PS3 4.88.2 Evilnat Cobra (8.3) Custom FirmWare (CFW-CEX) Released

UPDATE 4.88.2: PS3 Developer @Evilnat has updated and released 4.88.2 Evilnat (Cobra 8.3) CFW , there is a number of new options like an added File manager, Option to toggle Cobra version, and various other new options detailed in the changlog provided below. Also the developer has provided a number of fixes and improvements, View all the details of 4.88.2 release of this latest CFW by @Evilnat

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.Original release (4.88.1) Developer @Evilnat (creator of releases like SEN Enabler and PAUD Unpacker) has created and released 4.88 EVILNAT's COBRA CFW, following the success of 4.87 Evilnat's CFW, the developer provides another trusted CFW release that provides the Cobra Payload and all the features it brings (note: MAMBA is an alternative to the Cobra Payload, Cobra is included in firmware's where as MAMBA is typically injected in a Standard CEX CFW via a homebrew app. See all the details of this CFW Release below

Also Included are: noBD / noBT / noBD & noBT CFW Builds (for damaged console's to make them usable again)
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CFW 4.88.2 Evilnat release details

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  4.88.2 EVILNAT (COBRA 8.3)​
  
  Changelog
  
  • Fixed memory leak in LV2 kernel while Cobra is enabled
  • Added option to dump ERK (eid_root_key) through xai_plugin (from flatz's EID root key dumper)
  • Added option to dump LV2 through xai_plugin
  • Added option to dump LV1 through xai_plugin
  • Added File Manager in xai_plugin (by DeViL303)
  • Added option to toggle Cobra version, release (default in CFW) and debug (get debug logs through socat)
  • Manual FAN speed now works with Cobra disabled too
  • Added system to block login in on PSN/SEN while CFW syscalls are enabled (by DeViL303)
  • Added sort games by name and date options (by aldostools)
  • xai_plugin translated to Brazilian (thanks to jcorrea and LuanTeles)
  • xai_plugin translated to Polish (thanks to KcrPLo and Agrippa)
  • xai_plugin translated to Italian (thanks to Sheireen)
  • xai_plugin translated to Chinese Traditional/Simplified (thanks to xiaoyang)
  • xai_plugin translated to Spanish
  
  Features
  
  • Made out of 4.88 OFW
  • Made manually without automatic tools
  • SEN/PSN enabled
  • Disabled deletion of unsigned act.dat and .rif files
  • Allowed unsigned act.dat and .rif files
  • Allowed running of unsigned applications
  • Compatibility with FSELF
  • C00 demo unlocker
  • Disabled LIC.EDAT license check
  • Can be installed over 3.55 OFW
  • Can be installed over +3.56 OFW (bguerville Toolset)
  • Can be installed over any CFW CEX
  • COBRA 8.3 added and enabled as default
  • Full PS2 Games Compatibility
  • Possibility of Downgrade from any CFW with active QA Flags
  • QA Flags active if previously enabled
  • Disabled Epilepsy Message on Boot
  • Compatibility with PSX games in ISO
  • Compatibility with PSP games in ISO
  • Compatibility with PS2 games in ISO
  • Compatibility with PS3 games in ISO/JB folder format
  • Compatibility with ReactPSN
  • Display of Temperatures in XMB In-Game on PS2 Games
  • RSOD Screen Bypass
  • BSOD Screen Bypass
  • PS3_GAME/app_home
  • XMB In-Game Screenshot
  • Added Package Manager
  • CoreOS Hash Check patched to prevent Brick on non-dehashed Downgradate consoles
  • Patched to remove LV2 Protection
  • Peek and Poke (LV2)
  • Peek and Poke (LV1)
  • CINAVIA protection disabled
  • Option to sort games by name and date
  
