According to the Japanese PlayStation site a fix is coming on June 27th for all the bricked PS3’s caused by the 4.45 FW update.
Google-translated:
“Notice of 4.45 delivery PlayStation ® 3 system software version (6/21 update)
Person from some users that were conducted to update to system software version 4.45 of “PlayStation 3”, we have received reports XMB (cross media bar) will not appear after the update, but new to solve this phenomenon will be published on Thursday, June 27, the system software updates such. For now put everyone in a user, We apologize for the inconvenience, I would like to ask for your understanding. PlayStation ® 3 System Software Update”
UPDATE from Sony:
“We have identified the issue related to the PlayStation 3 software update (version 4.45) that impacted a small number of PS3 systems earlier this week. A new PS3 system software update is planned to be released on June 27 that resolves the issue. Thank you for your patience and understanding and we apologize for the inconvenience.”
