Battery problems with Zen 20

Now, my Zen 20 GB seems to start giving me trouble.
This time, it's a battery issue. Yesterday, I fully charged it, before transferring data from it to my computer as well as my laptop. Then, I added in some songs. After that, I fully charged it using the USB port from my laptop. I off the player, and turn it on later, connected it to USB port of my laptop. It showed a plug sign. It stands for "Full battery", if i'm not wrong.
This morning, I turn it on only to see it down to 2 bars. On my way to school, i listened to around 20 songs, and another 2 on my way back. Now, it's down to one bar! That's fast! Anything wrong with my player or battery?

GlenZEN wrote:
Oh ok. May I know what's the use of a disk cleanup or accessing recovery mode? and if i do so, will i lose all my data stored in the player?
Disk cleanup rebuilds the file allocation table as well as resetting the settings on the player. It shouldn't remove any files, although I can't guarantee 00%. You should always have a backup of your player.
RMskater wroteisc cleanup is essentially a disc defragmenter for your Zen. Accessing Recovery Mode is usually for when you've tried everything else and it hasn't worked.
It isn't a defragmenter. There are no defragmenters for any of the tag based hard disk players.

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Hi
I decided to buy my girlfriend a Zen Micro for Christmas based on me owning a Zen Xtra 30GB and having only good things to say about it. Unfortunately from the off my girlfriend complained that the battery was only lasting a few days with about an hours use a day. At first I thought she was leaving it on and wearing down the battery. After a while I decided to do a few tests:
. I left it on continually to see how long the battery lasted. It lasted around 2 hours, which is about right.
2. I fully charged it and left it a for a few days without using it. I then tried to switch it back on and to my surprise it wouldn't, it had been draining battery power despite the fact it wasn't in use!
I have also noticed that the action of turning the player on and off seems to drain alot of power from it.
I've calculated the battery lasts for around 4 hours but recently my girlfriend fully charged it listened to it for an hour then switched it off. When she switched it back on the battery indicator was on one bar!
I don't buy the fact that this is normal and I consider the product to be defecti've.
It is worth noting that I do have a separate mains adapter which plugs into the USB port of the player. Something that I think after reading through many posts on here could be the problem, why does in not have a separate mains port like the Zen Xtra? I have stock firmware.
Lastly I wanted to add that the reasons I am able to see this product is flawed is because I am able to compare it to my Zen Xtra which I can leave off for about a month (not tried longer) and it still retains its original battery power. And I can use it for about 2 hours a day for a week until I need to recharge it. I understand that there is a difference in battery power max duration but this is only by 2 hours so does not explain why the Zen Micro is only lasting for 4 hours or less.
I have since submited an email to Creative, so hopefully they will replace the item.
Message Edited by ChrisTsamados on 05-8-2005 04:04 AM

4 hours in definately not fine and your kidding yourself if you think it is. This MP3 player has been sold with a specification that the battery will play continously for 2 hours. Allowing for the power drain that may occur switching it on and off a few times this should mean it should atl east last 8 hours.
My Zen Xtra has a 4 hour battery life and it lasts probably very close to that mark, even with turning it on and off multiple times and also moving playlists around and with EQ enabled.
To me the most logical eplanation is that the Micro is severely draining power even when switched off.
With regards the USB I picked up on a point someone else raised but looking back maybe it is all down to the battery drain problem.Message Edited by ChrisTsamados on 05-8-2005 2:29 PM

