The Worst Technological Screw-Up In History - Zune 30

[poop333x2]

AAAAYYYYYEEEEE!!! HAHAHA! my zune 30 has absolutely no problems and it was bought back in 2007 XD

[dee9788]

Mine just died lastnight :(

[Lopee08]

i have a black 30G Zune that will no longer sync my movies.

[Jafx4Movies]

I guess I'm still one of the 16 proud owners of zune 30 lol

[poop333x2]

@Jafx4Movies with no problems?

[Drives31forhalo]

if had 5 ipods that all brock in the same way, one drop on ice and it splits in half. but my sandisk sansa worked for years untill it got white death. now i think im going to get a zune

[51hereiam]

Lucky guy .. Microsoft run the world, and fails in the Zune thing ! its a "thing" and everyone complains ! me too ... It ended being for me a "guinea pig" of my DIY skills ... I'm wondering if I will ever be able to enjoy this failure with some peace of mind. By all means its a waste of money but a good experimentation tool !!

[Scioneer]

At least the Battery wires aren't soldered to the motherboard like they are on the ZuneHD. My HD froze while connecting to my wifi with a completely black( as in off) screen. Its funny I have a perfectly good looking ZuneHD thats dead as a doornob, yet my niece's iPod Touch has dog teeth marks in the corner of its screen( as in cracks) and its still soldiering on. Anyway I found a Zune 30 at a yard sale for 8 bucks incase my HD never recovers.

[My8565]

to reset it all you have to do is push done and play

[rigoc666]

who?? wants to buy my zune30 for 50bucks

[gamecrazy1357]

OK I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WHAT U DO IS HIT BACK LEFT AND UP AT THE SAME TIME INTILL RESET

[angelizquier1]

and just to let you know bill gates, everyone who has experienced this including myself, will now go purchase an ipod deuche bag!!

[angelizquier1]

This is definitely not a coincidence. My 30g zune shows the same message after working fine for like 4 years. Fuck Microsoft! Fuck zune! Fuck bill gates hes in his mansion sitting on billions laughing at all of us!!! deuche bag!!!

[wookasan]

thanks for teaching me how to reset. for me it actually work. well i reset it while my zune was plug in with my laptop. i don't know if that makes any difference but it work for me just now. thanks again.

[rqueener216]

my second zune just die only had it for 4 months WTF MICROSOFT?

[xBloodfatherx]

i have this exact zune only problem is the headphone jack so i bought an ipod touch

[taz4408]

do you still have the zune

[jdmills007]

@taz4408 Yes I do sir/ ma'am

[taz4408]

sir what do you want for it cuz i chould use some parts from it

[jdmills007]

@taz4408 lol I don't know I have two black Zune 30's (one with a dead battery and clunky HDD another brand new) and I've been holding them for parts as well.



[10shutt]

@jdmills007 My Zune 30gb needs the headphone jack. It makes my Zune reboots a lot. How much,please?. (maybe I have to purchase the motherboard with it).

[MrEagleRiverPotter]

It's called faulty programming...it happens to everything

[iccecoldchris]

ok well my zune keeps having this stupid usb cannot recognize shit, i thought it was the cord so i tried a different cord still the same thing please help

[g0dofearth]

mine dident do that lol i still use it today well sometimes because i got a zune hd

[erigon404]

my charger port chip on the botton is bent and i dont know what to do

[hellokittyrocksyodad]

die!!!!! i mean the zune. it totally sucks man. i miss my music and videos. they should totally send me another for free.

[rayg6]

got my zune 30 when it first came out, still working strong. its Apple that has the crash problems

[Miepieish]

@rayg6 That is just a stereotype (even if I say the same thing XD). My zune died today, but it had six great years with me...mine's just shows up with a black screen and nothing happens after that.

[gerardoxx25]

hey how does the screen look like wen u charge it?

cuz im using the USB cable and it doesnt turn on

[Spartan117JMC]

OH i dident know the Zunes actually had HARD DRIVES.. thats just NUTS.... .. i dont know what would happen to my laptop hard drive if i dident Defrag it every week... it goes slower and slower... until it haults... that happened to my dad,s ol desktop... he diden't knew about the de.frag program and after say.. 3 years his computer froze every time he tried to start... so i took out his hard drive and connected it to my own comp.. and from there i used my drive to defrag his.

