PS3 Firmware 0.93

[Joonie]

okay, it did extract 0.60, but there's no dev_blind whatsoever. here's what it is:

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Some ebootroms don't have dev_flash contents but only core os and bd firmwares.

 

[Charles_n_town]

Some ebootroms don't have dev_flash contents but only core os and bd firmwares.

yeah, I kinda figured that as the download was only like 4.something MBs. it gives an error about no nandupdate, but it will still decrypt it. I didn't check any others to see just how limited they really are. 0.85 seems pretty limited with no qgl folder nor coldboot/gameboot. lol no errors with that one.

 

[Joonie]

yeah, I kinda figured that as the download was only like 4.something MBs. it gives an error about no nandupdate, but it will still decrypt it. I didn't check any others to see just how limited they really are. 0.85 seems pretty limited with no qgl folder nor coldboot/gameboot. lol no errors with that one.

There's an unofficial custom built for 0.85 that has full nand_update. I don't remember if that was ever shared. We dumped that from a kit from studio perhaps then turned that into a custom ebootrom.

https://x.com/joonie86/status/821885704435183616?s=46&t=9dktWLAZxgeXtYt2nEyBNQ

here I found the post I made.

 

[Charles_n_town]

does it have a coldboot/gameboot? how do you convert it back into an update pup?

 

[Joonie]

does it have a coldboot/gameboot? how do you convert it back into an update pup?

it's been 8 years and my memory is very blurry on that one. It's not hard to build a pup. You can probably repack using puad as long as decr pup is supported for 1.00

 

[Charles_n_town]

thanks, I can't test it (don't have a ps3 cfw-compatible), but @LuanTeles , https://www.mediafire.com/file/8vdl1xq6enn8656/check.tar/file that's all of 0.93. you were right, @Joonie , the key was using linux.

@LuanTeles -

here's your phat/fat version with the old system settings icon with new user +, if you want to put this in your mod. not sure if you noticed, but I changed the remote play settings to the one you wanted as well. it looks very nice:

nm, I guess I had undone it, but here it is:

here's nonfat/phat with the remote play icon, and all the others in case you want to make it part of your mod @LuanTeles :

 

[LuanTeles]

Thank you

 

[zecoxao]

there are 3 ebootrom explode tools in my repository, not just one. each of the tools is for a different kind of ebootrom. you must know which tool to use before trying to unpack

 

[Charles_n_town]

Thank you

Yw. Tbh, it gives me something to do, even if I no longer own the consoles to test stuff myself. Being on disability and being at home all day doesn't give me much to do. I'm thinking of joining a club for people with the same condition or similar to myself for something to do during the day. I do enjoy sharing my files and my knowledge to help others though currently. It makes me feel needed.

there are 3 ebootrom explode tools in my repository, not just one. each of the tools is for a different kind of ebootrom. you must know which tool to use before trying to unpack

I've used two of them thus far. Sorry, we posted at the same time. I didn't mean to double-post. I figured it out though.

@Joonie @zecoxao what options do I select in PUAD to repack a pup as 0.93 firmware or whatever? I'm a bit confused, because it asks you to select a pup to use, and the pup is about the same size no matter what I select (dev_blind, coreOS, full PUP, which doesn't currently work, or update tar files, which also doesn't work iirc), so I don't know if I trust it.

 

[Joonie]

Yw. Tbh, it gives me something to do, even if I no longer own the consoles to test stuff myself. Being on disability and being at home all day doesn't give me much to do. I'm thinking of joining a club for people with the same condition or similar to myself for something to do during the day. I do enjoy sharing my files and my knowledge to help others though currently. It makes me feel needed.


I've used two of them thus far. Sorry, we posted at the same time. I didn't mean to double-post. I figured it out though.

@Joonie @zecoxao what options do I select in PUAD to repack a pup as 0.93 firmware or whatever? I'm a bit confused, because it asks you to select a pup to use, and the pup is about the same size no matter what I select (dev_blind, coreOS, full PUP, which doesn't currently work, or update tar files, which also doesn't work iirc), so I don't know if I trust it.

let's ask @Evilnat for that.. I used to build pups fully from individual tools for each step (tar ball packing, then turn them into pkg files, then fake sign them to spkg.. so on) .. but I forgot and lost my working scripts and ended up using @Evilnat 's puad 2.0 beta

You can probably use 0.94 or 0.92 PUP as base and replace all the contents inside... mainly just dev_flash and CORE_OS. these will just let you boot VSH using RPCS3 I believe.

if PUAD 2.0 doesn't work nicely, then try using MFWbuilder fork by @haxxxen

 

[Joonie]

yeah, I kinda figured that as the download was only like 4.something MBs. it gives an error about no nandupdate, but it will still decrypt it. I didn't check any others to see just how limited they really are. 0.85 seems pretty limited with no qgl folder nor coldboot/gameboot. lol no errors with that one.

https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps3/Coldboot.raf

looks like it's been a thing since 2.70.. so it makes not to be found..

