“Razzer001″ provides us with a brief video review of an iPod Nano clone. This particular model features a 1.8-inch TFT-LCD display, 2GB of memory, a built-in FM tuner, and photo viewer.”
iPod Nano CloneLooks like the iPod Nano clone is a slick device. “Razzer001″ provides us with a brief video review of an iPod Nano clone. This particular model features a 1.8-inch TFT-LCD display, 2GB of memory, a built-in FM tuner, and photo viewe…
I had a one gig clone I got on ebay it only lasted six months and I only used it about 10 times then one day it just stopped turning on. save up your money and buy an mp3 player from from a reputable brand.
I can speak english very litle, but i will very short. I have a similar stuff but it stop at
the start process. I try to upgrade the firmware, but i didn’t save the original firmware.
So! I want to ask u to help me. If u have an original “dump” firmware or a newer version please
send it to me. razon@freemail.hu
I too purchased this model, the 8GB version for my daughter, got it on eBay, lasted all of one day then got “cyclic redundancy error” when transferring a bunch of mp3 files. I now have a sand-timer on the unit and Win XP does not recognise device and keeps asking for driver files update. I suspect that the flash RAM has corrupted the firmware. Does anybody have the original firmware and/or know of a software flash to USB utility for this model?
i too have had simular problems have xp worked for one day and now stuck with hour glass.
also xp refuses to connect to it.
also 8 gb version shame really
I just bought one of these. The memory is hacked which is the reason for all the errors. It reads 8 GB but it is not accurate. If you put less than 100 songs on it then its fine and after that it gets confused. I used the formatting tool that came with it to add a partition, then to delete the partition and now it reads at the true size. Less than 512mb of memory is actually in these “8 GB” players
bought one too – battery lasted about 2 minutes after charging all night with supplied adapter. not looking forward to the memory problems after I get the battery problem taken care of.
update: charged all day using computer usb port, still won’t operate for longer than 2 minutes.
also, winXP does indicate 8gigs of ram, but Jim says it’s hacked? if i find out there is in fact only 512mb i’m swimming to hong kong and shoving this thing up someone’s nose. i need a stress-relieving vacation
I think I got the same 8gb. 2nd time in my life I got something on ebay. So far I have managed to access the small 512 mb hdd (though when I first turned it on it showed 8 gb) I am looking into something to try and get the missing 8gb, or at least have something better than a 512 flash disk with tetris on it. Man, my blackberry is better.
I am going to try and start a support group on that at http://www.drcyco.com
Gee Joe, I wish I had been paid off by Apple. But alas, no cheque. I’m just stuck with a piece of crap colour photo of an hourglass and no support. THEIR CRAP JOE. If your’s works then you must be a charmed man – go buy a lotto ticket.
I have read about the problems you had with your Nano clones. And, to be brief, problems such as yours and similar, does occur when one fails to software shut down their clone first. These clones are very sensitive, and if you saw the example of the man who demonstrated a clone in the Youtube video – you may have notice how he switched his clone off directly using the power switch. This is very very bad. One must first hold the “play” button down for 5 seconds, before the clone’s software shuts itself down (just as in a normal computer), before one uses the “power” switch to turn the clone off. Failure to do this damages the hardware and creates a whole heap of problems. I have had this problem before, and it led me to having to reformat the flash drive. For those of you who want to know how to deal with other similar problems, then you must acknowledge that you will have to reformatting your clone. This will mean deleting all the media that is on your clone’s drive. The embedded software which gives you your user interface experience will remain intact. Right click on My Computer then left mouse click on Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management -> Action -> Rescan disks. Then obey any alert or dialog you read as appropriate.
I’m very very VERY careful to always shut down USB devices correctly before unplugging them, as well as shutting down all software driven devices as the manuals usually indicate. Funny thing, (well not really funny) the manual doesn’t say anything to this effect. Why put a hard pwr switch on the top of the thing that could potentially damage the device? Especially without including a warning on the back. Back to my original comment – the thing is CRAP. Such a sensitive system should never ever be released into the public at any price. I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m not exactly an idiot either. User friendly devices are the order of the day, and this is NOT by ANY means user friendly. Stick with a Sandisk or other product or, just go for the iPod.
I bought a 2gb clone. the rule of thumb is any thing advertised over 2 gb is fake. This is because cheap Japan makers can only afford one or two ram chips. so any thing over is fake. Mine worked i am actually very pleased. the 2gb is real, movies look o.k. at best. but i am always cautious of using a 120$ mp3 player when i skateboard so this thing is good, and very slim too.
I got a ipod nano and will never shop on ebay international again. It will cost me 50.00 just to mail it back, with a tracking on it. people in china selling this FAKE stuff is just hurtting their country. used it one time now an hour glass wont leave the screen!!! call em copy cats!
Same problem with me also.have you fopund out a solution if yes let me know.
What ’14. David’ said applies to my case…if anyone finds out a solution please let us know.
i bought this ipod clone in china. but my battery doesnt seem to be charging. is the adaptor provided a factor? by the way, is there suppposed to have an animated blinking of the battery when charging? someone pls reply.
give it up. it’s a piece of shit. the adapter does NOT charge the battery regardless of power button position, despite the poorly direct-translated manual suggesting the power button be switched on. the only way i was able to charge the battery was by usb. actually, the unit is just a glorified battery holder/charger. it kinda’ works as a flashlight – you get a glowing hourglass from the screen. a decent mp3/4 player it is not. since i purchased this item, and the whole lead paint thing i’ve not knowingly bought anything from china again.
get an ipod.
These things will straight up die. My uncle got me one of these, 1GB, green for $28 from this one merchant. The flash is messed up, and the batteries are absolutely terrible. Mine will only last for about 40 minutes at optimum charge. JUST GO AND BUY A SANSA 512MB FOR LIKE $40. THIS IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME.
I have two of these units that will only display the hour glass when switched on , xp will not recognise them , So am unable to acces the memory to reset or whatever , seems a real shame as they worked pretty well untill this; Has anyone discovered a fix as yet?? please reply if you have..
So I should charge it for four hours, then hold the menu button for 60 seconds to reset it, then blow it with a hairdryer. Hmmmmmmmmm………..
I’m with Omar – I absolutely LOVE my Sansa 512mb player. Sounds better than my Sister’s IPOD, headphones sound GREAT too.
Just say “no” to CHI-PODs.
Man, what luck I have. Where were you guys before I bought this 8bg 3rd gen ipod nano clone. I got it three days ago ago and it worked fine, until yesterday. I loaded up 150 songs into my player and wanted to add some more so off my friends computer so i hooked it up on his computer and ever since…the HOURGLASS of doom is on the screen on a blue background. Does anyone have any ideas how i can fix this problem? I’ve read the manual and it doesn’t talk about the HOURGLASS on the error page.
Vic, you need to give it up. Don’t waste your time – really. Seriously. Go outside. Plant some flowers. Then go to Future Shop and purchase a Sansa-anything or if you have to, pay the extra and get an IPod.
I bought one of these Clones (1 GB actually) just for the Mp3’s and the Radi and HECK !! it’s been working fine and dandy for the last 6 months or so.
It goes through all the “thinkable” harsh treatments such as leaving in the sun till the LCD goes blank, submerging in water, dropping gizzilion times etc…etc….
