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  • JFW-DH Moves into BETA Testing Stage

    DemonHades has announced that JFW-DH, an upcoming custom firmware, has moved into the beta phase. The beta phase has been divided into three separate groups based on different PlayStation 3 hardware configurations. The beta is currently only open to a select group of long term and active members of DH.org's forums. The beta testing phase is set to last two weeks for each of the three groups and should help sort out any issues with the firmware. It was also revealed that the first public release of the custom firmware is being slated for an October 2011 release, if all goes well during testing.

    In addition, the coder behind OpenPSStore, which is another aspect of the JFW-DH firmware, has posted an update regarding his progress. In the update, he demonstrated some of the work that's been invested in JFW-DH by releasing two source code files. The files pertained to an XML parser he's been developing for OpenPSStore. In addition he released an impressive screenshot which outlines OpenPSStore's final design layout. The firmware appears to be shaping up nicely and October couldn't come sooner.



    They will pick a handful of people that are Spanish-speaking and registered on their DH.org forums long enough to be listed as "Devil Friend" (aka) Amigo Demon in Spanish, that have the following hardware listed below and divided into 3 groups of testers, to report back to the developers over a 2 week period with any bugs they find in running what is being called the v3.41v2 core.
    GROUP A - Backwards Compatible Owners

    * User-Spanish speaking (in Spanish beta)
    * Internet Connection on the PS3 (not psn)
    * Backward-Console PAL, NTSC FAT
    * Game-Original 3.56 (not dispensable)
    * Console with Firmware 3.41 or less
    * Original game-PS2, PS1, PS3
    * Backup of the above both PS3, PS2, PS1 (PS3 unpatched)
    * Game store NPDRM 3.56 or 355 (not psone)
    * Backup 341 / 355Kmeaw
    * Linux live cd-USB Red Ribon

    GROUP B - Later-Model PHAT's (no PS2 ability)

    * User-Spanish speaking (in Spanish beta)
    * Internet Connection on the PS3 (not psn)
    * Console not backwards-PAL, NTSC FAT
    * Game-Original 3.56 (not dispensable)
    * Console with Firmware 3.41 or less
    * Original game-PS2, PS1, PS3
    * Backup of the above both PS3, PS2, PS1 (PS3 unpatched)
    * Game store NPDRM 3.56 or 355 (not psone)
    * Backup 341 / 355Kmeaw
    * Linux live cd-USB Red Ribon

    GROUP C - New PS3 Slim Owners

    * User-Spanish speaking (in Spanish beta)
    * Internet Connection on the PS3 (not psn)
    * Console not backwards-PAL, NTSC Slim
    * Game-Original 3.56 (not dispensable)
    * Console with Firmware 3.41 or less
    * Original game-PS2, PS1, PS3
    * Backup of the above both PS3, PS2, PS1 (PS3 unpatched)
    * Game store NPDRM 3.56 or 355 (not psone)
    * Backup 341 / 355Kmeaw
    * Linux live cd-USB Red Ribon

    Hey people. I've just heard you posted this here, and I just said to myself, let's post too.
    Atm I'm working on OpenPStore, which is part of the JFW. I've been working on it for many many hours, as all devs which are working on JFW, and it is just disgusting to read people saying JFW is a fake.

    I've seen pics of JFW running, not all of its features though, so it's not fake. There is a whole team working hard every day to bring this to you, and I've actually talked to all of them and I do know their work is real.
    Just for you to know, now it is 2 am where I live, I've been working till now just to have it all ready for the beta test and not to delay it anymore.

    We want to verify everything is working without any problems before realeasing it, to avoid things such as bricks or weird bugs. That's why the beta and further release will take so long. So far it is all progressing fine, and I do have proofs of, at least, my work.

