The battery on mine is about dead, but I have the 3.1 firmware, and it booted up alright after some charging. What firmware do you guys have?
Raduque
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- Aug 22, 2004
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Well, damn. My 30gb is dead. I did the open-and-disconnect-battery thing and it came back on at the menu for a bit but then shut off due to battery dying (battery only lasts about 5 minutes at full charge anymore), now when it comes back on it either a)freezes or 2) (if I unplug the battery) it comes on, goes to a blackscreen, then the HD parks it's head and it reboots itself; see A.
Black Zune 30gb: December 1 2006 - December 31 2008. You had a good run.
Are the new HD-based Zune's the same physical size as the old 30gb model?
Black Zune 30gb: December 1 2006 - December 31 2008. You had a good run.
Are the new HD-based Zune's the same physical size as the old 30gb model?
Originally posted by: Raduque
Well, damn. My 30gb is dead. I did the open-and-disconnect-battery thing and it came back on at the menu for a bit but then shut off due to battery dying (battery only lasts about 5 minutes at full charge anymore), now when it comes back on it either a)freezes or 2) (if I unplug the battery) it comes on, goes to a blackscreen, then the HD parks it's head and it reboots itself; see A.
Black Zune 30gb: December 1 2006 - December 31 2008. You had a good run.
Are the new HD-based Zune's the same physical size as the old 30gb model?
a tad bit smaller
mrSHEiK124
Lifer
- Mar 6, 2004
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Hmm, my roommate bought a 30GB off Woot. He ignores any "UPDATE ME NAO!" messages though, I should warn him.
mrSHEiK124
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- Mar 6, 2004
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I can imagine a bunch of MS employees showing up at work, opening the door and watching letter upon letter flow from inside their offices. Turn on their computers, they can't check their e-mail, the Exchange server took its life to ease its pain. PBX is down, all the VM inboxes were overflowed with "OMG MAI ZUNE."
CrackRabbit
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- Mar 30, 2001
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Well crap I got one of those for my brother for christmas last year.
He isn't going to be happy at all. Guess I should let him know so he doesn't throw it away.
He isn't going to be happy at all. Guess I should let him know so he doesn't throw it away.
destrekor
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- Nov 18, 2005
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I dunno, you claim to not want to hate any company so much to never buy their products, but you seem to enjoy hating on the Zune.
I don't have much problems with Apple, I just dislike their products. iTunes does indeed suck hard, but yes you can use something else. However, that doesn't speak for the plain and boring GUI on the device.
Personally, I enjoy the Zune software, and you get the most out of it if you subscribe to Zune Pass. It's really built around the idea of having the subscription or at least making big use of the store, and it works very well for that. I never used it for that for the longest time, but recently subscribed to Zune Pass and I cannot look back now. And without the Pass, I still liked the Zune software, and never had problems navigating it. It feels fluid and easy to use, yet not so boring to look at. When you get used to other programs, it's a bit of a shock using Zune, but after using it for awhile, I'm very used to to it and it feels right now. Any usage complaints were gone once I adjusted.
Sure, you say you should never have to adjust to a program, but what's the good in making a program behave the same as everything else out there? I was used to Windows Media Player and Winamp, and I'm very happy with the latest style of the Zune software.
And the hardware interface is intuitive and flashy.
Originally posted by: Flammable
Originally posted by: Raduque
Well, damn. My 30gb is dead. I did the open-and-disconnect-battery thing and it came back on at the menu for a bit but then shut off due to battery dying (battery only lasts about 5 minutes at full charge anymore), now when it comes back on it either a)freezes or 2) (if I unplug the battery) it comes on, goes to a blackscreen, then the HD parks it's head and it reboots itself; see A.
Black Zune 30gb: December 1 2006 - December 31 2008. You had a good run.
Are the new HD-based Zune's the same physical size as the old 30gb model?
a tad bit smaller
physically it may only be a little bit smaller, but it's actually a good bit thinner, and just feels so much better in the hand. It feels less like a big brick and feels like a well made player.
