(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ok, first off the requirement for this is that you have two PS3's. One on 3.41 and the other with 3.42

I did this earlier today and was amazed it actually worked and was so easy. I was able to get a hacked MW2 patch on my 3.42 PS3 and use the hacks online without a hitch.

Credit goes to shiver for giving me the idea. The original posting can be found You must login or register to view this content..



1. On the 3.41 PS3, jailbreak it and install a hacked MW2 patch (tutorial You must login or register to view this content.). You might also need to confirm the hacks working when you are NOT jailbreaked. Meaning you start the PS3 like normal and the patch hacks still work (just test it in splitscreen).

2. On the 3.42 console, do a full backup of your HDD with the PS3 backup feature. Unless you don't care about all the contents on this PS3 being wiped clean and lost forever.

3. Follow this guide for doing a Data Transfer between two PS3's

    https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/transferutility.html

That's it! Basically with the PS3 data transfer feature, you can effectively transfer over EVERYTHING from your 3.41 PS3 to your 3.42 PS3. Including hacked patches! It also transferred over my FTP server and the backup manager... although those don't work without jailbreaking. :p


Whats the advantage to this? Well, instead of doing the MW2 patch hack and updating the PS3 FW which may forever prevent you from enjoying jailbreaking hacks ever again, this also allows you to install new hacked patches when they release. Otherwise if you do it the insane way (updating) you are stuck with godlymodz forever! Not to mention when IW releases the next patch, you would be SOOL. Doing it this way lets you stay on 3.42 while keeping a open line to your hacked PS3 and hacked patches.


Downside to this is that the PS3 which receives the data (the 3.42 one) has it's HDD re-formatted, so all the previous data will be lost. If you do a full backup, you can restore all your stuff later if you want to. And since you will restore to the same PS3, everything gets restored just like it was before.

Also note that the PS3 data transfer instruction manual (which is linked above) says you need both PS3's to have the same firmware. Surprisingly this doesn't matter if the PS3 you are transferring from has a lower FW than the one you are transferring to. The only time you need both to have the current/same FW is when you want to transfer data from the 3.42 PS3 to the 3.41 PS3.

So 3.41 -> 3.42 :y:
And 3.42 -> 3.41 :n:

I'm sure Sony will fix this soon, since this not only makes having hacked patches on MW2 real easy, but this also would open up the door for future hacks on the 3.41 PS3 to a online 3.42+ FW PS3. Since the DT utility copies over everything, hacked files and all.


Anywho, sorry if this is already common knowledge, but I was quite pleased to see that it worked without a hitch! I have been messing with the Godlymodz hacks all night on my 3.42 PS3.


P.S. Please try and keep this premium only. The less exposure this gets, the less chances Sony will fix it right away. I'm sure many others have already figured this out, but still...

P.P.S Just so you are all aware, I currently am NOT hosting any lobbies. So don't ask. I have already restored the backup on my 3.42 PS3, so no hosting lobbies for me (unless I do the DT again).

you need to make sure you deactivate your acounts on the 3.42 system or youlose one of your 5 systems you can activate, plus this will stop working after the next update because 3.41 and 3.42 are essentially the same with no new features just an exploit fix, where as 3.50 will be a completely different fw and wont be compatible with 3.41, do this while you can....

I swear that everybody said that this didn't work because the PS3's have to be on the same firmware. That's why I didn't try it lol. Oh well, guess none of that matters now lol. Nice work, Rep+.

this is what some1 told us b4 when they tried the hdd decryption and they said it once but i guess no1 saw it so they got lucky

I am hoping the PS3 is smart enough to realize that it is transferring to the same PS3 every time and won't use up the slots. The way I look at is like the PS store, if you DL a file twice with the same PS3, that doesn't count towards the 5 PS3's allowed.

Also, if you are right about the 3.41 -> 3.42 working cause they are so similar... then why does it prompt you for a FW update when you try to go from 3.42 down to 3.41? If they were essentially the same and is the only reason this works, then this would not happen. You would be able to go both ways without any FW update prompts.

The thing is, I believe you can go from a lower FW to a higher FW no matter what version the higher one is. Because a lower FW version can easily adapt to a higher FW version. it is essentially 'backwards compatible'. Whereas if you tried a transfer from a higher FW to a lower one, there will be feature and possibly file lists that are not yet available on the lower FW one, and may cause some serious issues.

Until Sony fixes it and requires the latest FW for both PS3's in both transfer directions, I believe you will be able to transfer from a lower FW PS3 to a higher one as long as you want. No matter what the version of the higher FW one is.

Can anyone confirm whether this doesn't work if you're transferring to a new slim that hasn't got/never had any psn accounts on it?
I've got a feeling it's not possible to data transfer without updating the slim because of never having an active psn account on it.
Hoping someone will tell me different lol.

It shouldn't matter at all. The transfer basically clones the PS3 that it's transferring from. The PS3 that gets the data gets a reformatted HDD before starting anyway.

cant get this to work man?

Do you get a error or something?

no i went online with my legit ps3 and the patch was not there? any help? or do i keep the jailbreak in when its transferring data to my legit ps3 idk been tryin all night you think the problem is that my slim has never been online has no psn accounts on it but a offline one?