(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Hi all, I've found an exploit within the cache files for Playstation Home that allows you to give yourself any apartment that's ever been released, and as many apts at a time as you would like. These exploited apts work the exact same as bought ones. You can decorate them, invite friends over, and whatever else you want. A 2nd PS3 that's jailbroken and has blackb0x ftp, or any other homebrew app that has ftp enabled with it is required. You will need to be using the Data Transfer Utility to send the files to the JB PS3, then edit the necessary files from that unit, and finally send everything back over to your OFW PS3. Below are step-by-step instructions on how to perform this exploit. Also, you can be assured that this will be patched very quickly after release. It will be an easy patch most likely too. I just wanted some folks to enjoy this while they can. As far as I know I'm the only person who knows how to do this, and I've known for some time now. I see no reason to just keep it all to myself so I'm releasing it now to you guys here at NGU.


CFW PS3 Setup
1. JB PS3 spoofed to 4.11 to allow for data transfer to OFW PS3. --There are several ways to spoof firmware currently. I can provide here the 3 necessary files to spoof for 4.11, and instructions how to use them if you would like to go this route. See bottom of post for link to these files which are guaranteed working.
2. blackb0x ftp or the latest Multiman installed on JB PS3.

OFW PS3
1. Get PS Home installed and for the region you wish to add the apartments to, i.e. NA, JP, EU, HK, and let Home go thru the full load up process at least once.
2. Now you'll have the needed files in Home's cache that must be edited.

BOTH PS3s
1. Power off both PS3s and connect them together with an ethernet cable.
2. Power then back on, and first go System Settings --> Data Transfer on the OFW PS3.
2a. Get that part going to transfer to your CFW PS3.
3. Once you see waiting to receive data.., go on your CFW PS3 in System Settings --> Data Transfer
3a. Finish up this part here to get the transfer started.

FINDING THE FILES
1. From Filezilla or whatever ftp program you are using, navigate to dev_hdd0/game/NPIA00005/USRDIR/CACHE/GLOBALS
2. There won't be an obvious file name, but the file you're looking for is the Navigator.xml. You can check the INF files to see the names of the links within.
For NA you need to see this link here -->

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EU is -->

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and JP is -->

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3. Once you've found the one you're looking for we'll be editing the XML with same number as the INF file, ex. 978910671_INF & 978910671_DAT.XML. In my case those files are for the NA navigator file. Probably the same number for you.
4. Transfer both the XML and the INF onto your desktop, or any folder of your choosing.

EDITING THE NAVIGATOR XML
1. Open up the Navigator.xml in Notepad ++ ideally, and then scroll thru it till you see this part here:


2. Now we're going to add our Apartments. To add an apartment you're going to need to find the destination link for it. This can be found while sniffing, and then downloading the space. So you will need a friend who already has the apartment. You don't even have to actually visit them. So long as they're in it you can choose to download the space, and then find the link in the request. If you're using Wireshark to quickly find the data type in 'http contains GET' in the Filter box near the top left side. This will parse out all info you don't need to worry about. After you've filtered the data look for something like this -->



The above example is actually a public lounge, but it's the same for apartments. I've highlighted in red the part you need to be looking at. In the above example J_SCEJ_Toro_Lounge_0_47BF_CF6D is the destination link. Like I said this will be the same setup for apartments.

3. Now that you've gotten an apartment destination link I'm going to show you how to add it to the navigator.xml. This is a very simple thing to do, and like I said you can add as many as you want really. The format needs to look like this:



Nothing more, and nothing less there. <ESTINATION> tags enclosed in <ITEM> tags. And you place it right underneath this part here:


For further apartments just keep pasting them in underneath that last </ITEM> tag.

4. Once you've added the apartments you want it's time to save the file, but there's one more thing we need to do.
5. Since the XML file is now going to be larger than it was initially we must make a critical edit to the INF file, or else the modified XML will be rejected.
6. Right click the modified XML to get the size of it. Once you've got that open up your windows calculator from Accessories. Then from the menu bar on the calculator select View, and then Programmer. Now that's switched make sure that Dec is selected where it says Hex, Dec, Oct, Bin. While on Dec key in the file size, and after you've done that switch from Dec to Hex. Leave that open for now with the value on there to look at for the next part.
7. Open up the INF file using a Hex Editor. I prefer HxD, but any one will be suitable here. At the very beginning of the file you will see some hex values before any text starts. These hex values represent the original file size. Since we've now changed that we need to update the INF to reflect the new size. For example if the old file was say 158,575 bytes, and the modified one is 160,790 bytes. In the default INF we will see the values of 26 B6 F (158,575.) We need to change those values to 27 41 6 as 160,790 = 27 41 6.

