ps3 woe be gone...

[purpleyin]

That frakking annoying PS3 problem I had - solved! I could glomp the user of this post, I already sent them a very big thank you PM as this solution is nowhere to be found on the general internetz and the code 8001002A is not even on the Sony FAQs let alone the solution. Bad Sony but go Sony forum users, you can be so awesome!

Comments

[blackydragon.livejournal.com]

thats the trophy syncing issue right? what is this solution? that link is broken

[missyvortexdv.livejournal.com]

Odd, it works for me (though solution is few posts down as I can't direct link to the exact post).

It's for corrupted data issue that was stopping my backup up, though you can get it randomly for some save games/installs too and don't think you can do much for those.

Solution was to hold power button as powering on machine until you hear two beeps close to together and then it should give you extra options - I had to restore the file system which I think just repairs ps3 OS files as it left save games in tact (obv. being very careful not to confuse with restore ps3 system that wipes all!) and that did it and fixed whatever system file had been corrupted.