  Cobra 8.3
  
  • Failsafe Cobra stage2 (by bguerville/aldo)
  • Restore CFW Syscalls without reboot just entering to 'Settings > System Update' on XMB (by aldo)
  • Integrated Dynamic Control FAN (to control fan when webMAN is unloaded) (by aldo/Evilnat)
  • Support Photo GUI integration with webMAN MOD (mount games from 'Photo' column) (by aldo/DeViL303)
  • Get/Set FAN speed (by aldo)
  • Enable/disable features: Photo GUI, Restore Syscalls (by aldo)
  • Opcode to create CFW Syscalls (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 35) (by aldo)
  • Opcode to set fake accountID (by Evilnat)
  • Opcode to activate account (act.dat) (by Evilnat)
  • Opcode to create license (RIF) (by Evilnat)
  • Updated ps3mapi_load_process_modules to load custom modules and system modules (by haxxxen)
  • Added ps3mapi_get_process_module_info
  • Increased from 24 to 32 the max number of map paths (by aldo)
  • Added sm_get_temperature patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
  • Added sm_get_fan_policy patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
  • Added sm_set_fan_policy patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
  • Fixed Control FAN payload, avoids loading previous mode (by Evilnat)
  • Disable stage2.bin while Recovery Menu is loaded (by haxxxen)
  • Fixed max FAN speed after shutdown (by Evilnat)
  • Improved Habib's QA flags code imported by aldostools (by Evilnat)
  • Fixed black screen in CFW2OFW converted games (by Evilnat)
  • Added sm_ring_buzzer with single_beep, double_beep and triple_beep (by Evilnat)
  • Skip license creation (rif) if it already exists (by aldo)
  • Added cellFsMkdir symbol (by Evilnat)
  • Added constant FAN Speed while a PS2 ISO is launched (by Evilnat)
  • Check/Disable/Enable QA Flags (by Evilnat)
  • Creation of act.dat while launching a PSN game (by Evilnat)
  • Convert someones's else savedata to your own savedata (by Evilnat)
  • Block Log In on PSN/SEN when CFW syscalls are enabled (by DeViL303)
  
  Tested in:
  
  • CECH-2000A
  • CECH-2000B
  • CECH-2001A
  • CECH-2002B
  • CECH-2004A
  • CECH-2012A
  • CECH-2104B
  • CECH-2500A
  • CECH-2501A
  • CECH-2504A
  • CECH-2511A
  • CECH-2511B
  • CECH-L04
  • CECHA01
  • CECHE01
  • CECHB01
  • CECHC04
  • CECHG01
  • CECHP01
  
  Improvements xai plugin
  
  These options are in Network tab under [★ Custom Firmware Tools] option:
  
  Power Options
  
  • Turn Off: Turns off the PS3
  • Hard Reboot: Reboots the PS3 completely
  • Soft Reboot: Reboots the PS3 softly
  • Reboot LV2: Reboots the LV2
  
  File Manager
  
  • Internal Hard Disk Drive 0: Manage PS3 files in /dev_hdd0
  • Internal Hard Disk Drive 1: Manage PS3 cached files in /dev_hdd1
  • USB Mass Storage Devices: Manage files on your USB devices
  • Internal Flash Memory: Manage PS3 internal flash files
  • Optical Disc: Manage optical discs
  • Memory Cards: Manage memory cards
  
  Basic Tools
  
  • FAN Speed: Shows current FAN speed
  • PS3 Temperature: Shows current CPU and RSX temperature
  • Show IDPS: Shows current IDPS
  • Show PSID: Shows current PSID
  • Toggle Coldboot: Toggles between custom/original coldboot.raf
  • Toggle System Version: Toggles between custom/original system version in "System Information"
  
  Basic Tools > xRegistry Tools
  
  • Backup xRegistry.sys: Creates a backup of xRegistry.sys to /dev_usb or /dev_hdd0
  • Button Assignment: Switches O and X buttons
  
  Cobra Tools
  
  • Cobra Information: Shows current Cobra information
  • Check Syscall 8: Checks Cobra's Syscall 8 status
  • Create Syscalls: Create syscalls 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15 and 35
  • Allow Restore Syscalls: Allows restoring syscalls through "System Update"
  • Skip license creation: Skips overwriting license file (RIF) if it already exists
  • Toggle Cobra Version: Toggles between release and debug versions (reboot is required)
  • Toggle Cobra: Enables or disables Cobra (reboot is required)
  
  Cobra Tools > FAN Tools
  
  • Control FAN Mode: DISABLED: Disables Cobra's Control FAN
  • Control FAN Mode: SYSCON: Allows the PS3's SYSCON to control FAN speed
  • Control FAN Mode: MAX: Set Cobra FAN speed to 0xFF
  
