[Superb]

Why don't e3 include both ribbon cables so the user has a choice.
- solderless for downgrading or
- solder for dual boot

Simple

[Lethal_NFS]

Originally Posted by mdaher how did you get them to cancel it? i emailed them as soon as i found out this news this morning and they still havent responded to me.

They responded pretty quickly. I just simply emailed them.

[tenoob]

I'm glad I canceled my order as soon as it was delayed a second time, I had a VERY bad feeling at the time when that announcement rolled in. Modchipcentral is legit though, go through them if you are in the USA or Canada. I'm getting the 360 wasabi and Cobra USB through them.

[KillerBug]

Glad I didn't pre-order one...the package looked nice and all, but when I looked closely I saw no extra NOR chips and thought, "that means that it isn't a quick change...that means you have to flash it every time you want to change firmwares".

Now they go and do this...I thought they were claiming that it was solderless for downgrade-only, with wires that you add for firmware swapping...how is this any kind of improvement from that? It seems like they just removed an option, not that they made it any easier for downgrade-only folks?

I can understand slight delays...what they are doing isn't easy and I have had my share of, "Fun" dealing with manufacturers...so I'll let them off the hook for that one last time...but tomorrow is the 13th, and if they delay it again I won't be so easy on them.

Also, what happened to all the other parts? I thought they were advertising 11 parts in 3 boxes...this looks like just box 1 with 4 parts. I put the image for what they were advertising for pre-orders below:

[lucky_davis]

I am not saying that what they did wasn't shady or even right, and yes I think there price is way to high. And I didn't pre-order one either.

But yall have to remember that though you might of gotten dual booting out of it, UNTIL, sony got there hands on it, and figured what can we do with an update to stop this. Sony would love to see everyone spend there money on "dual boot" wait a week and throw an update that stops it and might even make it were you can't flash it.

I predict that Sony will be throwing an update out within the next 2 weeks that will stop what is going on now, or at least 2 weeks after a dual boot model comes out.

Then your out of 90 bucks anyway. So it might be smarter to flash now, and put your CFW on it and leave it at that, and do all the work around from that. Sorry, but if your ever looking to run the lastest OFW and have the PSN, well Sony is gonna know how for you not to have your cake and eat it too.

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by lucky_davis I am not saying that what they did wasn't shady or even right, and yes I think there price is way to high. And I didn't pre-order one either. But yall have to remember that though you might of gotten dual booting out of it, UNTIL, sony got there hands on it, and figured what can we do with an update to stop this. Sony would love to see everyone spend there money on "dual boot" wait a week and throw an update that stops it and might even make it were you can't flash it. I predict that Sony will be throwing an update out within the next 2 weeks that will stop what is going on now, or at least 2 weeks after a dual boot model comes out. Then your out of 90 bucks anyway. So it might be smarter to flash now, and put your CFW on it and leave it at that, and do all the work around from that. Sorry, but if your ever looking to run the lastest OFW and have the PSN, well Sony is gonna know how for you not to have your cake and eat it too.

sony wont be able to stop you from flashing your ps3 with a update , they would have to change hardware etc like on the new unhackable slim

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by transitoryspace but is progskeet solderless currently available...or any eta? btw other then the downgrade, complete backup of system and no dualboot...what can the e3 flasher do? btw on their site it said anyone hear what those functions might be?

I have not followed ProgSkeet, so I do not know. What I do know is that ProgSkeet does not come with an ESATA station which costs quite a bit. I am pretty sure you need it for ProgSkeet as well if I am remembering correctly the mainboard of progskeet is housed in the HDD bay.

As for the extras,no one knows, they haven't announced anything. Would be cool if they announced an extra that enables dual booting at this point...

[Coontree17]

can u still downgrade?

[Cheesethief]

Originally Posted by Coontree17 can u still downgrade?

Of course. That is the point of it being called a flasher.

If I could, I would buy the dual boot separately...

[Coontree17]

Originally Posted by Cheesethief Of course. That is the point of it being called a flasher. If I could, I would buy the dual boot separately...

yea but i got two ps3s so im straight lol