PS3 Trophy Unlock with Custom Time Stamps

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GauchoPsnEua

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Hello guys, i'm trying some unlocks to complete old online trophies and i think i hit a wall, but first of all let me set some information:

1st - I don't care about getting console/account banned, if i did i wouldn't be here.
2nd - I already did on a dummy account, unlocked 4 full games with HEN, multiman and trophyisgood, those games had online trophies with servers already shut, i modified the timestamps to before the shutdown, 100% all 4 games and synced them, it's working fine, PSNprofiles read them, show them and show the time stamps of 5 years ago, all good, the caveat, the account was already synced but not with this games, they were 0%.
3rd - Finally, i want to unlock trophies of a game i already have some trophies but not all.

With all that in mind, i want to unlock trophies on a list i already started, i got half the trophies 7 years ago, and half uncompleted, i did the same steps i did for the dummy account, but the list won't update, the time stamps are correct, in the middle between the server shutdown and the trophies i already had.

Now, i think one of the problems is that i'm editing the synced trophy file and not the game trophy file, what i mean by that, i synced my trophy list, got the files, edited them and put back, but when i open the game the list goes back to 0%, probably because the trophy list synced version is different from the trophy list of the game version i'm using (disc). Today i'll do the opposite, sync trophies, open the game, and them copy/edit the files, if this changes anything i'll update here.

Next thing i'll try is using and empty account to unlock and then connect my account to sync, my fear here is the trophies i already have unlocked and synced, if this would give and error while syncing, to bypass that i could leave them unedited, but then the platinum won't be unlocked too, don't know if there is a way to bypass that on TrophyisGood.

Anyway, my question, anyone had this issue and were able to unlock them? I'll be honest i just want 4 or 5 online trophies from servers that closed, the rest i can get legit way in the next 50 years to come.

Thanks in advance for any information.
 
Date & time will be taken from server, not from HDD, for already sync trophies.

There is no TRP differences between the game versions and editions.

Editing timestamps is totally pointless. Especially that if You already sync trophies for game X and then later edited trophy set by unlocking some with earlier timestamp than last sync, You will be flagged anyway. People who designed this wasn't dumb.

If You want only to get rid of locked trophies, do it in safe ways, by unlocking them in XMB, on debug VSH loaded with debug network XML. That way at least You not risking trophy set damages, plus trophies still syncing, but not getting into statistics so You not poisoning Sony databases by cheating.
 
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I kind understand what you're saying, but, let's say i've played a game on my PS3 "A" in 2014, got 10 trophies for game X and never synced them, because sync was never very efficient on ps3 era, then i stored this console and never used again, in 2018 some 4 years later i used PS3 "B" and got trophies for game Y, i synced all my trophies on PS3 "B", now i have i synced data of 2018, then let's say i boot up PS3 "A" again, and i see my old trophies there and i want to sync them, everything is legit, not hack or anything.
The way you put it Sony would see trophies before the last sync and get a flag, but it's all legit, is my line of though correct?
Now i have a question, does Sony know which console synced the trophies? Maybe they register it's from a different console?

By the way, maybe i expressed myself wrong on the original post, i don't want to change already synced trophies, only the locked ones.

I'm not doubting you, i'm just trying to understand from someone that know more than me.

Thank you.
 
After you've edited the locked trophies with your custom timestamp on PS3TrophyIsGood, you must transfer the trophy set folder to your PS3 local account, and then force a database rebuild (this is a must).

If the DB is not rebuilt, when trying to sync with PSN it will "think" that there are no changes pending to sync, and you will get your current PSN trophy status or 0% for the game.

Opening the game with modified trophies and not rebuilding the DB will result in trophy set reset or corruption in the worst case.
 
Ohh ok, so maybe this is the issue i'm having, how do i rebuild my DB? I'm using HEN 4.9.1 and multiman, do i need another software?

Thanks.
 
Ok, quick update, i did the following steps:

1st - Synced account, this created the trophy files.
2nd - Opened the game, just to be sure.
3rd - Copied the files and edited them on TrophyIsGood, taking care of times of course.
4th - Copied them back to console, without connection opened the trophy list, appeared 0%.
5th - Opened the game then closed.
6th - Trophy list updated to 100%.
7th - Connected account and tried to sync.