  Cobra Tools > QA Tools
  
  • Check QA Flags: Check if QA flags are enabled or disabled
  • Enable QA Flags: Enables QA Flags
  • Disable QA Flags: Disables QA Flags
  
  Cobra Tools > FAN Tools > Dynamic FAN Control
  
  • Maximum temperature: 60°C: Sets the fan speed dynamically to keep the system at a maximum temperature of 60°C
  • Maximum Temperature: 65°C: Sets the fan speed dynamically to keep the system at a maximum temperature of 65°C
  • Maximum Temperature: 70°C: Sets the fan speed dynamically to keep the system at a maximum temperature of 70°C
  • Maximum Temperature: 75°C: Sets the fan speed dynamically to keep the system at a maximum temperature of 75°C
  
  WARNING: Some PS3 cannot reach/stay some option temperatures, use with caution
  
  Cobra Tools > FAN Tools > Manual Speed
  
  • Manual Speed: 40%: Sets the fan speed statically at 40% (0x67)
  • Manual Speed: 45%: Sets the fan speed statically at 45% (0x75)
  • Manual Speed: 50%: Sets the fan speed statically at 50% (0x80)
  • Manual Speed: 55%: Sets the fan speed statically at 55% (0x8E)
  • Manual Speed: 60%: Sets the fan speed statically at 60% (0x9B)
  • Manual Speed: 65%: Sets the fan speed statically at 65% (0xA8)
  • Manual Speed: 70%: Sets the fan speed statically at 70% (0xB5)
  • Manual Speed: 75%: Sets the fan speed statically at 75% (0xC0)
  • Manual Speed: 80%: Sets the fan speed statically at 80% (0xCE)
  • Manual Speed: 85%: Sets the fan speed statically at 85% (0xDA)
  • Manual Speed: 90%: Sets the fan speed statically at 90% (0xE7)
  • Manual Speed: 95%: Sets the fan speed statically at 95% (0xF4)
  
  WARNING: The chosen speed will be static, it will not be changed at any time automatically
  
  Cobra Tools > FAN Tools > PS2 FAN
  
  • PS2 Fan Mode: DISABLED: Disables Control FAN on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: SYSCON: Allows the PS3's SYSCON to control FAN speed on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 40%: Sets FAN speed to 0x66 on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 50%: Sets FAN speed to 0x80 on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 60%: Sets FAN speed to 0x9A on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 70%: Sets FAN speed to 0xB4 on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 80%: Sets FAN speed to 0xCE on PS2 game
  • PS2 Fan Mode: 90%: Sets FAN speed to 0xE8 on PS2 game
  
  WARNING: There is no Control FAN in a PS2 game, select with caution
  
  PSN Tools
  
  • Disable Syscalls: Disables syscalls and remove history files
  • Show accountID: Shows current user's accountID
  • Create accountID: Creates a fake accountID for current user's in xRegistry
  • Overwrite accountID: Overwrites current user's accountID with a fake one in xRegistry
  • Activate account: Creates act.dat file in the current local account
  • Create license: Creates RIF licenses from RAP files from "x:\exdata"
  • Backup activation file: Creates a backup of act.dat to /dev_usb or /dev_hdd0
  • Disable account: Deletes current user's activation file act.dat permanently
  • Convert savedata: Converts savedata from "/dev_usbXXX/PS3/SAVEDATA" to your own savedata
  
  Dump Tools
  
  • View Log: http://localhost/dev_hdd0/tmp/cfw_settings.log (webMAN MOD is required for this function)
  • Clean Log File: Resets /dev_hdd0/tmp/cfw_settings.log file
  • Dump IDPS: Saves IDPS to log file
  • Dump PSID: Saves PSID to log file
  • Dump LV2: Dumps LV2 to /dev_usb or /dev_hdd0/tmp
  • Dump LV1: Dumps LV1 to /dev_usb or /dev_hdd0/tmp
  • Dump ERK: Dumps eid_root_key to /dev_usb or /dev_hdd0/tmp
  • Log KLicense usage: Saves filename and klicensee to log file
  • Log Secure File ID usage: Writes save data name and file ID key to log file
  • Dump Disc Hash Key: Retrieves disc hash key from an ORIGINAL game disc
  
  Service Tools
  
  • Display Applicable Version: Displays minimum downgrade version
  • Check File System: Reboots and allows you to check and repair filesystem
  • Rebuild Database: Reboots with Database rebuilding flag set
  • Toggle Recovery Mode: Reboot to Recovery Mode (Not supported on NAND models!)
  
