• PS3HEN is now supporting 4.93 Firmware

    View Official Release Post for additional information HERE
PS3HEN

PS3HEN PS3HEN - Official Release Thread (Homebrew Enabler for the PS3) v3.5.0 (4.93 support)

Can you provide more details? Firmware version, plugins loaded, not enabling, crashing launching games, homebrew?

Seeing you have a 2504 slim, you may as well just use cfw honestly. But I am curious what your issue is. You can try using debug mode (from hfw tools -> development -> switch mode) and getting a socat log to see where its crashing.

Could be a hard drive issue, or even overheating, etc. Would need more info.

And as Aldo said, if you are on 4.92, 3.4.0 is your only option for hen.

Edit: you can technically recompile any version from source to use newer firmware, but you are on your own with that, because so many things have changed over the years, it is unsupported to do so. It is open source after all.
I know HEN was tested on DEX but what about DECR? Like either 1400a or 1000a out of curiosity of course.
 
PS3HEN 3.4.1 has been released!

If you have Auto Updates turned on, then HEN will automatically update the next time its enabled. If not, use whatever other method of your choosing to update. The ps3xploit.me site has been updated.

CHANGELOG
HEN Plugin Changes
  • Added detection of BadWDSD via LV1 peek check on hen enable (thanks aomsin2526)
Payload Changes
  • Enabled LV1 peek and poke to support BadHTAB and BadWDSD exploits (thanks aomsin2526)
  • Added conditional timer for Retail and NPDRM self to reduce hanging when launching homebrew (thanks Joonie, aomsin2526)
  • Added support for 3k3y/Redump ISOs on-the-fly (thanks Joonie, Evilnat)
Resource Changes
  • Added support for installing qCFW with xai (quasi-CFW for NOR 3000x and SS) (thanks aomsin2526)
  • Added BD Game Disc Fix
    Disc Auto-Start Fix (thanks LuanTeles)
  • Now using fork of Evilnats xai plugin as base to take advantage of updated features (thanks Evilnat)
 
PS3HEN v3.5.0 has been released by PS3Xploit Team!

Changelog for v3.5.0:

Global Changes
  • Added support for 4.93 CEX firmware (HFW) (thanks @Joonie)
Resource Changes
  • Fixed Update HEN option in HFW Tools menu
  • Added a Homebrew Apps section in Update menu in HFW Tools
  • Added webmanMOD, multiMAN-MOD, ManagunZ, and Rebug Toolbox to Homebrew Apps menu
More info in the 1st post:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/p...mebrew-enabler-for-the-ps3.23955/#post-177292.

@esc0rtd3w there is something wrong with a link to Download Release Files:
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https://www.ps3xploit.me/hen/release/PS3HEN_3.5.0_4.93_FW.zip.


EDIT: It works now.
 
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I know. Fell asleep last night before I got zips done lol. Links will be good for those soon. The installer pkgs are all online and html updated.

Edit: The cloudflare caching might be messing with it. That zip is valid now and Developer zip I just uploaded, and both show 404. If it doesnt resolve itself soon, ill check into it further. The https shouldnt matter, but even http shows 404 right now.
 
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Good morning, I previously had a problem with HEN, or perhaps it's not HEN itself. It keeps freezing in the same way, I don't know how to explain it, maybe like this:
1. I activate HEN
2. I check the information for any installed game (in the XMB, to see the size) up to 3 games
3. On the fourth game, the entire console always freezes (it doesn't matter which games they are, I tried many)
The strange thing is that it doesn't happen with HEN disabled. I had HFW 4.92 - HEN 3.0.0, now with HFW 4.93 and HEN 3.5.0 it still happens
My console:
PS3 Super Slim - 750GB - HFW 4.93 - HEN 3.5.0 - Activated for games - everything works perfectly
Thanks
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is it just me?
Is my hard drive damaged?
Why does it only happen with HEN enabled?
 
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Good morning, I previously had a problem with HEN, or perhaps it's not HEN itself. It keeps freezing in the same way, I don't know how to explain it, maybe like this:
1. I activate HEN
2. I check the information for any installed game (in the XMB, to see the size) up to 3 games
3. On the fourth game, the entire console always freezes (it doesn't matter which games they are, I tried many)
The strange thing is that it doesn't happen with HEN disabled. I had HFW 4.92 - HEN 3.0.0, now with HFW 4.93 and HEN 3.5.0 it still happens
My console:
PS3 Super Slim - 750GB - HFW 4.93 - HEN 3.5.0 - Activated for games - everything works perfectly
Thanks
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is it just me?
Is my hard drive damaged?
Why does it only happen with HEN enabled?
Can you try it in debug mode and capture log?

