Jailbreak your PS3 for Rookies - A complete guide and F.A.Q

It may be hard to believe, but it is almost two years since PS Jailbreak was released, reversed, the PS3 free’d and then locked back up again, a lot has gone on since then, Sony scaring away “hackers” and many other events. The PS3 should be free as the Wii and Xbox 360, but the people that are truly capable of pwning the PS3 are either too scared or just cant be bothered with the drama associated with the PS3 Scene.




 (Q) Why Would I Hack/Jailbreak My PS3 ? (A) Hacking your PS3, gives you so many new option’s, you will be able to use emulators, homebrew apps and game backups as well as being able to use Linux, after Sony removed the function in firmware 3.21. (Q) Is there a firmware my PS3 should be on ? (A) It seems the preferable firmwares are 3.15(For the real OtherOS), 3.41(The original “Jailbreak” firmware) and 3.55(the first CFW PS3), 3.55 is the favourite and most used. (Q) What Firmwares cannot be hacked yet ? (A) 3.56 to 4.21 are unhackable at the moment, perhaps it will remain that way, or perhaps we will see a break through in the future, only time will tell. (Q) But when i bought my PS3, the firmware was above 3.55/My family member updated my console when i was out , how can i have Homebrew ? (A) All hope isn’t lost, you can downgrade your consoles firmware with hardware, here is a list: Infectus Progskeet Teensy 2.0++/NORway PNM Noraliser PIC32MX E3 Visit here for more information: PS3 Dev Wiki – Hardware Flashing. (Q) Which PS3 Consoles cannot be downgraded ? (A) Unfortunately there are some consoles that cannot at this stage be downgraded, these are certain models of CECH-25xx, 3K models and 4K models, for more info, check here: Checking console capability of running 3.55 (Q) Downgrading was a pain, i don’t want to go through that again, is there a way i can protect my PS3 from accidental upgrading ? (A) You can use Team Rebugs firmware spoofer, it spoofs the firmware, so that when someone attempts to update the PS3, via internet, the PS3 tells them they are already on the highest firmware, as an extra precaution, you should remove your consoles access to the internet, when you are not around, you can grab your spoofer, from the offical Rebug site here. (Q) What Firmwares are available for me to install (A) There are many different versions of MFW, but the most popular are: Rogero Rebug Kmeaw (Q) How do i install CFW ? (A) If you aren’t already on 3.55, you will need to update to the official Sony firmware, then install a CFW via recovery, Pirate wrote a great guide, which you can read here: [Tutorial] How to play and install Backups with Kmeaw CFW+PSN without risk of brick or itskamel’s NOOB JAILBREAK GUIDE (Q) Ok so i have CFW installed, how do i run homebrew ? (A) You will see in the game section, you will see “Install Package Files”, you will be able to install all your homebrew and backup managers from there, just a note though, the PKG files that you are installing, need to be on the root of your FAT32 formatted thumbdrive/external HDD. (Q) Now that i have updated to 3.55 CFW, is there a list of working homebrew app’s/games ? (A) Here are a few links: Homebrew Games Collection(Thanks for the link manster) Homebrew Emulator Collection(Maintained by LoboGuara) Homebrew Application Collection(maintained by GregoryRasputin(me) (Q) How do i run backups ? (A) You will need a backup manager, it seems that only two are being used at the moment: Rogero’s Rogero Manager deank’s Cobra endorsed mmCM (Q) I have games that require 3.56 firmware and above, how do i play them ? (A) The only easy option available is a reDRM device called True Blue(TB), you can buy the piece of shit or one of its clones, we aren’t a sell-out site like TBCrunch, so we will not link to such devices, though if you have a TB Device, there are members like Adamsville on the forum who will help you, my stance as many others on this forum is: But as i said, Adamsville will help, if needed. (Q) There surely has to be a free method for playing backups ? (A) Up until recently, the diseased reDRM device was the only way, but recently a CEX>Dex conversion was leaked and that paved the way to running backups which require a higher firmware. (Q) How do i convert my PS3 from Cex>Dex ? (A) There are a few ways, though this is an extremely dangerous method for your PS3, if you do not know what you are doing, you will brick, check here for some help: CEX2DEX Application Released – Supports Any PS3 NOR / NAND Flash Dump [GUIDE] PS3 NAND CEX-TO-DEX by CaptainCPS-X (Q) How do i run backups on a Cex>Dex converted PS3 ? (A) There are different methods popping up, here is one: [Tutorial] How To Run Backups On DEX 3.6+ (Q) What are my storage options for backing up games ? (A.1) You can backups certain games to CD/DVD/BD disc’s, read here for more information. (A.2) You can install games on the PS3′s internal HDD or use an External USB HDD, which needs to be formatted to FAT32, you can also use a FAT32 USB Thumb Drive, note that with FAT32 you are limited to games with single files under 4GB, if you prefer all your games to be on the internal HDD, you can get up to 1TB 2.5? HDD, or you can use the Xecuter PS3 HDXT method and have your internal HDD on the outside of the machine, the benefit of this, is that you can use 3.5? Sata and