refurbed c240 :( - cant get into rockbox or original FW EDIT THANK YOU saratoga

[bozeefus]

i just got my c240 for a couple of days and feel in love with.

my friend told me about rockbox and i felt incline to install it

i decided to install it using the rockbox utility. none of my PC machines detected it (one was able to but it was unable to autodetect it)

so i went on my macbook and used the dmg rockbox utlity. i choose complete installation and everything went through just fine except for themes, i had to manually do those.

everything went through just fine.

then i reached this step:
"Remove your player from the computer’s USB port. Your e200 will automatically
reboot and Rockbox should load. When you see the Rockbox splash screen, Rockbox is
loaded and ready for use."

i did this. and instead of rebooting, it just keeps flashing the rockbox yellow screen

i tried holding the power+left button to go back to original firmware but

i get this message:

File not found
Binary type: RBOF
Calculated CRC32: F44A
Can't load from partition
Bad check sum
Trying /system/OF.m14
Can't load system/OF




I'm just mad because I only got to use it for a day or so.





so essentially, i can't get into original FW or rockbox.



Sorry this thread is such a huge mess. I keep on getting my posting cut right after i post the specs on version.txt file

[saratoga]

This sounds a lot like the MacOS bug on the rockbox utility page, though I don't have a mac so I'm not sure.  Either way, follow the instructions here to unbrick:

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

[bozeefus]

This sounds a lot like the MacOS bug on the rockbox utility page, though I don't have a mac so I'm not sure.  Either way, follow the instructions here to unbrick:

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

Thank you kind sir!


However, upon following directions, it says this:

Load main image fai
Switch to Recovery
Please connect USB (i do so)
Mini-B --> Device Mode
USb 2.0 MSD
LUNO locked

[saratoga]

If you mean you haven't fixed it yet, you should explain in detail what you've done, what steps you've followed, and why you are stuck.  Its very hard to guess whats going on based on what you've said.

If you mean that you fixed it, well never mind.

[bozeefus]

Sorry saratoga.

I do appreciate you helping me this Wednesday evening.

So here I go.

I switched it to "hold", held REC and the power button. It entered Recovery mode.

I saw the drive on my macbook desktop. it's called 16MB-FORMAT.

inside had only 1 file: VERSION.TXT

here is what the .txt file contained:
Version Info:  Product Rev.: PP5022BF-06.10-S301-06.10-S301.00.06PRT
Base Code: 06.10-S301-06.10-S301.00.06PRT
ODM Ver.: S301-06.10-S301.00.06PRT
OEM Ver.: S301.00.06PRT
Build Type: RT
Build Date: 2006.12.12
Build Number: (Build 13.20)

[evilnick]

So, why not follow the rest of the instructions and copy over the .mi4 file?

[bozeefus]

sorry there. my post is much longer but it keeps cutting off after i enter the info in version.txt

--continuation---
I choose the c200 one - link: http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/c200/firmware.mi4

Then I dragged this file to the flash drive so now there are 2 files:
1. the version.txt
2. firmware.mi4

Then i eject the drive from my macbook desktop

on screen, it will say:
LUNO unlocked
LUNO ejected

Then I continued with the instructions and pulled the mp3 out of usb.

Reading main image
Writing main image

Upgrade finished
Resetting the system.

However, after system resets,
it goes back to
"Load main image fai
switch to recovery
please connect USB"

when connecting USB, the firmware.mi4 file is gone. version.txt is still there

[saratoga]

Don't PM me copies of your posts.

[evilnick]

Try the next step then. (Unless you have and there's more text to come!)

[bozeefus]

Before I begin, I would like to sincerely apologize to saratoga. I would not be able to unbrick my mp3 if it wasn't for your help. I see here that you have posted over 2000 posts, meaning you are an important asset of the Rockbox community. Please do not let my selfish and hasty postings ruin your experience with other new members.

To fix this, I simply entered Recovery Mode.
Went to http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/mi4.html

Downloaded 2 files (yes 2 files) - the firmware.mi4 as well as the bootloader.rom

Placed these 2 files onto the device. Disconnected and the original firmware loaded with no problems.

[FantoMelt]

I had the EXACT same issue. I reinstalled the firmware and BL rom and now it's just fine back in the original firmware. I used a Mac and the rbutilqt 1.0.9. Since I now know how to fix my sansa how do I install rockbox successfully? Will a manual install work?

[Chronon]

Use Rockbox Utility 1.0.7 to install the bootloader or do it manually.  Then you can use version 1.0.9 to install a current build or Rockbox 3.1.