68w ago - As a follow-up on our
previous article with the spirit of
Operation: Mongoose in mind, we are continuing to examine both the Cobra and True Blue PS3 DRM-infected dongles and TB EBOOT files, and welcome any help with this project from other PlayStation 3 developers in the scene!
First let me tell you the following explanation is not a theory or any rumors, it's actually how the USB dongles work to allow different things.
We heard many rumors / theories about the process of the Cobra / True Blue but I didn't see anyone give any big answer about that (I'm not saying I would give you the big answer but the explanation how it works and how to make this possible)
Cobra / True Blue Part 1
Both dongle use syscall / payload (after a big investigation, both dongle also follow the work of
graf_chokolo and the functionality of the dongle can be ported into a CFW (not a good idea from some devs I guess)
Cobra / True Blue use a lv1_wrapper (syscall implementation) that can allow to use subroutine function into kernel mode call. Following the dump of the Cobra / True Blue, every subroutine are indicated inside the dump (probably the reason of some clone like JB-King)
What all this mean ?
About the TB Eboot, i come back on what i said recently, the TB Eboot come from original Eboot (don't make any sense that they access to the dev server when have not Eboot on it) the PSN dev don't exist this way... but for related beta development games and testing beta multiplayer mode, interface beta test PSN for games etc... but nothing related to a Eboot.
TB use original Eboot and make their own sign (you can easily generate a new NPDRM sign with a Self/elf)
How can boot the games, the NPDRM Sign made in TB can't be run into a user mode, you would have a error of boot and every program that you resign etc... will not boot into a usermode... that's why we need to use a syscall that can let use into a kernel mode to execute a program that not recognized and authorized by the system. The dongle validates the actual eboot by syscall / subroutine.
For example, I want to have a execute something into the CoreOS but I'm not allowed because I can only execute this on a kernel mode, fine, I use my actual user mode to turn into a kernel mode by using a syscall.
A Syscall can allow you to execute, create, read, load, etc... The limitation of a dongle = the PS3 system, a dongle it's only here to prevent a error that by using redirection and syscall, the dongle give a correct answer that PS3 system execute.
If you check correctly the dump you can see 0x80 -> correspond to the C library, also when you call into kernel mode, the kernel fix the table permission that allow to give big access. You can recognized r1 stack register -> 0xA0 (debugger mode) -> R2 stack status...
Ok you probably gonna ask, what is that ? lol
It's actually a schema / plan from the dongle, the dongle is here to give a strong access to the system that you can execute what you want.
For example the PS2 Emu of Cobra = PS2 self (is not executed into a user mode but kernel mode / debugger mode that) reason why it can be execute under a PS3 Slim retail without following an error system.
How this can help ?
This mean many things, that you don't need any keys to execute under a kernel / debugger mode because anyway the syscall will give you a whole access to the cell execution.
I want to give a simply explanation that everybody can understand, the TB EBoot = Original Eboot from Original game, we not interested by the sce header, etc... we only want the elf header program represent and related to the game execution (like a exe, you patch the exe to be run without cd) here almost the same, we patch the elf with a fake sign can be run into a specific mode without asking anything.
What is weird,
graf gave many oriented possibility and no one try to exploit them but only in a business way. Anyway like I said, the dongle is in relation with the PS3 system/Dev_Flash/Core_OS
I'm also working on it and try to do my best to release something strong and free... but my knowledge is limited and I can't do that alone.
Why I explain all that, it's because I want to see also some good dev can work on it with me, actually I want to thanks graf for all this awesome stuff, cfwprophet and all the PS3 scene that support us, I say also thanks to the people who insult me and said I'm a fake... more you said that and more I don't care and offer good stuff
Somebody said he want to be fame, no at all... I don't really care, my family and my gf give me already that by supporting me, it's enough
Anyway I would like this project to encourage PS3 homebrew developers to help out if they can, and also for the work that
cfwprophet, me and others are doing on it will be updated here periodically.
PS: Probably go have more explanation and more stuff about it in the next week. Oh yes about the Debug PKG that is available on PSN Dev (it's not related to the TB Eboot)
You can make a Debug PKG yourself by only extracting the ELF, make a Self without NPDRM, leave him Eboot.self and make a PKG without NPDRM, this represent exactly what is a debug PKG (it's a standard Self inside a PKG without NPDRM)
buddy i tried but there is no any working link , i need pkg file installation for xmb screen , some one told me that i can play that game by xmb scree...
