Finally hacked my ps3, got a few questions.

[fowler002]

Hacked the ps3 earlier today using mr mario's guide, when I dumped the nand(256mb) it only dumped 239mb. I ran the checker and everything was green so I patched it and have installed 4.89 evilnat, will there be any issues in the future & is it supposed to dump the whole 256mb or just the 239mb?
In a previous thread aldostools told me to backup the eid keys or something after installing the cfw, how do I do this?
What homebrew do I need to install? I've downloaded multiman, webman mod, the one that increases the storage by 8% and apollo.
Will be changing the hdd to a 1tb after I've played around with apollo and the save files, will I need to reinstall the cfw or anything?

 

[aldostools]

Hacked the ps3 earlier today using mr mario's guide, when I dumped the nand(256mb) it only dumped 239mb. I ran the checker and everything was green so I patched it and have installed 4.89 evilnat, will there be any issues in the future & is it supposed to dump the whole 256mb or just the 239mb?
In a previous thread aldostools told me to backup the eid keys or something after installing the cfw, how do I do this?
What homebrew do I need to install? I've downloaded multiman, webman mod, the one that increases the storage by 8% and apollo.
Will be changing the hdd to a 1tb after I've played around with apollo and the save files, will I need to reinstall the cfw or anything?

To backup EID Root Keys go to Network column > Custom Firmware Tools > Dump Tools > Dump ERK
The file will be created in /dev_hdd0/tmp/eid_root_key just download it to PC.
It will let you read the HDD files if your console have issues.

After changing HDD you will be prompted to reinstall CFW. Then restore games, homebrews, saves, licenses, etc.
You won't need to jailbreak again the console (e.g. going to ** ** www.ps3xploit.net > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com) > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com/bgtoolset) except if you don't install CFW.

It is also recommended to enable QA flag. The option is found in:
Network column > Custom Firmware Tools > Cobra Tools > QA Tools > Enable QA Flags

 

[fowler002]

To backup EID Root Keys go to Network column > Custom Firmware Tools > Dump Tools > Dump ERK
The file will be created in /dev_hdd0/tmp/eid_root_key just download it to PC.
It will let you read the HDD files if your console have issues.

After changing HDD you will be prompted to reinstall CFW. Then restore games, homebrews, saves, licenses, etc.
You won't need to jailbreak again the console (e.g. going to ** ** www.ps3xploit.net > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com) > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com/bgtoolset) except if you don't install CFW.

It is also recommended to enable QA flag. The option is found in:
Network column > Custom Firmware Tools > Cobra Tools > QA Tools > Enable QA Flags

thanks for the reply, I'm planning on starting with a "clean slate" on the 1tb drive but want to backup some copy protected save files tho wouldn't be the end of the world if I'm unable to.
I did make backup on 4.83 before hacking the console, if I ever decide to restore will there be any issues with it being a 4.89 evilnat vs 4.83 ofw(or should I just make another backup before changing the drive?)?

 

[littlebalup]

... when I dumped the nand(256mb) it only dumped 239mb. I ran the checker and everything was green so I patched it and have installed 4.89 evilnat, will there be any issues in the future & is it supposed to dump the whole 256mb or just the 239mb?
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That's totally normal to obtain a 239mb nand dump with the bgtoolset or the old ps3xploit dumper methods. It doesn't dump the bootldr section.
Now, with an installed CFW, you can make a full 256mb dump using the latest rebug toolbox. It's even recommended.

 

[fowler002]

That's totally normal to obtain a 239mb nand dump with the bgtoolset or the old ps3xploit dumper methods. It doesn't dump the bootldr section.
Now, with an installed CFW, you can make a full 256mb dump using the latest rebug toolbox. It's even recommended.

Thanks, have you got a link?

 

[littlebalup]

Thanks, have you got a link?

https://store.brewology.com/ahomebrew.php?brewid=308

 

[Berion]

(...) but want to backup some copy protected save files tho wouldn't be the end of the world if I'm unable to. (...)

https://www.psx-place.com/threads/ultimate-userdata-backup-guide.29037/

if I ever decide to restore will there be any issues with it being a 4.89 evilnat vs 4.83 ofw(or should I just make another backup before changing the drive?)?

4.89 is full of issues, including OFW. Avoid it, install something older like CFW 4.88.2 Evilnat or Rebug 4.86.1 Lite.

