Bricked Sansa e270

[dan_a]

What happens when you try it?  I strongly suspect that I've done far more horrible things to my Sansa than you ever will, and have not managed to brick it yet...

[lewislink]

The worst thing I did was boot it into MSC mode. If it wasn't for that I'd have it going again. As far as what it does when I enter it into recovery mode, the 16MB file loads, I put the M4 file on it, reboot and the un-refresh screen still shows.

It doesn't help that, when trying to get it to work, I formatted the recovery mode. I also put other files onto the recovery mode file, files that were never mentioned to be put on it.

If I could get the player back into MTP mode, someway, I would be able to get it going again.

[dan_a]

OK, that sounds fixable.  It sounds like you've gotten things into a state where the Sansa database scanner isn't working, so what we want to do is get the Sansa to think it's got no files on, so the database scan runs properly.

Boot into recovery mode.
Put the original firmware .mi4 file onto the 16Mb partition
Create an empty file called "sansa.fmt" and put that on the 16Mb partition
Do not put ANYTHING else into the 16Mb partition.
Safely disconnect your Sansa.

It should reboot straight into the original firmware - the Sansa will be exactly like it was when you got it out of the box the first time.
The downside to doing this is that it will delete all your files - but on the plus side, you'll have a working Sansa at the end of it!

[lewislink]

I don't have the M14 file any longer. I can't remember where I got it either. Since it didn't get my player working I figured why keep it.

[saratoga]

I don't have the M14 file any longer. I can't remember where I got it either. Since it didn't get my player working I figured why keep it.

Then download a new one from here or one of the other hundred links on google:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SansaE200Unbrick

[lewislink]

When talking about making afile is that a general wordpad file or what?

[Febs]

lewislink, I merged your thread with the existing thread in which you were also seeking advice for this same problem so that all of the advice that people have given you and your responses will be in one place.

[lewislink]

Well, I did what was said to do but the refresh screen still hangs. I booted the e250 into recovery mode, put the m14 file on the 16MB file folder that popped up on my PC and created a text doc. named sansa.fmt, rebooted and it still hangs. I tried the process again and this time deleted the "VERSION" text doc. and still hangs.

[lewislink]

OK, that sounds fixable.  It sounds like you've gotten things into a state where the Sansa database scanner isn't working, so what we want to do is get the Sansa to think it's got no files on, so the database scan runs properly.

Boot into recovery mode.
Put the original firmware .mi4 file onto the 16Mb partition
Create an empty file called "sansa.fmt" and put that on the 16Mb partition
Do not put ANYTHING else into the 16Mb partition.
Safely disconnect your Sansa.

It should reboot straight into the original firmware - the Sansa will be exactly like it was when you got it out of the box the first time.
The downside to doing this is that it will delete all your files - but on the plus side, you'll have a working Sansa at the end of it!

Just wanted to thank you for helping me get my e250 working again.

Yep, it is alive and well now. I figured out how to make a file by copying the m14 file and renaming it what sansa.fmt. My player immediately booted back up and works as though nothing was ever wrong.