34w ago - Following up on his Rogero CEX PS3 Custom Firmware (CFW) v4.21 release that bricked many PS3 consoles, PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Rogero has now made available a PS3 Brick-Recovery Procedure from CFW 4.21 back to CFW 3.55 using Rogero PS3 NOR Auto Patcher v0.01 as outlined below.

To quote: Brick-Recovery Procedure from CFW4.21 back to CFW3.55

After Testing with some bricked Slim consoles (from updating to CFW4.21) with different friends and testers around the world, I can confirm that Bricked consoles can be recovered back to CFW3.55 even if you didn't have a NOR Dump/Backup.

Requirements are:

1- A Hardware Flasher so you can read/write to the PS3 NOR flash
2- A Dongle with PSgrade payload (any old jailbreak dongle + PSGrade hex will do) used to Enter Factory Service Mode (FSM)
3- Rogero CEX-3.55 CFW V3.7

Recovery Procedure :

1- Dump the current NOR Flash of the bricked PS3 at least 3 times using a hardware flasher (Progskeet / E3 / TEENSY++)
2- Verify that it is properly dumped and you have a...

34w ago - Following up on the PS3 4.21 EBOOT Resigner SCETool Script, today I am releasing a PC tool called the PlayStation 3 4.21 LV2 Patcher.

Download: PS3 4.21 LV2 Patcher / PS3 4.21 LV2 Patcher (Mirror)

Basically what this does it disables lv2 from using the appldr to check homebrew. This will allow you to sign and run homebrew.

Just for a heads up. This has about no use to the average user because you need the lv2_kernel decrypted for this to work.

How to use:

• Press the big button in the middle.
  
• Located your file.
  
• Open it and you're done.
  

Credits to KaKaRoTo for sharing the information.

Finally, those looking for some more PS3 4.21 CFW homebrew may wish to check out Comgenie's Awesome Filemanager v0.06 for PS3 4.21 CFW, BlackB0x FTP V1.2...

34w ago - Following up on the RE6 PS3 4.21 DEX Fix, today a Resident Evil 6 PS3 3.41 / 3.55 EBOOT patch has arrived via windrider42 for those wishing to play the game on CEX consoles as well.

Before downloading a PS3 EBOOT patch fix, you may want to read THIS post as some hack the game and make you earn 9.999.999 skill points at the start.

Download: Resident Evil 6 (RE6) PS3 3.55 / 3.41 CEX EBOOT Patch Fix (Already Renamed) / Resident Evil 6 (RE6) PS3 3.55 / 3.41 CEX EBOOT Patch Fix (Already Renamed - Mirror) / Resident Evil 6 (RE6) PS3 3.55 / 3.41 CEX EBOOT Patch Fix (Rename to RE6.BIN to EBOOT.BIN - Mirror #2) / Resident Evil 6 (RE6) PS3 3.55 / 3.41 CEX EBOOT Patch Fix (Mirror #3) / Resident...

34w ago - Below is a video tutorial from GameBlamer on YouTube demonstrating how to dump PS Vita games via the recently released PS3 CFW 4.21.

It has not been confirmed yet and I am not the uploader, I just found it randomly so consider it a proof-of-concept if it ends up working or an 'entertainment purposes only' video if not.

The video is partly in English and part in German, and although it can be followed if anyone wishes to translate the German parts to English or make a new video let us know and we will update this article with it... those interested can check it out below!





Finally, from wololo (via wololo.net/2012/10/25/backing-up-vita-games-using-the-new-4-21-cfw-by-rogero/) on the above video to quote:

Backing up Vita games using the new 4.21 CFW by Rogero

Have you ever worried about Sony's financial situation, and what would happen to your hard earned Cash if they were to close? I certainly have.

For a long while now Sony have not been in the best financial state and could possibly face bankruptcy in the future. If this were to happen, then...

34w ago - Following up on his previous releases and the BlackB0x FTP V1.2 / ReActPSN Rogero Fix for 4.21 CFW ports, today PlayStation 3 developer Comgenie has updated his Awesome Filemanager v0.06 adding support for PS3 CFW 4.21.

Download: Comgenie's Awesome Filemanager v0.06 for PS3 4.21 CFW / Comgenie's Awesome Filemanager v0.06 for PS3 4.21 CFW (Mirror) / Comgenie's Awesome Filemanager v0.06 for PS3 4.21 CFW (Mirror #2)

Comgenie's Awesome FileManager v0.06 Changelog:

Release Log 0.06

• Added move support for faster moving files/directories instead of copy/delete.
  
• Added very basic LUA support (only string/math libs + echo function). Expect much more functions to be supported in next releases
  
• Several fixes for (again) people...