Sansa e260 Power Down

[MikeeeC]

1st time poster, been using Rockbox for a couple weeks and love it!  Main reason I went to Rockbox originally was to be able to use the 8GB chip in my Sansa e260.  But I really love the look and sound, higher columes and better bass.  

OK, my question;

Is it a bug or by design?  When I have my e260 plugged into the cig lighter with an adapter, I cannot power down the unit.  The power button does not work at all.  Nothing.  If I unplug it and push the button I can power it down. Bug or by design?

Unrelated, I left it on pause the yesterday attached to the adapter in the car.  When I came back after a short while, it was dead!  Nothing no lights, not able to power on, etc.  I pulled the battery to check the voltage (it was fine), put the battery back in and it started working fine.  It must have done a reset when I pulled the battery out?

[saratoga]

Is it a bug or by design?  When I have my e260 plugged into the cig lighter with an adapter, I cannot power down the unit.  The power button does not work at all.  Nothing.  If I unplug it and push the button I can power it down. Bug or by design?

Its a bug, but it'll probably go away when the rockbox USB mode and charger stuff is added/enabled.

Unrelated, I left it on pause the yesterday attached to the adapter in the car.  When I came back after a short while, it was dead!  Nothing no lights, not able to power on, etc.  I pulled the battery to check the voltage (it was fine), put the battery back in and it started working fine.  It must have done a reset when I pulled the battery out?

Sounds like it crashed with the backlight off.  Try holding power for 15+ seconds and it should reboot. 

[MikeeeC]

Thanks for the reply.

It wouldn't reboot no matter how long I held the power button, but once I pulled the battery and put back in it is now working fine....

[AlexP]

Thanks for the reply.

It wouldn't reboot no matter how long I held the power button, but once I pulled the battery and put back in it is now working fine....

Holding power for more than 15 seconds is a hardware power off, so if Rockbox crashed with the back light off, holding power for ages (15 - 30 seconds normally) should turn it off, then power again as normal should turn it on again.

Anyway, glad it is working again either way.

[jacoby]

I've actually had the 'dead until battery removal' happen to my e200 after I left it in the car as well.   I've been using rockbox on my player since 2 months or so before it has sound, so believe me I know the 15 second power off trick, but for some reason, this one time it didn't work.  I have not been able to reproduce it, so I never said anything, but it *does* happen.

[zajacattack]

Same here. Every once in a while a complete freeze-up that requires a screwdrive. I suspect it is a hardware freeze-up?