How is it a jailbreak when there's no root jail to break out of?

Looks like CFW to me.

Too bad my PS3 just YLOD last week :/

So, from where is it supposed to run? Out of the air? Cosmic radiation?

Why bother with service mode if we can sign stuff now?

Geofail makes less and less sense these days....

Just installed this, the test.pkg works, can't wait for homebrew to be released!

B. E. A. Utifull.

In case anyone doesn't understand how to install:

Step 1: Update your PS3 to Official Sony 3.55 Firmware.

Step 2: Place the GeoHotz Custom Firmware .PUP file on a USB stick in the folder /PS3/UPDATE/

Step 3: Goto System Settings > Language > English

[Not sure why but I had to do that to make it work, and there are reports of others having to do so too.]

Step 4: Goto System Update > Update via Storage Media

Step 5: Install the Patch.

Congratulations, you have 3.55 CFW

What does this do anyways?

Save time for developers who don't want to sign their stuff?

Yeah so, I just jailbroke my PS3 so now I'll just wait for geohot to release the tools to sign the homebrew to run :P

I'm not installing this just yet... Has it been proven you can't get super banned from PSN? :P

Dan rages at 'JailBreak'

it doesn't look like geohot has cleaned up that page since he began working on this

it's probably easier for the masses to understand "jailbreak" then CFW, but agreed, it's a stupid term here

@EL Xando: banning might not occur since this has yet to actually enable piracy, but we'll see in time

@Zero: it allows package installation via usb, other than that, i don't see how it's different than karako's(sp?) CFW since they both still rely on signed packages in order to do anything, and the only person who can sign self's/pakage's is geohot

Yeah he hasn't, you don't need service mode to install this "jailbreak" firmware.

And true, but I'd rather wait until fo sure. :)

I doubt it, all this does it add the install pkg to the game category, plus all the homebrew to be released are going to be signed by "sony," but anyways if I do get banned I'll post it here.

Yeah but it's still a firmware modification from the current newest one, which Sony might be able to detect, and they have all right to ban consoles from PSN for any modification.

the problem is, any detection software can now be easily decrypted, and the cfw can be patched to return w/e value it is suppose to send to say OK to sony's server's

edit: geohot just released sign tools

How do u install the sign in tools?

It runs from the command line.

./make_self_npdrm.exe input.elf output.self

If you don't understand how to use it just wait for a one-click solution. It'll be out soon, no doubt.

Thanks for the reply. I think I will wait for the one click solution to come out. Where do i find the command line? Do I have to install linux?

well, i just signed ps3Tetris, and it is now running on the modified fw=-)

For Windows it

Windows key + r

enter "cmd "

So I believe I have just signed an emulator... Where do I put it on the USB stick so it appears on the install thingy?

I would say the Game folder although the pkg installer scans directories..

Just USB0/GAME?

Should be able to pick up any PKGs placed in the root directory.

right in the root

edit: what x3 said

Just to check, does anyone know how to sign a old homebrew pkg?

I may be wrong, but I think geohot said old homebrews won't work.

u need the homebrew's elf, i'm not sure how to extract it from the eboot.bin of the old homebrew

edit: figured it out, i'll use PS3Tetris as an example:

extract the pkg file

use unself on the EBOOT.BIN in the pkg to get the elf

use make_self_npdrm on the elf and name it EBOOT.BIN(important), and a title, like so:

make_self_npdrm PS3Tetris.ELF EBOOT.BIN PS3Tetris

replace the old eboot with the new one

re-pkg everything

use package_finalize to on the pkg file

install

Forget that, I got the eboot.bin changed. Now How do I put it back in the pkg? The tool I used only lets me extract stuff

for extracting packages: http://psgroove.com/content.php?618-PSP-PS3-PSN-PKG-Decrypter-Released

as for re-packaging, check out psl1ght's source, i think it's a python script

I'm trying to use makepkg but it asks me for the following terms:

makepkg [key suffix] [version] filename.pkg dir_with_files

What the hell is a suffix? o.O

I get an error saying:

key_get() failed

no such fle or directory

key suffix would be app315 i think, but not certain

I use:

makepkg [app315] [1.0] mednafen.pkg mednafen

But it still errors out =\

I suppose it should create a pkg named mednafen from the files on the folder mednafen. But it's not working.

Signed elfs can be run on a pure 3.55 FW, no?

