[The Ho]

I probably know I made things worse, but there have been no solutions to the hourglass of death. I've tried letting the battery go dead, powering on and off, etc. Nothing worked. What would you advise for the hourglass?

Here is what happened to make my player go dead:

I played the player till it ran out of batteries. It was running fine until then. I hooked it up to the computer's USB for recharging. When I got back to it, it just showed the hourglass. I searched the internet for solutions, but none were available aside from a firmware load.