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General PS3 Exploits/Hacks/Firmware Thread
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"true blue lies in ruins" is pretty cryptic, team duplex are known mainly for piracy, your original comment was not very clear. various google searches threw up nothing.
so from what i can gather, the update is only valid for piracy, since there is still not much useful homebrew out there? i kind of stopped following the modding scene (other than this thread) a while back, does trueblue allow playing of all games on
.6?
or do they still have to be patched / fixed? that would be huge for the homebrew scene as it means more people will stay on the useful FW versions. if its only a subset or requires complex patching, people (like me) will still continue to upgrade.0 -
"true blue lies in ruins" is pretty cryptic, team duplex are known mainly for piracy, your original comment was not very clear. various google searches threw up nothing.
Team Duplex gained a name for themselves by releasing resigned PSN content with runs on cfw. If you've stopped following the scene thats your own prerogative, but don't for a minute think I'm here to educate you - I'm not
so from what i can gather, the update is only valid for piracy, since there is still not much useful homebrew out there?
Here's a possible example. A guy has a 3.55 Kmeaw PS3. He buys Max Payne 3. He cannot play it because it's a higher fw game, & a mandatory update is required. To avoid updating, he puts the game on his hard-drive, replaces the files in a directory with the new Duplex ones. He can now play his legitimately bought game on the firmware he chooses.
Of course there's other examples involving piracy. But to blanket this whole thing as having no other possible use other than piracy is fairly short sighted. It also means True Blue will no longer profit from piracy, which is another thing I really like seeing happen to them.i kind of stopped following the modding scene (other than this thread) a while back, does trueblue allow playing of all games on.6?
or do they still have to be patched / fixed?
True Blue up until now, have been releasing eboot files for games of their own choosing. That means if you have a game that thy havn't released a patch for, you can not play it unless you update.that would be huge for the homebrew scene as it means more people will stay on the useful FW versions. if its only a subset or requires complex patching, people (like me) will still continue to upgrade.
It's not complex from what I can gather, its simply replacing stock files in the game directory with modified files. It can be done via a file manager or by ftp.0 -
Team Duplex gained a name for themselves by releasing resigned PSN content with runs on cfw. If you've stopped following the scene thats your own prerogative
fair enough, I stopped following, what seemed to me to be, a piracy based scene, if it's moved on from that, fair enough.don't for a minute think I'm here to educate you - I'm not
it's a discussion forum and if you want discussion then you should be encouraging people to get involved in the conversation IMO, rather than just demonstrating your knowledge of particular websites no one is allowed link to
won't argue the point further with you, its only a difference of opinion at this stage.Here's a possible example. A guy has a 3.55 Kmeaw PS3. He buys Max Payne 3. He cannot play it because it's a higher fw game, & a mandatory update is required. To avoid updating, he puts the game on his hard-drive, replaces the files in a directory with the new Duplex ones. He can now play his legitimately bought game on the firmware he chooses.
Of course there's other examples involving piracy. But to blanket this whole thing as having no other possible use other than piracy is fairly short sighted. It also means True Blue will no longer profit from piracy, which is another thing I really like seeing happen to them.
It's not complex from what I can gather, its simply replacing stock files in the game directory with modified files. It can be done via a file manager or by ftp.
all very interesting, but its merely academic if there is no useful reason to stay on 3.55. thats the point I'm making, or have i also missed the "killer app" for PS3 homebrew?
I dont think I have and, to me, that means its still a piracy driven scene. I don't mean it will stay that way, just for now either there arent enough users (which this will increase - either thru piracy or the thought of future homebrew)True Blue up until now, have been releasing eboot files for games of their own choosing. That means if you have a game that thy havn't released a patch for, you can not play it unless you update..
i would hope then that the "scene" can develop eboots that work in order to help build the critical mass neccesary to tempt devs over0 -
fair enough, I stopped following, what seemed to me to be, a piracy based scene, if it's moved on from that, fair enough.
I'm not looking for reasons as to why you stopped following the scene, I'm simply saying I'm not here to educate you. If you chose to stop following developments, then you need to catch up...nobody else is here to do it for you. Ask questions by all means, but don't post junk like "cryptic post #3" & expect me to respond well to it. If you want to be treated like an adult, don't post like a child.it's a discussion forum and if you want discussion then you should be encouraging people to get involved in the conversation IMO, rather than just demonstrating your knowledge of particular websites no one is allowed link to
In what way have I not encouraged discussion? Or are you just sulking because I blew off your childish post? Again, feel free to ask any questions you like & I'll be happy to answer as best I can, encourage discussion wherever possible, or help in any way...but sarcastic lazy posts I don't respond well to.. And regards linking to sites, if they don't detail how to pirate software or break the law...feel free to link to them. I dodn't write the rules, nor the law.all very interesting, but its merely academic if there is no useful reason to stay on 3.55. thats the point I'm making, or have i also missed the "killer app" for PS3 homebrew?
I like 3.55cfw because:
I can play all my games off hdd, therefore the rubbish laser won't burn out.
The loading times are faster.
