39w ago - Following up on his initial announcement, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer deroad has shared a brief preview update of the PSChannel PS3 open source homebrew store for Custom Firmware (CFW) users followed by v1.05 with the changelog below.

Download: PSChannel v1.0 Preview (eed5764) / PSChannel PS3 EFL 430 v1.05 PKG / PSChannel PS3 EFL GNPDRM 489 v1.05 PKG / GIT

To quote from his blog: PSChannel

It has been a long time since I've released an update of this homebrew. Well I re-written it for the ... don't know, I have rewritten this app so many times that I lost the count, but I want to share with you this simple preview.

I want to say that the icons are temporary. This homebrew is still under development.. (oh, I was forgetting.. this will be version 1.0)

PSChannel v1.05 Changelog:

• Fixed HDD Size bug for all FW
  
• Fixed abort bug

40w ago - Following up on his previous revision, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Rogero has updated his PS3 Custom Firmware to version 3.6 for 3.55 CFW users with details on the changes below.

Download: Rogero PS3 Custom Firmware (CFW) v3.6 / Rogero PS3 Custom Firmware (CFW) v3.6 (Mirror)

To quote: v3.6 Changelog

• Updated the system version spoof to 4.25 to prevent accidental system updates --> at least from Game Discs ( internet/Sony communication is not blocked to allow future PSN access addition if possible, that's why you see the Update message when you try to Log-In to PSN ) so if anyone Insists to Update... go ahead, it's possible...
  
• Please note that this CFW is an update to v:3.4 , it doesn't have any 3.56/3.60 keys like the EXPERIMENTAL CFW v:3.5
  It is so stable and doesn't have any problem with Blu-Ray discs playback because the loaders are not patched like they are in v:3.5
  

MD5: 894132f31b3814893b4710c0b640c71f

For those following, this PS3 Custom Firmware...

40w ago - Following up on his previous spoofer, today French PlayStation 3 scene developer SonGoku84 (aka SGK) has released what he calls SGK Enable / Disable Spoof for PS3 Firmware 4.25 to access PSN again with Custom Firmware (CFW).

Currently it's getting mixed reports whether it works properly or not (some say FckPSN is still required), but for those who wish to give it a try it's below with a rough translation (via ps-addict.fr/forum/sgk-enable-disable-spoof-t7132.html#p77180), as follows:

Download: SGK Enable / Disable Spoof for PS3 Firmware 4.25 on PSN with CFW / SGK Enable / Disable Spoof for PS3 Firmware 4.25 on PSN with CFW (Mirror) / SGK-CFW-SPOOF-4.25.pkg / SGK-CFW-SPOOF-4.25.pkg...

40w ago - Sony Network Entertainment VP Eric Lempel has officially announced today that PS3 System Software Update v4.25 is incoming and includes an increase to 1GB of online cloud storage!

Download: PS3 Firmware Update 4.25 (US) / PS3 Firmware Update 4.25 (EU) / PS3 Firmware 4.25 CoreOS Files SEN Enabler-Disabler [KMEAW] [4.25] [58071].pkg / SEN Enabler-Disabler [KMEAW] [4.25] [58730].pkg by Evilnat / PS3UPDAT-355-425spoof-PSNpatch.PUP by technodon

Below are the details, to quote: At this year's Gamescom press conference, we announced that Online Game Save Storage will be upgraded to 1GB for PlayStation Plus members, and I'm happy to report that the increase will be available soon with...

42w ago - Following up on the PS3 Debug Firmware 4.20 and PS3 Test Firmware 1.01 & 1.02 updates, this weekend an anonymous user on the PlayStation 3 Developer Wiki has shared the Sony PS3 Debug / Test (DEX) Firmware 4.21 update for collectors.

Download: PS3 Debug / Test (DEX) Firmware 4.21 / PS3 Debug / Test (DEX) Firmware 4.21 (Mirror) / PS3 DEX 4.21 VSH Dump by tjhooker73 / PS3 DEX 4.21 VSH.self to VSH.elf Decrypted by itskamel / PS3 LV1 4.21 DEX & LV1 4.31 CEX by Rancid-o

As always, keep in mind these PUP updates will currently NOT install on a retail PS3, and so they are intended for examination and comparison purposes only.

We have 100% confirmed that running this updater on a retail PS3 will not damage it, however, it will give the following error before the installation completes:...