130w ago - As a follow-up to his PS3 Hypervisor Reverse Engineering Progress report, today graf_chokolo has published on xorloser's blog (linked above) his updated PSGroove payload which now allows for decrypting PKGs from PS3 PUP files.

Download: Grafchokolo PSGroove Payload / Grafchokolo GIT

To quote: "So guys, I promised to you that I will made my PSGroove payload public.

I just uploaded it to github. Let me first explain how it works. I do not have much free time, so please do not expect me to explain every detail to you. The target group of this release are advanced programmers among you. The source code is not commented but it's clean, well structured and self-explaining.

My payload has 2 stages. The 1st stage is actually a PSGroove payload. It initializes the gelic device and allocates memory needed for the 2nd stage. Just compile the 1st stage binary, convert it to C hex array and replace the PSGroove payload.

The 2nd stage does the real job, e.g. decrypts a CORE_OS_PACKAGE.pkg from a PUP file, runs some isolated SPU module or dumps...

134w ago - Update: Today the latest PL3 Payload Update is available, which now supports PS3 2.76, 3.21 and 3.40 Retail Firmware versions and evilsperm has shared some Updated PL3 Hex Codes for those seeking them!

Just under a week ago we reported that Medal of Honor was working with Open Manager for PS3 JailBreak users, and today datalogger (JasonMcKey on Twitter) has updated the PL3 Payload which fixes the 80010019 error that Medal of Honor and other new PS3 titles gave users prior to updating them to run.

Download: PL3...

137w ago - Today Hermes at Elotrolado.net (linked above) released his PSGroove custom payload v3 and as a result moh.sakhaii has updated Open Manager for PS3 to version 1.15 followed by 1.16, 1.17, 1.17.1 and 1.17.2 updates.

Downloads: PSGroove Hermes Payload v3 / PSGroove Hermes Payload v3 (Compiled) / PIC18f4550 Hermes v3 16Mhz LVP / Open Manager v1.15 / Open Manager v1.15 (Compiled) / Open Manager v1.16 / Open Manager v1.16 (Compiled) / PSGrooPIC V1.6c wBTL HEXs / PSGrooPIC V1.7a wBTL HEXs / PSFreedom N900...

137w ago - Today Hermes has updated his PSGroove payload on the Spanish site Elotrolado.net and French site Logic-Sunrise.com (linked above) has made available some updated hex codes, both of which reportedly fix PS3 controller issues with some titles including F1 2010 and Street Fighter.

In addition, wanapaki and evilsperm has shared a PSGroove Hermes v2 Pack which includes most compatible boards.

Download: Hermes v2 PSGroove Payload / USBKey/Teensy Hex Codes / PSGroove Hermes v2 Pack / Hermes v2 PSGroove Hex Code/SRC

To quote, roughly translated: "Looking looking, I've noticed where the problem that makes the game Formula1 2010, does not recognize the controls.

141w ago - Update: tifozi1 has made available an updated PSGroove v1.1 (LV2 Peek and Poke SysCalls) USBTinymkii patched hex code now, tidusnake666 has shared PSGroove 1.1 for ATAVRXPLAIN users, farenheit has posted a hex code for ATAVRUSBRF01 hardware and an LED Fix, and evilsperm has made available an PSGroove v1.1 All Pack too!

Yesterday it was reported that a PSGroove update was incoming, and today it has arrived for PlayStation 3 users.

The PSGroove payload has now been updated with patches to add lv2 peek and poke syscalls along with an analysis...