GUIDE TO GETTING CFW ON PS3 VERSION 3.55​

Guide objectives :

- Install Custom Firmware 3.55

- Connect to PSN (optional step)

- Install and launch Homebrews

- Transfer files between Computer/PS3

- Play games with managers
​

Guide Contents & Index:

GUIDE 1: INSTALLING CFW:

- Pre-requisites

- Procedures

- PC Stuff

- PS3 Stuff


GUIDE 2: CONNECTING TO PSN

- Pre-requisites

- Procedure
​

GUIDE 1: INSTALLING CFW AND BACKUP MANAGER​

- PRE-REQUISITES -​

0) A FAT32 formatted USB drive

Most low-capacity USB drives are already FAT32 formatted. If your's isn't, right click on the drive letter of your usb(eg: E:\) and click on Format. Choose FAT32 and Quick Format it.

1) OFW 3.55(if you don't already have it)

Download (Use the mediafire link.)

MD5 CHECKSUM: ca595ad9f3af8f1491d9c9b6921a8c61


INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Make a new folder on the root of a usb drive and call it PS3. Make another folder inside it called UPDATE. Put the 3.55 update in here and make sure that it's named, 'PS3UPDAT.PUP'. Now put the usb drive into the PS3 and go to Settings -> System Update and choose Update via Storage Media and press 'X'.

2) CFWM 1.5 Small Version [32MB]

Download

Used for obtaining Custom Firmwares.

3) MultiMAN:

BASE

This is currently the best backup manager.

- PROCEDURE -​

- PC STUFF -​

STEP 0: CREATING A CUSTOM FIRMWARE

Automatic Patching:​

1) Create a new folder on your desktop and call it 'CFWM'. If you downloaded OFW 3.55 earlier, skip step 3 and create a new folder inside this folder called 'Original_3.55_FW'. Copy the PS3UPDAT.PUP to this folder.

2) Extract the .exe from inside the CFWM archive to this folder.

3) Now, open the .exe and choose 'Download 3.55 OFW'.

4) After it has finished, choose any CFW from the 3.55 section and click on Create Custom Firmware 3.55.

NOTE: I recommend Kmeaw's 3.55 CFW.

Manual patching:(by Cyan)​

1) Download CFWM v1.5 Full version (+batch by Cyan) [152MB]. and create a new folder on your desktop and call it 'CFWM'. Now, extract everything from that archive to this folder.

2) Place the downloaded OFW 3.55 in 'Original_3.55_FW' folder (or OFW 3.41 in 'Original_3.41_FW' folder).

3) Double click on the Batch file corresponding to the cfw you want to create (ex. Kmeaw_3.55.bat) and follow the instructions. Verify that both MD5 hashes are matching at the end of the process.

4) The patched cfw is now available in newly created folder named after the cfw you chose.

STEP 1: TRANSFERRING EVERYTHING TO THE USB DRIVE

Okay, now lets start transferring the CFW and the Backup Manager to the USB drive.

1) On the root of your USB drive, create a new folder called 'PS3'. Now inside 'PS3' create another folder called 'UPDATE'.

2) Go to the 'CFWM' folder and now go to the folder of your chosen CFW.

3) Find the PS3UPDAT.PUP file and copy it to the 'UPDATE' folder which we created.

4) Open the multiMAN archive.

5) Extract multiMAN WT.pkg, USB.CFG and options_default.ini to root of your USB drive.

- PS3 STUFF -​

STEP 1: INSTALLING KMEAW CFW

1) In the XMB, go to Settings -> System Update.

2) Now select Update Via Storage Media.

3) A message will pop-up.

4) Press 'X'.

5) It should install successfully. If you get any errors, try installing it using Recovery Mode.

STEP 2: INSTALLING MULTIMAN BACKUP MANAGER

1) In the XMB go to Game -> Install Package Files.

2) Select MultiMAN and install it.

3) If you want to play games with Kmeaw cfw, you need to install this using the 'Install Package Files' option in the Game section of the XMB.

STEP 3: ENABLING NTFS ON MULTIMAN (OPTIONAL)

[title: ENABLING NTFS ON MULTIMAN]

1) Plug your external hdd into your PC and download this.

2) Install usbview and open it.

3) Grab the vendor id and the product id.

