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]

Nice guide, i think it should replace the jailbreak faq sticky.

Thanks a lot!

I'll be updating it with all custom firmwares and backup managers tomorrow.

 

[Magsor]

I am happy that someone made a FAQ but theres a problem with it. CFW is like CIOS it contains copywrited material therefore you cant be linking it... then again patching OFW is really easy...

 

[Zorua]

I am happy that someone made a FAQ but theres a problem with it. CFW is like CIOS it contains copywrited material therefore you cant be linking it... then again patching OFW is really easy...

A mod has read through the enitre guide so I don't think that it's illegal here.
Also, this is a guide, not a FAQ.

 

[Zorua]

Updated the guide with all available custom firmwares. Full list of backup managers in some time.

 

[buffdog]

mod sticky thread plz

 

[Zorua]

mod sticky thread plz

Thanks.

Glad you like it.

 

[ben_not_benny]

Great guide.

Off topic question: If someone was to buy a brand new PS3 from a retail store today, what are the chances of it being on 3.55 or lower?

 

[sergster1]

Great guide.

Off topic question: If someone was to buy a brand new PS3 from a retail store today, what are the chances of it being on 3.55 or lower?

25% Go buy one off ebay or craigslist and ask the seller when he or she bought it. If its before november ish it will have 3.55 or lower

 

[Originality]

I've not heard of ANY retail PS3s shipping with 3.56 so far. Then again, LG have prevented Sony from shipping PS3s to Europe for a while. Sony sued LG and now LG are hitting them back big-time.

EDIT: Ok, now I have. That was a month ago, so I would guess there's another couple weeks until most retailers run out of stock with older FWs.

 

[Zorua]

I've not heard of ANY retail PS3s shipping with 3.56 so far. Then again, LG have prevented Sony from shipping PS3s to Europe for a while. Sony sued LG and now LG are hitting them back big-time.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f118/3-55-out-...s-3-56-a-80118/

 

[Cyan]

Well, it's better that you cover how to patch the firmwares manually. The cfw creation is not that hard, just download the official 3.55 and run batch command to patch the firmware to cfw.
Please update your first post to replace this part for all the available one. Let me know if you don't find a patching method for any of them, I have the .patch for waninkoko v2, Kmeaw, Hermes, Wutangrza.

I recommend using Zouzzz's Custom Firmware Maker 1.5 (it's a GUI for Bsdif patcher made especially for the cfw. It apply the wanted patch for 3.55 or 3.41 cfw).
Plus it checks the MD5 after patching to be sure the firmware is not incorrectly patched, which will be a brick reason.
.Net framework 4.0 required.


There's also another copyrighted problem, so far only very few homebrew are really legal. We should only post the ones created with PSL1GHT SDK.
There's only 1 backup manager using it, and it's the one from Hermes. other backup managers shouldn't be linked on GBAtemp :/
I'll talk about it with the other mods and the admin to know the position of the site regarding these files.

For Waninkoko v2, you say "flash at your own risk", but it should be told for every custom firmware.

you gave multiMAN ver 1.16.03 as the base for this tutorial. there's already another version, and like you know, there a new one almost every day. You should refrain using the version number in the tutorial.
If possible give a link where the user can find

I think you'll make a GUIDE 3 - Managing backups, right ?
for the moment, there's nothing on the payloads and how to dump or play a game.
note : Waninkoko cfw already include a payload, so there's no need to run one before the backup manager.

I think File factory is a crappy file hoster, many link and confirmation and wait time.

Your guide says to replace CA24.cer, but I think it's CA27.cer which needs to be replaced.

I think the 3.56 spoof is not needed for PSN access. Can someone confirm that?

 

[Originality]

Replacing CA24.cer was the practice for F-PSN 0.3, although IIRC, it started using CA24.cer and CA27.cer. I stopped caring when 0.5 came out, so I didn't keep track.

 

[ben_not_benny]

I've not heard of ANY retail PS3s shipping with 3.56 so far. Then again, LG have prevented Sony from shipping PS3s to Europe for a while. Sony sued LG and now LG are hitting them back big-time.

EDIT: Ok, now I have. That was a month ago, so I would guess there's another couple weeks until most retailers run out of stock with older FWs.

