[defeeca]

wow this is awesome news XD

but what happens when you downgrade to lower firm?
will the menu also disapear

edit:btw werent there one post about downgrading just above my post that said something about swapping hdd trick working?

[jmuuss]

Originally Posted by defeeca wow this is awesome news XD but what happens when you downgrade to lower firm? will the menu also disapear

Yup, the menu is only 2.50. You'd have to upgrade normally.

[$n!pR]

You can't downgrade.

[bwe45]

Hm. I should go try this.

[DNAM]

can this be exploitable?

[nOT]

I find it hard to believe that this particular menu has just appeared out of no where, which only works for 2.50 and the fact that Sony didn't inform anything about this in the changelog.txt. Why? Unless they forget to add this information, but I somehow doubt it.

Maybe this menu wasn't intentional, or maybe it actually was. Well, let me tell you; If Sony has released a new patch tomorrow, next week or so, that would be a good sign of why they are doing it (to remove the menu or fix its vulnerabilities).

There's a chance that this menu can be exploited, the reason why I'm saying this is because of the information findings above and we haven't messed around with this menu a lot yet.

Either way, great finding!

Originally Posted by Pirate I was pretty upset when I finished my initial PS3 laptop, and went to go update the PS3 FW, my PS3 bricked

Well, at least you have made some nice money!

[Bendiksen]

I wonder if the Recovery Meny will show up in the 2.51 FW, if not, then this is really interesting

[Japsuh]

It hasn't been forgotten to take of. If it was only for developers, why should they put this text in the menu: 'For information on how to obtain update data, refer to the SCE Web site for your region.'? Developers know that.

It's an another font, because it's a sort of service mode. If you want to start Windows in Safe Mode, the menu how to get in isn't the GUI of the OS. The PS3 system hasn't just started normally.

[Core-TX]

My best gues is that this option is implemented for security reasons.
Right now Sony no longer needs to ship "special" software that interfaces with the ethernet port towards repairshops...

[nOT]

Originally Posted by Core-TX My best gues is that this option is implemented for security reasons. Right now Sony no longer needs to ship "special" software that interfaces with the ethernet port towards repairshops...

Then why didn't they say so in the patch note? In the past, they have added information based on security...