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Title: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: rockboxrocks on August 22, 2012, 03:18:22 PM
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?
Title: Re: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: AlexP on August 22, 2012, 03:24:35 PM
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.
Title: Re: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: rockboxrocks on August 22, 2012, 03:31:22 PM
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?
Title: Re: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: AlexP on August 22, 2012, 03:42:19 PM
If it is this, then the battery could take a few days to die.

You can install the latest dev build with Rockbox Utility.
Title: Re: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: rockboxrocks on August 23, 2012, 04:53:50 AM
Thanks!  The battery ran out surprisingly quickly so I installed the dev version and I'm back in business.
Title: Re: Clip+ dead after 3 days?
Post by: AlexP on August 23, 2012, 02:19:54 PM
Glad to hear it :)