PS3 4.84.2 REBUG REX + COBRA 8.1 Released (Rebug Toolbox Updated / Font Fix / ...)

Following the release of 4.84.1 REX a new update has been made by Team Rebug with the release of 4.82.4 REBUG REX (& D-REX) with the inclusion of COBRA v8.1 that we seen debut in @Joonie's latest PASTA (DEX) COBRA CFW. This update also corrects a long-standing bug (7 years) that resided in Rebug when trying to install in some region via Recovery Mode. Also PS3Xploit Support has been added (mostly for developer use), these features in REBUG REX and various fixes/changes can be seen below. Along with an overview of features REBUG REX can offer

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What's new in 4.84.2 Features

• What's new since 4.84.1 REX/D-REX?
  
  • Installation issue fix (This has been bugged for the past 7 years due to missing the license agreement for 3 languages including English[UK], Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish. Certain users used to have a problem installing REBUG while on recovery mode, and this is finally resolved!) *no more data corruption error!*
    
  • Font fix: (some old games that use system font now display all letters correctly, Polish letter fix is removed due to this change )
    
  • PS3Xploit support: (The old webkit is brought back to allow PS3Xploit support, HAN can be used)
    
  • REBUG TOOLBOX 2.03.02 MULTI 16 (PS2 Emu swapper's removed as this became obsolete since Cobra 8.1)
    
  • Cobra 8.1 (Enabled by Default) source available via this link (Stage0 now supports kernel & VSH plugin on both Cobra and non-Cobra mode, loadoptical flag(for BC and SemiBC) is created at all time as long as stage2 is disabled, this is only beneficial to BC/Semi-BC users for those who don't use COBRA) More information available via this link
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  Features of 4.84.1 REBUG REX
  
