need help with my sansa fuze v2, has screen problems

[ken147]

Yesterday I started to have problems with my sansa fuze v2. I was using rock box and the battery was at 9 percent charge and I needed to use the flashlight app. Thinking I could use it for a few seconds I turned it on and after about 5 seconds it screen went dark but the wheel light stayed on, so naturally I thought “ok the battery is dead so I should plug it in” so that's what I did, I left it plugged in overnight to fully recharge. So now here is my problem, when I turned it back on this morning it screen flicked a bit and was not a full brightness. When one turns it on the Rock Box splash screen is at full brightness but it then dims out. Thinking that it was just rock box being wonky I booted it into the sansa firmware. The little sansa logo when it turns on it at full brightness but anything after that it very dim and there is also the occasional flicker too. But unlike in rock box, when the wheel light times out in the sansa firmware the screen immediately returns to full brightness but then I turn the wheel the screen dims back down again. and also the lower back area of the fuze warmer than normal

So my question is what can I do? Should I let the battery drain all the way down like as if it was bricked? Maybe that would work. It seems likely though that something is wonky with something else so maybe formatting it and reinstalling everything might help. I really hope that it is not the LCD itself, because this is the only mp3 player that I have. Any help will be greatly appreciated

[saratoga]

sounds like this issue:

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,24964.msg181133.html#msg181133

Was this with 3.8.1 or SVN?  Theres a fix in current svn for the flashlight plugin that prevents it from going to max brightness, and hopefully from causing problems.  I'm curious if the fix didn't work for you or if you just didn't have it.

[ken147]

sounds like this issue:

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,24964.msg181133.html#msg181133

Was this with 3.8.1 or SVN?  Theres a fix in current svn for the flashlight plugin that prevents it from going to max brightness, and hopefully from causing problems.  I'm curious if the fix didn't work for you or if you just didn't have it.

it was in 3.8.1, so is there something i should download?

(also when i plug it into my computer the fuze get really hot.)

[saratoga]

According to that thread the only work around is to disable the wheel light.  Although if the player gets really warm I'm not sure its safe to use it.  I would be very careful about charging it, there could be a fire hazard if it gets very hot. 

[ken147]

"Sigh"..... guess i'll get a new one 

is there a known reason why it does that?

[M. Barrera]

sounds like this issue:

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,24964.msg181133.html#msg181133

Was this with 3.8.1 or SVN?  Theres a fix in current svn for the flashlight plugin that prevents it from going to max brightness, and hopefully from causing problems.  I'm curious if the fix didn't work for you or if you just didn't have it.

I have the same problem like ken 147. The switch is getting quite hot.

[saratoga]

sounds like this issue:

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,24964.msg181133.html#msg181133

Was this with 3.8.1 or SVN?  Theres a fix in current svn for the flashlight plugin that prevents it from going to max brightness, and hopefully from causing problems.  I'm curious if the fix didn't work for you or if you just didn't have it.

I have the same problem like ken 147. The switch is getting quite hot.

Why are you running such an old build?

[kanlaon]

The screen on my Sansa Fuze V2 is constantly shifting sideways and vertically and is really hard to read.  I tried uninstalling and reinstalling rockbox several times as well as completely reformatting the Fuze, but the problem persists.  Furthermore, I cannot access the original firmware anymore, even if I hold the left (or was it right?  neither work anyway) button down.  Does anyone know how to solve this problem?