Tips #1 – Installing FW Safely
- Only install FW’s via Recovery Menu (not to be confused with FSM).
- Avoid XMB install at all costs.
- Remove any disc / sd card / storage devices before installing any FW.
- Use a clean USB Storage Device with only the needed PUP structure in it.
- Make sure Toggle QA worked if you going to upgrade any CFW
Tips #2 – Prepare PS3
- If you are on OFW 3.55, upgrade to Rogero CFW 3.55 [v3.7] [MD5: 8f8166b25d6bed891f292c77de5c4b28]
- If you are on CFW 3.55 (TrueBlue / Cobra / Rebug / Etc):
* Install Toggle QA PKG from the XMB and make sure the Controller combo works before proceeding.
* Only after making sure that the QA Combo works fine, upgrade to Rogero CFW 3.55 [v3.7] [MD5: 8f8166b25d6bed891f292c77de5c4b28]
- If you are already on Rogero 3.55 (v3.7), make sure that the QA Flag combo is working before proceeding.
Tips #3 – Properly using Toggle QA PKG
1- Install the PKG from the XMB
2- Run the installed “Toggle QA” application from the Game column, PS3 will black screen and beep 2 / 3 times then send you back to XMB.
3- Make sure to verify everything went well by going to Settings column and hover Network Settings, then press L1 + L2 + L3 (press left stick) + R1 + R2 + dpad_down (You should see Edy Viewer, Debug Settings, and Install Package Files if done correctly)
UPDATE: thanks to @ryugen- for pointing out that if you leave any USB Device connected to the PS3 while using the Toggle QA application, it will give some problems, so please, make sure you disconnect any device connected to the USB slots while doing so
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Tips #4 – Installing Rogero CFW 4.30 (v1.0)
- The safest way to install it is to be on Rogero CFW 3.55 (v3.7), as I have mentioned on my previous tips, if you decide to do so on other CFW, is your choice.
- Make sure Toggle QA works
- Make sure all tips I mentioned earlier have been verified.
- Install Rogero CFW 4.30 (v1.0 / Patched ) via Recovery Menu [MD5: 7ADF524594D46EF669F4C64E07462631].
Tips #5 – Finally, while on CFW 4.30, Install multiMAN v04.08.01 and PS3~dev_blind.zip provided by Rogero at Tortuga Cove.
1- Install multiMAN from XMB
2- Activate “write access” to “dev_flash” on multiMAN settings
3- Go to mmOS / file manager and locate the PS3~dev_blind.zip and double click it (pressing X twice)
4- Follow on-screen instructions and restart your PS3.
UPDATE: Thanks to @Simonbuck for pointing out that this is not needed on the latest Rogero CFW 4.30 “Full Pack” released recently.
You can get the updated full pack here:
http://www.tortuga-cove.com/forums/v…p?f=127&t=3708
Tips #6 – Making sure game backups are correct
- Make sure all games are unmodified and without 3.55 patches (SPRX/ EBOOT / SDAT / etc)
- Make sure you remove all Game updates from XBM->Game Data Utility, to make sure you didn’t install any patched ones.
- Make sure you activate BD-Mirror on multiMAN for all games, you have to configure each game options with it.
- Make sure to use BD-ROM emulator (Standard) on multiMAN settings.
I started working on a guide but since I have university and many works to do, I decided to give a few useful tips in case I can’t finish the guide.
I hope this help some to upgrade safely to Rogero CFW 4.30 without any issues.
SeeYa!
