PS3 [Update] Apollo Save Tool v1.8.4 released

bucanero · Mar 8, 2020

Java Brasil ps3 said:
hi sorry to disturb the save more i'm trying to remove the id and re-sign with my psid Apollo is corrupting on the pendrive and the option to remove psid is only appearing by pendrive and not HD

as a general rule, you shouldn't remove the console-id (psid) or account-id when you're resigning a save you want to use.
So if you have a save on USB, click only on "resign" without applying any other change or patch. Then copy to HDD from the XMB.

have you tried with the older version 0.6.5 ? you get the same issue?

Java Brasil ps3 · Mar 8, 2020

bucanero said:
as a general rule, you shouldn't remove the console-id (psid) or account-id when you're resigning a save you want to use.
So if you have a save on USB, click only on "resign" without applying any other change or patch. Then copy to HDD from the XMB.

have you tried with the older version 0.6.5 ? you get the same issue?

The old version is going to have the option of removing the id in saves from the HD, because only the USB that is appearing is an excuse. I'm Brazilian and I don't know English. I'm here with Google.

bucanero · Mar 8, 2020

I don't understand your message. :confused3:

in the previous version you have the option to resign on USB and also on HDD, so you could try it and see the results.

Berion · Mar 8, 2020

DeViL303 said:
Nice work @bucanero and @Berion Very nice app. Really official/professional looking.

Thanks. But about the GUI, umm, well, how can I put that... That's how it should looks like in the first place: :tongue:

https://www.psx-place.com/threads/new-ps3-save-tool-testing-wanted.27964/page-4#post-227231

psdavx · Mar 9, 2020

After removing the copy protection of savedata stored in USB, it cannot be copied back to the ps3, the screen prompts that the data is corrupted

Algol · Mar 9, 2020

@bucanero : C'est excellent ce que tu viens de nous créer mais j'ai une proposition d'amélioration à formuler.

Pourrais-tu lors des sauvegardes sur USB vérifier s'il n'existe pas plusieurs comptes (cessions) sur le DD interne de la PS3 et éviter que toutes les SAVEs ne soient mises ensembles dans le même répertoire par les différents propriétaires.
Par exemple, créer un dossier comportant le numéro de cession et le nom exact du propriétaire qui fait cette sauvegarde (mon cas étant : "00000001-Allan" par exemple), tout ceci étant dans le dossier "PS3/Savedata" que tu as créé via "Apollo v0.9.0".
Ce n'est qu'une amélioration possible.

Très cordialement. Algol "le papy".

In English via Google :

Could you during backups on USB check if there are not several accounts (transfers) on the internal DD of the PS3 and prevent all the SAVEs from being put together in the same directory by the different owners.
For example, create a folder with the transfer number and the exact name of the owner who makes this backup (my case being: "00000001-Allan" for example), all of this being in the "PS3/Savedata" folder that you created via "Apollo v0.9.0".
It is only a possible improvement.

TIA

bucanero · Mar 9, 2020

psdavx said:
After removing the copy protection of savedata stored in USB, it cannot be copied back to the ps3, the screen prompts that the data is corrupted

have you tried with the older version 0.6.5 ? you get the same issue?
if you could try it , let me know the results.

edit: I was able to reproduce the bug. I'll release a quick bug fix soon (probably tomorrow)

if you need to recover the "corrupt" save, install the v0.6.5 and resign the save. (the older version doesn't have the resign bug)

bucanero · Mar 9, 2020

There's a resign bug on v0.9.0 when resigning a save on USB. I'll release a fix soon (v0.9.1)

https://github.com/bucanero/apollo-ps3/issues/12

psdavx · Mar 10, 2020

bucanero said:
have you tried with the older version 0.6.5 ? you get the same issue?
if you could try it , let me know the results.

edit: I was able to reproduce the bug. I'll release a quick bug fix soon (probably tomorrow)

if you need to recover the "corrupt" save, install the v0.6.5 and resign the save. (the older version don't have the resign bug)

Tried version 0.6.5, without the problem,I will wait for the new version to be released,thanks!

ashura · Mar 10, 2020

hello guys i hope that you arehaving an excellent day, i wanted to let you know that on the new version the option for removing copy protection was removed i do not know why, it is because that that this one was really useful at the moment of reasign saves procedures, thanks in advance

bucanero · Mar 10, 2020

ashura said:
hello guys i hope that you arehaving an excellent day, i wanted to let you know that on the new version the option for removing copy protection was removed i do not know why, it is because that that this one was really useful at the moment of reasign saves procedures, thanks in advance

Due to a change in the encryption/decryption methods, the "remove copy protection" option was moved to the "USB saves" list.
You can still unlock saves, but you need to copy the save to USB first. (wait for v0.9.1 because the resigning on USB has a bug.)

I might re-add the "unlock copy" to the HDD saves using the new encrypt methods later.

bucanero · Mar 10, 2020

bucanero said:
There's a resign bug on v0.9.0 when resigning a save on USB. I'll release a fix soon (v0.9.1)

New bug-fix version released:
https://github.com/bucanero/apollo-ps3/releases/tag/v0.9.1

that resign bug should be gone now

ashura · Mar 10, 2020

Thank you very much bucanero i will give it a try once i get to home because i am trying to change region to a savedata which is resident evil zero to biohazard zero which is the japanese version of the game what it worked for me was the following:

I did first the region change into rayman legends savedata thru bruteforce savedata tool without reasign my changed region savedata then i used apollo and then managed to reasign the new region savedata and then copy it to my PS3 HDD and then it worked for me, i am trying to do the same experiment with resident evil zero jeje lets see what happens then

SoJustMe · Mar 10, 2020

great update .. Thanks..

after the new release i was able to update from ps3.

it looks nice But the white font is small and not good for the background.

i would like to see Features for this great app like :

1- coby the Save file for different users -but it needs to be rebuild data if there was no old save file on that user- . so trigger a rebuild data after finish or after close the app maybe !
2- Zip/Unzip file more options ( i can still use multiman to Unzip), but need to select a Zip file and it does Unzipe to Savedata folder by itself.

just to be clear:
-copying from Save data utility does not require to rebuild data.

