Newbie with J@By NANO Clone Player

[nutello84]

Hi all!
I've received today my new mp3/mp4 player and i'm already willing to flash it
It's a "J@By" Player, a clone of the last generation IPOD Nano, with 2 Gb of memory and support for Radio, Movies,Pictures... you can see it here:
Ebay

I'm noticing that transferring files from my HD is very slow and also that moving from a song to the next requires a second of delay... Also i think the installed software is not so well-built so i'm interested in firmware upgrading etc.
Could you help me anyway???

P.S. The chip is a Samsung one, my current firmware is 9.0.52

THANK YOU!

[AImas]

Hi nutello84 ! i have the same one, please be carefull with Firmware Update ! i have damaged my one ! now it will not start any more ! i have acess as a USB device, but the player will not work ! you need to now which Controller is on the PCB and the PCB / Display Number, printed on the PCB, but you must open your player !

[nutello84]

Thank you for answer...
Why should i know those details?
I've seen on this web site various themes... do you know if i can install them??
Have you improved anything,anyway???

[AImas]

Hello Nutello84, because they have use different Hardware that means that you must now which COntroller (for exam. AK1025) with which Display driver must be implement into the Firmware, the Firmware will implement the Base Software and the special Software driver for the Display and the other HW, so it is necessary to now which PCB you have. But i think one way is to Clone or read out your current Firmware, after them you can flash a other SW and if they not work you can flash back the "original" sw which you have safe / clone !

[lattesurf]

nutello84 , no firmware update would fix the problems. Each firmware was specifically made for each batch of players. Even if you locate a firmware with the same version, most likely it would not work and you would end up bricking it instead.

[nutello84]

ah ok...
so there's nothing i can do to customize my software?
i've seen themes like ipod or others, may i install those? I can't understand, for example, why can't i listen to music while looking my pictures...

[lattesurf]

nutello84 , for theming, you could try using S1clone to extract the firmware. Next use S1res to modify the images used. These can be downloaded from S1mp3.de directly.

[nutello84]

is there any risk doing this?