Originally posted by crazyjayz
My sd card was the problem,,, i bought a new one and everything worked,,, i did brick the ps3 during patch, but i solder a wire on mother board which bypassed, finished installing patch , took off wire , installed rogero downgrader and now im on ofw 3.55,, my next step is cfw, mod menus, and whatever that protection app is, and anything else yall know of,,,, heres my deal i dont want to pirate, i just want to mod games i own so any more help to keep me good would be helpful
To install a custom firmware from downgrader(initial jailbreak), run
You must login or register to view this content. first. The ps3 should beep and restart if it has the original(or married) logic board(disc drive installed). You can then install a CEX cfw of your choice.
Most will probably suggest you convert to DEX. There is usually a better variety of mod menus you can use..as well as some other pros..
But, if you are staying CEX for now, I'd recommend
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You will need a firmware spoofer in order to go online(sign in) without it asking you to first update your console. This will spoof your firmware version to match sony's current official firmware, which is 4.78
You can use Arch's 4.78 Spoofer
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or SENenabler
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How to use:
ARCH's 4.78 spoofer
1. Install Archspoofer to your ps3
2. Open archspoofer
3. Select your firmware version
4. follow prompt and install
It will ask if you want to reboot
5. Click yes
On next boot, system settings>system information>your firmware version should now match sony's current official firmware( 4.78 )
You are then free to sign into psn, if you wish.
SENenabler
1. install SENenabler to your ps3
2. Open SENenabler
3. Select "SEN/PSN options"
It will ask "do you want to enable sen"?
4. Click yes
It will enable and ask if you want restart
5. Click yes, hard reboot
On next boot, system settings>system information>your firmware version should now match sony's current official firmware( 4.78 )
You are then free to sign into psn, if you wish.
You can spoof your cid/psid (Console ID/PSN account) as well. Some preferred softwares to do this are:
PSNpatch
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and
CCAPI
(PC)
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(PS3)
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You can install mod menus and/or edit/mod files using FTP software such as:
Filezilla Client
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Any other ?'s, just ask.