  • FEATURE – Dual LV2 Kernels CEX/DEX (Swap your EID0/LV2 kernel using Rebug Toolbox in seconds)
  • FEATURE – ALL Retail functions available in CEX mode (No need to install different firmware)
  • FEATURE – ALL Debug functions available in DEX mode (No need to install different firmware)
  • FEATURE – COBRA v8.01 (ENABLED BY DEFAULT, a new change in 4.84 REX)
  • Background running plugins at boot time (sprx)
  • ISO Support: PS1/PS2/PS3/PSP/DVD/BluRay (Split ISO support on FAT32 drives)
  • Network Support: PS1/PS3/DVD/BluRay /PKGs
  • Blu Ray Movie region free functionality NTFS HDD Support (prepNTFS, or multiMAN Required to scan contents)
  • PS2 ISO Support for BC (HW) / non-BC (SW) Consoles
  • Syscall 11 – Cobra lv1 Peek
  • Syscall 15 – Allow execution of any LV2 internal function
  • PSNPatch stealth plugin support
    • ***ISO rips are required to get 100% support, for ex) after disabling syscalls, games like Call of Duty will not be able to play unless you use ISO rips, please DO NOT expect everything to be fully functional when you are disabling the built-in features from COBRA. Folder rips are NOT compatible with PSNPatch's stealth mode due to its ability to disable COBRA's disc-less feature for folder JB rips****
  • PS3MAPI support, allows you to attach process on both CEX/DEX via its own API app.
  • Backup Protection Removal, Add full PS3 Backup support on all multiMAN/sMAN/webMAN,IRIS manager forks and Managunz.
  • Allow modification on Syscall 6/7/8/9/10/11/15.
  • Burned/Burnt optical media support for PS1/PS3 Games on All models
  • Homebrew blocker – blocks homebrew access while Syscalls are disabled
  • new in 8.00 Run payload with Kernel privileges - Added option to run payload with kernel privileges like ps vita skprx. this is a big thing! one can make hooks, printf to socat, do whatever they feel like they need to do. at the current time only one payload is supported at a time. in the future i might increase this
    • New in 8.01 Added support for dynamic memory payloads, 5 of them can be started from "/dev_hdd0/boot_plugins_kernel.txt"
    • toolchain updated to support dynamic address loading.
    • For applications, you can also mount em, and unmount em separately
  • new in 8.00 Boot times vastly speed improved - as there is no stage1.
  • new in 8.00 PS2 bc and semi bc consoles wont load iso when cobra disabled - disable cobra using opcode)
  • FEATURE – FULL ProDG Connectivity in DEX mode (Full Support on both Normal mode and Cobra mode)
  • FEATURE – QA Token compatibility
  • FEATURE – OtherOS++ support enabled (Use Rebug Toolbox to Boot OtherOS with different LV1 patches)
  • FEATURE – Package Manager (Replacement for the standard 'Install Package Files' option)
  • FEATURE – FSELF compatibility (Fake Signed ELF is supported on both CEX and DEX modes.)
  • FEATURE – Fake Save Data Owner (Use Game Saves from ANY Owner)
  • FEATURE – In Game Screenshot (Allows taking screenshots in Game)
  • FEATURE – Disabled flag check in PARAM for Remote Play (For better compatibility with remote play, custom flags in PARAM is recommended)
  • FEATURE – Lock/Unlock Trophies (Offline only)
  • FEATURE – Cinavia protection fully disabled (Supports optical media/bd iso, AACS must be decrypted)
  • FEATURE – Full BD/DVD Playback support on both CEX/DEX mode (BD/DVD movies can now be played on DEX mode, major thanks to mysis!)
  • FEATURE – XMB CFW settings v0.1a (XMB icons for simple CFW tasks available via REBUG TOOLBOX 2.02.16)
  • FEATURE – PSN/SEN Accesibility (PSN /SEN Accessible , until the next OFW update)
  • FEATURE – XMBM+ Compatibility (XMB Manager Plus developed by Team XMBM now supported via standalone pkgs.)
  • FEATURE – HAN Toolbox Compatibility (HAN Toolbox support added for developers)
  • PATCHED – Appldr: LV2 memory hash check is disabled (Memory protection on LV2 is disabled in higher level)
  • PATCHED – LV1: Disable System Integrity Check (Safe to use with mismatched COREOS/SYSCON versions or if PS3 is not QA enabled)
  • PATCHED – LV1: Undocumented function 114 (Allow mapping of protected memory)
  • PATCHED – LV1: Skip all ACL Checks (Needed to allow booting of OtherOS)
  • PATCHED – LV1: Peek and Poke support (Unused LV1 call 182 and 183)
  • PATCHED – LV2: Peek and Poke support (LV2 Syscall 6 and 7)
  • PATCHED – LV2: Peek and Poke support for LV1 (LV2 Syscall 8 and 9)
  • PATCHED – LV2: LV1 CALL System call (LV2 Syscall 10)
  • PATCHED – LV2: Allow execution of any LV2 internal function (LV2 Syscall 15)
  • PATCHED – Recovery: Prevent accidental OFW update while on Recovery mode
  • PATCHED – VSH: Allow Unsigned act.dat and *.rif files
  • PATCHED – VSH: Auto unlocks c00 demo contents
  • PATCHED – VSH: Disable Unlinking/Deleting of act.dat (Improved patches applied)
  • PATCHED – VSH: Disable NEW PSP DRM Check (Allowing unsigned PSP pkg contents on 4.75 or higher CFW)
  • PATCHED – VSH: Disable Epilepsy Warning for Faster Boot-Up Speed
  • PATCHED – VSH: XMB notification removal (Fake Save Data Owner and Game Quit: No Request Event will not be displayed)
  • INCLUDED – Rebug Toolbox 2.03.01 (Install included Rebug Toolbox or higher for full compatibility)

Download @: rebug.me

 

Also its a formal request, can i ask some stuff regarding this HEN which i havent found else where in pm? Hope u respond

There is a support thread for PS3HEN on this site somewhere where you can ask questions about it or start your own thread to ask for info you cannot find.

I don't use HEN myself as I have 2 PS3's on REBUG CFW so I don't need it.

rebug cant be installed in hfw?

