Monday, January 28, 2019

Erase and Install firmware to Ruizu X02 MP3 player from Windows 7/10 Software

Hi Everyone,

Today I faced an issue of my Ruizu X02 Mp3 player malfunctioning due to a virus. It had Hungarian words in the welcome screen and it froze on that screen. So I decided to flash the player using the official firmware.

I searched in the internet and was able to find the http://www.ruizutek.com/manuals-firmware.html
site which contained the Ruizu X02 firmware.

Then I searched a software to flash the mp3 player from my windows 10 system. It took a while because some of the software were outdated and couldn't run on windows 10 as well as some of the software link locations returned 404.
Finally I found this http://www.sweetpeatoyco.com site to download a software called Audio Product Tool 1.03_01.


 Then I followed this http://www.agptek.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&p=68#p68 forum to install the firmware on X02. As I have learned this agptek site is the counter part of ruizu company in Europe. Ruizu is sold mainly in China.

That blog was written nicely and I was able to troubleshoot and install the firmware in X02 successfully.
First when I connected the player to usb slot using a usb cable software didn't detect my player. So I was so frustrated and almost gave up until I saw the 4th step.
It says,
Note:
If your player failed to be recognized or updated, please connect it to your computer the way below:
① For those player designed with soft power button:
Long press the power button to turn off the player
Plug the bigger end of the USB cable into the computer interface first
Then hold down the power button and plug the other end of the USB cable into the player at the same time.

I did exactly the same and tadaahh it detected my player.
It took around 10 mins to install so be patient until it shows successful installation.