tonkie18 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 I got a Vita last year. I’ve played on it very little as it gets quite frustrating. I was always getting error messages or losing saves and had to keep playing the same thing over and over. The last couple of days I’ve tried to use it as I’m going in to hospital later on today and wanted it to keep me company. I started getting the file is corrupt message over and over then it just kept restarting. It would say I’ve removed the memory card also. It’s still under warranty and I contacted them they told me to send it back. But I don’t wanted to see if I could get it to work just for the next few days. However after formatting the memory card etc now it won’t work at all. Is it the vita or the memory card do you think? Just incase I’ve bought another memory card.. £80 but it’s also under warranty for 2 years incase it happens again. is there any way I can play on it just for today at the hospital without a memory card? What happens if I put a game in can I play that? Will it be able to save it? Does it have a tiny bit of internal storage? Sorry, vita newb Thanks Toni 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizz Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) Sounds like its just the card is bad the vita should be fine. As for playing games without card it depends what model you have the newer models have 1gb internal storage you should be able to play that way. Apparently these games don't require card to play but you wont be able to save progress Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7 Asphalt Injection Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 F1 2011 Dynasty Warriors Next Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru Dungeon Hunter Alliance Army Corps of Hell Shinobido 2 Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend Michael Jackson Mahjong Fight Club Let's Try Bass Fishing Fish on Next Lord of Apocalypse Touch My katamari Street Fighter x Tekken Virtua Tennis 4 FIFA 12 Mortal Kombat Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus Ragnarok Oddyssey Edited March 11, 2022 by mizzcreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Typical the only one I have on that list is the Harry Potter one and it’s the only one that I can’t find ? it didn’t come with a case and I bought this game holder for it to keep it safe… then put it somewhere safer never to be found again ? thanks for your help I’ll have a look on the vita and see if there’s any storage on it. I’ve typed the model into Google PCH-1003 but it’s not telling me much. I have no idea if it’s old or new one. I don’t think it has any storage can’t find anything online or on the console itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helyx Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Definitely an issue with the memory card. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizz Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 If I'm not mistaken the pch-1003 is the original oled model very nice device but no internal storage unfortunately >.< 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Thanks for letting me know I couldn’t find info anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 So my new card came today and it’s saying the same thing it needs formatting but won’t format the card. I’ve tried everything. Rebuilding database, restoring and nothing will work with either card ? currently off my feet and really wanted to play on it. Anyone have any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoastedPeanut Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Are you also getting an error code or just "Please format memory card"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Yeah. Then when I try it doesn’t work. The vita and the new card I just bought are still under warranty.. but it will take ages to get them replaced ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, tonkie18 said: So my new card came today and it’s saying the same thing it needs formatting but won’t format the card. I’ve tried everything. Rebuilding database, restoring and nothing will work with either card ? currently off my feet and really wanted to play on it. Anyone have any ideas? I had this problem with one of my Vitas. I factory reset the Vita without the Vita memory card in it. Then when I inserted the Vita card after the format was done, it asked if I wanted to format the memory card. Formatted it then and no problems since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 I’ll give that a go thankyou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afro_Gear Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Sorry that your introduction to Vita Island has been lackluster! Will follow thread to help in the future should you need it. The Vita has been by my side more or less daily for the last 10 years. There's lots of life and fun there to be had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 did you mean restore system or rebuild database? I rebuilt database as that’s the quickest.. but no dice. Still says cannot format. I will try restore system now instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoNinja Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 3 minutes ago, tonkie18 said: did you mean restore system or rebuild database? I rebuilt database as that’s the quickest.. but no dice. Still says cannot format. I will try restore system now instead. Factory reset so that basically it'll be back to how it was when it was shipped out of the factory to a store. "New", in a sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 I just did the restore system which I’m assuming is factory reset. I did it without the memory card in and then inserted it when it was finished. It told me to restart the system. I did. Then it said the card needed formatting I clicked ok. Then I get the error ‘could not format c4-10278-8’ over and over again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoNinja Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, tonkie18 said: I just did the restore system which I’m assuming is factory reset. I did it without the memory card in and then inserted it when it was finished. It told me to restart the system. I did. Then it said the card needed formatting I clicked ok. Then I get the error ‘could not format c4-10278-8’ over and over again Yikes! I'm no tech guru so I'm not going to even pretend to know what I'm talking about. I commend your patience though because had it been me in your situation I probably would have put my Vita through a wall by now. ? Edited March 14, 2022 by MrTacoNinja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Null_Spectre Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Gotta ask where are you buying your vita memory cards from? I've read in the past on Vita homebrew reddit of sellers buying up bad or dead vita memory cards, bringing them back to life just enough to sell them off to make a profit. Plus those memory cards are notorious for failing with age and use, so if you're not buying genuine brand new sealed (which is gold dust these days) you're just playing a game of chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonkie18 Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Yes there isn’t many places to get them now. My partner got me one from some tech store abroad .. that one did work initially for the last 6 months or so. Then I got this new one from CEX mainly because it comes with a 24 month warranty so if it’s dud I can get it replaced as I hate the game of chance! I just want to play it ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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