    Here I bring you 2 proofs of how hard we are working (OpenPStore).
    1- We had a problem with a pre-made library to read .xml files (mxml), which was solved by manually coding a new .xml parser.
    xml_parser.h : http://pastebin.com/bqQr1YG5
    xml_parser.c : http://pastebin.com/A7DsysUJ
    (Don't expect to find any OpenPStore here, as it is only a .xml parser)


    2- Final GUI design of OpenPStore (Not a pic of a ps3, but from a PC. Though PS3 is exactly the same):
    It will come in multiple colors, with an autochanger (to random color) feature.


    If you want to I can keep you updated.
    JFW is real, and we are putting all our effort into it. Do not trust any fake release/leak! I don't know if the brick thing is true, but having seen all the work which has been done here, I would just trust it and not mess around.
    Nobody is going to brick nobody's console unless someone leaks the JFW. And, even if it is leaked, if you don't use the leaked beta, you dont' have to worry about anything. And ofcourse, the final release won't have this anti-leak feature.


    I also have to say thanks to everyone of you who do trust in us and give us support, as support and opinions is our only pay back for the work =)

    Blipi


    PS: If it was for me, I would translate JFW and it's homebrew to English and more languages, but as I am not the only one who works in this project, I don't know when English support will come or whether it will come or not. Sorry.

    PS2: For those claiming evidence... Beta will be here soon, just wait. You cant trust us or not. I know what I'm doing, and I do know that it is real.
    I don't even have a ps3 to test OpenPStore too, and I have to keep asking for testers. More than 5 people have already tried OpenPStore, and every one of them could tell you that it is real.

    Source: PS3Crunch
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    Comments 74 Comments
    1. indirect76's Avatar
      indirect76 -
      Quote Originally Posted by owanef View Post
      First things first, WHAT THE HELL is JFW, and does it have anything to do with 3.6x cfw. And is 3.6x cfw really scheduled to come out in October..??..??
      Trust me, when any 3.66 CFW news is announced, it will be in the headline with no ambiguity. Also if you want to know what the hell JFW is I suggest reading the article. It's pretty clear.

      BTW - Everyone else is having a bit of fun with you.
    1. owanef's Avatar
      owanef -
      Quote Originally Posted by NuclearAqua View Post
      If there isn't even a 3.70 OFW yet, how is it supposed to make a 3.70 CFW?

      God, people sometimes ask stupid questions.
      So what the hell is it then..??..??
    1. ahou's Avatar
      ahou -
      Quote Originally Posted by owanef View Post
      So what the hell is it then..??..??
      http://tinyurl.com/3dw6qba

      There is also a thread about 6 down from this one that explains it.
    1. gavob's Avatar
      gavob -
      Quote Originally Posted by zecoxao View Post
      i'm getting pretty tired of this... maybe i should just update and forget all about this shit :/
      if you dont want to wait then go ahead and upgrade bud.
    1. owanef's Avatar
      owanef -
      Is JFW for all ps3 firmware, even 3.66..??..??
    1. indirect76's Avatar
      indirect76 -
      Quote Originally Posted by owanef View Post
      Is JFW for all ps3 firmware, even 3.66..??..??
      No. I believe you need 3.41.

      I take it you are on 3.66? If so then you presently can't do anything but update to newer official firmware from Sony. Keep an eye on the news sections. When a 3.66+ firmware is released, it will be huge. The headline will go something like this "3.66 Custom Firmware Finally Released!!!!!"

      I would not hold my breathe though if I were you.
    1. dvdrdiscs's Avatar
      dvdrdiscs -
      Can someone clarify: Game store NPDRM 3.56 or 355 (not psone)?

      I haven't been able to find any information since the announcement but does this NPDRM thing mean PSN games are now playable with this CFW?
    1. owanef's Avatar
      owanef -
      Quote Originally Posted by dvdrdiscs View Post
      Can someone clarify: Game store NPDRM 3.56 or 355 (not psone)?

