PS Jailbreak - The first PS3 Modchip

[antwill]

Still, this is way too expensive. In all reality, it's a stolen/hijacked/reverse-engineered debug dongle. Nothing special about it. Granted they did all the work, but at over $150 on OZModchips? GTFO

It's rare to find Modchip retailers at all in Australia, so it comes down to supply and demand, and OzModchips uses this to its advantage...

Not at all... Quote from their digg comment. QUOTE

to be really honest it probably costs less then $10 or $5 usd to make. But yeah, we dont make it, so we dont get to set the wholesale and the retail price. Anyone selling them under retail price doesn't get to be a reseller pretty much

I stand corrected, but still a b*tch of a price though...

Also I should mention that they are online retailers, how does the availability of modchip stores IN Australia even matter when they are competing in a global marketplace?

 

[superrob]

From what I've seen the only way Sony can block this is by updating the bootcode. Nintendo did this on boot2 to fight piracy and destroy BootMii, but their update was very unstable and bricked many Wii's. If Sony can make a stable update then this will be patched quite easily.

Acturally no. The boot2 update was a lame attempt to remove bootmii from the wii's. However bootmii in itself is unpatchable as the code launching boot2 (Bootmii replaces boot2) its the boot1. And boot1 is NEVER changeable because of boot0 being hardcoded with boot1's SHA hash.

However it will be funny to see if this is an hardware exploit or an software exploit. If the USB Jigg (Which we supose its based on), launches from the bootrom then it should be unpatchable forever. But.. if however its in software.. then it wont be hard to block it out.

 

[Aman27deep]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

You can copy straight from Disc to either HDD.

As a disc is required to be in the PS3 I saw God of War II in the Drive but watched a different game get selected from a list and then be played.

It is 100% genuine.

It might seem pricey but think about what it does. A single game can cost over $100. If you damaged a few games then it pays for itself. being able to play straight from HDD - worth the price.

A fellow GBAtemp member confirming this is always good news

 

[MaGosT]

Well they state in their FAQ that its developed for 3.41 or w/e the latest version is and that it works for _some_ prior firmwares. My point being that it's probably software based then, could however have to do with the xbm or what its called ^

 

[xist]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

Did you confirm that it wasn't a debug console? It may well work, but not on any console available to the general public...

 

[Gilberd]

any potential for psn games and download content?

 

[raulpica]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

Did you confirm that it wasn't a debug console? It may well work, but not on any console available to the general public...

RichDevX has already confirmed that the Backup Manager is BLOCKED to work on Debug Consoles (as it would run without the need of a dongle), so it could not have been one.

EDIT: RichDevX has confirmed seeing the internals of the PS Jailbreak, and there's a 48-pin MCU.

 

[Fun_Zephyr]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

Did you confirm that it wasn't a debug console? It may well work, but not on any console available to the general public...

Definitely was not a debug consol. It was just a retail PS3 that we would buy from the store. If you boot with the dongle in it goes red instead of green. You MUST turn the power off, at the back on the Phats and take power out and back in for the slim - then power on with the on button and eject immediately. The dongle goes green and it can be used. If you remove the dongle the system crashes. If you take the disc out the game you selected form the HDD is no longer available. Place teh disc back in and then the game you selected from the HDD becomes available again.

OzModChips are far to reputable to send out anything that is dodgy or fake. It is 100% real and a NON dev consol. I have always trusted OzMod and always will. I know proof is what everyone wants and there is not much more that can be given unless you go and see things for yourself.

I only found out about this early today. I was already on my way to see them for other reasons and as a bonus I got to see this in person. It is very real.

 

[Zerousen]

I might get this, though the price is a bit much for me. My mom barely even lets me buy $30 used PS3 games.

 

[omatic]

I know this is a nit-pick, but I hope the term "jailbreak" isn't going to be used for any exploit and mod solution that comes our way from now on.

Also, I hope this doesn't get blocked via firmware update and / or become detectable while using PSN or playing online. I'm going to give this a few months before I even consider buying this, just to see how quickly Sony will successfully stomp on this exploit.

 

[Infinite Zero]

I know this is a nit-pick, but I hope the term "jailbreak" isn't going to be used for any exploit and mod solution that comes our way from now on.

Also, I hope this doesn't get blocked via firmware update and / or become detectable while using PSN or playing online. I'm going to give this a few months before I even consider buying this, just to see how quickly Sony will successfully stomp on this exploit.

I thought that the term "jailbreak" was only used for Apple devices like iPad, iPhone, etc...
Maybe it would be better if it was called in another term?

 

[psykobug]

a fench site tested it with a burnt BR disc , it don't work . you need to insert the original BR in your ps3 . so no massive internet piracy for now

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[OrGoN3]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

You can copy straight from Disc to either HDD.

As a disc is required to be in the PS3 I saw God of War III in the Drive but watched a different game get selected from a list and then be played.

