Hi, I'm a PS3 newb and I'm somewhat confused by various posts saying that I absolutely need a hardware flasher like E3 to downgrade.
I have a Phat PS3 80Gb (CECHK) and it has 4.81 currently installed.
The instructions and tools from http://redthetrainer.com/ don't seem to require any flasher. Are there any cons to this method? it seems odd that many of the prominent forums don't have this as a big sticky post...
Is it reliable? Any suggestions?
I would like to buy and upgrade the hard drive... should I do that first? Or is it easy to change the HDD later?
I have a Phat PS3 80Gb (CECHK) and it has 4.81 currently installed.
The instructions and tools from http://redthetrainer.com/ don't seem to require any flasher. Are there any cons to this method? it seems odd that many of the prominent forums don't have this as a big sticky post...
Is it reliable? Any suggestions?
I would like to buy and upgrade the hard drive... should I do that first? Or is it easy to change the HDD later?