"Battery Low", does not charge / General setting >> NO CHARGE

[jayzbond007]

Hi All,

I am trying to charge the battery via usb cable but it does not charge. when i turn on the power it says "battery low" then shuts down. Prior to all this, i did change the setting in the general settings and selected not to charge. the reason for this is i wanted to leave the player connected to the usb without it charging it so I can gauge how many hours it lasts and/or preserve its battery life.

Now that the battery is drained and trying to charge it wont, because i guess it remembers that charging setting. how can i change the general setting to "charge" if the battery drained and wont get past the start up screen?

this could possibly be a design flaw on this mp3 player. i even pushed the reset button with and without the cable attached but it does not do anything. this player is fairly new, less than a month old.

i currently have v1.11 (which came with the box) and i run Win XP Pro if that has anything to do with this problem.

ANYONE'S HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

[TiroFisso]

Maybe you connect the F2 on a HUB, try to connect it directly to a usb port on the mobo.

[WAI]

Easy way to fix this would to format the memory.

-open JetShell
-File
-Format Device Memory
-click start then... done!

Make sure to reinstall the latest firmware v1.13

[GSV3MiaC]

Actually if you can get to view the contents of the device from a PC then there is generally a 'settings' file there someplace which is used to store these user options. On my G3 if you delete that you get a new one created with all the default values (and hopefully the default is to charge!). Worth a trey before reformatting the whole device and maybe losing music.

If there not also a mains charger for the F2? Charging with that should not be subject to the 'don't charge from USB' test (although that assumes intelligent firmware).

[nielsdg]

DO NOT FORMAT DEVICE FOR THIS PROBLEM


You can use your USB cable as an adapter to use your F2 without battery power:

-connect your F2 to your computer;

-wait untill My Computer shows the 'removable disk' of your F2;

-click the "remove hardware safely" in your task bar to disconnect the player from the computer virtually (do not unplug the USB cable);

-in a few seconds, the screen of your F2 will show the loading animation;

-when it shows the loading animation, press the MENU button of your F2 and VOILA! You can use your F2 without battery power!!

-now you can go change the charge on/off setting of your F2!

[WAI]

thx for that. i noticed that awhile back and i forgot to mention it.