PS3 Error: 8001050F/Do not turn on PS3 today!

[Arron]

I got this error whilst trying to sign in to go on MW2 online.

I've seen on forums that you have to request a replacement.

I bought my PS3 off my mate, second hand. Will I still get a replaced PS3?

Or does anyone know a way to solve? if there is a way.

Thanks, all helpful answers receive +rep ||

[Misawa]

There is a MAJOR PS3 error today. Turning the console on will corrupt save data!

MAJOR worldwide error. People suspect it's to do with the leap year as it's March 1st. Turning your console on - just doing that - will corrupt your save data.

twitter.com/sonyplaystation

Sony are asking people to follow that for updates.

Slims are unaffected.

Edited by Catzsy(Forum Moderator): Threads merged as on same topic.

[Southe,]

i did it last night at like 11:30 and it wouldnt work =/
but yes Sony have been useless this entire time 6-9 hours ago was the last post by them on there twitter which they have been telling people to follow for updates.

I wanted to plat Heavy rain last night aswell >.<

[Misawa]

Check your save data IMMEDIATELY! LittleBigPlanet corrupted for me. I know Heavy Rain has done the same for people.

[GommeInc]

Corrr, this has caused more hassle than what changing to 2000 ('00) did 10 years ago :P

[N!ck]

Yep, if you have a phat PS3 DO NOT TURN IT ON. Until the problem has been fixed.

[Geraint]

too late. turned it on, and tried signing in about 20 times.

[Arron]

same. i tried signing in and got that error (as you can see in the Sony thread)

does that mean...?


There is a MAJOR PS3 error today. Turning the console on will corrupt save data!

How?
Why?

[CHA!NGANG]

Turned it on. Didn't work. Now annoyed. I don't care too much if my save data goes though. Would only annoy me because of COD.

[Geraint]

Turned it on. Didn't work. Now annoyed. I don't care too much if my save data goes though. Would only annoy me because of COD.

isn't that online data though so might not be affected.

[kk.]

It is It save data is it? Just trophy and psn :S

[Eight.]

Calm down all. It's something to do with the PS3's internal clock. not the OS one.

What happened

After further searching I came across a pretty good theory on what happend besides (HACKERS) and here it is,

The going theory is that the PS3 is storing some form of date in GMT, then modifying that to get whatever you see in the on-screen clock. That modification process seems to be fine--the system can take 2/28/2010, 9PM GMT, add four hours, and get 3/1/2010, 1AM random time zone.

What's apparently effed, as speculation goes, is when the internal GMT-tracking rolls over to 3/1. It's either not rolling, or rolling to 2/29, at which point a system tries to add/subtract from 2/29, which it can't do because the front-end calendar doesn't have a 2/29/2010, and $#!T explodes. Seemed to happen around 4PM PDT, which I think is 12AM GMT, so.

And the PS3 launched in 2006; it's hit 4 2/28s so far. 2007 and 2009 were odd-numbered years; 2008 was an even, and a leap year. 2010 is the first even non-leap-year the system's been around for. If some sort of base-level math is choking on itself, it may have ruled out the odd 2007 and 2009 successfully, but is convinced the even 2010 is a leap year (this part I'm less sure of, but is why leap year could theoretically come into play at some point.)



People worried about Data

"Everyone READ THIS PLEASE. Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?
-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged. What does this bug mean?
-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?
-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?
-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 6pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.
-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?
Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?
It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine."

[CHA!NGANG]

Oh that's true. Well as long as it works soon I'm not too fussed.

[FlyingJesus]

From what I heard off a friend who has a ps3 it erases all of your trophies etc and then won't allow the games to run because the trophies (which obviously aren't there) can't be synched for play. Not too useful really

[Geraint]

if i save all data to memory card will i keep it?

[Eight.]

Basically something to do with the PS3 internal clock thinking it's a leap year and it's goes all weird and all goes all the way back to 1999/2000. Just wait till 2/3/10 and see what happens. Sony are working on it. Check their twitter.

[Arron]

right.
i don't care if i lost my trophies, i just wanna go online with mw2 :L

Thanks everyone, like I said - +Rep to all helpful answers.

[Geraint]

as long as i keep my fifa and mw2 online stuff i couldnt give a **** what else i lose.

[Dusty-09]

im on right now and its fine :S but if you guys didnt set your clock with the internet that may be why but yeah im on mw2 now

[Arron]

it's funny cos' last night when i found that i couldn't get signed in, I was messing with my theme settings then realised my clock has never been correct, so I updated it. It's still the incorrect time. I don't know how it's funny but.. (:

[Lew]

LOOL Owned

GG
xbox 360 will always will own ps3

[kk.]

This is not a '360 is better' thread. These are getting as common and as annoying as the speed test threads. It's nothing to do with how good the ps3 is. I'd rather have a console which has 1 error which is fixable in a couple of days, rather than having a RROD

[Stephen!]

"Well the gist is that the ARM SYSCON CPU that is used to power up the front panel of the ps3, that is responsible for doing things like sleep mode, eject, RTC etc. Is an old batch that sony picked up from the shelf like other manufacturers that has that calendar year bug regarding feburary 29th on certain periods. Causing the ps3 and the real time system clock to desync, messing up timing like Digital Rights Management software and sometimes games that relies on clocks for whatever reason.

This is the same CPU that is powering up mobile devices like zune and blackberries, they have been affected with this bug, so they done some software patches. A syscon update can also fix this problem

The Slims ps3s aren't affected with this problem because they use a newer up to date revision on the syscon cpu that fixes this bug, this cpu is always on even when your ps3 is powered off.

