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PS3 Debug / Test Firmware 3.74 and 4.00 Updates Surface

2012-01-15T17:28:00.000-08:00

For those who own PS3 Debug / Test consoles or are simply into collecting PlayStation 3 file leaks, recently PS3 Debug / Test Firmware 3.74 surfaced alongside version 4.00 from Sony's North American Press Web site.

Download: PS3 Debug / Test Firmware 3.74 / PS3 Debug / Test Firmware 4.00

If you didn't know, the address to their Press site is http://PressCenter.PlayStation.com/ and Sony offers free access to all members of the press there using SCEA / SC3APR to login and obtain the latest press releases and related files.

Finally, keep in mind these PUP updates will currently NOT install on a retail PS3, and so they are intended for examination and comparison purposes only.

We have 100% confirmed that running this updater on a retail PS3 will not damage it, however, it will give the following error before the installation completes: The data type is not supported. (8002F029)

Special Thanks to ConsoleDev for the heads-up on the news tip!

Half byte loader for EU / US models Vita completed

2012-01-12T17:38:00.000-08:00

The known PSP developer "Wololo", which among other things Half of its byte loader is known on the PSP, it has been possible by the "teck4" PSVita exploit found on US / EU to port models and thus make the HBL is functional on this.

Using an exploit in a not-called PSP game, the developers have succeeded, the PSP emulator in the PSVita, to execute unsigned code. The bottom line is, so that you can most of your PSP homebrew running on your PSVita, such as Various emulators or homebrew games.

Release of the whole should take place sometime after the EU / US launch to provide the most PSVitas with the HBL may be because Sony can close the gap with a simple security update without any problems.

I managed to port HBL to the US version of Teck4′s exploit in exactly 45 minutes (including writing the savedata exploit and the binary loader), which is a new personal record, thanks to the scripts included in HBL’s repository...

I also updated the EU/US versions of this HBL port to get the tweaks I worked on for the past weeks in order to get a fair amount of homebrews to work.

Reports have come in that Wololo has managed to port the HBL exploit to the US and EU PS Vita. Also added are some tweaks needed to get the various homebrew applications and emulators running within half-byte loader. This is great news for all who expect to run the above on their PS Vita when launched worldwide.

PS Vita’s Augmented Reality Transforms Your Table Into an Arena in CES 2012

2012-01-11T23:16:00.000-08:00

A couple of months ago, a video surfaced that showed off some cool-looking augmented reality apps running on PS Vita. Since then, it’s been confirmed that Vita will come with six AR Play Cards and a voucher to download a handful of free augmented reality mini games via the PSN. Today at CES, we were able to see one of these games in action: Table Football (it will be called Table Soccer in the US, because we already have football).

Backstage, Sony Santa Monica Sr. Manager Dave Thach dealt the AR Play Cards on a table, and a soccer pitch sprung to life through the window of the PS Vita’s luscious OLED display. The actual game is kind of like a turn-based soccer match – it reminded me of a 2012 version of paper football. But enough talk, let’s see it in action:

Bonus points if you spotted the Men in Black 3 alien who walked through the frame. Vegas is weird.

Table Soccer is just one of the augmented-reality games you’ll be able to play for free if you pick up a new PS Vita on February 22nd. We’ll highlight more closer to launch right here on the PlayStation.Blog.

FIFA 12 for PS3 Custom Firmware 3.55 / 3.41 By EXEtrimALL Out!

2012-01-10T23:37:00.000-08:00

Following last weeks article on FIFA 12 for JFW DH 3.56 MA users, today the legendary EXEtrimALL has released FIFA 12 (NPEB00688) via pr0p0sitionJOE for PS3 Custom Firmware 3.55 and 3.41 fans for free with no DRM-infected dongles required!

Those interested can check out the ongoing thread for all of the related links, and below are some notes from pr0p0sitionJOE as follows:

Download ALL THREE PARTS (PKG) and install in order. People, game is almost 7 GB. Multiple languages inside. This is Full PSN version in one pack... not a fix.

For PS3 3.41 CFW users from Hissatsu:

FIFA Soccer 12 works on FW 3.41 without any special/extra FIXes. Tested myself its set to FW 3.40.

EXEtrimALL was kind enough to set the game to FW 3.40. So get your Soccer on!

Finally, in case you missed it also be sure to bookmark / check out the Duplex PSN Releases for PS3 CFW All in One Place and ReActPSN Game Releases for PS3 CFW All in One Place PSN repositories that are updated daily courtesy of atko. Enjoy everyone!

Sony PS3 Generator Tools Version 3.12 and PDF Guide Leaked

2012-01-10T23:34:00.000-08:00

After the PS3 3.40 SDK and PS3 3.60 SDK leaks from last year, today some more Sony PlayStation 3 tools have surfaced including PS3 Generator Tools Version 3.12 and the related PDF guides.

Download: PS3 Generator Tools Version 3.12 with PDF Guides / PS3 Generator Tools Version 3.12 with PDF Guides (Mirror)

Also included are ps3trp.exe, ps3sys.exe, ps3gen.exe, ps3cmd.exe, and ps3chk.exe in the archive above.

To quote, roughly translated: Leak from Generator Tools v3.12, an official package of tools by Sony.

