Hardware Is my memory card dead? (error C4-10278-8)

[Slattz]

So I decided i wanted to get back into Vita hacking but then I remembered that my 8GB memory card is corrupted or something. This happened months ago so some details may not be completely accurate or whatever. I've read online that this error basically means the card is corrupted / dead.

Basically what happened was I connected to my PC w/ Vitashell via USB. A message appeared on my PC saying "There's a problem with this drive. Scan the drive now and fix it". So blindly, what I did was clicked on it. Windows finished the process and then the ps vita wasn't able to use the card properly anymore. When trying to format the card, I get error C4-10278-8.
I also tried to format it in safe mode but I get this: "Cannot find the update file." and then it gives me error C4-10278-8 once again.

Oddly, if I boot into the system without the memory card inserted, then insert it (without reboot) and go into Vitashell, then connect to PC via USB, the PC picks up the memory card and displays it's files rather than the internal memory card's files. Though I can't write to the card at all.

I presume my card is bust but if anyone has any ideas at all please reply, it would be great to get this card working.
This could also be considered a PSA to not let Windows fix problems with the drive if the message appears

 

[Lunalik]

I have the same prob, did anything work for u?

 

[MasterJ360]

So you are trying to get a corrupted card to work?. If you can't format it I don't see how it's going to be in any use at all. Oh nvrm old thread if anything the OP probably got that card replaced by now

 

[Lunalik]

So you are trying to get a corrupted card to work?. If you can't format it I don't see how it's going to be in any use at all. Oh nvrm old thread if anything the OP probably got that card replaced by now

I need help still lol

 

[MasterJ360]

I need help still lol

I'm in the same boat my maidump games stopped working and can't install NoNpdrm's properly all b/c I tried to repatch an undub game....

 

[godreborn]

I need help still lol

it's probably dead. the official memory cards are pos.

 

[MasterJ360]

Welp I fixed my maidump issue by using the maidump tool.. go figure. Anyway not sure if your problem is related but if you get an annoying error when trying to launch a maidump game
use its tool and select
"Switch game loading" Choose your game, then select "#6. Mode 5 Loading" Tho I'm still trying to get NoNpDRM to work again. Making sure I backup my app.dat on PC this time

 

[godreborn]

I presume by your post that nonpdrm games aren't appearing? do you have nonpdrm.skprx listed in your config.txt? have you refreshed the livearea with vita shell? I know the games won't appear unless nonpdrm is correctly linked to.

 

[MasterJ360]

I presume by your post that nonpdrm games aren't appearing? do you have nonpdrm.skprx listed in your config.txt? have you refreshed the livearea with vita shell? I know the games won't appear unless nonpdrm is correctly linked to.

nonpdrm was working fine earlier today, but when I was tampering with the config file to get another plugin called repatch to work, which I couldn't it keeps saying I need to format the memory card upon rebooting. Ofcourse I denied it and rebuild my database
But the problem persists editing the config file prompts me to format my memory card on every reboot. So at this point I don't have a choice but to start from scratch. Losing my games isn't an issue since I have downloads of them on PC and of course pkgj

 

[godreborn]

you should do what I do - backup the games to a computer, reformat, then restore those games. that way you won't have to redownload everything. I've never encountered the issue you mentioned. you may have to reinstall molecular shell. that will remove the old config.txt in favor of its own. I Learned that yesterday when I was ridding myself of a banned account. however, I'm not sure if that was actually from a system restore. I'm thinking that was from installing molecular shell thoug...based on memory. you might try that via normal henkaku if you're using ensou. I had to redo practically everything after a system restore. however, my psp theme somehow survived it. lol btw, the tai folder survived the system restore which I do remember.

