KaKaRoTo: First PS3 Custom Firmware Released

Published on 01-05-2011 06:25 AM

Throw those dongles away, get your money back, because it's start

Did someone just say custom firmware? Yep, KaKaRoTo, after all the crazy news the last few days, has pumped out the FIRST PS3 custom firmware! What does this CFW allow? Throw those USB boards and those cheap clones out the door because now we can install PKG files without the need of “jailbreaking” the PS3! KaKaRoTo’s CFW currently does not support booting of backups but it is very possible to do and expect the feature to be available VERY soon.

Read more: http://www.ps3hax.net/2011/01/kakaroto-first-ps3-custom-firmware-released/#ixzz1A8jANi1f

To quote from KaKaRoTo’s blog:

IF SERVER DOWN…here my hard copy… )

PS3: First ‘Custom Firmware’ now working!

Great news!

Thanks to the tools made by the fail0verflow team (and thanks to sven in particular for his work on the pkg/unpkg tools), the first “Custom Firmware” is now available for the PS3!

I see a lot of questions coming up really fast on my Twitter account, so here are the basic things you need to know :

Because of legal/copyright issues, I will not provide the custom firmware to anyone, however, I’ve made available all the tools necessary to transform an Official firmware update, into a custom one, just grab my ps3utils repository from github, compile, then run :

./create_cfw.sh PS3UPDATE.PUP CFW.PUP

This will take the official firmware, unpack it, modify it, then repack it correctly (requires you to install ps3tools).

This requires Linux of course, but I’m sure others will do it for the masses and illegally release those files somewhere.

The advantage here is that you can do it for any firmware, if you want to keep version 3.41, then give it the 3.41 update, if you are on 3.55 already and can’t downgrade, then run the script on the official 3.55 firmware and it will create a modified 3.55 firmware.

You can put the file in a USB drive under the filename “PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP” and then go to system update in the XMB, and it will allow you to install the update (even if you’re already on 3.55).

People are asking what are the features of this firmware, it’s simple, all it does is to add those “Install Package Files” options to the Game section of the XMB. It doesn’t do anything else!

This firmware will not allow you to run the currently available homebrew application. Once the homebrew developers re-package their files in a ‘retail’ .pkg format with signed executable, then it will work (this should be coming soon thanks to the work of the fail0verflow team).

Since the kernel is left unmodified, this means that this custom firmware is really meant for future homebrew installation, and it will not allow piracy. I plan on keeping it that way.

This is just the first attempt at custom firmware, and it only contains a minor modification to allow you to install pkg files directly, eventually we’ll get some more options added to it in the future. This is just starting to get interesting!

p.s: Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!

Enjoy! Smile
KaKaRoTo

Enjo also from me )

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14 Comments

iLOVENZB - 01-05-2011, 07:39 AM
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...and the cat and mouse game between Sony and Homebrew devs begins .

duke0102 - 01-05-2011, 08:43 AM
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Unless Sony can remotely change the code with a forced FW update then PS3 users will be OK for a while lol make me wish I had a PS3 lol

Expeto - 01-05-2011, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by iLOVENZB

...and the cat and mouse game between Sony and Homebrew devs begins .

I think it just ended...

duke0102 - 01-05-2011, 02:08 PM
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I reckon Sony will try and change the internal code for newer PS3s but until that day which could be year or so away with backlog of 'to be sold' stock lol

Cabalo - 01-05-2011, 02:31 PM
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In portuguese, the guy's nickname means Shit gay.

eyekey - 01-05-2011, 05:37 PM
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as long as i could still play online, this is happening to mine

SonsOfLiberty - 01-05-2011, 06:19 PM
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Yes you can play on line, but you can't play games yet...even if so....we have to wait for the games to be signed and legit like the ABGX and the XBOX 360 game verifing DB...once games are signed as LEGIT as they are now on disc and popped in wont' be any issues, but I"m really excited about some of the software, multiman, etc, and hopefully, hopefully a FULL BLOWN media server and can play those rotten x264's!!!!