[Spartan117JMC]

i was surfing randomly around and noticed this video... as i don't have a Zune player but i have it on the Xbox 360.. and there Zune has never crashed... ive had my Xbox for 2 years and no Zune crashes... so MY conclusion... unless the software is different on the Zune player and the Xbox then we know that its something physical we are dealing with like... metal expanding/retracting due to battery heat, or the Zune network simply couldent handle it... i dunno but this is what i think.

[ebarricade]

My Zune Broke. :(

[jdmills007]

@ebarricade Sad days...

[daguitarguy101]

@ebarricade get an ipod. best investment i ever made

[adrianvilla123]

reset it real quick then leave it for like 3-4 minutes and it is so slow u press a button and it takes a bout 2 minutes for the button to actually react if not buy a new batterie there like 8 bucks

[jason24568]

This problem is also from Toshiba GigaBeat S

[brainstormer9]

I have a zune 30 still in perfect condition from friend and have filled it 3/4 full with over 3000 songs. its a great device.

[whjms00]

The Zune is one of the biggest technological screw-ups in history.

[yaroslav1869]

IPHONE 4

[sorryTV]

i just replaced the screen on my zune. i've assured that all of the ribbons and everything are connected properly, it's not in warranty and i don't prefer to handle this issue with microsoft simply because of their customer service. Ive tried reseting it and everything. the only thing that happens is the backlight turns on and off. the computer doesn't read it or anything. and its not the screen because if i try to use the device blindly, i cant hear any music or anything. any solutions? thanks.

[jdmills007]

@sorryTV Typically if one thing hasn't solved the problem then there may have been an other underlying cause. In a word: troubleshooting. It is hell but it is also effective. I am not sure how much I can help you because I do not know what circumstances were involved surrounding the replacement of the screen. The Zune will be the blank screen if the lead ribbon isn't secured right between the circutboard and the HDD. I Zune will also blink on and off if the battery isn't holding charges anymore

[jdmills007]

Zune's have always been buggy, but i deal with it because i love the interface and its simplicity. I would rather have this brick than an ipod any day. I would just end up modding the fuck out of my ipod instead of using it for music. My Zune is rock steady as the one in the video finally lost the ability to hold a charge. I could have bought a new battery, but I searched Craig's List and found a guy with a brand new black 30 for 80 bucks. I said mine and it has been cool since.

[4536127943cammy02]

for some reason i had to deal with this for about three weeks and then it just started working perfectly and it hasn't froze since then but,when ever i plug it in to the computer a message comes up saying that it's missing technology and decides to disconnect me.i think zune is the best mp3 player out there but mine has had a hell of alot of problems.

[CaseyTheDrummerBoy]

Yeah, mine just did this, like, an hour ago. Mine goes through the load up screen, then just goes black. Any suggestions?

[jdmills007]

Do a hard reset (hold back button + up on D-pad). Some people hit the wrong button combo. If it persists after that then find a tutorial on how to open up the case and disconnect your battery for a few seconds and then start it back up. To check if it is a bad driver go to "My Computer" then right-click on it, click on Properties, find "Device Manager", Find Zune with exclamation point on it, double-click it, click "Uninstall Driver" disconnect Zune. Plug Zune back in with Zune software running.

[Sniper1968]

Zune's are great! My son and me both have the same Zune 30 like you. Thank goodness this bug is now fixed with new software update. I had the same problem but update fixed it. Zune works great with Microsoft touch table PC using drag and drop, cool as heck.

[jdmills007]

@Sniper1968 Good stuff man. Zune 30 will always be my favorite. At this point, the bugs are worked out for the most part, it is a solid built device, and replacement parts are easy to find. Cool deal with the touch-tablet.

[ZackyProvokage]

my 4g is doing the same thing, i dont know what the hell is going on :(

[IllLoveYouForYou]

have you tried holding the up and back buttons down? (at the same time) it fixed mine

[hoekstra125]

Mine does the same thing but if i let it sit there for a little bit when it gets to that black screen it seem to go the my main screen every once in a while

[binomuffin]

"My Zune actually got stuck on the "Clearing Content" screen and froze. I just reset it and it was ready for the firmware to be installed"

how did you reset it, using the button combo? or pulling the battery?

