PS3 PS3 Firmware 4.93 - Update is Live! (CFW and HFW Released)


Sony Official Update v4.93 is Live!
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DO NOT UPDATE UNTIL YOU VERIFY YOUR JAILBREAK/EXPLOITS HAVE BEEN UDPATED AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE UPDATE PROCESS FOR YOUR CONSOLE/JAILBREAK.
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4.93 OFW Changelog Homebrew Updates Exploit & Firmware Releases PS3HEN Releases


  • As every year, every March...
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    Official Changelog:
    This system software update improves system performance.​

    Real Changelog:
    • Blu-ray keys updated. (AACS encryption keys)
    • Authentication plugin (np_oauth.sprx) updated. (Just a version bump, thanks for checking it @Colek )
    • 4 New SSL certificates added:
      • IdenTrust Commercial Root CA
      • EV Root Certification Authority RSA R2
      • Root Certification Authority RSA
      • TLS RSA Root CA 2022
    • VSH updated to support the new SSL cetificates + version number.
    • Other SPRX modules were updated, likely involving timestamps and version strings.

    Issues:
    • sandungas said:
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      The PS3 firmware is modular (composed by hundreds of .sprx modules)
      The modules are executable files containing compiled code, usually that code requires to load resources (images, sounds, texts for all the supported languages, etc...), and that resources are located inside .rco files (resource containers)
      Additionally the .rco files contains the definitions for most of the "objects" that you see in the screen, this includes his position and sizes relatives to a grid with the coordinate origin (X=0, Y=0, Z=0) at the center of the screen

      The .rco format was originally used in PSP where the screen size is always the same, but it was not good enought for PS3 because the PS3 allows to configure the display settings for different resolutions (1080p, 720p, 420p, 272p)
      So they updated the .rco format to load the position and sizes (and scale factors) from external .txt files codenamed "XMB layouts", this .txt files contains a huge list of values (1 value per line) and are intended to be loaded by the .rco files selectivelly for every display resolution

      The XMB layout .txt files are generated automatically without human intervention, is part of the official firmware compilation enviroment (a collection of tenths of scripts and tools intended to create the PS3UPDAT.PUP)
      Basically, the .txt files are linked with the whole collection of .rco files (and the rco files are dependant of .sprx files) so we can deduce the .txt files are generated sequentially
      Everytime a new rco is compiled the scripts creates new lines in the txt files (as much are needed by that specific .rco)

      In OFW 4.89 sony introduced a bug that "breaks" a couple of lines in the .txt files, we can fix them easilly because is just a .txt without any security, but i guess the official developers have very strict rules of the kind of fixes they can apply and modifying the .txt files manually (with a text editor) is not an aceptable solution, because the root of the problem is in the scripts that generates the .txt files

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      The first accurate report in this forum about the official bugs (that boosted my interest) was this post by LuanTeles
      https://www.psx-place.com/threads/4...the-firmware-update.37203/page-10#post-332535
      And the solution was published a few days later
      https://www.psx-place.com/threads/4...the-firmware-update.37203/page-17#post-333560
      If you are curious enought read our conversation in between that 2 posts, i tryed to explain it in more detail, but my post of the second link is the resume of the story :D
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    Compiled date:
    Jan 8, 2026

    Current Status:
    Software Update Bypass:
    Install the latest version of webMAN MOD by @aldostools and download the ps3-updatelist.txt.
    Copy to:
    Code: 
    /dev_hdd0/ps3-updatelist.txt

    Or install via PKG:
    https://github.com/PS3-4K-Pro/Packa...Homebrews/webMAN_-_Firmware_Update_Bypass.pkg

    Important Notes:
    • Bgtoolset by @bguerville does NOT yet support 4.93.
    • CFW flash patcher by @lmn7 does NOT yet support 4.93.

    CFW Notice: If you are on CFW (not qCFW) already, you only need to update from CFW 4.92 (or lower) to a 4.93 CFW. You will not need to use bgtoolset again to re-exploit your console to allow for a CFW installation, if already on CFW.


  • Homebrew Updates:

    Backup managers often require updates after a new firmware release.

    • webMAN MOD: Compatible
    • irisMAN:



  • Custom Firmwares:

    Other Useful Tools:



  • PS3HEN:





Files changed in 4.93:
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zekepliskin
Does 4.93 not support the same OC options from the XMB via ⭐️ Custom Firmware Tools as 4.92.2?

I use that feature a lot, super convenient so I'd stay on 4.92.2 for now if we're back to doing it with an overclock.txt
 
Coro
if anybody is wondering, alternate and autohen installers will updated as soon as i can. i am moving but also am having car troubles so it may be a while. BTW i will probably just make a 4.93 version and leave older versions as they are now. hen can be updated by downloading the pkg and inst

LuanTeles said:
@Coro can you move my post to the top?
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i still lurk around but i don't log-in much. nice to see that you thought of me first, tho.
 
SanjoXJ218
I am currently still on 4.92.2 PEX EVILNAT CFW with my CECHE 80GB PS3 Phat. What do I need to know about the new version beforehand? How much higher is the risk of disabling syscalls so as to temporarily get onto the PlayStation store with what I got now instead of upgrading to the latest version first?
 
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SanjoXJ218 said:
I am currently still on 4.92.2 PEX EVILNAT CFW with my CECHE 80GB PS3 Phat. What do I need to know about the new version beforehand? How much higher is the risk of disabling syscalls so as to temporarily get onto the PlayStation store with what I got now instead of upgrading to the latest version first?
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The initial release of Evilnat 4.93 had a bug that crashed the system when attempting to log in. This has been fixed now and PSN is working normally. The risk of using PSN is slightly lower than staying on 4.92.2, just because you don't need to spoof the firmware version.
Afaik there are no new CFW features on 4.93. The only changes you get by installing the update is not having to spoof your version when logging in to PSN and the changes carried over from OFW 4.93, specifically the new Blu-Ray keys and new SSL CA certificates.
 
zekepliskin
NiQ said:
Afaik there are no new CFW features on 4.93. The only changes you get by installing the update is not having to spoof your version when logging in to PSN and the changes carried over from OFW 4.93, specifically the new Blu-Ray keys and new SSL CA certificates.
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Okay great! Does 4.93 with fixed PSN also have OC options in the XMB?
 
Mario95BG
Is there a way to install PS3 CFW 4.93 Evilnat on OFW 4.93 and if yes how ? The PS3 is FAT system, and I don't want hen, I want CFW. Is there a way ? For example with HFW 4.93.1 ?
 
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