PS3 4.00 HFW (Hybrid Firmware) v2 Arrives, Adds Debug XMB Items

What are you talking about? Apps made for CFW won't work on OFW, because they utilise peek/poke.

one thing it does actually prove is that sony did add more verification checks to check the integrity of the pups. any changes made to dev_flash files including cold boots gives data corruption errors. so there will not be any new custom firmwares installable on 4.11 you will need to downgrade back to 3.55 and update.

install package files doesn't even work. by work i mean not even sony retail psn signed packages. maybe some kind of special shop packages install ?

All 3.55 apps should work as how do you think lower firmware games and apps still work.

All we need to do is maybe sign them a different way as its probably blocked the signature for homebrew.

Just sign homebrew for a lower firmware should still work in higher firmwares.

This is not good, i'm sorry but like Kakaroto told me 'your just telling sony how to patch their firmware without any good reason'

when there finally is a jailbreak we wont have install package options

i'm going to install this just cause he says that you can convert the console back to retail which i wouldn't have thought is possible like he said also i very much doubt that you can install this on 4.11 cause if the new security checks and remember if you update from 3.55 you have no way to downgrade without a nor or nand flasher!

its very good actually. i'm quite surprised how he managed to convert from retail to shop then back to retail on 4.11. going to test it on my unhackable 3000x series console.. wish me luck!

it even works on a unbackable 3000x series console sony will be breaking down your door and taking your ps3's MR. Joey Johnson, shame that homebrew is never going to run on this unless he is a specialist in algebra equations. but well done for hacking sony's latest model!

So this is a kiosk firmware update with retail firmware flags. And the "return FW" is a retail firmware update with kiosk flags. This will only be able to install retail pkgs so that's probably why "no packages install", as all homebrew pkgs are not proper retail pkgs. Nice POC, but I don't think kiosk fw will lead into an exploit.