PS3 System Software Update (v3.56)

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A new PS3 system software update, v3.56, will be released soon. This is a minor update that adds a security patch.

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  • And since I`m ranting, why would you send me updates that I don`t give a crap about, why don`t I have a choice whether I want Net-Flix on my PS3 or not. You should be able to make your own choices about the optional add-ons, I don`t want it and I`ll never use it, but there it is on MY PS3, which I paid for and seem to have no control over whatsoever. Give me the updates, when they actually work, and the choice on whether to install all the other junk that I probably don`t want, doesn`t seem to much to ask, especially for the price I`m paying for this `Does everything Console`.

  • Sony is garbage instead of them thinking about new stuff to do on the ps3 they are only intersted in security patches and [DELETED] sony im getting an xbox

  • Can I install this firmware if I changed my PS3 HDD? I’ve heard it has a bug that affects users trying to upgrade the HDD AFTER the 3.56 firmware, but what about those who already changed their HDDs in the past?

  • I hope sony gets in some firmware soon to permanently brick systems of hackers. Can’t stand losers who are too cheap to pay for games. Get a life.

  • Secure PlayStation Network

  • Ban Modern Warfare 2 hackers

  • Ban all hackers

  • wow sony is that all you can do? just add a security patch? what about the cross game chat thing that the xbox has everyone is talking about. if you have time to do security updates obviously you should already have had more than enough time to get us the cross game party chat that everyone is talking about

  • I’m disappointed with Sony since they don’t any new features to the ps3. They are trying to protect their system,an I can understand that, but their system has been ‘cracked’ now it just seems pointless at this point. Add new features now, and worry about the security later. JUST POINTLESS!

  • All multiplayer games are at risk

  • Ban all hackers before more games are unplayable

  • instead of NTFS support could sony maybe include ext4 support for larger HDD?
    sony could also implement this for native data support.

    especially with the upcoming PSP2 4GB will start to become a nuisance!!!
    SUPPORT EXT4!!!

  • Yes andre you can upgrade your hard drive before you update to 3.56. I upgraded my friends drive to a 250 gb hard drive then installed the update and it works. The problem is trying to upgrade the hard drive *after* the update is installed. I wouldn’t necessarily call these latest updates, updates at all… it’s the exact opposite. Each time you lose some features whether they are minor support reductions or entire function support lost.

    I’d much rather support a company who involves those who can crack their security to reinforce security and innovation. You would be surprised the headway companies make once they stop trying to demonize hackers and say okay let’s have a chat and see what you are all about. Guess what it works 9 times out of 10, you don’t alienate techie fans who happen to be working on your machines at home out of the spotlight… and there are hundreds of thousands around the world. Look at how even Microsoft looks from a public relations stand point now that they included hackers in talks about security.

  • Im sure its been stated but I dont want to look 867 comments, same problem in EU, except supposedly Sony EU acknowledges the issue. Just got off the phone with tech support in USA and they basically say all 800+ post are a bunch of lies and have not gotten any official notice of there being a problem with firmware 3.56. FIX IT SONY!!

  • Did update, removed jailbreak, did not mess-up PS3, still works.

  • From what i hear so far this update is good. The site joystiq.com is saying that people who hacked the game are not able to play it anymore. At least thats what its saying for those who did it to Black Ops.

  • TLDR
    @everyone
    if you aren’t a lawyer you aren’t a credible expert in what sony can/can’t do. or if you aren’t a judge you aren’t a credible expert in what sony can/can’t do.

    i don’t believe you are a lawyer unless you show me your J.D. and tell me where you passed the bar and what kind of law you specialize in.

    you won’t stop hackers/crackers/modders/etc from hacking/cracking/modding etc. cheaters will continue to cheat. complaining on a blog won’t help.

    not all cfw users pirate material. a lot do, but not all.

    not all pirates use hacks online. some do, most don’t.

    hackers/crackers/etc dont have a right to access Sony’s trade secrets.

    @Sony

    here is the secret to keeping customers on your firmware and under your control.
    give users what they want as incentive to stay on your firmware and they will.

    I would like codec support for more audio/video formats and upgraded flash/internet browser. for the idiots that are saying “WEDONTWANTTHISLOLJUSTUSEYOURCOMPUTER” you dont represent the entire population of ps3 owners. get over yourself.