It gives an error, error 80022d68 (maybe this is the flag Berion mentioned), tried to sync a couple of time, error persist, then i deleted account and everything, registered them back, at first step going to check the trophies and they were already synced, showing on PSNProfiles and all, ok, so i believe that even with the error trophies got updated to server, fine.

But now i want to check what GuilloteTesla said, about Rebuilding Database, this time a tested with 4 trophies only, of which 3 were online and servers closed, did all the steps above to the 4th, rebuild database, did the rest, the error 80022d68 still persist, but the trophies again got updated to the server.

Now, everything worked fine, my fear is that this error could result in some notification or flag on this account, have to wait and see. By the way, this account isn't new, i'm not that stupid, account was already created years ago.

I have some questions, do we have any fix for this error? I'm doing something wrong still? How much time should i wait for a ban?

Thanks again guys.
 
Well, you may have contaminated the test on your first try.

If you ever tinker with trophies, you never open the game nor sync to PSN BEFORE rebuilding the DB.

Error 80022D68 means your trophy set is corrupted to some extent. So, you'll have to delete all your trophy folder, rebuild the DB, and then sync to PSN in order to download the most, up to date data.
 
So both times i shouldn't have opened the game before restoring DB, good to know, maybe i'll test again today.

I have fixed the error by deleting the user and registering again, and then syncing the trophies from the server, error disappeared, but as i said maybe this could send a flag to Sony, well now all that rests is to wait. Anything new i'll update here.

Thanks again.
 
When changing stuff like trophies, games, among other items that ared indexed by the PS3 in its internal DB, you must rebuild it in order to refresh the changes been done. If not, the PS3 will "think" nothing has changed and proceed with invalid or old data.

Regarding Sony flagging your account, it can or can't happen. PSNProfiles is more active than Sony, nowadays. Always keep a low profile. It's up to you.
 
Hello guys, so i did a lot o testing this weekend and have some interesting results to share:

First of all, i did what GuillomeTesla told me about restoring DB, to be honest nothing changed, i did it before step 5th, after step 5th and before step 6th and after step 6th, the error 80022D68 persists, the only way i have fixed it is to delete the account on console, register again and then restore DB, but of course to maintain the trophies i had to sync with the error first, well this isn't a problem till now, console do sync the altered trophies, they're showing on PSNProfiles, TrophyLeaders and Sony App, still waiting for a ban.

Now the interesting part, yesterday i was testing a specific game that already had trophies unlocked and synced to sony servers, what happened was something everyone said was impossible, and i want to know how this happened, for future experiments and to learn, below i'll try to explain my steps:

1st - The game that i'll call "PS3GAMEUSA" isn't anymore on PS Store, the only version available is a PsVita, to fix that i had to download a pkg of the PS3GAMEUSA that i found and install via HEN. PS3GAMEUSA has 3 region versions (USA, JAP, EUR) and 3 console versions (PS4, PS3, PSVita), i used the PS3 USA version, is one of those NP versions, no disc only digital.

2nd - I opened PS3GAMEUSA to see if the trophy list would be the same of the one i already have unlocked, it is the same, no new game created of trophy list, the account was already synced, so i just do the next step.

3rd - Time to copy the trophy files and edit them on TrophyisGood, to context PS3GAMEUSA was played on a PS4 before and had most trophies unlocked the legit way and uploaded to Sony servers, with correct time stamps and all, missing only 5 trophies and the platinum, till here everything is working as "intended".

4th - Now, when i load the said trophy files on TrophyisGood they are all unclaimed (the synced one still can be edited), it's nothing strange, sometimes this happen and works as well, so i've read everywhere it's impossible to change timestamps of games already synced to sony servers and being the lazy bitch i am, i just instant platinum and change the time stamps of the 5 missing trophies and platinum only.

5th - Copy them back to console, restore DB, open trophy list, it's 100% (don't check time stamps, only of the 5 edited and platinum), sync them to server, all good 100%, error 80022D68, all expected.

6th - Now the shock, after deleting and re-registering the account and syncing them back, the timestamps of the old trophies ALREADY SYNCED all have altered to the "instant platinum" times i had used, there are trophies unlocked 5 years before the game was released.

