Firmware 1.92 (PS3) Out now.

Sony released firmware 1.92.

Apparent changes show that the ability to add Flash wallpapers has been added.

People are also reporting faster XMB load times and XMB screensaver option.

[D R Fz]

My Ps3 is updating right now 17%. Flash wallpapers are cool and all, but i really hope there's more to this update. I won't get my hopes up too high though.

Well, it finished installing and i noticed that when you start the ps3, you now have to log into an account to access anything else.

I would check for more stuff but, maybe later. I'm going to play some warhawk.

[xhi4]

yeah title! WOO :D

[Ikanago]

I don't see vidcaps in the videos section on the new update. Is there some new option you have to turn on?

[reaferfore20]

is an updated flash player. I can't watch anything from gametrailers.com :(

[deadshark1]

i have 1.92 update but i don't see a difference people are saying that you get flash wallpapers but where can i get them and what are they that must sound so stupid to you soz for this but i nd help a bit? :)

[DrPirate]

Super Stardust and Blast factor just loaded up faster then ever. It's like they optimized the hard drive in some form.

I'm going to test Warhawk to remark changes for both loading and ease of connectivity.

Edit: Miniclips (thumbnails) in the videos section, and game clips in the games folder all load up synchronized now. This is purely an aesthetic change from the way I see it.

[D R Fz]

No in fact that's really good news. Decreasing load times on anything is a plus in my book. The update is looking good so far but I'm still looking forward to the Big 2.0 and home.

[BIadestarX]

Any body care to confirm if any game related features were added?

[DrPirate]

I'm experimenting, as far as game features, related to in-game access to the cross media bar, or voice chatting in game, no changes.

However, people everywhere are confirming that people are able to join a game first attempt in Warhawk, however, that may be a fluke considering it's midnight and people work/ go to school tomorrow.

When i spot/read something, I will update the story description.

[Kleptic]

before 1.92 I pretty much couldn't even login in to Warhawk anymore...the game went from absolutely no bugs on my end from Wednesday of last week, to friday afternoon...then started having the stat problems, and a few network issues...then yesterday couldn't even login into Warhawk for online play because of the now infamous "network timed out" error...

downloaded v1.92 last night around midnight...have not had a single problem with warhawk since...it was rumored that this firmware update was going to address a lot of the network issues that were causing problems with Warhawk...or maybe it is just a coincidence...still have the stat problems though, not suprisingly...that is most likely a servcer side problem, not a firmware issue...

[Fisher339]

is a flash background, one that will, like move and stuff? I.e. animations

[D R Fz]

here's an example http://www.flashdesignerzon...

and another one is the default background (the wave) on the ps3 (when it's in motion).

@Dr.Pirate: that sounds promising. Hopefully when you say a gift, it means Sony will give it to us for free, which i doubt. Maybe some free samples.

[DrPirate]

Correct:

Rumour has it that Sony is giving us a "gift" in the Playstation Store soon enough.

I prefer not to get my hopes up, but my beliefs (and instincts) lead me to believe that this gift will be a new bevy of flash animated wallpapers.

Edit: @ Feacherz: According to the kindly lady on the telephone, they'll offer it to us for free for being so "patient" with them. I have 2 guesses: Free animated wallpapers, free update/downloadable content for Warhawk announced.

Edit @ 4.4: Common sense and instincts will lead me to speculate that such animated wallapapers will be available to download from the Playstation store, similarly to the way you download wallpapers from it now. I wouldn't be surprised if you begin to see a couple of nice user created wallpapers spring up on forums either.

[MikeGdaGod]

where do we get flash wallpaper from?

[jwatt]

where can you download them for the ps3?

[Ri0tSquad]

I know they are.

[Skater_Ricky]

Hopefully they added some new Features to the Internet Browser.. anyone confirm this yet... it will take me all night on my slow connections tonight.. aka Free wireless hints Naboors.. haha im a moucher tell i get a good paying job and hold it long enought to get my own blazing speed net.