Sony is unlikely to appreciate that! Indeed, a package of tools of his own design has been leaked on the Web, and while this set of software is not of paramount importance, it still proves that no one is to shelter of a leak, not even the multinational influence.

But back on topic, and now let's look at this "kit" of programs, called Generator Tools v3.12 and used to offer PS3 titles to the public. It is intended for the creation and verification of records and masters Masters packages.

In other words, developers of video game studios use it to edit projects, burn an ISO image on a Blu-Ray, extract and decrypt the same time the content of a Blu-ray or an ISO image, create a file system (SFO), etc.. You can find all these features and further explanation concerning the PDF from the archive.

FAQ of PS Vita Half Byte Loader (HBL) Development

2012-01-10T23:32:00.000-08:00

Today PS Vita hacker wololo has made available a Half Byte Loader (HBL) development FAQ for those interested in progress thus far on Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld console.

To quote: A FAQ for HBL on the Vita

We've seen through Teck4′s exploit that PSP exploits run flawlessly on the PSP emulator of the Vita. I've spent the past 3 weeks working on leveraging Teck4′s exploit and port HBL to it. I've been receiving lots of questions (probably from people who haven't used HBL back when it was the only possible way to play homebrews on the PSP Go) and will try to answer them here.

What is HBL?

HBL stands for "Half Byte Loader". This is a homebrew loader for the PSP, which was written initially by m0skit0, then improved and maintained by a bunch of devs including myself (those two links are good old memories, when HBL wasn't loading a single homebrew properly). It basically allows to run fanmade games, emulators, etc on the PSP. We've found that it can run on the PS Vita through the PSP emulator.

Will this allow to run PSP backups (isos)?

Although in theory that would be possible, HBL only has access to the PSP "user mode" which is fairly limited. Practically, all teams who have tried to create an iso loader in user mode on the PSP have failed so far.

Will this allow to run PS Vita game backups?

No

Does this give us access to the Vita hardware (touch screen, etc)?

No. HBL accesses the hardware through the PSP emulator, and therefore only has access to what is mapped to the PSP controls. It also only has access to 32MB of ram, etc

Does this give us possibilities to hack the vita further?

Most likely, not. HBL is stuck in user mode, in a sandboxed emulator. To get access to Vita information, we would need first to get kernel access in the emulator (through a psp kernel exploit), and then find other exploits in the emulator/OS itself to break away from the sandbox (which, if the Vita OS is as secure as I think it is, is close to impossible)

But will it give us more horsepower than the psp? Can we expect emulators to run faster, etc?

This still needs to be investigated deeper, but from what I've seen, not really. Memory stick access is definitely faster on the vita (Wagic loads between 5 and 10 times faster on the vita than on a psp go), but the rest seems to follow the psp limitations (as one would expect from an emulator)

Will this be made public?

Yes. Teck4 (who found the exploit) and I agreed to making this public at some point.

When will this be made public?

Some time after the Vita is released worldwide.

I heard Sony can patch this very easily as soon as it's made public?

Yes. Since this uses a vulnerability in a PSP game, as soon as they know which game it is, Sony can remove the game from the PS Store. Once they do that, they can patch the Vita firmware to reject the "malicious" files (either by preventing them from being copied through the content manager assistant, or by patching the PSP emulator, or by patching the PSP game, etc). At that point, people who don't already have the game on their console won't be able to use HBL. Also, people who do have HBL will need to never upgrade their firmware, will have to use some tools such as OpenCMA in order to copy files to the vita, and will be locked out of the PS Store as long as they want to use homebrews.

So shouldn't you keep this under wraps instead?

Meh, it's not like anything is really secret here besides the name of the game. It's already pretty sure this is not useful for hacking the vita further, so even if it gets patched I don't think we will lose "too much".

No iso, no access to the vita internals, and Sony will patch it as soon as it's out, so basically it's useless?

Yes and No. Technically, a hacked PSP is way cheaper and will allow you to do more than that. But this is, as I write these lines, the only way to run unsigned code on the Vita, which in itself makes it a great achievement (and it's always cool to show your friends that your Vita can run Mario, and theirs can't). Also, it didn't take too much time to adapt since most of the code was already available from our past work in the psp scene. It would have been even more useless to say "oh yeah, interesting, we can run psp exploits on the vita" and not do anything with it.

How do you copy/install homebrews to the ps vita, since it cannot be mounted as a regular usb drive?

This will be explained when HBL is released.

PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor Homebrew Application Update Arrives

2012-01-10T23:30:00.000-08:00

Following up on my previous releases, today a new PS3 PKGView Extractor homebrew application version 1.2 update is available and has been fully tested by catalinnc.

Download: PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor

PKGView is a tool for extracting files from PS3 PKG. Tool is 100% legal it contains no code Sony. PKGView also has a graphical interface that simplifies the extraction of both individual files and the complete package.

PS3 PKGView v1.2 Extractor Homebrew Application Version 1.2 Changelog:

FIX: Still failing to extract large files.
FIX: Structure parsing issues.
FIX: Other extraction issues.
More descriptive extraction window.
Optimized extraction of retail pkg.
Now creates an extraction log.

Top 10 best seller Montblanc Watches Set to Outsell Pens in 2011

2012-01-10T20:05:00.000-08:00

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