That does not work for the device I have which is similar, the same chips, when you delete the partition windows then says "insert disc" and therefore you cant format it.

It obviously works for some, maybe different version firmware. Cant see how it can partition the disc though, that would erase data if it did it every time you powered it on!

Some players will self-partition and format if the partition table is corrupted, or if there is no partition table at all (if partitions have been deleted). At least the ones i'm working on at the moment do that.

any happen to buy this one, and if so any problems? i waiting for mine to arrive, already bracing myself for a let down and ways of fixing it.... wont be online over xmas you see when im due to recieve it so knowing in advance means i can download whats needed and save the info i need to do it, dont worry though ill be back to praise whomever helped me after christmas haha ^^
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Yeah it's hacked for sure, when you get it follow the steps of this guide. h2testw will tell you how much memory it really has. I'd guess a 4gb. 4gb is the max it could even possibly be due to the chip used to access the flash memory. BTW when you get it you have several options of recourse on eBay. I usually just ask for a 75% refund to avoid a long drawn out battle for the extra 25%.

it arrived today, its turned on which is a start, its charging, but when i plugged it in, it installed drivers for it and said i need to restart my PC, im gona do it now but it gives me TWO removeable disk drives when i plug it in which is wierd.

i ran h2testw and it says

no exsisting test data

all available space (15038 MByte)

so what do i do from here, or can i just use it as normal but obviously only be able to use a certain ammount of space?

ok so i do the h2test but it dosnt tell me whats ok and what isnt or anything.......

Warning: Only 34 of 15063 MByte tested.
Test finished without errors.
Reading speed: 6.48 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

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i have just fixed that by using the mp3s own format function, so now i open the h2testw and choose the drive and it tells me there 15063 MBytes

by run the test do you mean use "write and verify"? gona take THREE hours it says :( ahwell, i guess itll get there in the end haha.

EDIT

i did the write and verify and it crashed when it said it had an hour left and the screen on the mp3 went white......... hmmmm what can i do?

the h2testw takes a long long time. Run it again and see if it crashes again, it might have been something in your computer. The two disks is because one is a "protected" partition, that's how you do the fix for the ak2025 type players, sometimes. The firmware is generic and you never know which fix will work. After you run h2testw again if it crashes go ahed and do the chkflash fix, then report back on what happened. I assume that it is a 4GB but if the test doesnt tell you be safe and make it 2GB because you can always change it later. I hope it all works out for you and dont give up. Whatever you do do NOT try to replace the firmware.

ah ok man thanks again for the reply, i have a feeling that it is because it had no battery, it sounds wierd but it dosnt seem to actually charge the battery unless i press the middle button to bring up the battery icon saying charging, but ill give it another go tonight while im watching a movie or something, if that fails ill try it once more on my laptop incase it is my pc and then ill go ahead with what you said. and sure ill go for 2gb first, no harm in testing lower to make sure

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same things again, half way through verifying it says

Error reading file 'F:\4.h2w', offset 0x21f00000.
(Data error (cyclic redundancy check). Code 23)
Writing speed: 2.74 MByte/s
Reading speed: 6.57 MByte/s
H2testw v1.4

It failed on the fourth file and it checks it in 1GB files, so i assume once again that it is a 4gb Try doing the process with 3.5GB because the chips are sometimes finicky anyway. If that works just keep it there. also idk about your player but there should be one or two very small screws holding it together, if you want ery carefully open it and check for a battery. It will most likely be a package wrapped in plastic with something like 3.6V printed on it. Blue or Grey plastic is most common. It will also likely have a red and a black wire protruding form under the plastic.

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some very unfortunate people (i.e. me) have received players which contain no real memory at all and only a hacked controller chip. Opening would verify the size of the chips via serial number.

yeah it stops basically at around 3.6gb when verifying so i was thinking that maybe that was the limit, also i put some music on it earlier which played, but only a few albums where working, i tried putting 5gb on it just to see what happened to the info added past the full capacity.


i cant open it as i have reccently moved into my own place and dont have any tools other than a hammer and a pair of scissors....... and that might not go well hahaha. so do you think i should try working with 4gb? or 3.5 to make sure?