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Stuck in refresh

I have a Sansa e270 6.0 GB MP3 player. The last time I uploaded files to it, It went to the usual refresh database screen and its been stuck ever since. The hold menu button for 15 sec doesn't work, I cannot get into the menu to change anything, the progress bar doesnt even fill. If I leave it on, it will just keep shuting off and starting again, when It shuts down, the sceen will get a little fuzzy then turn off and do it all over again. Ive let the battery drain and that hasent worked either. I hope somebody can help because I really enjoy this product. Thanks

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  • Anonymous Jan 16, 2008

    i have the same problem

  • GarnetJoanie Feb 16, 2008

    My Sansa e270R 6 GB MP3 player is stuck/frozen on the "refesh database" screen whenever I turn it on. I am able to turn it off by holding the menu button for 15 seconds, but the problem persists. I have tried upgrading the firmware (following the instructions carefully several times) but when I tried to run the firmware updater, it displayed this message: "ERROR ! Application failed to read the version details" (I can read the version details by clicking on the 16MB-FORMAT (J:) icon in My Computer and opening the Notepad document, but apparently the program can't...? haha). I also tried downloading and running the Sansa Connect Device Recovery program, but it just displays this message: "Sorry, we were unable to recover your Sansa device." Could someone please help me? I would be very grateful! Thank you.

  • Anonymous Mar 03, 2008

    i have put my sansa e270 in recovery mode but dont know what to do next

  • Anonymous Aug 21, 2008

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  • Anonymous Feb 05, 2009

    Fixed mine too....thanks a bunch

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2009

    This worked for me, too - took  2 tries.  Thanks!!

  • viperrr2020 Mar 25, 2009

    stuck in refresh

  • Anonymous Apr 02, 2009

    when i put in my memory card my mp3 gets stuck in refresh

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    aaighttt well,. thanks eric, but it work and stuff, but now i dont know how to put my music on it, it says i can only do it through 16mb-format(J:) and it wont work. and then on my mp3 it says "memory full, canot creat database." sopmthing like that :S
    PLEASESEESESESEEEE help/

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Ok, I had the same problem and this is what someone else suggested to me and it worked so This issue could have been caused by file corruption or system errors on the device. We should be able to fix your player. Disconnect the player from the computer if it is connected. Please copy and paste the following link into your web browser address bar, and then click Go or hit your Enter key. When prompted, choose the option to Save the file to your Desktop. http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/File/Downloads/firmware/e200fw01.00.12.exe Once you have downloaded the file, please follow these instructions. 1) Double click on My Computer so that you can see it on your screen. 2) Turn the player off. 3) On the top of the player is a Hold switch, move it to the right (toward the headphone jack) so you see Orange. 4) On the left hand side of the player is a Record button, press and hold it while connecting the player to the computer. Continue holding the Record button until you see a new icon under "My Computer" called 16MB FORMAT. Once you see that icon you may release the Record button. 5) Double click the file you downloaded earlier and run it. Follow all of the on-screen instructions, and when you get to the prompt where it asks you whether you would like to Format it, choose Yes. Once it is done, click Finish. 6) Disconnect the player and look at the screen. Several things will be displayed, and when you see Key Lock, System Shutdown, move the Hold switch on the top back to the left. 7) Turn the player on and watch the screen. If you see a Refresh Database Fail error, you will need to follow steps 1-7 again until you do not get the error. If it does not work the first time, it could take up to 3 times for it to work. Now these steps worked for me I hope they work for you if it does email me at [email protected]

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Oh man fixed the prob

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O man, i had the same problem as jcs, eric u dah man, i followed ur instructions and now my sansa is working again! thanks a lot

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Fixed mine too....thanks a bunch

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Thanks, this helped alot!

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When the Sansa reads "refreshing database," what it is doing is going through all the songs you've loaded on to it, pulling out the "tag" information (Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre) so it can add this information to its own database which it uses to display the songs to you in its menus.

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Rebooting the device usually helps with this.
Any time it's 'stuck', you can do a soft reset (reboot) by holding the power/hold button up in the 'on' position while pressing the center-round button for a few seconds.
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http://www.sansa.com/support/sansa_e200/faqs

STEP 1 – Reset the device
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  2. Release the Power button once the device is powered down.
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1ST: Just try to 'reset' by holding down the main center button AND pushing UP on the lock/off-on button, for about 8-9 seconds,
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MANY problems can be fixed ultimately by the following;
REFORMAT the SansaDisk Clip by finding it in My Computer and right click then just 'format' the thing. THEN drag and drop new music into it (or books), DRAG and DROP, you apparently erase the thing with a 'FORMAT' ....BUT - it's .sys files remain and it is like new {as in empty}
This usually fixes almost anything, should even erase a virus (I'm guessing) but shouldn't hurt it.
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