I like the vastly superior media center capabilities of cfw
I like the all in one solution of a multi manager tool
I like modding & am an enthusiast
amongst a few others. And guess what, I didn't mention piracy once I don't use it for online gaming, it doesn't appeal to me. So I ask you, what advantage is there in updating in my case?I dont think I have and, to me, that means its still a piracy driven scene. I don't mean it will stay that way, just for now either there arent enough users (which this will increase - either thru piracy or the thought of future homebrew)
In your opinion, & I find your post short-sighted as theres plenty of reasons for cfw to validate itself without breaking the lawi would hope then that the "scene" can develop eboots that work in order to help build the critical mass neccesary to tempt devs over
What have eboots got to do with devs?0 -
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I'd hold off on rushing to flash any new CFW for the moment given the amount of Bricks being reported.
Wait until a stable CFW is confirmed(Even Rogero's new CFW has brick reports at the mo)
And if you must flash at least have a backup and hardware flasher handy
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Yeah the LV0 keys of 4.21 have been released. There's very little point in flashing past 3.55 at the moment still, its a solid proven firmware...& its not as if 4.21cfw will give access to SEN either.
Its only good because you don't have to replace a patched game file in order to run it...a trivial matter anyway. Plus all the existing 3.55 homebrew now doesn't work on 4.21 & has to be resigned
The day I see something like FSD for Ps3 is the day I'll look at changing from 3.55
There is already a 4.21pkg re-signer available
and PSN access is up and running via the new CFW spoofing itself to 4.25, tho with 4.30 due soon who knows how long that will last
That said, I'm sticking with 3.55 myself for the moment on my own ps3's as my experience with waninkoko is still fresh
I've had a play with the new cfw on my brothers system and while it works fine...
I'll be waiting til it becomes the 'scenes' default choice before I upgrade0 -
There is already a 4.21pkg re-signer available
Ah I see, thats handy I guess. Once signed, does everything work as normal?and PSN access is up and running via the new CFW spoofing itself to 4.25, tho with 4.30 due soon who knows how long that will last
It'll be interesting alright, once a new fw is released SEN is always 'loose' with authentication for a week or two. After that its anyones guess. Though it really should be a trivial matter to prevent cfw consoles from logging on...you have to wonder what Sony are up to sometimes!That said, I'm sticking with 3.55 myself for the moment on my own ps3's as my experience with waninkoko is still fresh
I've had a play with the new cfw on my brothers system and while it works fine...
I'll be waiting til it becomes the 'scenes' default choice before I upgrade
Yeah wise choice I think. Any word on a Kmeaw version?0 -
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Ok been reading up more about this LV0 leak, specifically, its the Bootldr keys that were calculated, allowing us to sign LV0 again. I was somewhat mistaken in my previous post that it can be changed. It can't, it actually is the 'root' security key. There are no further levels of protection after Bootldr.
The last time this happened & we got metldr etc, Sony decided that because the metldr key was breached, it could further secure metldr again by moving its position in the boot process. It moved it to the last stronghold the PS3 had...LV0. Now that Metldr was protected by LV0 all was well again. Well now LV0 is seemingly breached, & there's physically nowhere left to move that too...consider it as something like the bios is your pc...it literally is stage 1 of boot.
Now I know we've all heard this before, but when you understand the boot process somewhat, & how significant LV0 is, it really does mean:This means that all future firmwares and all future games are decryptable, and this time around they really can’t do anything about it.(Sony can obfuscate things to annoy people as much as their want), but from the fundamental security standpoint, Sony doesn’t have any security leg to stand on now. It does not mean that current firmwares are exploitable. Firmware upgrades are still signed, so you need an exploit in your current firmware to downgrade. Also, newer PS3s presumably have fixed this (probably by using newer bootldr/metldrs as trust roots, and proper signing all along)
So I presume your PS3 still would theoretically need to be on an existing cfw, to move onto any possible future ones?
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Interesting times ahead again for PS30 -
Bugger. I got bored at the stagnation in the scene and was sitting there last weekend staring at me TV, and decided I wanted to play MW2 online, so updated to OFW for a ten minute game. Got absolutely destroyed as well.
I wouldnt be bothered shelling out for a dongle to downgrade so I suppose I'm stuck on OFW and will have to miss out on all the fun!
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and will have to miss out on all the fun!
I'm not sure there's much fun to be missed man, the PS3 homebrew scene is mostly piracy based. There's an extremely small amount of anything interesting otherwise, that may be down to how difficult it might be to program for though?
Given the choice, I think ofw with sen looks like the most fun 0 -
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I hope these latest developments don't mean that it would be possible to make the blu-ray player region free in the future? I left my CFW PS3 in a box for ages in case something interesting popped up, but I gave it away two weeks ago and it has since been updated to the latest fimrware. 0
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Managed to brick my PS3 phat installing Rogero CEX-4.21 v1.09 cant get in to recovery menu just black screen, is there an easy way to fix this without soldering a lot of wires.
Last I heard he was working on fixing it. A hardware flasher/soldering solution may not be even able to fix this is certain parts of your nand are lost...as was the case with the Waninkoko cfw bricks last time.
I could have sworn I seen somewhere though there was a fix for this even if you had no nand backup...can't seem to find it now
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