PS3HEN PS3HEN - Official Release Thread (Homebrew Enabler for the PS3) v3.5.0 (4.93 support)

[Mpalasz]

Hey so can anyone help me like yesterday 17/10 i was enabling hen normally and today when i tried like 3 times to enable hen it froze so i reinstalled hfw and now i cant even install hen either with the normal or the alt way please help will be appreciated

 

[PLAYER 1]

Thanks devs for the improvement.
I just want to ask about a possibility of make a HEN for OFWS only (maybe 4.75 to 4.82) to open a door for the thousands of consoles with broken BT and BD. today that is a huge need. thanks.

 

[ucupthea]

Need help...
My PS still 4.82 and if update to 4.85 what about my games in PS?
Last 4.82 when i play the games just enable HAN only. But for 4.85 it can still work?

And if update to 4.85, can i still instal games Pkg file?

 

[Louay]

Thanks devs for the improvement.
I just want to ask about a possibility of make a HEN for OFWS only (maybe 4.75 to 4.82) to open a door for the thousands of consoles with broken BT and BD. today that is a huge need. thanks.

Even if that happen homebrew,games,apps won't launch they will show blackscreen as for noBD patches applied to lv1 and no remarried blueray works

 

[Simio]

Was going to install HEN Toolbox for FW4.85.1-HEN_2.4 but HEN got updated to 3.0, can I still install the toolbox?

 

[Louay]

@Simio see this post in HEN Toolbox thread and @VTSTech confirm it works for him so it should work for you too

 

[pinky]

Thanks devs for the improvement.
I just want to ask about a possibility of make a HEN for OFWS only (maybe 4.75 to 4.82) to open a door for the thousands of consoles with broken BT and BD. today that is a huge need. thanks.

if that were possible, cfw would likely be possible too.

 

[amirzaim]

Need help...
My PS still 4.82 and if update to 4.85 what about my games in PS?
Last 4.82 when i play the games just enable HAN only. But for 4.85 it can still work?

And if update to 4.85, can i still instal games Pkg file?

All of your games will still retained after updating the firmware. You are advised to use HFW 4.85 to enjoy latest HEN exploits.

 

[Filipe Santos]

Turned my ps3 on today and seen it downloading some packages was like wtf but then noticed it was hen 3.0!
Thanks guys much appreciated.

 

[in1975]

Is it possible to patch vsh.self on hen as it is done on CFW?

 

[Louay]

Is it possible to patch vsh.self on hen as it is done on CFW?

If that is possible then CFW is possible on all Models including some 2k5 Slims,3k Slims and 4k Super Slims

VSH patches are done via RAM patching ,the decrypted(sprx,self) there using the patches,payload of PS3HEN.BIN that have all HEN patches from v1 till now (v3) cause when you do like in CFW there is no public key for 3.60+ modules from $ONY to sign VSH or CoreOS files with them and if you try it will kick you to soft-brick menu telling you that system is corrupted put usb with firmware X.XX or higher and press Start + Select...etc and as you know RAM is volatile memory the data in RAM (patches done by HAN/HEN while the modules are decrypted and no $ONY keys to interfere) stays there only while the PS3 is running,but when the PS3 is shut off, RAM loses its data thats why the user need to Enable HEN at each boot

 

[in1975]

If that is possible then CFW is possible on all Models including some 2k5 Slims,3k Slims and 4k Super Slims

Habib, however, somehow signed the files in the HFW, despite the fact that Sony changed the structure of the firmware files.
And part of the modules we have re-signed: dev_rewrite\vsh\module
videodownloader_plugin.sprx example

 

[DeViL303]

Habib, however, somehow signed the files in the HFW, despite the fact that Sony changed the structure of the firmware files.
And part of the modules we have re-signed: dev_rewrite\vsh\module
explore_plugin.sprx example

4.85 HFW uses all official Sony signed files, just a few are from 4.76 . No custom files are used in HFW, and the HEN pkg installs the 4.84 DEX explore_plugin.sprx, which is also signed by Sony.

You can only use custom sprx files if they are not loaded until after HEN is enabled, for example you can use a custom patched game_ext_plugin.sprx to enable the gameboot sound.

 

[Louay]

Habib, however, somehow signed the files in the HFW, despite the fact that Sony changed the structure of the firmware files.
And part of the modules we have re-signed: dev_rewrite\vsh\module
explore_plugin.sprx example

if you mean those modules inside HEN Pkg those will not be launched with them be called

as for exemple explore_plugin and videoplayer_plugin.sprx they exist from HAN
so i don't think the are re-signed as for HAN it doesn't launch homebrew or modified eboot,self,sprx and for VSH i don't think so as for console load something from VSH at boot so no possibilty to Enable HEN meaning kick to soft-brick at every Boot and the files you talk about some for silk_webkit.sprx that restore the tools functionality is from 4.82 that was working till $ONY block it in 4.83 and explore_plugin is DEX sprx some modules are from lower version like i mention for silk_webkit.sprx so all of them are signed by them "$ONY"

 

[PLAYER 1]

if that were possible, cfw would likely be possible too.

im not saying a hen for nobd/bt cause we dont need that, but a hen for some OFWs could be possible i guess... no need to install any fw and every console could get some love.

 

[pinky]

im not saying a hen for nobd/bt, thats impossible, but a hen for OFW its possible i guess... no need to install any fw.

can't. nobd/nobt requires patches to lv1. if you were to patch lv1 for hen, the system would brick. afaik, hen only makes patches to lv2 via ram.

 

[Louay]

im not saying a hen for nobd/bt, thats impossible, but a hen for OFW its possible i guess... no need to install any fw.

Lol,that mean to redo the work from zero as $ONY block the webkit from 4.83 so the team need to work on new entry point and search address from scratch and tatatata man as i said it before if the tools are for OFW nothing to be change games,apps,homebrew will not work on your PS3 as there is no workin blueray drive attached to your PS3 it will blackscreen on every thing you enter app,game,homebrew,tv...etc you will have just a workin XMB nothing more nothing less

 

[Louay]

can't. nobd/nobt requires patches to lv1. if you were to patch lv1 for hen, the system would brick. afaik, hen only makes patches to lv2 via ram.

yes as you say PS3 use loaders at boot lv0,lv1,lv2... and when it see an lv1 with older signed keys that are blocked in new firmware it will kick to soft-brick screen ("your system is corrupted connect usb flash drive with firmware X.XX or higher.Press Start + Select simultaneously to update...."

 

[pinky]

I guess I misunderstood the comment. @Louay is correct.

speaking of nobd (possibly nobt too), I'm wondering how that was accomplished with 4.74 on the ps4. sony must've really screwed something up, so I guess it could be possible on ofw if a major exploit was found.

 

[in1975]

You can only use custom sprx files if they are not loaded until after HEN is enabled, for example you can use a custom patched game_ext_plugin.sprx to enable the gameboot sound.

Convinced. But is there something that can be fixed in sysconf_plugin.rco to reduce the time it takes to display text about epilepsy?