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650user · 12-02-2010, 11:23 AM

I have 650 and I assume it's almost same as 950 OS.
I had had 600, and I often used to modify the firmware.
Whenever 600 was bricked, I could recovered it by connecting usb before restarting 600.

Now, I have 650, and my 650 was bricked after some failure of updating firmware. I did same way as 600 to recover it.
It does not work. 650 infinitely restart again and again.
Since it restart infinitely, you cannot use USB, and this means you cannot connect your 650 to computer to recover it.

I tried 'soft reset', 'hard reset', some other ways which used to be used in 505, 600. Nothing works.

After all, I send my 650 to Sony Repair Center.
They sent me a new 650 and some description paper.
On the description paper, they guy wrote they cannot repair it because Sony did not give them how they can repair in this problem yet.
So, this means 'Even' Sony does not have a way to repair it yet.

So, be careful.
I searched who experienced same thing as mine, and nobody could repair it yet.

12-02-2010, 11:23 AM	#4
650user Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: prs-650	I do not think so. I have 650 and I assume it's almost same as 950 OS. I had had 600, and I often used to modify the firmware. Whenever 600 was bricked, I could recovered it by connecting usb before restarting 600. Now, I have 650, and my 650 was bricked after some failure of updating firmware. I did same way as 600 to recover it. It does not work. 650 infinitely restart again and again. Since it restart infinitely, you cannot use USB, and this means you cannot connect your 650 to computer to recover it. I tried 'soft reset', 'hard reset', some other ways which used to be used in 505, 600. Nothing works. After all, I send my 650 to Sony Repair Center. They sent me a new 650 and some description paper. On the description paper, they guy wrote they cannot repair it because Sony did not give them how they can repair in this problem yet. So, this means 'Even' Sony does not have a way to repair it yet. So, be careful. I searched who experienced same thing as mine, and nobody could repair it yet.