Request for samples of Matshita UJ-8xx frmw (technical)

batzenmeier · **Joined:** Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:57 pm **Posts:** 1

Hallo,
i read a lot in this forum these days since i have a new MB 2,4 GHz, 10.5.2.
May be this dump helps with a new update for a firmware:

rapidshare:
http://rapidshare.com/files/101773832/MATSHITA__UJ-857E_ZF1E_.zip.html

mediafire:
http://www.mediafire.com/?d3n5dmspflg

DVD Info X v1.0.1, by xvi (xvi@rpc1.org)

Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-R UJ-857E
Firmware: ZF1E
RPC-2 (region locked)

State is SET
4 vendor resets left
4 region changes left
Region 2

Greetz
batzenmeier

edit: added mediafire-link

franton · **Joined:** Thu Oct 27, 2005 11:44 pm **Posts:** 54

[quote="iphonetravel"][quote="franton"]I've literally just PM'd ben11 with a link to a dump i've made of a UJ-867 drive.[/quote]

Any updates on the firmware?
[/quote]

Nope. He's not read my PM as it's not left my outbox yet.

Time will tell.

Puma · **Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:37 am

be patient for any RPC1 releases

ccr300 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:44 pm **Posts:** 2

Sent you a dump of this drive
Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-85JS
Revision: F100

http://www.sendspace.com/file/snwjn9

nickel-chrome · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:48 am **Posts:** 3

Here is a UJ-846S F102 dump

DVD Info X output:

Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-RAM UJ-846S
Firmware: F102

I can't send this as a private message, bandwidth is no good. Please forward to ben11 or whoever is now working on Matshita firmware.

Puma · **Posted:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:48 pm

nickel-chrome don't crosspost, you have already posted this link

subiacodesign · **Joined:** Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:09 pm **Posts:** 1

Hello Ben11,

I've been reading how you've been such a great help to many, many people and wanted to say thanks for the great support work you do!

I'm simply a 3D designer who uses the MAC kit so advice from you guys is just super.

Could you help in anyway with my current issue?

I've an iMAC 24" with a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J FCQA.
Your previous patch for these drives are not compatible with Leopard OSX 10.5.2.

Is there any simple work-around I am missing or is it currently not possible to reset this drive on Leopard?

Thanks for any advice and help and please keep up your excellent work!

Cheers,

Richard

chef · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:34 am

subiacodesign wrote:

Hello Ben11,

I've been reading how you've been such a great help to many, many people and wanted to say thanks for the great support work you do!

I'm simply a 3D designer who uses the MAC kit so advice from you guys is just super.

Could you help in anyway with my current issue?

I've an iMAC 24" with a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J FCQA.
Your previous patch for these drives are not compatible with Leopard OSX 10.5.2.

Is there any simple work-around I am missing or is it currently not possible to reset this drive on Leopard?

Thanks for any advice and help and please keep up your excellent work!

Cheers,

Richard

Do this by PM please!!

iPing · **Joined:** Mon Nov 25, 2002 2:35 am **Posts:** 18

Chef, you know if Ben11 is still working on the Matshita Firmware patch ?

chef · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:11 am

I don't know, sorry. I have the impression he is a genius on its own, he found a way to treat the Matshita problem, got us all important facts & info, but want to remain unknown for some reason (I can understand).

iPing · **Joined:** Mon Nov 25, 2002 2:35 am **Posts:** 18

I see.
The fact is he's maybe the only one who know how to mod a firmware to get it working...

Because I saw on this thread that some user made available firmware's dump, but I'haven't see any RPC1 made for thoses firmware by Ben11...

UJ-875 DA09
UJ-867 HA13
UJ-857G Z111
UJ-857E ZF1E
UJ-845 D8PB
UJ-85JS FYX4
UJ-85JS F100
UJ-85JS F7W3

I thought he left the firmware scene...

jsh · **Joined:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:03 am **Posts:** 2

iPing wrote:

I thought he left the firmware scene...

That's what I fear too. PMd him a while ago, but the PM is still not read.

Hopefully he'll come back and is able to help us again. But I also could understand if he remains gone for his safety.

Puma · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:31 pm

jsh wrote:

iPing wrote:

I thought he left the firmware scene...

That's what I fear too. PMd him a while ago, but the PM is still not read.

Hopefully he'll come back and is able to help us again. But I also could understand if he remains gone for his safety.

safety would have nothing to do with it, there a few patchers on RPC1 and cdfreaks, it maybe that he is busy elsewhere

bachelorbob · **Posted:** Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:18 pm

Just installed a UJ-875 into my 15" Mac G4 AL 1.67GHz (DL SD). Haven't even set a region yet. Wanted to get a dump for ben11 before setting a region, in case comparing that dump to a dump with the region set will somehow help. Hopefully ben11 is still alive, free, and working on Panasonic / Matshita drives.

Here's what System Profiler reports:

MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-875S:

Model: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-875S
Revision: 1.00
Serial Number: <censored>
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal

...and...

MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-875S:

Firmware Revision: 1.00
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported)
Profile Path: /Library/DiscRecording/DeviceProfiles/PatchBurn-matshitadvdramuj875s.drprofile
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No

Here's what DVD Info X v1.0.2 reports:

Vendor: MATSHITA
Model: DVD-RAM UJ-875S
Firmware: 1.00
RPC-2 (region locked)
State is NOT SET
4 vendor resets left
5 region changes left
No region set

The drive was "Burn Support: No" so I used PatchBurn 4.0.5 to install the vendor supported profile. Unfortunately, that still doesn't result in the drive showing nearly as many available capabilities as the same drive shipping in Macs with firmware DA09. Besides the write formats that System Profiler reports for my UJ-875S, the firmware DA09 drives also have:

CD-Write: BUFE, CDText, Test, IndexPts, ISRC
DVD-Write: -R DL, BUFE, Test

Of course, my firmware 1.00 UJ-875S shows DVD-Write: -RAM, which the DA09 drives don't. Since I don't envision ever using/burning a DVD-RAM, I'm willing to trade that capability for the additional DA09 capabilities.

So, has anyone come across a UJ-875 flasher, for *any* firmware or any RPC? Has anyone tried the "uj875v102.exe" flasher that was located on ww.121ware.com? Is there a way to make a flasher from a UJ-875/DA09 dump to flash a UJ-875S/1.00?

And why don't people like Las Vegas and ben11 ever teach anyone else how they did/do what they do?

ShawnB · **Joined:** Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:51 pm **Posts:** 1

bachelorbob wrote:

Just installed a UJ-875 into my 15" Mac G4 AL 1.67GHz (DL SD). Haven't even set a region yet. Wanted to get a dump for ben11 before setting a region, in case comparing that dump to a dump with the region set will somehow help. Hopefully ben11 is still alive, free, and working on Panasonic / Matshita drives.

The drive was "Burn Support: No" so I used PatchBurn 4.0.5 to install the vendor supported profile. Unfortunately, that still doesn't result in the drive showing nearly as many available capabilities as the same drive shipping in Macs with firmware DA09. Besides the write formats that System Profiler reports for my UJ-875S, the firmware DA09 drives also have:

CD-Write: BUFE, CDText, Test, IndexPts, ISRC
DVD-Write: -R DL, BUFE, Test

Of course, my firmware 1.00 UJ-875S shows DVD-Write: -RAM, which the DA09 drives don't. Since I don't envision ever using/burning a DVD-RAM, I'm willing to trade that capability for the additional DA09 capabilities.

So, has anyone come across a UJ-875 flasher, for *any* firmware or any RPC? Has anyone tried the "uj875v102.exe" flasher that was located on ww.121ware.com? Is there a way to make a flasher from a UJ-875/DA09 dump to flash a UJ-875S/1.00?

And why don't people like Las Vegas and ben11 ever teach anyone else how they did/do what they do?

Yes I would like to know this as well. Can anyone including ben11 tell me how to take a drive dump using ben11's matshita_memory dump program remove the serial number and private info from those dumps and then create an actual working flash/crossflash firmware file from that? Something that could be used with ben11's simpleflash or even the apple firmware update tool to update an older firmware drive or possible crossflash a pc drive to an apple drive and vice-versa? I understand the whole rpc1 (region free) issue and why it is needed but in my case I am more interested in the updating the drive to a newer firmware and crossflashing pc<->mac drives.

that info and tools as well. I think it is time this Apple/Matshita DVD drive problem ended once and for all.

So to clarify this:

If anyone would care to take up this task and win the bounty(s) please PM me. I don't want to get into the details in this forum.

-Shawn

matp · **Joined:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:25 pm **Posts:** 1

Hiroyuki wrote:

zito wrote:

Hi,

I've got a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J with a FCQA firmware on a Intel iMac 24"
I can't make the dump

Code:

iMac:~  zito$ cd Desktop/
iMac:~/Desktop  zito$ unzip matshita_memory.zip 
Archive:  matshita_memory.zip
   creating: matshita_memory/
  inflating: matshita_memory/dump.c  
  inflating: matshita_memory/example_obfuscate.c  
  inflating: matshita_memory/Makefile  
  inflating: matshita_memory/mscsi.c  
  inflating: matshita_memory/xscsi.h  
iMac:~/Desktop  zito$ cd matshita_memory
iMac:~/Desktop/matshita_memory  zito$ make gcc -g -Wall -W -o dump mscsi.c dump.c \
>  -framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation
make: invalid option -- g
Usage: make [options] [target] ...
Options:
  -b, -m                      Ignored for compatibility.
  -B, --always-make           Unconditionally make all targets.
  -C DIRECTORY, --directory=DIRECTORY
                              Change to DIRECTORY before doing anything.
  -d                          Print lots of debugging information.
  --debug[=FLAGS]             Print various types of debugging information.
  -e, --environment-overrides
                              Environment variables override makefiles.
  -f FILE, --file=FILE, --makefile=FILE
                              Read FILE as a makefile.
  -h, --help                  Print this message and exit.
  -i, --ignore-errors         Ignore errors from commands.
  -I DIRECTORY, --include-dir=DIRECTORY
                              Search DIRECTORY for included makefiles.
  -j [N], --jobs[=N]          Allow N jobs at once; infinite jobs with no arg.
  -k, --keep-going            Keep going when some targets can't be made.
  -l [N], --load-average[=N], --max-load[=N]
                              Don't start multiple jobs unless load is below N.
  -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon
                              Don't actually run any commands; just print them.
  -o FILE, --old-file=FILE, --assume-old=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be very old and don't remake it.
  -p, --print-data-base       Print make's internal database.
  -q, --question              Run no commands; exit status says if up to date.
  -r, --no-builtin-rules      Disable the built-in implicit rules.
  -R, --no-builtin-variables  Disable the built-in variable settings.
  -s, --silent, --quiet       Don't echo commands.
  -S, --no-keep-going, --stop
                              Turns off -k.
  -t, --touch                 Touch targets instead of remaking them.
  -v, --version               Print the version number of make and exit.
  -w, --print-directory       Print the current directory.
  --no-print-directory        Turn off -w, even if it was turned on implicitly.
  -W FILE, --what-if=FILE, --new-file=FILE, --assume-new=FILE
                              Consider FILE to be infinitely new.
  --warn-undefined-variables  Warn when an undefined variable is referenced.
  -N OPTION, --NeXT-option=OPTION
                              Turn on value of NeXT OPTION.

