[Atrion]

Originally Posted by carldenning great tutorial very easy to follow and many thanks . so how do i get to dex 3.55 from dex 4.11 anyone ?

you use the 3.55 downgrader pup, its on the ps3devwiki

[joaorikard]

I was following this guide, step-by-step, until I stumbled onto an error just after running 'create_hdd_region.sh'.
When I try to run 'live-otheros' from the petitboot menu it gives the following error: "Failed: kexec /var/petitboot/mnt/sda1/live/vmlinux-2.6.38-powerpc64-otheros".

Can someone please help me?

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Found it... it were the filenames. For some reason, they were 'trimmed'. I'm sorry

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by Atrion you use the 3.55 downgrader pup, its on the ps3devwiki

thanks

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[tysovsky]

By the way those who got bricks, which exactly ps3 model do you have ?

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[4218kris]

Originally Posted by tysovsky By the way those who got bricks, which exactly ps3 model do you have ? Sent from my LG-P970 using Tapatalk 2

i have cecha01

[joaorikard]

"Restore rflash: Opening device for backup... Nand model. OK!
Restore rflash: Opening /dev_usb000/rflash.bin file backup...OK
Restore rflash: Dump size 256MB
Restore rflash: Starting full rflash restore ...COMPLETED!"

Thank you @CaptainCPS-X !
For reference, it was a CECHG.

[CaptainCPS-X]

Ok guys, thanks for your concern and positive feedback!

My brick occurred when I re-flashed my PS3 back to CEX with my original 256 NAND dump.

The exact problem was this:

MY DEX-TO-CEX BRICK

- Installed MFW 3.55 DEX (With Peek & Poke enabled)
- Used "Factory Service Mode Tool v2" to put my console in FSM.
- A file was automatically created specifically for DEX to get out of FSM, called "Lv2diag_exit.self"
- I copied my old NAND flash dump "Backuprflash.bin" to my USB device and renamed it to "rflash.bin"
- Copied "JaiCrab Preloader Advance v3.1" files (Lv2diag.self, advance.cfg) to restore "rflash.bin" to my NAND.
- Connected the USB device to my PS3 turned it ON
- Everything went fine, I was on CEX now, the system started was in FSM, so I turned it off.
- I connected my USB device to my PC and deleted "JaiCrab Preloader Advance" files (Lv2diag.self, advance.cfg)
-Renamed the "Lv2diag_exit.self" specifically for DEX to "Lv2diag.self" to exit factory mode.
-Connected the USB device to my PS3 and turned it ON.
- PS3 supposedly went out of FSM based on the generated "factory.txt" log file, but then I got a Blinking Red Light.
- PS3 got bricked "apparently" by using the wrong "Lv2diag.self" to exit FSM, I was supposed to use the one for CEX, not DEX.

I will put this information in the main thread as a Warning so people don't make the same mistake.

My recommendation is that if you go to DEX, stay on DEX until it is officially confirmed that you can safely go out of DEX on NANDs.

EDIT: Updated main thread with this information.

SeeYa!

[Hells Guardian]

How do I get root with this distro of red ribbon? I cant seem to use the SU at all.ps3
Also should clear up where to put the metldrpwn folder. What hard drive?
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Also you do not exit FSM til you install a CEX firmware. that is why the console is bricked.it's not in FSM running a Debug firmware on a retail machine. to fix it try an FSM dongle and doing as I said.
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I'm not sure but pretty close that the file that the FSM pkg creates is the same no matter what.

[CaptainCPS-X]

Originally Posted by Hells Guardian How do I get root with this distro of red ribbon? I cant seem to use the SU at all.ps3 Also should clear up where to put the metldrpwn folder. What hard drive? ************* [ - Post Merged - ] ************* Also you do not exit FSM til you install a CEX firmware. that is why the console is bricked.it's not in FSM running a Debug firmware on a retail machine. to fix it try an FSM dongle and doing as I said. ************* [ - Post Merged - ] ************* I'm not sure but pretty close that the file that the FSM pkg creates is the same no matter what.

You are correct, I just verified and the "lv2diag.self" on both 'Factory Service Mode Tool v2' PKGs are the same, I just compared hashes and binary, they are identical.

So that clears up my assumption, it was not the Lv2diag.self, it was "apparently" as you said the FW, probably I had to install a CEX FW before going out of FSM.

I will update the info once again to clarify these things, so thanks for the observation "Hells Guardian"

EDIT: Btw, from what I understand all the dongles I have (E3 Card Reader, CobraUSB, JB-King, TI-84+) cannot put in FSM 3.55. Or did I miss any new payload to enable any of those to do such a thing?

SeeYa!

[Hells Guardian]

Any time Just trying to help.