[LPpatriot45]

Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me, or my network is extra efficient today, but it seems like the web browser loads faster for me. I think it's just my network tho, so don't get your hopes up...

[Ri0tSquad]

I just really wish sony would tell us.

[Chapulin]

I think they are updating Play Station Network. :)
Got the update but now can't log in Play Station Network but web browser works fine. Anyone else have that problem?

[iheartSONY]

I signed in just fine about 5 min ago and started to download the update. Its updating very slowly but its updating. And how do we get "flash backgrounds"?

[americanGTA]

same problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT TO PLAY RESISTANCE :-(

[Crazyglues]

You just need to do a hard restart, or log into another user on your PS3 and then try, seems to work fine after that.

So when you go back to your user ID it's fine, or when you power back up. Works fine.

[GoLeafsGo]

Could this be why Warhawk wouldn't let me in?
After accepting the agreement, it would go to the "Porcessing Login" page, stay there for about 15 seconds, then give me a network error stating "Network Timeout" =\

Hopefully, that's all fixed now *crosses fingers*!

[jwatt]

I'm still getting that error.

[Rythrine]

Try now. I just logged in three times to see if it fails and it went through.

Edit: Nevermind, now I couldn't log in either. Same message as yours princetab. It was fine 10 mins ago

[SmokeyMcBear]

Hey princetab, i was getting the same error also, but this was around 3 hours ago. Got frustrated, played some other games came back, and it let me log in. At the time, i hadnt updated yet, so thats not it, but i just updated, but havent tried logging back into warhawk, so not sure.

haha at the disagree.. screw you guys

[Shadow Flare]

i got that network timeout jargon yesterday so i dunno if its totally to do with the update. The warhawk servers work well when in a game, but it does annoy me how much i get 'network timeout' or 'disconnected from network'. It's completely froze on me twice so far. Coincidently, joining a game isn't much of a problem anymore for me. I just sort the games into the catagories i want (ie. max players or players ingame)

[jahcure]

The controller auto turns off...no more wasted battery life

[DrPirate]

Confirmed, controllers auto-power-off.

[GoLeafsGo]

TVersity is your friend.

[fopums]

Im downloading the update, if it works I'll snap a pick with my cell phone or somthing...unless somebody beats me to it :D

edit: tried 4 different avi's none worked :/

a disagree!? wtfbbqsuace!

[Blood_Spiller]

None of my AVI/DivX movies played :(

[TruthBTold]

It's already downloaded but honestly don't know whats new

[xplosneer]

Faster XMB load, (Screensaver was already there BTW) but Flash still not good in the browser. Flash backgrounds is good. See ya tomorrow people ;)

[DrPirate]

Theoretically Flash Background also paves the way for Flash Screensaver (And a step ahead: Interactive flash screensavers).

Either way, I prefer to wait until an official changelog from Sony is issued. Everything up there is just user discovered changes in the new firmware.

[Bleucrunch]

I just finished downloading I am really curious about this flash background stuff sound promising, but I still need to know if I can add new buddies I am at my limit and that really sucks.

[gEnKiE]

Dang, i want this now...but im at work....

[aslucher]

no you dont want this dude... i have it and there is nothing to get excited about!!

[Robotz Rule]

I'm Downloading the new firmware now:)

30% so far.

[Fighter]

Fanboys from the other side could be making the features up in this post (AVI/DIVX support) and I personally think this update is only for those Warhawk problems. I haven't tried any flash backgrounds, can anyone recommend a site to get them?

I'm also disappointed at the PlayStation blog for not informing us about this. I thought this was one of the main reasons why they exist in the first place.

[Adamalicious]

I love firmware updates. I just wish they would release them simultaneously on the download website. I prefer to download them to my computer then put them on the PS3 via thumb-drive. It's a lot faster (doesn't tie up the PS3 for so long) except that I have to wait to download it.

[Ri0tSquad]

just have to wait to find out

[PimpHandHappy]

I know alot of times it isnt news as much as fan boy flame twister but this is just silly. Ur going to get a ton of updates over the life span and why u really care is BEYOUND me.

lol

[Shadow Flare]

update beyound

[americanGTA]

why cant i sign in on PSN?