  Service Tools > Advanced Service Tools
  
  • RSOD fix: Re-initialize VTRM-Region to attempt to fix RSOD
  • Toggle Factory Service Mode: Enter/Exit Factory Service Mode (DON'T INSTALL CFW ON FSM)
  • Remarry Bluray Drive: Requires: Enter to FSM and copy "eid_root_key" to /dev_usb
  • Load LV2 kernel: Loads lv2_kernel.self file from /dev_usb000 or /dev_flash
  
  
  Savegames conversion tutorial
  
  WARNING: This option will overwrite your current savedata in dev_usbXXX, use it with caution
  
  
  • Download someone else's savegame for your game of your choice
  • Put the savedata in your pendrive in "X:\PS3\SAVEDATA" (pendrive must be in FAT32)
  • Put in the pendrive in the PS3
  • Select Network Tab > [★ Custom Firmware Tools] > PSN Tools > Convert Savedata
  • Wait until the conversion finishes
  • Once finished, copy your converted savedata throught XMB "Saved Data Utility (PS3)"
  • Launch your game and load your new savedata
  
  
  Creation of act.dat tutorial
  
  WARNING: The accountID is linked to savedata and trophies, so, if your current user already have a valid accountID and you overwrite it, you will be unable to use your trophies and savedata on that account until you restore the original accountID in xRegistry.sys.
  
  I recommend to use an empty account without trophies and savedata or an account without accountID.
  
  To create a fake act.dat, Cobra 8.3 must be enabled, and your PS3 must have at least one account with a valid accountID and launch a game that requires a RIF/RAP license file.
  
  Cobra will search a valid accountID in all existing accounts and create act.dat while the game is launched through the XMB. If no accountID is found, act.dat will not be created.
  
  You can create a fake accountID (like reactPSN), to do this go to Network > ★ Custom Firmware Tools > PSN Tools and choose between "Create accountID" or "Overwrite accountID" (Be careful about the last option because if you already have a fake/real accountID it will be overwritten). It is recommended to use these options in an account that does not have an ID. The PS3 will restart if everything went well.
  
  The tutorial would be the following:
  
  • Download your purchased PSN game from PS Store
  • Put game RAP file in "X:\exdata" or "/dev_hdd0/exdata"
  • Launch your purchased PSN game
  • Cobra will check if any of your PS3 accounts have accountID
  • Faked act.dat will be created while the game is launching
  
  If none of your accounts have a valid accountID you will need to create it. To do this log into the local PS3 account where you want to create the accountID. You can see if your current local account has an accountID choosing Network Tab > [★ Custom Firmware Tools] > PSN Tools > Show accountID.
  
  To create a faked act.dat do the following:
  
  • Make sure Cobra 8.3 is enabled
  • Select Network Tab > [★ Custom Firmware Tools] > PSN Tools > Create accountID
  • Select Network Tab > [★ Custom Firmware Tools] > PSN Tools > Activate account
  • Launch your purchased PSN game
  • Faked act.dat will be created while the game is launching
  
  Now you have a faked act.dat and your local account is activated. The act.dat file works for every local account, you only need one file for all accounts.
  
  
  Block PSN log in
  
  This method is developed by @DeViL303, it will only work with Cobra enabled, Cobra will block log in on PSN/SEN while the CFW syscalls are enabled, to enable it again you need to disable CFW syscalls completely (you can do it with webMAN MOD, psnpatch, SEN Enabler, etc…).
  
