentioned, with no luck.
The screen still stays white

[_Jim_]

Hi,

I have had the same problem, and solved it by installing the upgrade utility tool 4.05 which I found in this download section.

You can also download the "Glacier" firmware package you can find in the download section. BUT don't upgrade any other firmware you find, because I killed mine so. (with the rocky firmware).

give it a try

and tell me what happens after you upgraded the firmware, what tells the programm, what does your player after, and so on, to focus on the problem.

Jim

[moneytothemax]

Thanks very much Jim for your reference to uxcell.com and your advice on updating firmware.
My player looks just like the ones on that website and came from ebay seller hailitele who had the nerve to try and get me to retract my neutral feedback!!! Yeah right.

Unfortunately none of the firmware from uxcell.com or mympxplayer.org would get my glacier-like player to work again.
My player will install as an adfu device but won't even show up as a usb flash disk when I connect it to my WinXP Pro computer, even after trying thirteen glacier firmwares and the one from uxcell.com. I'm pretty sure the thing is well and truly KAPUT(dead).

I will still play around with it on occasion though, as new solutions present themselves and will continue to share my experience.

[_Jim_]

Moien MoneyToTheMax

Let's resume your problem;

you have a silver Glacier like player with real 1GB memory.
you are able to connect him as an ADFU device
your Upgrade Tool recognizes your player
you can upgrade your player with the glacier firmwares without an error message from the upgrade Program 4.05

Am I right ?

So, I think we are good on the ADFU Problem most users have right at the beginning. (you could maybe tell me your PID number -> see my topic on ADFU driver)
If the program says something like "upgrade done, program will now exit", so that sould be a good sign...
It always worked for me, and I flashed mine several times.
Let's resume the flashing procedure :
Turn your player OFF (with the button on top). Then take out the battery and plug him in.
He will get into ADFU
Then open your upgrade tool and select this firmware :
http://www.uxcell.com/tech-support-d...39_glacier.zip
This one should be for a 1GB silver player
Select the version 3 and upgrade
Now, after the program exit's, as your player is OFF and no battery, he can't turn on by himself, so unplug him, insert the battery and turn him on.
now after 2 seconds you should see the hourglass again, and then you have to wait for 1-2 minutes ! The system has to boot up with this new firmware.
so, now tell me how you are doing, and where exactly we have the first problem, so that we can work together.
(It is a little bit difficult, repairing something without having it in my hands :roll: )

See you later
Jim

[moneytothemax]

Hi Jim.
PID is FF66
I take out the battery and connect player to computer VIA usb.
Switch player on and computer detects ADFU device but NO hourglass on screen, screen is blank.
I open upgrade program 4.05 and it reads as follows:
"It is in recover state, and select the firmware file for recovering please!"
followed by a file selection box.
Next I select the firmware Version 3.
I click on "Recover Firmware". The screen lights up, the program goes through upgrade process and reads: "Upgrade is success, the program will exit!" I click OK and the program closes down. The player remains with screen lit up until I switch it off. The screen will not turn off on its own even after a half hour or so.
When I turn the player back on with the battery inside and usb unplugged, the screen stays black, no hourglass, even if I leave it for ten minutes switched on.
I switch it off, take out the battery.
When I plug it back in all I get is windows recognise adfu device again and that's all.
Then I open up update program and it reads
"It is in recover state, and select the firmware file for recovering please!" all over again.
It does this with each glacier firmware I've tried so far. The only difference with some firmwares is that, when I turn the player on after flashing, the screen will light up black/blank when I put the battery in and turn on.