A quick way to fix this is to remove the RTC battery for at least 5-10 min and plug it back in, you will see the date and time reset, and voila...

BTW all this was quoted from some ps3 hardware gurus and tested by various of peeps on efnet, all thanks to them for the information"

Supposedly the cause

[Fez]

xbox 360 will always will own ps3

Your console had the same problem... for two weeks.

Fanboy.

My friend suggested that the internal clock is differently default on the Slim PS3s, so this problem COULD have been avoided.

[syko2006]

I own a slim it it's doing this. :S

[Judge Judy]

hmm I'm technically screwed.
Turns on PS3 for PlayTV before reading all the tweets from Sony.
Better not turn off the PS3 now.
Hell I don't know what to do... nor does anyone it seems.

[dbgtz]

Yay for slim.

[Stephen!]

Won't we all have to turn on our PS3's at some point to download an update to fix this?

[kk.]

Won't we all have to turn on our PS3's at some point to download an update to fix this?
You can download the update on computers and then turn the router off, and put the ps3 into recovery and install the patch

[Geraint]

Don't see what turning them on will do to affect it. They're just saying it as a precaution as it seems to be a bug and you don't really know what to expect with them.

[Stefy09]

Is it just me or does anyone else hear and read don't turn it on as turn it on?

[AlexOC]

:o Its like y2k!

When will it be fixed by?

[Rigr]

I turned mine on today before reading this. Mine is a 'fat' one and was fine :S I could sign in and play games

[GommeInc]

How old is it? It's likely alot will not be affected. Different chipsets and whatever are usually used in the same product, but work near enough exactly the same. Sky Boxes follow the same idea :)

[Frodo13.]

I have the very first model that was released and it's down :l Turned it on earlier and was greated by this.

[Sharpsterz]

A Sony plan to get more money from us for easy repairs i wonder. Wouldn't surprise me though :@

[Dusty-09]

why is it that mine is working good and proper and I have the "FAT" version

[marine]

Wow, consoles seem to be failing so bad now a days, Mine & my friends xbox got hacked about a week ago, now this. :(

[-Heart]

As a 360 owner, I find this hilarious. But have had **** ups with the 360 before so, I feel your pain.

[Sunny.]

Its only 24 hours, if not 48 hour wait.

So yeh I dont mind.. though if they charged to fix then that would outrage PS3 users

[Geraint]

might work at 12 tonight anyway as the problem is the time.

[ecstasy]

So the not turning your ps3 on is just a precaution? Cause i'll be pissed if I lose my data

[Geraint]

So the not turning your ps3 on is just a precaution? Cause i'll be pissed if I lose my data

they advise you not to so not much can be done to them as they've told you.

[Fez]

Waiting might not solve the problem, because the internal clock has reset itself, it's quite difficult for systems to suddenly realize "Oh yeah it's 2010." without manual input.

I'm guessing a patch is in order.

But that leaves a whole lot of gamers without an internet connection.

[ecstasy]

they advise you not to so not much can be done to them as they've told you.
a lot of people still will have turned it on though. i mean, who checks every time whether its ok to turn on your ps3?

[Geraint]

i know. i turned it on and was like wth's going on here as I couldn't sign in so thought i'd play offline instead then realised that didn't work. my ps3 has had problems before so thought something had gone wrong so checked online then saw that everyone has it and people were saying not to turn it on. i was like oh well then.

[ecstasy]

i know. i turned it on and was like wth's going on here as I couldn't sign in so thought i'd play offline instead then realised that didn't work. my ps3 has had problems before so thought something had gone wrong so checked online then saw that everyone has it and people were saying not to turn it on. i was like oh well then.
yeah i was the same except I could play offline. I just googled the error code when I came off and was like oh bit late now

[brandon]

I turned my PS3 on/off about 5 times because I was getting a connection error and being an old PS3 sometimes that happens and I just have to reset the PS3 and it works. :(

[Meanies]

good job i thought id come on here before i went off to play heavy rain.
watch road wars it is(H)

[Geraint]

I turned my PS3 on/off about 5 times because I was getting a connection error and being an old PS3 sometimes that happens and I just have to reset the PS3 and it works. :(

I turned it on and off myself. My friend kept signing in and out last night (before this) for some reason then it worked so just thought i'd do that. I turned my PS3 off by the touch thing last night instead of the ps3 menu thing and when I do that it screws up the system saying I turned it off wrong so I thought my ps3 was screwed.

[Jibbish]

hahahahaha at the phatty phatties.
good to be a slim ;)

[CHA!NGANG]

Works fine now for most people :)

[xxMATTGxx]

A Sony plan to get more money from us for easy repairs i wonder. Wouldn't surprise me though :@

I'm sure that would be illegal, they can't just break PS3s and make you pay for it.

[Sharpsterz]

Sony want you to buy slim :P

(If this were true then :O, but its probably just a huge sony screw up :rolleyes:)

[Blinger1]

its fixed now anyway.

It really didn't phase me, i was pretty knackered on Monday when it all happened ;)

[dbgtz]

I'm sure that would be illegal, they can't just break PS3s and make you pay for it.

Technically they didn't deliberately break them so.

[xxMATTGxx]

Technically they didn't deliberately break them so.


But if they would make millions of people pay (considering it affected many users), it would kick off and it wouldn't look good for Sony one bit.

[Black_Apalachi]

If I was an XBOX fanboy I would be saying pwnedddddddddddd lol. I hardly play on mine though so wasn't affected (used it since and it's fine). My mate was telling me at the time though and it sounded crazy! Can't understand why slims weren't affected considering it was a glitch on the network - which I would have assumed was the same network which is used by all PS3s.

Anyway, see you in four years! :D