[jdmills007]

@binomuffin Yeah, the Zune sometimes does that. I think it "forgets" to move on leaving the user all kinds of confused.

Hard reset is the 'Back button + Up on directional pad' at the same time. Hold and wait. Should reset it and bring you to the loading screen.

The battery of course is inside the case but is easy to get to. Check around for video's on this subject or check back with me later. I may have a video for it up shortly.

[megamario3424]

its because of the change to 2009

[ProjectZro]

i know the issue was resolved but for those that dont know you have to let the backup battery to die so that it will ask for you to put the date in there. it was a software problem so if you still have one that is like this pull the battery for the day and when you plug it back in set the date to before the crash and update the firmware.

[Decky94]

I have a Zune 30Gb I've had it about 2yrs now. I live Ireland and never had a problem with it, although it never lets me register it because it's not available here lol. It's a great peice of kit

[NONOFTHIS]

same thing happened to me last night where u able to fix it and if u did can u let me now how? thanks

[FAG6661]

zunes are a brick and wont break unless you try on purpose to brake them. but i love my zune

[bno112300]

they brick on a leap year.

[milanego16]

cool but i still cant update it,every time i connect it to my cpu

hellp ,before i pay to fix it

[sardo97]

the date that you said it crashed was the day that i was in macys with my mom and itcrashed and i had a hrundred dollers worth of music and my whole music collection was gon ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[jdmills007]

@sardo97 Uh, not the bug's fault actually. The leap-year bug didn't actually erase any data on Zune's. Not to mention it was easily resolved by sheer patience. No factory reset was needed.

Any user of a music device or mass storage device should know to always back-up precious data. Sorry for your loss, but you had it coming.

[sum41addict87x]

hey ive had 4 ipods and they all broke. so im getting a zune 120 gig

[DeepTeel]

i got a 4 o.0

[HHH951]

my zune had the same problem and all i did just wait till the battery drained, then i rebooted it

[CruzinExotica]

i have a zune 30 and still works fine and i use it most of everyday

[Glez038]

Hey Guy If You Have Zune Problem

Is A Place To Fix

They Gonna Fix My And They Gonna Charge Me $ 65 Dollar With 1 Year Warranty

[ilovecrazystuff11]

Don't see a problem with switching to SP2

[ilovecrazystuff11]

Forget ipods ZUNES RULE!

[ilovecrazystuff11]

Simple temporary problem solver, ( ALTHOUGH THIS WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO FIX YOU 30 AND 80 GB ZUNES)

Switch to 8GB Zunes for now, those seem safe for now, And then when all of the smaller zunes freeze suddenly,

We all sue Bill Gates together ( LOL )

And then we swithch to ipods

( Did i mention i HATE ipods now? )

[badassboy307]

I had an 80g zune for about 4 months worked perfectly and then about a week ago it stop working. There would be no audio but the videos and music games pictures worked fine and now if there isnt a headphones pluged in the zune the screen goes blank...any1 know wt to do?

[jdmills007]

@badassboy307 Sounds like a Hardware issue. If you bought it new, just get it shipped to them pronto. If you ask at the time of receiving the return code, you can have them send you a box with all the needed stuff to ship it back asap.

[shlongy14]

my 80 gb zune is over a year old and absolutly no problems

Zunes rule

[ciaratoyalexander]

yrea that happend to my zune once but i waited a while while an it came bac on an it never did it again but i have a diff problem its i cant get my computer to reconize my zune i dont wat softwear i need can somone help me ouit with dat

[4bigshot4]

my zune won't charge at all

[jdmills007]

@4bigshot4 Faulty battery or battery 'ribbon' cable issue. If it is out of warranty, you can buy a new battery for roughly 30 buck (this includes shipping and is sometimes even cheaper) and replace it yourself. Tutorials are all over the web. I will put one up soon.