EDIT: Where are you guys finding all this stuff, I hate being in the dark.

hmm, well, i don't make pkg's that way, the python script included with psl1ght is here:

http://pastebin.com/u0bJ8U7c

and here's an example of use:

pkg.py --contentid UP0001-TEST00003_00-0000000000000000 build/pkg/ PS3Tetris.pkg

@zero, technically yes, but their's no way to install them without the modified firmware

That's awfully complicated D:

lol, i never said it'd be easy, i'm sure in a day or two, a simple tool well be available to update older fw homebrew

Ok so LOL on the agreement during the update but didnt care for the system chirping like a bird and shutting down without my selecting for it to after updating. Update went fine except for some icons missing after for a few games. No true big deal there I guess..oh and if you have PS3Testris signed and ready..Um..link?

Currently playing Chrono Trigger snes9x355 :) testing out genesisplus and fce as well. Idc about backups but love me some emu..

I'm fantastically tempted to try this out, but I'll wait until someone reports PSN bans or bricks first. If all goes well in a few weeks, I'll be running SNES roms. Awwwww yeah.

I'll be connecting to PSN this Friday, so keep your eyes peeled I will tell you if I get banned or something like that.

Using this for Genesis/Snes9x/Mednafen and loving it.

I'm on PSN right now NES'ing it up and have been for the last few hours.

I doubt they'll launch a ban wave just yet, but I really do fear that it will arrive soon.

i've been online as well, also, it says what your playing online, even homebrew

We don't even know if PSN has the capability to support account and console bans.

Nonetheless, I'm watching from the sidelines until I can see Sony's action.

Same here....

Been online for days now so who knows when they will do something about it but they will, no doubt there. Would be nice if all hb just showed up like the test.pkg as life with playstation.But the Rewards program proves that they moniter all activity..big brother indeed.

Can anyone tell me how to install the PKG files that are on the various sites? when I click on the file under install package files i get the following: An error occurred during the install operation (80029564)

Would appreciate anyone's help pretty good with wii, Iphone etc but not sure early days with the PS3 tried to get the new SNES emulator working but get the message above same when I try all the other packages available for download

Just to add I have Geohot's CFW installed on a PS3 Fat model appreciate anyone's assistance as I've googled it but just can't find any thing on the issue probably something really simple

Regards

Looking back on this, I'm glad I never bothered with it. Especially since my PS3 sits right next to my PC. The community was completely disorganized and uninterested and didn't have any chance of reaching the level the PSP or iPhone has. And as of today it renders the PS3 completely useless for it's primary purpose: playing games. It was never a suitable target for homebrew. IMO that was evident the day it launched.

Well that's what I've been saying since day one of the hacks, but I got bashed by everybody. There were high hopes for the homebrew scene on the PS3. In the end only two things came out of it: piracy and self-righteous pricks who think they are entitles to everything (kinda like the PSP Scene on it's final days).

The best things that came out were emulators and a snake game (if I'm not mistaken). The rest were backup loaders and a multitude of CFWs. I was hoping for so much more.

PC is where the true homebrew is at.

To be fair this whole 'scene' is in its infancy. There's no telling what may happen a year down the line.

Yeah but in it's infancy the PSP spawned much more creative stuff :P

Yeah, but you can't judge everything by the amount of time it took for the PSP to take off.

The PSP is one of the few to take off near immediately , followed only by the Original Xbox.

There is a homebrew called Showtime that lets you play media formats the default PS3 media player can't do (like mkv and rmvb), plus linux support has been re-added (and it's not as restricted as pre 3.15 linux).

The scene is moving slowly, but it's partly because it got too much attention before it was ready. When the dongles came out, not only were their main use was for backup loading, but also the only available SDK was illegal, which goes against the whole legal homebrew argument. And by the time PSl1ght was useful, people still didn't know if Sony was going to bring out the banhammer for Custom Firmware installers (we still don't know, but we can't go online anymore anyways). Then GeoHotz was getting sued by Sony and that's when everyone who was a big part of the scene started hiding. The scene never got a chance to develop. Unlike the PS3, the PSP didn't have piracy until a few months after its hack, plus its homebrew SDK was always legal, which gave it time to grow.

I hope Math ignores the haters and starts releasing his stuff again because the scene needs a little push right now. Some of the hacks he has been showing off could be real useful.