[zecoxao]

hold on a sec, just read my edit from last post

i had a similar problem with you when i downgraded my slim, i used jaicrab's self and i ended up softbricking it. you need to check the dump inside your console with preloader.

edit: or you could go back to jfw, but it's better if you give a shot at 3.55

[sewershark]

i dont know how to check it with the preloader . . .or better what is a preloader i am a little confused . . .

[zecoxao]

@sewershark preloader is the jaicrab tool to backup and restore flashes. just set advanced.cfg to backup your NOR, put the lv2diag.self that came with advanced.cfg and start the console. oh, and make sure you set in the cfg to shutdown and not reset. and watchout for the restore option, leave it disabled , only enable the backup option (Backuprflash.bin).

after that, check it with HxD, which is an hex editor, in the points i've said to check

[sewershark]

ok i can do all of that except the editing with the hex editor ,can you come back to me to this thread tomorrow?

[zecoxao]

Originally Posted by sewershark ok i can do all of that except the editing with the hex editor ,can you come back to me to this thread tomorrow?

upload the dump to me and i'll check it. i'll leave the veredict here and you can go to bed not worrying about it

[sewershark]

:-) http://uploaded.to/file/ghni37ph

thanks a lot ,i hope to find you here tomorrow

[zecoxao]

Originally Posted by sewershark :-) http://uploaded.to/file/ghni37ph thanks a lot ,i hope to find you here tomorrow

thanks for the dump. i looked at it and found out that ros0 and ros1 have been moved off their place . obviously, no wonder why it doesn't work. flash the original dump that you made with jfw and bring that dump over to EFNET's irc, channel #ps3downgrade. they'll know what do do and help you out

[ps3hen]

Originally Posted by zecoxao thanks for the dump. i looked at it and found out that ros0 and ros1 have been moved off their place . obviously, no wonder why it doesn't work. flash the original dump that you made with jfw and bring that dump over to EFNET's irc, channel #ps3downgrade. they'll know what do do and help you out

Doesn't sewershark have a nand PS3, why is his dump 16mb?

[sewershark]

Originally Posted by zecoxao thanks for the dump. i looked at it and found out that ros0 and ros1 have been moved off their place . obviously, no wonder why it doesn't work. flash the original dump that you made with jfw and bring that dump over to EFNET's irc, channel #ps3downgrade. they'll know what do do and help you out

i don't know anything about ros0 and 1,can you explain this ?anyway i still have the log of the patcher (rflash_patche.exe) and the flasher (egea,advance.cfg)

that were used to try making the downgrade

here is a copy of them


*******************************
* JaiCraB 2012 *
* http://jaicrab.blogspot.com *
* jaicrab @gmail.com *
*******************************
Main: Version 3.1
Main: Running main base!
Main: Opening config file...OK
Main: Analyzing configuration...
Restore rflash: Opening device for backup... Nand model. OK!
Restore rflash: Opening /dev_usb000/rflash.bin file backup...OK
Restore rflash: Dump size 16MB
Restore rflash: Starting rflash restore only sectors differents...COMPLETED!
Main: Shutdowning!






and


rflash_patch.txt:
Designed for the Demonhades.org community
It is your responsibility!!
Get info and minimal check...
Size: 0x1000000
Model:Nand model
trvk_prg Offset 0x51800
trvk_pkg Offset 0x53800
ros0 Offset 0x80010
ros1 Offset 0x780010
ros0 version: 356.000 (0x1a)
ros1 version: 355.000 (0x18)
metldr version: old model
Creating rflash_new.bin...OK

*** ** * * ****** *** *** * * ** **
* * * * * ** * * * ** * ** **
* **** * * ** * * * * * * ** **
* * * * * ** * * * * **
*** * * *** ** *** *** * * ** **

FINISH!. New rflash was created
It is your responsibility restore this rflash_new.bin!!
You can cause your system does not turn on.
In that case, the only way to recover is with a physical flasher.
Press key to close.

both say that the process had gone through

Originally Posted by ps3hen Doesn't sewershark have a nand PS3, why is his dump 16mb?

that is exactly what i also thought ,but when you make the dumb of the 256mb it wont work with rflash_patch.exe ,so i told that to demonhades thread (that i will link here) about this,i told them that my ps3 have 256nand,they confirmed that i still should choose option 1(first 16mb of nand) and not 2 (all of the nand)
here is the line of the advance.cfg

#Backup "rflash" to "/dev_usb000/Backuprflash.bin"
# 0 = Disabled
# 1 = 16MB Nor models and first 16MB from NAND models.
# 2 = 16MB Nor models and 256MB from NAND models.
;1 <----- must be 1 and not 2 according to demonhades support









link:

this is the page where it tell them about the 256mb nand

http://www.demonhades.org/foro/viewt...=6556&start=75

you can switch pages from 1 to the last to see my comments there,replys are in spanish i find the better way to use chrome that have a build in transaltor to understand them

Originally Posted by zecoxao flash the original dump that you made with jfw and bring that dump over to EFNET's irc, channel #ps3downgrade. they'll know what do do and help you out

i still have all of the dumbs but the problem is that i am afraid that they wont be compatible with the actual state of the ps3 as it might be modified with the flashing(s) we did last night severla times what do you think :
(creating flash regions...
create storage region: (region id = 2)
format partition: (region_id = 2, CELL_FS_IOS:BUILTIN_FLSH1, CELL_FS_FAT)
create storage region: (region id = 3)
format partition: (region_id = 3, CELL_FS_IOS:BUILTIN_FLSH2, CELL_FS_FAT)
create storage region: (region id = 4)
format partition: (region_id = 4, CELL_FS_IOS:BUILTIN_FLSH3, CELL_FS_FAT)
create storage region: (region id = 5)
create storage region: (region id = 6)



i have 5 dumbs backup

Backupflash1.bin size:204,544Kb

Backupflash2.bin size:16.384Kb

Backupflash3.bin size:512kb

Backupflash.bin the one with 1 selected in advance.cfg size:16.384Kb


Backupflash.bin the one with 2 selected in advance.cfg size:262,144Kb

witch one should i flash and do you think i really should flash this way?

i went to that channel in the past . . . no one really have that much to say there . . .


i want to add another thing ,when i placed the lv2 self and the rogero pup the first time it bricked i realized that i kept the pup with original name and did not rename in to PS3UPDAT.PUP as anyone should have done . . . my mistake here because i spent to much time on this thing and i god really tired at then end and forgot about that . . but the 3-4 time when i tried to recover that the pup was renamed correctly . . . i wrote this just to let you assist me better if there is anything we can do about the actual state of the console


also notice how in the link of the forum they choose a special lv2 self hosted on mediafire as somebody else have choosed a wrong generic one


let me know and thanks for your support

[zecoxao]

well, there's something here that's NOT correct, and that's the offsets in NAND flash, which is the one @sewershark has. Now correct me if i'm wrong, but i've NEVER seen ros0 and ros1 on 0x80000 and 0x780000, but instead on 0xC0000 and 0x7C0000, and that happens in BOTH NAND AND NOR. if SOMEHOW the team
at demonhades has managed to switch offsets with their jfw, then i have NO idea of what could be causing this.

Like i said, your best option would be to either talk to the guys or join EFNET on irc, channel #ps3downgrade , although i'm not sure if it's possible they will help, but they'll certainly give their best to do so

DO NOT FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU'RE TOLD TO DO SO!!!