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Title: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: maniac630 on June 25, 2012, 12:36:18 AM

Hello, I have had Rockbox installed for about a week now and everthing was fine.  A few minutes ago, I had my Sansa Clip+ plugged in to my computers usb port.  All of a sudden, the Clip+'s screen went dark, and the computer popped up a usb device not recognized.  I tried plugging it back in, same message.  I tried holding the power button for about a minute, nothing.  What happened?  How can I get it up and running again?  I had a playlist set up on it for a party this Saturday and I need my Clip+ to work!  Help!!!!!

Edit:  Right now I know the unit is in a powered but unresponsive state.  I cant do anything, the screen is black and off, but when I plug in headphones I hear a crackle, so thats how I know its on.

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: RBUser on July 23, 2012, 05:19:50 AM

Hi, I had a different problem, but it also appeared when I installed the latest Rockbox with USB support. As a result, my Sansa Clip+ bricked. I think that possbily the Rockbox damaged some hidden partition or something, because the player worked fine for 14 months and then bricked. After several unsuccessfull attempts at recovering it, I decided to buy a new 2GB player, but this time I won't install Rockbox on it, or will install an ealier, more stable version with less features. Possibly, Rockbox is not as 'free' as it seems to be. Though I don't know for sure, because there always is a possibility of hardware failure.

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: belushka on July 23, 2012, 10:39:51 PM

This happened to me yesterday when I installed the latest development build...It became totally unresponsive...
 I am still waiting for the battery to empty as I was told it should boot normally after that. Is this true? Or did I lose my Fuze? If so, can I sue the Rocbkox devs?

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: saratoga on July 23, 2012, 10:50:03 PM

Quote from: belushka on July 23, 2012, 10:39:51 PM

I am still waiting for the battery to empty as I was told it should boot normally after that. Is this true?

It should.  I think I figured out how to work around this problem yesterday, so try updating once it reboots. 

Quote from: belushka on July 23, 2012, 10:39:51 PM

Or did I lose my Fuze? If so, can I sue the Rocbkox devs?

In most countries you can always sue anyone, but you won't have much of a case since rockbox comes with no warranty, and you were warned that installing it might destroy your player. 

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: belushka on July 24, 2012, 08:43:40 AM

So you're saying it shouldn't happen anymore? I was just joking...lol

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: saratoga on July 24, 2012, 10:53:54 AM

Quote from: belushka on July 24, 2012, 08:43:40 AM

So you're saying it shouldn't happen anymore? I was just joking...lol

I hope.  Its only been a day though, so I'll probably have to wait and see if anyone else still reports the problem.

Title: Re: Help! Clip+ Not powering on
Post by: belushka on July 24, 2012, 05:04:43 PM

so, my error was: undefined instruction at 000003c, in case anyone wants to know...
is the latest dev build working normal? what meier crossfeed version is in?