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Any hope for this bricked Sansa E280?

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GodEater:
@ljones : Which distribution are you running ?

I'm wondering if this may not be yet another side effect of the Ubuntu LibGphoto2 bug that we've turned up. Your lsusb result indicates the device has been found running in recovery mode, but if the bug is present on your system, then your linux machine will not mount the device correctly.

Take a look here : http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LibGphoto2Bug

And try the steps mentioned, see if it helps.

ljones:
Hmm.....first of all, I forgot to show the output of dmesg; here it is if it helps.


--- Code: ---usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=0720
usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 5-1: Product: Tango Digital Media Platform
usb 5-1: Manufacturer: SanDisk

--- End code ---

Not sure what a "Tango Digital Media Platform" is - !

I tried pushing down on the little board at the top of the sansa (That's the 8GB memory?) but the sansa still refuses to work!

BTW My apologies as I'm not using ubuntu. I'm currently using 64-bit linux, slamd64. I'm not sure if I have the libgphoto2 bug or not!

Ok, I tried going back 'into' recovery mode by holding down the centre (round middle button) and having the sansa switched to hold....

I looked in /usr/share/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor but I couldn't find any mention of a file called "20-libgphoto2.fdi" . x.x . The only two files I have are 10-ide-drives.fdi and 20-broken-usb-sticks.fdi in that directory. I tried searching for the string "sansa" in both files, but that string dosen't exist.

On the page http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/LibGphoto2Bug where should I put the code, in the 10-ide or 20-broken-usb file?

One last thought -- if the 16mb partition is ok (but my linux cannot mount it) is it possible to mount it manually with the mount command? I tried but could not do this, as I couldn't find the name of the 16mb partition. Normally (from memory) when the sansa used to work normally it appeared on /dev/sdc (8GB, the memory chip) but dmesg isn't telling me that there is anything even like /dev/sdc !

btw, nothing appears on the screen in this mode, it is a blank, black screen with the blue wheel light lit.

ljones

funman:
Can you paste the dmesg output when you plug your Sansa ?

You can delete the previous output with dmesg -c, plug your sansa, and paste the full dmesg output

ljones:
Okies, here goes .... output of dmesg (with hold on and middle button pressed), after doing dmesg -c ;


--- Code: ---root@darkstar:/home/aaaaa# dmesg
usb 5-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 5-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=0720
usb 5-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 5-1: Product: Tango Digital Media Platform
usb 5-1: Manufacturer: SanDisk
root@darkstar:/home/aaaaa#

--- End code ---

If I plug in the sansa "normally", no buttons pressed and hold off nothing shows up.

BTW Here's something I was thinking. Maybe whatever chip holds the firmware it is completely corrupt? If that's the case is there some way of completely wiping it clean?

ljones

Fullmetal99012:
I had a similar problem before. does it appear as an Unknown device when you plug it in to the computer, or something similar. My bricking wasnt related to rockbox, but it was the same error. I managed to get mine into recovery mode using the e200 tool. then replaced all files on the 16 MB-FORMAT partition with an empty "sansa.fmt" file. fixed it fine. Go here http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=e200&message.id=5791 and read misha1's post. it explains how to use the e200 tool etc. also, i had to use XP for the e200 tool, for some odd reason, vista didnt work.

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