If preventing the block of PSgroove was not enough reason to not update, here is another good reason to why not update to PS3 FW 3.42. According to online reports numerous users are reporting a plethora of problems consisting of: sound issues, games not even loading or constantly crashing (such as MW2, BF2BC, and Madden 2011). Some users are even reporting their PS3′s just frozen, and constantly looping after update!
Looks like Sony’s rush to release a emergency security update, has come back and bitten them in the arse.
09-09-2010
08:30 PM
there is a thing.. called karma :D
09-09-2010
08:30 PM
My other ps3, which i did update. Has slow load times now.
09-09-2010
08:31 PM
But it's not going to work for a very long time...
09-09-2010
08:34 PM
$ony is gowing down, but the scene is growing..
Waiting for iphone port.
SME (excuse my english)
09-09-2010
08:41 PM
Ha! That's what you get when you play with fire! You get burned! :D
09-09-2010
08:50 PM
This is most excellent! This means they broke "something" in the fix since it didn't make itself apparent in previous versions (Except around the time the bricking-fiasco occurred when GTA IV came out; hmm now that I think about it, I wonder if that had something to do with USB stuff as well). Either way, maybe it's something that can used; or at least be able to track which sections of code they're working on giving a good indication for good places to attack as those sections may be unstable. Obviously sound was affected.
Off the top of my head, I'd say emulate a usb sound card that has no audio capabilities and when the bootup sound occurs and tries to play through a card that has no audio descriptors, *poof*. But that's purely just a guess and sound-init probably occurs much later in the bootup process; it also depends on the usb sound card taking precedence over the integrated onboard card -- but if they worked on the USB portion of the code and sound is cutting in and out and in some cases not-working at all, it might be possible. *shrug*
They'll likely make a patch to the sound; or come up with a better fix. Depending on the cause it might be easier for them to just make a sound code patch. Either way, great news!
09-09-2010
08:59 PM
lol i'm still waiting to see if a clever hacker will take a look at the magicjack as a possible port as it's eeprom and the chip is hynix hy27us and you can pick one up for 20 to 30 bucks at your local walmart or drug store it's got a chip very similiar to a cell phone but it doesn't cost 150 to 300 or more dollars and you don't have to order it off the net so it would allow people without alot of money or credit cards to get in on the action. don't think people will be running to buy an iphone once the port comes out. I'm ready to be flamed now. lmao
09-09-2010
09:05 PM
my dog pooped twice as much today. it must be the PS3 firmware i just downloaded
09-09-2010
09:25 PM
Sony will give up we are in we are staying in and when we come out we are takiung everything
all your code are belong to us
09-09-2010
09:33 PM
game over sony:aetsch: one more for underground
:thefinger::thefinger::thefinger:when are they going to understand that the war is ended before to begin
looking at the prices of the games i love what is happening
they got to think again about the prices because in this case hackin begames an obligation
and realy big congratuliations for the jailbreak team who ever they was
09-09-2010
09:51 PM
lol EPIC FAIL
09-09-2010
10:15 PM
My HTC incredible has rooted my ps3 succesfully.I've backed up 3 games and they all run nice.:aetsch:
09-09-2010
10:33 PM
I know its kinda off topic but do you think cfw will be out eventually? If so would we be able to play online
09-09-2010
10:36 PM
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09-09-2010
10:45 PM
I am more interested in how Sony will respond.
In my company, if a firmware update bricks the system, we will replace even if its out of warranty.
It just makes business sense to me, yes it does dig into profits, but its also the right thing to do.
I love the company I work for because it really is customer centric.
09-09-2010
10:49 PM
It would be nice if stories like this actually linked to sources for further reading.
09-09-2010
10:50 PM
ive been thinking, this is kind of off topic. But in order for this to be completely legal we would have to build from the ground up customer firmware and completely replace the official software then Sony couldn't really do anything.
Now the down side is game play. it will be nearly impossible to be able to create a cfw from scratch that can play games without sony code.
now I would have to re read the eula on that to see if when we agree to that if its just software or both (fat chance of me staying awake trying to read the eula)
09-09-2010
11:10 PM
09-09-2010
11:18 PM
@Calnorak, why would you say that? We're (I really need to stop saying we, since it's really others that have done the work) taking what we already have in our hands given to us by Sony and modifying it, provided we're not modifying it with tools that aren't legally available (Or selling it), I don't think there's much of a problem. Now to build a custom firmware, sure, there's a small set of options: 1) Modify the asm code of an already existing compiled-binary form of firmware, 2) Build it from ground-up (Like you mentioned), 3) Disassemble the binary and convert it to C -- which is alot like option 2.