I bought one of these clones. I got 3 hours play out of it. It would only hold 44 songs at 8gb? Battery charging problems and now the dreaded hourglass. DO LIKE I DID…CONTACT EBAY AND LET THEM KNOW THIS STUFF IS JUNK. I AM SHIPPING MINE BACK TO THE SELLER…HE CAN PAY ME OR NOT BUT HE’S GETTING THE POS BACK!
jason….i bought mine off ebay…they have a contact page where u can put in the item number and it will find the seller for you. Then you can let ebay know of your complaints! Hope this helps
i bought a 2gb ipod nano clone mp4 player. tried to update the firmware and from then everything was stopped it just shows an hour glass on screen when powered on or connected to computer even the computer does not recognise it is there any way to get it corrected plzzzz. suggest if there is any…
plzz also send me the links for the frmware if anyone find it.
it has actions 2025 board. and was having firmware version 9.5.54
my e-mail id is swapnil_bhattad@yahoo.com
i bought an MP4 player 9.5.54 CBD CO. , LTD 2009-05-06 that was sold to me in Venice beach , CA. by a young guy named: Eric
it came in a slick box with a sticker that says 16 GB; 4000 Songs , MSPR(right of the barcode) and $199.00(below the MSPR)
On settings : memory info shows 1900M and 99% full , even if folder has only 1 Song & 2 photos.(and maybe some empty folders , that won’t delete)
i also discovered while trying to delete corrupted files that were in Korean language?(maybe)that one of the
folders was 334 Gb large , which doesn’t make any sense. Folders looked like system folders)
Could someone tell me where I can get a new firmware version or instructions how to configure or format disc or something ?
…see…i deleted spotlight by accident and .trashes folder.(however…i deleted apple.amv on purpose)
You Can only download music or photos in it by copying and
pasting them one file at the time , because it might only
fit two whole songs on an mp3 format + maybe two photos .
P.S. when i put cursor on top of one of those folders that
won’t open…it indicated that folder was as large as 13.6 Gb !
sometimes duplicates of these folders appear and when i name them :
chinese hackware for example…then next time i put cursor on the top…
it indicates that the folder is empty.(so the hackware comes and goes)
(Also from control panel of your PC you can show some hidden folders)
One more thing…Uno mas…
it Charges only on ON position through the USB cable.
(for some reason on OFF position it only shows icon)
(learned that wall charger doesn’t work on some of’em)
Last one…Fini…
On my first comment i put that i had bought an MP4 player,
because i had recently learned that that’s what it is…However ..
It was sold to me as an i-pod that would’ve been my first i-pod ..
i ran into 2other whit youg guys in santa monica , ca. selling these
Hi,
I have one of this mp4 player and it stops mp3 itself on 30-45 seconds later. I want to update this machine but i couldnt find its firmware anywhere
I just bought one of these Chi-pods about 4 hours ago, I listened to the couple of songs that are budled inside but ran out of charge. Tried charging using the adapter I was given but I got the hourglass picture. These things are useless… Don’t buy them even though they may be cheap. Go on, rob a bank and get yourself a real iPod. Stupid copycatters.
I also bought a 16GB which only holds like no more than 200 songs…these things do their job but they suck!! My boyfriend bought 2 for 100 bucks poor thing got ripped off lol!!
Bought one of these. I solved the hourglass problem by simply using another usb cable. It works fine for me, except when I try to add more songs, they or videos, they don’t play and just say: format error! The rest of the songs work
mine is 16gb mp4 player cbd co., ltd 2009-04-20 9.5.54. not able to connect thru itune???. and also i can able to copy either mp3 or amv files only. what to do??? pls mail me.
I have a 8gb one of these knock off ipods. Mine works fine.
I’ve had the “format error”, and music not copying to device saying its full…
There is a folder that says not to delete and some other stuff. What I did is I backed up EVERYTHING off the mp3 player and stuck it in a folder for “incase purposes” on my laptop. If you are having problems with you mp3 player, then go your My Computer with you mp3 player pluged into your usb port, figure out which device your mp3 player is, then format the drive. After you format it, put all the stuff you just backed up back on the mp3 player. It should work fine again. Also if you put your music in more than one folder, I noticed that I get a “format error” on the mp3 player.
I don’t know what you guys paid for your, I got mine for $20 off ebay and its been the best $20 mp3 player I’ve ever came across. I think the most anoying thing about my mp3 player it the shake to change songs.
I bought the ipod nano 3rd generation clone 8g, almost a year ago…it works great! I payed $36. It takes some getting used to. At first i couldnt charge it. You have to make sure the mp3 is on while charging! My music is in many folders, i have never got any errors. I like the fact that i can delete songs from the device. I never used the video part or e books part cause i don’t want to hassle with it. I only wish i could change the firmware…something that is more like ipod navigation. Just make sure you read costumer reviews before purchasing anything on ebay! I had a real ipod before…over all these knock offs are a 7/10…you get what you pay for.
I too have one of these. Bought it recently from E bay via Australia for $16(cheap!) Quite pleased with it at the moment. All seems to be ok for down loads etc. Mine is the 8Gb , but I have noticed by following the above advice from David 25 july 2007, that the actual available memory is only 7.2Gb? Would also like to update it though with software from web site but no joy! Any ideas??
Paul
I have an 8gb one from ebay, no probs so far. The firmware is pretty basic though. Can’t get a list of songs, have to go through the songs from the start. Is there a way to list the songs, probably not? Sounds like it’s not going to last long but not bad for an 8 year old to use until the novelty wears off or until responsible for a more expensive one.
All these fake IPODS have hacked memory (disk space). They may show that they are 8Gb but you will be lucky if they have even 2Gb. The memory chips used in them are like HY27UU08AG5M means it is only 2Gb. the reason to show higher disk space is for them to be sold easily. They start to give problems as soon as you are about to pass the actual memory. So fix the memory by formatting it on Windows FAT32, you would get back the true space plus fix it from dying away.
Oh ..forgot to tell you something important. Back up all your songs B4 you format. Everything will be wiped out by the formatting process.
One way you can tell that the player is about to die is: “If you put more songs on the player and they are not available on the player when you want to play them.”
Try and backup the firmware from the player as well. you will need this if the trouble starts later. DON’T upgrade the unit with another firmware, THE PLAYER WILL DIE.
I Need help from anyone who has a player as seen on this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI4-cjmIYvE
My friend has one exactly like the ME2 shown (Smaller Box)but black in color. It was stated as having 4Gb but it was actually 2Gb. He was having problems after using it for some time and he went ahead and upgraded the firmware…
NOW THE PLAYER IS DEAD.
I have offered him to get it to life again. For this reason I need to extract firmware from a working player of exactly of the same type. So now I need someone to put a post here in this forum who has a working Player ME2 as on this YouTube video. I will provide all tools that will be needed to extract the firmware.
Please help and in return I will help you with anything that concerns Micro-electronics and Computer science.
turned it on, all was fine..it works but, the main menu is messed up. I put some songs on it but the equalizer is now missing from it. Anyone know anything about how to get it back?
This message is for Chaosx.
