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Did you look up the error on the internet somewhere?

maybe do what it says!

Hahaha very true lol!

well if it says its serious and to call, i would call!

I would too! But luckily ive never had an error that has said that before!

sounds like you have a verrrrry expensive PAPER WEIGHT!
this talks about taking out the mother board and i dont think you wanna do that, and its possibly something with a corrupted nand

Re: Stuck in system update loop- error 8002F1F0
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on 30-12-2009 06:28 PM

I had the same issue with this. Sony tech support wanted me to send it to fix it. My system is close to a launch version so no warranty. The issue was their FIRMWARE update that Modern Warfare wanted. Anyway, since my system is out of warranty, and being in the IT field for over 10 years, I am not afraid to take something apart.



DO NOT DO THIS IF YOUR SYSTEM IS UNDER WARRANTY OR YOU EVER PLAN TO SEND TO SONY because you will have to remove the Warranty Sticker:



With that said, I had to take the PS3 apart (Instructions can be found on google). I removed the battery that is on the left side of the board, opposite side of the BLURAY Drive, shorted the 2 battery PINS on the board. Left the battery off, hooked everything back up and turned it on. It did a fast update, then went into the Initial system set up. It got it out of the loop, 50 times I got the loop. Now my PS3 starts up without any type of issue. I put the battery back in and no other issues.



I am sure that SONY will remove this post, I can only hope that someone who dont have a lot of money sees it first before its gone.



Below: Word Doc I had typed up to post

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First let me tell you what had happened. Error 8002f1f9, 8002f1f0 and 8002f042

My son got Modern Warfare 2 for x-mas and when I attempted to load it, it required a Firmware update that was on the CD. From what I understand, it copies the update to something on board.



Well, after it got to about 55%, it gave an error code 8002f1f9. I removed the HDD during the update the second time and it got to 99% and stopped. After a long while, it gave error 8002F042. Of course Sonys online error tool didn’t have these.



I called Sony and after trying to get me into the Hidden Recovery Console, not letting it come up, Sony told me that I would have to send it in. It would cost x amount of money I dont have. The PS3 is close to a launch version and I have had no issues with it until this update. Then of course Sony tech tried to say that it was something that I did, maybe a power issue. The PS3 is on a UPS so that’s not it. I have been in the IT field for over 10 years and this guy started explaining that he knows that a Firmware update did not cause this.



All the PS3 was doing was booting into the system update and giving an error every time. Not letting me do anything but watch it error and start in the update mode over and over. Our thoughts were to clear the FLASH and loop with JTAG and load an older FIRMWARE version. But I was finally able to get into the Hidden Recovery Menu, formatted the HDD, told it to do a System Restore and it also gave an error, this time with a Serious error (no other details provided).



The FIX:

Thinking of anything to un-brick the PS3, I was about to give up. I took it apart thinking to get it ready for the JTAG fix BUT… Here is what I did instead first. I removed the battery. A little, on mine at least, blue standard battery. After that, we shorted the 2 pins on the board that the battery was connected to. DON’T SHORT THE BATTERY ITSELF. Anyway, we got the idea from working on PCs. To clear the BIOS or BOOT password and settings on some systems, removal of the CMOS battery and short the 2 battery PINS. Anyway, I left the battery unplugged and hooked everything back up to at least turn it on. It then started the system setup after a short update. It did update the version to 3.14 so I think that it was just finalizing the install. But there was nothing hanging the update at this point and started the initial system setup. Issue resolved.



I put the COD game back in and though it now requested a SOFTWARE update instead of a FIRMWARE update, it took it without any type of issues. My formally bricked system is now working and playing fine. If your PS3 is bricked by Sonys failed attempt of any update, try this first before you toss it or sell it. Then again, if you don’t want to pay the cost Sony wants to look at it and it is bricked, it will not hurt you to do so. There are many places online to find instructions on how to take your PS3 apart, all I am doing is telling you what got my PS3 out of the Update loop that it was in. I was told that I should offer this fix for sell, but I will not. I will accept any and all donations through PAYPAL (ID jared9901) though if this helps you save your system.



NOTE: This should only be used if your system is OUT OF WARRENTY and you have no intention of sending it back and giving your money to SONY. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any thing that happens if you try this fix. Please note that as long as you follow the directions on taking your PS3 apart correctly and the shorting of the battery, NOTHING will happen to your system other then a possible CHEAP fix. Just don’t be in a hurry taking it apart or skip steps. I have provided you with the fix, the idea of searching for instructions on how to take it apart and etc. All I am telling you is how I fixed the issue that SONY caused and refuses to admit too.

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Were you doing some kind of hack when this popped up? If so, Sony might not want to help you, (because they will ask "What were you doing that caused this error).

I had a similar problem. What I did was. Hold the power until it beeped and turned off. Then I inserted a dongle with psgrade and stuck a usb stick in the far most right port with the downgrade files.

.self1 and pspupdate

I held the power button down and pressed eject, the green light stayed on and installed the firmware that was on the USB stick and ps3 worked fine afterwards.

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do recovery rebuld you good