My mp3 phillips gogear 256MB wont work anymore!!!

Try resetting the MP3 player: locate the little reset hole (it is quite small) and give it a poke with something blunt like a unraveled paper clip.

hi my philips gogear 4gb vibe wont download pictures off my computer. but when my daughter plugs up her new ipod, it downloads them. can you please tell me why this is and how i caqn get pictures on mine? thanks

if the player is od the battery may be dead and gone, if not there should be a vry snall pin holeon the player somewhere, once you find it stick smething of the correct size in the hole and push down for thirty seconds, if this doesn't work go to the Phillips website to find that player and search for answers.

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i held the volume+ button in while i plugged the usb cable. the computer recognized new hardware was found. i opened the phillips device manager and hit the repair tab. it automatically ran a repair through the mp3. then i installed new firmware through the phillips device manager. i lost all my contents but windows media 11 sync all my music back. THANKS ANYWAY!!!!

Make sure you are using the original USB cable that came supplied with the GoGear, and then try the volume + method again. If the volume + method doesn't work, then there is a problem with the USB port recognziing the device being plugged in - or, the player was physically damaged.

I was experiencing this similar problem, and from my research so were alot of other people, what finally worked for me was this:

• Update all the software on your computer via Phillips site
  
• Open the Philips Device Manager
• With the device connected and the 'connected to pc' screen showing on the GoGear, do a 'soft reset' by holding the Power Off + Volume Up buttons for a few seconds
• As soon as the device restarts itself, hold the Volume Down button, the computer should now recognize the GoGear
• Follow the onscreen directions to Repair the device
• Thank the intarwebs.
  

a good old smack on the desk and plugged it in a differnt usb slot a few times and it just worked. these phillips things are so dodgy!!!

WHACK IT ONE!! lol

omg mine did the same thing. such a rip off :(

Make sure you back up all songs on the GoGear before attempting this solution.

1) Back up all files on the GoGear
2) Open up Philips Device Manager (Start --> All Programs --> Philips)
3) Click on the Repair Tab, and look for a msg that says connect the player while holding the volume + button
4) Disconnect the GoGear from the computer and turn the GoGear off - hold in the volume + button and continue to hold it as you reconnect the GoGear to the computer; after holding the volume + button for up to 20 or 30 seconds, a window will open up saying that your device is being repaired (now you can let go of the volume + button); after the repair is successfully complete, your GoGear will be good as new

Now you can do the firmware upgrade that will prevent this problem from occuring in the future. Open up Philips Device Manager and click the Update tab. This problem was caused because most GoGear's were designed for Windows XP with Media Player 10 (which is no longer the latest standard).

-Tha Mp3 Doctor