So I would wait for a bit, for it to be tested and let it develop....because you don't want to get banned so early, I will not be updating my jailbroken ps3 until it's been develped a little more and I can go online without getting perma banned.

As for Sony blocking this, they CAN'T now there keys leaked, also those KEYS are the same for the PSP!!!! So means you PSP fans get real custom firmware no dicking around. Also the only way for Sony to block this is for a new PS3 with "NEW" hardware and even if they do this, there old games will NOT work on the NEW console, and if Sony wanted to they could easily recall all the old systems in stock in the store, by saying there is a security threat or they could blow up etc.... Sony is at a crossroads, to they want to recall all the old games, ps3's and psp's, and then re produce new games?

megabyteme - 01-05-2011, 07:49 PM
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Hey, Sony.... Thanks for taking away features I paid extra for, assholes. You guys deserve this.

punker101 - 01-05-2011, 08:06 PM
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any news of somone making and upping this yet? would love to try it. pretty awesmome would love a media center

kafkastiles - 01-05-2011, 10:14 PM
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I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it!....lalala

SonsOfLiberty - 01-05-2011, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by punker101

any news of somone making and upping this yet? would love to try it. pretty awesmome would love a media center

Try going to the source, they have it compiled it there, for legal reason it WILL not be posted here.

PsychoWorm - 01-05-2011, 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SonsOfLiberty

Yes you can play on line, but you can't play games yet...even if so....we have to wait for the games to be signed and legit like the ABGX and the XBOX 360 game verifing DB...once games are signed as LEGIT as they are now on disc and popped in wont' be any issues, but I"m really excited about some of the software, multiman, etc, and hopefully, hopefully a FULL BLOWN media server and can play those rotten x264's!!!!

So I would wait for a bit, for it to be tested and let it develop....because you don't want to get banned so early, I will not be updating my jailbroken ps3 until it's been develped a little more and I can go online without getting perma banned.

As for Sony blocking this, they CAN'T now there keys leaked, also those KEYS are the same for the PSP!!!! So means you PSP fans get real custom firmware no dicking around. Also the only way for Sony to block this is for a new PS3 with "NEW" hardware and even if they do this, there old games will NOT work on the NEW console, and if Sony wanted to they could easily recall all the old systems in stock in the store, by saying there is a security threat or they could blow up etc.... Sony is at a crossroads, to they want to recall all the old games, ps3's and psp's, and then re produce new games?

Actually the psp keys were in the ps3 because of the mini's on the psn store lol. Not so gloomy about the PS3 scene now SoL? lol

rdtphd - 01-06-2011, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Expeto

Originally Posted by iLOVENZB

...and the cat and mouse game between Sony and Homebrew devs begins .

I think it just ended...

Well its just getting fuzzy who the cat is and who the mouse is. I think they swap roles everytime one side makes a rls.

SonsOfLiberty - 01-06-2011, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by PsychoWorm

Originally Posted by SonsOfLiberty

Yes you can play on line, but you can't play games yet...even if so....we have to wait for the games to be signed and legit like the ABGX and the XBOX 360 game verifing DB...once games are signed as LEGIT as they are now on disc and popped in wont' be any issues, but I"m really excited about some of the software, multiman, etc, and hopefully, hopefully a FULL BLOWN media server and can play those rotten x264's!!!!

So I would wait for a bit, for it to be tested and let it develop....because you don't want to get banned so early, I will not be updating my jailbroken ps3 until it's been develped a little more and I can go online without getting perma banned.

As for Sony blocking this, they CAN'T now there keys leaked, also those KEYS are the same for the PSP!!!! So means you PSP fans get real custom firmware no dicking around. Also the only way for Sony to block this is for a new PS3 with "NEW" hardware and even if they do this, there old games will NOT work on the NEW console, and if Sony wanted to they could easily recall all the old systems in stock in the store, by saying there is a security threat or they could blow up etc.... Sony is at a crossroads, to they want to recall all the old games, ps3's and psp's, and then re produce new games?

Actually the psp keys were in the ps3 because of the mini's on the psn store lol. Not so gloomy about the PS3 scene now SoL? lol

Umm everyone was...

If the keys weren't found nothing more would have happened, period