Geohot: Full 3.55 CFW PS3 Jailbreak Is Working!

[SifJar]

Since geohot has disabled lv2 patching, is it enabled on kakaroto's cfw??

Depends if geohot disabled it or just didn't enable it. If he disabled it, yeah it'd be enabled in KaKaRoTo's. But if he just didn't enable it, it won't be enabled in either.

Just FYI for anyone who hasn't checked, geohot's CFW is a smaller download (because you don't have to download the OFW and patch it, its just the patches packed into a PUP file which can be installed on 3.55).

EDIT: And before n00bs start asking: NO, this will NOT enable backup managers. Those require more patches to the firmware, which this (in itself) does NOT provide. This will just let you run homebrew and emulators. (e.g. you should be able to run FTP servers etc.)

 

[George Dawes]

PS3 slim released with OtherOS removed = August September 2009
EDIT: It was only announced in August.

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything - the fat ps3 kept OOS way after the slim was released, as the timeline shows. OOS was only removed after geohots "work" on the PS3 fat.

 

[SifJar]

PS3 slim released with OtherOS removed = August September 2009
EDIT: It was only announced in August.

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything - the fat ps3 kept OOS way after the slim was released, as the timeline shows. OOS was only removed after geohots "work" on the PS3 fat.

Because Sony needed an excuse to remove it. A "security issue" was perfect.

 

[Neko]

I must say, I installed his CFW and SNES9X to try it out but I already deinstalled it and I regret installing it.
I'm trying to play GT5 but this constant fear of getting banned from PSN is making me sad. I wish geohot or someone else from the scene would reveal that Sony can't ban for this or something so I can play in peace again.

 

[Jamstruth]

I must say, I installed his CFW and SNES9X to try it out but I already deinstalled it and I regret installing it.
I'm trying to play GT5 but this constant fear of getting banned from PSN is making me sad. I wish geohot or someone else from the scene would reveal that Sony can't ban for this or something so I can play in peace again.

We won't know until people start getting banned. It depends on whether Sony can sniff certain FW files over PSN while you're online from the XMB and see if they've been editted in any way. If they can then CFW=Ban. If its easy to block the game of cat and mouse begins. If its impossible then we're safe

 

[Rafinesque]

Everyone should be careful installing the CFW. There are some fake ones that are bricking consoles, and have a Windows trojan in the zip file...

 

[SifJar]

Everyone should be careful installing the CFW. There are some fake ones that are bricking consoles, and have a Windows trojan in the zip file...

Get it from geohot's website and its safe. Any mirror is potentially unsafe and against geohot's wishes.

 

[MarcusRaven]

I need to know how to go back to OFW from this CFW. How would I go about doing it? If I've already installed homebrew, what do I need to do first? Delete the Homebrew? Delete any saves made by said homebrew? And how would I do that? Its SNES9x, I made one savestate file, and I can't find it using the in program navigation or the PS3 navigation. If I'm putting together proper reviews, I need to know how to do this.

 

[croagunk.master]

Do you need to re-pair your controllers with your ps3 after you install this?

 

[loudog999]

Any reason to install this instead of KaKaRoToKS? If so, do I need to go back to ofw 3.55 or can I just run this one from recovery? I would try it out myself but am at work right now for the next 7 hours.

 

[George Dawes]

Because Sony needed an excuse to remove it. A "security issue" was perfect.

That is speculation - nobody has evidence to support it or to refute it.

What is fact is that OSS was removed after geohot published his work - not before, as someone claimed earlier in this thread.

 

[TankedThomas]

It turns out the GeoHot's CFW cannot be applied via Recovery Mode. Instead, you just do a normal system update from a storage device. It acts like a new firmware (version 3.55-jb) instead of 3.55, like KaKaRoTo's CFW (or whatever the hell his stupid name is).

Now I've just got to get PKGs to install. None I have tried so far will work, even GeoHot's supposedly signed snes9x...

Still, I'm excited about this. It's still early days, but it's kind of like the Wii hacks all over again. Screw the Xbox 360. Seriously though, the piracy is gonna run rampant soon enough. Too soon, it seems. I'm fine with just homebrew, or a LEGITIMATE way to backup games without piracy, but everyone knows that'll never happen.

EDIT: Turns out if you are on the previous CFW, you need to reinstall OFW 3.55 before installing GeoHot's 3.55 CFW, else it won't update properly. Probably something to do with KaKaRoTo's unsigned CFW that only allows signed PKGs. Now that I've gone back to OFW then GeoHot's CFW, I can install PKGs just fine. Works like a charm, too. Nice to play SNES on my PS3.

 

[ChaosBoi]

Something I've been wondering about for awhile now. In an off chance that you somehow bricked your PS3 while updating, would it be possible to unbrick it by entering the recovery menu (If at all possible)? If not then I'm probably gonna wait until something similar to Bootmii comes out before I try. I've always dreaded that the power might go out while it's updating, since it's happened to my friend once.

 

[oricon]

I have question regarding hacking the Ps3 is it safe to go online with the new hack, and is it possible to make the ps3 "virgin" again if sony somehow manages to patch the ps3 by not letting hacked ps3 play newer ps3 games and go online.

 

[BobTheJoeBob]

I have question regarding hacking the Ps3 is it safe to go online with the new hack, and is it possible to make the ps3 "virgin" again if sony somehow manages to patch the ps3 by not letting hacked ps3 play newer ps3 games and go online.

No one knows whether sony can detect a custom CFW, though no one has been has been banned so far. To make the PS3 "virgin" you'd just install the official firmware.

 

[oricon]

Can you jailbreak a ps3 with a western digital hard drive?

 

[RupeeClock]

Can you jailbreak a ps3 with a western digital harddrive?

Shouldn't make any difference since all you're doing is loading a PS3 update package (.PUP) from external memory, then installing it.