No... not on a CECH3000 model PS3 as I have already said. You cannot install CFW on your model using any method as it will brick your PS3 making it useless and unusable.

 

I salute the community

I promise to be helpful and participate actively on my part.

My ps3 console is a slim model number CECH 2504B.


I recently upgraded to rebug REX 4.84.2. I'm coming from a fully operational 3.55 CEX cfw which is installed to the original ps3's hdd drive 360GB. The firmware update completed smoothly using my original ps3 hdd.


After the newer installed firmware, I had to give it a chance and upgrade the 360GB to SSD for smoother faster loadings.


Using a formatted 120GB SSD kingston, I installed again the same firmware rebug REX 4.84.2. The process completed, however this time the ps3's XMB menu <settings> is missing the video settings.


It appears that my old ps3 360GB drive is not missing the video settings.

After a lot of search in the web, I figured out a solution.

Using the rebug toolbox that came with the firmware


I changed the following setting through the toolbox:

selector > system mode -- normal
XMB Operation Mode -- debug


To this:

selector > system mode -- rebug
XMB Operation Mode -- retail


Tata!

The video settings came back.

It seems like the video settings changes are being saved even if I turn back the toolbox selector settings to default (selector > system mode -- normal, XMB Operation Mode -- debug).


But If I stay with the settings system mode -- rebug, XMB Operation Mode -- retail my multiman manager's functions are freezing and I cannot copy games to internal hdd and a few other strange symptoms.

Does that mean the rebug 4.84.2 REX is buggy/faulty? Or I shouldn't expect everything to be working when using system mode rebu and xmb retail.


Any help will be much appreciated.

 

Every time I need to restore a backup file which created from the ps3 XMB's backup utility, I should start over and do a clean installation of the webman? Do we have to create a backup file with webman uninstalled?

We all know the webman setup is time consuming... and everytime we restore a previously created backup file, we start the webman setup from the scratch.

 

the problem might be your ssd. the ps3 isn't really equipped to use them properly, so it's a waste of money.

 

Does that mean the rebug 4.84.2 REX is buggy/faulty? Or I shouldn't expect everything to be working when using system mode rebu and xmb retail.

Should work fine either way, I have REBUG Mode enabled all the time wether it CEX or DEX, Reatil XMB or Debug.

Try removing and then re-install MultiMAN.

 

Sorry that I don't have a spare 2.5' hdd do some tests.
I could use the option debug for hdd exchange utility from the debug settings to create a backup of the system.
Then I could restore it to my SSD.
As I said my old hdd drive is absolutely in good working condition, flawless XMB menu.

 

Should work fine either way, I have REBUG Mode enabled all the time wether it CEX or DEX, Reatil XMB or Debug.

Try removing and then re-install MultiMAN.

Excellent recommendation, I didn't know I could use the system rebug + retail XMB on a daily basis.

Let's see how it goes if I uninstall both webman and multiman, then I come back here to post my tests.

 

First I install multiman (ver. multiMAN 04.82.00 BASE 20171128), then the webMAN MOD 1.47.25 or it doesn't matter which will be the first?

 

First I install multiman (ver. multiMAN 04.82.00 BASE 20171128), then the webMAN MOD 1.47.25 or it doesn't matter which will be the first?

They're two different homebrews, independent of one another, so it doesn't matter which you install first.

 

Thanks coldheart, you're great.

I installed both the homebrews and I changed to: selector rebug system + xmb operation mode retail.

After a while, during surfing the menu options in multiman the ps3 freezes to a static image.

As you understand, I was forced to manual shutdown the console using the power button.



You're getting the idea, I get unreliable multiman functions when I have selected -- >

selector rebug system + xmb operation mode using the rebug toolbox.


I can't tell if this is about using a SSD although.

Any good recommendation for a normal 1TB hard drive for my ps3 slim CECH 2504B?
I have an amazon uk account and I can purchase directly from there, I'll order as soon as possible.