Disclaimer: I could be wrong though (on any or all of that); it's just my take on it, but I'd venture to say it's probably not that far off, otherwise a mod probably would've squashed any discussion of any of CFW or JB'ing...
09-09-2010
11:50 PM
Im not taking Sonys side but i doubt the firmware update is causing a lot of people problems. A few people have problems then everyone tends to jump on a bandwagon to attack. 9 times out of ten people claim problems they dont have thats my opinion thouh. Please start your flaming. :musicus:
09-10-2010
12:03 AM
funny how Sonys attempt to patch up ps jailbreak/ps groove only caused major errors in the FW, Sony = Fail!
It's so awesome 2 watch how much this scene is progressing after this PS JB was released but this site has always had the latest infomation about this scene long before the PS JB was released! So if u went through all the home posts u would no the complete history of every exploit used to hack the ps3 and maybe in a way these past exploits helped us get to the exploit we r using today.
I also havnt updated my FW I'm still on 3.41 but I'm waiting for the Iphone port though I don't mind if muscleNerd takes his time cause who know's if backup v1.1 is compatible with the same exploit just yet, only time will tell...
09-10-2010
01:00 AM
GUYS!
Now that we have access to the PS3 why cant we fake having higher firmwares using that FTP homebrew so we dont need to update?
09-10-2010
01:03 AM
09-10-2010
01:08 AM
09-10-2010
01:50 AM
09-10-2010
02:35 AM
09-10-2010
02:38 AM
My money is in the goof up.
Sure, people can be paying more attention to every single glitch so they can blame it on the update, true.
But consider this :
I have my PS3 for about 2.5 years, chose it for 2 main reasons ($ony's advertisement of media capabilities and OtherOS feature), waited patiently for something as "simple" as more codecs or better programs to handle media (of all sorts).
Most updates were just nonsense and $ony's answer to *possible* OtherOS threat was to remove it completely (instead of correcting, if in fact something needed correction).
Update was done in a hurry (compared to usual update timeframe).
So i still say : $ony goof up !
PS : I wouldn't even be here if $ony had just left OtherOS alone. The irony of it all :-)
09-10-2010
03:09 AM
I am also hoping for a new fw bypass, but that is me being optimistic.
Does anyone know what psn does different now then before? seems like it still fetching the update.txt file.. is this some kind of hash checking of some sorts? I really hope for a work around. I got 2 ps3's but I actually dont want to update either of them.
I already miss my otherOS :\
09-10-2010
03:28 AM
As Justin said
"What goes around comes back around"
F to you Sony!
09-10-2010
04:08 AM
yes this is probably done with speed and has not gone through the normal qa process.
Even so, sometimes even well planned updates that work just fine on millions of devices still come up with random bricking here and there.
09-10-2010
04:16 AM
the irony sony have just ruined their own machine by creating an update.
By creating the update sony have partially bricked the PS3 now for those that have updated to 3.42 sorry guys your ps3 is partially bricked :thefinger:
:aetsch:
09-10-2010
04:33 AM
09-10-2010
07:03 AM
that is why sony deserve e everything they get that is happening, i am so glad this console is hacked, sony have screwed over customers for way too long!
09-10-2010
01:44 PM
quick question does ps groove work with 3.42? and i'm thinking about buying a new ps3 today. I already downloaded firmware 3.41. Will it install properly? and anybody know how to install it on the new PS3 or will my new ps3 automatically download the latest firmware? PLEASE HELP!
09-10-2010
01:50 PM
09-10-2010
02:00 PM
thnx brother.
you have a valid point but easy on me sir. i'm still new to the website and at hacking. appreciate your help though!
ps: can you tell me how to install the firmware 3.41 that i downloaded on my computer onto the ps3?
i'm really sorry about all this..
09-10-2010
02:41 PM
Once connected, navigate to Settings on the PS3 Home Menu, select [System Update] and then [Update via Storage Media]. Select the connected device and your PS3 will install the update data stored there.
09-11-2010
06:44 PM
Any word on any new ways to get around $ony's latest 3.42 fw?