You will need the model, make and part numbers (firmware version as well) to know what is actually gone wrong with your mp3 player. Once you have all your details than go to mympx.org to see where you could find ways of getting your player working again.
You would be knowing that all these players are fake clones … so don’t rely on that 8Gb that was written on it…. Good Luck
I know how to fix it. I microwaved mine for 2 minutes in a popcorn bowl of water.
Fixed it real good.
Then I went to a pawn shop and got a used iPod for $45.
Hi Jason
Real ipods also get faulty….faster than the fake ones, see it for yourself at mympx.org. Plus you pay much more for them and being a basic Mp3/Mp4 players they require (bullshits) like itunes.
The fake ones are very cheap but are well constructed with good parts (AK1025 chips and Hy27 series flash) but with fake memory sizes. That is the reason they give trouble. All that can be fixed with a little (DIY) technical work. After that it is as good as gold.
mabboseg,
There are a number of higher quality mp3 players on the market – DON’T GET ONE OF THESE. I don’t use an iPod – I have a Creative ZEN about 6 years old with a real 2.5″ hard disk drive. Just have to treat it with care. Works perfectly. I also have an iPhone that has a few tunes on it – also works perfectly and been dropped a few times. My best machine is an older SanDisk – sounds great with WOW and SRS equalizers. I should never have wasted my money on the Chipod.
iPods do NOT get faulty faster than these Chinese things. No way.
If you have a link or YouTube video on how to fix them, I’d still give it a shot. But for now I’ll keep carrying around my 6000 pound Zen!
by the way, I didn’t really microwave my Chipod – what a waste of a good mw!
Thanx Jason
You seemed to be missing my point. The fake iPods can be easily ‘contitioned’ and this have to be done the moment you buy them. Just download (save) the firmware from them and after that, format the player using windows (FAT32). After formatting, it will show the true size of the flash drive, now load back the firmware. All this can be done using freeware tools like “s1res”…. NO PROBLEMS AFTER that.
You should know one thing Jason, there is nothing like a HIGH quality or a LOW quality player for all the electronics to today’s world is made in China. The real ipods and the fake ones use the same quality parts but their is a huge difference in price. From experience… fake ones are easier to repair than the real ones when faulty. At times it is impossible to repair the real ones for their parts are not labeled.
If you have a faulty fake player you can follow the steps given in “Dead Player Recovery Guide” at mympx.org. For that you will need to find a matching firmware to load finally (if there is a saved backup firmware it will be easy).
Finally, when you learn a little of today’s technology (micro-electronics and programming)the life becomes full of fun and without worries. People like me believe in sharing the ideas and joy with others.
Conditioning? What 15 year-old girl who just received their mp3 player is going to want to dick around “conditioning” these pieces of crap? Do you think Future Shop or Sears or any other store would carry such an item that needs “conditioning”? These Chipod items should be sold as a DIY kit with full programming instructions if that’s the case. That would be something I would be interested in, and a certain pride would accompany it as you would know your’s is customized and assembled by you. That would be tres cool.
Chipods have one purpose and one purpose ONLY. To make some con in China a living. That’s IT.
Any Chinese manufactured item, electronic or otherwise has various manufacturing techniques and processes, and are built to a distributor’s specifications – which are essentially determined by market demand. Just because a certain mp3 player uses an AK1025 chip doesn’t make it the same as the next. Basic factors such as a freaking stable OS needs to be included and flash memory needs to NOT be misrepresented as a larger size than it is – what a con! I’m not exactly speaking from my @ss as I do remember some of what I learned in Electronics Engineering in College years ago
I respect your opinion but if you want to share joy with others, tell everyone you know to stay away from these crappy rip-off players.
All that said, you’d be a pretty cool person to have a beer with! It’s nice to have an intelligent discussion.
I will try some of your ideas to revive my player. Let you know how I do!
Good Luck Jason
I can see your frustration…may the creator bless you with a cool mind. Electronics changes everyday so keep upgrading yourself as days pass by, it’s fun, things of the past are almost obsolete now. Who knows you might teach us something in a near future.
I will continue to help out all those requiring help online with whatever I can. We basic people wish to fix our things ourselves and keep away from over-priced bullshits.
Weel guys i have two dead mp3 players that look exactly the same as the one in the video.. the gui looks the same also , does anyone know where i can get firmware for this?? or how to identify my players from the chips or board? please?
As you would know that I am also looking for that firmware and this is not anywhere on the web now…not even in the Chinese Forum Downloads. looks as if this player was not sold locally in mainland China. If you can find anyone with exactly the same player, it could be copied from that and then loaded on to another. I have compiled a step by step procedure to download the firmware.
I guess you may be knowing that first you will have to dismantle your player and revive it to the mode for firmware loading (As an adfuUpdate device). The steps are given in an article here: http://mympxplayer.org/image-vp3370.html
This one is easy to dismantle, just open two small screws and remove the tiny bottom cover….the key buttons just falls off. Remove the screen glass and than push out the entire stuff from inside, upwards. Now you can read all the part numbers needed to look for the firmware.
I can provide you with all the tools and guides but I don’t have the firmware. If you do find the firmware please share it with me.
I have poor knowledge on the subject. i bougt a I pod Nano clone from China in Jule with 32 Gb memory looking similar to the gadget in the youtube. After I connected to the computer and downloaded my music/photographs it started showing format error. If I look for the firmware on the ipod i see ( MP$, CBD Co Ltd, 2010-01-07). I do not know how to proceed- I think i even formatted it once
This message is for dara
Dara… your ipod seems to be having a fake memory, it may be having much lesser than 32GB. If you could format it with windows (FAT 16 or 32) it might get fixed and after that it will show correct size of memory space.
DON’T LOAD another firmware, for this reloading might destroy your ipod for GOOD.
Mabbseg- I tried formatting the ipod with FAT32 on my system. It subjects to a quick format and not a full format. After quickformat it still shows 32 gb. what do you suggest as the next step
i bought a I pod Nano clone from China in Jule with 32 Gb memory looking similar to the gadget in the youtube. After I connected to the computer and downloaded my music/photographs it started showing format error. As was suggested on the forum by Mabboseg, I tried formatting the ipod with FAT32 on my system. It subjects to a quick format and not a full format. After quickformat it still shows 32 gb.I loaded some photographs- I could sse some but others started showing FORMAT ERROR; I loaded music- 1 song played for a few seconds- later all started showing FORMAT ERROR. Any suggestions on what I should do?
Hi Dara… sorry for taking so much time.
A quick format by windows only erases the FAT and that is no good. You will have to download a utility program to format your player, I would suggest you download and install “Mp3 Player Utilities 4.18″ and than use the format from there. It can format both in FAT16 and FAT32. Either should fix your problem.
Best of Lucks
Mabboseg
hi mabboseg-i installed “Mp3 Player Utilities 4.18″. but how do i use it to format the player. it has amv convertor, amv player, media manager, mp3 upgrade and uninstal. i used media manager- went to add foder- it showed the mp3 drive- mentioned it needs formatting. however it is unable to format it. quick format works. but that does not solve the problem. it suggests that there may be some read only files which are not permitting the format. what r ur suggestions
i bought a china ipod a year ago. Yesterday it died… now i only have this hourglass.