  If you want to disable this feature, simply delete /dev_flash/vsh/resource/npsignin_plugin.lck
  
  
  Translations
  
  • Brazilian: @jcorrea and @LuanTeles
  • Polish: @KcrPLo and @Agrippa
  • Italian: @Sheireen
  • Spanish: Evilnat
  • Chinese Traditional/Simplified: @xiaoyang
  
  
  Final Words
  
  I hope that the CFW is working fine and without issues for everyone, but if you see any issue, please let me know in my twitter and I will try to fix it as soon as possible: @xXEvilnatXx
  
  Cobra 8.3 and xai_plugin source code can be found in my Github repository:
  
  • Cobra 8.3: https://github.com/Evilnat/Cobra-PS3/tree/master/8.3
  • xai_plugin: https://github.com/Evilnat/xai_plugin
  
  
  Credits and Acknowledgment
  
  Credits to Team Rebug, Team Cobra, @mysis, @Joonie, @habib, @aldostools, @haxxxen, @DeViL303, @zecoxao, @3141card, @Berion, @kakaroto, @KW, @naehrwert, @flatz, @Dean, @Rogero, @Estwald and anyone who has contributed to the PS3 scene.
  
  Thanks to @DeViL303, @Berion, @Brandon Stump, @jcorrea, @nhie07, @NSC-Modz, @LuanTeles, @thejavigames, @raidriar, @xiaoyang, @Zwei, @haxxxen, @RetroFan_90, @SpyroMancer, @patricksouza472, @MrYadro, @CFW-Us3r, @Andrio, @KcrPLo, Nur Rakhmadi Rajab, @Lwiz, @Sheireen, @TheWizWiki and all who helped me testing the CFW 4.88.
  
  If I forgot someone, I apologize, there are many people in the PS3 scene and you are many people who
  have helped me to test the CFW.
  
  

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Hello, my 3 year old daughter found my ps3 in a drawer and wants to play some games, its still on rogero 4.46.

Two questions (which I don't know if they should be here so apologies if they should not):
1. Can I upgrade directly to this from rogero 4.46?
2. I remember there being a way to confirm QA flag was set, however I cant find the answer on google (probably in some dead site), so how do I do it?

 

Hello, my 3 year old daughter found my ps3 in a drawer and wants to play some games, its still on rogero 4.46.

Two questions (which I don't know if they should be here so apologies if they should not):
1. Can I upgrade directly to this from rogero 4.46?
2. I remember there being a way to confirm QA flag was set, however I cant find the answer on google (probably in some dead site), so how do I do it?

1. Yes
2. Evilnat's CFW has an additional xmb menu with many options among which one to check the QA status. Check the OP!

 

Is This the best CFW?

 

Is This the best CFW?

Best cfw?
There is no such thing really, it depends on your needs.

But at the moment, we might say that this CFW is the best choice there is for 4.88 although it's not as if there was a lot of competition, nobody seems interested in making new CFWs anymore, we should consider ourselves lucky that Nat worked so hard for a few weeks to put this one together.

Evilnat's 4.88.2 CFW offers a lot of new features, an improved cfw tools menu & an updated Cobra payload.
I suggest you read the OP.

 

Is This the best CFW?

Yes, it is if you only need CEX.

If you need DEX, then Rebug 4.84.2 is "better". However Cobra and xai_plugin are old versions (less features).

 

So how do i go about getting EID Root Key? Today i realized this had that ability and couldn't find the option need to know asap to access my HDD on PC.

 

So how do i go about getting EID Root Key? Today i realized this had that ability and couldn't find the option need to know asap to access my HDD on PC.

If you use Evilnat 4.88.2, the option is in CFW Tools menu found under Network category.

Alternatively you can use Rebug Toolbox 02.03.06 to dump the EID Root Key.

 

If you use Evilnat 4.88.2, the option is in CFW Tools menu found under Network category.

Alternatively you can use Rebug Toolbox 02.03.06 to dump the EID Root Key.

Thank you apparently was still using the old private tester build of this. Wasn't aware it got final stage yet. Is it possible to message you? I would like to discuss maybe adding a very useful feature to your GUI HDD tool. Like trying to get it to import files into the HDD a you only support viewing and copying files. If you added import option that be way faster than FTP or manual usb installs. I have many PS3's and having this feature added would help me greatly. PS3 is so slow and HDD speed is dreadful running on PS3 OS level.

 

Thank you apparently was still using the old private tester build of this. Wasn't aware it got final stage yet. Is it possible to message you? I would like to discuss maybe adding a very useful feature to your GUI HDD tool. Like trying to get it to import files into the HDD a you only support viewing and copying files. If you added import option that be way faster than FTP or manual usb installs. I have many PS3's and having this feature added would help me greatly. PS3 is so slow and HDD speed is dreadful running on PS3 OS level.

