31w ago - Following up on the PlayStation 3 Appldr, Dev_Flash and Keys from PS3 Firmware 4.31, today the Viper Pegasus Dev Team have released PS3 4.31 LV1, LV2 and IDA files both decrypted and encrypted for use with Interactive Disassembler alongside the ISO / SPU files below.

Download: PS3 4.31 LV1, LV2 & IDA Files Decrypted / Encrypted / PS3 4.31 LV1, LV2 & IDA Files Decrypted / Encrypted (Mirror) / PS3 4.31 ISO / SPU Files / PS3 4.31 ISO / SPU Files (Mirror)

PS3 Firmware Version: 4.31

ZIP Files:

• lv1.elf // LV1.elf decrypted
  
• lv1.self // LV1.self
  
• lV2_kernel.elf // LV2_kernel.elf decrypted
  
• lv2_kernel.self // lv2_kernel.self
  
• lv1.idc // IDA script
  
• sc_iso.elf // sc_iso.elf...

78w ago - Shortly following the True Blue v2.4 PS3 dongle update below, today EussNL has made available an UnPKG'd / UnSELF'd version, the JB2 TB v2.4 payload and an IDA update which contains fixed EBOOT data for other PlayStation 3 developers.

Download: True Blue Dongle Update v2.4 / True Blue Dongle Update v2.4 (Mirror) / True Blue Dongle Update v2.4 (Mirror #2) / True Blue Dongle Update v2.4 UnPKG'd / UnSELF'd / True Blue Dongle Update v2.4 Payload / IDA DB EBOOT_SHT_Fixed.i64 / True Blue Update 2.1 and 2.4 Comparison by chazz

From the PS3 Dev Wiki (linked above):

True Blue PS3 Payload (2.4)

located in unself'ed eboot.bin @ offset:

106w ago - Today PlayStation 3 hacker Slynk has posted on his new blog some basic PS3 NPDRM information alongside a PS3 IDA (Interactive Disassembler) Tutorial for developers.

Download: IDA PS3 Plug-Ins & Loaders / IDA

Recently he has been working on some PS3 QA Flag developments, and below those interested can find both the PS3 IDA Tutorial and NPDRM details.

From his page: PS3 + IDA Tutorial

Extract the contents into your IDA folder. I don't take credit for these plugins and loaders.

Loading a File

There are two file types I'll teach you to load. SPU and ELF files.

SPU files can only loaded in IDA 32bit mode. When you load IDA choose "Go" and drag the file onto IDA. Make sure elf is highlighted at the top. In processor type, choose "IBM SPU Cell Processor: spu." Click set. Click OK. "Undefined or unknown...blabla" yes. You should be good...

124w ago - Here is another open source PS3 SPU IDA Analyzer Module for PlayStation 3 developers.

Download: Open Source PS3 SPU IDA Analyzer Module

I didn't know about Jack Chen aka anita999's IDA SPU module until yesterday evening.

So we were actually working on the same.. Anyway I had to finish what I started, and saw that our internal structures defer quite a bit..

If you are interested, binaries and MIT licensed sources can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/ida-spu/

This is a IDA processor module for the IBM Cell Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU) (that can be found in the PS3 for example).

133w ago - After creating Simple AVCHD Manager - the first AVCHD manager for a jailbroken PS3 - some of the other programs I have been exploring had the requirement for a file selection screen in common, so i decided to create a simple file manager utilising a pointer like Multiman and added some other useful functions.

Download: PS3 Simple File Manager v0.1

As this is only version 0.1 it has a few areas that need cleaned up and only has some of the planned functionality implemented.

Any bugs, feature requests etc can be reported to me here at ps3news.com

Disclaimer
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While problems are not expected to exist the potential is there so any usage is entirely at your own risk.


Functions
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Allows shortcuts to be defined in SFM_options.ini - named this way so multiple option files for different applications can be stored
in the same directory on a usb device.

Allows selection of multiple files for copy/move/delete.

Allows folder size to be calculated and displayed, along with number of files etc.