SOLUTION - Fixing "Disk Error" in hacked AK2025 players

[TonyB]

Hi Guys, Easy fix fot the fake ebay player.
It is not 8GB as stated in Auction.
They are 2GB

So you have to accept that it is not 8GB!
Once you have accepted that you can move on.These players are hacked and not the true 8GB they are advertised to be.

We've establised that it is 2GB, now to the solution.

1. Download MP3 Player disk tool. You can find it here: http://mympx.org/Downloads/p13_sectionid/9/p13_fileid/54 or here http://mympxdownloads.com/Downloads/p13_sectionid/10/p13_fileid/13, as it is a must when owning one of these players.

2. Open it. Select Format type low.

3. Click on the Partion and Encrypt tab and slide the slider to 5984MB. That is the maximum!!!!

4. Hit start and let it do what it has to. Partition.

5. Once finished close and got to windows my computer and you will see two disks.

6. Format the 1.89GB with FAT 32 and your set.

The other partion is usless as it is pseudo.

AS for firmware. If anyone creates a better hack heheehee! post it up..

Cheers, Let me know how you/s go.

[Lamaboy]

This is my exact problem!
Thanks so much!
Also, have you noticed odd errors when you copy music? Sometimes i'll be copying music into the mp3 player and it says "Cannot copy file X: File not found" or something like this.
Is this error still happening AFTER the fix?
Thanks!
-Lamaboy

[TonyB]

Use the smaller partition.
The other Partition do not use. You will loose data.
Should be like a flash drive.

I hope someone should have a Firmware fix to edit the start up screen and menus.
Controller AK2025.
It would be nice.

Let me know how you go.

[markv]

Thank you very much! this was very useful

I had to "play" with the encryption data quantity, because it wasnt exactly 5984MB

Another tip, go to setting and put online mode to Normal drive, now when you plug it only que good drive will appear

By the way what wa your total disk capacity in the mp4 player disk tool? mine was 8170MB

[fakeipod]

ya it worked for me. i set it at 6201 mb and got 1.92 gb out of a 8 gig 3rd gen nano. maybe i can get more if i do ill post and let you know.

[TonyB]

Fairly unlikely you will be able to get anymore than 2gjg.

[fakeipod]

Im still getting format error? i dont understand this thing.

[TonyB]

Please specific what you don't understand

[Neptune5k]

I just picked up an 8gb "3rd Gen" Nano clone with an AK2025 chip and 9.5.54 FW. No matter what I seem to try with the disk tool, I keep getting a "Disk Error" whenever I try to access anything on the player. I followed you guide to a T and everything would appear to be fine and data copies to the drive - but like i said, any attempt to actually use the thing spits out a "Disk Error"

Any ideas?

[TonyB]

It is AK2025 controller?
What type of RAM is it?
Photo will be helpful if possible. That way I could tell you capacity.