Aldo wrote the GUI but the hdd reader tool was written by @3141card.
Here is the final version of the hdd reader tool (for Windows) the dev posted a few months ago.
https://mega.nz/file/WdwyWIjQ#yGGgGhCGYAnSR3soi9CMufAfDoP_yjsbkELb_B2nuck
There is a Linux version too.

As to being able to write to the encrypted hdd, it is a feature that has been talked about many times over the years, it is definitely feasible, I don't think it would be that hard now that reading & decrypting has been sorted out (everything is relative of course) but I don't think 3141card wants to pursue this further & nobody else has been willing to take the project over.
I will let Aldo answer but I don't expect he will be interested either, other people have asked before. Lol

The hdd main partition is an encrypted UFS2 partition but there are other system partitions on the disk & s#ny did its own little cooking organising the disk & its on the fly encryption/decryption engine.
If you have the encryption key (eid_root_key), you can use Linux to mount it. It needs a little setup but it's feasible if you are a Linuxer. You could also boot into Linux or freebsd directly on the PS3 (from a USB device) & do the setup to mount the internal hdd partition there.

 

Aldo wrote the GUI but the hdd reader tool was written by @3141card.
Here is the final version of the hdd reader tool (for Windows) the dev posted a few months ago.
https://mega.nz/file/WdwyWIjQ#yGGgGhCGYAnSR3soi9CMufAfDoP_yjsbkELb_B2nuck
There is a Linux version too.

As to being able to write to the encrypted hdd, it is a feature that has been talked about many times over the years, it is definitely feasible, I don't think it would be that hard now that reading & decrypting had been sorted out (everything is relative of course) but I don't think 3141card wants to pursue this further & nobody else has been willing to take the project over.
I will let Aldo answer but I don't expect he will be interested either, other people have asked before. Lol

The hdd main partition is an encrypted UFS2 partition but there are other system partitions on the disk & s#ny did its own little cooking organising the disk & its on the fly encryption/decryption engine.
If you have the encryption key (eid_root_key), you can use Linux to mount it. It needs a little setup but it's feasible if you are a Linuxer. You could also boot into Linux or freebsd directly on the PS3 (from a USB device) & do the setup to mount the internal hdd partiront there.

Hopefully he does add that support or whomever. Me personally don't like linux due to it requiring many more steps. I do got the key tho. It's a very useful feature to add it would probably make it easier and draw more attention as no one would dread the slow PS3 speeds. Thanks on updated link tho

 

Hopefully he does add that support or whomever. Me personally don't like linux due to it requiring many more steps. I do got the key tho. It's a very useful feature to add it would probably make it easier and draw more attention as no one would dread the slow PS3 speeds. Thanks on updated link tho

The internal hdd is never the weak link in any copy operation.

FTP is limited by the networking capabilities & it has been much slower since a firmware update a few years ago (4. 21?) that probably revised the network driver code or similar.

BD installations are limited by the BD drive, optical disc drives have always been notoriously slow in both read & access times. That's why game files are installed on the internal hdd.

USB copy operations are limited by the usb2 specs & by the libc functions that most homebrews use & which are up to 10 times slower than direct syscalls due to the extra code a libc file io function executes for stuff like multithreading safety locks etc.. with the usual trade-off perf/safety.

 

The internal hdd is never the weak link in any copy operation.

FTP is limited by the networking capabilities & it has been much slower since a firmware update a few years ago (4. 21?) that probably revised the network driver code or similar.

BD installations are limited by the BD drive, optical disc drives have always been notoriously slow in both read & access times.

USB copy operations are limited by the usb2 specs & by the libc functions that most homebrews use & which are up to 10 times slower than direct syscalls due to the extra code the libc function executes for stuff like multithreading safety locks etc..

Yes indeed all 3 ways are very limited and has drawbacks. If we can finally get full read and write access to PS3 HDD on Windows game changing stuff there. Would be great if PS4 can do same i work with many systems being able to make exact clones with games and hombrew and ect would make it easier for me.