[alfredoggy]

Anyone notice that you did not have to plug-in your Sixaxis for installation?

[smart_head]

No more frustrated me.

[DJ]

I just realized that... wow, I love how they keep making our lives easier with each update. I should start learning Flash animation since it supports those backgrounds now. =]

[Premonition]

Yep, wooot I knew this feature would come some day, since the same thing happend to PSP :)

[iheartSONY]

This update now lets us play Playstation 4 games on our PS3! So for anyone reading this that has come here on a time machine then you can now play your PS4 games on our PS3s. OK maybe not but I'm still waiting for update 2.0 & HOME!

[Shadow Flare]

way to blow our cover. We were trying to keep this time-machine thing under wraps

[Violater]

I'm writing from the future, things are not good for....
ohh no they're here I have to go

[Makroyale]

If you try to play Warhawk without the update, it tells you to you can't play Warhawk til you go download the update basically.

[TheGaMe604]

itz taking soo long itz at 58%

[Ikanago]

...in the video section. Can someone else confirm that the vidcap thumbnails were indeed added in this update

[smart_head]

...to enable a video thumbnail all you have to do is start playing the video, press the triangle button on your SIXAXIS controller, then select the change icon button (which looks like the XMB) at a point where you want to start recording the 15-sec thumbnail video that'll be shown in the XMB. Hope this helps.

[DJ]

Don't worry, I just figured that out like a few weeks ago. The system's got a lot of nifty features that kind of get stumbled upon, such as how the photo-slide tracks people's faces in the photos you've uploaded. Try it out, it's pretty fun to watch. =]

[Ikanago]

Thanks...got it! I saw those vidcap previews on demo PS3s in the stores but never knew how to do that. I thought it did it automatically and didn't know you needed to hit the button to do it yourself.

Thanks for the help.

[Whoooop]

guys do any of you have experience a brief static when changing screens.. mostly when quitting a game to get to the XMB???

I'll appreciate it.

I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the HDMI cable.. I just want to be sure.

[Tru_Blu]

Ya I do, it is the HDMI cable. Whenever I go into/out of a game or anything I get a check signal cable message from my TV for about 2 seconds. Guess it quits sending a signal briefly during that time.

[Violater]

I had a bargain price TV an Olevia HDTV
got rid of that and got a Bravia, doest happen anymore.

[hella whip]

Can anyone else no longer view the web browser and go on the store after the update?

[yocdub]

I'm hoping its not the update and its just a maintenance thing......but yeah can't connect to PS Store or Web Browser.

[Sovannah Phum]

no problem here, everything just loads a hell of a lot faster. great update.

[TeaDouble_E]

Try to delete your cookies and cache, once you do that it should work fine : ) I had the same problem, now everything works fine.

[vaan]

I have it running, I can't really see any difference though. I had initial problems getting to PS STORE or Warhawk, but I just logged out of PSN and logged back in and it was fine.
My stats are still not going up on Warhawk though! :(

[Baba1906]

well i cant really say or know if it is becouse of the update but warhawk is much easier to log in a server.

[Bathyj]

So can anyone confirm these flas wallpapers or not?

[bbeckford]

Ok so I've made a little .swf flash bg.... how the hell do I set it as wallpaper on the PS3!?!?!?!?

[mighty_douche]

ok does it appear under the image section on the XMB? if it does its simply a case of going onto it, pressing triangle and you should have the option there to set it as wallpaper! if not maybe try having a look at 'themes' under 'system settings'. let me know if this helped...

[THC CELL]

http://www.artdigitaldesign...

so u can use this ?

[fopums]

I just tried no luck, unless im doing it wrong...

[Microsoft Knight]

but i was wondering if anybody can help me i got my ps3 a few weeks ago and i only got wireless broadband yesterday its a 3G wireless broadband where you get a 3datamodem and i was wondering if i could use that some how to access the internet on my ps3?

