This was driving me crazy. I bought my Zip almost a year ago and about 3 months ago it got stuck after I updated to the latest version. After resetting several, several times and letting it completely die it still wouldn’t budge. It just sits there and restarts after about 5 mins. I finally recharged it (after letting it sit for months, dead) and it’s still stuck. It doesn’t have anything on it. I’ve downgraded, upgraded again, installed Rockbox, and nothing worked. I can now say I feel like a complete ■■■■■. I reformatted the internal memory and now it isn’t stuck. I wonder why I never thought of that before? So, if you have this problem, reformat the internal memory!
Very good reminder!
Nice of you to share this. Users will sure to benefit from this just in case they encounter this kind of an issue.