What can i do now? i need it simple, because i am a real idiot at the computer.
You set we need to dismantle it to find the numbers wich show the firmware needed? But my has no screws to open.
My computer don’t find the player anymore if i connect it via usb.
I recently bought one of these clones after my previous mp3 player bit the bullet during a torrential downpour I was unable to avoid whilst cycling. Haven’t had that many problems with it so far, no sign of any formatting problems……touch wood! The only problem I seem to have with the product is when uploading music files – it only seems to like a certain number of songs before simply refusing to play the rest. Does on the odd occassion come up with “Invalid file format” which I know is rubbish given all my songs are either mp3 or mp4. I assume it’s a problem with the device as I originally put just one album on purely to test the product when I received it which played perfectly but now won’t. I’ve even checked the memory on the device which claims it still has around 2gb of free memory….whether I believe that or not is another thing, but I’ve had no mention of a full memory. On closer inspection, all the songs are on there but some contain a strange undeletable korean file (assuming that’s some sort of error/hack file?) which so happens to be on all the songs that don’t work when not connected to the PC. I have all the songs backed up (I have them all in folders under each artist, should I take them out?), do I just need to format the mp3 player via the PC to ammend the problem or is it something more serious?
Paul, I commented, the ipod problem is memory, not have the capacity to think, to know how much memory you really have procedures explained in several posts, or just from where you get the message “Invalid file format” is no longer capacity, is full, remember that the ipod clone lie in storage capacity.
Hi This message is for Dara.
In the Mp3 Player Utilities you will find a menu called Disk Manager, click that after you have connected the player to USB port. Do a full format. This should work…
Sorry for the delay Dara… I am spending time in the bush..training.
Mabboseg
Dara ..did you try Low level format first ??
After low level format a full format should work. During format operations all the files will get lost ..even read only ones. If low level format doesn’t work than there would be other problems, I am figuring it our now….
Corner37fa – thanks for the response. Apologise for coming across a bit dim, just wanted to check that my problem fell in with everyone else’s. Have a feeling mine is only 2gb but not bad for £7!
Okay everyone, i spent an entire day yesterday trying to figure out my fake 8GB nano, It came with a mini disc when i bought it from e-bay from hong kong, on the disk, most things will freeze if i try to open them however one file had no problem, it was one with mp4 in the name, if you have the disk experiment with those files in one of them you go through several sub folder,s and install a program, the programs installed are called MP3 player disk tool, and MP3 player upgrade tool, in the disk tool, you can partition and reformat , this solved my problem with being unable to add or remove songs, from the first time i used it, (it will delete and clear it free) when i did this i then had 2 removable disks coming from one device, and after playing with it a while i discovered that the first removable disk ( for me it’s E, and F) so E, is the only one that actually allows you to listen to what’s in there on the device, Which takes some tweaking in the partitioning tool, because originally it only gave me 7 MB of space on that particular one, i managed to get it to, 300 MB without problem, and then is tore the 7.whatever GB space with other songs/videos, that i can interchange when i feel like it, So that solved many many many of my problems, I have tried saving the setup file off of the disk without any luck, however i have a zip file of the program files which may or may not work for you. E-mail if you’d like to try, now my only problem is i can’t get the fake I-pod to charge! so if anyone has THAT solution for me, PLEASE, let me know.
dear sir,
i had purchased ipod mp4 player with 2gb,1.8inch screen and fm. after purchase i had loading
my favaorite song. once loading some error come intermediate the ipod not working, only
it displays starting and blinks.please give me solution.
regards,
s.cartigueyane
dear everyone,
my uncle gave me an ipod. after a few days the music don’t play anymore. it just went all blank and i can’t to listen to any music anymore. no more videos. the oly thing that works is the fm radio. the firmvare version is 2008/09/05
9.5.54
QS_AK2025
2008/04/23
PLS HELP ME!
hy,guys me also got an mp4 player CBD.,Ltd 2007-07-28 9.5.54 its frimwire.wen i connect 2 pc it appearz as “usb” nd i hv a problem wen i add videos whch indicates disk error means dat videos r not played plz help me dat how to add videos nd of whch format there also another problem i copied sum software to whch not shown on my pc.
December 25th, 2006
Apple iPod nano 8GB ブラック[MA497J/A]
iPod Nano CloneLooks like the iPod Nano clone is a slick device. “Razzer001″ provides us with a brief video review of an iPod Nano clone. This particular model features a 1.8-inch TFT-LCD display, 2GB of memory, a built-in FM tuner, and photo viewe…
February 2nd, 2007
I had a one gig clone I got on ebay it only lasted six months and I only used it about 10 times then one day it just stopped turning on. save up your money and buy an mp3 player from from a reputable brand.
March 7th, 2007
Hello!
I can speak english very litle, but i will very short. I have a similar stuff but it stop at
the start process. I try to upgrade the firmware, but i didn’t save the original firmware.
So! I want to ask u to help me. If u have an original “dump” firmware or a newer version please
send it to me. razon@freemail.hu
Thank u so much!!
Bye
March 28th, 2007
Hi
I too purchased this model, the 8GB version for my daughter, got it on eBay, lasted all of one day then got “cyclic redundancy error” when transferring a bunch of mp3 files. I now have a sand-timer on the unit and Win XP does not recognise device and keeps asking for driver files update. I suspect that the flash RAM has corrupted the firmware. Does anybody have the original firmware and/or know of a software flash to USB utility for this model?
Any feedback would be appreciated, please reply to gordon@maxwellclanonline.net
Cheers
April 2nd, 2007
i too have had simular problems have xp worked for one day and now stuck with hour glass.
also xp refuses to connect to it.
also 8 gb version shame really
April 10th, 2007
I just bought one of these, it lasted a day, now you can’t talk to it. Does anyone know how to reset the software, or get newer firmware?
Cheers
April 12th, 2007
I just bought one of these. The memory is hacked which is the reason for all the errors. It reads 8 GB but it is not accurate. If you put less than 100 songs on it then its fine and after that it gets confused. I used the formatting tool that came with it to add a partition, then to delete the partition and now it reads at the true size. Less than 512mb of memory is actually in these “8 GB” players
April 13th, 2007
Well other than the hard drive issues it looks like it would be a pretty slick little toy to have.
April 25th, 2007
bought one too – battery lasted about 2 minutes after charging all night with supplied adapter. not looking forward to the memory problems after I get the battery problem taken care of.
April 25th, 2007
update: charged all day using computer usb port, still won’t operate for longer than 2 minutes.
also, winXP does indicate 8gigs of ram, but Jim says it’s hacked? if i find out there is in fact only 512mb i’m swimming to hong kong and shoving this thing up someone’s nose. i need a stress-relieving vacation
May 2nd, 2007
I think I got the same 8gb. 2nd time in my life I got something on ebay. So far I have managed to access the small 512 mb hdd (though when I first turned it on it showed 8 gb) I am looking into something to try and get the missing 8gb, or at least have something better than a 512 flash disk with tetris on it. Man, my blackberry is better.
I am going to try and start a support group on that at http://www.drcyco.com
July 17th, 2007
How much did Apple pay all of to write this stuff. I have two and they work just fine.
I guess people with nothing else better to do just complain.
