Sansa E200 Bricked by Recovery Mode

[virtuoso015]

Sure thing!!!  I have attached the required package (e2tplus-dev), along with the patch for e200tool-src (e2tplus.patch). Please feel free to provide comments on the code or any other thing for that matter. Thanks.

I would like to point out these threads which seem to be having a similar problem too
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26569
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28688
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26866
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23729
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19454


P.S: rename*.bin to *.zip.

[Epholl]

Thank you manytimes. We got into the 16MB part, although reformatting did not help.
http://anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33373 This did help me a lot, because the problem was in the daughterboard. I do not know how, but it was disconnected from the mainboard, thus, I now understand, why the player saw only a 1/2 of the memory, or why the 16MB part reformatting did not help... Thank you one more time.

You formatted the 16MB recovery drive? In that case, good luck in getting your player back to a working state...

I havent done anything different, than the unbricking tutorials say about the 16MB memory. Since getting the firmware in again did not help the player, the problem was elsewhere.

If you think I just jumped into the 16MB driwe and deleted everything I saw, then you are wrong.

[dfb]

One more way to solve the blue ring of death: remove the cover from your Sansa and push down on the little rubber thing above the battery. The flash module might have come dislodged. See: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=21908.msg151537#msg151537

I had the blue ring of death and tried to follow the procedures provided in this thread. Unfortunately, my player was never recognized by the three computers I tried it on. 'sudo lsusb' always came up empty and 'sleep 10 && dmesg |tail' never brought up any usb related items. Pushing on the little rubber thing fixed it.

btw: I'm posting this in case someone else, like me makes it into this thread with a similar issue.

[dj_depp]

[SOLVED]  

hi! I`m from Ukraine (RUS lang)

I HAD SAME SITUATION.     I sheet my self when i "bricked" or "killed" my Sansa e250 by putting i2c.bin in recovery mode ! --- do not do this!

GREAT NEWS!  i was able to HEAL my Sansa using WINDOWS! i used Windows7 (before this i read all infomation, all forums ect.)

1. U need e200tool for Windows
2. U need libusb (libusb.sys, libusb.dll, libusb_x64.sys, libusb_x64.dll)
3. U need 0781-0720.inf and 0666-E200.inf (it was in my e200tool folder)
4. U need your F**ked-up sansa without battery

What to do:
1. Connect your player to PC (it should be recognised as tango digital media platform)
2. manually install driver for player 0781-0720.inf  NOTICE: all files ( 0781-0720.inf and 0666-E200.inf libusb.sys, libusb.dll, libusb_x64.sys, libusb_x64.dll MUST be in one folder.  After that your device should became "Standart USB storge"
3. RUN e200tool (in mine case: Run-->cmd-->

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cd c:\sansa\e200tool)
4. in cmd type:

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e200tool recover BL_....rom5.

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e200tool init (it should chane your device to "USB storage")
6.

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e200tool i2cprogram i2c.binafter that your device should became alive and you will get access to recovery mode.
7. copy your .ROm and .MI4 files to 16MB drive and CONNECT BATTERY! and only after that remove cable.
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BE PATIENT , i`ve tryed this 7 hours! and i had a million ERRORS, timeout errors and ect. (tip: some times before to connect player to PC i pushed SELECT button - it shoul put player in manufacture mode)

IF you are dumbass i can halp U in Skype nickname: por1ng or icq: 338064738
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[solved]BUT NOW I HAVE NEW PROBLEM:
my player do not recognise internal memory (4GB). (only Micro-SD card)

Solution:
1. create .txt file and rename it to sansa.fmt
2. copy sansa.fmt to player in recovery mode
3. remove cable (it will format player in 3-4 minuts)
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Post Merge: December 18, 2010, 07:54:37 PM

One more way to solve the blue ring of death: remove the cover from your Sansa and push down on the little rubber thing above the battery. The flash module might have come dislodged. See: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=21908.msg151537#msg151537

I had the blue ring of death and tried to follow the procedures provided in this thread. Unfortunately, my player was never recognized by the three computers I tried it on. 'sudo lsusb' always came up empty and 'sleep 10 && dmesg |tail' never brought up any usb related items. Pushing on the little rubber thing fixed it.

btw: I'm posting this in case someone else, like me makes it into this thread with a similar issue.

THIS IS NOT A BUTTON! THIS IS A PEACE OF PLASTIC THAT COVERS MEMORY! Yuo just pluged your memory module on it`s place.
Post Merge: December 18, 2010, 07:56:57 PM

I would like to point out these threads which seem to be having a similar problem too
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26569
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28688
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26866
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23729
http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19454

if you are registered there and have time U may copy my post to that forum. Hope it will help.