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Zune Battery Issues (Fix Inside)
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(WARNING: This fix is now out-dated, please install Zune firmware 2.3 to fix this issue, thank you)
Recently my Zune has been acting crazy and the result has been a dead battery no matter how much I have charged it. The Zune would say that it was completely dead when that was not the case. Every now and then it would reboot and then just crash again, I figured out last night how to fix this problem.
- Restart your Zune: Hold the back button and the up button.
- While the Zune is restarting you now must reformat the Zune (WARNING: THIS WILL ERASE ALL CONTENT ON YOUR ZUNE DEVICE) In order to do this while the Zune is rebooting press and hold at the same time the back button, the center button, and the up button.
- Now your Zune should be completely erased and should sync to your computer.
I would let it charge for the night and for no on please turn off your Zune instead of letting it sleep, you can do this by holding the play button until the screen is off.Technorati Tags: Zune,Microsoft
8 Comments
tod hilton
December 4th, 2007
at 2:23pm
You do not need to erase/reformat your Zune 30. In fact, your directions could lead to some upset users who might want to keep the pre-loaded content.
The key is to turn off the Zune after every use by simultaneously pressing the BACK button and DOWN on the directional pad.
Matt
December 5th, 2007
at 10:21am
Well after I did that my Zune has yet to screw up, at all.
It seems to work fine for me.
Stan Johnson
December 20th, 2007
at 11:33am
Do not use the contributers suggestion to fix your Zune’s battery issues.
Firmware v2.3 correct the battery issues
Stan Johnson
December 20th, 2007
at 11:34am
Do not follow the contributers directions on correcting your Zunes battery issues.
A newly released firmware update correct the battery issue.
Kevin
January 23rd, 2008
at 5:05am
Got news for you. 2.3 didn’t fix my reboot/crash problem; this solution did.
Tom
February 1st, 2008
at 7:24am
Well, this helped me to restart my Zune, so thanks.
Giacomo
July 22nd, 2008
at 10:26pm
Yeah, Stan, don’t be so presumptuous. This guy was the only person who helped me fix my problem. Thx Matt!
Cody
July 31st, 2008
at 5:01pm
For some reason when I try to use the fix above, I hold all three buttons but it doesn’t reformat