MP4 shows black screen with hourglass

[vtr]

My nameless MP4 player as above and 4G capacity, with "Samsung chip" and "Anyka" definition document on a cd-rom, workt properly untill I try'd to put him off, the screen displayd very quick something like "error data.." and after that nothing more then a black screen with a hourglass within.

Turning off and on does not help, putting out the battery (for 2 days) does not help even so, when turning on only the black screen with hourglass appears.

My computer say's: "found a new USB device" but can't view or install it because of an undefinable reason?? he did not had any problems earlier.
I use Windows XP Home.

Can somebody help me with this probably simple problem?

Tanks a lot!!!

[vtr]

OH.. forgot to tell;

The MP4 player did connect to my computer in the past with no problems.

[_Jim_]

Hi;

Well, I have the same problem since yesterday.

It appeared as I was having a meeting and needed some more space on my mp4-Player. Therefore I wanted to delete all songs. But the "delete" procedure took me too long and I decided to turn the player off while deleting after 20 minutes.
after turning him on, I got (still have) black screen with hourglass.

Wanting to make a format using my computer, I had to discover that my mp4 player cannot be recognised anymore.

Has anyone maybe solved this problem yet, and how ? I would appreciate any help or ideas.

Thank you very much

Best regards
Jim

P.s. I have got the 8GB version

[_Jim_]

Hi;

I have opened the player and found this serial :

QY-066Av1
2007.03.20

My PC recognises that there is an USB Device; but I can't install the AdfuUpdate.inf located in my Windows folder, nor the one located in the download section.

Does anyone has an idea what would be a next step ?

Greetings

Jim

[alanm]

did you have any luck with replies i have the same

Originally Posted by _Jim_";p=&quot

;p="38699"]
Hi;

I have opened the player and found this serial :

QY-066Av1
2007.03.20

My PC recognises that there is an USB Device; but I can't install the AdfuUpdate.inf located in my Windows folder, nor the one located in the download section.

Does anyone has an idea what would be a next step ?

Greetings

Jim

[_Jim_]

Helloa Alanm;

Well, I haven't had any reply actually.

I think that the basic solution will be to get any working firmware onto the player.
But the first problem to be solved, is to get you player recognised as a "ADFU Device" by Windows.
In fact, as I alread mentioned, windows detects an unknown USB Device, but cant't get any information out of the AdfuUpdate.inf file located in */Windows/ for our kind of player.
So as long as we have no possibility to get any dataflow working between the payer itself and windows, I guess, we are stuck onto a dead player showing up an hourglass for ages :roll:

What have you already been trying onto your player ?

[_Jim_]

Please note, that shortcutting the capacitor's won't be the solution, as it turns off for a second and comes back to the black screen with the hourglass again.
The player himself is not "dead", he is just trying to read on memory endlessly.
For example; when you start you Glacier, he is trying to get back to the last position he has got when you shut him down (last song played for example).
But if in any case, this position has wanished, he will be searching it endlessly. (I turned the player off during deleting all my files because it took me too long :twisted: ).
So it only has to be set to factory settings again. Like the "reset" button on your PC 8)
But I haven't found any "reset" method yet...

[alanm]

ive tried everything on the site jim with no sucess still looking for the adfu device driver tried everything i can think of maybe someone can come up with solution ????

Originally Posted by _Jim_";p=&quot

Please note, that shortcutting the capacitor's won't be the solution, as it turns off for a second and comes back to the black screen with the hourglass again.
The player himself is not "dead", he is just trying to read on memory endlessly.
For example; when you start you Glacier, he is trying to get back to the last position he has got when you shut him down (last song played for example).
But if in any case, this position has wanished, he will be searching it endlessly. (I turned the player off during deleting all my files because it took me too long :twisted: ).
So it only has to be set to factory settings again. Like the "reset" button on your PC 8)
But I haven't found any "reset" method yet...

[alanm]

jim read on another site to change sttings in inf update added this line to it so looks like this
[Version]
Signature="$CHICAGO$"
Class=USB
ClassGUID={1181f4a0-f284-11d2-9068-00609797ea5a}
provider=%MSFT%
DriverVer=04/07/2004,1.0.0.0
LayoutFile=layout.inf

[Manufacturer]
%MfgName%=Upgrade

[Upgrade]
%USB\VID_10D6&PID_xxxx.DeviceDesc%=MDisk.install,U SB\VID_10D6&PID_ff66
%USB\VID_10D6&PID_1160.DeviceDesc%=MDisk.install,U SB\VID_10D6&PID_8888
%USB\VID_10D6&PID_1160.DeviceDesc%=MDisk.install,U SB\VID_10D6&PID_ff51

;[PreCopySection]
;HKR,,NoSetupUI,,1

[DestinationDirs]
umss.files = 10,System32\Drivers

[MDisk.install]
CopyFiles=umss.files
AddReg=umss.addreg

[MDisk.install.NT]
CopyFiles=umss.files
AddReg=umss.addreg

[MDisk.install.NT.Services]
Addservice = AdfuUd, 0x00000002, AdfuUd_AddService

[AdfuUd_AddService]
DisplayName = %USB\VID_10D6&PID_1160.DeviceDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 3 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %10%\System32\Drivers\AdfuUd.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Base

[umss.addreg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*ntkern
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,AdfuUd.SYS

[umss.files]
AdfuUd.sys

[SourceDisksNames]
1000 = "USB Mass Storage Device",,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
AdfuUd.SYS = 1000

;---------------------------------------------------------------;

[Strings]
MSFT="MP3 Player"
MfgName="MP3 Player"
USB\VID_10D6&PID_1160.DeviceDesc="ADFU USB Device"
now getting driver to install but says a file missing ????????quote="alanm";p="38797"]
ive tried everything on the site jim with no sucess still looking for the adfu device driver tried everything i can think of maybe someone can come up with solution ????

Originally Posted by _Jim_";p=&quot

Please note, that shortcutting the capacitor's won't be the solution, as it turns off for a second and comes back to the black screen with the hourglass again.
The player himself is not "dead", he is just trying to read on memory endlessly.
For example; when you start you Glacier, he is trying to get back to the last position he has got when you shut him down (last song played for example).
But if in any case, this position has wanished, he will be searching it endlessly. (I turned the player off during deleting all my files because it took me too long :twisted: ).
So it only has to be set to factory settings again. Like the "reset" button on your PC 8)
But I haven't found any "reset" method yet...

[/quote]

[lattesurf]

_Jim_ , i think your problem happened because of the memory hack initially present in your player. There isin't any real evidence of 8GB players except for branded chinese players. So likely yours could be a 1-2GB chip hacked to show 8GB.

When you performed a delete using the player, what happens is that the player would attempt to delete everything, maybe 3-4GB or more files depending on what "stored" in it. If your player only had a 1GB chip, the excess 2-3GB would be "overwritten" on the existing 1GB area including the firmware section.

So when you deleted the files, the "3-4GB" was deleted, with it corrupting the firmware, or perhaps even deleting it.