73w 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:

74w ago - Although we agree with homebrew PS3 developers including KaKaRoToKS and CrashSerious on the True Blue dongle, it appears the first PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) dongle clone has now surfaced called the JB-King from China.

Based on the pictures below, the JB-King dongle looks similar to the P3Go GT Break Clone PS3 ModChip, but like TB allows playing 3.6x+ PlayStation 3 games on FW 3.55 from normal BD-R discs and from the PS3 HDD.

Download: JB-King PS3 Driver / JB-King PS3 Upgrade Guide / JB-King PS3 Upgrade Tools / JB-King PS3 Upgrade File / Fhash Tool - Verify SHA1 CODE (CRC: 975C731C) / MD5 Verify Tool - Verify MD5...

77w ago - Following up on the version 2.2 update, today True Blue (JB2) version 2.3 has arrived alongside some reverse-engineering updates including v2.3 UnPKG'd / UnSelf'd and the Payload from the PlayStation 3 Development Wiki below.

Download: True Blue (JB2) PS3 Update v2.3 / True Blue (JB2) PS3 Update v2.3 (Mirror) / True Blue (JB2) PS3 Update v2.3 (Mirror #2) / True Blue (JB2) PS3 Update v2.3 UnPKG'd / UnSelf'd / True Blue (JB2) PS3 Update v2.3 Payload_2.3.bin

From the ReadMe File: True Blue Dongle Update v2.3

How to update:

1. Make sure your PS3 is running the True Blue "3.55-Dongle" CFW (custom firmware)
2. Copy TrueBlueUpdate-2.3.pkg from this archive to a USB flash drive
3. Boot your PS3 _WITHOUT_ True Blue inserted, and then insert the USB flash drive
4. Navigate to (Game)...

78w ago - Following up on the True Blue PS3 JB2 v2.2 Payload, today PlayStation 3 developers on the Wiki (linked above) have started a preliminary Q&A work-in-progress for hacking the True Blue (TB) PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) USB dongle.

To clarify the initial reports, after examining the PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) / True Blue (TB) CFW PARADOX Game Releases they now state the EBOOT used on the True Blue (TB) released 3.6+ PS3 games are not a Debug ones. Below is the complete text thus far, as follows:

True Blue (TB) PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) Q&A

Q: Is this possible on other dongles from the FW3.41 days like Blackcat and Teensy?
A: Dongles are bad and obsolete, mkay (once you have the key/algo, you don't need any dongle at all)

Q: Are they (TB team) just stealing the dev eboots?
A: First we thought that too but today the first TB game was released Dirt 3 and it's working and it isn't a dev eboot so it maybe is really worth...

79w ago - Today PlayStation 3 scene release group PARADOX have released the first PS3 games (and patches) that are working with the PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) / True Blue (TB) CFW required dongle.

Included are Portal_2_WORKING_TB_READ_NFO_PS3-PARADOX (48x100), Dirt_3_WORKING_TB_READNFO_PS3-PARADOX (61x100),
Rage_WORKING_TB_READ_NFO_PS3-PARADOX (75x250) and Dead_Island_WORKING_TB_READ_NFO_PS3-PARADOX (18x190MB) with details from their PS3 NFO files below.

It's important to note that the PS3 JailBreak 2 (JB2) / True Blue (TB) Custom Firmware dongle version 2.1 and version 2.2 are currently being reverse-engineered by PlayStation 3 scene developers so that the dongle from Max...