rockbox broke my sansa clip+?

[prophetmuhammad]

hey there

installed the latest version of rockbox on my sansa clip over the latest firmware.  over a couple days, the system hung a couple time.  once while indexing all the files and once during playback (it wouldn't go to the next track and it's just stuck there)

so i let the battery drain.  next time i turn it on, I got an error and the thing wouldn't boot.  when i plug it into my computer, it tells me that i have to format drive G (the microSD card).  drive E (clip+ internal memory) would only show directory "music" and the contents inside it, but that's it. 

so i uninstalled rockbox.  bootloader won't uninstall, says i should install the latest sansa firmware over it.  so i try to update my clip+ with the sansa updater, no good.  the computer can't detect my clip+ anymore.  wtf?

now when i'm back to the original firmware and i can see all my music... but i can't move any files to my microSD card until i format it.  and the computer won't recognize my sansa for updates anymore.   

any way around this? 

thanks

[[Saint]]

Check the disk(s) for filesystem corruption.


[St.]

[prophetmuhammad]

i can't scan for anything because windows won't recognize it.

[[Saint]]

Neither in Rockbox, or the original firmware?

[prophetmuhammad]

when it was rockbox it could recognize until that the system hung up.  after that, it tells me to format my clip+.  so i switched it back to the original firmware.  still doesn't recognize.  only tells me to format it when i plug it in.

[TuFur]

when it was rockbox it could recognize until that the system hung up.  after that, it tells me to format my clip+.  so i switched it back to the original firmware.  still doesn't recognize.  only tells me to format it when i plug it in.

Talk about your device before it was Rockbox'd....any glitches? Ever had to do a soft reboot? What temperature range are you using the clip in? Car seats kill more electronic devices than most ppls are aware of....I was warm driving out to Colorado one year, but the dogs bowl froze over....I sold that suburban....

I'm just saying stop, look, listen and take the coat off.....it may be you or just the environment. 

[sideral]

You can use the original firmware to format the player's disk.  There's an option under Settings -> System Settings -> Format.

[prophetmuhammad]

when it was rockbox it could recognize until that the system hung up.  after that, it tells me to format my clip+.  so i switched it back to the original firmware.  still doesn't recognize.  only tells me to format it when i plug it in.

Talk about your device before it was Rockbox'd....any glitches? Ever had to do a soft reboot? What temperature range are you using the clip in? Car seats kill more electronic devices than most ppls are aware of....I was warm driving out to Colorado one year, but the dogs bowl froze over....I sold that suburban....

I'm just saying stop, look, listen and take the coat off.....it may be you or just the environment. 

normal conditions.  in my pockets most of the time.  no glitches.  no soft reboot ever.  i used it all year round for the past year and a half or so.
Post Merge: April 05, 2011, 12:18:03 PMalright this is weird.  i just unplugged my clip+ from my computer and rockbox is back.  da hell?  it's giving me this error as soon as it boots

*panic*
stkov dircache
Post Merge: April 05, 2011, 12:23:13 PMi just replugged it back in and unplugged in.  the original firmware is back.  jesus christ.

[Chronon]

As far as I can tell, you never removed Rockbox from your player, so it shouldn't be too surprising if Rockbox boots.

Rockbox boots the original firmware for USB mode.  Are you taking this into consideration?

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edit: Improved some awkward phrasing.

[prophetmuhammad]

As far as I can tell, you never removed Rockbox from your player, so it shouldn't be too surprising if it boots into it.

Rockbox boots the original firmware for USB mode.  Are you taking this into consideration?

i can't uninstall the bootloader for an unknown reason. 

[torne]

When you try to uninstall the bootloader, it tells you why it can't (there's no automatic way to do it on this device) and I believe it refers you to the manual for how to do it yourself...

[prophetmuhammad]

i just decided to flash it.  it works now.  some ordeal that was phew