I know there is basically a 0% chance of this happening but theoretically it might be possible?

PS3's os is based on BSD iirc so that might present some challenges + whatever guff sony implemented to annoy homebrew devs more

Dolphin has run for me on far worse gpus so the rsx is sufficient, though I'm not sure how easy it is to actually utilize the rsx

Cell is a bear to develop for and it being powerpc so a whole bunch of shit would be incompatible + the ppe having garbage IPC would make it near impossible to run at full speed without using the spe's

BUT if some magical dev with infinite time and a deep understanding of programming for the PS3 had a crack at it, could it be done? Just a thought I've been having for some time

Hello! Last year I had undergone jailbreaking my CECH 2501A model successfully with no issue - Used evilnat on 4.90, and everything worked including the (redacted) explorer app, the bomb app, and the super Mario 64 port… Anyways I’m able to load into PS3 toolset, I just checked my dump.hex file and everything seems fine to re-jailbreak. Any reason why the jailbreak undid itself? I had automatic updates turned off

Should I update? What are the pros/cons?

My end goal is to be able to play online in some capacity with the system jailbroken.

Can i revert back to 2.42 if I update?

Is it possible to install the latest ps3 os, inside of “other os”?

Does a mod patch exists to have the social club story mode unlockables? To have them in a new game, like the haircuts, tattoos, clothes etc. Or if it's possible to make a patch that does it? It would be cool to add something like the photos can be saved on the system instead of needing social club to take pictures

This isn’t something i’m familiar with but i’m interested in modding my ps3 but im just curious if i do will i be able to play online and sync trophies and stuff on my main account? ive heard that you have to be disconnected from the internet and stuff. im just completely unaware of how this works. im trying tl get information from people and youtube videos on how to go on about this beforehand

Hi

I got a PS3 running 4.90 CEX.

I'm trying to get a mod menu to work in MW2. It's region code is BLUS30377.

I'm not able to find any that work, the game just boots as normal. Im mounting the ISO via webMAN games menu if that makes any difference?

So far I've tried a few manually by putting the EBOOT.BIN file in the USRDIR folder and the sprx file in tmp. I've also tried using VENOMz YT installer.

Am I missing something??

I just want to be able to explore the maps out of bounds.

Thanks guys 👍

If I press uninstall Webman Mod, it says deleteps3 OK or something like that. It doesn’t lock up or anything. Then I restart the PS3 and Webman is still there. How can I easily remove Webman Lite otherwise?

As the title says I'm looking into getting a cecha01, what do they need in terms of refurbishment, obviously new paste, heavy cleaning, but how about capacitors? Fans? Anything else?

Also what parts are prone to failing on these consoles? Is there anything I should be wary of when purchasing one?

Just trying to educate myself a little because it would be a little upsetting to pick up rare/valuable console and have it brick on me. I appreciate these old consoles and would like to help keep them running as long as possible. Ultimately the plan is to mod it at some point.

Title. What are the pros and cons of both cfw? No interested in online gaming

Thanks :)

So I have the iso files for demon souls, fully modded my ps3 with cfw and ive been trying to install it following the guides but i keep running into roadblocks. I cant install it through usb since everytime i try to copy the files from usb to ps3iso it freezes and says there isnt enough space for it and if i try to use ftp it takes 9 hours to transfer one medium size game. Is there some way im missing to do this since im just exhausted of trying to fix this for hours only to run into dead ends.

So i modded my ps3 and im trying to get my iso file of my copy of demon souls installed onto the ps3 via ftp. I downloaded filezilla got it to connect and start transfering but its going at 200-300 KIB's a second. I really dont want to wait 9 hours just to install a single game onto my Ps3 and I dread to imagine how im supposed to transfer all my other games over ftp. Is there any way to speed it up or are there other ftps that work faster?

I use Webman to mount the GTA IV iso. It loads completely, but the second I spawn into the cousin’s apartment (or whatever its real name is) it shuts off with three beeps. This also happened when loading Gran Turismo 5 for the first time (never again) and in Sonic Unleashed (grind rail section in Windmill Isle Act 2.) I’ve ruled out the HDD since this is a brand new Samsung SSD. Also not overheating since I just opened/cleaned/repasted. Temps never go above 65 degrees Celsius on Cell/RSX. What’s going on? It seems to be in parts when there is a lot of loading.

I did not touch my ps3 in 10 years, today i booted up and tried to install a pkg game and needed to activated.

I was following a tutorial on how to install rap files on my ps3 and it said that i have to log into psn to activate but the console said that i needed to updated firmware, so i booted SEN and tried to patch to 9.99 and it said that it needed to reboot so i clicked X to do it but now the playstaion does not show any image.

I tried to boot into safemode but no dice.

Is is bricked?

