7w ago - Following up on his BwE NOR Validator and BwE NOR Patcher, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer BwE has released BwE NOR Validator v1.16 followed by v1.17, v1.18, v1.19, v1.20, v1.21, v1.22, v1.23, v1.24, v1.25 and v1.28 alongside BwE NOR / NAND Patcher v0.01 followed by v0.02 with details below.

Download: BwE NOR Validator v1.16-v1.28 / BwE NOR / NAND Patcher v0.01-v0.02

To quote: BwE NOR Validator v1.16

Application MD5: A9D0B21E8C0452EF00EFC48DA79D974C

Changelog

• 1.28 - 15/05/2013 : completely rewritten cvtrm validation + added more validations to it, upgraded/perfected entropy (possibly final version, unless adding firmware revisions/new consoles)
  
• 1.25 - 13/05/2013 : added entropy check for metldr/bootldr (possibly final version, unless adding firmware revisions/new consoles (From EussNL: Entropy is used for checking encrypted sections,...

8w ago - Following up on his PS3 NOR Dump Auto-Patcher v0.01, today PlayStation 3 developer Rogero has released PS3 NOR and NAND Auto Patcher v0.04 with the changes outlined below.

Download: PS3 Nor and Nand Auto Patcher v0.04.rar / PS3 Nor and Nand Auto Patcher v0.04.rar (Mirror) / PS3 Nor and Nand Auto Patcher v0.04.rar (Mirror #2) / PS3 Nor and Nand Auto Patcher v0.04.rar (Mirror #3)

To quote: PS3 Nor and Nand Auto Patcher v0.04

ChangeLog:

Initial release v0.01

• Compatible with both E3 and ProgSkeet Nor dumps.
  
• Checking your PS3 Nor Dump if it is Byte-Reversed or No.
  
• Applying the correct downgrade patches depending on the Dump type detected.
  
• Eliminating the need to byte-swap the dump in order to apply the patches.
  
• Making the patching easier rather then using several...

11w ago - Following up on the BwE NOR Validator Public HTML Edition, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer BwE has made available a PS3 homebrew application with details below.

Download: BwE NOR Patcher v1.0 / BwE NOR Patcher v1.0 (Mirror)

The application is available above, and below is what BwE mentioned about it for those interested.

BwE PS3 NOR Patcher v1.0

• Checks CoreOS then patches 3.55/3.56 - Also minimum version check.
  

30w 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...

41w ago - This weekend PlayStation 3 developer Rogero has released PS3 NOR Dump Auto-Patcher version 0.01 for those without a NAND-based flash PlayStation 3 console.

Download: PS3 NOR Dump Auto-Patcher v0.01

To quote: PS3 Nor Dump Auto-Patcher v0.01 by Rogero

11/Aug/2012

• Compatible with both E3 and ProgSkeet Nor dumps.
  
• Checking your PS3 Nor Dump if it is Byte-Reversed or No.
  
• Applying the correct downgrade patches depending on the Dump type detected.
  
• Eliminating the need to byte-swap the dump in order to apply the patches.
  
• Making the patching easier rather then using several programs to do it.
  

N.B: Always make several Nor Dumps and Validate your dump properly before proceeding to patch it and Flash it back. This link has all the info needed to validate the Dump: ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Validating_flash_dumps. A PS3 without a valid Nor/Nand Dump is non-recoverable.

In related news anaria has released a PS3 NORDumpTool.exe and NORValidator v0.9.5 with details below:

Download: Linux Makefile by zecoxao / Native Win32...