Anyone is playing Dragon Quest Heroes 2 now ?

I don't know if it's my vita back pad buttons or I have not progressed further enough... L2/R2 are irresponsive so far

Well, Vita is considered pretty much dead... I was playing my mobile more than ever now, although I still have games waiting to complete on vita (even pre-order the Accel vs SAO )...
now 80% on the waiting to release chart are romance adventure genre

and after hearing sen no kiseki 3 becomes PS4 exclusive, I literally have felt vita is over, at least for me, since i was planning to collect the trilogy but it stops there now bcos of exclusiveness , thinking to just sell Sen 1 and 2 copies as I can't complete this subseries ...

Anyone encountered C2-12828-1 error code during game play before?

I was playing Accel World vs SAO on my slim vita2, well, i played for awhile then left it untouched after downloaded since its release... then only came back to it last few days, which gave me whoppin' 300+MB of update.. just as I updated and played the game with new DLC contents too... I started getting this error message after a minute or two into gameplay pretty much everytime, longest i tried playing without error was barely 10min then i stopped...

Thing is, I never encounter this on my psv1 (w/ different psn account) though... i found some online sources mentioned hack might contribute, but i am still using OFW, and unaware of development of vita hack...

FW updated.
just those I mentioned... anyway, I deleted and re-download this game... started fresh and doing fine so far, but then i haven't tried long enough to find out if it's fixed... guess it could be corrupted during the update...

If you are certain it's the battery... what you can do before sending to workshop is, disassemble it yourself by looking at Youtube tutorial, unplug the battery and waited for few minutes then plug it back. See if the battery status went to normal, or else...

The reason saying this was I had issue with my PSV1 2 years ago, which the battery drained so fast or so i thought, and as i charged over night, the low battery warning would still show up when I only played for 1hour+... since my warranty was no longer valid, i just looked up online for instruction, and also out of curiosity, pull apart the device, check its interior, unplug and plug the battery connector... guess what, the low battery warning was back to normal, it only shows up after 3~4 hours gameplay, although the battery life has dropped noticeably compared to 4~5 hrs when it's new. But isn't as annoying, and still maintain good gameplay hour till this date, but i must say i cut down my gameplay frequency now. BTW, just take precaution step as you disassemble it if you plan to try the luck, the electronics inside are quite sensitive to static discharge or sweat or water dropplet any that may potentially fry the circuit...

P/S: the previous battery abnormality was deduced to my habit of playing the game till it's running low on power, then plug power cord in and continue playing, or just charge in sleep mode... I was sure these series of action resulted in that weird behavior, as after I "restored" it to normal, i never play game during charging, and turn it off too, or I just totally stop playing when i notice power level drop to the minimal before red battery signal and low battery warning show up... never had this happened again since.

This post has been edited by El-LoboSolitario: May 9 2017, 01:58 PM

Never had too much problem until lately, which my PSV began to act up and frustrating... it could be the 32GB MC I bought in 2015, but I don't know... Guys, did you just call customer service for any questions? I don't see any other venues except call for PSN asia unlike PSN US which has various support platform...

Anyone runs into C1-2741-1 errors either starting the app or when even doing back-up to PC (I am pretty much screwed now all my gameplay gone if I reformatted the MC!)
Seem like a corrupted card to me... :/

Thank you for input!

Yes, I would like to reformat and see if it stop behaving such but before that, I must back up the game with save data too which I can't... I could still load the game save for those with physical cart, but not so fortunate on digital copy where the game "corrupted?" with the save data Safe mode rebuild database didn't help at all...


Setsuna, Grand Kingdom, Exist Archive, Secret of Mana, Sen no Kiseki 2, Princess is money-hungry, Ys Origin, Soul Sacrifice Delta...

so many games, all those time spent on game progresses went down to drain

I am afraid the worst case could possibly be an expired memory card, I heard that 32GB & 64GB tend to get these errors since people downloaded many digital games into them, and chances are the card become defective... it's not even 2 years old yet (and warranty gone), such short life, I can't believe Sony is marking such shitty proprietary card with exorbitant price tag! !!

