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

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Bruno-Paz said:
Good night. Is it possible for HEN to damage the PS3 super slim in any way, even with the unlock working? Working 100%?
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afaik, these are all memory patches, which won't hurt the system as they don't hard mod anything. you have to redo hen at every boot, so it's safe. I think even @bgeuerville 's toolbox has safety measures in place in case you're trying to install cfw. patching will be disabled I think. anyway, you should be good on a superslim just know what not to install, which is in the op.
 
UFC3 said:
Software cannot damage hardware directly.
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On the PS3 specifically I can think of many things that would make the console unusable & a couple that could be used in a deliberate attempt to destroy some of its hardware.

For instance, imagine what would happen if a malicious code snippet that reprograms the syscon fan tables to disable the fan & the overheating shutdown procedures was executed on a console?
And what about a legit code snippet originally meant to improve the fan control that might, for some reason, be dysfunctioning to the point that in effect it does the same thing as the malicious code I just described?

Also, a code snippet could corrupt a firmware, with malicious intent or not, which in practice can kill the hardware even though technically it does not fry any component per se.
In that case, reprogramming the firmware to revive the console might be an option but it may require hardware & know how, and in some cases reprogramming isn't possible without having a prior backup.
In the ps3, there are various potential targets for such issues.

@Bruno-Paz
The PS3HEN payload made available by ps3xploit team cannot directly damage any hardware in the ps3, at least not as far as we know. The HEN payload is open source, anyone is welcome to look at it, it is just a mini Cobra version where all features requiring hypervisor jailbreak were removed. The Cobra code has been used/improved for many years, it has been at the core of most modern PS3 CFWs for just as long.
Of course, I cannot speak for other HEN payloads compiled/hosted by 3rd parties.

HEN is a jailbreak enabling you to run custom code like on CFW. From there, it's like on PC, the custom code you run can be malicious in nature (it has been extremely rare & limited in scope on the PS3 so far but not unheard of) or it might simply be incompatible with your setup & create problems with your OS to the point that you must reformat & reinstall everything.
In the most extreme cases, running incompatible custom code might even brick a console.

If you wish to avoid this kind of problem, you might wanna think twice before

1. installing a homebrew you are not 100% sure to be compatible with your current setup.
2. installing anything (homebrew/game/app) that doesn't come from a verified & trusted source.
 
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Terrabyte_Spacemonkey said:
hen 4.86 include rap files in exdata folder? so i can install pkg with rap without activate system on psn???
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It has been a long time since I used PS3 (over a year). So if I'm wrong correct me...
Here is the answer to your, you can put the rap files in dev_hdd0/exdata and activating HEN will automatically activate the game. The rap files aren't there already, you gotta put them there.
 
Itroublve Hacker said:
It has been a long time since I used PS3 (over a year). So if I'm wrong correct me...
Here is the answer to your, you can put the rap files in dev_hdd0/exdata and activating HEN will automatically activate the game. The rap files aren't there already, you gotta put them there.
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I need update my hfw too 4.86 and my hen is still 4.84
 
Itroublve Hacker said:
As long as you are on latest HEN version. You shall have everything as per standard. So it's up to you to update, to update simply put the HFW file on USB and well install it.
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Well dude looks like doesn't work i placed rap file in exdata without activate system.. I installed game the house of the dead 4
 

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Itroublve Hacker said:
As long as you are on latest HEN version. You shall have everything as per standard. So it's up to you to update, to update simply put the HFW file on USB and well install it.
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Coro said:
system must be activated for rap import to work.
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So anyway without activate hen and sign in into psn activate system not been banned because my psn is new.. I created an account a month ago in my phone.. Not in console
 
Terrabyte_Spacemonkey said:
So anyway without activate hen and sign in into psn activate system not been banned because my psn is new.. I created an account a month ago in my phone.. Not in console
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Well. You'll need to activate your account for games, I think you can do it by not Enabling HEN and activating the console and signing off PSN and enabling HEN. And afaik and have used HEN I don't think you'll be banned with HEN not enabled. BUT you still have a slight risk/chance of ban
 
Itroublve Hacker said:
Well. You'll need to activate your account for games, I think you can do it by not Enabling HEN and activating the console and signing off PSN and enabling HEN. And afaik and have used HEN I don't think you'll be banned with HEN not enabled. BUT you still have a slight risk/chance of ban
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Okay bro i will do it sometime and now enjoying the game first... You know still scared that banned thing
 
KevinF said:
could someone tell me, if it is possible to see what is happening in real time, when enabling the hen?
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Possible = Possibly, I think it is possible. But the issue will be doing this will result HEN failures and enabling time can increase. But you can always have a look at the payload source to see what it patches and does.
 
Itroublve Hacker said:
Possible = Possibly, I think it is possible. But the issue will be doing this will result HEN failures and enabling time can increase. But you can always have a look at the payload source to see what it patches and does.
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but would you know how to do this? even though it may cause problems..
 
KevinF said:
could someone tell me, if it is possible to see what is happening in real time, when enabling the hen?
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No.
If HEN was using a js exploitation framework like the one I made for the PS3 Toolset, you would get proper real time logging of all the exploitation processes however HEN uses an archaic & minimal javascript exploit implementation making it impossible to show any real time log data in the browser.
I doubt you will ever get this type of logs with the current HEN even if it were updated. You will probably have to wait for the next evolution of ps3 jailbreaks before you get such a feature.
 
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