It is 100% genuine.

It might seem pricey but think about what it does. A single game can cost over $100. If you damaged a few games then it pays for itself. being able to play straight from HDD - worth the price.

EDIT: I meant God of War III. Sorry for the Typo.

Yeah? Name one that isn't some stupid special edition package that comes with a gimmick. The point of the matter here is that, if you are downloading the games, you are screwed. Comcast has a cap of 200-250GB/month. Most other ISPs have similar followings. If you're ripping the games from Gamefly, then I guess this could be worth it. But in the end, you're still paying for Gamefly AND this.

See where I'm going? It is just very pricey for something that is just stolen. Plus, all Sony has to do to block this is disable the USB ports during boot. Done.

 

[Rock Raiyu]

I can promise you this works. I have one pre ordered. I was at OzModChips today and watched him using it in from of me. There was an external HDD and several games backed up on it. (Games can be stored on an external FAT32 drive OR the PS3 Internal Drive. Some games will be required to copy to the internal HDD due to some single game files being greater than 4Gb.

You can copy straight from Disc to either HDD.

As a disc is required to be in the PS3 I saw God of War III in the Drive but watched a different game get selected from a list and then be played.

It is 100% genuine.

It might seem pricey but think about what it does. A single game can cost over $100. If you damaged a few games then it pays for itself. being able to play straight from HDD - worth the price.

EDIT: I meant God of War III. Sorry for the Typo.

Yeah? Name one that isn't some stupid special edition package that comes with a gimmick. The point of the matter here is that, if you are downloading the games, you are screwed. Comcast has a cap of 200-250GB/month. Most other ISPs have similar followings. If you're ripping the games from Gamefly, then I guess this could be worth it. But in the end, you're still paying for Gamefly AND this.

See where I'm going? It is just very pricey for something that is just stolen. Plus, all Sony has to do to block this is disable the USB ports during boot. Done.

It may cost him $100 because he lives in Australia dude....

But you have a good point, renting from Gamefly isn't the best idea since you're paying for games anyway.

What I was going to do was copy the games I do have and sell those, go to Gamestop, buy some used games, rip those games, bring them back, get a refune. Repeat.

 

[redact]

A single game can cost over $100.

Yeah? Name one that isn't some stupid special edition package that comes with a gimmick.

one? in australia, almost every ps3 game has an rrp of $110 and ozmodchips is an australian site selling it for ~$150
so don't act like a dickhead if you have no idea what things cost in other places

side note: nobody come back with something like "but eb has them for half that" because eb had (is still having?) a half price sale, that doesn't count

 

[OrGoN3]

one? in australia, almost every ps3 game has an rrp of $110 and ozmodchips is an australian site selling it for ~$150
so don't act like a dickhead if you have no idea what things cost in other places

side note: nobody come back with something like "but eb has them for half that" because eb had (is still having?) a half price sale, that doesn't count

What!? Really? That's what you criminals get. No wonder Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw is always complaining about prices. I realize the dongle is cheaper if you live overseas (USD slightly greater than AUD and no tax).

It is exclusive to OzModChips or are they just the only one pre-ordering? If it's available form OzModChips only, then it is too expensive. My WiiKey v1 was $9 USD. This is $150 USD. The WiiKey took more work than this did. This is essentially /stolen/ from Sony, and being mass produced. Not worthy of the price tag. No work involved.

 

[Hasney]

Games cost half that at EB!!!! (right now)

Actually quite excited by this and not for the piracy applications. Reading the userguide, the backup manager is just read from a FAT32 USB drive. Therefore, could we replace that file with another program? I'm hoping so and cannot wait until this gets out in wider hands.

It is exclusive to OzModChips or are they just the only one pre-ordering? If it's available form OzModChips only, then it is too expensive.

I believe a few other sites (not any that I personally know to be reputable, though) are offering pre-orders. OzModChips have said it's due to the price the wholesaler is selling them for. If cheaper clones come, then we'll be laughing.

 

[redact]

My WiiKey v1 was $9 USD. This is $150 USD. The WiiKey took more work than this did. This is essentially /stolen/ from Sony, and being mass produced. Not worthy of the price tag. No work involved.

well the wiikey was originally a lot more than $9 until 1:1 clones started being mass produced ;p

 

[OrGoN3]

well the wiikey was originally a lot more than $9 until 1:1 clones started being mass produced ;p

Mine is authentic. It was their apology for the clones. Went right back up afterwards. Originally priced $50 max, probably a bit less. The only problem here is that Wii games are only a single DVD, or less if compressed. PS3 games are much larger, even compressed. If there were more good games for the PS3, and if I knew this wouldn't be blocked by Sony ASAP, then I might consider being interested in purchasing one. More confirmation on the life-span of this is needed. It's always a gamble with 1st-gen "backup" loaders.

 

[EpicJungle]

PS Jailbreak disables forced software updates

But what if we want to update