PS3 PS3 4.91 Firmware Released - Do Not Update!!!

UPDATE: its now safe to update to 4.91. PS3HEN (& HFW), CFW & PS3 Toolset have been updated to support 4.91.

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PS3 Firmware 4.91 is now Live

The expected once a year firmware update has been executed by Sony, PS3 4.91 Firmware is now Live. While an expected update, could this bring other changes to the firmware? Likely not but its still early to conclude as this update is fresh as of writing .

Do not update, various exploits / tools / essential homebrew will need to be updated to support the latest firmware update of 4.91. See below for a short FAQ on 4.91, as there is always some confusions around the update process. .
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F.A.Q.

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  Should i update to 4.91 now?
  
  • NO, you will temporary lose your jailbreak (CFW or HEN) if you update to 4.91. (until projects are updated)
  
  
  What should i do if I accidentally updated to 4.91 by mistake?
  
  • You will have to wait for developer's to update exploits and tools to support 4.91.
    • PS3HEN, will need two things to happen.
      • 1.) HFW (hybrid firmware) will need to be released (by itself, it's useless), so do not update to 4.91 HFW without PS3HEN 4.91 or you will essentially just be on 4.91 Official Firmware and stuck until solution for 4.91 are complete. RELEASED https://www.psx-place.com/threads/o...-for-4-91-firmware-from-team-ps3xploit.43199/
        
      • 2.) PS3HEN will need to be updated to support 4.91 (@esc0rtd3w provides an update for 4.91 )
        RELEASED https://www.psx-place.com/threads/o...-for-4-91-firmware-from-team-ps3xploit.43199/
    • CFW: will need two things.
      • 1.) A 4.91 CFW Release (@Evilnat is developing now) UPDATE RELEASED
      • 2.) An update to bguerville's PS3 Toolset to support 4.91 @bguerville has stated he will wait for the release of a 4.91 CFW until a PS3 Toolset update is rolled out.
  
  
  I did not update to 4.91, when tools and exploits are released for 4.91, what is the basic procedure for updating to 4.91?
  
  • PS3HEN
    1. Install 4.91 HFW
    2. Install/Run 4.91 PS3HEN
  • CFW
    1. Install a 4.91 CFW
    • You will not need to use bguerville's PS3 Toolset if updating from a 4.90 CFW to a 4.91 CFW directly. only would need to use the toolset if you updated to 4.91 Official Firmware.(or installed HFW)
  
  What are unofficial releases and can they be trusted?
  
  • HFW (method) & PS3HEN (code) are public/open source, so unofficial releases will appear, the quality can vary dramatically so its best to choose official release's, For PS3HEN its a PS3Xploit Team project (@esc0rtd3w and @Joonie). HFW was a creation of @Joonie with @Joonie or @littlebalup's supplying the official release's for PS3HEN.
    
  • CFW - In the current era of CFW, look no farther then @Evilnat for quality and features. but anyone can create a CFW, but Evilnat has had a long standing reputation that has been great in the PS3 Scene.
    
  • Ps3 Toolset: This is a closed source project, so you can only trust the official when it comes to quality and operating the way it was intended to be use. There have been imitations in the past but they have come with a great risk. Look for @bguerville support for 4.91 after CFW 4.91 is released.
  
  
  What is HFW (Hybrid Firmware)? Then, why it needed for PS3HEN / CFW Flash Writer but not bguerville PS3 Toolset?
  
  • See > this post <
  
  
  Why did Sony update the PS3, i thought PS3 Support has ended ?
  
  • While support on the PS3 has ended, As expected there are still a once a year firmware update for the Blu-Ray player on the console.
  
  
  Where can i find out the latest details and info about 4.91 and also how to connect to PSN from 4.90 (at your own risk)?
  
  • A thread created by @LuanTeles has been created for 4.91 here >> https://www.psx-place.com/threads/ps3-firmware-4-91-update-is-live-do-not-update.42990/

 

سوف تقومون بنشر HEN HFW معًا، أليس كذلك؟

سوف تقومون بنشر HEN HFW معًا، أليس كذلك؟

MOD EDIT (English translation)

You'll be posting HEN HFW together, right?

HEN requires HFW (on versions 4.83+) so it can't be released before HFW is ready. HFW technically can be installed without HEN but it's completely useless without it (won't give you anything that OFW doesn't). I doubt HFW will be released to the public before HEN is ready because there will be people who install it without reading the warnings and then get stuck without HEN for a while because updates cannot be reverted.