See this post
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/w...-93-and-hen-3-5-0-official.49815/#post-421911
 
Hi, sorry for the delay, I finally found the time to do the work.
After following all the steps and capturing the log in HEN debug mode, surprisingly, it didn't freeze. I repeated the process where it was freezing (checking game information in the XMB) and it didn't freeze at any point, which is very strange. And now, in normal user mode of HEN, it no longer freezes.
Thanks.
Could debug mode have installed or activated something?
Why didn't it freeze after capturing the log?
The only thing that didn't work for you was changing the coldboot (I usually change it manually to the original PS3 version). I'm going to change it and see what happens.
 

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Hi, sorry for the delay, I finally found the time to do the work.
After following all the steps and capturing the log in HEN debug mode, surprisingly, it didn't freeze. I repeated the process where it was freezing (checking game information in the XMB) and it didn't freeze at any point, which is very strange. And now, in normal user mode of HEN, it no longer freezes.
Thanks.
Could debug mode have installed or activated something?
Why didn't it freeze after capturing the log?
The only thing that didn't work for you was changing the coldboot (I usually change it manually to the original PS3 version). I'm going to change it and see what happens.
My first thought is bad sectors on hard drive. When you activate different modes, it copies 4 files from hdd to flash. Now that I just typed that, I feel like that's not as likely lol.

Debug mode doesn't change any functionality. It just enables DPRINTF statements to be logged over udp.

Hard to say at this point.

Edit: The socat log looks normal.
 
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My first thought is bad sectors on hard drive. When you activate different modes, it copies 4 files from hdd to flash. Now that I just typed that, I feel like that's not as likely lol.

Debug mode doesn't change any functionality. It just enables DPRINTF statements to be logged over udp.

Hard to say at this point.

Edit: The socat log looks normal.
Thanks, I also think it's the hard drive (I bought it used, but it works better with games compared to the original)... thanks. I used to use WebMan mod... I haven't installed it since I updated to HEN 3.5.0. Could that be the cause? I'll find out for myself. Thanks again.
 
Thanks, I also think it's the hard drive (I bought it used, but it works better with games compared to the original)... thanks. I used to use WebMan mod... I haven't installed it since I updated to HEN 3.5.0. Could that be the cause? I'll find out for myself. Thanks again.
Tried rebuilding Database from safe mode? Maybe it's just some corruption in the XMB
 
Good morning, I previously had a problem with HEN, or perhaps it's not HEN itself. It keeps freezing in the same way, I don't know how to explain it, maybe like this:
1. I activate HEN
2. I check the information for any installed game (in the XMB, to see the size) up to 3 games
3. On the fourth game, the entire console always freezes (it doesn't matter which games they are, I tried many)
The strange thing is that it doesn't happen with HEN disabled. I had HFW 4.92 - HEN 3.0.0, now with HFW 4.93 and HEN 3.5.0 it still happens
My console:
PS3 Super Slim - 750GB - HFW 4.93 - HEN 3.5.0 - Activated for games - everything works perfectly
Thanks
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is it just me?
Is my hard drive damaged?
Why does it only happen with HEN enabled?
Hi, I discovered the "source of the problem," here's what happened:
The problem is caused by the external hard drive. I have a 1TB hard drive in USB001 and I have several games on it (they don't cause any problems). The culprit is located in the "exdata" folder where I have several .rap and .edat game files.
I moved the "exdata" folder to another directory, for example, inside a "new folder," then I tested the PS3 and surprise, it didn't freeze...
 
Hi, I discovered the "source of the problem," here's what happened:
The problem is caused by the external hard drive. I have a 1TB hard drive in USB001 and I have several games on it (they don't cause any problems). The culprit is located in the "exdata" folder where I have several .rap and .edat game files.
I moved the "exdata" folder to another directory, for example, inside a "new folder," then I tested the PS3 and surprise, it didn't freeze...
Thats good news, but a bit troubling. Would be curious if this happens on CFW.

It would probably be worth testing this internally to see if we can replicate the freezing issue.
 
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