Hidden System Menu Discovered for Sony's PS3, PSP and PS Vita

[PS3 News]

Today https://twitter.com/Ragioustroll has announced the discovery of a hidden System Menu which is present on Sony's PS3, PSP and PS Vita consoles.

Below are the details via the PlayStation 3 Dev Wiki with some additional pictures HERE, as follows:

More System Information

How to get this

• Go to Settings > System > System Information
• Press simultaneously R1 + L1 + DPad Left + Square for a few seconds
• Release those buttons then immediately press the start button (and keep it hold)

First Section

First part is about sections on other chips:

Information / Example / Notes

-/Model Type/System type 	- / CEL / DEX-ww 	Target ID: ???(CEL = ??, CEK = ??, RU3 = ??), System Type (CEX,DEX,SHOP)
User ID 	user:00000001 	Usernumber on the PS3
Syscon 	0C16.0001000100030003@SC 	Syscon Firmware + Syscon Patches in the format: qqqq.wwwwxxxxyyyyzzzz where qqqq is the firmware base, and wwwwxxxxyyyyzzz is an installed patch with the name SYS_CON_FIRMWARE_wwxxyyzz.pkg
Bluetooth 	0E18@BT 	Bluetooth Firmware
Wifi 	2.9.3.p0@WLAN 	Wifi Firmware
MultiCardReader 	1.08@MCC 	MultiCardReader Firmware (NA = not present in slim models)

Second Section

Second part of the screen follows structure from Index.dat (if you use spoofer, the data will show the spoofed strings) and explains about revisioning of dev_flash files:

Information / Example / Index.dat / Notes 

FW version 	3.55 	release:03.5500: 	
image version,date of creation 	47515,20101127 	build:47516,20101127:tetsu@tetsu-linux14 	
TargetID 	0001 	target:0001:CEX-ww 	
security repository 	4072@security/sdk_branches/release_355/trunk 	security:4072@security/sdk_branches/release_355/trunk: 	
system repository 	46573@sys/sdk_branches/release_355/trunk 	system:46573@sys/sdk_branches/release_355/trunk: 	
X3 repository 	15614@x3/branches/target35x 	x3:15614@x3/branches/target35x: 	
paf repository 	6107@paf/branches/target35x 	paf:6107@paf/branches/target35x: 	
vsh repository 	83779@vsh/branches/target35x 	vsh:83779@vsh/branches/target35x: 	
sys_jp repository 	69@sys_jp/branches/target35x 	sys_jp:69@sys_jp/branches/target35x: 	
PS1 emulator repository 	6555@emu/branches/target101/ps1 	ps1emu:6555@emu/branches/target101/ps1: 	ps1emu
PS1_NET emulator repository 	6679@emu/branches/target355/ps1_net 	ps1netemu:6679@emu/branches/target355/ps1_net: 	ps1emu
PS1_new emulator repository 	6556@emu/branches/target202/ps1_new 	ps1newemu:6556@emu/branches/target202/ps1_new: 	ps1emu
PS2 emulator repository 	6597@emu/branches/target350/ps2 	ps2emu:6597@emu/branches/target350/ps2: 	ps2emu
GX repository 	14473@branches/target355/gx 	ps2gxemu:14473@branches/target355/gx: 	ps2emu
soft repository 	13474@branches/soft190/soft 	ps2softemu:13474@branches/soft190/soft: 	ps2emu
psp repository 	6646@emu/branches/target355/psp 	pspemu:6646@emu/branches/target355/psp: 	pspemu
emerald repository 	3781@emerald/target35x 	emerald:3781@emerald/target35x: 	
BD-ROM Player repository 	14948@bdp/prof5/branches/target35x 	bdp:14948@bdp/prof5/branches/target35x: 	
patch 	  	  	
auth 	47515 	auth:47516:

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[babyjoe00069]

And we would want to go to this screen because??

[CJPC]

Just an interesting find really - makes you wonder what else may be hidden that has yet to be uncovered. Any hidden menus are always cool - be it consoles, phones or even tv's!

[cfwprophet]

A normal user won't go to that screen in case of he could'nt do anything with this information. You even have read about that it comes from Playstation 3 Dev Wiki where Dev stands for Developer ?

[condorstrike]

Well I played with it bit, the only thing I found was that... "if you guys want it to stay static without holding down start."

1) Just hold start... press up, down, left, right, on D-pad.. like going up/down on list.
2) then press and hold PS button as if to turn off system/controller.
3) Let go of start.
4) press PS button again to exit.

and that's it... you have it static on the screen
and of course O will exit.

[GrandpaHomer]

Doesn't work on Vita though ...

Sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk.

[cfwprophet]

Sure it works it's also shown in a other thread from Nabnab/silow here: http://www.ps3news.com/forums/psp-ps...tml#post403553

[Scaper]

Holding start down for about 10 seconds before releasing also makes it static.

[sinota]

What's the main purpose of this menu; is it just to obtain info on some of the specs?

[1Panic]

Like I said it's not a "menu" do I need to put down the definition of a menu?

All that shows is a "list" of random numbers and letters and what looks like half asked email addresses.