This program built for powerpc-apple-darwin8.0
Report bugs to <bug-make@gnu.org>
iMac:~/Desktop/matshita_memory  zito$ 

Did I done something wrong ? Is it working only on PPC ?

Hmm... try removing the / and put everything on one line.... (shouldn't make any difference, but did it for me...) what version of gcc/xcode you have?
Worked fine on my intel mbp 2.2GHz

Hi, i've a macbookpro with the same drive : Matshushita dvd-r uj-85j with firmware revision FBZ8, seems to be the same of yours, did u find a way to make it region free or region changing unlimiting? if yes can u drive me trought the jungle of forum and post on the web cause i read like 50-60 posts but i cannot find a solution..
thank u.

Puma · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 1:57 pm

matp have you read this thread

viewtopic.php?f=30&t=43082

anurup · **Joined:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:25 pm **Posts:** 1

Hi,

Have been reading this forum with hope since I got a Macbook very recently.

On this forum, here have been various mentions/requests for a region free firmware for UJ-857E (ZF1E) but no replies from ben11 - or anyone else for that matter. While I would like to second the request, I have also been thinking along the lines of whether ben11 can be contacted to tell us exactly how he patched the firmware to RPC1 for all the previous firmwares?

Perhaps we could try and do it ourselves if the process of reverse engineering the firmware and changing the RPC2 to RPC1 can be done "mechanically". I'm not a coder by any far stretch of imagination, but I do get the feeling that it should be a process of

1) disassembling (of the firmware)
2) replacement (of RPC2 code/text RPC1)

I might be way off here, and pardon me if I am.

But if I'm not - we could do this ourselves instead of having to depend on our friendly genius, who I am sure has other worthwhile stuff to do.

I think that there might be a few among us who could try to follow directions on patching software if given clear instructions.

_chef_, Puma do you think you can get this from ben11? Or does anyone else know?

Puma · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:32 pm

Quote:

_chef_, Puma do you think you can get this from ben11? Or does anyone else know?

ben11 hasn't been around for awhile, any pm's are unread, so we cannot do much here, RPC1 staff where not involved with the patching, only ben11 can answer all your questions, and other members

pcbuyeruk · **Joined:** Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:01 pm **Posts:** 1

Everyone take a look at http://www.sophieburns.com/UJ85J/

I finally unlocked my UJ-85J (KBZ8) within Leopard by simply editing my OS version number.
This method should work for all firmware updaters which wont run on Leopard.

Let me know how you get on

:mrgreen:

ch-vox · **Posted:** Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:12 pm

pcbuyeruk wrote:

Everyone take a look at http://www.sophieburns.com/UJ85J/

I finally unlocked my UJ-85J (KBZ8) within Leopard by simply editing my OS version number.
This method should work for all firmware updaters which wont run on Leopard.

Let me know how you get on

:mrgreen:

tip already given in this post :
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=43271&start=25&st=0&sk=t&sd=a#p209712

Zetheroo · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:43 pm **Posts:** 3

Hi there,

I have the MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-842 and I was wondering if the firmware dump had been submitted yet for this hardware unit!?
I want to perform a "vendor reset" on my drive, and was told that I needed the firmware to do that...

Thanks...

chef · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:41 pm

Zetheroo wrote:

Hi there,

I have the MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-842 and I was wondering if the firmware dump had been submitted yet for this hardware unit!?
I want to perform a "vendor reset" on my drive, and was told that I needed the firmware to do that...

Thanks...

It is impossible!
ONLY Matshita could do that...

Zetheroo · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:43 pm **Posts:** 3

chef: whats with the firmware dumps and patches that ben11 works on? What is all that about?

Puma · **Posted:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:16 pm

Zetheroo wrote:

chef: whats with the firmware dumps and patches that ben11 works on? What is all that about?

there so rpc1 can be done, your quite welcome to post a dump of your drive, but please note ben11 has not been doing any new patching, or been on the forums

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