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8. After typing in the new values save the INF file. We're almost done now.

FINAL STEPS
1. Copy both the XML and INF back into the Globals directory in Cache, overwriting the old ones.
2. Delete both State and Reserved which you can find at the bottom in the Globals Directory. (**NOTE: This may or may not be necessary**)
3. Transfer all contents from your CFW PS3 back to the OFW PS3.
4. Now when you start Home all the apartment destination links you added will show up in your nav in the Apartments section.
5. That's it! Free, Unlimited apartments are now yours.

IMPORTANT NOTES
1. Apartments work regardless of region. This means all JP, EU, and HK apartments will work in NA, and all other combinations of that also work. Apartments are region-free with this process.
2. This change is not permanent, and at some point your modified XML will get overwritten. This usually happens after about 3 days, but all you need to do is transfer from your CFW to OFW PS3 again.
3. After each weekly update you'll need to repeat this process anyhow as the XML will be different, i.e. new spaces, etc.
4. If you find your transfer times are too long, delete all unnecessary saves, games, etc. that you don't need anymore. After doing a full format on the HDD and only having Home installed on my PS3 I get transfer times of 4-5min !!!


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SHA256: a5e277cfe7ef25335ed44353cfefabde3a4084b2bb86767765 935cbaf8659da6
SHA1: 36a73c3d4f5f543b5031b05cc71844abd290da38
MD5: e4187b17918d29a99fda1d8c2d9166d2
File size: 3.0 MB ( 3144126 bytes )
File name: 4.11SpoofWorking.rar
File type: unknown
Detection ratio: 0 / 43
Analysis date: 2012-02-23 14:40:28 UTC ( 0 minutes ago )
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Any questions on how to do this ask here and I'll be happy to help. And please +rep if you like this. If I get a good response from this exploit I got several more like it I can post here.

Pretty cool wish we could like get noclip lol that would be aweosome... yet impossible.

Hey Will, thanks for this dude, really good of you to share this! Keep up all that good work you have stored up

This guy chats shit and has never played a game of cod in his life.
This exploit was created by renegade_fred and star, who shown "Will" how to edit the _INF files and the xml's needed to add your own spaces.
This guy just posting this here to think he is smart. But the only smart thing he did was look stupid to the people who know him.

who cares about ps home apartments????

LMFAO! I know for a fact Will found this not Fred or Alec. So go learn what's the right thing and not what they tell you to belive. Makes sense that you are probably from Uniquez, so you use this to make yourself known to suck of for a promotion. Dumb noob.

Like anyone gives a shit star.. lmaooo. If it makes your little ego feel better i'll give you credit for this even tho you've stolen credit from me many times. Trying to look smart .. HA! And just so YOU can't chat any more shit, yea I learned about the destination links from Fred long ago, and you told me about editing the INF files, which I later read how to do anyways in another tut about COD hacks on this site.. we all pick up things along the way, but does that mean we didn't find it? As far as how to add the apartments per se, the exploit itself, it's all me so.. if you wanna continue your little whine fest by all means be my guest, but I think I layed it out here well enough. I won't be replying to anything you say anyways, you're a pointless little man. My final word is it belongs to all of us.

Shussh tranny.
We all know you dress as a chick on home for self pleasure!


23/02/2012 00:52:01 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . this might be just as sad as dressin as a girl for kicks, but when i do it i think of my avi as like my personal gf lol
23/02/2012 00:52:26 øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . ULTRA SICK huh
23/02/2012 00:52:37 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . like she's my gf.. my avi
23/02/2012 00:52:40 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . not real one
23/02/2012 00:52:51 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . uhmm nvm lol
23/02/2012 00:53:00 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . we'll just pretend i never said anything
23/02/2012 00:53:04 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . haha
23/02/2012 00:53:08 øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . ULTRA SICK yeah
23/02/2012 00:53:11 øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . ULTRA SICK That's kinda weird
23/02/2012 00:53:18 øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . ULTRA SICK lol
23/02/2012 00:53:21 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . i think ur thinking about ti wrong really
23/02/2012 00:53:24 ULTRA SICK øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . it's not that weird
23/02/2012 00:53:31 øØø-§ŦãŘ-øØø . ULTRA SICK Its not your GF either


Anyway, go rant to your self.
We all know your a dumb fker who leeches shit off other people, then posts it else where pretending to be the cool guy who knows alot.
What you learnt from me, will soon be old.

Have fun with your GF little girly!

Thanks for this. XML file getting overwritten every 3 days or so is a pain in the ass. But at least you get to have free apartments.