 

[fowler002]

https://store.brewology.com/ahomebrew.php?brewid=308

Thanks, is there a particular setting/option I need to choose as choosing the backup nor/nand dumped the 239mb again?
Also is a difference between this dump and the one in 4.83 ofw? It says 4.89 etc in the file name it saves it as

 

[fowler002]

https://www.psx-place.com/threads/ultimate-userdata-backup-guide.29037/


4.89 is full of issues, including OFW. Avoid it, install something older like CFW 4.88.2 Evilnat or Rebug 4.86.1 Lite.

Thanks for the reply, will have a read of that guide tho at first glance seems a bit daunting. As for not installing 4.89 ofw or evilnat, bit late as I installed 4.89 evinat several hours ago.

 

[Berion]

Daunting, daunting... Damn, it is one of my top tier guides about stuff which You will not find anywhere else (and the only one with proper English ^^). :P What is daunting in it? Each thing worth to backup is put in separate sub-chapter. There is nothing easier to navigate and there is nothing any kind of such guide in any part of the internet, especially that covering up all user data, all paths and all possible cases. If You don't care, just copy every folder and file in "dev_flash2/" and "dev_hdd0/" which means ~60% of useless data, if You are fine with that.

You have hacked Your console. For now everything will demand basics of IT knowledge and You will not escape from it. If You expecting something else than file manager/ftp client, use Apollo SaveData Tool. It will allows You to manipulate saves and export/import licenses.

 

[NiQ]

After changing HDD you will be prompted to reinstall CFW. Then restore games, homebrews, saves, licenses, etc.
You won't need to jailbreak again the console (e.g. going to ** ** www.ps3xploit.net > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com) > Domain no Longer owned by team** (NEW URL = http://ps3toolset.com/bgtoolset) except if you don't install CFW.

He said his console is NAND, he won't need to reinstall the CFW.

 

[aldostools]

He said his console is NAND, he won't need to reinstall the CFW.

True. I didn't notice that it was a NAND (phat) console.

 

[bleepbleep]

lv1 masks the bootldr section on the nand. You could look at the source code of whatever dumper you are using to see if it patches the 0x0200 in lv1 to 0x0000. If the source code is unavailable, you could look at a lv1 dump, right after dumping your nand, to see if lv1 has been patched. Though that is probably a waste of time, as the nand dumper should restore lv1 to unpatched state before exiting.

For 4.89 I guess that would be:
27B630 7C 08 02 A6 FB E1 00 78 7C 7F 1B 78 39 84 02 00 |..ªvß.x|.x9ä.. unpatched
vs
27B630 7C 08 02 A6 FB E1 00 78 7C 7F 1B 78 39 84 00 00 |..ªvß.x|.x9ä. patched

A long time ago we would simply have used lv1 peek and poke from lv2 to patch lv1. I'm not familiar with current firmwares but they've moved some of those calls around, so you should seek advice from someone who is. Plus my console is a nor which means I never had to use that patch.

this patch was published long time ago, so no credit to me, except for a long memory.


.

 

[fowler002]

Daunting, daunting... Damn, it is one of my top tier guides about stuff which You will not find anywhere else (and the only one with proper English ^^). :P What is daunting in it? Each thing worth to backup is put in separate sub-chapter. There is nothing easier to navigate and there is nothing any kind of such guide in any part of the internet, especially that covering up all user data, all paths and all possible cases. If You don't care, just copy every folder and file in "dev_flash2/" and "dev_hdd0/" which means ~60% of useless data, if You are fine with that.

You have hacked Your console. For now everything will demand basics of IT knowledge and You will not escape from it. If You expecting something else than file manager/ftp client, use Apollo SaveData Tool. It will allows You to manipulate saves and export/import licenses.

oppsy not been on the forum for long and already got on the wrong side of someone

I'd used Apollo to make a backup of the saves & the trophies before fully reading your guide, did I need to do it manually through multiman/ftp?
Trying to backup the licenses unzipped the ps3 kept freezing so ended up using the zip option

changed the hard disk from the 60gb to a 1tb, do I need to redump the eid? Speaking of when I first dumped it it was showing up on the usb when on the ps3 but when I went to transfer to the pc it wasn't there so had to redump it, the nand dump I made with the rebug tool also didn't show up when I looked at the usb drive on the pc tho not made another dump as was waiting for a reply about the 239mb vs 256mb question(I.e any settings I need to change before dumping the nand).

lv1 masks the bootldr section on the nand. You could look at the source code of whatever dumper you are using to see if it patches the 0x0200 in lv1 to 0x0000. If the source code is unavailable, you could look at a lv1 dump, right after dumping your nand, to see if lv1 has been patched. Though that is probably a waste of time, as the nand dumper should restore lv1 to unpatched state before exiting.