SketchMaster
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- Feb 23, 2005
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Mine did it this morning, opened it up and reset the battery and seems to work now but I haven't synced it since then.
speg
Diamond Member
From Microsoft?s Website:
Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you?re a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device.
Early this morning we were alerted by our customers that there was a widespread issue affecting our 2006 model Zune 30GB devices (a large number of which are still actively being used). The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you?re a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device.
I think MS needs to send all us affected users a new 120GB Zune for our troubles...who's with me?
well i hope this works. battery's dead right now. ill just wait till tomorrow to turn it back on and charge it.
QueBert
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- Jan 6, 2002
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Originally posted by: destrekor
I dunno, you claim to not want to hate any company so much to never buy their products, but you seem to enjoy hating on the Zune.
I don't have much problems with Apple, I just dislike their products. iTunes does indeed suck hard, but yes you can use something else. However, that doesn't speak for the plain and boring GUI on the device.
Personally, I enjoy the Zune software, and you get the most out of it if you subscribe to Zune Pass. It's really built around the idea of having the subscription or at least making big use of the store, and it works very well for that. I never used it for that for the longest time, but recently subscribed to Zune Pass and I cannot look back now. And without the Pass, I still liked the Zune software, and never had problems navigating it. It feels fluid and easy to use, yet not so boring to look at. When you get used to other programs, it's a bit of a shock using Zune, but after using it for awhile, I'm very used to to it and it feels right now. Any usage complaints were gone once I adjusted.
Sure, you say you should never have to adjust to a program, but what's the good in making a program behave the same as everything else out there? I was used to Windows Media Player and Winamp, and I'm very happy with the latest style of the Zune software.
And the hardware interface is intuitive and flashy.
Originally posted by: Flammable
Originally posted by: Raduque
Well, damn. My 30gb is dead. I did the open-and-disconnect-battery thing and it came back on at the menu for a bit but then shut off due to battery dying (battery only lasts about 5 minutes at full charge anymore), now when it comes back on it either a)freezes or 2) (if I unplug the battery) it comes on, goes to a blackscreen, then the HD parks it's head and it reboots itself; see A.
Black Zune 30gb: December 1 2006 - December 31 2008. You had a good run.
Are the new HD-based Zune's the same physical size as the old 30gb model?
a tad bit smaller
physically it may only be a little bit smaller, but it's actually a good bit thinner, and just feels so much better in the hand. It feels less like a big brick and feels like a well made player.
I don't hate on the Zune, but the Zune does NOTHING better than my iPod. One of the biggest things I like is songs ratings. If MS changed the super retarded heart/broken heart I might consider it. But as it stands that's one of the worst idea ever and that alone keeps me from even considering a Zune. How am I supposed to sort thousands of songs on my mp3 player when I have 2 raitings? I like having 3 star playlists for stuff I kind of like. 4 star for stuff I like more and 5 star for stuff I want to hear every day. With a Zune I can either "like" or "hate" the song. I'm assuming the broken heart is hate? It honestly doesn't make any sense to me and the Zune would have been better off with no rating system at all. I don't like the UI on the Zune either, I've never really used a regular iPod with the standard UI so I can't comment too much on the UI. But hacked with Rockbox it's gonna be as good if not better (I like Rockbox) My Touches UI though > Zune x10 IMHO.
I hate on the Zune because there are better products out there. Anything you don't like about the iPod can be changed with hacked firm ware or 3rd party add-on's. If you don't like something about the Zune, tough shit you just gotta deal with not liking it. I hate not having options. Zune = no options.
Not true! I use my zune in the car and download music on my PC. Then, I WIRELESSLY SYNC the zune from my car! Don't even have to bring the zune inside...
Waiting for ipod to be able to do that.
I was about to say.. the zune picks up fm radio better, syncs wirelessly better, provides free updates better, and provides a better store (10 free songs a month). So there are quite a few things.
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