July 17th, 2007
Gee Joe, I wish I had been paid off by Apple. But alas, no cheque. I’m just stuck with a piece of crap colour photo of an hourglass and no support. THEIR CRAP JOE. If your’s works then you must be a charmed man – go buy a lotto ticket.
July 25th, 2007
I have read about the problems you had with your Nano clones. And, to be brief, problems such as yours and similar, does occur when one fails to software shut down their clone first. These clones are very sensitive, and if you saw the example of the man who demonstrated a clone in the Youtube video – you may have notice how he switched his clone off directly using the power switch. This is very very bad. One must first hold the “play” button down for 5 seconds, before the clone’s software shuts itself down (just as in a normal computer), before one uses the “power” switch to turn the clone off. Failure to do this damages the hardware and creates a whole heap of problems. I have had this problem before, and it led me to having to reformat the flash drive. For those of you who want to know how to deal with other similar problems, then you must acknowledge that you will have to reformatting your clone. This will mean deleting all the media that is on your clone’s drive. The embedded software which gives you your user interface experience will remain intact. Right click on My Computer then left mouse click on Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management -> Action -> Rescan disks. Then obey any alert or dialog you read as appropriate.
July 26th, 2007
I’m very very VERY careful to always shut down USB devices correctly before unplugging them, as well as shutting down all software driven devices as the manuals usually indicate. Funny thing, (well not really funny) the manual doesn’t say anything to this effect. Why put a hard pwr switch on the top of the thing that could potentially damage the device? Especially without including a warning on the back. Back to my original comment – the thing is CRAP. Such a sensitive system should never ever be released into the public at any price. I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m not exactly an idiot either. User friendly devices are the order of the day, and this is NOT by ANY means user friendly. Stick with a Sandisk or other product or, just go for the iPod.
August 11th, 2007
I bought a 2gb clone. the rule of thumb is any thing advertised over 2 gb is fake. This is because cheap Japan makers can only afford one or two ram chips. so any thing over is fake. Mine worked i am actually very pleased. the 2gb is real, movies look o.k. at best. but i am always cautious of using a 120$ mp3 player when i skateboard so this thing is good, and very slim too.
September 17th, 2007
Becareful. 2GB 4GB 8GB clones from china can have hacked memory. Read more about the hacked memory scam at http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQsassZhackedmemoryscam. The scam is huge on eBay.
September 18th, 2007
…or just read about it above in this post!
September 20th, 2007
I got a ipod nano and will never shop on ebay international again. It will cost me 50.00 just to mail it back, with a tracking on it. people in china selling this FAKE stuff is just hurtting their country. used it one time now an hour glass wont leave the screen!!! call em copy cats!
October 10th, 2007
hi Teresa,
Same problem with me also.have you fopund out a solution if yes let me know.
What ’14. David’ said applies to my case…if anyone finds out a solution please let us know.
October 10th, 2007
I have a solution:
Buy an IPOD.
October 12th, 2007
i bought this ipod clone in china. but my battery doesnt seem to be charging. is the adaptor provided a factor? by the way, is there suppposed to have an animated blinking of the battery when charging? someone pls reply.
October 15th, 2007
give it up. it’s a piece of shit. the adapter does NOT charge the battery regardless of power button position, despite the poorly direct-translated manual suggesting the power button be switched on. the only way i was able to charge the battery was by usb. actually, the unit is just a glorified battery holder/charger. it kinda’ works as a flashlight – you get a glowing hourglass from the screen. a decent mp3/4 player it is not. since i purchased this item, and the whole lead paint thing i’ve not knowingly bought anything from china again.
get an ipod.
October 29th, 2007
These things will straight up die. My uncle got me one of these, 1GB, green for $28 from this one merchant. The flash is messed up, and the batteries are absolutely terrible. Mine will only last for about 40 minutes at optimum charge. JUST GO AND BUY A SANSA 512MB FOR LIKE $40. THIS IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME.
November 25th, 2007
I have two of these units that will only display the hour glass when switched on , xp will not recognise them , So am unable to acces the memory to reset or whatever , seems a real shame as they worked pretty well untill this; Has anyone discovered a fix as yet?? please reply if you have..
January 15th, 2008
i fixed mine once when it gave me the hourglass. put it on the charger for 4 hours then take it off. hold the menu and it should reset it
February 19th, 2008
Hair dryer for 20 seconds then turn it on, it will stop being stuck on the hourglass, that what i did.
February 20th, 2008
So I should charge it for four hours, then hold the menu button for 60 seconds to reset it, then blow it with a hairdryer. Hmmmmmmmmm………..
I’m with Omar – I absolutely LOVE my Sansa 512mb player. Sounds better than my Sister’s IPOD, headphones sound GREAT too.
Just say “no” to CHI-PODs.
March 26th, 2008
Man, what luck I have. Where were you guys before I bought this 8bg 3rd gen ipod nano clone. I got it three days ago ago and it worked fine, until yesterday. I loaded up 150 songs into my player and wanted to add some more so off my friends computer so i hooked it up on his computer and ever since…the HOURGLASS of doom is on the screen on a blue background. Does anyone have any ideas how i can fix this problem? I’ve read the manual and it doesn’t talk about the HOURGLASS on the error page.
March 29th, 2008
There is no solution for 8gb clone?
best way to utilize it is as pendrive.
April 3rd, 2008
hi,
we need to repair the system files
on the mp3/4. accident it eliminates the system files.
is there a site we can
go to?
thanks,
vicky
April 19th, 2008
Vic, you need to give it up. Don’t waste your time – really. Seriously. Go outside. Plant some flowers. Then go to Future Shop and purchase a Sansa-anything or if you have to, pay the extra and get an IPod.
April 19th, 2008
Oh, and tell everyone you know not to buy one of these things. They’re absolute crap
April 30th, 2008
Well., I guess it depends on how “lucky” you are.
I bought one of these Clones (1 GB actually) just for the Mp3’s and the Radi and HECK !! it’s been working fine and dandy for the last 6 months or so.
It goes through all the “thinkable” harsh treatments such as leaving in the sun till the LCD goes blank, submerging in water, dropping gizzilion times etc…etc….
but.. it still works
Guess it’s just lucky me
May 1st, 2008
I got a 1GB model, and it works for me! Three months running.
I’m inclined to say NO to Chi-pods, but it’s worth around $25, it’s so darn cheap. Half of my little productivity pay well spent…
Vic, you can go to http://www.mympxplayer.org to get an appropriate firmware.
May 6th, 2008
Hashan and kenshinflyer, buy lotto tickets QUICK! You are both charmed.
May 13th, 2008
no hope:i got a 8gb ipod nano clone,good working for1week,then no battery life.i use it as extèrnal pen drive with average results
May 24th, 2008
…and, it doesn’t even write well! I barely got mine to write on cement.
December 23rd, 2008
I bought one of these clones. I got 3 hours play out of it. It would only hold 44 songs at 8gb? Battery charging problems and now the dreaded hourglass. DO LIKE I DID…CONTACT EBAY AND LET THEM KNOW THIS STUFF IS JUNK. I AM SHIPPING MINE BACK TO THE SELLER…HE CAN PAY ME OR NOT BUT HE’S GETTING THE POS BACK!
