PS3 bgtoolset down. Got a PS with firmware 3.56 -4.85? There might be a workaround for you.

[GuilloteTesla]

Inside that folder create another folder called "UPDATE" UPGRADE. Please make sure that the folders are all UPPERCASE, it does matter! And then the FW that you've downloaded, copy it into the "UPDATE" UPGRADE folder on the USB drive

The folder must be named UPDATE, not UPGRADE.

 

[Sm1ffyP]

Wow, Thank you. Was given a Phat CECHK03 last week with OFW 4.76, currently own slim CECH2003A with HFW 4.89 with HEN. Followed the tutorial from the OP with a few adaptations. OFW 4.76 > OFW 4.85 > HFW 4.85 > HFW 4.85 > Patched using NOR_NAND Writer v. 2.0.2 from a thread from this website. Copied contents to nginx html/writer folder and the flash485 files to usb stick before writing flash. Checked the hex dumps throughout using PyPS3checker, checked MD5 on downloads. Absolutely delighted. Installed Rebug 4.85, webmanmod and multiman. Thanks for all your amazing work at PSX-Place. Long may it continue. Shall I create step by step instructions for this method of installing CFW, whilst the websites are unavailable?

 

[sanity1123]

The folder must be named UPDATE, not UPGRADE.

@GuilloteTesla thank you so much! That was a big mistake! I edited the original post Thank you for picking that up

Wow, Thank you. Was given a Phat CECHK03 last week with OFW 4.76, currently own slim CECH2003A with HFW 4.89 with HEN. Followed the tutorial from the OP with a few adaptations. OFW 4.76 > OFW 4.85 > HFW 4.85 > HFW 4.85 > Patched using NOR_NAND Writer v. 2.0.2 from a thread from this website. Copied contents to nginx html/writer folder and the flash485 files to usb stick before writing flash. Checked the hex dumps throughout using PyPS3checker, checked MD5 on downloads. Absolutely delighted. Installed Rebug 4.85, webmanmod and multiman. Thanks for all your amazing work at PSX-Place. Long may it continue. Shall I create step by step instructions for this method of installing CFW, whilst the websites are unavailable?

Please do I think it's all very helpful. Just a note to everyone again, please be aware that you are doing this at your own risk. It would be ideal if we could just use bgtoolset, but if you can't wait, MAYBE this will help you guys too

 

[Sm1ffyP]

Without the awesome work from the PSxploit team, this would not have been possible, Huge shout and many thanks to STLcardsWS, Habib, Esc0rtd3w, bguerville, Coro and others, the list is long..........
The difference between the method sanity1123 provided and the method used was the NOR Flasher for HFW 4.85 2.0 2. To apply the nor patch, the flash485 files will need to be copied to the root of the FAT32 USB Stick , then inserted into PS3 prior to launching the relevant index_?.html file for the exploit. I have not tested the nand flasher as there are no NAND PS3s in possession. I cannot for the life of me remember where I found the NOR Flasher Tool on PSX-Place website.
I hope this helps. Massive thanks again..

As this process successfully worked for the PS3 Phat I recently acquired, this does not necessary mean it will work for everyone. Please excuse me if I sound a little vague with explanations.

 

[NiQ]

Without the awesome work from the PSxploit team, this would not have been possible, Huge shout and many thanks to STLcardsWS, Habib, Esc0rtd3w, bguerville, Coro and others, the list is long..........
The difference between the method sanity1123 provided and the method used was the NOR Flasher for HFW 4.85 2.0 2. To apply the nor patch, the flash485 files will need to be copied to the root of the FAT32 USB Stick , then inserted into PS3 prior to launching the relevant index_?.html file for the exploit. I have not tested the nand flasher as there are no NAND PS3s in possession. I cannot for the life of me remember where I found the NOR Flasher Tool on PSX-Place website.
I hope this helps. Massive thanks again..

As this process successfully worked for the PS3 Phat I recently acquired, this does not necessary mean it will work for everyone. Please excuse me if I sound a little vague with explanations.

By the way, once you're on CFW there's no reason to stay on 4.85. As long as you remain on CFW you're safe. You can (and probably should) install Evilnat 4.89.3. Better also QA flag your console, which will allow you to downgrade as well.