      I haven't been able to find any information since the announcement but does this NPDRM thing mean PSN games are now playable with this CFW?
      THANX BRO YOUR THE ONLY ONE THAT GAVE ME A POSITIVE ANSWER. LOTS OF THANK........!!!!
    1. fefin's Avatar
      fefin -
      ^WTF!!!
    1. ch13696's Avatar
      ch13696 -
      This is great that the scene is still alive with releases of new CFWs. Unfortunately, I'm on Kmeaw 3.55. So I can't take advantage of this. =(
    1. owanef's Avatar
      owanef -
      Quote Originally Posted by ch13696 View Post
      This is great that the scene is still alive with releases of new CFWs. Unfortunately, I'm on Kmeaw 3.55. So I can't take advantage of this. =(
      you lucky, im on 3.65 ofw
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      Quote Originally Posted by owanef View Post
      you lucky, im on 3.65 ofw
      Than why the **** are you even bothering to post?
    1. bitsbubba's Avatar
      bitsbubba -
      Quote Originally Posted by Spazkid View Post
      Than why the **** are you even bothering to post?
      hope, anticipation. come on Spaz don't be an ASS!
    1. fefin's Avatar
      fefin -
      yes you can just downgrade...
    1. ahou's Avatar
      ahou -
      Quote Originally Posted by ch13696 View Post
      This is great that the scene is still alive with releases of new CFWs. Unfortunately, I'm on Kmeaw 3.55. So I can't take advantage of this. =(
      Downgrading from 3.55 is a pretty simple process.
    1. d1n0's Avatar
      d1n0 -
      who can leak this beta?
    1. Kvass's Avatar
      Kvass -
      Quote Originally Posted by ahou View Post
      Downgrading from 3.55 is a pretty simple process.
      That would involve using QA flagging right?
    1. ahou's Avatar
      ahou -
      Quote Originally Posted by Kvass View Post
      That would involve using QA flagging right?
      That is the easiest way, yes. With the debug update option from the debug menu, you can simply install any firmware (that your ps3 will allow) from the recovery menu
    1. Sech's Avatar
      Sech -
      Didn't any of you guys read the entire post? The firmware isn't even going to be English when it is released so it'll be even longer til we English users get this. Plus all our games patched for 3.55 aren't going to work, which isn't that big of a deal since I keep separate unedited copies but it's a big deal for some. Lastly this incorporates Linux support and I believe to downgrade from 3.55 you must have Linux which right now requires you to reformat to do so, which also sucks. So unless there's a way to downgrade without installing Linux or there's a version of this firmware that doesn't force Linux support that will be another issue for us majority of users that don't use Linux...I for one do not wanna reformat. I guess we will see how this turns out but the more and more I hear about this the more and more I worry about the problems it will have at release and I'm a bit skeptical.

      God the comment system on this site sucks, formats everything wrong leaves out spaces...terrible...I miss the old psx scene.....most all the longtime users have seem to left too after the takeover...sad.
    1. ahou's Avatar
      ahou -
      Quote Originally Posted by Sech View Post
      Didn't any of you guys read the entire post? The firmware isn't even going to be English when it is released so it'll be even longer til we English users get this. Plus all our games patched for 3.55 aren't going to work, which isn't that big of a deal since I keep separate unedited copies but it's a big deal for some. Lastly this incorporates Linux support and I believe to downgrade from 3.55 you must have Linux which right now requires you to reformat to do so, which also sucks. So unless there's a way to downgrade without installing Linux or there's a version of this firmware that doesn't force Linux support that will be another issue for us majority of users that don't use Linux...I for one do not wanna reformat. I guess we will see how this turns out but the more and more I hear about this the more and more I worry about the problems it will have at release and I'm a bit skeptical.
      Unless they built it from scratch, it will be in english, like every other firmware. Any new features they added would likely be in spanish, but we're big boys, so i think we could manage to figure them out.

      You don't need linux to downgrade, you simply QA flag, enable a setting, and install the .pup from recovery mode.

      And...just post on the forums?