PS3 4.89 Update is Live! - Discussions / Details about the firmware update

ShaloooGT said:
I am waiting and I´m not asking for ETA, it will be ready when it is ready, I know. But I got confused and didn´t really understand If we have CFW or HFW or neither. I want to know because I see a lot of stupid YT videos saying that there is HFW, some that says that there is not so I always come to the real thing to confirm if this is true or not but, this time, I can´t really understand "the real thing"
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When it's ready, the first or second post will be updated with links. No worries and you don't have to read the entire thread. just check the first two posts. It should be there when it's done.
 
only joonie can do it but he's missing from psx-place

and also habib's missing
 
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Yoti said:
@Coro it works without any issues. Tested on my own console. I'm known PSP/PSV dev so I know how things works. I used license.xml from 4.88.1 with new date (today) as a part of my 4.89.2.
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If you think a single test on your personal console is enough, then you really don't know what your talking about in that aspect.
If you can't even test other models then your own then you really makes no sense in what you say. Being a psp or vita dev does not make you know how things work, because obviosuly you missing something very important.
 
There is people with good reputation (and registered in this forum) that are working as a team to update HFW/HEN to 4.89... in the sense that one of them modifyes a file and shares it with the other people in private with the attitude of "hey i made this, can someone else take a look at it to see if all changes i made are correct ?"
Some people subestimates the complexity of porting HFW/HEN to 4.89 but there are many details, so this process is repeated several times in between several people to fix the mistakes... and is needed to do it calmly to give time to other people to review the files
You know that proverb that says "four eyes can see more than two" ?... the good news is thats exactly what is happening in the background and in few days they will release the files that has been "supervised" by many eyes

So you have to decide... wait a bit for that releases with the "quality seal" of some reputable people or hurry up and install whatever you find in google that has been rushed to release it as soon as posible

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We dont want to discourage whoever wants to release experimental hacks, but we need to protect this forum users a bit, and at the same time we dont want to be bombarded with the typical problem reports related with "broken" HFW/HEN releases because could cause lot of confussion
Anyway.. if some of you wants to release something (and you are not sure how to do it) the best way is to be very honest and humble and tell everyone how many modifications you did, and how you did it, etc... this way you are playing that "team game" to allow other people to review your files
 
NiQ said:
Are we sure a more recent DEX OFW even exists?
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Since it is used for servicing the console, as far as Sony keeps giving technical support to the system, it should but we have no real proof of it

Please, someone correct me if I am wrong. My knowledge on this specific topic is very little since I´m still learning
 
ShaloooGT said:
Since it is used for servicing the console, as far as Sony keeps giving technical support to the system, it should but we have no real proof of it

Please, someone correct me if I am wrong. My knowledge on this specific topic is very little since I´m still learning
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Thought it's only used for game development and by this point I don't think Sony would even green light new PS3 games.
 
STLcardsWS said:
If you can't even test other models then your own
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4.89.1 didn't work on non-CFW models, mine 4.89.2 works. The tools used to craft 4.89.2 can build any of the previous HFWs (except "broken" 4.89.1) with same MD5. 4.89.2 was done in exactly same way as "official" ones.

PS3 scene has lost a lot of developers lately. And instead of welcoming new people, you make things to turn them around and walk away upset.
 
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Yoti said:
4.89.1 didn't work on non-CFW models, mine 4.89.2 works. The tools used to craft 4.89.2 can build any of the previous HFWs (except "broken" 4.89.1) with same MD5. 4.89.2 was done in exactly same way as "official" ones.

PS3 scene has lost a lot of developers lately. And instead of welcoming new people, you make things to turn them around and walk away upset.
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Dear Yoti,
We really appreciate your contribution to PS3 scene. New developers are always welcome.

Please understand that a custom FW release is not the same than a homebrew release.
It can cause permanent damage to several users that trust on the forum.

The moderators need evidences that the FW has been tested on multiple scenarios before give it a GO.
That's true not only for newcomers. It's also valid for developers that already have built a good reputation.

I encourage you to continue your work. The scene needs people like you.
 
Yoti said:
4.89.1 didn't work on non-CFW models, mine 4.89.2 works. The tools used to craft 4.89.2 can build any of the previous HFWs (except "broken" 4.89.1) with same MD5. 4.89.2 was done in exactly same way as "official" ones.

PS3 scene has lost a lot of developers lately. And instead of welcoming new people, you make things to turn them around and walk away upset.
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Don't worry developers are behind the scenes.
The "4.89.1" you are talking about is not "official" and buggy yes. But we have a working HFW 4.89.1 since many days now that has been tested on all kinds of PS3 and continu to be tested with HEN. It should be released when the team thinks it's time to do it . Has explained by @STLcardsWS we are not here to rush but to provide good quality stuff. It's not a competition.
 
I did try my hand at making a HFW :P I posted a beta2 in the dev forum. Started with OFW 4.89 and swapped files from 4.76. Used license.xml from HFW 4.88 and modified to refer to me instead of ps3xploit team.

I don't want to muddy the waters with a link, and it is untested outside of RPCS3, but it did go thru the install and boot there.

4.89.4-HFW-VTS-beta4.PUP
SHA1: a6a55afaf8b42172b871d3e87e61315f27f2e41c

beta4 i do same thing as beta3, but will use 4.78 for swap.
 
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Md Hesam said:
@bguerville's missing from PSX-Place?
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Md Hesam said:
only joonie can do it but he's missing from psx-place

and also habib's missing
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Md Hesam said:
@bguerville's missing from PSX-Place?
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bguerville has already made mention and intentions of supporting 4.89
esc0rtd3w has already made mention and intentions of supporting 4.89
A Stable HFW that works well with PS3HEN is coming.
A New evilnat CFW is coming .

Joonie is reachable but i think the community has it covered.
Habib is not around there have been rumors but we never have been able to confirm anything. So we hope for the best for him.

The main thing that is affected and missing in the scene is REBUG REX, Which likely would not be coming even if they both were here because you need DEX firmware. Which i think that was a problem being able to obtain. So they went ahead with some REBUG LIte Releases after that and right now Evilnat and rebug lite features are very comparable

So no need for multiple post asking this and that (i had to merge a few of your post already, just edit). When alot of that information is already been posted in recent by these guys.
They only have so much free time but they also are not going to rush


Everything is rolling out, but they like to test and make sure and the time waited vs seeing issues is much better. These guys do these on their free time. .
 
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Yoti said:
4.89.1 didn't work on non-CFW models, mine 4.89.2 works. The tools used to craft 4.89.2 can build any of the previous HFWs (except "broken" 4.89.1) with same MD5. 4.89.2 was done in exactly same way as "official" ones.

PS3 scene has lost a lot of developers lately. And instead of welcoming new people, you make things to turn them around and walk away upset.
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No offense to you (or @Louay for that matter), but that HFW 4.89.1 was buggy from the start and we had someone else build one that has been now tested over several days without issue. There is no point in having an HFW 4.89.2, 4.89.3, and so on until we have an official release.

The current HFW 4.89.1 in private testing has no issues so far, and has been tested with current PS3HEN build. I am not opposed to allowing the public to test this HFW, but at this point there are so many floating around, I do not know if that would cause even more confusion to normal users.

I do not want to take away from any other developers who put time and effort into trying to help. We really do appreciate them and their work. We understand that HEN can be installed and ran on newer FW with minimal effort, but that usually still requires testing across multiple consoles to verify any problems that may arise.

It all comes down to what will be the least confusing to end users, IMHO.
 
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