[mighty_douche]

first make sure your wireless is all up and running, check your pc browser works and stuff! right go to 'system settings' then 'internet connections' select wireless and its simply a case of following the promps, if you have enabled some security, eg WEP or whatever you will have to enter the password, this password should have been given to you will stting up your wireless network. hope this helps but there are plenty of forums out the that will help, just google it, or try the actually playstation 3 manual!

[smeg0rz]

it was a lie, u cant have flash wallpapers.

[Dogswithguns]

but I have to go to work in about half an hour. I wish I could just quit my stupid job. updating is more important.

[Alcohog]

:|

[NaAsAr]

i cant get into the store now nor does the web browser work. (cant display page error) can someone else confirm please????

edit. my other accounts let me get into the store and use the browser, but my primary account (USA account set up on day 1) doesnt let me into the store nor use the browser. ???????

2nd edit. usa, japanese and aussie accounts, the store and brower dont work. my UK and taiwan accounts, the store and browser work fine. ??????

[mighty_douche]

just did the usual IT thing off turning everything off, leave for a while and then mine worked fine!
question: how do people set up different accounts, eg, im in uk and want stuff off the us store, dont you need a legit address and do sony not mind people doing this? am i gonna get banned or anything?

[Middleeye]

I created a US account a few weeks ago, works perfect, just fill out a random address... I guess you could live on rodeo drive [X], 90210 Beverly Hills, it's a great neighbourhood to have your fake id live in...

just create a new user and then register that user on the PSN, but with an american address!

[Andronix]

mighty_douche.
connecting to the usa store is easy.

All you need to do is create a new user account on your PS3, when you are asked to enter an address it must be a USA address. Most PS3 like entering the address for Microsoft -oh the irony of it!

To purchase from the USA store you must have a credit card that does not have a UK reg. This applies to most uk cards except those from Natwest.

Alternatively you can purchase a top-up credit card here in the uk.
I'll be putting up full details on my website soon.

Thanks!

[Shadow Flare]

Can anyone confirm if you can login and comment on N4G through your ps3 now?

[TeaDouble_E]

Just erase the cookies and your cache ! I did it and it worked for me.

[bbeckford]

Its bull I don't know where it came from but it isn't possible, you can't add them through photos/movies, .swf files don't even show up when you press triangle>display all.

[GoLeafsGo]

..but I'm able to join SCE servers with 31/32 players in, with 87% points total already obtained.

All I can say is, "Thank you!!!!"

Frankly, I don't care about other features at the moment.
It's all about Warhawk =D!

BTW, anyone else not having stats updated?
It's been like this since yesterday..or the day before..I forget =\

[NaAsAr]

it worked. :)

[killer_trap]

i got to %30 twice and got disconnected, it's really frustrating. also i tried to go online in motor storm and i got a game update message. I'm updating now. but does anyone know what's all this about?

[hella whip]

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[Bill Gates]

I just heard of this update this morning, and it sounds to me like it's another great feature added to the PS3. But, can anyone confirm if we are now able to use flash backgrounds to our avatars? I'm sure this will happen very soon but I'm just curious if this update allows us to do that.

This sucks! The one day I leave my PSP at home, and now I need to wait to get home to DL all this shiet.

Don't forget to drink my brown liquid shiet pipe juice XBOTS.....AAHAHAHAHHAHA

[Relientk77]

new firmware now out YAY! this is good news... very cool :)

[Hangmat]

Hahahah all saying that the thing loads much faster, while only the playability of previous games has made an improvement.. suck it up!

[xplosneer]

to say every single thing about every single update....
It really does load a lot faster. :|

[cooke15]

1130 degrees for a FIRMWARE UPGRADE!? what the hell is wrong with this site?!

[zonetrooper5]

Its a slow news day to be honest, nothing much on games.

[cheatmaster28]

GOD!

[jackdoe]

I can't wait for firmware version 2.0. Supposed to be divx support. Crosses fingers.

[atomdooze]

i want 5 dollars worth of whatever ironmans smoking that guy doesnt make any sence.

[xplosneer]

meant Sony launches PS4, not Sony launches ALMOST meaningless firmware update.