[Tutorial] Converting Retail PS3 Into A Dex machine (CEX > DEX)
 

Well after a few months of the information been hiding in plain sight someone finally took it and used it to convert the ps3 into a debug.

thank you hacksawz12 from Ps3 news for posting the tutorial.

1. Get otheros++ running on 3.41 or 3.55, I used 3.41 but 3.55 should work as well.

2. boot linux, and dump your nor flash, with

Code:
dd if=/dev/ps3nflasha of=nor.bin
3. ensure that /dev/ps3dmproxy exits, if not look here - ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=OtherOS%2B%2B#ps3dm-utils

4. download and compile ps3dm-utils..

5. dump your ipds, with

Code:
./ps3dm_aim /dev/ps3dmproxy get_dev_id
6. now open your nor dump with a hex editor searching for your ipds, you should find it twice, replace the 6th byte with 82 on both of them

7. Flash the nor.

Code:
dd if=modifiednor.bin of=/dev/ps3nflasha
This takes a while..

8. Prepare a flash drive for service mode, with the 3.41 debug firmware - do not flash a higher firmware - as well as a lv2diag.self

9. Finally, flash that as if you were downgrading, and you are now on a full debug firmware...

There you go guys, now a few warnings, this as you see involves flashing your NOR, flashing your NOR should not be attempted without a flasher, if you don't know what this is, or how good it will do you, this is NOT for you.
DO NOT USE IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FLASHER!
also hacksawz12 on step 5 said ipds (probably a typo) its not ipds its idps.
did i mention the fact that DO NOT USE IT WITHOUT A FLASHER!

You have been warned!

as far as the convert goes, i am not sure how much of a convert this is, what i mean is, if it fully converts to a DEX or make it into an hybrid, but i do believe that it fully converts to a DEX with every option working.

Have fun, lets see if this give this crippled scene a boost

(you don't really need a flasher, but if something goes wrong, you have a brick, SO DO NOT USE IT WITHOUT A FLASHER)

shame i have a 3000 series slim :(

I've got a 60G fat console. Would could this possibly mean to me? Please excuse my ignorance.

im guessing nothing as you have a NAND console

Ah well. That at least is good to know. Many thanks.

It might work on NANDs, if the 82 value works on them too, which probably does, since the value doesn't seem to differ on all different NOR FAT models and Slim models. I wouldn't attempt without a flasher though (and you probably want a flasher to make your dump as you cannot dump the whole NAND with software because of the hidden bootldr offset).

Pretty interesting nonetheless :)

similar solution works on NANDs but it still needs some looking into.

Exactly Pereb

would this give dev network access to download debug eboots by any chance?

OMG, first post on the forum in ages and he didn't put it in the right section >.<

its a tutorial Greg its in the right section :D