Thanks, bud, I knew such option exists but This is what I hated, honestly, BIG NO, NO WAY...
Since I can't even be sure that will back up my game if I can't even back up to PC since the apps are hit hard with C1-2741-4 error... What if it still won't back-up? Then I have to go all over the department to cry for refund? I bet they don't care and just take your money...
Unless it's certain that I can get the game save data back up, I will not go to this step (I am using Japan PSN, that's why I'm afraid I will have trouble communicating with their customer service if it fails )

Apparently, the vita software is poorly programmed, it is theorized that if it went into sleep mode during downloading or updating, chances are high the app will get corrupted and affected other existing apps as well ((the Princess is Money-hungry does not get any update yet it was also hit with the error), thus turns out very true, only digital copies that do these shits, especially when there are too many digital games there updates... now, all of my earlier digital games pretty much do all these, except two mini-app games that survive the rampant error I downloaded recently after all those big updates of previous games ... damn Sony...

This post has been edited by El-LoboSolitario: Oct 30 2017, 02:47 PM

Thank you for advice, @Mubarak90. So far nothing works... leaving only formatting...

PS+ would be my last resort for my game saves certainly... it's already annoying when getting those C2-12828-1 errors from time to time which somehow may go away after some time, but this C1 2741 4 is such disease that is so frustrating and caused other apps to behave the same way...
Hopefully, it's only the game app that get corrupted, if the save data can't be backed up to PS+, that would mean the whole things corrupted altogether or worrst defective memory card, will know if I can't find any other way than just shove out extra $ to get PS+ and try

hhmmm, why wouldn't Sony just enables CMA to pick save data aside from of the app, not like they give a damn about Vita now anymore ... I know that's another way which is kinda risky but if Sony leaves me no choice and continue to disappoint, then that's my answer to their aloof attitude which drives me to take the low road...

Indeed... The vita was considered a setback, seeing how they started ambitiously for a next gen handheld and then slyly gave it up after the launching of PS4, they were trying too hard, and eventually sidelined vita hoping the success of PS4 could overshadow its failure which it does.

I don't find myself too fond sitting on couch watchin and playing the console all day, at least at my age now unlike back when I was younger, I am more casual gamer now and prefer playing the game while on the move, that's why console doesn't apply to me anymore! How sad and disappointed on the VITA treatment by its own creator while it was a decent handheld, the hardware itself is quite ok (except memory card), just poorly programmed and full with glitches.

Also, all those proprietary moves and strategies aiming to thwart piracy ended up hurting their consumer base more so than the pirates who eventually broke the code anyway... Say, henkaku. (Funny, all later FW updates were to address the piracy more than tackling the system glitches, the hell sony, I would put bet on pirates to unlock the potential of Vita than to rely on those current suckas at SCE...) Honestly, if PS+ fails to get all my game saves, I plan join the pirate rank and move away from Sony consumer base, since I am currently self learning some programming skills, it's a good way to hone my program/coding knowledge and skills

They are comfortable with PS4 now, that's the comfy zone they will not come out of atm... I don't care about they have any new gaming products, I have pretty much lost faith on them, like you mentioned, the exorbitant price tag plus shitty quality (lots of glitches)...

And I just found out there was a case just like mine online, 32GB card, bombarded with the same errors C1-2741-4 (Apparently, this is one error associated with a zombie memory card...), identical issues as he described from blank bubble, disappeared bubbles after rebuild database, can't back up save even though it's for physical game etc... It was a dying memory card... NO cure but only hope it was still under warranty (not for me)... Many said forget 64GB and go for 32GB, looks like the latter also face the same quality issue... Expensive yet shitty, what a joke...

Well, I don't wanna put my money on their plate anymore, after all these consumer experiences with them... Secret of Mana 2 Remake is the last game (if there will be 3, then that's the last) i would still bother with my vita...