I should stay away from using my old hdd drive as this is my only safe pillow option at the moment, I don't want to corrupt my old hdd drive system tweaking the system options.

 

Any good recommendation for a normal 1TB hard drive for my ps3 slim CECH 2504B?
I have an amazon uk account and I can purchase directly from there, I'll order as soon as possible.

If your in the UK in would just use CeX for a decent second hand 1TB HDD think I only paid £25 for mine, Its a Toshiba 1TB AF(Advanced format) HDD.

As for your issue with MultIMAN all REBUG Mode is is a VSH swap really from what has been explained to me about it.

I have one of my PS3's setup like this:
REBUG 4.84.2 REX Cobra 8.1
Lv2 Kernel: CEX
Target ID: CEX
System Mode: REBUG
XMB: Retail QA

And the other is setup like this:
REBUG 4.82.2 D-REX Cobra 7.55
Lv2 Kernel: DEX
Target ID: DEX
System Mode: REBUG
XMB: DEBUG

And I don't get issues like this, is MultiMAN in Cobra Compatible Mode... It will show up on the XMB as mmCM instead of MultiMAN.

Also with webMAN and MultiMAN use one at a time do use one then try to use the other without rebooting the PS3 as they can clash and freeze the PS3. This was ment to have been fixed but some people are still saying that it happens from time to time, not sure if it on CFW or just on HEN that this happens. Its just really annouying when the PS3 crashes when your in the middle of doing something lol.

Also @Joonie will be able to sya more about REBUG Mode and if there are any glitches when using it with homebrew but as I have said I get no issues like this at all.

 

Thanks coldheart, you're great.

I installed both the homebrews and I changed to: selector rebug system + xmb operation mode retail.

After a while, during surfing the menu options in multiman the ps3 freezes to a static image.

As you understand, I was forced to manual shutdown the console using the power button.



You're getting the idea, I get unreliable multiman functions when I have selected -- >

selector rebug system + xmb operation mode using the rebug toolbox.


I can't tell if this is about using a SSD although.

Any good recommendation for a normal 1TB hard drive for my ps3 slim CECH 2504B?
I have an amazon uk account and I can purchase directly from there, I'll order as soon as possible.

I should stay away from using my old hdd drive as this is my only safe pillow option at the moment, I don't want to corrupt my old hdd drive system tweaking the system options.

Just to double check: you are running Rebug REX 4.84.2 and not HEN? Does multiMAN display as mmCM (this is multiMAN in Cobra mode)? If not, toggle it into Cobra mode in multiMAN Settings on its 'XMB' UI. Rebug 4.84 has Cobra enabled by default (previous versions required toggling with Rebug Toolbox).

The fact that you're using an SSD shouldn't matter, unless it itself is failing. In fact, from what I understand they don't offer much improvement in terms of performance over a standard HDD. As for recommending a new hard drive for your PS3, @Cypher_CG89 has experience with this (he's also in the UK) and so should be able to help.

All I know is it needs to be a 2.5" SATA at either 5400 or 7200rpm. 1TB will work fine, but it can be tricky getting hard drives over 1.5TB working from what I've read. Again, Cypher knows more about this than I do and I believe he's got a 2TB HDD working properly on at least one of his PS3s.

Before doing so however, you could try rebuilding the database and/or file system to see if that resolves the issue as freezing in multiMAN can cause issues which doing the above can possibly resolve. Hope this helps you out a bit.

 

. Again, Cypher knows more about this than I do and I believe he's got a 2TB HDD working properly on at least one of his PS3s.

Yes I do but I wouldn't say it works properly. It involves mofifing< WFT is this lol, "Modding" the HDD with HDAT and messing around with the HDD's encrypted data< not a good thing if you don't know what youa re doing or mess it up nas you will ruin the HDD and make it unusable

Also needs many formats and fine tune it to hide sectors as out the box a 2TB will not work. Plus only certain models/manufacurers of HDDs will work and they must be from around the same time as the PS3> Toshiba 2TB is in mine. Infact all my PS3 HDDs are toshiba. Cluster sizes and everything have to be just right> A program that will format the HDD for XP is needed for native 4k custer sizes.