I recently regained access to my old PlayStation Network account and found a theme that I purchased years ago that I couldn't seem to find anywhere. I've installed it and it works perfectly, but I need some help extracting it to a P3T. I've read about TrueAncestor but I can't seem to locate a .RAP file to decrypt it. My PS3 is running Evilnat 4.91.2. Is there a way to extract the .RAP file from the PS3 directly? Thanks in advance.

sorry if this post sounds stupid but i was trying to convert my ps3 slim from dex back to cex to use something but now when i try to turn it on it makes 5 beeps then turns off 3 seconds later

I own a 40 GB fat PS3 and I’ve been emulating PS2 games on it for close to a year and I’ve run into almost no issues on it until recently.

The games I’ve been having trouble with are God Hand and Viewtiful Joe 2. While playing them, seemingly at complete random, they freeze up completely and I can’t do anything in the game. The music still plays normally and I can press the PS button and go into the PS2 emulation menu and exit into the XMB but the game itself is completely frozen and I can’t do anything.

As far as I can tell, this is totally random. It doesn’t happen during cutscenes or after I do anything in the game specifically, it just suddenly locks up. Sometimes I’ll play for 2 hours and it won’t freeze, and sometimes I’ll play for 15 minutes and it will freeze.

Also, I don’t think it’s a heat issue. My CELL will be 80 degrees and it doesn’t freeze and then it will be in the low 70’s and it freezes.

Is it a hardware issue? Something wrong with the iso? I’ve completed DMC1, Yakuza 1 and 2 via PS3 emulation and as far as I can remember they didn’t freeze once.

I apologize if this problem has been addressed a thousand times but I’ve looked everywhere and I couldn’t find anyone with my specific problem. Thanks in advance for any help.

I need some help. I have a CECH-2004A with HEN. Recently I started GTA 4 up and I got a black screen, after trying a lot of things, it turned out I needed to set webMAN to manual instead of auto at 68⁰C. Now GTA works, but the fan is really annoying me, is there anything I can do?? (plz don't tell me to get CFW, I am NOT getting it.)

Wanna play games online like old call of duty games. Am I good just using PSN patch?

I was wondering if there was anyway to delete a package file after it’s already been downloaded? I downloaded the psx/ps2 covers package recently but now every game that has a cover has a black screen when booting up and every game that doesn’t runs fine. All the games that have black screen on the boot up’s have been working fine before I downloaded the package.

EDIT: now some games are booting up different ones? I tried booting up Tony Hawks Underground and when it popped up in the xmb and I booted it up it started playing god hand. I’m not sure what’s going on

Recently unearthed my Slim that I last used in 2019. It has 4.86 HFW and hen installed and I completely forgot how to update the system to the latest HFW. Can someone lead me in the right direction and notify me if there are any precautions I need to take? Also can someone please tell me if you need an authentic DualShock 3 in the update process? As unfortunately I only have an aftermarket afterglow controller atm and from what I recall you can’t use it on certain menus. Thank you

I just got a Slim CECH-2504B in very good condition and from what I can tell so far, it can be CFW'd (code on the back says 0C, too). Do I actually need to downgrade 4.91 to 3.55 to do so? I read so many contradicting info on the web that I am utterly confused lol

Also: is a runtime of 12 days ok for a Slim?

May be stupid questions, I apologize in advance already - but I am grateful for any good advice here!

I feel this is hopefully a stupid question, but is there any scenario that a PS3 game would not be playable off-disc due to scratches if I am able to fully copy the game to my CFW unit's HDD?

Background: I have been purchasing games off of eBay and had one recently that would not run at all based on the condition, so I am wanting to now copy all discs for verification of full functionality with my CFW unit to it's HDD, and if any fail, ask for a return. However I wanted to make sure that there isn't some weird scenario that I'm not accounting for here where a disc could copy fully to the HDD, but somehow still fail in play later on. I am mainly thinking if I sell it in the future, I want to be able to guarantee that it will play to the new owner. Thanks for entertaining this question.

it says the copyright protection is invalid, but I haven't been trying to download anything on here in a while, especially a modded game that isn't actually from ps2. any suggestions?

I have at least 1 Phat on CFW and 1 or 2 Slim with COBRA ODE. They haven’t been touched for at least 6-7 years so firmwares are also from that time and thus working with the installed mods. No bans on anyone of them. I’ll probably have a couple of COBRA ODE as well that are spares. I was one of the testers back then so had lots of versions of the ODE.

I also have a 3K3Y Ripp3r I believe.

I also have unmodded PS4 that hasn’t been used for a couple of years as well.

If there is any interest in these I can do an inventory on what I have accessories/game wise as well.

I live in the Netherlands so preferably somebody local if there is any interest else we’ll have to figure something out.