iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 So like I wrote in the title, I can't access PS Store on my PS3, every time I try to launch the application I get the grey loading screen and that's it. Background - started happening today after HDD swap (replaced drive that died 2 days ago). What I tried so far: 1) Restarting the PS3 2) Checking for updates 3) Reinstalling the app 4) Changing DNS to google's 4) Full default factory reset of the console through safe mode Please help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iriihutoR84 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 When you say "reinstalling the app" does that include deleting the store (triangle button over the store icon) and redownloading it? That helped for me when I was having issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, iriihutoR84 said: When you say "reinstalling the app" does that include deleting the store (triangle button over the store icon) and redownloading it? That helped for me when I was having issues. Yes, that is what I did multiple times, but didn't work so far. Thank you for your suggestion. Edited January 14, 2021 by iliya0212 Wanted to add my thanks for trying to help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Null_Spectre Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Try hotspotting from your smartphone if you've the data will tell it's an issue with your router or ISP, also not sure if you're either on WiFi or Ethernet but swap and see if anything changes. Haven't seen reports from other people so could just be a local issue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) I did find a temporary work around, I will post it here in case anyone else will have this issue in the future: 1) Apparently you can still access old PS Store with PS3 an Vita games via web (change the region in the link to yours if needed) - you can still make purchases, at least it worked for me as of today (14/01/2021) - Link to the old PS Store - Disclaimer, use on your own risk!! 2) After buying via web you can go on your PS3 to Account Management -> Transaction Management -> Download List - From there you can download all your content without accessing the store. Although it is not ideal and hasn't solved the main issue, it did give me an alternative for now, until I find more permanent solution. Edited January 14, 2021 by iliya0212 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, Null_Spectre said: Try hotspotting from your smartphone if you've the data will tell it's an issue with your router or ISP, also not sure if you're either on WiFi or Ethernet but swap and see if anything changes. Haven't seen reports from other people so could just be a local issue. Thank you for your suggestion, but unfortunately this didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balotelli_boy45 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Well the ps3 store has been acting up for like 5 years even when you get into you will be lucky to use it for 5 minutes without it crashing and having to restart your system again. Same happens with the PS4 store for me I don’t know what it is with Sony but the store has always been clunky for me no matter what, I presume it’s much improved on ps5 but I don’t know yet lol because I don’t have one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 minute ago, balotelli_boy45 said: Well the ps3 store has been acting up for like 5 years even when you get into you will be lucky to use it for 5 minutes without it crashing and having to restart your system again. Same happens with the PS4 store for me I don’t know what it is with Sony but the store has always been clunky for me no matter what, I presume it’s much improved on ps5 but I don’t know yet lol because I don’t have one. To be honest, this is the first time it happened to me, although I agree that the store on PS3 works terrible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Null_Spectre Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 43 minutes ago, iliya0212 said: I did find a temporary work around, I will post it here in case anyone else will have this issue in the future: 1) Apparently you can still access old PS Store with PS3 an Vita games via web (change the region in the link to yours if needed) - you can still make purchases, at least it worked for me as of today (14/01/2021) - Link to the old PS Store - Disclaimer, use on your own risk!! 2) After buying via web you can go on your PS3 to Account Management -> Transaction Management -> Download List - From there you can download all your content without accessing the store. Although it is not ideal and hasn't solved the main issue, it did give me an alternative for now, until I find more permanent solution. That's a damn good find, works for my region too. Wonder how long it will last for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 has links to other regions if need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 53 minutes ago, NERVergoproxy said: has links to other regions if need. Oh, thats great, thanks for the link, I didn't realize there was a post on psnprofiles about this. Thank you for sharing! 1 hour ago, Null_Spectre said: That's a damn good find, works for my region too. Wonder how long it will last for. Yeah me too, probably it will go sooner rather then later, and that is unfortunate, because it did make my life a lot easier today, I was very frustrated. Remote downloads don't work anymore, but still more convinient then ps3 an vita stores. Edited January 14, 2021 by iliya0212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Head Cthulhu Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I always get "undergoing maintenance" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iliya0212 Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Well, it did start working for me today, and I really didn't do anything special. Just deleted and reinstalled the app and let it load again for a few minutes.. Not sure what I did different this time or was it just pure luck, because it is the same thing I did countless times yesterday. Edited January 15, 2021 by iliya0212 Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Head Cthulhu Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 13 hours ago, iliya0212 said: Well, it did start working for me today, and I really didn't do anything special. Just deleted and reinstalled the app and let it load again for a few minutes.. Not sure what I did different this time or was it just pure luck, because it is the same thing I did countless times yesterday. just tried this a few times and get error code 80028f08. might try again tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trini Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 That's weird, I accessed my ps3 for the first time in years a couple of days ago and I never encountered a single issue getting into the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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