4) Now create a new notepad file and put this in 0xVNID:0xPRID:V where VNID is the vendor id and PRID is the product id and V is the number of volumes.

5) Now save it as USB.CFG and copy it over to the root of your USB Drive. If it asks you to replace it, do so.

6) Now download Awesome File Manager and install it on your PS3.

7) Run it and browse to /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR

8) On the other side you should find a directory that has "USB" in it, the inside directory should have your "USB" file.

9) Highlight it and press O to copy it into MultiMAN USRDIR.

10) Now go back to multiMAN and press Start + /\.

11) The NTFS driver should be activated now.

NOTE: Currently you can only copy from an external NTFS hdd to your internal hdd. Nothing more, nothing less.

-END OF GUIDE 1-​

GUIDE 2: CONNECTING TO PSN​

Spoiler: GUIDE 2: CONNECTING TO PSN. THIS DOES NOT WORK CURRENTLY AS THIS METHOD HAS BEEN BLOCKED BY SONY

THIS DOES NOT WORK AS OF 3/18/2011. FOR MORE INFO, GO HERE.

- PRE-REQUISITES -​

0) A FAT32 formatted USB drive

Most low-capacity USB drives are already FAT32 formatted. If your's isn't, right click on the drive letter of your usb(eg: E:\) and click on Format. Choose FAT32 and Quick Format it.

1) TEAM REBUG'S 3.60 SPOOFER

Visit Team Rebug website to download a list of URLs

Select a link from the provided list in the text file to download the installer.

- PROCEDURE -​

INSTALLING TEAM REBUG'S 3.60 SPOOFER​

1) Extract 3.60_Version_Spoofer.pkg from the archive you downloaded to the root of your USB drive.

2) Plug it in to your PS3

3) In the XMB go to Game -> Install Package Files.

4) Select 3.60 Version Spoofer

5) Once loaded Press the 'X' button to install. It will take about 15-45 seconds.

6) When it prompts for a reboot, do so.

STEP 2: INSTALLING FUCK PSN (OPTIONAL. USE THIS FOR SPOOFING YOUR CONSOLE ID).

1) Download dev_blind.pkg, fuckPsn-v0.6.exe and CA27.cer from here. Copy dev_pkg and openps3ftp.pkg from the OpenPs3Ftp archive to the root of your USB Drive.

2) On your desktop, create a new folder. Let's call it Fuck PSN.

3) Copy CA27.cer and the fuckPsn-v0.6.exe file to this folder.

4) Now download an FTP server. I personally use FileZilla.

5) Install it.

6) Now plug-in your USB Drive into your PS3.

7) In the XMB, go to Install Package Files and install dev_blind and OpenPS3FTP.

8) Go to Game and launch dev_blind to mount the flash as writable

9) Now on your PS3 run OpenPS3Ftp and on your PC run Filezilla or whichever FTP server you use.

10) Go to FileZilla and enter root as the username and openbox as the password.

11) Now using FileZilla go to /dev_blind/data /cert

12) Rename CA27.cer to CA27.cer.bak

13) Now copy over the CA27.cer from the FuckPSN directory that we created earlier to /dev_blind/data/cert

14) Now change your PS3's primary and secondary dns servers to your PS3's IP. If you don't know how to change the DNS servers look here.

15) After you're done changing the DNS servers, reboot your PS3 and launch FuckPSN.exe from the folder we created earlier.

16) You can now connect to PSN.

-END OF GUIDES-​

F.A.Q.(by Cyan)​

Main questions

Q. Can I use burnt Bluray discs to play games?
A. No. Only Internal and External HDD is working with backup managers.

Q. I updated past 3.55, is there any way to get the 3.55 custom firmware from there?
A. No. There's no way to downgrade from 3.56+ firmware yet using a software method. Though, there is a way to downgrade some FAT PS3 involving Infectus modchip.

Q. I'm on 3.50 or bellow. Do I need to install the Official Firmware 3.55 first?
A. Even if installing a cfw3.55 over an old fw should work, it's recommended that you update your PS3 to the same Official Firmware as the cfw you want to install first to avoid bricking your console.

Q. I'm on 3.41 or bellow and don't want to update to 3.55, do I really need to install 3.55 to use a cfw?
A. No, you can install Hermes cfw 3.41 (please update to ofw 3.41v2 first) and follow the guide the same way. Just don't install the Version Spoofer from Team Rebug (It only works on 3.55).