Will these damn updates last a lifetime?
Now they should leave this console completely free.
Shame on this company if PS3 games still don't work on the next console (PS5 Pro or PS6).

Sony's not releasing those new OFWs to block jailbreaks actually (the last time it did so was on version 4.83). The exploits used by HEN and bgtoolset are still present in 4.91 and there can also be CFW based on the new version (Evilnat's currently working on it). It just takes time to update the jailbreak tools and CFW to the new version.
According to the initial analysis, it seems that the changes in 4.91 are the same as those in 4.90 - it updates the Blu-Ray encryption keys so you can watch new Blu-Ray releases.

Regarding backwards compatibility - I would be very surprised if any new PlayStation will ever be natively backwards compatible with the PS3. The Cell architecture of the PS3 is just completely different than any other console ever had (it also was a nightmare for game developers). Emulating it is a very difficult task. There's the unofficial RPCS3 emulator for the PC, which took many years of development before it could play a single game, so I doubt Sony will invest so much time developing a PS3 emulator of its own (and it can't use RPCS3 as a base because it's GPL licensed). Seems that instead, popular PS3 titles are just ported to new systems.

 

HEN requires HFW (on versions 4.83+) so it can't be released before HFW is ready. HFW technically can be installed without HEN but it's completely useless without it (won't give you anything that OFW doesn't). I doubt HFW will be released to the public before HEN is ready because there will be people who install it without reading the warnings and then get stuck without HEN for a while because updates cannot be reverted.


Sony's not releasing those new OFWs to block jailbreaks actually (the last time it did so was on version 4.83). The exploits used by HEN and bgtoolset are still present in 4.91 and there can also be CFW based on the new version (Evilnat's currently working on it). It just takes time to update the jailbreak tools and CFW to the new version.
According to the initial analysis, it seems that the changes in 4.91 are the same as those in 4.90 - it updates the Blu-Ray encryption keys so you can watch new Blu-Ray releases.

Regarding backwards compatibility - I would be very surprised if any new PlayStation will ever be natively backwards compatible with the PS3. The Cell architecture of the PS3 is just completely different than any other console ever had (it also was a nightmare for game developers). Emulating it is a very difficult task. There's the unofficial RPCS3 emulator for the PC, which took many years of development before it could play a single game, so I doubt Sony will invest so much time developing a PS3 emulator of its own (and it can't use RPCS3 as a base because it's GPL licensed). Seems that instead, popular PS3 titles are just ported to new systems.

Actually, there is no need for an emulator for this, CPU and GPU can be added to the hardware for PS3, after all, these are not expensive hardware anymore and they solve this problem at a maximum cost of 5 dollars.
The first PS3 also included PS2 hardware so they could come up with such a solution.
It's frustrating enough that they don't make a consistent backwards system like Xbox.

 

Actually, there is no need for an emulator for this, CPU and GPU can be added to the hardware for PS3, after all, these are not expensive hardware anymore and they solve this problem at a maximum cost of 5 dollars.
The first PS3 also included PS2 hardware so they could come up with such a solution.
It's frustrating enough that they don't make a consistent backwards system like Xbox.

It's pretty much impossible now - Other than the PS3 and some high end computation servers, the Cell architecture was a commercial failure and was discontinued along with the PS3 in 2017. Re-establishing the production line of a discontinued processor just for backwards compatibility with a console two or three generations back makes no commercial sense and would cost a lot more than $5 / unit. tbh also I don't see many Gen-Zers who buy PS5s using that feature.

Indeed the PS3 had hardware backwards compatibility with PS2 on its released - but that was removed very quickly to make the PS3 more affordable (only the 1st gen console had the EE CPU and only the 1st and 2nd gen consoles had the GS GPU). It made sense at the time because when the PS3 launched there weren't too many titles for the new console and Sony didn't want people to buy it and not be able to play it because there's nothing interesting to play, so leveraging the huge catalog of the PS2 (the most successful console in history) made a lot of sense. Once the PS3 had a decent selection of native games it made sense to remove that backwards compatibility to drop its price and give a better competition to the Xbox 360 (which was more successful than the PS3 at the time). Also - when the PS3 launched new PS2s were still being manufactured, so the manufacturing lines of the EE and GS were still running. The same way, maybe it would've made sense if the first PS4s had backwards compatibility with the PS3, because, like the PS3, when the PS4 launched the PS3 was still being manufactured, but now this has not been the case for a very long time.