December 23rd, 2008
jb: i haven’t been able to locate the seller – he’s changed accounts several times. have you got any information on who i can talk to?
December 23rd, 2008
jason….i bought mine off ebay…they have a contact page where u can put in the item number and it will find the seller for you. Then you can let ebay know of your complaints! Hope this helps
January 21st, 2009
I have a 4G iPod nano clone. How do I download music to it? I don’t have any operating manual. Please help.
January 21st, 2009
Btw, DON’T tell me to buy a genuine one. Can’t afford.
June 7th, 2009
i bought a 2gb ipod nano clone mp4 player. tried to update the firmware and from then everything was stopped it just shows an hour glass on screen when powered on or connected to computer even the computer does not recognise it is there any way to get it corrected plzzzz. suggest if there is any…
June 7th, 2009
plzz also send me the links for the frmware if anyone find it.
it has actions 2025 board. and was having firmware version 9.5.54
my e-mail id is swapnil_bhattad@yahoo.com
July 9th, 2009
i bought an MP4 player 9.5.54 CBD CO. , LTD 2009-05-06 that was sold to me in Venice beach , CA. by a young guy named: Eric
it came in a slick box with a sticker that says 16 GB; 4000 Songs , MSPR(right of the barcode) and $199.00(below the MSPR)
On settings : memory info shows 1900M and 99% full , even if folder has only 1 Song & 2 photos.(and maybe some empty folders , that won’t delete)
i also discovered while trying to delete corrupted files that were in Korean language?(maybe)that one of the
folders was 334 Gb large , which doesn’t make any sense. Folders looked like system folders)
Could someone tell me where I can get a new firmware version or instructions how to configure or format disc or something ?
…see…i deleted spotlight by accident and .trashes folder.(however…i deleted apple.amv on purpose)
July 10th, 2009
You Can only download music or photos in it by copying and
pasting them one file at the time , because it might only
fit two whole songs on an mp3 format + maybe two photos .
P.S. when i put cursor on top of one of those folders that
won’t open…it indicated that folder was as large as 13.6 Gb !
sometimes duplicates of these folders appear and when i name them :
chinese hackware for example…then next time i put cursor on the top…
it indicates that the folder is empty.(so the hackware comes and goes)
(Also from control panel of your PC you can show some hidden folders)
July 10th, 2009
One more thing…Uno mas…
it Charges only on ON position through the USB cable.
(for some reason on OFF position it only shows icon)
(learned that wall charger doesn’t work on some of’em)
July 10th, 2009
Last one…Fini…
On my first comment i put that i had bought an MP4 player,
because i had recently learned that that’s what it is…However ..
It was sold to me as an i-pod that would’ve been my first i-pod ..
i ran into 2other whit youg guys in santa monica , ca. selling these
August 18th, 2009
Hi,
I have one of this mp4 player and it stops mp3 itself on 30-45 seconds later. I want to update this machine but i couldnt find its firmware anywhere
September 11th, 2009
I just bought one of these Chi-pods about 4 hours ago, I listened to the couple of songs that are budled inside but ran out of charge. Tried charging using the adapter I was given but I got the hourglass picture. These things are useless… Don’t buy them even though they may be cheap. Go on, rob a bank and get yourself a real iPod. Stupid copycatters.
September 14th, 2009
I also bought a 16GB which only holds like no more than 200 songs…these things do their job but they suck!! My boyfriend bought 2 for 100 bucks poor thing got ripped off lol!!
December 9th, 2009
Please please please help me! I can’t get rid of the hour class its horrible.. i tried blow drying it and charging it by my computer but nothing!
December 10th, 2009
I find all kinds of posts same issue of Generic mp4 hour glass
screen but not help responses.
Did I miss> apologies if I did.
Searched all data here. If you reload firmware will it restore?
All threads above explains same issue..
Thanks
December 13th, 2009
They suck. I bought one 16 GB Chi IPOD. All the mentioned problems occur with my 9.5.54 firmware. It’s waste of time an money…
December 13th, 2009
Bought one of these. I solved the hourglass problem by simply using another usb cable. It works fine for me, except when I try to add more songs, they or videos, they don’t play and just say: format error! The rest of the songs work
December 23rd, 2009
mine is 16gb mp4 player cbd co., ltd 2009-04-20 9.5.54. not able to connect thru itune???. and also i can able to copy either mp3 or amv files only. what to do??? pls mail me.
December 23rd, 2009
Frank
what does “format error” is that the memory is full.
Like everyone, I have the same problem, when you find the solution of pondre
January 1st, 2010
I have a 8gb one of these knock off ipods. Mine works fine.
I’ve had the “format error”, and music not copying to device saying its full…
There is a folder that says not to delete and some other stuff. What I did is I backed up EVERYTHING off the mp3 player and stuck it in a folder for “incase purposes” on my laptop. If you are having problems with you mp3 player, then go your My Computer with you mp3 player pluged into your usb port, figure out which device your mp3 player is, then format the drive. After you format it, put all the stuff you just backed up back on the mp3 player. It should work fine again. Also if you put your music in more than one folder, I noticed that I get a “format error” on the mp3 player.
I don’t know what you guys paid for your, I got mine for $20 off ebay and its been the best $20 mp3 player I’ve ever came across. I think the most anoying thing about my mp3 player it the shake to change songs.
January 8th, 2010
Does anyone here know how I can backup the firmware? And is there any way to reset these Chipods?
January 9th, 2010
Here you can find the answer, there is a firmware extractor you can help backup
http://mympxplayer.org/s1fwx-31-df417.html
January 9th, 2010
My McAfee AV flags the website for security risks. Can you post the description instead? Thx!
January 10th, 2010
I bought the ipod nano 3rd generation clone 8g, almost a year ago…it works great! I payed $36. It takes some getting used to. At first i couldnt charge it. You have to make sure the mp3 is on while charging! My music is in many folders, i have never got any errors. I like the fact that i can delete songs from the device. I never used the video part or e books part cause i don’t want to hassle with it. I only wish i could change the firmware…something that is more like ipod navigation. Just make sure you read costumer reviews before purchasing anything on ebay! I had a real ipod before…over all these knock offs are a 7/10…you get what you pay for.
February 17th, 2010
hi!
How we can fix the playlists scanning????
February 20th, 2010
I too have one of these. Bought it recently from E bay via Australia for $16(cheap!) Quite pleased with it at the moment. All seems to be ok for down loads etc. Mine is the 8Gb , but I have noticed by following the above advice from David 25 july 2007, that the actual available memory is only 7.2Gb? Would also like to update it though with software from web site but no joy! Any ideas??
Paul
February 23rd, 2010
I have an 8gb one from ebay, no probs so far. The firmware is pretty basic though. Can’t get a list of songs, have to go through the songs from the start. Is there a way to list the songs, probably not? Sounds like it’s not going to last long but not bad for an 8 year old to use until the novelty wears off or until responsible for a more expensive one.
March 3rd, 2010
All these fake IPODS have hacked memory (disk space). They may show that they are 8Gb but you will be lucky if they have even 2Gb. The memory chips used in them are like HY27UU08AG5M means it is only 2Gb. the reason to show higher disk space is for them to be sold easily. They start to give problems as soon as you are about to pass the actual memory. So fix the memory by formatting it on Windows FAT32, you would get back the true space plus fix it from dying away.