And after you do all this and get it to work if for whatever reason your forced to use the Recovery options> Rebuild Database, Files system restore you will get a lovely error message syaing the connected storage media is not supported forcing you to re-format the HDD and you loose ALL you data. So in the end it is not worth it really after all this. I wish I never bothered with it now as I have been forced to re-install all my data twice now on this PS3 and when I get the chance I am removing it and replacing it with a 1.5TB HDD as its simply not worth the headache.

People have asked me how to do this in the past I I won't tell them because of all the glitches and issue's it brings or I would of wrote a TUT a long time ago for it.

A 1.5 TB HDD should work fine as is with no messing about.

The fact that you're using an SSD shouldn't matter, unless it itself is failing. In fact, from what I understand they don't offer much improvement in terms of performance over a standard HDD.

Yes SSD is simply not worth it on PS3 as the sata controller isn't made for them, you might get a slight improvement in loading time becasue of the way they access and cache data but thats it and some SSD's are pure crap and break easily> NAND ones are informus for it, especially older ones.

I put thermal paste and an aluminiun heatsink on my mSATA SSD in my PC as it can get that effing hot and this will lead to failure of the SSD.

 

@Cypher_CG89 , off topic, I can't remember if it was you or @Naked_Snake1995 who loves the sabrent enclosures. they're the only ones I've been using for many years. anyway, I bought a refurbished enclosure over two months ago, and it along with a new 1TB hdd had been sitting downstairs, since they time. I didn't even test if they worked well passed the normal warranty. yesterday, I put the hdd in the enclosure to be a wii hdd. I've been without an hdd for that system for two+ years. my original hdd is in a sabrent enclosure as well. strangely, the old hdd works just fine. I thought it had died, and that's why I bought the new hdd and enclosure. anyway, both hdds work, so I guess I have a new backup drive. right now, I'm backing up the drive to a computer. it's going to take another five hours though.

 

@Cypher_CG89 , off topic, I can't remember if it was you or @Naked_Snake1995 who loves the sabrent enclosures. they're the only ones I've been using for many years. anyway, I bought a refurbished enclosure over two months ago, and it along with a new 1TB hdd had been sitting downstairs, since they time. I didn't even test if they worked well passed the normal warranty. yesterday, I put the hdd in the enclosure to be a wii hdd. I've been without an hdd for that system for two+ years. my original hdd is in a sabrent enclosure as well. strangely, the old hdd works just fine. I thought it had died, and that's why I bought the new hdd and enclosure. anyway, both hdds work, so I guess I have a new backup drive. right now, I'm backing up the drive to a computer. it's going to take another five hours though.

You mean these little beasts: HDD Enclosure and 4 Port powered USB Hub.

They are well worth the money you pay for them> They are cheap, durable and work perfect on PS3 and other consoles for External Storage. I use both of these on my PS3s. Works with both SATA and SSD.

I just like Sabrent Tech full stop mate, I took a chance on buying something from the Brand and haven't looked back since. Most stuff now is Sabrent I have, There USB cable are second to non as well. I hace 4 USB to Mini USB cable for my PS3 controllers, USB cable for charging phones. As I say well worth it> Price and quality are exceptional.

 

You mean these little beasts: HDD Enclosure and 4 Port powered USB Hub.

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They are well worth the money you pay for them> They are cheap, durable and work perfect on PS3 and other consoles for External Storage. I use both of these on my PS3s. Works with both SATA and SSD.

I just like Sabrent Tech full stop mate, I took a chance on buying something from the Brand and haven't looked back since. Most stuff now is Sabrent I have, There USB cable are second to non as well. I hace 4 USB to Mini USB cable for my PS3 controllers, USB cable for charging phones. As I say well worth it> Price and quality are exceptional.

not that model. I just took a pic of it:

I bought the same model for this new one, so I wouldn't have to swap out cables.