 

Just a quick update on the current state of affairs -

1. CFW - Evilnat is still working on 4.91. He already has the CEX version working but it's still in beta and he still needs to create DEX, PEX and D-PEX and test them as well before they can be released. You do not want to have a buggy firmware so be patient. Once Evilnat 4.91 is released, those already on CFW will be able to update.
2. bgtoolset - bguerville has confirmed that the new firmware does not close the exploit used by his toolset. The toolset will be updated to support 4.91 but only after Evilnat releases his CFW, since bgtoolset by itself is useless without a CFW to install.
3. HFW - Someone posted an unofficial 4.91 HFW but note that it's not from the official HEN team and is beta quality so I would not recommend installing it at this point, and besides, HFW by itself is useless without HEN itself being ported as well. Still, it does prove that there's no problem with the exploit used by HEN either.
4. HEN - I'm not sure about this one. I haven't seen any updates. It's 100% certain that HEN can be updated to support 4.91 but I'm not sure who's working on it.

 

Just a quick update on the current state of affairs -

1. CFW - Evilnat is still working on 4.91. He already has the CEX version working but it's still in beta and he still needs to create DEX, PEX and D-PEX and test them as well before they can be released. You do not want to have a buggy firmware so be patient. Once Evilnat 4.91 is released, those already on CFW will be able to update.
2. bgtoolset - bguerville has confirmed that the new firmware does not close the exploit used by his toolset. The toolset will be updated to support 4.91 but only after Evilnat releases his CFW, since bgtoolset by itself is useless without a CFW to install.
3. HFW - Someone posted an unofficial 4.91 HFW but note that it's not from the official HEN team and is beta quality so I would not recommend installing it at this point, and besides, HFW by itself is useless without HEN itself being ported as well. Still, it does prove that there's no problem with the exploit used by HEN either.
4. HEN - I'm not sure about this one. I haven't seen any updates. It's 100% certain that HEN can be updated to support 4.91 but I'm not sure who's working on it.

HEN is being updated by @esc0rtd3w and @Joonie , afaik it's currently in private beta testing (https://www.psx-place.com/threads/p...nabler-for-the-ps3.23955/page-219#post-382250). Not sure about HFW though.

 

HEN is being updated by @esc0rtd3w and @Joonie , afaik it's currently in private beta testing (https://www.psx-place.com/threads/p...nabler-for-the-ps3.23955/page-219#post-382250). Not sure about HFW though.

They are always released together officially.
HFW 4.91 has been created by Joonie and is being tested with HEN 4.91

 

They are always released together officially.
HFW 4.91 has been created by Joonie and is being tested with HEN 4.91

Some news websites have reported this update as a terrible things for the community, e.g. that Sony closed all the exploits and that anyone who'd updated would never be able to use homebrew again.
Better debunk that crap officially imho. I don't think many of us were surprised by the new version, which afaik just updates the Blu-Ray keys yet again (unless there's something I'm unaware of), just takes a while to update firmware and tools. People are hysterical over nothing.

 

I`m still playing online hope these are only rumors...

 

They are always released together officially.
HFW 4.91 has been created by Joonie and is being tested with HEN 4.91

@STLcardsWS please, check your DM

 

Some news websites have reported this update as a terrible things for the community, e.g. that Sony closed all the exploits and that anyone who'd updated would never be able to use homebrew again.
Better debunk that crap officially imho. I don't think many of us were surprised by the new version, which afaik just updates the Blu-Ray keys yet again (unless there's something I'm unaware of), just takes a while to update firmware and tools. People are hysterical over nothing.

A lot of sites are spreading fake news, yesterday i read one that was claiming that 4.91 disabled physical discs to be played that ofc is not true.

The only one differences in this fw are the new BD keys and both vsh and kernel are the same as fw 4.89 (latest ones), on 4.90 sony used an old source for kernel and vsh, the same as 4.80.

 

Some news websites have reported this update as a terrible things for the community, e.g. that Sony closed all the exploits and that anyone who'd updated would never be able to use homebrew again.
Better debunk that crap officially imho. I don't think many of us were surprised by the new version, which afaik just updates the Blu-Ray keys yet again (unless there's something I'm unaware of), just takes a while to update firmware and tools. People are hysterical over nothing.

These "news sites" probably know nothing about PS3 or just want to cause controversy to get traffic.

Evilnat has plans to release CFW 4.91 this week. So CFW is already covered.
Here is a post from him confirming that webMAN MOD is working and yesterday made a pull request indicating in PEX is almost ready.
https://twitter.com/xXEvilnatXx/status/1763343466367438866

In regards to HEN, there are many videos in Youtube showing *unofficial versions* of HEN working "perfectly" on 4.91. Therefore HEN is not an issue either. The official HEN is ready in beta and currently being tested. Some improvements are in developments, thus the users should be patient.