Q. I'm already using a cfw but I want to change for Kmeaw 3.55
A. First re-install the ofw 3.55 over your current one, then follow the guide again.

Q. How big should be my USB drive just to install it, not to play back ups?
A. Around 200mb.

Q. Where can I find all previous Official Firmware and their MD5 hash ?
A. Sony removed previous firmwares from their servers when the first jailbreak method appeared. You can still find remaining links and all the informations here.

CFWM

Q. The program doesn't start.
A. You need .Net framework 4.0.

Q. Where can I find .net4.0 ?
A. Here

Q. I don't want to install .Net4.0. How can I still patch the firmware?
A. You can use bspatch program to patch the firmware manually. Follow the manual patching method in the Guide.

PSN

Q. Can Sony ban my PSN account?
A. Yes, as Sony can't ban your Console ID, they can ban your account. But you can always create a new account, while unbanning the PS3 itself will be harder.

Q. Can I play online with all games?
A. You can't play online anymore. You need the 3.62+ official firmware to connect to PSN.

Q. FuckPSN is not working, what can I do?
A. You need .net Framework 3.5, and if you are using a firewall you need to open these ports : 53 UDP, 80 TCP and 443 TCP. You may need to close Skype.

Multiman :

Q. When I press start+triangle to enable NTFS it freezes
A. Your NTFS partition needs to be primary and active.

 

[Zorua]

Did you also run the lv2 patcher before starting multiMAN?

yea i did. and did all 3 of them one by one.
but after it goes to the game, it says something like checking system and when it reaches around 5-10%, it kicks me out

What do you mean by all 3? You just need to run this one.

yea and when I open that on the ps3, theres 3 files in there. and everytime i do one, it sends me back to the main screen

Try Rogero then.

 

[C175R]

Did you also run the lv2 patcher before starting multiMAN?

yea i did. and did all 3 of them one by one.
but after it goes to the game, it says something like checking system and when it reaches around 5-10%, it kicks me out

What do you mean by all 3? You just need to run this one.

yea and when I open that on the ps3, theres 3 files in there. and everytime i do one, it sends me back to the main screen

Try Rogero then.

I just tried rogergo. It gave me the same result as multiman. The game starts but after couple of seconds it says checking system, please wait..n it sends me back to the ps3 main screen

 

[Cyan]

If you installed BDEMU_3.55.pkg, then you don't need to run Lv2 v9 each time you want to use Multiman.

Just install BDemu pkg once, and then run Multiman like any other program when you want to play (no need to run bdemu or lv2 patcher anymore).

We should remove the Lv2 patcher from the guide, it's getting users confused.
The BDemu is fine to link as it's the payload. It doesn't contains any copyrighted material, it's like running Rockbox or HTC for booting the PS3, these firmware were distributed without any problem.
Zorua, you should link to a multiman with bdemu (normal and GH) included, like this one : http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2675



@C175R :
But to be sure, When you select a game in a backup manager, it's normal that you go back to XMB.
Just go to the Bluray game icon to check if the game you selected is correctly loaded in memory.

if you have "checking system file" then it's because the PS3 think the Hard drive have a file system error.
Maybe you should reinstall OFW3.55 and re-patch cfw3.55 back. or go to rescue menu and try a correction feature. (attention, I don't know if saves and trophies are kept intact or deleted).

 

[cobleman]

What file structure do i need to use for PS2 games to run with Multiman?
P.S. Yes it is a PS and PS2 compatible console

 

[Nujui]

What file structure do i need to use for PS2 games to run with Multiman?
P.S. Yes it is a PS and PS2 compatible console

I don't think you can run ps2 games with multiman, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Cyan]

the PS2 was only a test and was very buggy and in beta only.
I think the code is still there, but it might work very badly.
You should check old changelog and/or forums where the first compatible PS2 version was posted.

 

[cobleman]

Thanks i'll keep going through multiman thread

 

[C175R]

If you installed BDEMU_3.55.pkg, then you don't need to run Lv2 v9 each time you want to use Multiman.

Just install BDemu pkg once, and then run Multiman like any other program when you want to play (no need to run bdemu or lv2 patcher anymore).

