cfwprophet has released a XML hack for PS3, he has dubbed it “PS3 Acid CFW”, here is what it does.
Here is what I call PS3 Acid CFW, an XMB custom firmware XML hack pack for the PlayStation 3 console.
I spend the last days in playing around with PS3 FW files and have modified some of them and hopefully unlocked nearly ALL Debug options.
I mainly have edited the RCO’s and their XML’s. It’s phenomenal what can be done with a simple XML file.
The Wii works on the same way, but anyway we can change the whole XMB via the XML’s. It was a childs play to add some paths from one XML to another and add additional download paths for contents that before was only download able into one path. (eg PS3HDD or PS3 only games).
In my country nearly all chips that can be used to make a PSGroove are sold out. I still have some ATmega8 chips at home but I need to modify the source to get the thing running.
The LUFA software USB LIB doesn’t support ATmega8 so I’m trying to use a other smaller soft USB but I will need some days more until I can compile the first hex.
Therefore, I am putting out these modified FW files for PS3 to let other guys test if you wish.
Be careful what you’re doing and don’t UPDATE. I tryed to block every update option but as I said it’s the first time and it’s not sure that every thing works like it should. But together we will find it out.
• First download a PS3 FW Dump first (THIS is the one I used) so you can replace the files with the PS3 Acid CFW file linked above, and put only the folders from “PS3 Hacked FW files” on your USB stick into the dev_flash folder. Make sure to not have any additional files on it !!
• Extract the contents of dev_flash2.rar on your desktop. Use the xRegistry app (or PS3 Multi Tool) to edit the your own one and activate the debug options. I have set a bit flag but don’t know if it will work in case that every reg file I have don’t include one single bit flag. But as SKFU told us I have set a flag instead of a value.
• After that is done, put the xReg back on your PS3. Now insert the USB stick with our CFW and load the files with USB Firm Loader.
Let me know if it works and play around a bit, tell me what is working and what not. Currently only English and German should display ALL Debug options. Support for other languages will follow soon.
Below are a few things of what would be changed:
PS3 Debug Options activated:
• Hax_Home/PS3_Game/
• Install PKG
• Check
• Lock
• Unlock
• Chancel Purchase
• Delate
• Update via HDD
• Delate Update from HDD
• Title Store Preview (Store)
• Title Store Preview (In Game)
• Import
• Export
• Quick Sign Up
• Performance Bar
• No Memory Limit
• Quick Preview
• Owner Information
• Fake HDD Size
• CORE Dump
• Game DebugPS3 System Hacks:
• Block Updates
• Block Online Updates
• Block Game Updates
• Unlocked Secret Debug Options
• Unlocked PSP Only (now you can copy PSP only tiles on any media)
• Unlocked Pocketstation
• Unlocked PS2
• Unlocked System Driver Pocketstaion
• Unlocked System Driver PS2I will now continue working on the ATmega8 mod and hope that I can get it small enough.
10-19-2010
05:00 AM
Unlocked PS2?
What is meant by that statement?
10-19-2010
05:01 AM
..what do the PS2 options do? Only for BC PS3s I'm guessing?
10-19-2010
05:19 AM
Oh Oh, this sounds very nice... Keep going on...
Hoping, these are not only empty links that do nothing, but its the way in the right direction if you know what i mean :aetsch:
10-19-2010
05:31 AM
Could this lead to what im wating most, to get the Blu-ray 3D support somehow working on my 3.41 ps3 ?
10-19-2010
05:31 AM
I think the unlock he's reffering to is copy protection. Nice work! Like to see this on 3.50!
10-19-2010
05:32 AM
i think its funny that a mod posted a download link to illigal files.
will this only work with a 3.41 dev_flash dump? does the edited xregsitry.sys have to be copyed to teh ps3 dev_flash2 or can it be emulated with mount point manager?
ive been doing this same thing, working on a full debug options on retail cfw. i just cant seem to find a debug 3.15 fw dump
im not sure if its already implemented but....i would liek to know if i run mount point manager, redirect the normal ps3 internal dev_flash to usb0000/dev_flash, reboot back to xmb, then start mount point manager again, and point dev_flash2 to usb000/dev_flash2...????
10-19-2010
05:56 AM
this is only for 3.15 fw, it wont work on 3.41 im afraid
10-19-2010
07:42 AM
Please do not overexcite people with such a trivial faq
10-19-2010
08:30 AM
i wonder if this guy will find the small_psgroove i frontpaged a while back, im working with 8kb flash too.
10-19-2010
08:43 AM
aw maan thought this was for jailbreaking permanently dont get me wrong i apreciate the work and progress
10-19-2010
10:39 AM
so it is possible to play now ps2 on ps3 slim?
im waiting for that.
10-19-2010
11:01 AM
/sarcasm
10-19-2010
11:16 AM
Nice to see...but I'm still hoping for a lot more in a CFW.
10-19-2010
01:57 PM
any Possibilities to recovery my PS3 if bricking with this???
and can someone confirm thats this work and its not abrick tool like the PSP emulator ?
10-19-2010
03:05 PM
? Extract the contents of dev_flash2.rar on your desktop. Use the xRegistry app (or PS3 Multi Tool) to edit the your own one and activate the debug options. I have set a bit flag but don't know if it will work in case that every reg file I have don't include one single bit flag. But as SKFU told us I have set a flag instead of a value.
? After that is done, put the xReg back on your PS3. Now insert the USB stick with our CFW and load the files with USB Firm Loader.
Can someone explain this part better? I don't seem to understand it at all.
10-19-2010
03:41 PM
i need to understand if this is the dev flash of 3.15 or 3.41 damn! i ll have a look at the files later!!! i can only do that next week! i don't have my machine with me!
10-19-2010
04:13 PM
10-19-2010
04:16 PM
thanks for the heads up n4ru i think i figure that out by now, just need a confirmation, so he dumped the dev flash from 3.15 and modified it, its fine i do have a dev flash from 3.15 so its only modifying it! i get to it this weekend!
10-19-2010
06:00 PM
Boy am I pi$$ed I was so impatient and updated a 3.10 to 3.41..
Great to see this stuff coming along, but those harping on about PS2 compatibility, would ya not get a PS2slim and do the Free MC boot hack on it? Works a treat! And doesn't result in the chance of a YLOD either.. Just my oppinion!
10-19-2010
08:23 PM
I tryed this out and restarted my ps3 and now its just a black screen. I must have done something wrong.
10-19-2010
08:30 PM
i couldnt get it to work either, and im on a 3.15 fw ps3
10-19-2010
10:44 PM
it reset me display so i had to fix it back with no screen.Sorry, i feaked out a little. All is fine now and some new things on my xmb now, havent got time to check them out yet.
10-20-2010
09:27 AM
Will this ever lead to a fix for the ever so hated install "loop"???
10-20-2010
01:39 PM
No this won't fix anything.
10-20-2010
04:38 PM
This will never be ported to 3.41 without a 3.41 debug dump which we currently don't have.
The only other option is to do comparisons for every single modified 3.15 debug file with every 3.41 retail file and modify the retail as needed, which would take a really, really long time, especially without anyone knowledgeable working on it.
10-29-2010
12:09 AM
how to use in FW 3.41