-replace an old save file does not require to rebuild data ( the new save file that replace the old file works fine)

-if i copy save file to new user through multiman or file manager , the game and Save Utility don't recognize the new save file on the new user.

ashura · Mar 10, 2020

hello guys i have good news jeje i changed sucessfully the save region and i managed to get it loaded sucessfully so what i did was:

- use bruteforce savedata tool to change the region of the game that i want to use the savedata ( no reasign to any user just use the default one of the original savedata)

- once is done, copy the usb savedata( the one with the modified savedata region) to usb

- then open apollo and reasign savedata from usb and there you go, you need just to copy and ready to play, thanks once again bucanero for this useful tool that you make it real, have a nice day guys

Louis Garry · Mar 11, 2020

bucanero said:
New bug-fix version released:
https://github.com/bucanero/apollo-ps3/releases/tag/v0.9.1

that resign bug should be gone now

Thank you

codone · Mar 11, 2020

Funny timing on my part here... I tried the 0.9.0 version just today, on a Sly Cooper 2 saved game -- it has Copy Protection. I had moved a save to my other PS3 in the past with Brute Force app on the PC. Well, I tried this, and got the "Corrupt" error when trying to copy from USB back to the other PS3. What a coincidence that you just released the fix TODAY! lol... I tried 0.9.1 and it now works perfectly! Thanks so much for doing this app! Makes it a lot easier than having to use a PC to FTP the save from the ps3, and use Brute Force.... The app is nicely done too! PS -- I didn't see a way to update the app from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 from within the app itself.

bucanero · Mar 11, 2020

SoJustMe said:
it looks nice But the white font is small and not good for the background.

are you referring to the text on the main screen (above the jar icons) or the text on the savegame lists, cheats and options? I added a darker alpha background to improve the readability of the item lists and options. I guess I can make it even more darker.

About the size, I guess it depends on the screen too... I'm testing it on a Samsung 49' LED and it doesn't look small, I tried to keep it similar to the text size in the XMB.

ashura said:
hello guys i have good news jeje i changed sucessfully the save region and i managed to get it loaded sucessfully so what i did was:

good to know you were able to change regions. Probably not the most urgent update right now, but if I implement the on-screen keyboard on Apollo, I could add an option for the user to enter a new "TITLE ID" and create a savegame duplicate.

codone said:
What a coincidence that you just released the fix TODAY! lol... I tried 0.9.1 and it now works perfectly! Thanks so much for doing this app! Makes it a lot easier than having to use a PC to FTP the save from the ps3, and use Brute Force.... The app is nicely done too! PS -- I didn't see a way to update the app from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1 from within the app itself.

I did some changes on the auto-update feature to support https downloads, but I tested it and should be working... :ambivalence:

just to be sure, check on the "Settings" page if the "auto-update check" option is enabled.
If anyone else is having the same issue or can confirm the auto-update worked (from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1) that would be helpful too.

codone · Mar 11, 2020

bucanero said:
I did some changes on the auto-update feature to support https downloads, but I tested it and should be working... just to be sure, check on the "Settings" page if the "auto-update check" option is enabled.
If anyone else is having the same issue or can confirm the auto-update worked (from 0.9.0 to 0.9.1) that would be helpful too.

I was on 0.9.0, and under settings I had auto-update enabled (had a dot in the circle). I manually clicked an option like "update data files" (or something like that). It grabbed a ZIP (?) file and extracted a bunch of savedata files, perhaps cheat info? Anyways, it updated the files, but, not the app itself (to 0.9.1). I tried twice... and quit the app, and restarted, and it was still showing 0.9.0 on About. I then read the forums here, downloaded the new 0.9.1 pkg, installed that, and of course it updated. So, just trying to give you a little extra info on my situation where it didn't appear to update for me. Perhaps I am missing something obvious to get it to update the main app?

bucanero · Mar 11, 2020

codone said:
I was on 0.9.0, and under settings I had auto-update enabled (had a dot in the circle). I manually clicked an option like "update data files" (or something like that). It grabbed a ZIP (?) file and extracted a bunch of savedata files, perhaps cheat info? Anyways, it updated the files, but, not the app itself (to 0.9.1). I tried twice... and quit the app, and restarted, and it was still showing 0.9.0 on About. I then read the forums here, downloaded the new 0.9.1 pkg, installed that, and of course it updated. So, just trying to give you a little extra info on my situation where it didn't appear to update for me. Perhaps I am missing something obvious to get it to update the main app?

thanks for the feedback, I'll dig into the auto-update to see if something got broken with the recent changes.

When things work as expected, if you open the Apollo app and there's a new version, you should get a notification screen "there's a new version, do you want to download?", and if you click "yes" the app downloads the latest .pkg to /dev_hdd0/packages/ .

btw, as you said, the "update data files" only updates the cheat files, not the app. The update .pkg should have been downloaded with the "auto-update check" option, but something happened there.

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