Worthless Paperweight

Hmmm where do I start, how about with the horrible "updates" that you Meizu programmers release. First off, after updating to your "new" firmware, 300 MB's of disk space was unrecognized (I have a 4GB SP). The player would not recognize it and I just decided to forget about it. A few weeks later, I decided to format and re install the firmware in hopes of re acquiring the lost 300 MB's . Wow, what a fucking joke.

I formatted the player, and it reset to the stock firmware. After that I put the new firmware files into the root directory, shut it down, and waited for a few seconds.

So, than I turn it on and the screen just flashes violently and wouldn't stop!

I tried every hard reset, memory reset and power off button combo and nothing worked. So I let it sit for a while, and yes, the screen was flashing the entire time. Finally I got it to turn off and now it refuses to turn on.

Heres a tip for you guys at Meizu. Get your fucking software and hardware in check.

If you even want to come close to competing with all the other companies you better get your act together.

P.S. Thanks for the paperweight!

Oh, and another thing, fix the fast forward function for videos over 1 hour, your buggy software has problems forwarding through large video files as well as rewinding.

Another thing that should have been fixed IMMEDIATELY is the playback skipping that happens after the end of a song. THIS IS AN MP3 PLAYER! You guys cant even get it to play without skipping? Seriously, I might seem harsh, but you guys are a Joke.

I'm sure that someone will respond with something about DFU tools.

I will just reply to that now......

Why don't you have a disclaimer on the box stating how much of a pain in the ass these players are, than you should ship all future products with your crappy recovery tool kit.

I don't even want this damn thing anymore. I think I'll post a video on YOUTUBE of me running it over with a lawn mower. I should get much more entertainment out of that than I ever did with this thing while it worked lmfao.

Originally Posted by monatomic

I think I'll post a video on YOUTUBE of me running it over with a lawn mower.

LOL, I am your first spectator

Your harsh criticism is legitimate. Still, I have to contradict generally in that way. If you really think that other brands have no problems at all, and firmware updates are actually fun, then you have to do a reality check for sure.
I usually don't update a firmware before it was tested intensively (by impatient others of course ..), because I have made bad personal experience with that kind of stuff, effectively breaking 2 expensive pieces of hardware already, leaving me a little bit wiser. Whoever trusts Meizu in their ability to create a good firmware must be out of his mind.

I see you are angry. I got that problem with the flashing white screen that nearly blind me. However i reset it and easily fix it with dfu tools. That only happen once and i have this player for a good while.

How does it feel to know that your player cannot die unless physically damage. i understand about the bugs because i see alot of ppl complain about them but i dont get them personally. Let me show you my bugs.

1. If Hold key is on when turning on, it updates the playlists all over (such a bugger.
Solution: Make sure the hold key is off before turning on

2. Stutter problem at the end of song. Happens only once a month.
Solution: I dont know, I download songs normally and this doesnt happen to me. Mainly 128 kb/s bitrate.

3. Update playlist after being connected to usb or charge.
Solution: There's no solution except this software release by Bobby Q called noIndexing that makes the player doesnt update playlist after being connected as removable disk.

4. I have to calibrate the touchpad after m6 is in pocket on a regular basis.
Solution: NONE

5. Some other problems like (view photos in browser mode etc.)

Other than those problems you have the perfect player. Some people have the hissing problem, i dont. If you cant live with these bugs I think you should change your player. I got a good deal with the price i paid for this player and i can compete with IPOD. I understand your frustration.

Originally Posted by BobbyQ

LOL, I am your first spectator

Your harsh criticism is legitimate. Still, I have to contradict generally in that way. If you really think that other brands have no problems at all, and firmware updates are actually fun, then you have to do a reality check for sure.
I usually don't update a firmware before it was tested intensively (by impatient others of course ..), because I have made bad personal experience with that kind of stuff, effectively breaking 2 expensive pieces of hardware already, leaving me a little bit wiser. Whoever trusts Meizu in their ability to create a good firmware must be out of his mind.

Whoever sits back and defends an incompetent company is truly insane. (Yea, I can indirectly take a shot at you as well!)

By the way, a customer should be able to trust the company in providing a decent product that actually does what it is supposed to, furthermore, why does meizu release its firmware updates and tell everyone to go ahead and update if they are not even going to work properly or even address the main issues such as track transitioning without stuttering!

You go ahead and sit back while the "impatient" (really bad choice of words by the way) customers go ahead and update, because with your logic they are just the test victims apparently.

And another thing, companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Sansa are the 3 leading Mp3 providers in America today. I fucking guarantee you that they do not suffer from the same issues as Meizu products.

P.S. I never said that firmware upgrades were fun, not really sure why you decided to put that in your message as if I some how implied that.

If you fail to see the point I was trying to make, than let me S P E L L it out for you.