So, I challenge DUPLEX to mod EBOOT.bin SLEEPING DOGS run and play on CFW 3.55 with dongle True Blue.
gotta say this has made me so happy. i hope these fools don't sell one more drm infected p.o.s dongle.
i hope its made public how to do it. great news everyone!
utar oO The Coredump function is a embended system of the debug FW and get handled of liblv2dbg. The send signal call aka send_signal_to_coredump_handler() and the trigger function are always running and CAN NOT be deactivated.
This have nothing to do with any custom syscall. Please download a SDK, Install it and read the documentation about the Core Dump function.
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06-06-2012 N/A Tom Clancys Ghost Recon Future Soldier EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 4x15 No
06-06-2012 N/A Dragons Dogma EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
06-06-2012 N/A SBK Generations EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
06-05-2012 N/A Major League Baseball 2K12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 43x50 No
06-04-2012 N/A DiRT Showdown EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
06-04-2012 N/A Max Payne 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 6x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Ninja Gaiden 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Metal Gear Solid HD Collection EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 6x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A MUD FIM Motocross World Championship EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Moushouden EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-BORG 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Order Up EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 1x4 No
05-13-2012 N/A Prototype 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Sniper Elite V2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 1x11 No
05-13-2012 N/A Yakuza Dead Souls EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-EHRGEIZ 3x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Mugen Souls EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
05-13-2012 N/A Warriors Orochi 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x12 No
04-26-2012 N/A Armored Core V EUR EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
04-26-2012 N/A Devil May Cry HD Collection EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
04-26-2012 N/A Meikyuu Touro Legasista EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x4 No
04-26-2012 N/A Summer Stars 2012 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x7 No
03-19-2012 N/A Tales of Graces F EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Top Gun Hard Lock EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Street Fighter X Tekken JAP EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Street Fighter X Tekken EUR EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Snipers Invisible Silent Deadly EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Final Fantasy XIII-2 JAP EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Final Fantasy XIII-2 EUR EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Saint Seiya Sanctuary Battle EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Kidou Senshi Gundam UC EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Silent Hill Downpour EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A FIFA Street EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Blades of Time EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-19-2012 N/A Birds of Steel EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-05-2012 N/A Mass Effect 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
03-05-2012 N/A SSX EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Binary Domain EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A One Piece Kaizoku Musou EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A The Darkness 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Tacchi Shiyo Love Application EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Under Defeat HD EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
03-03-2012 N/A Gal Gun EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-26-2012 N/A Twisted Metal EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
02-25-2012 N/A BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-25-2012 N/A Asuras Wrath EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
02-25-2012 N/A Armored Core V EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
02-25-2012 N/A Syndicate EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Monkey Island Special Edition Collection EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Musou Orochi 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Janes Advanced Strike Fighters EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Grand Slam Tennis 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Jak and Daxter Collection EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 17x15 No
02-19-2012 N/A Beyond The Future Fix The Time Arrows EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-14-2012 N/A Tekken Hybrid TB PS3-PARADOX 53x50 No
02-08-2012 N/A Puss In Boots EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-08-2012 N/A NeverDead EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-08-2012 N/A Soul Calibur V EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
02-08-2012 N/A Super Star Kartz EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A Rugby World Cup 2011 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A Thor God of Thunder EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A Fifa 12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A UFC Personal Trainer EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A EyePet and Friends EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
