Yesterday, as Jim Sterling aptly put it, was the day the Zune stood still. Every 30 GB Zune owner with a clock reading the correct time and a recent firmware update experienced a weird glitch that kept their Zune frozen on the loading screen. It's fixed. Everyone can once again “Join the Social” and enjoy their tunes.
A leap-year issue caused the crash, but as many have already found out, the internal clock switching to 2009 magically fixed the problem. If your Zune is still on the fritz, the Zune support Web site has your back. It is advising owners with extended problems to completely drain their battery and allow the device to die. After recharging, it should work just as it did December 30.
Microsoft took a few lumps from those privy to the Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” problems, but it looks like this problem worked itself out quite well. There weren’t any billion dollar recalls at least.
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3:24 PM on 01.01.2009
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Oh, boo hoo.
And yeah, covah- there probably will be a class action lawsuit, because people are greedy, lazy, and want a quick buck from someone with deep pockets. OMG your Zune didn't work for ONE whole day!
Yes, and they're fantastic.
I am pissed cause I ended up opening up my zune to yank the battery out cause I was unwilling to wait for the battery to die.
Then again, I did that prior to finding out that his happened to EVERY 30 gig zune.
It was New Years Eve. Unless you're one of those clam shell people who sit in the corner with their headphones on while people party, was it really a problem? Stop being drama queens. I'm sure you can live a day without Linkin Park.
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/zune-news/38143-cause-zune-30-leapyear-problem-isolated.html
On the 366th day of a leap year, it'll keep looping in that code until the next day.
I can sum up my thoughts by saying, you're a dick.
@ main topic
Seriously, Microsoft should give users some kind of small compensation for this. A bug like this is inexcusable considering we're 9 years past Y2k and all Microsoft had to do to test this issue was to set a 30GB Zune's clock ahead to Dec. 31st to see if anything happens. Its sad when forum trolls figure out the cause of a problem before Microsoft does (though thats becoming more and more the case).
And you're just another consumer looking for a handout for what was a minor inconvenience to anyone with any sense of perspective.
Given MS's track record with Windows problems, the 360 RROD and now this bullshit why shouldn't we get some kind of compensation? Just like they give out a free month of XBL with replaced 360s, we should get some free MS points or something. Something like that would hardly cost MS any money and customers would be much less bitter over the slew of issues with their products.
Compensated for missing a day of music, thats just sad, really. please this was just a fun lil bug, not some RRoD-type catastrophe. man the fuck up and move on.
I looked at the source code, and there was faulty logic that sends it into an infinite loop on Dec. 31 of every leap year. This is going to be fixed with the next firmware update, I"m sure.
Is this similar to the RRoD? Not even close.
Is this worthy of a class-action lawsuit? Not unless you're nothing but a greedy slug.
Is this another black eye to Microsoft? Could be. Add it to the list.
Is it worth expecting compensation because of the inconvenience of not being able to listen to one's music for a 24 hour period? No. It's sound waves, not food and water, and it lasted for a day. (Oh, noes!!!!!)
Is the product "defective" because of this? No. Certainly not to the level of an RRoD. The product had a hiccup but it's working fine now. That does not qualify as "defective" in my book.
Is it worth flaming Microsoft or spouting self-righteous iPod comments? Hell, no!
Now, can we all get back to gaming, please?
Actually my iPod died, which is why I have a Zune, just not one of the 30gb models. AND after I got a Vista computer I had nothing but problems with iTunes. My 360 has had to be sent back once (I have only owned one for a couple of years), and the new one has a laser that will freeze games if I play too long or (confusingly) if I leave a game in when I shut down the system and then try to play it later when I turn it on.
Defective merchandise? You and a lot of other people here are continuing to exaggerate. It was ONE DAY. Think about this. People think they are entitled to a handout because their mp3 player didn't work for ONE DAY.
It's just pathetic, sorry. I think corporations should be held responsible for faulty merchandise, but there has to be a cut-off point, and I'm sure that point occurs far on the other side of "problem that lasted one fucking day".
But hey, you guys just want free money and/or stuff, so whatever.
Know what I did? I had to listen to... wait for it.. compact discs! OMG a whole two days. I DEMAND COMPENSATION BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN HARMED AND TRAUMATIZED. I might not even be able to work again, in my life.
Seriously, you people calling for compensation are THE reason health care is so expensive. Yeah, you. With your frivolous lawsuits over anything that your spoiled baby asses can't handle. GrowTFUp.
Jeezus.