Hope this will help
mabboseg
March 3rd, 2010
Oh ..forgot to tell you something important. Back up all your songs B4 you format. Everything will be wiped out by the formatting process.
One way you can tell that the player is about to die is: “If you put more songs on the player and they are not available on the player when you want to play them.”
Try and backup the firmware from the player as well. you will need this if the trouble starts later. DON’T upgrade the unit with another firmware, THE PLAYER WILL DIE.
Take Care
Mabboseg
March 3rd, 2010
I Need help from anyone who has a player as seen on this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI4-cjmIYvE
My friend has one exactly like the ME2 shown (Smaller Box)but black in color. It was stated as having 4Gb but it was actually 2Gb. He was having problems after using it for some time and he went ahead and upgraded the firmware…
NOW THE PLAYER IS DEAD.
I have offered him to get it to life again. For this reason I need to extract firmware from a working player of exactly of the same type. So now I need someone to put a post here in this forum who has a working Player ME2 as on this YouTube video. I will provide all tools that will be needed to extract the firmware.
Please help and in return I will help you with anything that concerns Micro-electronics and Computer science.
Thank You
Mabboseg
April 1st, 2010
I bought one of these on E-bay: http://cgi.ebay.com/8GB-Slim-1-8-LCD-MP3-MP4-Radio-FM-Player-Free-Ship-Gift_W0QQitemZ320508752348QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_MP3_Players?hash=item4a9fcf71dc
turned it on, all was fine..it works but, the main menu is messed up. I put some songs on it but the equalizer is now missing from it. Anyone know anything about how to get it back?
April 2nd, 2010
This message is for Chaosx.
You will need the model, make and part numbers (firmware version as well) to know what is actually gone wrong with your mp3 player. Once you have all your details than go to mympx.org to see where you could find ways of getting your player working again.
You would be knowing that all these players are fake clones … so don’t rely on that 8Gb that was written on it…. Good Luck
April 2nd, 2010
I know how to fix it. I microwaved mine for 2 minutes in a popcorn bowl of water.
Fixed it real good.
Then I went to a pawn shop and got a used iPod for $45.
April 5th, 2010
Hi Jason
Real ipods also get faulty….faster than the fake ones, see it for yourself at mympx.org. Plus you pay much more for them and being a basic Mp3/Mp4 players they require (bullshits) like itunes.
The fake ones are very cheap but are well constructed with good parts (AK1025 chips and Hy27 series flash) but with fake memory sizes. That is the reason they give trouble. All that can be fixed with a little (DIY) technical work. After that it is as good as gold.
Mabboseg
April 5th, 2010
mabboseg,
There are a number of higher quality mp3 players on the market – DON’T GET ONE OF THESE. I don’t use an iPod – I have a Creative ZEN about 6 years old with a real 2.5″ hard disk drive. Just have to treat it with care. Works perfectly. I also have an iPhone that has a few tunes on it – also works perfectly and been dropped a few times. My best machine is an older SanDisk – sounds great with WOW and SRS equalizers. I should never have wasted my money on the Chipod.
iPods do NOT get faulty faster than these Chinese things. No way.
If you have a link or YouTube video on how to fix them, I’d still give it a shot. But for now I’ll keep carrying around my 6000 pound Zen!
by the way, I didn’t really microwave my Chipod – what a waste of a good mw!
April 6th, 2010
Thanx Jason
You seemed to be missing my point. The fake iPods can be easily ‘contitioned’ and this have to be done the moment you buy them. Just download (save) the firmware from them and after that, format the player using windows (FAT32). After formatting, it will show the true size of the flash drive, now load back the firmware. All this can be done using freeware tools like “s1res”…. NO PROBLEMS AFTER that.
You should know one thing Jason, there is nothing like a HIGH quality or a LOW quality player for all the electronics to today’s world is made in China. The real ipods and the fake ones use the same quality parts but their is a huge difference in price. From experience… fake ones are easier to repair than the real ones when faulty. At times it is impossible to repair the real ones for their parts are not labeled.
If you have a faulty fake player you can follow the steps given in “Dead Player Recovery Guide” at mympx.org. For that you will need to find a matching firmware to load finally (if there is a saved backup firmware it will be easy).
Finally, when you learn a little of today’s technology (micro-electronics and programming)the life becomes full of fun and without worries. People like me believe in sharing the ideas and joy with others.
Mabboseg
April 6th, 2010
Actually, you didn’t make that point until now.
Conditioning? What 15 year-old girl who just received their mp3 player is going to want to dick around “conditioning” these pieces of crap? Do you think Future Shop or Sears or any other store would carry such an item that needs “conditioning”? These Chipod items should be sold as a DIY kit with full programming instructions if that’s the case. That would be something I would be interested in, and a certain pride would accompany it as you would know your’s is customized and assembled by you. That would be tres cool.
Chipods have one purpose and one purpose ONLY. To make some con in China a living. That’s IT.
Any Chinese manufactured item, electronic or otherwise has various manufacturing techniques and processes, and are built to a distributor’s specifications – which are essentially determined by market demand. Just because a certain mp3 player uses an AK1025 chip doesn’t make it the same as the next. Basic factors such as a freaking stable OS needs to be included and flash memory needs to NOT be misrepresented as a larger size than it is – what a con! I’m not exactly speaking from my @ss as I do remember some of what I learned in Electronics Engineering in College years ago
I respect your opinion but if you want to share joy with others, tell everyone you know to stay away from these crappy rip-off players.
All that said, you’d be a pretty cool person to have a beer with! It’s nice to have an intelligent discussion.
I will try some of your ideas to revive my player. Let you know how I do!
Jason
April 6th, 2010
Good Luck Jason
I can see your frustration…may the creator bless you with a cool mind. Electronics changes everyday so keep upgrading yourself as days pass by, it’s fun, things of the past are almost obsolete now. Who knows you might teach us something in a near future.
I will continue to help out all those requiring help online with whatever I can. We basic people wish to fix our things ourselves and keep away from over-priced bullshits.
mabboseg
April 7th, 2010
Ok.
And if you want to discuss vacuum tubes one day, let me know! That’s my real passion.
Take care,
Jason
April 7th, 2010
Weel guys i have two dead mp3 players that look exactly the same as the one in the video.. the gui looks the same also , does anyone know where i can get firmware for this?? or how to identify my players from the chips or board? please?
April 8th, 2010
Hello Raezor
I guess you are talking about the YouTube video in my post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI4-cjmIYvE
As you would know that I am also looking for that firmware and this is not anywhere on the web now…not even in the Chinese Forum Downloads. looks as if this player was not sold locally in mainland China. If you can find anyone with exactly the same player, it could be copied from that and then loaded on to another. I have compiled a step by step procedure to download the firmware.
I guess you may be knowing that first you will have to dismantle your player and revive it to the mode for firmware loading (As an adfuUpdate device). The steps are given in an article here:
http://mympxplayer.org/image-vp3370.html
This one is easy to dismantle, just open two small screws and remove the tiny bottom cover….the key buttons just falls off. Remove the screen glass and than push out the entire stuff from inside, upwards. Now you can read all the part numbers needed to look for the firmware.