[paupau93]

huh..it looks like the only zunes who have that much trouble are the 30g zunes :( anyways...i have a different problem and i cant get the solution anywhere! I was listening to my zune in the car..the i accidentaly pressed something and cleared everything. It now says contect to computer, but when i contect it and try do update the firmware it says that i have no space...but when i "erase" everything, it still wont let me..can any one help me? message me if you know what i can do..please!

[WSUcansuckmyballs]

turn the Zune off. Then hold the back button and up on the directional pad at the same time. This reboots the Zune. Usually works.

[Glez038]

Hi...there

The Problem I Have in My Zune Is I Can't

Play Any More My Music I Just Was Played In That Moment In My Car and The Music Stop It's Show In The Screen "the item is missing or can't be played"

And I Can See The All The Name Of Song

Like Photoslideshow or I Thing I Have Virus, But The Good Thing I can Play My All Videos

[permanetmarker2004]

mines working

[Nodrog666]

Weird. I got mine August 2008 and it's working fine.

[SG3089]

ive had this since 2006 and its only frozen up once =)

[iRockAPS44]

Mine Did not crash hmmm....

[DotRoCkS23]

Wow, when I read this I was like "Omg! I wasnt the only one then, Lol! the same thing happened to my 30gb zune on Dec. 31st 2008 at arround 11 p.m. and I wasnt able to get it to work until like 11 a.m. of the next day! ..I nearly cried, I love my zune! but Glad to say Its working again (After the battery ran out and I had to charge it again) :)

[MixingTapes]

Hmm, I'm not sure if this is what is affecting my zune 30 or not. I somehow managed to take my arm and fling across my desk ledge onto the floor.

my clicks three times for a few minutes and cicks to a error 5 contact support screen.

[jdmills007]

Yous got a hardware stroke. I think you might want to replace it or send it to Microsoft for repairs. You probably knocked the Hard Drive around to much and the read/write head is probably damaged. Hope you had back-ups of your tunes.

[mamatuzie123]

So why does my 30 gig still work it works nothing happened to mine it still works perfect lol

[jdmills007]

A very small amount of Zune 30's for one reason or another didn't crash.

[jdmills007]

Didn't like SP2 or something?

[jdmills007]

Didn't say they did. Not sure I ever said that. And I've got no qualms with OSX really other than its really overpriced for any of their products and that there are some compatibility issues with certain softwares. Money isn't a problem for me, but I would never spend that much on some of their products.

[SCOBYsnacks]

idiots maked clock wrong and it missed one day and wahts why

[jdmills007]

Early stages of any media player have always had trouble. The Zune 30 was developed early 2006. A problem is bound to appear when old technology is combined with new. But to do that is caring for the user and that's way more than most others do for their users

[TVsl33per]

jdnulls007 did u updated your zune?

[Ryguy778]

Zunes suck...Just get an iPod, import all of your songs into iTunes and get over yourself...

[jdmills007]

Prolly coming from a guy who has no knowledge of Apple's history with iPod's and how many problems their were when they first started. Difference is that Microsoft offers free solutions whereas Apple does not. Get over your iPod bro.

[xTragicxResolutionx]

Hey, can you tell me how to do a hard-reset? Or is it the same as the <back + up^ thing? I have this same issue.. ): Help if you can.

[BabyyJesuss]

I had to take the battery out and reconnect it because I was impatient to wait for it to die... But as soon as it turns on or you connect the battery press and hold back/left/center and this will reset the firmware and everything. Just make sure you press this at the moment you turn it on just as the zune logo appears or it will not work and you will have to start over.

[BabyyJesuss]

Did you ever get it past the Blank screen of death? I have the same problem... turn it on get a blank screen... I'm currently trying to delete the firmware and everything on it so we'll see how that goes.

[ross2782]

Mine did the same thing.. works now obviously.. At least it wasn't a hardware issue..

[youngkellz5498]

The Zunes are fully operational now!! I just pulged mine up and it works.

[jdmills007]

iPods are cool but I like my Brick, lol

[kidDANGER2823]

that shit happened to me to wtf

[grueda]

next time get an ipod ;)!

[IC3KING]

I Have a Zune too!,

and the battery thing is

supposed to work once from what i hear but, its supposed to be back to normal by now

but since i only have a 16gb i wouldn't know when it started to work again

leap year seems to be the problem