 

[MasterJ360]

you should do what I do - backup the games to a computer, reformat, then restore those games. that way you won't have to redownload everything. I've never encountered the issue you mentioned. you may have to reinstall molecular shell. that will remove the old config.txt in favor of its own. I Learned that yesterday when I was ridding myself of a banned account. however, I'm not sure if that was actually from a system restore. I'm thinking that was from installing molecular shell thoug...based on memory. you might try that via normal henkaku if you're using ensou. I had to redo practically everything after a system restore. however, my psp theme somehow survived it. lol btw, the tai folder survived the system restore which I do remember.

Yeah Im copying the entire ux0 at this point at least my app.db will come in handy for this turn around

 

[godreborn]

you just reminded me to back that up. I just did that. now, I'm backing up the appmeta folder. I noticed that the app.db is about 100KBs smaller on 3.65. I also noticed that nier is gone from the system, perhaps due to its exploit?

 

[MasterJ360]

Lmao my problem was very simple to fix thanks to this thread. https://www.reddit.com/r/VitaPiracy/comments/8sivth/a_way_to_solve_the_pkgj_download/
So basically all I had to do was copy all of the contents in the tai folder within my ux0 to the ur0 folder and then delete the ux0 tai folder which was giving me errors in pkgj installing a game

Also the plugin responsible for giving me memory card format nags was the gamesd.skprx, which I have no clue what its for anyway so getting rid of that solved my reboot issue. But yeah I managed to regain everything I backed up it was fairly simple
After I format the card I just simply copied both ur0/ux0 folders back and rebooted the vita automatically rebuilding the database all games and apps returned. I do want to point out if you ever format you'll need QCMA to give you an entry point to install vitashell ofcourse.

 

[SilentNova]

I know this is old, but I just had to deal with this issue myself and I have a solution. Either put it in a Vita with a different PSN account or put a different PSN account on your Vita. This force wipes the card no matter what and it goes back to working like normal.

My guess is to how it happened to me is during a power outage I was in Plants vs Zombies. Did not think about the battery during the outage. So it died with game open and I think it is most likely that it considered the game open and it got stuck. So when I tried to open a different file, it took as two files trying to work at once. My best guess on the other end then is that the reformatting issue is coming from something being in "use" and so it just will not let you do it.

With a different PSN account, that no longer applies because the top priority is to stop some sort of possible theft and therefore wants the data wiped period. So it worked just fine.

This also explains why larger cards have this issue more than smaller cards. A smaller card could be storing less of the files that would create such a hiccup. Though I had my card for 5 years before this happened.

 

[BobbyChad]

I know this is old, but I just had to deal with this issue myself and I have a solution. Either put it in a Vita with a different PSN account or put a different PSN account on your Vita. This force wipes the card no matter what and it goes back to working like normal.

My guess is to how it happened to me is during a power outage I was in Plants vs Zombies. Did not think about the battery during the outage. So it died with game open and I think it is most likely that it considered the game open and it got stuck. So when I tried to open a different file, it took as two files trying to work at once. My best guess on the other end then is that the reformatting issue is coming from something being in "use" and so it just will not let you do it.

With a different PSN account, that no longer applies because the top priority is to stop some sort of possible theft and therefore wants the data wiped period. So it worked just fine.

This also explains why larger cards have this issue more than smaller cards. A smaller card could be storing less of the files that would create such a hiccup. Though I had my card for 5 years before this happened.

Is this for the C4-10278-8 error?

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Lmao my problem was very simple to fix thanks to this thread.
So basically all I had to do was copy all of the contents in the tai folder within my ux0 to the ur0 folder and then delete the ux0 tai folder which was giving me errors in pkgj installing a game

Also the plugin responsible for giving me memory card format nags was the gamesd.skprx, which I have no clue what its for anyway so getting rid of that solved my reboot issue. But yeah I managed to regain everything I backed up it was fairly simple
After I format the card I just simply copied both ur0/ux0 folders back and rebooted the vita automatically rebuilding the database all games and apps returned. I do want to point out if you ever format you'll need QCMA to give you an entry point to install vitashell ofcourse.

Is this for the C4-10278-8 error? Or is it for something else entirely?