A firmware upgrade should AT LEAST WORK!.....Something working the way it is intended to has nothing to do with "fun"...

Originally Posted by monatomic

So, than I turn it on and the screen just flashes violently and wouldn't stop!

Are you referring to a totally white screen that appears when you turn the player on after adding the firmware update files?

Originally Posted by feroxy

Are you referring to a totally white screen that appears when you turn the player on after adding the firmware update files?

No, I am referring to an epileptic seizure inducing strobe effect!

If I had a seizure, which I wish I would have, I would have sued Meizu for all their worth. Which isn't much.

Maybe a few thousand rice patties rofl.

What makes you believe that I defend Meizu in any way ? I even said the opposite. You managed to misunderstand every line I wrote ...
Experience can teach us 3 things :
- never change a winning team (or a running system)
- it's a very bad idea to flash a device with a new FW if you don't really need to fix serious bugs with it. The risk of permanent damage is always there - with every brand
- Meizu has good hardware but FW sucks

Combine these facts, and you get a damn fine reason not to update the FW of your Meizu player.

One quick use of DFU will fix this problem. Have you ever heard the saying "Don't fix it if it ain't broke"? It kind of adheres to this situation. There isn't much of an incentive to upgrade, so don't unless if you know what you are doing. When I first got my player, I hurredly tried to upgrade it having no experience whatsoever and got that flashy white screen. I panicked and found the solution on Meizu Me. Using DFU Tools isn't that much of a hassle, and if you do not like the product, you can always return it for a refun or exchange it. And plus, Meizu is a starting company and needs to work the kinks out.

Good god man, again you fail to see my point.....

Why release FW that does not solve anything?

That shows the incompetence of the programmers working on software, as well as hardware.

This is my last post as well, simply because I have found absolutely nothing on these forums that can help a dead, crappy product. You guys are all kidding yourselves with this shit.

24 days is all it took to kill it. Thats including 1 FW upgrade that worked, and 1 FW upgrade that failed.

BobbyQ, seriously, stop kidding yourself.

OH, and that shitty DFU program froze halfway in between image download 2, now the player is officially dead. THANKS MEIZU!

Originally Posted by monatomic

This is my last post as well .. crappy product .. You guys are all kidding yourselves with this shit.

What .. no more posts ? Oh my god, I think I am already starting to miss the niveau of your contributions.

Yeah their products are okay, but don't expect miracles with firmware goodness.
Makes me worry about the M8 "stability" as well.

300 MB goes for:

-the fat table
-partition table
-the fact that hardware manufacturers state 1GB as 1000MB, but software says 1GB is 1024 MB.
-the music database
-settings.
It's normal. Look at your computer's harddrive, and I will gauntee that it is not at its rated capacity.

monatomic, your player is not dead. u can simply use dfu tools and fix the problem. it happened to me once and i thought the same thing.

Keep trying and eventually it will worked. Search the forums and follow instructions.

If you dont want it, you can give it 2 me and i know i will fix it and you can go buy an ipod or zune for christ's sake.

Originally Posted by lambchops468

300 MB goes for:

-the fat table
-partition table
-the fact that hardware manufacturers state 1GB as 1000MB, but software says 1GB is 1024 MB.
-the music database
-settings.
It's normal. Look at your computer's harddrive, and I will gauntee that it is not at its rated capacity.

monatomic doesnt know anything. He expects to see the full 4Gb or 8Gb. His post was out of ignorance. He needs to do his research first.

maybe you need to buy a walkman:

Originally Posted by roryrudy

monatomic doesnt know anything. He expects to see the full 4Gb or 8Gb. His post was out of ignorance. He needs to do his research first.

Originally Posted by golles

maybe you need to buy a walkman:

Yeah, your hilarious man, when I first got the player it showed 3.92 Gb's of free disk space. So your reply is out of ignorance!

By the way, I got the piece of shit to work! Only took trying every damn FW release. The only one that worked was 2.003.2 and now I have a reported 3.80 gb's of free space compared to the 3.72GB's with the 2.00.4 FW release.

And don't compare an Mp3 players HD to a PC HD using an Operating system much larger than that of an MP3 player. The OS of this player and all of its Kb sized features should not take up even 100 mb's of disk space.

If you aren't contented with M6 and its file system, then try to do the following, impossible thing:
Try to decompile the meizu-s main software. Then make a Linux operating system for M6. And format it to EXT3. :D Good luck :P :D:D

Originally Posted by SJanos

If you aren't contented with M6 and its file system, then try to do the following, impossible thing:
Try to decompile the meizu-s main software. Then make a Linux operating system for M6. And format it to EXT3. :D Good luck :P :D:D

Sorry dude, I'd rather play Resident Evil 4!:D

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monatomic, did u get your player working?