My sansa e 280 froze 2 weeks ago.when i turn it on it says refresh database and it just stays like that.i plug it to my pc and it does not recognize it at all.i tried it in a nother pc and the same thing there.i took out the battery and tried it like hat too but the same problem. but when i plug it in to my pc it does recharge the device tho, and i have no idea what else i can do. i live in turkey and there is no place i can make them lokk up for it.please help really need some advice
mine just worked out fine maybe u missed a step or thre is a problem with yo devicemine just worked out fine maybe u missed a step or thre is a problem with yo device
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Re: sansa e280 froze
Run the recovery tool from the SanDisk website. Make sure you select "format" when prompted.
http://www.sandisk.com/Assets/File/Downloads/firmware/e200fw01.00.12.exe
You need to put the device into "recovery mode" before you run the tool.
- Turn the device off (hold power for 20 seconds)
- Slide the hold switch into "hold" position.
- Press and hold the "record" button while connecting it to your computer. Keep holding the "record" button until you see the "new hardware found" on your computer.
Then run the recovery tool. Select format when prompted.
Best of Luck.
Yeah this worked amazing i've only had mine for about a month and i thought i would have to get a new one already...although you have to format it (delete all files) it was better to do that than pay for a new one or pay to get it fixed
thanks alot mixmaster and computerrep!
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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.
If it gets stuck during this process, usually it's because of a corrupt song file, or a song file in a format it doesn't understand.
Note that the e280 is only able to play MP3 and WMA audio formats. If you've loaded a different type of audio file onto your Sansa, you'll need to remove them.
If the songs you've recently loaded have all been MP3 and/or WMA, you may have loaded a corrupted file onto your Sansa. Try removing the songs you recently added, and see if the problem goes away.
Mine did that, and I had to reformat. I believe this is how I did it (note, mine is not a Rhapsody type, that one is different in many respects):http://www.sansacommunity.com/forum/thread/11221/How-to-format-an-e200/
perform recovery mode on the player and connect the player to thec omputer. when it is connected and the player is detected as a removable disk drive namely 16MB Format. Create a file inside the drive named sansa.fmt and that would format the player and remove any corrup files that you may have transferred to the player.Recovery mode is Hold Switched Enabled+Record Button+Menu button.
It is probably because you have folders inside of folders inside of folder... i just had the same problem and copied all the songs in a folder into the main folder IE dont do this sansa>music>artist>album>music file do it like this sansa>music>artist>file
'Refresh Database' doesn't mean everything is erased. It only means it's writing the progress that you made, onto the computer. It stays on 'Refresh Database' for about maybe 5-10 minutes. It refreshes its database every time you disconnect your MP3 player from the computer. What it does when you disconnect it from the computer is it saves any unsaved changes made to it and overwrites the memory or data.
mine just worked out fine maybe u missed a step or thre is a problem with yo device
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