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Error uninstalling Rockbox

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pmb:
I installed Rockbox using Rockbox Utility V1.2.12 on my Sansa Clip+, after first placing the player in MSC mode.

I used the same utility version to perform an uninstall. I plugged in the player, then selected "Complete Uninstall" from the utility. It gave me success messages. My player now gives me a message "Plug USB Cable". When I do so, it says "Bootloader USB Mode", and I cannot do anything else with the player.

I cannot even shut the player off at this point. HELP!
Post Merge: March 18, 2012, 02:22:11 PMWhile waiting, I found another post on the forum from someone who had the same problem. This is what I did:

1. Copy a version of Sansa Firmware onto the Clip+ root
2. Hold the power button until the player shut off
3. Turned the player back on - at this point, the (Sansa) firmware went though it's update process
4. The firmware update completed. I turned the player off & on, and it's back in Sansa only.

Thanks - hope this helps someone else. Apparently, from reading the other post, I had removed the main code but not the bootloader (strange, since I did it through the Rockbox Utility, and selected "Complete Uninstall - I would think that it would remove the bootloader as well; after all, it did say "Complete" !).

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: pmb on March 18, 2012, 02:01:50 PM ---Apparently, from reading the other post, I had removed the main code but not the bootloader (strange, since I did it through the Rockbox Utility, and selected "Complete Uninstall - I would think that it would remove the bootloader as well; after all, it did say "Complete" !).

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Well, the button you pressed to invoke that dialog clearly states "This will leave the bootloader in place (you need to remove it manually)". The utility can't help you if you don't read the dialogs (and there are cases where (a) it's not possible to uninstall the bootloader using Rockbox Utility and (b) it makes sense not to remove the bootloader).

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