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The news is that before it wasn't possible to downgrade without a previous dump of your own PS3 console's Firmware, but now things have changed. :)
Using this tool you can modify a NAND backup in order to let the console think it has a lower Firmware version, so later you can use an official Sony upgrade PUP file to "downgrade" to the version you need.
It has been tested to patch all PS3 Firmware dumps up to 2.10 so far, but is a work-in-progress as we still need to test re-updating more thoroughly.
I would like to thanks to Gigi and Mainman for their support in this tool, and all the other PS3News Devs for helping us in ... More »
It's now official- Sony has indeed skipped a retail release of PS3 Firmware 2.15 (Debug) in lieu of PS3 Firmware Update 2.17 which is out now via Network Update or below!
Download: PS3 FW Update 2.17 (US) / PS3 FW Update 2.17 (EU)
There isn't an official changelog available yet, but it appears to be... More »
This is VERY cool news mainly because (as we all know) even the retail PS3 Firmware 2.15 isn't available yet from Sony!
For other PS3 Devs to examine, we will be adding the 2.15 Firmware to our PS3 Downloads this weekend as it's a bit sizeable weighing in RAR'd at 103 MB (108,852,452 bytes).
PS3 Debug Firmware v2.15 FileList:
Directory of ..2.15_DEBUG
02/28/2008 05:38 PM .
02/28/2008 05:38 PM ..
02/28/2008 03:46 PM 3 dots.txt
02/28/2008 05... More »
Here is a peek inside a PS3 Package file, see below!
For reference, some files like executables are still encrypted even when unpacked from a .PKG file, sound files are not. PSARC files are definitely compressed and likely encrypted as well.
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Below is a file list off the hard disk, although some directories are still inaccessible, we would like to share them with you.
The BCUS98107 entry is that of Resistance: Fall of Man, and its files are cache files copied to the HDD. Also, there is a pic of the debug controller lit up below.
PS3 HDD Map:
./dev_hdd0:
.
..
data
drm
dump.txt
game
home
mms
vsh
widget
./data:
.
..
bootflag.dat
./drm:
.
..
./game:
.
..
ABCD67890
BCUS98107
BLUS30014
NPSX00002
SXXX00001
./game/ABCD67890:
.
..
PARAM.SFO
USRDIR
./game/ABCD67890/USRDIR:
.
..
ENTRY-DATA
./game/BCUS98107:
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