Questions about Jailbreaking PS3

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Jamie Dignam

Hi,
I'm new to Homebrew and the PS3, and I want to ask some questions about jailbreaking my PS3 Super-Slim model.

I have Version 4.78 (Latest) on my PS3 and have never jailbroken anything before (although I will be JB'ing my iPhone 5c when the 9.2.1 JB is out).

Some questions:

What tutorials are there to installing CFW to the PS3 on 4.78?
What would the best CFW be? I'm mainly looking to have emulators, while also having access to Netflix, Amazon, etc.
Will this lose my game update data? Gran Turismo 6 was the worst game to update which I have ever experienced, I don't want to go through this process again.
What chances are there of the system becoming bricked or other errors, and what can be done to prevent such measures from occurring?
Can I still play games online?
Are there alt servers for Gran Turismo 5, a game I would want to play online since they cut it off a few years back?
Do I need to modify the hardware via chipping the system or other ways, or not?
Can you recommend any homebrew apps and games to me which you feel are great?

Thanks for any response you can give. I'm appreciative of anything you say as long as it is helpful.
I'm from the United Kingdom, so I'm not sure if anything will work correctly if it is used in this country.

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Sorry to spoil your dreams mate. There is some good info in that thread as to what models are jailbreakable if you want to go hunting for another system. (I would.)

Great system to have jailbroken nowdays.
 
Jamie Dignam said:
Oh... OK, then.
I don't know what else to say on the matter, but consider this thread as closed.
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Get on Craigslist, eBay, or even newegg where you can buy, quite inexpensively, a ps3 fat refurbished or used; or an older slim that can be downgraded.

I see them all the time for $60-$120 around my area.

Good luck.



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Just don't do my trick and spend ~$300 on a mint CECHA01 just to kill it with poor soldering skills.... hahahaha
Sure is a pretty door stop though. :D

Plus whatever it cost me to get two teensys, and cables etc..... massive fail on my part!

Would of gone on drugs n alcohol anyway, so only a short term loss I guess. ;)
 
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Ladies and gentlemen of Psx-Place,

I am new to the sceen and with ps4 out I've been looking at my PS3 with thoughts and questions regarding the possibility of modding. It originally started when I thought it would be great to burn the games I own to the hard drive so I don't have to worry about the discs get scratched and failing from there. When I found out this was not possible with the oem software, I became open to ideas.
The model I have is CECH-2001A, on 4.78
I would like to JB this badboy, and was stoked when I read a few posts about 4.78 CFW. Now mind you i learn ridiculously quick which gets me in trouble sometimes.
Above it states that your system has to be one that came with 3.55 or older: how do I know that?(googled out)
Also I under the impression that even though 4.78 CFW exists, I still need a e3 flasher to downgrade before I upgrade to 4.78cfw.
Is this correct? Or can I just load 4.78CFW on to a flash drive and install it?
I am ok with flashing if need be. But would be cool if I didn't have to. Any clarity on this would be great
Thanks
 
Mad.metal said:
Ladies and gentlemen of Psx-Place,

I am new to the sceen and with ps4 out I've been looking at my PS3 with thoughts and questions regarding the possibility of modding. It originally started when I thought it would be great to burn the games I own to the hard drive so I don't have to worry about the discs get scratched and failing from there. When I found out this was not possible with the oem software, I became open to ideas.
The model I have is CECH-2001A, on 4.78
I would like to JB this badboy, and was stoked when I read a few posts about 4.78 CFW. Now mind you i learn ridiculously quick which gets me in trouble sometimes.
Above it states that your system has to be one that came with 3.55 or older: how do I know that?(googled out)
Also I under the impression that even though 4.78 CFW exists, I still need a e3 flasher to downgrade before I upgrade to 4.78cfw.
Is this correct? Or can I just load 4.78CFW on to a flash drive and install it?
I am ok with flashing if need be. But would be cool if I didn't have to. Any clarity on this would be great
Thanks
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Yes you are right, even though CFW 4.78 exists you will need to downgrade to 3.55 OFW first and then update to 4.78 CFW. Good News is that as you have a CECH2001A that can be jailbroken quite easily as it came with FW 3.55 or lower originally. Bad news is its not just a simple install from USB, You will have to purchase an E3 flasher and open up your console, or you can pay someone else to do it. Other good news is that it will be solderless, you just to put a clip on over the chip and read it (dump it) , then patch the dump, then flash it back.

(I feel it is better to get your own E3 and learn yourself rather than pay someone, as you can then fix your own PS3 if you ever need to reflash in the future, and you can also maybe get some of the costs back by flashing a few other consoles in the future)

I followed this video the first time and used these files Which I got from the video description. I have used those files on a CECH2001A recently.
 
since u guys on jail breaking this ps3 have and error message saying The system software cannot be run correctly but i think its on 2.42 OFW what the best way i can restore this plus install a Cfw
 
DeViL303 said:
Yes you are right, even though CFW 4.78 exists you will need to downgrade to 3.55 OFW first and then update to 4.78 CFW. Good News is that as you have a CECH2001A that can be jailbroken quite easily as it came with FW 3.55 or lower originally. Bad news is its not just a simple install from USB, You will have to purchase an E3 flasher and open up your console, or you can pay someone else to do it. Other good news is that it will be solderless, you just to put a clip on over the chip and read it (dump it) , then patch the dump, then flash it back.