01-25-2012 N/A DRIVER San Francisco EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A Sengoku Basara 3 Utage MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A Start The Party Save the World MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A The Adventures of Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A Tour de France 2011 MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A Nurarihyon no Mago Hyakki Ryouran Taisen MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-25-2011 N/A Ni no Kuni Wrath of the White Witch MERRY XMAS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-24-2011 N/A Dead Rising 2 Off The Record EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-24-2011 N/A NHL 12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-17-2011 N/A Just Dance 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-17-2011 N/A LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-17-2011 N/A NCIS The Game EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-16-2011 N/A Bleach Soul Ignition EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-16-2011 N/A Carnival Island EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A Atelier Meruru The Apprentice of Arland EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A Kidou Senshi Gundam Extreme VS EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A Saint Seiya Senki EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A Sengoku Musou 3 Empires EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A Tales of Xillia EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-10-2011 N/A The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim UPDATE TB PS3-PARADOX 8x15 No
12-08-2011 N/A The King Of Fighters 13 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x10 No
12-08-2011 N/A White Knight Chronicles 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x5 No
12-08-2011 N/A The Cursed Crusade EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-08-2011 N/A Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x5 No
12-08-2011 N/A Rune Factory Tides of Destiny EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-08-2011 N/A WWE 12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-06-2011 N/A Call of Juarez The Cartel EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-06-2011 N/A Child of Eden EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-06-2011 N/A Madden NFL 12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-06-2011 N/A The Idolmaster 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-06-2011 N/A Atelie Totori The Adventurer of Arland EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-04-2011 N/A Record of Agarest War Zero EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-04-2011 N/A Ratchet and Clank All 4 One EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
12-04-2011 N/A Dungeon Siege 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-04-2011 N/A Deus Ex Human Revolution EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-04-2011 N/A Dead Island EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-03-2011 N/A Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
12-03-2011 N/A Bodycount EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
12-03-2011 N/A Assassins Creed Revelations EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 9x15 No
11-24-2011 N/A Green Lantern Rise of the Manhunters EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-24-2011 N/A Green Lantern Rise of the Manhunters TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 90x50 No
11-24-2011 N/A Saints Row the Third EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-24-2011 N/A Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-24-2011 N/A Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 83x200 No
11-23-2011 N/A Rayman Origins EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-23-2011 N/A The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-23-2011 N/A Need for Speed The Run EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A F1 2011 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A F E A R 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Catherine EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A No More Heroes Heroes Paradise EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A No More Heroes Heroes Paradise TB PS3-PARADiS0 90x50
11-22-2011 N/A Kung Fu Panda 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Kung Fu Panda 2 TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 36x50 No
11-22-2011 N/A Lord of the Rings War in the North TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 48x100 No
11-22-2011 N/A Lord of the Rings War in the North EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A F1 2011 TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 50x100 No
11-22-2011 N/A Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Captain America Super Soldier EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Red Faction Armageddon EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-22-2011 N/A Red Faction Armageddon TB PS3 INTERNAL-PARADiSO 58x100 No
11-21-2011 N/A Warhammer 40000 Space Marine EBOOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-21-2011 N/A Warhammer 40000 Space Marine TB PS3-PARADiSO 90x50
11-21-2011 N/A Sonic Generations EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 4x15 No
11-21-2011 N/A Sonic Generations TB PS3-PARADiSO 44x200
11-20-2011 N/A Shadows of the Damned EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-20-2011 N/A Shadows of the Damned TB PS3-PARADiSO 64x100 No
11-20-2011 N/A GoldenEye 007 Reloaded EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-20-2011 N/A GoldenEye 007 Reloaded TB PS3-PARADiSO 68x100 No
11-20-2011 N/A Supremacy MMA EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-20-2011 N/A Supremacy MMA TB PS3-PARADiSO 60x100 No
11-20-2011 N/A NBA 2K12 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-20-2011 N/A NBA 2K12 TB PS3-PARADiSO 45x200
11-19-2011 N/A Alice Madness Returns TB PS3-PARADiSO 47x100 No
11-19-2011 N/A Bleach Soul Resurreccion TB PS3-PARADiSO 36x50 No
11-19-2011 N/A Dark Souls TB PS3-PARADiSO 45x100 No
11-19-2011 N/A Dark Souls EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-19-2011 N/A Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 TB PS3 PARADiSO 34x200 No
11-19-2011 N/A Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2012 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-19-2011 N/A Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2012 TB PS3-PARADiSO 75x50 No
11-19-2011 N/A Alice Madness Returns EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 5x15 No
11-19-2011 N/A Bleach Soul Resurreccion EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 1x15 No
11-18-2011 N/A Rage EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 3x15 No
11-18-2011 N/A Portal 2 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 6x15 No
11-18-2011 N/A Dirt 3 EBOOT PATCH TB PS3-PARADOX 2x15 No
11-18-2011 N/A Captain America Super Soldier TB PS3-PARADiSO 67x100 No
11-18-2011 N/A Catherine TB PS3-PARADiSO 42x200 No
11-17-2011 N/A Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi TB PS3-PARADiSO 63x100 No
11-17-2011 N/A F E A R 3 TB PS3-PARADiSO 69x200 No
11-16-2011 N/A Portal 2 WORKING TB READ NFO PS3-PARADOX 48x100 No
11-16-2011 N/A Dirt 3 WORKING TB READNFO PS3-PARADOX 61x100 No
11-16-2011 N/A Rage WORKING TB READ NFO PS3-PARADOX 75x250 No