Vista and DFU tools? DFU not needed on Vista?

I just uploaded an SP firmware to my TP player and so got the white screen.
No biggie, i just had to download the DFU tools again as I just got a new computer

to my surprise the DFU tools were not needed at all to fix the problem! Vista automatically recognized the player as a DFU server and gave the option to scan for suitable software...after like 10 secs its was done and all i had to do was restart the player.... not a DFU tool used!

Unbelievably awesome!

One more reason to ignore those annoying Mac ads.

Pretty cool indeed.

Thats one of the reasons why Meizu is the best by far :D

Same on my laptop, when my M6 crashed Vista recognized it as a DFU server (while pressing Play and M continuously) and restored it without DFU tools ^^

great to get a confirmation of that
I wasn't sure if it actually was Vita or just the DFU tools that got activated automatically by Vista

Seems like Vista is smarter than i though...

Maybe this should be stickied?

the same worked with my vista .. so it really seems to work without dfu tools now
Even though I'm not that convinced of vista, this is certainly a argument for vista.

I have Vista and it's not working for me. I tried to do the firmware update and im getting a green screen with stating 'No Resource!' 'Please upgrade resource again'. When i plug in my player i get the "Found New Hardware" window. I click "Locate and install driver software" it then asks for a disk, which i don't have with me, i then click "Check for a solution". I finally get "Windows was unable to install your MiniPlayer"

check my post in the other topic. there is an answer there...

That maby the first point where vista betther is the xp:D

Originally Posted by dravik

That maby the first point where vista betther is the xp:D

going offtopic a bit... i agree Vista doesnt seem to have many direct benefits over XP
Vista is slower than XP for example
it does look nicer but that just eyecandy which isnt even that special

what i do appreciate a lot about Vista is Readyboost... speed up your computer(significantly) by simply plugging in a USB stick!

i use vista ultimate, and when my firmware was corrupted, i plugged it in, vista reconized it as a dfu server, but didn't installed the software automaticly. i had to use the dfu tools.

Hmm, i use vista ultimate as well, but when i plug my Meizu in, it detects as a removable storage which is what it should do normally.

In regards to the firmware i would simply put the two firmware files into the Meizu, remove my Meizu from usb connection, turn it on, and it then recovers or upgrades the Meizu. I did this when my Meizu lost the settings option in main menu, which by the way cannot be disabled of from the Meizu it self (settings).

Originally Posted by Ash969

i use vista ultimate, and when my firmware was corrupted, i plugged it in, vista reconized it as a dfu server, but didn't installed the software automaticly. i had to use the dfu tools.

if it recognizes it as a DFU server you can open it
then just copy paste the firmware in it and unplug and restart ... no need for DFU

my vista needs a driver to run it but i don't have found any jet!
how had you done itt that vista riconized itt?

Originally Posted by zoby

my vista needs a driver to run it but i don't have found any jet!
how had you done itt that vista riconized itt?

Vista doesnt need a driver to use the M6
neitehr does XP of windows 2000 with SP3

if your player doesntw ork with vista youc oudl try installing teh dirvers that come on teh disk

then again... vista shouldnt ask for any drivers whatsoever

I have to ask, if Vista can use the M6 properly as a DFU server, then how come noone has yet made a WORKING DFU Tool that does not screw up half the time, or have errors like, the program gets stuck if it fails forcing you to reopen both the files it had loaded, screwing up with USB 2, and other crap as if this program came from 1990 or something...

I have a question, if you connect to the PC in Vista, do you still have to hold the play and menu buttons down the whole time for it to be recognized, or does Vista recognize it anyway?

EDIT: OH, and not to mention the fact that it seems it takes 17 times on average for DFU to work for a whole bunch of people... what the hell is up with that? Meizu gives us a program that can kill our players with ease, and it does not get it right 100% of the time on the first time?

I have to ask, if Vista can use the M6 properly as a DFU server, then how come noone has yet made a WORKING DFU Tool that does not screw up half the time, or have errors like, the program gets stuck if it fails forcing you to reopen both the files it had loaded, screwing up with USB 2, and other crap as if this program came from 1990 or something...

I have a question, if you connect to the PC in Vista, do you still have to hold the play and menu buttons down the whole time for it to be recognized, or does Vista recognize it anyway?

My experience with Vista (32bit) is that it does recognise the device as a DFU server and installs the driver but it does not show or become accessible in Explorer so you still need to use the DFU Tool to load the firmware to your player.
You still need to press the Power\Play and M button throughout the whole process. I also have never had any problems with my AMD system or USB 2.0 as others have mentioned but based on the experiences of others I think there may be compatibility issues with some systems.

EDIT: OH, and not to mention the fact that it seems it takes 17 times on average for DFU to work for a whole bunch of people... what the hell is up with that?

The DFU Tool has always worked first time, every time with me but then I have never used it because my player is bricked.

Meizu gives us a program that can kill our players with ease, and it does not get it right 100% of the time on the first time?

Most recovery processes and software can cause furthur problems if performed incorrectly or the process is interrupted before complete. Cowon will not even release the recovery driver and software for their players, you need to send your player back to them for recovery.

I also think that many people run for the DFU Tool without exploring all other recovery options first rather than using it only if everything else fails.

Well, for me, I did not want to use DFU because of what I head about it killing the player if it doesn't work right, and tried everything before doing that. And when I DO use it, my player is recognized and everything, but works one time or so, then gives constant can't connect errors and crap, really pissing a guy off after 5 minutes of that. I have to either restart, or otherwise it just works at random.

I tried another broken M6 that didn't change it, either, and it didn't work the first time, either. Also, according to what I read, you didn't need DFU tool at all on Vista, they just say to drag and drop the firmware onto it and it installs it.

Yeh vista may have a few extra little features that xp dosnt have , I was on vista ultimate for about a week but i switched back to xp because of the hudge amount of ram all the vista services took up , out of 2gb of ram almost 500mb was being used and paged... Not good. Now im back on xp with a commit charge of just over 122mb running a very cool mac theme with the dock bar and window effects - Yes apple blah blah , but you gotta admit , the look of apple stuff and style is brill.

Meh, I've also got Vista, but it didn't work for me. :/ If I try to use the DFU tool, it says it failed to check status of device. Meh! :@