Actually, I couldn't be bothered to wait. I followed the instructions for how to open the case, from the RapidRepair link above (actually quite easy - you don't need any special tools other than a coupld of very small flat- and phillips-head screwdrivers such as you'd find in any "jewellers" screwdriver set).
Disconnected the battery, reconnected it and the device boots up fine. For now at least - who knows what will happen at midnight ;-)
Problem with resetting it by pulling the battery is of course that the next time you plug it in the clock resets and pow. Back to locked screen...
Yep, some of the forums are saying if you set the date on your PC to 1st Jan, then it works fine. Maybe by tomorrow, the problem will have blown over and all the currently dead Zunes will work just fine... who knows?
I really hope they fix this problem...otherwise...im going to demand that they give me a newer model that doesn't have this issue...and I dont want one less than 30 gigs...im seriously thinking of switching to an ipod if they dont fix this issue.
i tryied all of this and still nothing
I tried changing the date on my computer to Jan, 1st but it didn't do anything. My best bet is to wait this whole thing out. Maybe tomorrow things will be fixed. And if not, well Microsoft is going to have a lot new Zunes to distribute.
Just reset by following the battery removal link and I agree it was as easy as a piece of cake!! Hooked it up to the computer(After setting the date ahead a couple days) deleted the device to the puter added some songs and works great!! Thanks for the help!!
Well, it seems the happiest outcome for all concerned is that the problem is fixing itself - no need to disassemble the Zune, no extra software to install ... it'll just go away all by itself.
Reminds me of an issue that Blackberry had a couple of years ago around Daylight Savings Time - for a week, every appointment on Blackberry devices was out by an hour but by the time a fix was issued (by Microsoft, to Exchange), the problem had resolved itself...
Well... looks like the "no fix" fix actually worked. I'll keep my zune just to see what is the next "nasty" surprise in store. From the downright painful installation to this... never a boring day if you own a Zune.
Granted, Caesar, the original Zune s/w wasn't the nicest to use (and the 2.0 upgrade had a few issues with album art particularly). Personally, I think the Zune experience has been pretty good - certainly better than the Creative Zen Micro I had before. The Zen was a great device but their software was *awful*.
I have an iPod (installed in the boot of my car), and was shocked by iTunes - looks nice, but my God, what a horrible bit of software. It has some functionality I wish Zune or Windows Media players would pick up (like CD-Text) but at least on Windows, I can't think of anyone who likes iTunes.
So maybe the market for digital media players is still waiting for someone to bring out a killer function device that looks great, with brilliant software/services to back it up.
