Choosing the right nor backup

mikele13

mikele13

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Hello, I would like your help in the following matter ...
About a year ago a friend of mine gave me 2-3 ps3 slim consoles to install cfw,games,etc.
I always back up nor in case it breaks anything
Indeed, these days my friend will bring me a console which is bricked somehow ...
The question is with these backup nor I have,
how will I be able to find the one that fits so that I can restore it?
 
If you do not know which dump belongs to which console, and you have a hardware flasher hooked up to the bricked console, you can just try restore all of them and see which dump works. You can't make it worse than a brick.
 
DeViL303 said:
If you do not know which dump belongs to which console, and you have a hardware flasher hooked up to the bricked console, you can just try restore all of them and see which dump works. You can't make it worse than a brick.
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True :D

Also, you could make a dump of the bricked console and compare the area named bootloader in a hexeditor
The bootloader is encrypted with a key unique for that console and is not updated ever, so it should be identical
https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Flash
 
sandungas said:
Also, you could make a dump of the bricked console
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Also true, it might be better idea to take a backup anyway, just in case he finds out after that none of the dumps work. He does not want to overwrite the per console data unless he is 100% sure he has a good dump.

P.S. So I was kind of wrong: he can make it worse than a brick, he can make it so he has a bricked console with no working dump.
 
DeViL303 said:
You can't make it worse than a brick.
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Technically, you can make it worse than a brick... if you get a little creative... ;)

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...but they're right. If it's bricked already you have [almost] nothing to lose.
 
PS3PIR8 said:
Technically, you can make it worse than a brick... if you get a little creative... ;)

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...but they're right. If it's bricked already you have [almost] nothing to lose.
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don't forget about smash my ps3.com they bought a system on launch day, then smashed it with a sledge hammer in front of fans. they did the same with the 360 and the wii. I can't imagine hating a company or a system that much to pay to have one bought just so I could see it destroyed.
 
mikele13 said:
nice,i will try this method and if i cant find a solution,i will post again.
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But make a dump of the actual flash contents first, in my previous post i was assuming at least one of the old dumps you already have is valid, but is better to dont assume anything

The safest way to do what you want is to make a dump, and then compare that dump in a hexeditor with the old dumps you have (the bootloader is at the most bottom in the dumps of PS3 slims, in the hexeditor scroll down to bottom, that area should be identical)

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Incase none of the old dumps matches with the new dump... well... the only thing you have is the new dump (and the old dumps are completly pointless, not valid for that console)
 
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sandungas said:
But make a dump of the actual flash contents first, in my previous post i was assuming at least one of the old dumps you already have is valid, but is better to dont assume anything

The safest way to do what you want is to make a dump, and then compare that dump in a hexeditor with the old dumps you have (the bootloader is at the most bottom in the dumps of PS3 slims, in the hexeditor scroll down to bottom, that area should be identical)

Edit:
Incase none of the old dumps matches with the new dump... well... the only thing you have is the new dump (and the old ones are completly pointless, not valid for that console)
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sure,i will take a dump 3 times from the bricked console,and then i will compare it with the good ones that i have.
no no i am very sure that i have the matching dump in my files,the point is to find the right one.
thanks.
 
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