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I tried a different USB cable also, I thought that it would help, but I still got the same problems. I can almost guarantee that although you think you may have solved your issues, they WILL come back.
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Hey Christopher...
I posted the same in another thread. I'm not a big fan of duplicate posts... but it seemed appropriate in this case. Take a look at the last paragraph regarding discharging lithium ion batteries. I'm not sure if it would be the electronics in the battery that tell the MacBook it's time to charge, or the MacBook's power management unit...
"Talk about a jinx! I've had my MacBook since shortly after they came out (week 9). Never had any problems. I've calibrated my battery about once a month or so. It seems after my last calibration, I got the dreaded "X" in the battery indicator. My MagSafe indicator was green. System Profiler showed that there was no battery. I reset the PMU and the SMC firmware... also tried reseating the battery (one of those things you're sure won't work... but ya just have that little bit of hope anyway). Alas, nothing would bring my battery back. Took a trip to my local Apple store. I had made an appointment online, but still had to wait over an hour (they really need to enlarge their Genius area now that they have so many more machines out there). Told the Genius what the problem was... he swapped out the battery... but the one he tried was fully charged because he took it from a machine that was plugged in. So the tension was mounting... would it charge or not (I was hoping it was just the battery and not something else). He had me use my MacBook for a bit to drain the battery. I ran Parallels and did a Windows virus scan (that should drain the battery pretty fast)... After I got the battery down to about 90%, the Genius plugged it back in. To my delight, the MagSafe indicator went orange and started to charge the battery. With that, the Genius went in the back and got me a new battery. He had me stay there for a little bit just to make sure everything was okay. I'm sort of afraid to calibrate my battery now... at least properly as in letting it completely drain. I had done a few calibrations in the past without a problem, but it seems this problem tends to occur after someone does a calibration. I'm just happy it was just the battery.
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Battery problems with iphone 5

battery problem with iphone 5

sholton wrote:
Actually, battery size has a definite impact on battery life, and larger batteries tend to weigh more.
I had made the point that the Handset size (not the "battery size") does not affect battery life.
Furthermore, I wen't on to explain that the batteries are comparable in size regardless.
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sholton wrote:
can't replace the battery once that limit has been reached - at that point you either buy a new phone and discard the "old" (not very green of you...), or ship the old one off to the factory for an expensive replacement, and no phone for the duration of the shipping and replacement).
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Problems with Zen 16GB (and contacting customer suppo

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So, GJ with customer support. I hope, whatever the problem is, it will be fixed soon.
Anyway, here's what I tried to send to customer support:
"Hey,
I got 6GB Zen at Christmas and its acting just plain weird at the moment:
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*keeps blinking full green battery&empty battery with lightning bolt over it
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I'd guess that full green battery&lightning bolt over empty one means battery is critical? However, the player doesn't attempt to recharge battery. Unless I remember terribly wrong, the recharging animation is empty battery filling in blocks and getting empty again, if you understand what I mean.. Anyways. What really irritates me is the player rebooting itself when I try to recharge/move files to it and that blinking display on when I don't use it..
Any help? Someone go poke the guy who's supposed to keep customer support's emailform working?
-Lanka
..or maybe email form didn't like me suggesting sledgehammer.

Thanks.
Also apparently my first message did reach customer support through email form.. Suppose I was just expecting to see something like "Message sent" after I clicked Submit - not getting bounced back to region selection.
I'll continue this with customer support.
-Lanka

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I've had the same problem since I got the thing, except that it's SPORADIC. Nine times out of ten I can't connect. I've tried other cables, other PC's without bettering the odds.
Most of the time:
() Plug in the Micro.
(2) Hear the USB connection "bong" sound.
(3) "MTP Media Player" window opens. "What do you want Windows to do?"
Take your choice
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* Take no action
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(5) Note the Micro says "Docked" with solid arrows. It looks connected to me.
(6) Unplug the Micro.
(7) The Micro still says "Docked" and now I have to remove the batteries to use it.
I tried e-mail help from creative. They had me try "clean up," they had me try un-installing and re-installing the PC software. None of it made any difference. Finally they suggested reverting back to the old non MTP software. At that point I gave up on them because I had the same problem before I upgraded.
I tried calling creative. They had my try "clean up" which of course did nothing. Finally they said I should exchange the unit. I'm not convinced that would help, and I don't want to be without it for 0-5 days.
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I have done a quick search and the posts that I have found on this topic suggest that I will need to send it back to Creative! Anyone found a "magic" solution for this problem other than sending it back?
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Hi there,
I'm having the exact same problem. The beeping noise goes on for about 0-20 seconds, right? When it stops, everything freezes, correct? And also, it freezes on the home screen. When taking ou tthe battery for fi've seconds, and then put it back in while holding the power button on, it will bring you to the recovery screen, which will continue to freeze from there, no matter which of the 4 options you choose, right? I also smell a kind of acidic smell if you take out the battery and smell the mp3 player.
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