So, now my dummy account is compromised, anyway the thing is everyone says trophies already synced cannot be changed, and i understand that this is not a lie but also not 100% true, and i want to know what happened, so if anyone has some idea of what could be the reason of that and if it's possible to revert back, below i'll put some of my ideas and a little more information:

- PSApp shows the "new" time stamps, on the PS4 console also shows the "new" time stamps, if you delete account, register again and resync the trophies come with the "new" time stamps.
- PSNProfiles does show the old time stamps, what make me think two things, or sony servers have two trophy lists, new and old, or PSNProfiles dont change time stamps after a trophy has been claimed on their site.
- One of the causes i think is that the game is one of those digital games that have only one trophy list, doesn't matter the version (JAP, USA, EUR) and (PS4, PS3, PSVita), maybe the trophies unlocked before were on a different version of the game or version of console, as i said above most the trophies were unlocked on a PS4 and i synced them to the PS3 to edit, maybe this causes the sync to think the trophies were not poppep and resync them over the ones already on server, or maybe sony servers have different lists for each version/console and show only the most recent, i don't know.
- Please do not come here to say, "you should have checked them before sync", "your account will be banned", "that's no possible you're lying" or "you're checking the wrong place probably they did not change", first that i don't care about account problems, i want to understand what occurred and second i've been testing this exploit for days now, i'm not an expert but i know what i'm seeing.

Thank you!
 
Error still persists because your trophy set is corrupted, either on your console or on your PSN account. Nothing done afterwards will fix it.

Also, PS4 trohpies are unrelated to PS3 trophies.
 
I just said how to fix "the only way i have fixed it is to delete the account on console, register again and then restore DB, but of course to maintain the trophies i had to sync with the error first".
 
GauchoPsnEua said:
I just said how to fix "the only way i have fixed it is to delete the account on console, register again and then restore DB, but of course to maintain the trophies i had to sync with the error first".
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Again, that is what corrupted your trophy set in the first place. Syncing it again on a new account will corrupt it.
 
The error does not appear anymore, it's fixed. After deleting the account, recreating it again, restoring DB and syncing FROM the server the error disappear, it's not corrupted anymore.
 
@GauchoPsnEua You didn't need deleting account. Just deleting damaged trophy set. Or in worst scenario, all trophies if global index is also damaged.

@GuilloteTesla I doubt that trophies can be broken on server side. I believe Sony not using any of consoles trophy formats on their side but universal indexes i.e in XMB or database i.e SQL.
 
Berion said:
@GuilloteTesla I doubt that trophies can be broken on server side. I believe Sony not using any of consoles trophy formats on their side but universal indexes i.e in XMB or database i.e SQL.
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I did corrupt one PSN account because of a bad trophy when fooling around with Red Dead Redemption. I've never knew if it was a single trophy, the trophy set or the whole account (probably the later).

But once it got synced, I've never could resync that account anymore, not even deleting everything, with full format and FW reinstall (got error 80022D00 everytime). I've made a thread of that experiment: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/trophy-sync-error-80022d00-the-revenge.35606/
 
@Berion yea i didn't know i even had to restore DB before Guillote told me, now i understand a little more, but even so, i found a way to fix the error, not exactly how Guillote told me but using what he told me, and it's working for what's needed.

@GuilloteTesla yea that sucks, i didn't know you could corrupt the server side, actually fucking your entire account, it didn't happen to me till now, as i said if i connect the account on another console it sync and opens just fine, no error, but your experiment is something i'll keep in mind from now on. Also, didn't you try to contact Sony and say "Something went wrong with my trophy list, i don't know what, fix for me!" to see if they would detect the changes you made or maybe fix it? hahaha You already lost the account if i understand correctly.

But the real problem i came across was this changing of server side time stamps, any idea what could be happening? Any of you? I have very little knowledge and experience on the server side of trophies, and i'm being 100% honest the synced trophies got their times changed.
 
GauchoPsnEua said:
Also, didn't you try to contact Sony and say "Something went wrong with my trophy list, i don't know what, fix for me!" to see if they would detect the changes you made or maybe fix it? hahaha You already lost the account if i understand correctly.
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Naaa, here in Argentina we don't have that kind of tech support from Sony. And I'm not even going to make them aware of hacking stuff. I'm really frustrated with online trophies, services going down and the impossibility of getting them legitly.
 
Chances are calling Sony won't do anything. It's usually that low level tech support like unplug the system, format the hdd, etc -- generic stuff that most people would've tried already for any random problem, if you know what I mean. I've had constant problems with PayPal and the psn store, and calling tech support was pointless.
 
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