[Pirate]

Guide best viewed at home page: http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/tutori...#ixzz1BSXS01c8

Warning: Do not update for firmware 3.60+. This hack is now patched on future firmware versions and no way to go back. There currently is now way to bypass PSN. You can use a PSN alternative known as XLink-Kai.

With the latest developments on the PS3 scene, it seems that Wutangrza has finally managed to get backups to run on PS3 fw 3.55 with his CFW (custom firmware). Now to lay out a few ground rules before I go on with this tutorial.

Please understand that there are 3 different main CFW floating around right now. They are Geohots, Wutangrza, Waninkoko and kmeaw CFW; feel free to read more about each one and learn about them before contuning with this guide. Please note that the Waninkoko has a high rate of PS3 bricking so it is not recommended, where as the Wutangrza CFW or kmeaw CFW (what this guide will cover), almost no reports of bricked PS3′s have been reported. So if something went wrong, you didn’t follow the directions below.

This guide will teach you how to install kmeaw CFW, how to enable the use of backup managers and play backed up (legal) games/homebrew and connect to PSN. This guide works for almost every other current CFW (minus the files). This guide is for educational purposes only.

Lets get started….


Step 0

• Download the original PS3 firmware 3.55 here or here.

Update your PS3 to the original PS3 firmware 3.55 (regardless of what CFW your currently are).

Step 1

In this step we will create the patched custom firmware. You can either make your OWN patched CFW or download a prepatched one. Due to legal reasons we will not link the prepatched PUP in this tutorial, but you are free to “google” it. Just make sure you know the source of the prepatched PUP and the MD5/SHA1 match up. We will show you how to make your own (windows).

• Download the required the files for CFW here.
• Download the original PS3 firmware 3.55 here or here (same as the one your downloaded in Step 0)

1. Extract the kmeaw_cfw_lv2.pkg.rar folder and copy the original PS3 3.55 CFW (PS3UPDAT.PUP) inside the folder (see screenshot)
   
2. Open command prompt (Start > CMD)
3. Navigate to your folder (type in cd C:UsersAdminDirectory to kmeaw_cfw_lv2 folder and press Enter)
4. Once there, type in the following exactly as shown in bold:

   bspatch PS3UPDAT.PUP PS3CFW.PUP patchfile
   

5. Let it run and do the patching, then you should now see a “PS3CFW.PUP” folder in your folder.
   
6. Delete the original PS3UPDAT.pup and rename “PS3CFW.pup” to PS3UPDAT.pup
7. You have now created your patched CFW and are now ready to update.
8. Before proceeding please make sure that the MD5 should be the following (or for any you find online):

Original FW PUP md5 before patching: ca595ad9f3af8f1491d9c9b6921a8c61

Patched PUP md5 after patching: 2be5e87a22bf1e7f48e98fcabd38977b

Step 2

Time to install the custom firmware. This step is pretty much standard for all/any patched CFW file you may be using. Copy the newly created and renamed PS3UPDAT.PUP to your flash drive (/PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP). And now update your PS3 firmware as normal via XMB.


Note: If you get a error saying that your already at the latest update and it kicks you out, then you need to update your PS3 CFW via RECOVERY mode. TO boot into recover mode read THIS.


I got that error first time going through so I went ahead via recovery menu to complete the process.





If you see this on your XMB then the CFW installed properly:




Step 3

Now that CFW is installed its time to get the backup managers to work.

• Download Kmeaw Patch here

This is a PKG which you install via PKG option in XMB. You have to run this whenever you want to run the backup manager (per restart). This PKG does certain things I will not go into that allows backup managers to run with this particular CFW. It is likely that backupmanagers in the future will build this feature in so do some research on this once this guide gets a bit dated.

Step 4

Install a backup manager (must be signed), I recommend and am using Rogero manager v7.8:

• multiMAN (DOWNLOAD)
• Open Manager 2.1 (DOWNLOAD)
• Rogero BM Manager v7.8 (DOWNLOAD)
• Simple AVCHD Manager – (DOWNLOAD)

Some notes on backup managers – you must have any original PS3 game inside and you must boot from XMB.


See more PS3 signed homebrew here: http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/signed-ps3-homebrew-list-and-download/#ixzz1BRkSEVEI





And there you go, you should have backups + PSN now running on your PS3
Please reply back with any questions/helps and your results!


UPDATE:

If your having black screens popup while playing a game via BM then chances are you have an issue with "file permissions" in your internal HDD. To fix this, download THIS pkg file into your Flash Drive or External HDD, and install it, run it once, the screen will go black and then it'll go back to the XMB, then you should be able to run all your games properly.

[kenshindono]

Great tutorial

[slg]

so this will work on my 60 ps3 from release date unlike the other firmware?

[jfeddd]

bunch of games are incompatible with waninkoko but does this increase the compatibly at all?

[g00fy]

This FW+PKG hasn't worked for me with either Resistance: Fall of Man or Resistance 2. When I try to run Resistance 2 I just get a black screen with a single X on it. If I wait, nothing happens; if I press X my PS3 reboots. Anyone have luck with either of these games?

[rsqrd151]

Should I update to OFW 3.55 first? I am on 3.41.

[Mr.Fisher]

I know there must be a newbie link in this forum but my question truly pertains to this tutorial. If I am still working on a 3.41 console that has never been updated nor connected to psn since the 3.41 patch what would be the best options for myself, If I still wanted function of my BD device and wanted to possibly run homebrew app in the near future?

Should I update to 3.55 via psn and then follow the process here (albeit I will wait until the proper patches come out) or update by other means and if so what are other directions to take for updating?

Now the big question. If i was to venture down this path, is this new exploit done via a standard fat32 usb or is this still being done using a usb key board?

Thanks to everyone and long live the brave enough to experiment.

Sam out...

[Schnitter]

Originally Posted by slg so this will work on my 60 ps3 from release date unlike the other firmware?

I JUST updated to 3.55 from 3.41 on same 60gb release date PS3

Bluray and backups everything working. Tested it 100%

[Pirate]

Originally Posted by g00fy This FW+PKG hasn't worked for me with either Resistance: Fall of Man or Resistance 2. When I try to run Resistance 2 I just get a black screen with a single X on it. If I wait, nothing happens; if I press X my PS3 reboots. Anyone have luck with either of these games?

Which BM manager?

And to everyone else, yes update to OFW 3.55 regardless of which firmware you are at currently. Added that as Step 0

[g00fy]

I just got it to work, nobody ever mentioned that when prompted with the "Not all games work directly from MM, return to XMB?" that you have to go back to the XMB and have a disc in the PS3 and the disc will be changed to the game you're trying to load. I have it working fine now. Working great now on a release date 60gb fatty. You should definitely mention this in the tutorial, I was stuck on this for hours and I know a lot of other people have been stuck on it as well.