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jimcrapo wrote: Jusdafide wrote: jimcrapo wrote:My 30GB was still frozen this afternoon after letting it charge via USB. I've tried the hard reset - which stuck at "clearing contents". Battery drained, now when I charge it, I just get the Zune logo - no progress bar or anything. I'm going to try the hard reset again, but I'm thinking this is a brick..No it isn't, mine did EXACTLY the same thing. The only way I was able to fix it was by opening it.....see my post below...So you did a hard reset, then disconnected the battery? That gives me some hope, but of course my precision toolkit is at the job. I have no qualms taking it apart, did it yesterday when this debacle started.. only for it to freeze up again on me while I was on the train ride home. Hopefully it'll come back to life.. thanks for the info.
Jusdafide wrote: jimcrapo wrote:My 30GB was still frozen this afternoon after letting it charge via USB. I've tried the hard reset - which stuck at "clearing contents". Battery drained, now when I charge it, I just get the Zune logo - no progress bar or anything. I'm going to try the hard reset again, but I'm thinking this is a brick..No it isn't, mine did EXACTLY the same thing. The only way I was able to fix it was by opening it.....see my post below...
jimcrapo wrote:My 30GB was still frozen this afternoon after letting it charge via USB. I've tried the hard reset - which stuck at "clearing contents". Battery drained, now when I charge it, I just get the Zune logo - no progress bar or anything. I'm going to try the hard reset again, but I'm thinking this is a brick..
Jusdafide wrote:Just wanted to add my 2 cents. I have a brown Zune 30gb that I bought 2 years ago and never experienced any problems until 2 days ago. Anyways, I waited like the front page said and my zune didn't fix itself. I took it apart yesterday (I'm an experienced technician) and did the battery disconnect and then today I tried almost everything possible to get it to work.The only thing that actually worked was to take it apart and disconnect the battery again. The second I did that, poof, my zune was alive again. Now I'm adding the 16 gigs of stuff I had back onto it. If you feel confident in your abilities taking the zune apart is as simple as popping off a tiny plastic piece, removing two small screws and gently pulling the back from the front. It's that easy. In order to put it back together, repeat the previous steps in reverse order.It's disheartening to have a device we've come to rely on break down for no apparent reason. All I can say is to a few people that griped about the warranty and it not being Microsoft's fault. B.S.I did nothing to make my Zune stop working. I paid for the device and I expect it to work. Whether or not we have warranties, Microsoft should fix this device regardless because THEY are the ones who screwed up the code, not us. If they refuse to fix anyone's Zune that is bricked it seems like an easy lawsuit, considering it made National News. Microsoft seems to have a track record recently of mucking things up (3ROD anyone?). Anyways, I'm sure the less mature forum addicts are going to flame this post but keep in mind, your argument is pointless. The entire world knows that the Zune screwed up yesterday, we just need a way to fix it quickly and efficiently. ☮-PEACE-☮
S0uLR3bE1 wrote:Your gonna have to let the battery die then before the loading screen comes back on press back+left+ok. It delets the firmware and everything on it but once you reinstall the firmware it works again.
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