PS3 CFW Folder Checker Homebrew App and Source Code Arrive

[PS3 News]

This weekend PlayStation 3 developer PsDev has released a homebrew application called PS3 CFW Folder Checker along with the source code as well.

Download: PS3 CFW Folder Checker Homebrew App and Source Code

From the included ReadMe file: Just place the .exe file in your flash drive where you have your folders and cfw setup run it and it will tell you if there is a typo, the foldername correct, the pup name correct and then if so it tell you your ready to go.

Took me 5 min.

Follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/#!/RealPsDev

Source Code:

#include <Windows.h>
#include <direct.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

#pragma comment(lib, "shlwapi.lib")
#include <shlwapi.h>

using namespace std;
typedef unsigned int u32;

/*******************************************************************************
 * Check if a file or a folder exists
 ******************************************************************************/
bool Exists(string Path)
{
	return GetFileAttributes(Path.c_str()) != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;
}

/*******************************************************************************
 * Quit the application with a message
 ******************************************************************************/
void Quit(string Message)
{
	cout << Message.c_str() << "\r\nPress any key to continue...";
	cin.get();
	exit(0);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 * Entry Point
 ******************************************************************************/
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
	// - Show banner
	cout << "*****************************************************\r\n";
	cout << "**\r\n";
	cout << "** \tCFW Checker\r\n";
	cout << "**\tFollow me on twitter @ RealPsDev\r\n";
	cout << "**\tI was bored made in 5min\r\n";
	cout << "**\r\n";
	cout << "*****************************************************\r\n\r\n";

	// - Get CFW Path
	char ExePath[MAX_PATH];
	GetModuleFileName(NULL, ExePath, MAX_PATH);

	string SourcePath = string(ExePath);
	SourcePath.erase(SourcePath.rfind("\\"));

	// - Verify 'Cfw' folder
	SourcePath += "\\PS3\\UPDATE\\PS3UPDAT.PUP";
	cout << "- Checking see if Folders For CFW are correct" << endl;

	if (!Exists(SourcePath))
		Quit("Error: Folders are not correct(" + SourcePath + ")\r\n");

	
	Quit("\r\nYou are now ready to the USB into the ps3!\r\n");
	return 0;
}

Finally, from PsDev on PS3 lv0: http://pastie.org/2967339

From PsDev. Nothing Important Just some lv0 stuff / whistle 

SELF header
  elf #1 offset:  00000000_00000090
  header len:     00000000_00000500
  meta offset:    00000000_000001e0
  phdr offset:    00000000_00000040
  shdr offset:    00000000_000e7830
  file size:      00000000_000e7640
  auth id:        1ff00000_01000001 (Unknown)
  vendor id:      ff000000
  info offset:    00000000_00000070
  sinfo offset:   00000000_00000140
  version offset: 00000000_00000180
  control info:   00000000_00000190 (00000000_00000070 bytes)
  app version:    4.0.0
  SDK type:       Retail (Type 0)
  app type:       level 0

Control info
  control flags:
     00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  file digest:
     6e bc 16 e2 38 12 18 df d0 02 18 e1 66 2b fe 5b 65 50 f7 5a

Section header
    offset             size              compressed unk1     unk2     encrypted
    00000000_00010500  00000000_00000c70 [NO ]      00000000 00000000 [YES]
    00000000_00020500  00000000_000c7380 [NO ]      00000000 00000000 [YES]

Encrypted Metadata
  unable to decrypt metadata

ELF header
  type:                                 Executable file
  machine:                              PowerPC64
  version:                              1
  phdr offset:                          00000000_00000040
  shdr offset:                          00000000_000e73c0
  entry:                                00000000_00000c60
  flags:                                00000000
  header size:                          00000040
  program header size:                  00000038
  program headers:                      2
  section header size:                  00000040
  section headers:                      10
  section header string table index:    9

Program headers
    type  offset            vaddr             paddr
          memsize           filesize          PPU  SPE  RSX  align
     LOAD 00000000_00010000 00000000_00000000 00000000_00000000
          00000000_00000c70 00000000_00000c70 rwx  ---  ---  00000000_00010000
     LOAD 00000000_00020000 00000000_08000000 00000000_08000000
          00000000_000cc250 00000000_000c7380 rwx  ---  ---  00000000_00010000

Section headers
  [Nr] Name            Type      Addr              ES Flg Lk Inf Al
       Off                       Size
  [00] <no-name>       NULL      00000000_00000000 00     00 000 00
       00000000_00000000         00000000_00000000
  [01] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_00000000 00 wae 00 000 08
       00000000_00010000         00000000_00000c70
  [02] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_08000000 00 wa  00 000 04
       00000000_00020000         00000000_00017358
  [03] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_08017360 00  a  00 000 16
       00000000_00037360         00000000_0002c748
  [04] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_08043ab0 00  ae 00 000 16
       00000000_00063ab0         00000000_0007e5f8
  [05] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_080c20b0 00  ae 00 000 08
       00000000_000e20b0         00000000_00004200
  [06] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_080c62b0 00  ae 00 000 08
       00000000_000e62b0         00000000_00000080
  [07] <no-name>       PROGBITS  00000000_080c6330 00  ae 00 000 08
       00000000_000e6330         00000000_00001050
  [08] <no-name>       NOBITS    00000000_080c7380 00  ae 00 000 128
       00000000_000e7380         00000000_00004ed0
  [09] <no-name>       STRTAB    00000000_00000000 00     00 000 01
       00000000_000e7380         00000000_0000003d

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[barrybarryk]

What a ridiculous ploy to get twitter followers. Is he really that needy?

[Tidusnake666]

Well, I hoped there'll be at least some CRC/MD5 checks on the CFW versions, so the user wouldn't occasionally install OFW... Oh well, pathetic

[meistermacher1]

nice idea

[niwakun]

hmmm... to be short

if PS3UPDAT=EXIST{printf("CFW Found!!")}

its not really that great app, plus if you place a OFW, it tells that CFW is there, no checking of actual files has been done.

[mod632]

I really can't believe on what RealPsDev wasting they his time (even if it is 5min lol), pointless app that we don't need and now someone will say *you should be grateful* and i am but not with something like this.

He even posted thread on how to dump LV0 but of course, others have to do it but no Dev who thinks he knows how.. basically same as math's walkthrough.

sorry if this sound disrespectful but we all hoping.

[Tidusnake666]

hmmm... to be short

if PS3UPDAT=EXIST{printf("CFW Found!!")}

its not really that great app, plus if you place a OFW, it tells that CFW is there, no checking of actual files has been done.

100%. IIRC, some dev had an app that cheks Update.pup for the version.

If someone really needs this, anyone can write such app for path checks and identifying CFW version, even me (just say so, it's half an hour job in any programming language, except assembler ).

But I really do not get involved in this, because I can see this PsDev tweeting over the world that I've stolen his "idea", etc, etc, all this PS3 scene drama, you know the drill.

[niwakun]

If someone really needs this, anyone can write such app for path checks and identifying CFW version, even me (just say so, it's half an hour job in any programming language, except assembler ).

you can already get the code for it on MFW source. Not really that hard to integrate it to this, but anyway it's pointless.

[adrianc1982]

but you are going to post the midget fight right?

[PS3 News]

Sure, the micro one with Hulk Hogan in it.