Don't Update to Sony OFW v4.45 on your PS3

[dlevere]

Many reports of problems and bricks on many websites

Sony just recently released v4.45 OFW, and tons of reports are rolling in regarding bricks and other problems on various websites including Sony's official forums, so PLEASE DON'T UPDATE your PS3!

By GaryOPA

Looks like Sony has an massive failure on their hands.

Tons of reports like this coming in:

When I start up the PS3 Slim today, it reported that it required to update to 4.45 (the version that allows you to disable trophy notification during game play). After the download and installation, the system reboot.

But after it display the PS3 logo, it went to the second screen (the flowing ribbon). It suppose to display XB next. but it never goes there. Just the flowing ribbon.

I can not even shutdown the system by press the power button. (It bleeps, but the system didn't shut down.) So I tried unplug the power cord, and plugin again. Still same problem.

Is there anyone from SONY here? Could someone help me to revert to the system before 4.45?

So be warned, for now please don't update to v4.45 OFW, until Sony releases a statement or a new official PUP for these problems!

NEWS SOURCE: Problem After Update to 4.45 (via) US PlayStation Community

[Sly Hedgehog]

ok. thanks for let me know so i will not updated my PS3 yet.

[dlevere]

PlayStation 3 firmware 4.45 fix coming next week

By Jeffrey Grubb

Earlier this week, Sony rolled out an update for the PlayStation 3 that caused a malfunction on a small number of the consoles. The company took down that update, which was version 4.45 of the system’s firmware, and began investigating the problem.

Now Sony is planning a new update for version 4.45 that fixes the problem.

“We have identified the issue related to the PlayStation 3 software update version 4.45 that impacted a small number of PS3 systems earlier this week,” Sony community manager Morgan Haro wrote on the PlayStation forums. “A new PS3 system software update is planned to be released on June 27 that resolves the issue. Thank you for your patience and understanding, and we apologize for the inconvenience.”

The new firmware adds some new Trophy functionality and system-stability features to Sony’s current-gen hardware. Quickly after Sony first introduced the update, gamers with certain PS3s began reporting that the device wouldn’t load its cross-media-bar interface.

On June 27, Sony will release a guide on how those affected users can implement the solution to their temporarily bricked systems.

[lee4]

Affected users have to wait a ******* week for a fix.

[lee4]

PS3 Safe mode and 4.46 FW
https://support.us.playstation.com/a...tail/a_id/4984