This video documents the process on how I came to fix the
error and what didn't fix it.
FYI, the black spacer is actually "carefully" wadded up electrical tape.
To confirm I think it was towards the end of Q1 of 2008 when I bought the
PS3.
Around the same time, I purchased the same 42"
LCD seen in the video, that I have documented for, ironically enough, purchased on 4/20 of 2008.
Sure feels like
I've had it longer though.
Since 3.55 Kmeaw my PS3 has been getting errors when updating to a new firmware. When I installed 3.55 Kmeaw I went to the
Systems Information section of the
XMB and my PS3 said 3.55 without Kmeaw so I reinstalled Kmeaw and again it didn't say it was 3.55 Kmeaw. I tried reinstalling from another source (all the sources I used were trust worthy) and got an error at around 9% in the installation process. The error was 8002F14E. I tried numerous things to fix it, but in the end I was able to get it to install by leaving the PS3 turned off (power cord unplugged) for 12 hours.
A lot of new firmwares came out, but every time i tried to update to them I would end up with an update loop error 8002F14E, always at a percent less than 20%. I've had to format my PS3's
HDD and reinstall 3.55 Kmeaw. It would also give me the update loop error but with 3.55 Kmeaw I would be able to get out of the update loop by leaving my PS3 unplugged over night and turning it back on. It would install from 0% to
100% without any errors. I was stuck on 3.55 Kmeaw for a long time.
Then I saw the new Rebug 4
.30 firmware and wanted to update to it. For whatever reason the process went smoothly and it updated without error. Then rebug 4.46 came out and I tried to update to that but again I had the 8002F14E update loop error. Only this time I couldn't get out of the update loop by keeping my PS3 unplugged overnight. I Googled the error and read every single site I could find, but no one had the solution on how to get out of the update loop. I finally discovered a solution on my own and have been using it ever since:
Okay I managed to fix it and get out of the update loop back into the XMB. The firmware is still 4.30 Rebug.
Here's how I did it:
1. On a second 2.5" HDD, format it in
Windows, or you can just initialize it. I initialized it because there's no
point in formatting it in Windows when the PS3 itself will format it
2.
Place the second HDD into the PS3 and turn it on. A screen will popup that will ask you to connect your
PS3 controller via
USB and press the
Home button. Place your current
PS3 firmware onto a
USB flash drive and press
Start and
Select.
3.
The PS3 will ask you if you want to format the HDD. Let the PS3 format it
4. The PS3 will reboot and show you the install screen. Cancel it
5. It will reboot again and show the screen that asks you to connect your controller via USB.
Don't just yet
6. Take out the second HDD from the PS3 and insert the original HDD you used to update the PS3: the one that was stuck in the update loop
7.
Connect the controller via USB
8. The same screen should popup from before: Home button to restart the PS3 or Start and Select to update it
9.
Press Start and Select. It should not ask you to format the HDD and will say Preparing to update
10. It should get stuck at 0% for about 5 minutes or so and then resume updating until 99% where it will also be stuck. I don't know what happened after this because I went to the bathroom, but after I came back the screen had 'A serious error occurred' written on it
11. I pressed and held the power button on the PS3 until it beeped and then I turned it back on
12. After this it showed the XMB and asked me to change the display.
Done
Now, how do I update to a newer firmware without having to deal with this ****amamie? I feel like every time I update my PS3 I'm playing russian roulette
Edit: I format to mention I removed my
Internet cable from the PS3. Not sure if that helped or not though.
Edit 2:
Question about backing up my data:
Do I just need to back up SAVED
DATA and
Trophy in /dev_hdd0/home/00000001 or is there another directory?
PS3
Error 8002F14E (
Update Loop) when installing Rebug 4.46.1
I tried updating to the new Cobra-Rogero firmware and again I got an update loop error at 14%. Got out of the update loop using the above method and tried installing it again but through the recovery menu. I got the error at 10% this time. I really want to use the new Cobra-Rogero firmware. I need it mainly for the
NTFS support as I have an external HDD that I want to use for backup. My current firmware only supports
FAT32 and many of my games have files greater than 4 GB.
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- published: 03 May 2016
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