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DFL SSD Firmware Repair Tool is Available Worldwide

Dolphin Data Lab has released the SSD firmware repair software V1.003 for Sata SSDs and the new NVME SSD firmware repair software is available soon.

Users can download the latest SSD firmware repair software from Dolphin user-only forum which is contained in the latest software of DFL all-in-one V2.601.

SSD firmware repair support list of manufacturers and controllers:

Silicon Motion

SM2246XT
SM2256K
SM2258XT
SM2259XT

Phison

PS3109
PS3110
PS3111

ASolid Phison
Hosin Global Phison
Initio Phison
Kingston Phison
Seagate Phison
Toshiba Phison
Transcend Phison

SSD Firmware Repair and Data Recovery Steps:

01: Short connect SSD to get patient HDD ready if the SSD is busy or wrongly detected; if detected, users can try DFL-DDP data recovery software for disk image or file extraction;

02: Load loaders, for some cases, may need to load twice, load first time to get ISP version and load second time to load real loader;

03: Rebuild translator;

04: Click DFLDDP to enter data recovery software to list partitions for recovery.

Helpful SSD Data Recovery Link:

SSD data recovery knowledge center

 

SSD Firmware Repair and Data Recovery Videos:

My SSD SM2258XT is Recovered https://youtu.be/BWY44qnzCr4

How to Recover SM2246XT SSD https://youtu.be/9fZea2r3xC4

Another Successful 2246XT Data Recovery Case https://youtu.be/bgGcv6mJYZM

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Latest DFL Data Recovery Software V2.601 is Available Worldwide

The latest DFL all-in-one data recovery software V2.601 is available worldwide for data recovery engineers in the Dolphin user-only forum!

New features:

00: Common quick firmware repair solution-WD SMR HDD DWF error fix, one click fix and get lost data back;

01: New WD SMR structured 190(three new types of 190) auto repair solution was added;
02: Users can import donor 190 for reference to repair severely damaged 190;
03: Improve the T2 generation algorithm for more successful PBA read after the files are deleted;
04: Improve the 190 repair algorithm, faster repair, higher repair success rate;
05: Fix one bug of T2 Loading failure for some drives;
06: Improve the 190 repair solution when 190 has bad sectors with some empty nodes;
07: Improve SMR selective head image;
08: Improve file image;
09: Improve image to file solution;
10: Improve USB HDD read ability;
11: Able to copy the model number, FW version, SN number of source and target drives;
12: Scan lost partitions and data of unallocated area;
13: Improve slow file listing due to the bitmap initialization;
14: New Seagate hdd families unlock;
15: New WD SMR hdd families unlock: VENRP2LP, FBLITE2, SPYG3, VENRP2L, VENRP2LP, AVALONRP;
16: Improve exfat file system analysis;
17: Improve GPT partition analysis;
18: To edit HDD ID for new WD 8x00xx series is added;
19: Easier T2 and SMRzone backup;
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Dolphin team are working hard to add more new drive repair and data recovery solutions to DFL data recovery hardware tools.

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Unique WD SMR HDD Original ROM Missing and Data Encryption Solution

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Unique WD SMR HDD Original ROM Missing and Data Encryption Solution is available for data recovery engineers worldwide.

Fix Cases Others Cannot Fix!

When the original ROM of WD SMR HDD is missing or corrupted or the rom chip is downgraded or physically damaged or burnt, the patient hdd doesn’t spin up or generate unusual sounds like clicking noises.

When the WD SMR drives suffer above failure, users will need to get solution to spin up the patient hdd and fix the date encryption issue.

This premium data recovery solution contains one pdf and one video to offer the requested data recovery solution for such WD SMR patient drives with corrupted rom!

Note: to recover the lost data from WD SMR HDDs, users need to make sure the original MCU is good, not burnt or physically damaged.

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Unique WD SMR Undetected and Scratched HDD Data Recovery Solution

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Fix cases others cannot fix! Unique WD SMR Undetected and Scratched HDD Data Recovery Solution is available for data recovery engineers worldwide.

For WD SMR drives, if one head is damaged physically, the whole head stack is gone, the patient drive gets undetected and busy.

For WD SMR hard drives, if the platters are scratched, some heads are totally damaged, to recover the lost data, what to do then?