  • Sony is against all of this really what was the last update that they sent out that gave us a useless security update because they didn’t get their way.. Theres alot people right now in this community thats really hating sony right now because of this,and also was hating them for a long time and this just frosted the cake. So my suggestion, to all of you would honestly do CFW, or move to xbox 360 because this isn’t gonna end, Xbox 360 isn’t bad anyways i had that for 4 years now, i played that forever it was great, i know all of you microsoft haters hate the 360, but guess what they listen to their community.. they got Music that you can listen to during gameplay, on any game, got cross chat, and a good community. Yes, i know they don’t have blu ray but you know what if you don’t have a plasma screen you don’t see the difference anyways i know i tried.. and dvds do look just as good or hell buy a blu ray player during black friday they gone down so cheap now its not even funny. Anyways. Microsoft isn’t bad and sony is just gonna continue to do what they are doing so, like i said use CFW when it comes out for 3.56 and continue with us. Or move to sony if you hate how you are being treated.

  • OMG! I usually lurk and read these comments but OMG! I FEEL the need to comment and thats SAD! lol.

    All the Nagging and the Bishing and the Crying. GEEZ!

    Sony, I really REALLY feel for you and your employees. I know you care about your customers and their LEGITIMATE CONCERNS, but to hear constant nagging and belly-aching, I couldn’t handle it.

    GEEZ, Close the Thread. lol. It hurts!

    PS <3 you Sony :) My family has 5 playstations 2 phats (Launch Consoles) and 3 slims and we've haven't had any problems with any firmwares whatsoever. All in working order to this day!

  • When do you release a large firmware like 4.00 or 5.00?? With Qriocity.. or Wathever?

  • Why does everytime a firmware upgrade is installed, I have to scroll throught the “terms.” Who the hell reads that [DELETED]? Why not show the new changes to the terms, rather than pages of legal blab. Or at least show the edits in redline, so I know what Sony changed and how I am being watched!

  • 95% of home brew apps on the psps were horrible. So all the talk about freedom with the ps3 boils down to pirated game.

    I would like to see an updated browser app or at least an app for youtube.

  • It doesn’t matter unit-trb, that 95% of the homebrew apps were terrible, none of that matters, its the fact that we were able to customize what we want and what we don’t want since sony doesn’t let us have that option. Guys like Geohot and all.. gave us that option to do that. and you know what not everyone pirates games, and its a selected few and its been proven even on these past posts that it actually does boost sales. I also did mention in the past posts that me downloading a movie that i wasn’t sure about i watched it, and now that i liked it i bought it. if i didn’t i just deleted it and left it to the recycling bin. Its a choice, its like playing a demo… with movies.. you get a taste, and being able to watch and see what you want and if you like it buy it simple as that.. Yes its freedom what we want to do with our PS3. I would also love to see an updated browser, and alot more stuff, i would also love to see better controllers, since i’ve lost 3 since last july they just went out they weren’t charging or anything they just died..

  • But guess what i had to go through to even attempt getting a replacement, hmm call sony, hey my controller is not working well, so we went through the procedures on trying to restablish a connection and then that didn’t work and then the rep suggested that i would send it in. Oh make sure that you have a receipt with you. Hmm if i had the controller and the plastic that it came in why would i need to keep a receipt who honestly keeps receipts anymore especially on something so small like that i figured that it won’t break, and i felt like i was treated like i just stole the controller and they were trying to establish proof that i bought it.Same with the $150 i lost to sony because i didn’t have a receipt oh i did have the codes but they couldn’t prove i bought them because i never thought i would have to have a reciept for it. My point is, the company has also considering everyone is criminals in their that they can’t help you without proof, Sony is not the justice system they sure love to think they are by bashing everyone and trying to put everyone into court because they don’t like what’s going on because they think the own the entire world.. grow up sony and getting better reps, and have some morals.

  • I just got a 80010514 error last night, a day after doing this glitchy update.

    It happened on a copy of Black Ops that I had just received from Gamestop.com in the mail yesterday.