 

[Ka92928]

Thank you for your awesome workaround tutorial! I can confirm that it worked great for my slim CECH-2504A with minimum version 3.40. First I was on 4.80 and I dumped the NOR on 4.80 as well. Then I installed 4.85 HFW. After the patch on HFW 4.85 I installed evilnat 4.89 cex over on top without any problems.

 

[sanity1123]

By the way, once you're on CFW there's no reason to stay on 4.85. As long as you remain on CFW you're safe. You can (and probably should) install Evilnat 4.89.3. Better also QA flag your console, which will allow you to downgrade as well.

I didn't know that, that's actually awesome!

 

[NewCat]

@sanity1123 Hello, do you mind helping me a bit with the local server thingy ?
I downloaded and run nginx.exe and the server is working properly when running http://localhost/dumper/index_nor.html. However when I tried to connect to my pc through ps3 browser it says the page cannot be displayed (80710092), which would just be it can't connect. I tested to make sure port 80 is open and even tried to connect to the dumper html through my phone and it did work, so I'm not sure what I've done wrong.
Just in case, is there any other software similar to nginx I can substitute ? Or setting the server through android phone (I saw the guide somewhere)

Edit: Actually it works when I removed the "http://" part before my pc ip address, that's a rather dumb reason.

 

[NiQ]

@sanity1123 Hello, do you mind helping me a bit with the local server thingy ?
I downloaded and run nginx.exe and the server is working properly when running http://localhost/dumper/index_nor.html. However when I tried to connect to my pc through ps3 browser it says the page cannot be displayed (80710092), which would just be it can't connect. I tested to make sure port 80 is open and even tried to connect to the dumper html through my phone and it did work, so I'm not sure what I've done wrong.
Just in case, is there any other software similar to nginx I can substitute ? Or setting the server through android phone (I saw the guide somewhere)

Cause localhost always points to the machine from which you're browsing. Going to localhost from the PS3 won't go anywhere unless the PS3 itself is acting as a web server (which actually does happen when you install webMAN).
What you need to do is open a cmd window and type ipconfig to get your computer's real IP address, then use that instead of localhost when browsing from your PS3.
Also you may need to temporarily disable the Windows firewall.

 

[NewCat]

I should clarify that I used the correct link (with my pc ip address, not localhost) but it didn't work before because I typed the full "http://192.168...." into the address bar. Using "192.168....." works. Sorry for the dumb question lol

 

[sanity1123]

I just want to check @NewCat you added this:

Edit: Actually it works when I removed the "http://" part before my pc ip address, that's a rather dumb reason.

Does that mean that you came right on the PS3?
If so, that is indeed a very strange thing to happen. I've never experienced that in all my 15 years of programming. That is so weird.

If it hasn't come right on the PS3, then I'm not 100% sure. I'd need a little bit more context. And for alternatives, you could try IIS (Internet Information Services, it's built into windows), or Apache2.

But I think that you came right

 

[NewCat]

I just want to check @NewCat you added this:


Does that mean that you came right on the PS3?
If so, that is indeed a very strange thing to happen. I've never experienced that in all my 15 years of programming. That is so weird.

If it hasn't come right on the PS3, then I'm not 100% sure. I'd need a little bit more context. And for alternatives, you could try IIS (Internet Information Services, it's built into windows), or Apache2.

But I think that you came right

Yea it connected to the correct dumper page and after a few tries (I actually have to update to hfw 4.85.1 for it to work) I got the dump.hex with 155 checks 0 danger/warning. Not sure why is that (error link with "http://") even a thing

 

[NewCat]

@sanity1123 Sorry for pinging you again, but when I do the write nor/nand part through writer/index.html, the process went really fast (2-3m) then displayed initialization successful green text. Is this normal/ok to process to install cfw or is there anyway I can check if I need to redo it ?

I'm getting a bit anxious as when dumping nor it also displayed process finished but didn't actually produce a dump.hex file a few times, and I had to check the file to make sure it actually did something, so I don't know if I should trust it this time when it write this fast.

 

[sanity1123]

Not sure why is that (error link with "http://") even a thing

Great! I'm really glad that you came right. Like I say, in all my years of programming and software development, never have I experienced or seen that little crazy. but I'm glad you came right.

I'm getting a bit anxious as when dumping nor it also displayed process finished but didn't actually produce a dump.hex file a few times, and I had to check the file to make sure it actually did something, so I don't know if I should trust it this time when it write this fast.