We should remove the Lv2 patcher from the guide, it's getting users confused.
The BDemu is fine to link as it's the payload. It doesn't contains any copyrighted material, it's like running Rockbox or HTC for booting the PS3, these firmware were distributed without any problem.
Zorua, you should link to a multiman with bdemu (normal and GH) included, like this one : http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2675



@C175R :
But to be sure, When you select a game in a backup manager, it's normal that you go back to XMB.
Just go to the Bluray game icon to check if the game you selected is correctly loaded in memory.

if you have "checking system file" then it's because the PS3 think the Hard drive have a file system error.
Maybe you should reinstall OFW3.55 and re-patch cfw3.55 back. or go to rescue menu and try a correction feature. (attention, I don't know if saves and trophies are kept intact or deleted).

How do I go to rescue menu?
Also just to make sure, on the notepad that I had to put the USB product id n stuff, what was I suppose to put on the V volume? Because I couldnt find anything on usbview that said volume nor anything

 

[Zorua]

If you installed BDEMU_3.55.pkg, then you don't need to run Lv2 v9 each time you want to use Multiman.

Just install BDemu pkg once, and then run Multiman like any other program when you want to play (no need to run bdemu or lv2 patcher anymore).

We should remove the Lv2 patcher from the guide, it's getting users confused.
The BDemu is fine to link as it's the payload. It doesn't contains any copyrighted material, it's like running Rockbox or HTC for booting the PS3, these firmware were distributed without any problem.
Zorua, you should link to a multiman with bdemu (normal and GH) included, like this one : http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2675



@C175R :
But to be sure, When you select a game in a backup manager, it's normal that you go back to XMB.
Just go to the Bluray game icon to check if the game you selected is correctly loaded in memory.

if you have "checking system file" then it's because the PS3 think the Hard drive have a file system error.
Maybe you should reinstall OFW3.55 and re-patch cfw3.55 back. or go to rescue menu and try a correction feature. (attention, I don't know if saves and trophies are kept intact or deleted).

How do I go to rescue menu?
Also just to make sure, on the notepad that I had to put the USB product id n stuff, what was I suppose to put on the V volume? Because I couldnt find anything on usbview that said volume nor anything

How to Access Playstation Recovery Menu

1. Turn off Playstation®3.
2. Hold The power button down; The system will turn on and turn off once again.
3. Once the System has been shutdown, re-press you finger until you hear 2 consecutive beeps
4. When you hear the 2 beeps take finger off power button.
5. You will be promted to plug in your controller via usb and then hit the PS button
6. The Recovery menu will pop up.

 

[Nujui]

Um guys you may want to read this.

http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/03/sony-changes.../#axzz1GtGgHjbT

Seems all psn bypass methods are useless for now...until the new method is found

 

[C175R]

If you installed BDEMU_3.55.pkg, then you don't need to run Lv2 v9 each time you want to use Multiman.

Just install BDemu pkg once, and then run Multiman like any other program when you want to play (no need to run bdemu or lv2 patcher anymore).

We should remove the Lv2 patcher from the guide, it's getting users confused.
The BDemu is fine to link as it's the payload. It doesn't contains any copyrighted material, it's like running Rockbox or HTC for booting the PS3, these firmware were distributed without any problem.
Zorua, you should link to a multiman with bdemu (normal and GH) included, like this one : http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2675



@C175R :
But to be sure, When you select a game in a backup manager, it's normal that you go back to XMB.
Just go to the Bluray game icon to check if the game you selected is correctly loaded in memory.

if you have "checking system file" then it's because the PS3 think the Hard drive have a file system error.
Maybe you should reinstall OFW3.55 and re-patch cfw3.55 back. or go to rescue menu and try a correction feature. (attention, I don't know if saves and trophies are kept intact or deleted).

How do I go to rescue menu?
Also just to make sure, on the notepad that I had to put the USB product id n stuff, what was I suppose to put on the V volume? Because I couldnt find anything on usbview that said volume nor anything

How to Access Playstation Recovery Menu

1. Turn off Playstation®3.
2. Hold The power button down; The system will turn on and turn off once again.
3. Once the System has been shutdown, re-press you finger until you hear 2 consecutive beeps
4. When you hear the 2 beeps take finger off power button.
5. You will be promted to plug in your controller via usb and then hit the PS button
6. The Recovery menu will pop up.