    Luckily though I’ve read that the error I listed above isn’t hardware based, but due to improperly downloaded/installed firmware or game files and/or bad sectors on your HDD.

  • Black ops has had alot of issues since the day that it has been released… Game kicks you off the PSN network.. many times since i bought the thing unable to keep on a party even if you leave with party. Mic goes out on certain times.. during entire matches or nights. So just to give you on the warning Black ops is still needing alot of fixes it has gotten better but still needs more work.

  • Also, The ban’s are really stupid they don’t investigate and people get banned for absolute no reason.. or you get deranked for some reason because some little 4-5 year old kid got pissed and ripped out his Ethernet cable and then reports you because he got killed way to many times.. Those are the days of black ops.

  • I think what is going to happen now is Sony is going start flying out with these security updates, occasionally we will see something that actually enchances the PS3 experience that doesn’t involve video delivery (Instead of every .0 update giving us something they will cut that to probably every second) I bet dollars to donuts they had tons of ideas for the PSP before it was cracked. Once it was they opted to abandon all the ideas they had and get into the thick of it with security fixes instead of features. If you think otherwise look at what the scene has been able to do with the PSP, any of these things Sony could have done themselves. Say goodbye to the PS3 doing much more than it already does.

    Seriously instead of fighting these hackers tooth and nail like they do give they should people who invested in their product more incentive to stay legit (Share is packed with ideas that have been totally ignored but would be great additions to the system)

  • im so angry i pooped bricks

  • Fix the god dam Firmware i been without a ps3 for 3 dam days now i never hack my ps3 all i did was try to upgrade my hdd 2 a 500gb and now i have a dead ps3 and a new useless 500gb hdd sitting in it. oh and a copy of little big planet and deadspace2 that i have only played about 2 hours of so this is pissing me off

  • I had no problems at all updating my fat80 (which has a 500gb drive in it). Process worked 1st time…and took 15 minutes. I have seen NO problems at all since updating.

  • So much for the patch, they hacked it already. Instead of issuing lawsuits or restraining orders on these people, here’s an idea: why don’t you OFFER THEM JOBS. Because they obviously are just as talented, if not more, than your own programmers.

    I’ve been a Playstation fan since 1994 but if this back and forth continues I may consider joining the 360 club. This could potentially get as annoying as the Wii updates. C’mon Sony, you’re better than this and you know it.

  • This got me too. Bad timing I just upgraded to ps3 slim put in 500gb drive and no luck. Stuck in 8002f225 corrupted data loop stuck with empty 160gb til this is fixed!!!

  • And to all the whiners saying I own this box, you own the hardware, you are just licensed to use the software/firmware. you do NOT own it. Just like your PC… you do NOT own windows, MS Office, Firefox, etc…just a license to use it. Nor do you ‘own’ any games… you own the cd it is on, not the content, again… only the license to use it.

  • @887
    these people are claiming they own the hardware and that they can modify the software that is run on their hardware… which is true, just like in a pc.you dont have to run windows on a computer that you go out and buy, you can run some distro of unix.

  • @888
    But.. try to buy a new PC in the US without Windows. It’s not possible. Some law forces Windows to be bundled. I know this first hand.. I bought a server to run Netware on and was forced to buy a Windows OS with it.

    There is an option…keep it off the net. I have a friend with a PC3 that has never been updated.

  • I’m not going to sit here and complain. However, I will acknowledge the fact that this update came the day before my new 500gb seagate harddrive arrived on my front doorstep, and I wasn’t able and am still not able to upgrade my 80gb harddrive to my new 500gb. To those curious about your existing upgraded harddrives, it doesn’t affect your harddrive. Sony, please fix this issue, soon.

  • I’d love to update Sony, only… if I do… you’ll ban my console from the PSN.

    I want all you ignorant people in these comments to read this.
    This goes to all the people that said “GET RID OF THE HACKERS!!!!” and all that bull crap.

    CFW doesn’t mean that there will be pirates.
    Even if they WERE pirates, they’re not hackers.
    The number of hackers that will come from this is very VERY low, so please, get educated.

