So my Sansa Clip Plus wouldn’t turn on ever since I downloaded some songs that made the screen frozen. When I try playing the songs the screen would suddenly go frozen. I tried holding the power button for 20 seconds and it would turn back on but go frozen again. It would work some days. Then one day it wouldn’t turn on when it was already charged.When I connect it to my PC it recognizes it but it still wont turn on. So then I left it alone for a week or 2 and tried turning it back on and it worked but it had low battery. I quickly charged it into my PC until it was fully charged. Finally it worked but when I skipped through the songs it would pause a little and suddenly it just shut down on me. I tried turning it back on but it wouldn’t work. I charged it to my computer still wouldn’t turn on but the PC recognizes it. I decided to delete all my songs (109 songs). And still wouldn’t turn on.Oh and I dropped my mp3 like 3x in the past.
The only way I can get it to turn on is to charge the battery.
If it seems to operate normally when plugged into the computer, but then shuts off when you disconnect it and you have one of the original Clips, it may be the battery lead wire(s) have come loose. Many of the original Clips had this issue with faulty solder joints on the battery connections.