A while back I bought a bunch of old mp3 players on the ebay. I’ve fixed most of them. Sold one of them. I’m using one of them. The rest; a Zune 30, an iPod mini 1st gen, and a Creative Zen Vision M. All but the Zen I have fixed. Why not the Zen you ask? It’s because the device is very picky about replacement batteries and most(all) replacements won’t work unless you run an old firmware. Version 1.41.01 or older to be exact. And therein lies the problem, finding that firmware or one older will lead you down a rabbit hole of broken links, forum posts(most of which aren’t in English), and sketchy sites that don’t even have the firmware. Creative themselves no longer has the firmware either.
So… I decided to go on a mission to find this “golden firmware”. Searched countless sites, clicked countless links, translated who knows how many pages just to find it. And I have. Yay~ Not only that, but I’m hosting it here. That’s right. Here. Along with some odds and ends so no one else has to.
Zen Vision M 30GB firmware version 1.51.01
Zen Vision M 30GB firmware version 1.41.01
Zen Vision M 30GB firmware version 1.30.02
Thank you! Did the same search and thankfully I found your website.
Thanks!!
Thanks for the links.
Even its an old MP3 player, I love the Vision M very much. One of my players has a dead accu. I tried to change it, but it doesnt work.
Maybe you can give me a tip, how I can load the older firmware on a player with a dead accu.
I have the adapter so I can connect the player with power and an usb cable. But the player still stays black. With a power cable direct it works.
Thanks
Michael
I hacked together a USB cable with one end is USB type A, and the other is the barrel jack. You can plug both in that way and it should power it long enough to flash the firmware