Custom Firmware on PS3?


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Damn you beat me to it :p

Who was it who said it'd take a long time to release this? lulz

Let the hacking commence :devil:

OtherOS Supported on "3.21OO"

Here is a video demoing my "custom firmware". It's not any sort of version string change; I would have added something showing off the new features of 3.21, but oh wait, there aren't any.

This can be installed without having to open up your PS3, just by restoring a custom generated PUP file, but only from 3.15 or previous. It's possible this CFW will also work on the slim to actually *enable* OtherOS; I'll know when my infectus gets here.

No release date yet, use the proxy hack to play online with 3.15

Note to the people who removed OtherOS, you are potentially turning 100000+ legit users into "hackers." There was a huge(20x) traffic spike to this blog after the announcement of 3.21. If I had ads on this site I guess I'd be thanking you. Posted by George Hotz at 10:06 AM

Last paragraph = so true.

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I like it we both wanted to create the topic, and end up talking about it on Twitter lol.

haha, no wonder, far away from the mod's control :p

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YES. this will teach sonys dumbass.

@DM: good post man (Y). I hate not bein connected to the net unless I'm home. This is very good news.

Just got this the 60gb I revived will be getting used again.

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Wouldn't mind being able to play with other options on my Slim. Hopefully it gets explored :yes:

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The video could be faked though.....Not enough proof sorry :)

And good to see geohot back on this; He has to get it done as he started work on the PS3 but never actually finished it.

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Anyone else notice the Mac address was all "f"

Sony use MAC address to ban from PSN. He's covering his ass basically.

For everyone saying it's a fake (or for anyone who does/is thinking it)...Geo was the hacker who found the exploit & the reason Sony removed OS installs in the first place. They didn't just decide to remove it for nothing. This exploit is very real & it's only a matter of time before Geo releases it.

Not to mention the whole jailbreaking scene he has been backing for years on the iPhone. He's not likely to be faking. April fools was last week :p

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It's real. The question is where does it go from here?

Full blow CFW? Other OS FW support?

I wonder what will SONY do now.

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So if we upgraded our firmware we are A** out?

Probably. But I think a downgrade tool must be coming along soon.

The CFW requires you to update your PS3 using a USB drive. He customised the PUP file in order to retain access to Other OS. FW 3.21 looks like was a rush job and didn't actually remove the Other OS capabilities, only access to them.

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For everyone saying it's a fake (or for anyone who does/is thinking it)...Geo was the hacker who found the exploit & the reason Sony removed OS installs in the first place. They didn't just decide to remove it for nothing. This exploit is very real & it's only a matter of time before Geo releases it.

I know who it is.

2 PS3s hooked up..............on screen the 3.xx version slim................while hitting the other os option..........switch it to a fat.

One of many possible ways.

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So if we upgraded our firmware we are A** out?

For now yeah. If it's anything like PSP firmware though, there will be a way to downgrade

I know who it is.

2 PS3s hooked up..............on screen the 3.xx version slim................while hitting the other os option..........switch it to a fat.

One of many possible ways.

Ok dude :laugh: I've read people saying this guy is only out for attention etc. If that were the case & this was all a hoax then his whole rep he's built up over the years would be down the drain. If he cares about his rep that much, it's not a fake.

Besides, did you see the screen change source? Cause I didn't.

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I know who it is.

2 PS3s hooked up..............on screen the 3.xx version slim................while hitting the other os option..........switch it to a fat.

One of many possible ways.

Just why should Geohot, THE Geohot lie?

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I know who it is.

2 PS3s hooked up..............on screen the 3.xx version slim................while hitting the other os option..........switch it to a fat.

One of many possible ways.

A wizard did it.

You're grasping at straws there.

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Those saying about being out of luck if you have upgraded firmware. Don't forget that the firmware is on the HDD. When you insert a new HDD it gets wiped and asks you to reinstall FW before continuing. My guess is at this point you could also install CFW.

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The firmware is stored on the NAND flash inside the console my friend. This is what geohot wants his infectus for - so he can frig with the NAND images. Be awesome if he enabled OtherOS on the slim :)

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neat... the day that the PS3 gets custom firmware for the masses is the day that i will be buying one

*GASP* the very mention of Infectus would get you banned from this forum! wouldnt it?

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Damn you beat me to it :p

Who was it who said it'd take a long time to release this? lulz

Let the hacking commence :devil:

Last paragraph = so true.

that would be me... but i was talking about pirated games on the system, not just restore other OS

but does this actually do anything (like playing pirated games) or does this just restore the other OS? And adding this to the slims would be cool (other OS) would never use it though...

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that would be me... but i was talking about pirated games on the system, not just restore other OS

but does this actually do anything (like playing pirated games) or does this just restore the other OS? And adding this to the slims would be cool (other OS) would never use it though...

This doesn't do much. Just restores OtherOS. Not a true CFW in that no code is actually modified, thus no homebrew. This is merely a hybrid firmware.

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I love the guy in the video..

"Other Ohsss"

Oh-Ess.

For petes sake if you're going to show something at least know how to speak the language.

Or at least say OPERATING SYSTEM.

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