    For those of you who say “get a life” to pirates, you’re ridiculous. What does that even mean? Get a life…? Because some people don’t pay for things? How about instead of “get a life” you say “pay for your games”, that would actually make logical sense…

    Also, for those of you that look down on the pirates in here and say these things. How much do you want to bet, you download music from YouTube, Limewire, Torrents, etc for free. I can almost guarantee you that a large majority of you do.

    Guess what that makes you? It makes you a pirate! The very same people you are supposedly hating on now telling them to “get a life”, it’s funny how hypocritical a lot of you people are…

    (continued…)

  • (…continued)

    Let me tell you why I have CFW on my console.

    I’m a developer, I love programming, it’s my life. I’ve always wanted to develop applications/games for the PS3, but up until recently I haven’t been able to.

    Sony doesn’t offer a free SDK like Microsoft does with XNA, it would be such a great move on Sony’s part to do so, but for whatever reason they don’t. So for me, CFW is a way where I can develop homebrew applications for my PS3.

    I don’t want to “hack” games, I don’t want to pirate games, I just want to develop homebrew.
    What is the problem with that? The thing is, I’m sure a lot of you wouldn’t find anything wrong with that.

    I’m a PlayStation Plus member, I purchase games and other media on the PlayStation Store, but now I’m in risk of losing all of that because of this, and I think it’s ridiculous.

    Unfortunately, I’ll be buying a second PS3 very soon in order to keep developing homebrew on one console, and playing games on the other one… but I guess this works in your favor, eh Sony? More consoles pushed, more sales, and more profit. It’s not like you make money off the games that sell anyways.

  • Agreed Leon. Another thing people don’t realize is that homebrew devs etc. spend more money on the ps3 than regular users. Users of CFW that aren’t devs spend more money as most will buy two consoles (one to play new games, and play online and another to use CFW + Homebrew).

    This was my point when I said the money Sony will start to lose will have nothing to do with Piracy and more to do with hardcore fans like me will stop spending that money on Sony. I’ve already pointed out I have already lost interest in their next console because of their actions. I could look passed Sony’s past with all the crimes they have committed such as theft. But now they are accusing innocent developers of Piracy… get out of here with that crap. Do any of you even know where some of these things Sony has put into their system came from? Do you even know sony stole the idea/tech for their controller vibration?

    This is just one thing in a very long line of thefts they have committed, only to turn around and accuse developers who encourage homebrew of piracy and other crimes. The 2k + I have spent on ps3 and other sony products is the last I’m spending on Sony.

  • Not sure if servers down, or this patch 3.56. But cant play
    Bad Company 2 online???

  • This last update froze on install bricked my PS3. Then Sony told me that the $129 to repair my unit was more important to them than the 40 years of loyalty that I’ve given them as a customer. Please don’t by Sony products. I never will again.

  • i feel bad for all the people that are taking advantage of this situation w/ the ps3 that feel the need to use custom firmware because they feel that sony shafted them in some way but they really didnt..

    and the thing thats really retarded is that you turn around and support hacker’s to get what you want reguardless of who they are and what they do..

    thats really genius..

    i hope that everyone realize’s that games will end up like music and movies.. garbage because they make less and less money.. and then you’ll have to go outside!.. i kno thats a shocking thought for most people that hack.. hacker’s are phobic to doorknob’s and afraid of sunlight..

  • its funny how poeple complain about how sony is lacking feature updates and you d-bag’s support hacker’s to get what you want now..

    if they didnt have to spend time trying to keep d-bag hacker’s out of PSN we’d have decent update’s by now.. probably..

    i can see it now .. games are gonna go downhill just like movies and music because of the weak consumer..

  • PS3 will end up like PSP.. version X.XX and no real decent games for it anymore due to CFW users and supporters..

  • I’m switching to an Xbox 360 I can’t stand this anymore Sony is the least innovative and this is coming from somebody who has been a PS fan since day 1. At least do a facelift on the XMB! Surprise me with something new…

  • yeah the one down fall these days now though xbox 360 went up 10% for xbox live.. so its the price of a new video game for a year subscription… kinda disappointing..

  • CLAP CLAP, thanks for the update, now im stuck with a non working PS3 because i wanted to put in my 250gb HDD

    PS3 – just does everything??? wrong

    PS3 – just does data is corrupted.(8002F225)

  • Please Sony how about an official statement on our hard drive issues

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