[Cypherous]

More info while waiting for the video: In order to retrieve the needed BD drive key, Team 3k3y (aka xk3y) will release a PS3 util which requires CFW 3.55, after the key is dumped the PS3 can be upgraded to latest official system update (firmware/XMB) to get PSN etc. The team is exploring other options to dump the required key as well, more on that later.

So basically still boned if i'm on anything higher, good to know :P

So unless they mystically find a way to dump the keys it looks liek a hardware flasher is still my best and only option as i would need to go back to 3.55 for this to work and i dislike spending money on one device let alone 2.

[Hannibal1471]

UPDATE :
They are going to be sent/shipped to distributors in 6-7 weeks. Then they should be ready for sales.

[carldenning]

if its only for 3.55 cfw them erm what the f**king point in this . well its not like we cant play games from hdd alrwady on 3.55

[Hannibal1471]

Euhmm... Newer games without patches and ebootfixes? ;D

[ryant001]

More info while waiting for the video: In order to retrieve the needed BD drive key, Team 3k3y (aka xk3y) will release a PS3 util which requires CFW 3.55, after the key is dumped the PS3 can be upgraded to latest official system update (firmware/XMB) to get PSN etc. The team is exploring other options to dump the required key as well, more on that later.

Unless they find a way to dump the key on higher firmwares,something like xbox's jungleflasher, then this gimmick it's better than blue disk cfw but still on par with it for usefulness.

If it doesn't work on 3k/4k models then it's pretty useless since it's getting really hard to find older models that are on 3.55 or that can be downgraded.

[BobbyBlunt]

After reading some of this thread all I want to do is facepalm..... I didn't know the scene I used to love so much was full of so many idiots and not just people that haven't been around long. I am seeing long time members say some dumb ****.

ODDE is hardware. There is no way to do it via software so no it cannot be free....sorry to all you cheap bastards out there that believe they are entitled to everything for free. An ODDE will give you the ability to probably play all the warez you want and use PSN, and I hate to put it like this but that is all 90% of the people that even bothered posting in this thread want anyway. This is not a MFW and will never be a MFW. You can tell me that you are in this for the homebrew, but how many pieces of homebrew have you loaded more than loading your backup manager?

I was actually in this same argument this morning. To those crying about a device you have to pay for, you obviously werent around other console scenes or the modchip era. You really need to get over this thing about being entitled to everything for free. Of course I was having a debate with a guy that also told me charging for a downgrade service was wrong, and he also thinks ODDE can be done without any hardware.....

Now by the whole "why do I have to pay" logic then the RGH/JTAG 360 is ripping people off, flash carts are a rip off, every Team xecutor product ever made was a ripoff, downgrade services are ripping people off, and 360 modding services are ripping people off. Sorry but if you think that is how the world works, then you are either broke, a cheapskate, or are incredibly stupid to think that a person's time isn't worth **** as long as you get what you want for free.

I can't believe the stupidity I have read by users comparing this to True Blue. An ODDe is adding a feature which is the ability to play backups off of a hard drive even on OFW. True Blue broke DRM, to reencrypt it with their own DRM, which is wrong and should have been free all along. They straight up made a profit from things that could have been done through software and they had no right making money off of eboots that they encrypted. They didn't add anything to the console, they used stolen code to make profit from things they had no business making money from, and they also added things like that awesome hard drive erase feature that I am sure everyone really really wanted. True Blue was nothing more than glorified butt rape. Even Cobra I can agree with because it added features that still aren't in MFW or any OFW.

Reverse engineering takes time. Making a circuit takes time. Get a product manufactured in mass volumes takes time and money. Shipping costs money. As long as people continue to get their warez for free then by this logic **** time , money and resources spent? If it was a reDRM type of situation then I would join in on the flaming but it isnt. I could go on for days but some people will refuse to even comprehend this logic.

I really wonder what a lot of the crybabies did before 3.55. What did you people that have this entitlement complex do when you had to actually pay for your games?

The people that think everything should be free potentially also hurts other users. You can thank people like yourselves for the reason I am not doing downgrades. If you think I am picking up a soldering iron just to get a warm fuzzy feeling for helping a stranger then you might want to consider going to your local hospital's psych unit to get evaluated. Why shouldn't I get paid for a skill that someone doesnt have? I am charging for a solder job and I dont see how that is different then say a TV repairman for example.

Oh and not to **** on anyone hopes and dreams but what if Sony pushes an update that updates the BD drive firmware....then your ODDE is worthless.

reDRM is wrong, charging for legitimate mod chips/hardware that gives things that arent normally available is not.

[GregoryRasputin]

Originally Posted by BobbyBlunt I really wonder what a lot of the crybabies did before 3.55. What did you people that have this entitlement complex do when you had to actually pay for your games?

There where many of us happy with just PS2 Backups and PS2 Homebrew on our PS3's before 3.55

I do think if this ONLY works for people with the ability to run 3.55, it wont sell that well >.<

[TheEvolution_PT]

Originally Posted by FreakAlchemist Right now 3.55 is needed.You never know a newer custom firmware could be release right after the ood emu is released.A man can hope

If a new cfw is released, why you want this crap?

[carldenning]

Originally Posted by Hannibal1471 Euhmm... Newer games without patches and ebootfixes? ;D

i can play newer games already on dex and still enjoy homebrew . cant remember the last time i played a newer game , im always online playing socom contfrontion " a old game" on ofw . i use my dex more for playing homebrew and for make homebrew easy transferring from pc to ps3 " well im learning but i get there in the end "

[GregoryRasputin]

Originally Posted by TheEvolution_PT If a new cfw is released, why you want this crap?

This device isn't really crap, it lets you remain on the latest Firmware, whilst be connected to PSN and running backups, now there is nothing else that can do that, not even a new CFW.