(I feel it is better to get your own E3 and learn yourself rather than pay someone, as you can then fix your own PS3 if you ever need to reflash in the future, and you can also maybe get some of the costs back by flashing a few other consoles in the future)

I followed this video the first time and used these files Which I got from the video description. I have used those files on a CECH2001A recently.
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DeViL303,

Thanks for the detailed reply. Your right about buying the E3 flasher, for the price of it might as well buy it. I don't have a problem splitting the case I watched a similar video on flashing and it's not necessarily rocket science.
My only question now is: can anything go wrong during the flash that will permanently brick the PS3, or is any mishap reversible? Also correct me if I am wrong, I have a lot of purchased content on this beezy(~200gb) and my underlying assumption is that with flashing the chip it won't affect the stored and purchased data, that is merely replacing the firmware?
And if you could elaborate on this a little as far as what is contained:
Split the case>flash with e3>back on 3.55>install jailbreak>install packages(i.e. Multiman etc)>upgrade to 4.78>done

This assumes all I need is the feature of multiman, and perhaps you could also answer this:
Is there a better base firmware version? I don't have a problem not playing online and will no longer require the other features of networking and am confortable with upgrading game packages manually.

Thanks again
 
Mad.metal said:
My only question now is: can anything go wrong during the flash that will permanently brick the PS3, or is any mishap reversible?
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There are risks. Its very important that you get good dumps off your Ps3 before you flash anything, if you get an incomplete dump, then patch it and flash it, then you have no way to get a complete dump again. So its important that you check your dumps using a few different applications, and take a few dumps and check that they match. (the common practice is to make sure that 3 dumps match, and that 3 different dumpchecker applications say they are OK).

Note: That if the dumps all say OK even after checking with 3 applications there is still a very very small chance you have a bad dump, so there is still a small risk anytime you flash a dump you have never tried before. Once you have a 100% good dump nothing can go wrong, you can always recover.




Mad.metal said:
Also correct me if I am wrong, I have a lot of purchased content on this beezy(~200gb) and my underlying assumption is that with flashing the chip it won't affect the stored and purchased data, that is merely replacing the firmware?
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That's correct, your purchased content "should" be untouched. But there are risks, for example you could accidently damage the mainboard taking the console apart, or something could go wrong with the install (in theory, Ive never seen it happen) and force you to format. so its best to backup your saves and if you can do a full system backup it could be handy to have in case of unforeseen problems.

Mad.metal said:
And if you could elaborate on this a little as far as what is contained:
Split the case>flash with e3>back on 3.55>install jailbreak>install packages(i.e. Multiman etc)>upgrade to 4.78>done
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Yes close, - split the case > dump the FW with e3 > check dumps very carefully on PC with several applications > patch it on PC > flash it back to PS3 using e3 > install 3.55 OFW > THEN upgrade to a CFW like Rebug (you could say this IS the jailbreak) , then install multiman latest version.

Mad.metal said:
This assumes all I need is the feature of multiman, and perhaps you could also answer this:
Is there a better base firmware version? I don't have a problem not playing online and will no longer require the other features of networking and am confortable with upgrading game packages manually
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I suggest once you have it on 3.55 OFW that you install Rebug 4.78.2 REX (latest version as of now), it is the most full featured Custom Firmware available and nothing else comes close IMO, it will allow you to go online and you should be able to receive game updates in the same way as you do on OFW (You must still use other applications for stealth on PSN to avoid a ban).

Anyway once you are on CFW you change it easily to a different one just as easy as updating OFW, you just put your CFW on a USB an install it, once on CFW you will only need the E3 to unbrick if that ever happened. Also you can then get as many applications as you want, just put them on a USB stick and install then on the PS3 via the install packages menu item (its called package manager on rebug).
 
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DeViL303,

Thanks again for the information.

Could you elaborate on what the dump is exactly.
here are risks. Its very important that you get good dumps off your Ps3 before you flash anything, if you get an incomplete dump, then patch it and flash it, then you have no way to get a complete dump again. So its important that you check your dumps using a few different applications, and take a few dumps and check that they match. (the common practice is to make sure that 3 dumps match, and that 3 different dumpchecker applications say they are OK).

Note: That if the dumps all say OK even after checking with 3 applications there is still a very very small chance you have a bad dump, so there is still a small risk anytime you flash a dump you have never tried before. Once you have a 100% good dump nothing can go wrong, you can always recover.
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When you say this about a dump, I think of a large cache file or similar. Again could you elaborate? Trying to understand more thoroughly what it is that one manipulates when using the e3...

Thanks
 
In this case when I say "dump" I just mean a copy of the contents of the flash memory in the ps3 (an exact byte for byte copy), so in this case a dump off the flash chip in the PS3 is some of the FW files (the more important files), the "dump" will only be 16.0 MB
 
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