[JosephKim]

A friend of mine has a 4gb clip+ that he somehow bricked. He cant remember what he did lol. I told him Id take a look at it. Any advise or links to how to fix? Thanks.

 

[Anaxilus]

It will probably wake up after a few days.  Try holding down the power button for like 30 secs.  If not, just wait for the Clip to tell you when its ready to cooperate.

 

[JosephKim]

any serious answers appreciated

 

[Anaxilus]

That was actually serious.

 

[JosephKim]

oh. its been bricked for several weeks. it hasnt told him its ready to cooperate..

 

[Anaxilus]

Well, when my Clip started doing that, one day I just pressed the on button and it was fine, needed a charge though.  It used to randomly just drain itself and shut down while off or something.  Be bricked for a few days and then be okay again.  /Shrug.

 

[JxK]

Anaxilus is right. "Temporary bricking" is an unfortunate occurrence with rockboxed clips. It happens to mine on occasion. I try to turn it on and nothing happens.
 
To fix it, I typically let go of any buttons for a few seconds. Then I press and hold the power button for a full 30 seconds. Then let go for a few seconds, and press it again. It turns right back on.
Annoying, but it doesn't happen often, and rockbox is still worth having that occasional annoyance.

 

[JosephKim]

Well ive been lucky that mine has never bricked . I think my friends might be done. He tried opening it up and bridging some circuits but it didnt work.

 

[zest]

The bridge doesn't unbrick the player, it allows you to connect it to the computer, according to this page.
 
 
Quote:

1. Bridge them with a piece of wire or something
2. Connect the player to your PC (preferably running Linux)
3. Execute "sudo fdisk -l". It should report a drive without partitions, with a size of 979.75MB (approximately, there is some 1000/1024 Bytes rounding
4. Take away the wire bridging the two pads