I'm not 100% sure. I'm not currently with my PS3, I'm away on vacation, so I need to double check the files and process again on my side to confirm. The dumping is usually the thing that takes the longest though, from what I remember. The flash writing did take a little bit of time though, IIRC. But I'll have to double check for you when I'm back home by my PS3 and actual computer.

Not a problem on the pings, happy to give some insight if I can

If someone is able to help you while I'm away though, even better

 

[kostirez1]

I'm getting a bit anxious as when dumping nor it also displayed process finished but didn't actually produce a dump.hex file a few times, and I had to check the file to make sure it actually did something, so I don't know if I should trust it this time when it write this fast.

You may also try your luck with the new Flash Writer for 4.90 - up to date video tutorial here:

 

[NewCat]

You may also try your luck with the new Flash Writer for 4.90 - up to date video tutorial here:

Yea too bad I only found that thread after half way done with this method, and I don't know if switching half way would mess things up (like updating to OFW 4.90 after done writing flash using the 4.85 flash writer onto HFW 4.85.1 might do some weird thing) so maybe it's not the best idea.

Right now I'm kind of stuck with another problem though. After patching (and getting the successful message above) I put the REBUG 4.85.1 .pup into my usb and ran system update, and it keeps on checking the file forever (didn't freeze, the background still moving). Even when I canceled the update it still stuck canceling (still, not freeze, bg still moving) and I have no idea if cutting the power would brick my ps3 right at this moment (also have no idea how I can get out of this without cutting the power, as it's stuck with the canceling message).

Any help right now would be really appreciate.

Edit: for more information, I have already dumped and check the dump.hex file after patching, and it returns 155 checks 0 danger/warning, before process to try system update through storage (with correct file and folder names, as I did before). No idea what is happening and how to get out of this situation.

Edit 2: Actually I forgot to restart the ps3 before updating. Thanks to Mr Mario's video. At least there was no permanent damage, I'm just gonna redo the whole patching again to make sure.

 

[kostirez1]

Yea too bad I only found that thread after half way done with this method, and I don't know if switching half way would mess things up (like updating to OFW 4.90 after done writing flash using the 4.85 flash writer onto HFW 4.85.1 might do some weird thing) so maybe it's not the best idea.

There is no problem with doing that. Of course, you wouldn't want to go from "patched" console to "unpatched" OFW, but installing OFW/HFW will get you to the clean state where you started. In case that you got stuck on the old method, I would recommend updating to HFW 4.90 and following the video mentioned above.

I have no idea if cutting the power would brick my ps3 right at this moment (also have no idea how I can get out of this without cutting the power, as it's stuck with the canceling message).

This happens from time to time. As long as it isn't in the process of "Installing, do not turn off the PS3!", there isn't any risk of bricking. People at Sony actually did a great job of making it as safe as possible. Whether you need to unplug it... I would personally give it ~30 minutes to do whatever it needs to do, and if nothing changes, just unplug it.

Also, if possible, try using a different USB flash drive on the next attempt.

 

[sanity1123]

You may also try your luck with the new Flash Writer for 4.90 - up to date video tutorial here:

OMG MrMario just released a new video

 

[sanity1123]

Edit 2: Actually I forgot to restart the ps3 before updating. Thanks to Mr Mario's video. At least there was no permanent damage, I'm just gonna redo the whole patching again to make sure.

That's awesome! I'm glad that he was able to help you he was the one that I based this original post on good luck!

 

[NewCat]

There is no problem with doing that. Of course, you wouldn't want to go from "patched" console to "unpatched" OFW, but installing OFW/HFW will get you to the clean state where you started. In case that you got stuck on the old method, I would recommend updating to HFW 4.90 and following the video mentioned above.

This happens from time to time. As long as it isn't in the process of "Installing, do not turn off the PS3!", there isn't any risk of bricking. People at Sony actually did a great job of making it as safe as possible. Whether you need to unplug it... I would personally give it ~30 minutes to do whatever it needs to do, and if nothing changes, just unplug it.

Also, if possible, try using a different USB flash drive on the next attempt.

Thank you for your reply. I just forgot to restart my ps3 before updating. I'm on REBUG LT 4.85.1 now
Onto the next issue, anyone know where the Evilnat 4.89 went (last time I checked it was on sticky) ?