Error message 8001050F

Well I seem to get this message yesterday, and it has limited me on what I can do on my PS3 at the moment. I can't log on because of this message. I can't play any games that are attached to trophies like Heavy Rain. Right now my PS3 is a useless console that's collecting dust.


If any of you are having this problem give me a heads up. I did some research, and a lot of people are having this issue, and it steams from the servers from Sony. From what I read your console could be down for 1-4 days... OMG!!!!

This is what happens when a fat guy gets a error meassage 8001050F







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sounds like it's mostly the older 60 & 80 gig models. Looks like an internal clock error similar to what was suppose to happen for Y2K. This is the first time these PS3s have experienced an even year that isn't a leap year. The older PS3s tried going to 2/29 and in laymans terms freaked out. This even happened to people that weren't on PSN.

oh yeah if you're having this error check your PS3 date, it says it's 1999 a year you can't even select when setting the system.

Hopefully they come up with a fix for this issue because it's affecting a shit load of people at the moment. I can't play any of my games because they are all attached to trophies lol.

Here's what's going on right now: something with the PS3's internal clock has borked in some pre-slim models. This is not a PSN issue; it has to do with your PS3's clock. This clock is NOT related to the OS clock. It seems to be a leap year bug. Setting your clock ahead will do nothing. All PS3s around the world were affected at the exact same time.

Does this affect me?

-If you have a Slim PS3, you're good to go. Continue playing it as normal.
-If you have a "fat" PS3, you may be affected. Some fat PS3s have worked ok, but it seems a good majority have been bugged.

What does this bug mean?

-If affected, your date and time has been set to a random past date. This prevents you from signing into PSN, playing any PSN games, or using any DLC. Your trophies will also not display correctly or be able to sync.

How do I fix it?

-You can't. Even if you don't sign into PSN, it won't help. This is a hardware issue.

So, what do I do?

-Wait 24 hours. Other products that have had similar bugs have corrected themselves after the "bugged" day. On Monday around 6pm central time, all PS3s will automatically correct themselves...maybe.

-If that doesn't work, we'll need a firmware update from Sony, which should be a pretty important priority for them right now.

Did I lose my data/themes/etc?

Your save data/games/dlc/themes are fine. They'll be fixed when the PS3 is fixed. Trophies are uncertain right now, but they'll be fine if you've synced them before the PS3 was bugged. Unsynced trophies are an unknown right now.

If I have a bugged PS3, can I still use it?

It's probably not a good idea, as I have no idea what will happen to the trophies you earn during the bugged time. Movies/media will work fine.

So there ya go, my handy FAQ.

Yeah I was reading that on the PS3 forums and keeping up with the twitter account for PS3.

Hey Robo nice bread you got going there lol.

i'll put money on it that at 12am GMT it'll fix itself. Some hardware developer fucked up by making the code in those first gen systems to believe even years are leap years...i'm betting it affects all first gen systems (80 and 60gigs) Wendy has a 40gig fat, second gen, not affected. The way Sony is putting it though it's all fat models, but only people i've seen saying it's not working are the backward compat. 80 & 60's.

Isn't funny though random ppl on the internet were rumouring this before Sony ever knew what happened.

I'm hoping that will happen as well.... I don't know what to do with myself now when I get home lol. I will have to resort to watching tv, which we all know sucks sometimes.

Just to those that get this message they are asking us not to turn on our PS3 till tomorrow. Man I don't know what I'm going to do with myself serious withdrawal going to happen tonight. I'm so jealous of the people that have a working PS3... I curse you damit!!!

sony also said (sony is now saying you shouldn't use "fat" PS3 models at all, since a clock-related bug might cause data loss. The PS3 slim isn't affected)

What's GMT time compared to EST time zone? I heard 7pm may be the magic hour if so that's not so bad for me.

-5 hours so yeah 7pm

dat sux bro wanted u 2 help me lvl up my character in borderlands but i guess we can do it sum other time hang on there man u'll play soon enough n i feel ur pain

It's back up and running but was super tired yesterday so I didn't play any video games. I'll will be on tonight, but it will be for MAG as I need to get my guy to level 60.