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Originally Posted by magra75 i have got as far as backing up my orig firmware but i can;t seem to enter service mode unsure what 5： Plug a downgrade jailbreak device to right USB port(near BD drive) ,make correctly downgrade step to enter factory service mode (press power and then eject), PS3 will turn off autolly after a while. 6：Download downgrade_file.rar, copy Lv2diag.self and PS3UPDAT.PUP from STEP1 file into a blank U PEN. And insert into the right USB port, turn on ps3 and waiting. The system will turn off autolly if success. 7：Delete all file in U pen, and copy Lv2diag.self from STEP2 to U pen, insert into right USB port, turn on PS3 and wait. After PS3 turn off autolly, it exit factory service mode. means ??? does it mean i need to buy a downgrade dongle or create one using the files provided ?? will let you guys know if i finally get it working as i said so far it seems like the chip is working as i can read/write to nor flash

yes you neeed to buy a jailbreak dongle so u can get in to service mode if you looked on the page before you would of noticed that i already said about the dongle