About the unofficial HEN versions, it's recommended to wait for the official release. You never know what hidden code could be included that could harm your console (as happened before with the stolen bgtoolset) or what information could be stolen (idps, consoleid, password, etc.) as some homebrews have done in the past. Remember that we're talking about the same R* people

 

Evilnat on Twitter:
"It seems that there are people who are selling the BETA of my CFW 4.91 on telegram. DON'T PAY ANYTHING!!! My CFW is free for everyone. If you have paid something, please send me the link so I can investigate who did it"

The people selling those betas are pocketing the money for themselves - nothing goes to Evilnat.
If you want to donate to Evilnat, use his paypal: paypal.me/xXEvilnatXx
According to another post on Twitter, the CFW will be released to the public today at 23:00 CET (5 hours from the time of posting this).

Please note that even after Evilnat 4.91 is released, currently the only way to install it is to upgrade from a previous version. Those who've already updated to OFW 4.91 will need to wait until bgtoolset is updated as well (shouldn't take too long).

 

I asked meta ai for the ps3 keys and it responded with

The decryption keys for PS3 Super Slim models (4xxx series) are:
- EBOOT.BIN decryption key:
- Key: 54 77 6E 65 64 43 6F 64 65 4D 65 74 61 4C 6F 67
- IV: 4C 6F 47 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 4F 46 54 48 45 4C
- SELF decryption key:
- Key: 4E 54 44 4F 57 4E 4C 4F 41 44 49 4E 47 4C 6F 67
- IV: 4C 6F 47 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 4F 46 54 48 45 4C


*Lv0 (Level 0) Key:*
3A 43 6E 3A 43 6E 3A 43 6E 3A 43 6E 3A 43 6E

*Lv1 (Level 1) Key:*
47 81 49 45 44 45 52 45 43 49 53 44 41 49 33 37

*Lv2 (Level 2) Key:*
46 DC EA 65 4A 4A 5F 93 34 68 78 17 D6 42 6F 73
8A 42 14 8A 4A 4A 51 95 34 68 78 17 D6 42 6F 73

*Lv3 (Level 3) Key:*
46 DC EA 65 4A 4A 5F 93 34 68 78 17 D6 42 6F 73
8A 42 14 8A 4A 4A 51 95 34 68 78 17 D6 42 6F 73

*Lv4 (Level 4) Key:*
C6 EF F7 43 6A 8F 07 47 59 35 3B 9B 1A 11 41 51 37

*Lv5 (Level 5) Key:*
A3 67 93 41 45 95 44 4A 49 53 4D 43 46 4F 52 43
E9 45 95 44 4A 49 53 4D 43 46 4F 52 43 45 49 45

*SYSCON Key:*
47 81 49 45 44 45 52 45 43 49 53 44 41 49 33 37

 

I wonder if there is a chance that Sony develops some kind of feature or way to download the BluRay keys just by launching the movie player with an Internet connection.

That would be the most cost-effective and easiest way to publish keys and still make the players fully compatible with new movies.

Just a thought.

Can anybody help me I am trying to jailbreak my
PS3
Model number CECH-4004C but it does not work I tried updating it with system update media but it doesn't pick up the update

They can't do that, those keys are inside dev_flash modules

My
PS3
Model number CECH-4004C doesn't want to update with the software when I go to system update it doesn't pick up the update and yes it is fat 32
I formatted it a lot of times and downloaded the software alot and watched tutorials alot but it doesn't want to pic up

 

My
PS3
Model number CECH-4004C doesn't want to update with the software when I go to system update it doesn't pick up the update and yes it is fat 32
I formatted it a lot of times and downloaded the software alot and watched tutorials alot but it doesn't want to pic up

Does the USB disk show up on the Music / Photo / Video tabs on XMB?

 

Yes it shows plz understand I have been trying for almost 2 weeks now to figure it out and yes I did try safe mode it throws me that massage of there is no data

 

Does the USB disk show up on the Music / Photo / Video tabs on XMB?

Maybe try recovery mode then, especially if you're already on 4.91. Also make sure you use HFW 4.91.1 and not anything earlier.
Do not use CFW, since super slims are not compatible.

 

I did try recovery mode the system update does not pic it up and throws the data error and yes I have the right software in the right order of files don't know what else it can be don't believe I am missing a step

I even use Rufus app to make shore