I've been trying to refresh my G2 today before I went to work and the thing keeps getting stuck on signing in. It'll just sit there forever, and after about fifteen minutes I cancel out. I'm using WiFi to refresh.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
I've been trying to refresh my G2 today before I went to work and the thing keeps getting stuck on signing in. It'll just sit there forever, and after about fifteen minutes I cancel out. I'm using WiFi to refresh.
Any ideas?
Do you have a G1 or G2 Scott? With the Dec. 23rd 08 firmware, my G1 is getting two weeks tops before it starts acting up and needs the full reload. Like a moron I bought a used G2 off of ebay (because even though slacker pisses me off I still love 'em) hoping that the glitches and bugs would be better. I'm hoping the G2 doesn't end up like the G1 needing frequent reboots + recoveries, etc.I had to reflash my radio twice over the weekend as mine was stuck at the Signing in screen as well.
Do you have a G1 or G2 Scott? With the Dec. 23rd 08 firmware, my G1 is getting two weeks tops before it starts acting up and needs the full reload. Like a moron I bought a used G2 off of ebay (because even though slacker pisses me off I still love 'em) hoping that the glitches and bugs would be better. I'm hoping the G2 doesn't end up like the G1 needing frequent reboots + recoveries, etc.
Try turning it off with play/pause button. Wait a few seconds then turn it back on. If that does not work. Let it do a complete reboot. To do that let it sit off for two hours , or do the home/ban button trick. You could do the paper clip trick, but it should be used as a very last resort. Support does not recommend doing that often. Does it work properly after you reboot it ? It should work.......
I just got home from work and refreshed and it worked fine. They really need to put a time out in place though, because it would have just sat on that screen forever this morning.
In reference to the sign in issue. I understand you had to do the reset as to make it work properly. However this is not the case for everyone. I think in many cases folks are impatient with the issue. So they reset, and yes it will fix it. Though users have reported doing a complete reboot does fix the issue. Also doing a reboot is what support will suggest doing first. Cause a proper reboot should fix it. If it was not a full reboot it will not fix it. For you reboot did not work, but for others it does. It is clearly posted on the official forum. That is all I am saying. At one point I experienced it. I turned player off. Did some other things. Turned it back on later in the day to try the refresh again, and it signed in just fine. So the reboot does work. Don't know why it did not for you.Having had both the G1 and G2, I can tell you hands down that the G1 is much, much more buggy than the G2. I've had to do the reset to mine once and I purchased it 3rd week in October. It ran perfectly up till that point. It has run perfectly since the factory reset. So, assuming because the G1 is terribly buggy that the G2 is as well is a false assumption in my opinion. I loved the big screen on the G1, hated the volume going up and down though and once I got it working, I sold it on Ebay immediately!
There is something going on that is causing this sign in issue on the G2 and I am sure they will track it down and fix it. But the device itself is rock solid in my opinion.
I am curious if maybe the most recent firmware didn't address this, but they have just not mentioned it. Not likely though!
That doesn't work! Everyone that I know who has had this issue has had to to the factory reset in order to get this thing working so that it would sign in to the service again. This may work for other issues, but once this thing won't sign in to the server that is the ONLY fix.
In reference to the sign in issue. I understand you had to do the reset as to make it work properly. However this is not the case for everyone. I think in many cases folks are impatient with the issue. So they reset, and yes it will fix it. Though users have reported doing a complete reboot does fix the issue. Also doing a reboot is what support will suggest doing first. Cause a proper reboot should fix it. If it was not a full reboot it will not fix it. For you reboot did not work, but for others it does. It is clearly posted on the official forum. That is all I am saying. At one point I experienced it. I turned player off. Did some other things. Turned it back on later in the day to try the refresh again, and it signed in just fine. So the reboot does work. Don't know why it did not for you.
Not trying to muddy the waters with all the suggestions on fixing the issue. But, all I did was take the battery out and replace it after a few seconds. After that the G1 was able to sign on slacker and update the channels.
Not trying to muddy the waters with all the suggestions on fixing the issue. But, all I did was take the battery out and replace it after a few seconds. After that the G1 was able to sign on slacker and update the channels.
If it keeps doing it, it maybe time to do the factory reset or the reflash. I've not had mine do the signing in thing again since I did the factory reset on the G2.