Stuck At "loading..." Screen

[Hochler]

Whenever I boot up my GP2X it gets stuck at the "Loading..." screen. It used to boot up fine. I have fully charged batteries and firmware 1.1.0.

 

[bmilleker]

Take the sd card out if you have one in.

 

[Hochler]

Tried that. No SD card in, still doesn't work.

 

[reaper79]

Try a new set of batteries, and then another and another. For some reason, I've tossed in newly charged batteries and they only get to the loading screen, then other times I toss in old alkalines and it boots, really random.

What gives with the battery compartment? The GP32 had springs for contacts, and they really held the batteries in tight. Now for some reason, I really had to force alkalines in, and my Nimh batteries are slighly shorter and feel a bit loose at time... I like the springs better!

 

[Hochler]

Tried every set I have... Still stuck. Should I try re-flashing?

 

[Radek]

Tried every set I have... Still stuck. Should I try re-flashing?

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You are getting stuck at the green screen (after first black one with gp2x's logo)?

If so it means that filesystem is broken but kernel is intact. You will have probably to reflash this filesystem to unbrick your gp2x. More about it can be found here.

 

[DaveC]

It does take a long time, are you sure you are waiting long enough?

Also it does lock up on the loading screen sometimes. You have to shut off and retry. It is a firmware bug.

 

[Hochler]

I've decided I'm going to buy an AC Adapter tomorrow and reflash my filesystem.

*crosses fingers*

 

[murak]

Good Luck Hochler!

 

[Hochler]

Ok, It's been flashing for about an hour and half now. Should it take this long?

 

[Hochler]

Woot, it flashed. Thanks to everyone.

 

[reallynotnick]

So it works now and how long did it take to flash?

And just for the heck of it what was the specs of your adapter?

 

[Radek]

So it works now and how long did it take to flash?

I was trying to flash many times (the gp2xfile.img file) and the succesfull one was relatively quick (around 15 minutes). The other tries were over 1 hour until I stopped them. I was using Sandisk first (the one what is said to be most compatible) but the to my suprise the Kingston SD worked here?!

I don't know why it was so. h34r:

 

[Hochler]

So it works now and how long did it take to flash?

And just for the heck of it what was the specs of your adapter?

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The first try took over an hour so I turned it off. The second try was about 10 seconds.

3v, 700mA