Please note: to recover lost data from scratched hard drives, specially WD SMR drives, beginners in data recovery field are not recommended to buy this solution because the success rate is affected by many factors, not only the method of accessing the key technology, for example, users need to have good skills of head and platter swap, platter and heads cleaning, platter alignment, hdd inner environment cleaning, firmware repair skills, etc.

Learn more about this Unique WD SMR Undetected and Scratched HDD Data Recovery Solution here.

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Common Known SSDs Using SM2259XT Controllers

Rebranded SM2259XT SSD Controllers:

Kingston CS5341AA
SM59XT2A
ADATA Internal Codes

Common Known SSDs Using SM2259XT Controllers:

Crucial BX500 SSD
Kingston A400 SSD
Silicon Power Slim S55 SSD
KingSpec P3 SSD
Dahua DSS SSD

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Common Known SSDs Using SM2258XT Controllers

Rebranded SSD Controllers:
ASolid AS2258
ADATA Internal Codes N05K93
H6578

Common Known SSDs Using SM2258XT Controllers:

Crucial BX500
WD Green (SATA)
Patriot P200
Silicon Power Slim S55
HP S700
Kimtigo s300
Transcend 820
Colorful SL500（480GB）
360 Security Guard SSD

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Common Known SSDs Using SM2256K Controllers

Common Known SSDs Using SM2256K Controllers:

ADATA Premier SP550
AMD Radeon R3 Series
Asgard M.2 240GB SSD
Colorful SL300 120GB/240GB
Kimtigo M.2 SATA SSD
SanDisk SSD Plus (SM2256S variant)
Ramsta S600
Tigo SSDs
Vastking V900 M.2 2242（128GB）

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Common Known SSDs Using SM2246XT Controllers

Common known SSDs Using SM2246XT Controllers:

Agrade ST40 SSD
Netac N5S 60GB SSD
Lexar Professional 3400x
SanDisk SSD Plus
SanDisk SSD Z400s
Silicon Power Slim SSD S55
Silicon Power Slim S60
Teclast S500 SSD
Viking Technology M.2 SATA SSD

Transcend P3XV60: Specific internal identifier for its drives that utilize the SM2246XT controller;
ADATA ISC3E: internal name used by ADATA for the SM2246XT controller.

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Common Known SSDs Using PS3109 Controllers

PS3109 failed SSD: detected as Phison SSD, capacity detected in safe mode as 2mb or 20mb.

Most SSDs are using PS3109 controller under its standard Phison marking.
Common known SSDs Using PS3109 Controllers:

Kingston SSDNow V310
PNY Prevail / XLR8 (Early variants)
Patriot Blaze
Silicon Power Slim S55
Mushkin Atlas Vital
Zotac T500 / T120

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DFL Data Recovery All-in-one V2.6 New Software Upgrade

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New year 2026, new software upgrade, new firmware repair and data recovery solutions for all Dolphin users for your higher success rate!

DFL all-in-one Data Recovery Software-V2.6 is available for data recovery engineers worldwide and users can go to the Dolphin user-only forum to download the latest software.

What’s new in this new software?

00: Common quick firmware repair solution-WD SMR HDD DWF error fix, one click fix and get lost data back;

01: New WD SMR structured 190(three new types of 190) auto repair solution was added;
02: Users can import donor 190 for reference to repair severely damaged 190;
03: Improve the T2 generation algorithm for more successful PBA read after the files are deleted;
04: Improve the 190 repair algorithm, faster repair, higher repair success rate;
05: Fix one bug of T2 Loading failure for some drives;
06: Improve the 190 repair solution when 190 has bad sectors with some empty nodes;
07: Improve SMR selective head image;
08: Improve file image;
09: Improve image to file solution;
10: Improve USB HDD read ability;

11: Able to copy the model number, FW version, SN number of source and target drives;
12: Scan lost partitions and data of unallocated area;
13: Improve slow file listing due to the bitmap initialization;
14: New Seagate hdd families unlock;
15: New WD SMR hdd families unlock: VENRP2LP, FBLITE2, SPYG3, VENRP2L, VENRP2LP, AVALONRP;
16: Improve exfat file system analysis;
17: Improve GPT partition analysis;

18, To edit HDD ID for new WD 8x00xx series is added;

Any question is welcome to sales[at]dolphindatalab.com.

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