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shady · 04-09-2009, 01:53 PM

Urgh. I suspect I've managed to wound this thing irreparably.

1. Connect to Mac using Calibre
2. Calibre says your database is corrupt. Try unplugging and waiting. I do this
3. Calibre says, it's still corrupt. Find media.xml and delete it. I shut down Calibre, do this, then eject the device.
4. Machine hangs on USB connected screen. Power on/off does not work. Holding power button to righ for 1 min t does not work.
5. In the end, try a hard reset. Device resets/restarts. Hangs on "starting up" screen.
6. It's still there, a couple of hours later. On one hand, it may be trying to rebuild the database. But my suspicion is it's just hanging.

Any ideas, please?

04-09-2009, 01:53 PM	#1
shady Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 12 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 2, Kindle DX	PRS-505 hung on "Starting Up" screen Urgh. I suspect I've managed to wound this thing irreparably. 1. Connect to Mac using Calibre 2. Calibre says your database is corrupt. Try unplugging and waiting. I do this 3. Calibre says, it's still corrupt. Find media.xml and delete it. I shut down Calibre, do this, then eject the device. 4. Machine hangs on USB connected screen. Power on/off does not work. Holding power button to righ for 1 min t does not work. 5. In the end, try a hard reset. Device resets/restarts. Hangs on "starting up" screen. 6. It's still there, a couple of hours later. On one hand, it may be trying to rebuild the database. But my suspicion is it's just hanging. Any ideas, please?