123w ago - There have been quite a few
articles about possible things that Sony could end up doing to try and stop PS3 homebrew, and here are all the potential solutions I have noticed thus far.
PS3's will start sending a recently played list to check for homebrew titles / flagged names:
Pretty obvious solution here. Just start naming the homebrews after currently existing titles, Or titles of bad games. Such as we can take the game name / BLUS for the game FLOCK (worst game ever that nobody will play) and install a master manager under that name.
So while it looks like everyone is playing FLOCK, We will actually be using a multimanager for FTP's, Backups, and Emulators.
Sony disabling update by USB in the next patch:
There are a few options we can take if we end up accidentally getting hit with this.
For people who update and can no longer install from usb:
Either the firmware will need a pre-installed pkg manager with firmware update options, Or they will have to do a dnas redirect to their computer to check for an update.
For people who have not updated to the new firmware that disables it:
Download the firmware and simply patch the firmware to alter the USB access as well so it does not get disabled to begin with!
Sub-level secondary key-signing program:
Well. in this sense, We would be absolutely screwed. If we were to install the firmware, Even with a pkg signer, We wouldn't be able to do a thing.
We would simply have to hope that someone would notice it uses a secondary keysign, find it in the firmware, and remove it before it becomes a problem.
How to truly help everyone there is for future firmwares:
We need a program with a GUI for firmware patching, Yeah I know one is out already, But it needs more OPTIONS! Options people!!!
We need a windows / linux firmware patcher with a GUI featuring the following options in the form of checkboxes.
- Level 1 patching
- Level 2 patching
- Level 3 patching
- Install PKG File option
- Update from USB option
- Playstation store links in VIDEO tab
- Playstation store links in GAME tab
- Check for firmware update on network connection establish
I am certain a gui windows / linux auto-patcher for all current firmwares would be WONDERFUL and would probably make the world a happier place.
Hell, I don't know of a single person who wouldn't want these options for an autopatcher.
Oh, And someone hurry up and figure out the npdrm so we can get an autopatcher for EBOOT's that works.
For PS4, looking forward to next Uncharted & inFamous. Also I heard 4k video support is possible in PS4 & not xbox one.
And for consoles, l...
connecting to PSN with any homebrew at all is likely to get you a ban when it comes, connecting to the internet won't, neither will the "log" files everyone's talking about.
Same goes for the PS3, im using the automatic convenient feature of getting instant online access when i turn on my PS3, am i still liable to those rules if i dont use the internet but play my games(no online)? sure i can turn it off, but its convenient to have. so being jailbreaked or not, i'm not using online.
Ok they will most probably start with PSN bans , and i think (correct me if i'm wrong) , but by reading the new T&C's in 3.55 you are in direct breach of the T&C's IF you mod your console and go online with it.
BUT as far as hardware destruction is concerned , i think they would be on thin ice with that one , any one here with legal experience care to comment?
But by installing a fresh update will it erase everything (including the log files), will I be safe after that from all the banning or bricking problem ?
No it isn't, you'll find circumventing copy protection in itself is actually illegal, people that think making a backup of copy protected software is legal are talking rubbish.