74w ago - Below is an update from our
Team AC1D ongoing thread on how current PS3 games work on lower Custom Firmware.
Finally, after a long period of a scene that got riddled by money hungry dongle suppliers we uncover this big scam and show you how things actually work.
First of all, none of the code the dongles use comes from the creators. All files used come directly from higher PS3 firmwares. This works by using plugins / SPRX's who are basically just drivers, from a higher PS3 firmware.
To get games to work, you need to use the files from higher firmwares, that games require. Those plugins we are talking about, also have the decrypt information stored in them that the games use to work.
Some of the newer SPRX's are compatible with older firmwares and can be used on older firmwares quiet easily. All you need to do is place them in the right folder and that's it.
Of course this procedure doesn't work with all the games quite so easy, some of the 3.6+ games load right away, others need some fixing. This fixing is done by patching the SPRX's to work with the lower firmware. Porting the drivers, so they can work with lower firmwares should be the easiest task.
Basically all this DRM does is nothing. The stick holds some drivers, like i explained earlier in this post, and lets the system use them. The HyperVisior LV1 Patches are nothing more then redirections to the USB stick / DRM fake.
The USB stick holds some dev_flash files, the system then uses. Its basically the same thing we did in the early stages of the Custom Firmware to load modified files quick and easy.
So after knowing all this, this explains why the dongles use DRM on their USB stick, simply to not let us see that they are really just scamming us with the cheapest materials they could find and some (by now old) dev_flash files stored in it. It's nothing more, and I'm sure that TeaM AC1D will empower more things and work on more in the future then the dongles have in last months.
We love Open Source and that's why we share this information with you. This needs to be stopped and we should all join hands to finally put an end to all of this. Use this information and do what you have to do.
Our respect goes out to
Kakaroto,
grafchokolo,
Hermes,
Deank,
JaiCraB,
Jjolano,
Stoker25,
Redsquirrel87,
GeoHot,
Condorstrike,
Team Hades and everybody else we forgot to mention here.
Don't let yourself get fooled by these dongles guys and happy hacking to everyone!
-Team AC1D-
After swapping back in my original 160GB HDD, I was still getting the 8002F281 error. I ended up having to do a full PS3 Reset and reformat of the 160...
You may ask now what's the diff to bahamuloard's txt editing one? Well you will see in the video but I'll also explain it here. First his one is a txt edit where mostly on the PS3 txt files are reflections of definitions not real definition files.
Then he edits 3 definitions and the PS3 for sure will rewrite minimum 2 off them and in most case she overwrite all 3. I needed hours of tries to get it only for one time working and even then it doesn't worked for the ALL mode in the game category.
So this hack is real and work for all three modes: Format, Tags and All. Also it works for the other categories like Video or Photo.
I hope for a Beta release of AC1D CFW within the next 1 or two weeks. I'm still working on the convert of Retail 2 Debug consoles and also on the PS3 3.6+ game support. And now enjoy the video and stay tuned.
Have Fun -cfwprpht-
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From the last few days i was working on a possible way to put a retail PS3 into debugger mode, i found a way to give this possibility and also some good surprises.
about the bad news (not too bad) for now it would only work on 3.55 (forget about up than 3.55) but i have maybe my idea for later and have some unstability that i still need to fix (don't expect a release for now but i try to release this fast as possible)
the other bad news, i work on this with a PSPGo (yes with a PSPGo, i can confirm that the PS3jig of BrandonW work on it), i use the PS3Jig source (thanks to BrandonW for giving the source of PS3jig) and made my own code to boot into debugger mode.. still need to work on it and try also to adapt in software mode (it's completely possible, need to patch the LV2kernel, it's also what i'm doing with the source of LV2patcher and some other stuff)
They have also a way to make a 4.0 CFW possible (not on the way what you think and not related to the HEN of Kakarotoks, well i think, this is not a epic fail of Sony just a way to bypass this problem by using some tools)
the problem for now, it's more for the people up to 3.60+ (it's complicate at this step) but maybe maybe (need to be confirmed that we can patch the update to do something special, need to talk to somebody for that)
i'm sorry if that take a little bit long but it would take less if some dev would help, also i see that the PS3 Community give some free insult to the users that want to help, doesn't make any sense, if you want to insult somebody. go to said that to Sony, seriously or go outside take some air, the PS3 is just a console, don't need that much importance
I'm sorry also that i'm not the best dev that you are waiting for but again, i try to do my best to give help
And for the people said, i try to give a wrong way, my name is not M
Pay no mind to the finicky-neediness of the some of the scene. Just do your thing.
I'm actually learning more by reading the technical things you guys share. Knowledge should be free. Thanks.