 

Yes indeed all 3 ways are very limited and has drawbacks. If we can finally get full read and write access to PS3 HDD on Windows game changing stuff there. Would be great if PS4 can do same i work with many systems being able to make exact clones with games and hombrew and ect would make it easier for me.

it's possible with the ps4 (not sure if it's read and write though) using the eap key. there's either an app or script that can do it.

 

Can we get a trophy unlocker? There are some games that have trophies tied to playing online, but since some of these games' servers are shut down, there is no way to earn these trophies.

 

Can we get a trophy unlocker? There are some games that have trophies tied to playing online, but since some of these games' servers are shut down, there is no way to earn these trophies.

The best (and only way) options to unlock "impossible to get" trophies are Apollo Save Tool and PS3TrophyIsGood, but I've step upon trophy data corruption most of the time during the sync.

 

Can we get a trophy unlocker? There are some games that have trophies tied to playing online, but since some of these games' servers are shut down, there is no way to earn these trophies.

Well I don't use Apollo because when unlocking the trophies the percentage is damaged and it doesn't show the true percentage of the trophies. The best option at the moment is to install REBUG 4.84.2

1. Install REBUG 4.84.2, Evilnat 4.88.2 allows direct installation to firmware even if the version is lower.
2. Once in REBUG it is not necessary to convert your system to DEX, just go directly to the trophies, press triangle and press "unlock" unlock all you want.
3. Once unlocked, and if you did not convert your system to DEX you will be able to update without problems again to Evilnat 4.88.2 with all your unlocked trophies.

I know it is a lot to uninstall and reinstall but it is the only method where the trophies are not corrupted. Luck

 

Well I don't use Apollo because when unlocking the trophies the percentage is damaged and it doesn't show the true percentage of the trophies. The best option at the moment is to install REBUG 4.84.2

1. Install REBUG 4.84.2, Evilnat 4.88.2 allows direct installation to firmware even if the version is lower.
2. Once in REBUG it is not necessary to convert your system to DEX, just go directly to the trophies, press triangle and press "unlock" unlock all you want.
3. Once unlocked, and if you did not convert your system to DEX you will be able to update without problems again to Evilnat 4.88.2 with all your unlocked trophies.

I know it is a lot to uninstall and reinstall but it is the only method where the trophies are not corrupted. Luck

my dream is to have a standard CFW Cobra one day with this unlocking and deleting trophies system.

 

Well I don't use Apollo because when unlocking the trophies the percentage is damaged and it doesn't show the true percentage of the trophies. The best option at the moment is to install REBUG 4.84.2

1. Install REBUG 4.84.2, Evilnat 4.88.2 allows direct installation to firmware even if the version is lower.
2. Once in REBUG it is not necessary to convert your system to DEX, just go directly to the trophies, press triangle and press "unlock" unlock all you want.
3. Once unlocked, and if you did not convert your system to DEX you will be able to update without problems again to Evilnat 4.88.2 with all your unlocked trophies.

I know it is a lot to uninstall and reinstall but it is the only method where the trophies are not corrupted. Luck

Good news is I managed to unlock the trophies, but when I sync, the trophies don't show up.

 

Good news is I managed to unlock the trophies, but when I sync, the trophies don't show up.

Very rare, try to rebuild the database is usually useful, I hope you haven't tried to synchronize pure platinum trophies, because you will earn a ban in your account, if after that it does not let you synchronize, may be a there is a mistake for the amount of trophies be careful.

 

Good news is I managed to unlock the trophies, but when I sync, the trophies don't show up.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Sync your trophies BEFORE ANYTHING and download them via FTP.
2. Carefully, set the trophies that you want (with Apollo Save Tool or PS3TrophyIsGood) and save your changes. Always leave some easy-to-get trophies in order to get them in-game.
3. Upload the trophy folder to your user account via FTP (check that everything uploaded correctly).
4. Rebuild database and check file system.
5. Start your game and get one of the easy trophies left. Wait until the notification pops and wait again until it dissapears.
6. Connect to PSN (remember to disable syscalls and such if you are on CFW).
7. Press the PS button and go to PlayStation Network > Trophy Collection and let it sync.
8. Cross fingers :P
9. If there weren't any errors, you should now see your manually set trophies synced along the last trophy you just get.

And that's it!.

The trick is to unlock trophies one game at a time, in order to avoid corrupting everything and losing track of which game is breaking the sync process.