Oo when he said rescue menu, he meant recovery menu. Lol
But the weird things is, some game dies work. Should I still reinstall it tho? Or it could be that just the game doesn't work without a disc inside?

 

[Cyan]

Sorry, I tend to forgot that menu's correct name

Yes, you should always keep a disc in the drive, it will prevent games not working.
If it still give you that message, maybe it's cause by the payload (which is patching lv2 aggressively and may create incorrect data).
I got this message once when trying Comgenie's Awesome File Manager with PL3 payload, I'm now always using Hermes payload which is working fine for everything.
For Kmeaw, you should use only bdemu.pkg and don't run any other Lv2 patcher (it will make the job twice).

I don't know what the V is, it could be the partition number you want to use. I thought the used partition needed to be primary and active, but only 1 active is possible at a time, so maybe V is for something else.


About PSN access, I guess it will be patched again soon enough, it only needs to send data the way the servers require it.
The guide will need to be updated to remove PSN access for the moment. it will be added back with any new discovered method.

 

[C175R]

Sorry, I tend to forgot that menu's correct name

Yes, you should always keep a disc in the drive, it will prevent games not working.
If it still give you that message, maybe it's cause by the payload (which is patching lv2 aggressively and may create incorrect data).
I got this message once when trying Comgenie's Awesome File Manager with PL3 payload, I'm now always using Hermes payload which is working fine for everything.
For Kmeaw, you should use only bdemu.pkg and don't run any other Lv2 patcher (it will make the job twice).

I don't know what the V is, it could be the partition number you want to use. I thought the used partition needed to be primary and active, but only 1 active is possible at a time, so maybe V is for something else.


About PSN access, I guess it will be patched again soon enough, it only needs to send data the way the servers require it.
The guide will need to be updated to remove PSN access for the moment. it will be added back with any new discovered method.

oo man...my disc drive is broken so i was hoping for a solution without inserting a disc

 

[Zorua]

Um guys you may want to read this.

http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/03/sony-changes.../#axzz1GtGgHjbT

Seems all psn bypass methods are useless for now...until the new method is found

Updated. I'll update it with new psn methods as and when they're available.

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Hi...

..own a CECHC03 60gb 1st Gen PS3 and want to "JB" it...want to use Kmea...my question:

Is it safe for my Console to do so or are there still problems with"bricked" devices or is everything fine as long as i do it the right way?


thx in advance


Freezer6

 

[Originality]

There are only 2 possible dangers that could cause a brick. The first is if the CFW isn't right (fails a MD5 checksum), the second is the same for any PS3 update - the very small chance of bricking whilst updating (power cut calls under this category too).

Since all you can do is make sure that the CFW file matches the MD5, you might aswell just go ahead with it.

EDIT: added a response to the post below.

 

[Zorua]

There are only 2 possible dangers that could cause a brick. The first is if the CFW isn't right (fails a MD5 checksum), the second is the same for any PS3 update - the very small chance of bricking whilst updating.

Since all you can do is make sure that the CFW file matches the MD5, you might aswell just go ahead with it.

You've missed a possibility there. A power cut whilst installing the CFW can also lead to a brick.

The only solution to this is having the ps3 connected to a UPS whilst installing the CFW.

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

so..thx for the quick reply /help.

would do as you told me and would check the MD5!


Thx and crossed Fingers please

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

....hi again, tried to put kmeaw on my ps3, put OFW 3.55 on it, put CFW kmeaw on stick go to settings and choosse update via storage device...after a little time i got a message that tells me that i already have the newest version files on my ps3 and i had to go back to normal system menu..


Someone a guess?

thx

 

[Zorua]

....hi again, tried to put kmeaw on my ps3, put OFW 3.55 on it, put CFW kmeaw on stick go to settings and choosse update via storage device...after a little time i got a message that tells me that i already have the newest version files on my ps3 and i had to go back to normal system menu..


Someone a guess?

thx

Try installing it from the recovery menu.

Spoiler: How to access Recovery menu

1. Turn off Playstation®3.
2. Hold The power button down; The system will turn on and turn off once again.
3. Once the System has been shutdown, re-press you finger until you hear 2 consecutive beeps
4. When you hear the 2 beeps take finger off power button.
5. You will be promted to plug in your controller via usb and then hit the PS button
6. The Recovery menu will pop up.