This post has been edited by El-LoboSolitario: Oct 31 2017, 03:18 PM

No, not this PSV slim which I locked and dedicated for JPN PSN, solely... barely removed the card since I bought the PSV slim with it... On the contrary, my first phat PSV is constantly switching between HK and MY accounts, so yeah, those 16 & 8 GB cards supposed to suffer the most if that's the case.

With 32GB, it has the most contents out of those cards... many titles were downloaded to this one, many updates here and there, so could be this wearing it off... but still, it could only take beating for 2 years, not to mention I barely played more than 10 hrs a week, sometimes less than 20hrs a month since I bought it... that's probably the worst memory disk in the market...

No, not this PSV slim which I locked and dedicated for JPN PSN, solely... barely removed the card since I bought the PSV slim with it... On the contrary, my first phat PSV is constantly switching between HK and MY accounts, so yeah, those 16 & 8 GB cards supposed to suffer the most if that's the case.

With 32GB, it has the most contents out of those cards... many titles were downloaded to this one, many updates here and there, so could be this wearing it off... but still, it could only take beating for 2 years, not to mention I barely played more than 10 hrs a week, sometimes less than 20hrs a month since I bought it... that's probably the worst memory disk in the market...

Oww... my god... damn, Fxx me... Just now tried to back up my games on my other PS Vita via CMA, and guess what... after few failed attempt to connect to my PC... It started to exhibit some shits from the other one... C1-2741-4...

BTW, I also subscribed the 1 month PS+ at JP PSN, and well, as i thought, NO LUCK! New errors, C1-2738-0 and C1-2752-6... something to do with PS+ storage... Now 20+ titles worth of games, 500+hours gone...

1 last error, C4-10278-8! Couldn't format my memory card, exactly as I deduced, it's a dead memory card

Damn PS VIta is RAGGED!!! Worst handheld I ever had...

This post has been edited by El-LoboSolitario: Nov 7 2017, 08:21 PM

[quote=Mubarak90,Nov 9 2017, 10:12 AM]
Well, before you format the memory card, just saying, can you try to install the memory card on a different PS Vita or PS TV? Maybe over there, you'll have better luck? I do hope it works though.


I haven't tried on another vita, but just switch back my older 4GB card which i can still play on it, at least my older games still with the game save intact in that one, but only 10% of the 32GB, well, better than nothing... Anyway, it's definitely not the Vita problem.

Not much I could do, the representative could only say sorry and invest in a new card... as for PS+, i could just stop the auto renewal, upload my current game save that i could savage, then subscribe again if I need those game save later

I just told them to do something with CMA, we doesn't need to go thru' the bullshit having to back up the whole app and have the option to just pick save data via CMA to PC! Or else, I told them straight I rather spend money to support hackers cracking their system who actually bother to find out the errors and ways to overcome the issues ! Errors pop up during gameplay is too rampant, their way of encryption & decryption really abusing the memory card and could be the reason why game or save data corrupted itself in normal play at times if the game is not properly coded. Sony doesn't bother with improving their system, and expect software dev to do so, which in the end, lacking the interest to continue as even Sony themselves giving up Vita, literally.

Exactly... Well, at least it sparks my interest to start investing some time learning new skills in programming and coding, hopefully will come to that day i know what to do with any software related issues when technical supports from the products fell short.... never too late, although very difficult, lol

Yeah, if wasn't for all these crazy errors came up and all memory cards started acting funny lately, I wouldn't have paid attention to the recent development of Henkaku and breakthru'... after all seeing all the similar complaints even traced back 2~3years back, nothing solid came up to mitigate all these issues, rather continue their blood suckin practice as long as there are willing and loyal fanboy... Well, not sorry to Sony, I am just as realistic as their top guys are, they no longer serve me purpose, time to say goodbye Suckony ! Hail to Henkaku and similar homebrews, and eventually a solid CFW (Granted, Vita is still a powerhouse, specs wise for a handheld, too bad its daddy ditches it!!!)

Yeah, i think i saw that in youtube but didn't click for details... eventually for sure, when all those damn Sony proprietary cards ended up in dumpster