[slaughter]

As the title says can someone else check the dump. Thank you to the person who helps! http://www.sendspace.com/file/991ge0

[Bigbones87]

I am way out of my league here, but I did take a look at them. Hopefully someone else will take a look at them and confirm that they are good dumps. Were these taken with the solderless clip on an e3 flasher? Usually you get no dump, a dump with all 00s and FFs, or a good dump. I took a look at them against the 3 different consoles I have dumped from and look good to me. I have fixed bricks on all 3 of them with my dumps and they are pretty damn close to yours as far as having information in offsets. Make sure you get multiple consistent dumps. If there are any differences in any of the dumps then i would not accept them. And i am talking like different dumps, not the triple dump that the e3 does. I know I am no expert, just thought I would give it a shot. Sorry if wasn't any help.
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As is I stated before, do not continue to downgrade process based on my answer. I am not experienced enough to say move forward or not.

[haz367]

the dump is OK, u can safely move on
dump some more just in case, verify wit HxD if identical to this dump NorDump1.swap.bin" = OK

08 	CECHLxx / CECHPxx (VER-001) 	E8 D0 	0E 89 	2EAF0 	2E AB 	2E AB 	OK

with OFW 420/421
all good

[Bigbones87]

@haz367
how did you figure out what model it was and what firmware it was on?

[haz367]

hi, from the wiki
http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Validating_flash_dumps

for all important info like model/targetID/size metldr/bootloader_o

for the OFW versions:

NOR offsets:

ROS0
000C0000

ROS1
007C0000


001004D0 ROS0 version offset
008004D0 ROS1 version offset

or the long way....
after u extract the dump, u can check file "sdk_version" in both ROS folders or another option to verify this is using "norpatch" from Teensy/Norway
drop NorDump1.swap.bin into NORway folder, open cmd..cd into c:\norway
and type "norpatch NorDump1.swap.bin" it wil show u, this can only verify OFW not CFW versions, anyway many ways to Rome hehe


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@Bigbones87 .. hehe ur not alone, i think most of us got a little lost in the wiki woods somwhere, i have to thank euss/jhax78 for helping me out back then and then it took a full day to process in my brain ough
thx for rep, i'll rep u back :beer:

[Bigbones87]

Thank you very much. That is good stuff. I knew there was a way, but wasnt sure how to make heads or tails out of the wiki page. Sometimes for noobs, the wiki pages are like eating wall paper. Tough. Anyways, thanks for the info. +rep

[slaughter]

yes it was done with the E3 clip on CECHL01 with a samsung chip it was hell getting it to work. On my 1st clip the data didnt match up so i kept resetting it but I missed the part where the e3 dump is byte reversed so it was good all along but I already damaged the clip. Ordered another one so when i got it i had to file the corner down just a bit because there was a mini transistor there. pushed down very firmly while wiggling it very slightly left to right heard a click and put 5 pennies on it for the pressure. it works like a charm. for anyone else having problems dont be afraid to put some force into pushing it on and then using some pennies to hold the pressure.
hey haz can you explain to me how that validating flash works specifically whats the process
08 CECHLxx / CECHPxx (VER-001) E8 D0 0E 89 2EAF0 2E AB 2E AB OK
because ive been looking at everything there and im a bit confused
also whats my best options to downgrade my ps3 with the e3 flasher on 4.21ofw should i go the e3 tutorial way and use the cfw they suggest or should i use a different cfw and do the downgrade a different way?

[haz367]

Originally Posted by slaughter hey haz can you explain to me how that validating flash works specifically whats the process 08 CECHLxx / CECHPxx (VER-001) E8 D0 0E 89 2EAF0 2E AB 2E AB OK because ive been looking at everything there and im a bit confused also whats my best options to downgrade my ps3 with the e3 flasher on 4.21ofw should i go the e3 tutorial way and use the cfw they suggest or should i use a different cfw and do the downgrade a different way?

hi, pls check the wiki and the guy the previously posted a E3 validating guide

for downgrade, go with Playerkp420's guide it's foolproof

http://www.ps3hax.net/showthread.php?t=33989


rogero 3.4 info:

File: R_C-F-W_V3.4.PUP
CRC-32: 1bfb10ad
   MD4: 888b2450fcd122edfae2fa94372b3fea
   MD5: 75ec60e87ac9ae79c4b57293ce2ffb45
 SHA-1: f23049b83d1d347ac702b83a81cf1c0cad0c9180

goodluck