zune offline firmware update

Anonymous
2016-03-10T06:42:25+00:00

for all you guys that need to restore your zune. ya need to do a 20 gigs partition with win 7 ultimate updated +.net framework all versions installed + zune software 4.8 + firmware update installing msi (x86 or x64)  : 

http://fichiers.touslesdrivers.com/30841/Zune-Firmware-x86.msi

http://fichiers.touslesdrivers.com/30842/Zune-Firmware-x64.msi

this will be restoring all zune models ;D 

update 04/06/2016 : a little link with allmost all zune hd apps

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AN5Z2WThVUIaULs&cid=09C19EF1AFEDDE39&id=9C19EF1AFEDDE39%2144932&parId=9C19EF1AFEDDE39%2144933&action=locate

update 04/09/2016 :

zune software download 

https://www.microsoft.com/es-mx/download/details.aspx?id=27163

  1. make a 20 gigs partition on  hdd
  2. .install win 7 ultimate edition 
  3. install net framework 3.5.1 + all win 7 updates.

4 . install zune software 4.8 and zune firmware msi- (x86 obviously in 32 bit or -x64 in 64 bit system)

  1. plug the zune to computer. it will be downloading the last version of zune drivers
  2. start zune software and update screen will be displaying in main zune softs screen . thats it. 

when you double click zune  firmware-x86 or x64 the msi package install FW .cab files in: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Zune\Firmware Updates 

and firmware update.xml emulates online mode for restoring ;D 

EDIT: FIRMWARE OFFLINE RECOVERY WILL WORK ONLY ON WIN 7.

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T04:04:06+00:00

    Thanks so much for making this so easy for the rest of us!!! Working now on two Win 7 pc's and on my Win 10 tablet!!!

    This is great!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T01:44:44+00:00

    no worries pal . im pleased to help ya . greetings from mexico ;D. just past the torch of knowledge  . if ya got zune hd enjoy the apps . i will be uploading zune 30 zuneboards apps and indie games. looks great

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T01:27:57+00:00

    Omg that was it, I used tab instead of space in the hosts file. Zune has firmware and is now syncing I'm ecstatic THANK YOU so much.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T01:04:24+00:00

    Mi4n replied : 

    "My own additions to the above would be that you have to ensure port 80 on your machine is free. In my case on windows 7 I had to stop the www publishing service to free up port 80. (pid4) I also had issues with my local proxy, using wireshark enabled me to make sure the sure software was accessing my local machine along with some nbtstat - R  and just in case did a  ipconfig /flushdns to clear caches of previous un-working web addresses." 

    i suppose ya need to renew your ip and flush dns . .. another theory of mine its that ya need to put on another folder and configure abyss.conf again (downloads folder on C: user/ downloads... just an example ). run abyss with compatibility mode . zuneprod.xml must be the same way as in rar file (xml says something like http://resources.zune.net/blablabla.cab/ on every "online firmware location"... maybe ya need to edit that .... i need to see pictures of zuneprod either )

    EDIT:   right =  127.0.0.1 resources.zune.net ...

    wrong= 

    127.0.0.1                resources.zune.net

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-05-08T00:41:11+00:00

    Hi thanks for the reply, I have that set. I've attached screen shot of everything.

    ![](http://fud.community.services.support.microsoft.com/Fud/FileDownloadHandler.ashx?fid=6e73aebf-0cbf-4914-ab87-140110f316f8)

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