How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a S1 Portable Media Player

Do you need to upgrade or repair your portable (digital) media player? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for mobile media players (portable digital audio players and video players). If you have written a guide yourself (or if you know of a tutorial not linked here), please submit a new entry.

S1 MP3

If you killed your player, you'll need a firmware that works with your player's hardware. To know with Firmware file will work on your player, you must get the board ID. It's the only safe way to identify your player. Chip numbers, external look, models or brand names can't uniquely identify a hardware set. To get the board ID, you must disassemble your player. If you don't know how to disassemble your MP3 player, read on.

S1 MP3

Disassembly instructions and electric schematics. An important thing about the player is the Board ID code. This is the only trustworthy identification of the device.