Clip+ dead after 3 days?

[rockboxrocks]

I received my Clip+ from Amazon only 3 days ago and just now it seems to have died.  It must have had at least 90% battery and now the screen won't illuminate, it isn't detected via USB whatsoever, and there is no sound from the headphones.  I guess that's it for this one?

The only out-of-the-ordinary things I did (other than installing Rockbox) was a repartition and FAT32 reformat about 8 hours ago.  It worked fine after that though.  I also may have connected it to USB via a different USB cable today.  It was the FOXL powered speaker's USB cable which is longer and has a larger ferrite bead but the same USB plug shape.

Also the 3.5mm cable I use creates a very tight connection with the Sansa and it died as I was disconnecting the cable, although I can't be sure whether or not it was already dead because the screen was already off.  Maybe I torqued the Sansa's body too much?

[AlexP]

It sounds like it has crashed with the screen off.  You'll need to leave it a few days for the battery to run down, then it should be fine again.  I'd recommend then installing the latest dev build as the bug causing this should be fixed.

[rockboxrocks]

I just edited my original post to include some more info.

I saw that you posted this info in another thread but that guy had noise from his connected headphones after the crash.  Mine could be a crash even though there is no headphones noise?

How long could it take to run out of battery with the screen off?  Could I be in for a very long wait?

Can the latest dev build be installed via the Rockbox Utility on Linux?

[AlexP]

If it is this, then the battery could take a few days to die.

You can install the latest dev build with Rockbox Utility.

[rockboxrocks]

Thanks!  The battery ran out surprisingly quickly so I installed the dev version and I'm back in business.

[AlexP]

Glad to hear it