PS3 Unable to Access PSN Password in "xRegistry.sys" File After PS3 Update

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Hello everyone,

I recently encountered a problem with my PS3. I tried to access my PSN password from the "xRegistry.sys" file. Unfortunately, I couldn't retrieve the password as it seems to have been modified or deleted following the PS3 update (that's what I was told on the forum).

I'm now trying to find out how to access the old file (before the update) previously deleted or modified ("xRegistry.sys") on my PS3, in a similar way to what software like "Recuva" or "Wondershare Recoverit" can do on a PC. I hope I can recover this password or at least figure out what happened to it.
Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for your help!
 
Berion said:
Why You didn't continue this thread?
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/why-doesnt-my-password-appear-in-the-xregistry-sys-file.41565/

I told You there that You need first partition image from VFLASH/eFlash. Decrypted of course. In assumption You don't have xRegistry.bup/val. After that, You can use on it any recovery software You want because dev_flash2 is on FAT16, so IsoBuster, DMDE, Reccuva, PhotoRec, whatever.
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Hello,

I created a new thread because I didn't understand at all what you told me on the other thread. So I've started a new thread for someone to describe in more detail how to do this, because I'm quite new to PS3 modding, etc. Just the sentence you said: "You need first partition image from VFLASH/eFlash. Decrypted of course..." I didn't get it. Can you explain it to me in more detail/simply so that I can understand as a beginner, maybe with steps?

Thank you.
 
HDD in PS3 have inverse byte order and is encrypted. So first You need to decrypt it and make partition image from partition mounted on PS3 as dev_flash2. Such image can be used for data recovery by any soft because it is already decrypted and FAT16 filesystem is understand by most if not all recovery software.

Beginner cannot recover any data because lack of basic IT knowledge, so such tutorial could be still to hard.

If Your models is NAND, then You need make flash image (because dev_flash2 is inside eFlash section of NAND).
If Your model is NOR, then You need (because dev_flash2 is on sub partition on HDD):
After that, do:
Code: 
sudo dd if=/dev/mapper/ps3vflash3 of=${HOME}/ps3_dev_flash2.bin status=progress

In both cases, You need ERK. So You need CFW to get this key.
 
Berion said:
HDD in PS3 have inverse byte order and is encrypted. So first You need to decrypt it and make partition image from partition mounted on PS3 as dev_flash2. Such image can be used for data recovery by any soft because it is already decrypted and FAT16 filesystem is understand by most if not all recovery software.

Beginner cannot recover any data because lack of basic IT knowledge, so such tutorial could be still to hard.

If Your models is NAND, then You need make flash image (because dev_flash2 is inside eFlash section of NAND).
If Your model is NOR, then You need (because dev_flash2 is on sub partition on HDD):
After that, do:
Code: 
sudo dd if=/dev/mapper/ps3vflash3 of=${HOME}/ps3_dev_flash2.bin status=progress

In both cases, You need ERK. So You need CFW to get this key.
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Okay, thanks! I'll try and ask you questions if I have any.
 
Hey, I'm back to tell you that it's too complicated for me as a beginner, I think I'll give up this idea of recovering the data deleted from my PS3. Don't hesitate to reply in this thread if you have an easier solution more suited to beginners. And thanks for all the help you've given me!
 
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