 

[Charles_n_town]

thanks, @Joonie . I'll wait for Evilnat's response. I learned a lot yesterday thanks to all of you.

edit: about the coldboot, I noticed that I think it was 0.93 had a stereo version of coldboot and gameboot audio, just no animations. thanks for the information.

@Joonie , I think I figured out how to repack a pup, but I'm not sure if PUAD can do it correctly, because it only has options for 3.xx and 4.xx. I think you're supposed to choose repack, then extract the pup, replace the files, then repack. I keep getting an error about no spkg though, but I don't think it exists this early in the firmware, so it could be the result of having to select 3.xx. I was using 1.02 as a base, because I couldn't remember where 0.94 or 0.92 were located. I'm also not sure if you need to replace the pkg files or the extracted files.

 

[Joonie]

@Joonie , I think I figured out how to repack a pup, but I'm not sure if PUAD can do it correctly, because it only has options for 3.xx and 4.xx. I think you're supposed to choose repack, then extract the pup, replace the files, then repack. I keep getting an error about no spkg though, but I don't think it exists this early in the firmware, so it could be the result of having to select 3.xx. I was using 1.02 as a base, because I couldn't remember where 0.94 or 0.92 were located. I'm also not sure if you need to replace the pkg files or the extracted files.

The reason why you have 3.xx and 4.xx is because of spkg. spkg was introduced for 4.xx to add another layer of protection to prevent CFW which was reversed anyways due to lv0 key reveal and ECDSA fail. anyways, you could get 0.94 and 0.92 from the archive site of darth's firmware site.

 

[Charles_n_town]

The reason why you have 3.xx and 4.xx is because of spkg. spkg was introduced for 4.xx to add another layer of protection to prevent CFW which was reversed anyways due to lv0 key reveal and ECDSA fail. anyways, you could get 0.94 and 0.92 from the archive site of darth's firmware site.

I figured as such. not sure what's going on, but I've had an issue with this site over the past ten minutes. I couldn't like nor respond, it seems like I can't even log in correctly. anyway, I figured I couldn't use PUAD due to that limitation.

 

[Joonie]

I figured as such. not sure what's going on, but I've had an issue with this site over the past ten minutes. I couldn't like nor respond, it seems like I can't even log in correctly. anyway, I figured I couldn't use PUAD due to that limitation.

I think you can repack it using 3.xx option and even @LuanTeles made it work with 1.0x I think? 3.xx doesn't have spkg so it should be good

 

[Charles_n_town]

I think you can repack it using 3.xx option and even @LuanTeles made it work with 1.0x I think? 3.xx doesn't have spkg so it should be good

my question is which selections do I select in 2.0 PUAD? that's where I'm confused, and do I need to add a syscon version or manual version for that or the image? I'll wait for @LuanTeles to respond. I uploaded the dev_blind, I think, just not the coreOS iirc, for that version.

edit: this is everything: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5z8tlkhb9kjy7x2/test.zip/file

@GuilloteTesla , I'm not sure what's going on, but I can't send pm's, give likes, or even post in the board that allows you to mention issues you have. please help.

mind you, I was going to post frame4:

 

[LuanTeles]

I didn't pack it as a PUP, i just flashed the dev_flash files on my system

 

[Charles_n_town]

I didn't packed it as a PUP, i just flashed the dev_flash files on my system

thanks for letting me know, but I'm not going to post any until my account is fixed. I feel like I'm in trouble or I'm being reprimanded for some reason. good luck.

 

[LuanTeles]

yeah, I kinda figured that as the download was only like 4.something MBs. it gives an error about no nandupdate, but it will still decrypt it. I didn't check any others to see just how limited they really are. 0.85 seems pretty limited with no qgl folder nor coldboot/gameboot. lol no errors with that one.

0.83 is the first firmware to feature the XMB.

0.83 and 0.85 don't have any waves. Waves were introduced in 0.90 (disabled) and enabled in 0.91.

 

[Charles_n_town]

0.83 is the first firmware to feature the XMB.

0.83 and 0.85 don't have any waves. Waves were introduced in 0.90 (disabled) and enabled in 0.91.

cool. I can't like your post like I mentioned or I would've. btw, I'm not sure if you saw this: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/firmware-0-93.45832/#post-407292 the second link is a tar.gz file for use with your linux distro, so you can dump these ebootroms and firmwares as it's the built executables, in case I can't return. I've been feeling very upset that I'm so crippled on this site. I don't know if it was deliberate, but I'm not going to post anymore until it's resolved. and, I have no where else to go if I were to leave here.

@LuanTeles , there may actually be something wrong with the site. loading threads is messing up now like it was before.

the reason I'm posting is that I think it was 0.60, which may be the earliest I could find on darthsternie, doesn't even have a coreOS or dev_blind. it just has a ros file and a few others.

@LuanTeles , I decrypted all of them: https://1fichier.com/?vr5phqajoqc5nzlc7hgb

it was too large to put on a free account at mediafire, I hope you understand. I put the data, vsh, et al. folders in the same location as the packages.