Region Free 4.88 Dual Boot?

[Alex_Scream]

Good day everyone!

I managed to get backward compatible PS3 Fat CEHCA00 model in a great shape and I have a bunch of PS1/PS2 discs.

The problem is its NTSC, but has Asian Region lock for PSone discs /PS2 DVDs.

I'm using DB firmware mostly from littlebalup, to use PSN and sync some trophies from games I want to play and just in case I want get back to CFW.

So I was wondering, is there a way to make DB FW with Region Free feature? CD/DVD games don't have some online features so it should be safe to use without ban risks. Or there something I don't know?

Please advise, thanks!

 

[bguerville]

Yes & no.
If you start adding patches to get whatever features you want, the firmware no longer remains a DB fw with minimal patching to allow CFW reinstallation but becomes a MFW/CFW, more likely to get detected.
It defeats the purpose of DB fw which is to have a pure OFW (except for one patch) on top of which CFW can be installed.

 

[Alex_Scream]

Yes & no.
If you start adding patches to get whatever features you want, the firmware no longer remains a DB fw with minimal patching to allow CFW reinstallation but becomes a MFW/CFW, more likely to get detected.
It defeats the purpose of DB fw which is to have a pure OFW (except for one patch) on top of which CFW can be installed.

Meh...that's sad, wish to have one device that could play whole library 'officially'. Still not feeling secure using CFW, even not using homebrew.

Anyway, thank you for reply!

 

[Desmo]

Meh...that's sad, wish to have one device that could play whole library 'officially'. Still not feeling secure using CFW, even not using homebrew.

Anyway, thank you for reply!

I use CFW for daily use and never go online with it. When I do go online, to update trophies or download purchased games, I install littlebalup's DBFW.
I highly recommend installing CFW on your system. I have the same system and with CFW installed I'm able to play PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP games. Since it's hardware BC I can play game discs from any region.
I can't see a reason to ever not use my PS3 with CFW...

Best Regards,

Desmo