Think I Got Sold a Brick

Try holding L while booting up to run with plugins disabled, if all else fails try reinstalling newest firmware through ps3 or qcma

 

Make sure you're trying 3.73 firmware, and make sure setting in qcma are correct along with xml correctly set up


Try with this xml file for 3.73

Spoiler

<update_data_list>

<region id="us">

<np level0_system_version="01.600.000" level1_system_version="03.730.000" level2_system_version="03.730.000" map="03.730.000"/>

<np_d level0_system_version="01.600.000" level1_system_version="03.730.000" level2_system_version="03.730.000" map="03.730.000"/>

<version system_version="03.730.000" label="3.73">

<update_data update_type="full">

<image size="133770752">http://dus01.psp2.update.playstatio...bf1a002e0a058c602184b32/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=us</image>

</update_data>

</version>

<recovery spkg_type="systemdata">

<image spkg_version="01.000.010" size="56768512">http://dus01.psp2.update.playstatio...c3da8365b973dba570c53a5/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=us</image>

</recovery>

<recovery spkg_type="preinst">

<image spkg_version="01.000.000" size="128788480">http://dus01.psp2.update.playstatio...f9683d69b4233867d81fa1f/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=us</image>

</recovery>

</region>

</update_data_list>

 

You thought you were were buying a vita, but it was actually a brick in disguise