My SanDisk Sansa Clip+ MP3 player died. :(
The subject line says it all. I'm not sure what happened. I might have squeezed it too hard recently when I was trying out a potential new armband. I guess they might be kind of fragile; the first one I had died (under warranty) when it got a bit damp while I was exercising. The last sign I saw from it, it was stuck on the "goodbye" display, and then it shut off. Attempting to plug it into my PC either causes it to come up as an unformatted drive or an unrecognized USB device. "Resetting" by holding down the power button doesn't help.
Does anyone know if there's any hope of resurrecting this device? There are a couple of teardown vids on Youtube which suggest that there might be a broken lead inside somewhere; I figure if I can't fix it myself, there's probably a local cell phone place that can.
People still seem to be pretty fond of this player; replacements are available on eBay and Amazon, but even though it's been discontinued, they're still selling for 50 bucks or so.
On the other hand, I was reading recently that apparently a nice old Android phone can be purchased cheaply and used as an excellent MP3 player. Any suggestions of a particular model I should consider?
http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/22937
Does anyone know if there's any hope of resurrecting this device? There are a couple of teardown vids on Youtube which suggest that there might be a broken lead inside somewhere; I figure if I can't fix it myself, there's probably a local cell phone place that can.
People still seem to be pretty fond of this player; replacements are available on eBay and Amazon, but even though it's been discontinued, they're still selling for 50 bucks or so.
On the other hand, I was reading recently that apparently a nice old Android phone can be purchased cheaply and used as an excellent MP3 player. Any suggestions of a particular model I should consider?
http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/22937