I can provide you with all the tools and guides but I don’t have the firmware. If you do find the firmware please share it with me.
You can email me directly for any other help…
Mabboseg
June 16th, 2010
2010-04-21 ipad mp4player
July 28th, 2010
I have poor knowledge on the subject. i bougt a I pod Nano clone from China in Jule with 32 Gb memory looking similar to the gadget in the youtube. After I connected to the computer and downloaded my music/photographs it started showing format error. If I look for the firmware on the ipod i see ( MP$, CBD Co Ltd, 2010-01-07). I do not know how to proceed- I think i even formatted it once
July 30th, 2010
This message is for dara
Dara… your ipod seems to be having a fake memory, it may be having much lesser than 32GB. If you could format it with windows (FAT 16 or 32) it might get fixed and after that it will show correct size of memory space.
DON’T LOAD another firmware, for this reloading might destroy your ipod for GOOD.
You may write to me for any other help…
Mabboseg
August 12th, 2010
Mabbseg- I tried formatting the ipod with FAT32 on my system. It subjects to a quick format and not a full format. After quickformat it still shows 32 gb. what do you suggest as the next step
August 13th, 2010
i bought a I pod Nano clone from China in Jule with 32 Gb memory looking similar to the gadget in the youtube. After I connected to the computer and downloaded my music/photographs it started showing format error. As was suggested on the forum by Mabboseg, I tried formatting the ipod with FAT32 on my system. It subjects to a quick format and not a full format. After quickformat it still shows 32 gb.I loaded some photographs- I could sse some but others started showing FORMAT ERROR; I loaded music- 1 song played for a few seconds- later all started showing FORMAT ERROR. Any suggestions on what I should do?
August 14th, 2010
Hi Dara… sorry for taking so much time.
A quick format by windows only erases the FAT and that is no good. You will have to download a utility program to format your player, I would suggest you download and install “Mp3 Player Utilities 4.18″ and than use the format from there. It can format both in FAT16 and FAT32. Either should fix your problem.
Best of Lucks
Mabboseg
August 16th, 2010
hi mabboseg-i installed “Mp3 Player Utilities 4.18″. but how do i use it to format the player. it has amv convertor, amv player, media manager, mp3 upgrade and uninstal. i used media manager- went to add foder- it showed the mp3 drive- mentioned it needs formatting. however it is unable to format it. quick format works. but that does not solve the problem. it suggests that there may be some read only files which are not permitting the format. what r ur suggestions
August 17th, 2010
Hello,
i bought a china ipod a year ago. Yesterday it died… now i only have this hourglass.
What can i do now? i need it simple, because i am a real idiot at the computer.
You set we need to dismantle it to find the numbers wich show the firmware needed? But my has no screws to open.
My computer don’t find the player anymore if i connect it via usb.
Can you help me please??? mail hexe0815@ymail.com
Thank you so much!!!
September 5th, 2010
I recently bought one of these clones after my previous mp3 player bit the bullet during a torrential downpour I was unable to avoid whilst cycling. Haven’t had that many problems with it so far, no sign of any formatting problems……touch wood! The only problem I seem to have with the product is when uploading music files – it only seems to like a certain number of songs before simply refusing to play the rest. Does on the odd occassion come up with “Invalid file format” which I know is rubbish given all my songs are either mp3 or mp4. I assume it’s a problem with the device as I originally put just one album on purely to test the product when I received it which played perfectly but now won’t. I’ve even checked the memory on the device which claims it still has around 2gb of free memory….whether I believe that or not is another thing, but I’ve had no mention of a full memory. On closer inspection, all the songs are on there but some contain a strange undeletable korean file (assuming that’s some sort of error/hack file?) which so happens to be on all the songs that don’t work when not connected to the PC. I have all the songs backed up (I have them all in folders under each artist, should I take them out?), do I just need to format the mp3 player via the PC to ammend the problem or is it something more serious?
Would appreciate any advice, thanks
September 6th, 2010
Paul, I commented, the ipod problem is memory, not have the capacity to think, to know how much memory you really have procedures explained in several posts, or just from where you get the message “Invalid file format” is no longer capacity, is full, remember that the ipod clone lie in storage capacity.
September 8th, 2010
Hi This message is for Dara.
In the Mp3 Player Utilities you will find a menu called Disk Manager, click that after you have connected the player to USB port. Do a full format. This should work…
Sorry for the delay Dara… I am spending time in the bush..training.
Mabboseg
September 8th, 2010
Dara ..did you try Low level format first ??
After low level format a full format should work. During format operations all the files will get lost ..even read only ones. If low level format doesn’t work than there would be other problems, I am figuring it our now….
Mabboseg
September 10th, 2010
Corner37fa – thanks for the response. Apologise for coming across a bit dim, just wanted to check that my problem fell in with everyone else’s. Have a feeling mine is only 2gb but not bad for £7!
September 19th, 2010
Okay everyone, i spent an entire day yesterday trying to figure out my fake 8GB nano, It came with a mini disc when i bought it from e-bay from hong kong, on the disk, most things will freeze if i try to open them however one file had no problem, it was one with mp4 in the name, if you have the disk experiment with those files in one of them you go through several sub folder,s and install a program, the programs installed are called MP3 player disk tool, and MP3 player upgrade tool, in the disk tool, you can partition and reformat , this solved my problem with being unable to add or remove songs, from the first time i used it, (it will delete and clear it free) when i did this i then had 2 removable disks coming from one device, and after playing with it a while i discovered that the first removable disk ( for me it’s E, and F) so E, is the only one that actually allows you to listen to what’s in there on the device, Which takes some tweaking in the partitioning tool, because originally it only gave me 7 MB of space on that particular one, i managed to get it to, 300 MB without problem, and then is tore the 7.whatever GB space with other songs/videos, that i can interchange when i feel like it, So that solved many many many of my problems, I have tried saving the setup file off of the disk without any luck, however i have a zip file of the program files which may or may not work for you. E-mail if you’d like to try, now my only problem is i can’t get the fake I-pod to charge! so if anyone has THAT solution for me, PLEASE, let me know.
broken_star_boy@hotmail.com
April 18th, 2011
dear sir,
i had purchased ipod mp4 player with 2gb,1.8inch screen and fm. after purchase i had loading
my favaorite song. once loading some error come intermediate the ipod not working, only
it displays starting and blinks.please give me solution.
regards,
s.cartigueyane
May 12th, 2011
dear everyone,
my uncle gave me an ipod. after a few days the music don’t play anymore. it just went all blank and i can’t to listen to any music anymore. no more videos. the oly thing that works is the fm radio. the firmvare version is 2008/09/05
9.5.54
QS_AK2025
2008/04/23
PLS HELP ME!
May 21st, 2011
my I pod version is mp4- 2009.04.20 -9.5.54 -4gb.what category video accept this i pod
December 20th, 2011
hy,guys me also got an mp4 player CBD.,Ltd 2007-07-28 9.5.54 its frimwire.wen i connect 2 pc it appearz as “usb” nd i hv a problem wen i add videos whch indicates disk error means dat videos r not played plz help me dat how to add videos nd of whch format there also another problem i copied sum software to whch not shown on my pc.