For 4.89 I guess that would be:
27B630 7C 08 02 A6 FB E1 00 78 7C 7F 1B 78 39 84 02 00 |..ªvß.x|.x9ä.. unpatched
vs
27B630 7C 08 02 A6 FB E1 00 78 7C 7F 1B 78 39 84 00 00 |..ªvß.x|.x9ä. patched

A long time ago we would simply have used lv1 peek and poke from lv2 to patch lv1. I'm not familiar with current firmwares but they've moved some of those calls around, so you should seek advice from someone who is. Plus my console is a nor which means I never had to use that patch.

this patch was published long time ago, so no credit to me, except for a long memory.

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all that has gone over my head

 

[Berion]

oppsy not been on the forum for long and already got on the wrong side of someone

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I'd used Apollo to make a backup of the saves & the trophies before fully reading your guide, did I need to do it manually through multiman/ftp

No, I said earlier that You can use Apollo. But to restoring them You must know the rules, e.g You cannot restore trophies via Apollo so guess what, You must know where they are.

Trying to backup the licenses unzipped the ps3 kept freezing so ended up using the zip optio

Use different file manager or FTP client, or stay in current solution. Anyway, licenses should be exported to empty form (*.raf), to be useful in case of usage on different console.

changed the hard disk from the 60gb to a 1tb, do I need to redump the eid?

For what reason You want to dump eid section?

but when I went to transfer to the pc it wasn't there

Read about system attribute in FAT32 and how to do to turn on showing them in Windows.

 

[fowler002]

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No, I said earlier that You can use Apollo. But to restoring them You must know the rules, e.g You cannot restore trophies via Apollo so guess what, You must know where they are.

Use different file manager or FTP client, or stay in current solution. Anyway, licenses should be exported to empty form (*.raf), to be useful in case of usage on different console.

For what reason You want to dump eid section?

Read about system attribute in FAT32 and how to do to turn on showing them in Windows.

i should've added that when I plugged the usb drive back into the ps3 the 2 missing files I mentioned weren't showing up on their either, you mention in your guide to dump the eid & aldostools mentioned it in his reply.
How do you restore the trophies?

 

[Berion]

So then maybe this pendrive is not reliable.

We didn't. You mislead it with ERK (EID Root Key). eEID section is encrypted keystore (eid0 etc.) for various of of other things.

It is described in my tutorial, lazy one. :P Copying them back in proper place and rebuilding database. NP Account ID used in trophies and console account must match, the same with IDPS.

 

[fowler002]

So then maybe this pendrive is not reliable.

We didn't. You mislead it with ERK (EID Root Key). eEID section is encrypted keystore (eid0 etc.) for various of of other things.

It is described in my tutorial, lazy one. :P Copying them back in proper place and rebuilding database. NP Account ID used in trophies and console account must match, the same with IDPS.

no the usb drive is fine, everything else I've put on there were there it was only those two files.

If reading your guide multiple times makes me lazy then sure I'm lazy

 

[Berion]

Look, no one have freezing problems by copying data to USB. No one have problems with missing data on it. It is wise to at least check every block on pendrive if it is readable or not. And if it is ok, doing the same with HDD + checking his S.M.A.R.T. (but beware on not initialize it by accidentally agree on Windows).

So it seems daunting for You. ;]

Oh, I forgot to answer: ERK doesn't change, it is unique per each PS3, so You don't need read it again after HDD change. All internal mass on this specific console unit will be encrypted by unique ATA Key (calculated from unique ERK).

 

[fowler002]

Look, no one have freezing problems by copying data to USB. No one have problems with missing data on it. It is wise to at least check every block on pendrive if it is readable or not. And if it is ok, doing the same with HDD + checking his S.M.A.R.T. (but beware on not initialize it by accidentally agree on Windows).

So it seems daunting for You. ;]

Oh, I forgot to answer: ERK doesn't change, it is unique per each PS3, so You don't need read it again after HDD change. All internal mass on this specific console unit will be encrypted by unique ATA Key (calculated from unique ERK).

Fine I'm daunted and lazy