Thanks. I've read that the Killzone 3 bundles are shipped with 3.50. I'll pick one up before they're gone

 

[Zorua]

I've not heard of ANY retail PS3s shipping with 3.56 so far. Then again, LG have prevented Sony from shipping PS3s to Europe for a while. Sony sued LG and now LG are hitting them back big-time.

EDIT: Ok, now I have. That was a month ago, so I would guess there's another couple weeks until most retailers run out of stock with older FWs.

Thanks. I've read that the Killzone 3 bundles are shipped with 3.50. I'll pick one up before they're gone

You've heard wrong. It's highly unlikely because Killzone 3 just came out.

 

[ben_not_benny]

You've heard wrong. It's highly unlikely because Killzone 3 just came out.

Some confirmed it was on 3.50 when they bought it. I'll take my chances. If the worst happens I'll just have it returned.

 

[Zorua]

Well, it's better that you cover how to patch the firmwares manually. The cfw creation is not that hard, just download the official 3.55 and run batch command to patch the firmware to cfw.
Please update your first post to replace this part for all the available one. Let me know if you don't find a patching method for any of them, I have the .patch for waninkoko v2, Kmeaw, Hermes, Wutangrza.

I recommend using Zouzzz's Custom Firmware Maker 1.5 (it's a GUI for Bsdif patcher made especially for the cfw. It apply the wanted patch for 3.55 or 3.41 cfw).
Plus it checks the MD5 after patching to be sure the firmware is not incorrectly patched, which will be a brick reason.
.Net framework 4.0 required.


There's also another copyrighted problem, so far only very few homebrew are really legal. We should only post the ones created with PSL1GHT SDK.
There's only 1 backup manager using it, and it's the one from Hermes. other backup managers shouldn't be linked on GBAtemp :/
I'll talk about it with the other mods and the admin to know the position of the site regarding these files.

For Waninkoko v2, you say "flash at your own risk", but it should be told for every custom firmware.

you gave multiMAN ver 1.16.03 as the base for this tutorial. there's already another version, and like you know, there a new one almost every day. You should refrain using the version number in the tutorial.
If possible give a link where the user can find

I think you'll make a GUIDE 3 - Managing backups, right ?
for the moment, there's nothing on the payloads and how to dump or play a game.
note : Waninkoko cfw already include a payload, so there's no need to run one before the backup manager.

I think File factory is a crappy file hoster, many link and confirmation and wait time.

Your guide says to replace CA24.cer, but I think it's CA27.cer which needs to be replaced.

I think the 3.56 spoof is not needed for PSN access. Can someone confirm that?

I'll update the guide with all your recommendations tomorrow. Thanks for going through my guide!

 

[Cyan]

ok, thanks

If you go with Zouzzz tools, I think you should also explain how to patch the firmware to cfw manually, for people not wanting to install .net framework 4.0, and for people not on windows.
Also it seems it doesn't allow patching of geohot's cfw, I don't have the patch files, but I think it still can be found.

I would personally move the Guide1 Step2 & 3 (multiman & ntfs) in the future Guide 3 - how to use multiman (or "game manager")
Maybe you could put each Guide in a spoiler tags to make the post looks shorter (it's just an idea).
What do you think about this?

Let me know if you need any help.


There's currently no user's report. Do any Tempers followed this guide yet ?
Is that easy to follow, or hard to do a specific step, etc. ?

 

[codezer0]

There is now a f*ckPSN 0.6, which supposedly helps with console ID spoofing. However, it just doesn't seem to work for me, because I kept getting a 800710D23 connection error whenever I tried to do anything. Looking up on Google, it did not seem to be an error indicating a ban (I've yet to even receive the warning email from Sony yet, since I've not actually been running hacked games either - I just want to be able to sync trophies and go to the storefront for demos and stuff).

F*ckPSN 0.5 still works fine however.

 

[lzyslckr]

I have a question on installing the CA27. Whenever i installed in filezilla it say overwirite and in the ps3 the file size is 0? is that normal?

 

[Zorua]

I have a question on installing the CA27. Whenever i installed in filezilla it say overwirite and in the ps3 the file size is 0? is that normal?

Are you using 0.5? If yes, then you need to replace CA24.