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Sandisk Sansa e200 v2
Llorean:
The whole point of Recovery Mode is that it's there if you've done something distinctly not safe and need to undo it. So no, there really wouldn't be a safe way of testing it. Even if there was, all it'd confirm is something like "well, there's a recovery mode as long as I don't damage the existing USB mode."
fed:
I asked Sansa and this is what I got:
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There is no recovery mode on e280 v.2 player. We can use forced MSC mode instead (to format the device or to update firmware).
For that:
1. Turn off your player and disconnect from the computer.
2. Flip the hold switch located on the top of the player so the orange color marking is showing.
3. Hold down the rewind button (Rewind Key on your Control Wheel), while holding it, connect your player.
4. When your device is recognized by the PC - release the button.
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I am now asking if this will work even if the firmware gets messed up.
newflesh:
If there's only one partition, and the only "protection" of the firmware is the hidden files that show up in forced MSC... wouldn't that make it too easy to brick by someone formatting the player from their system? I'm not sure SanDisk would allow that possibility if there was no means of recovery. Not that I ask anyone to do it, but I'd risk a format to try my hypothesis if I had one. :)
I also noticed the announced Sansa Fuze players, and I'm guessing when someone pulls one apart it will turn out that it has the same guts as the e200 v2. Explains the change of hardware, which otherwise wouldn't have made much sense so soon before it's (supposedly) going out of production due to replacement.
eXomaniac:
mhh i could try to delete the files and then reload a firmware to it...
i just got a new player so perhaps i could take it back ...in worst case
jesterpb:
Hello all,
I noticed this on Sandisk's site today:
Sansa Connect Recovery Tool
http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1532
Would this work to recover the device if one of us tried to flash the v2?
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