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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Unfortunately I haven't been able to get it sorted out. I have kept it for spare parts for now.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    @RealYoti Thank you for the instructions, I have tried it out but unfortunately the same error pops up when trying to flash the firmware from the memory card. Thank you guys for trying to help me!
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Thank you for this, you legend!... I will try it and report the outcome.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    I tried that before posting. I just tried again incase, but no luck. thank you once again for all your suggestions.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    This one is a slim version, so no 3g. At least now when someone else puts in google the error code (C4-3131-8), this thread will come up. I do have an official vita memory card, but I have two problems: 1. When it boots, I can see the Vita recognises it, it shows the format message but it...
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    I appreciate your sentiment, however, just because something is sold as spare parts does not mean it has the chance to be fixed. It would appear as a defeatist mindset to not even try just because you were told it was "spare parts". It seems to be the case for this Vita that it is in fact only...
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Bought it in Japan, there was no mention of pre-hacking. It was sold for spare parts, I thought it just needed a factory reset as I recognised the safe mode even thought I don't speak Japanese. I can't delete the 'hack' if there is one because I can only see the main screen for a few seconds...
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    The complete version has 3 files, the 'Pre-install', 'System Data' and firmware. I have tried to flash all 3, however the error pops up. I am wondering if the memory chip is damaged... Maybe it is hard bricked afterall :( RIP. 1743663199 Still open to suggestions, if anyone has any... Thank you!
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Strange, when I try the achive.org I get this: 401 Authorization Required nginx 1743584016 Ok downloading it now, I just needed to register to archive.org first. Will give it a go and report back.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Sorry to be a pain, do you happen to know where I could get the complete firmware? the only link I can find is dead. I have tried googling but no luck. Once again, Thank you so much for the help.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    L+ Power just takes me to the safe mode, with greyout 2,3,4. only available is 1 and 5. R+PS+Power = as L+Power
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    The only thing I can report is that whenever I try to flash any firmware below 3.69 shows a message saying that I already have the latest version or something along those lines. I am using the same setting on qmca as link @zekro94 shared earlier. When I try to flash 3.69, I get (C4-3131-8)...
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Thank you, I have seen this before. I am wondering, can I flash the firmware 3.60 even if it is not from Japan? The only firmware I have been able to find for Japan is 3.74 from the sony website, but have been able to find any lower version from Japan. Thank you for the help, it is very much...
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    I am pretty sure I have tried the offical sony cma, but I am sure I got the same error. That is why I used QCMA this time around, hoping I would have a different outcome. I will try it again just in case. Thank very much for your suggestion, I am really motivated to get it working.
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    Is my PS Vita Soft brick or Hard bricked? Help Please!

    Hi guys, I am coming here for some help please as I think you guys might be the only ones that could help me. I bought a PS Vita slim from Japan as I wanted to get started with the vita, but unfortunately I think it is bricked. I don't know the history of it, so not sure how it got bricked...
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