 

not that model. I just took a pic of it:

I bought the same model for this new one, so I wouldn't have to swap out cables.

And I thought I was nuts with External Storage I see at least 5 HDDs there lol, which one am I looking at> the small one in the middle or what looks like a 3.5 HDD Enclosure?

Mine is a couple of years old now, there's a new USB 3.0 version of it which I have my eye on for my 4K PC or for my second other PC when it arrives.

 

yes, the one that's standing upright. that's the old hdd in the same model enclosure. the new one is sitting on my bed along with one of my 10TB hdds. I didn't have enough room to have them all connected at once, but with the five hdds I have connected most of the time, I have about 34TBs worth of storage. the two hdds in the back are 10TBs apiece. I copied the wii backup to the new enclosure, but that's before I knew the old one still worked, so I'm going to have to recopy files from the old to the new.

 

Sorry, I was away for a while, I'll try to keep up with the posts.

I have Rebug REX 4.84.2 original not HEN, I'm coming from a fully working cfw 3.55 that my console had installed for several years, due to lack of free time, I was away from the homebrew scene.


Cypher, it shows up on the XMB as mmCM instead of MultiMAN. I just switched to mmCM through multiman GUI interface.

My ps3's setup is like this:

rebug toolbox MULTI version: 02.03.02

rebug toolbox information:


ps3 system firmware 4.84
Lvl2 Kernel: CEX
Target Type: CEX
Cobra 8.1


I installed the REBUG 4.84.2 REX

Cobra mode is set to: enabled
Debug menu is set to: CEX QA

System Mode: REBUG
XMB: Retail


My SSD is brand new unused.

"Also with webMAN and MultiMAN use one at a time do use one then try to use the other without rebooting the PS3 as they can clash and freeze the PS3."

I never use both of them at the same time to load my backups, if this is what you mean. I thought it would be better to first do a ps3 reboot before I start using the other manager.

You mean I can touch either the one or the other by any means necessary?
What if I want to start mmcm check a few settings, then use the webman?


I'm not in the Uk, but in European Union, items I order from amazon uk I usually get them within 7-10 days.
Check this article out!
Technically SSD doesn't boost so much game performance, but is a great experience, it's smoothing even gameplay for certain titles, again if all games updates have been applies, the difference is minimum.
I'm not in the Uk, but in European Union, items I order from amazon uk I usually get them within 7-10 days.

Check this article out!

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-can-ssd-upgrades-boost-ps3-performance

Technically SSD doesn't boost so much game performance, but is a great experience, it's smoothing even the gameplay for certain titles. Again if all games updates have been applied, the difference is minimum.


I tried the rebuild data base a few days ago when I was trying to restore my backup save games, the process successfully completed for my ps3's 128GB SSD, but my save games didn't recognized by the console, the games were displaying: save game is from different user...

Of course I installed again the same cfw 4.84.2 rebug REX for my SSD to get a clean system.

Thank God I had an old backup which was created back in the days, I used it, and thankfully it gave me back my save game files.

But I had no luck with my trophies, I guess better safe than sorry, I should stay away from the PSN games saves + trophies syncing.


Guys remember: Ps3 will recognize only MBR formatted partitions, either NTFS or FAT32.

Use GPT for pc's, MBR for ps3.


When I check for updates using mmcm GUI interface I get a newer version: 00.00.00. What the heck is this?

At the mmcm GUI interface, at the tab system information I get:

mmcm version 4.82
ps3 firmware version 4.75 [SC-35 | PL3]

4.75?? I thought we were on 4.84.2

 

I never use both of them at the same time to load my backups, if this is what you mena. I thought it would be better to first do a ps3 reboot before I start using the other manager.

This is good practice. A little tip for you: webMAN MOD has a handy button combo to reboot the PS3 - L3+Circle+R2

Seems like everything is running fine with your setup, so unless it's your SSD starting to crap out on you I'm not sure what the issue could be.