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  • METLDR 2 - New revision Blocks Downgrade

      
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    tthousand
    Published on 09-03-2011 02:30 PM
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    Developer dospiedras1973, known for releasing the 3.70 Downgrade v1 and v2, is back with some more news, although not so good this time. On a Spanish 'scene' site yesterday, he announced he had got his hands on a PS3 Slim that came stock with v3.60 firmware, model CECH2504 with 1B Datecode to be exact. Upon exploring this new console, dospiedras has found a very interesting piece of code, containing what looks to be the METLDR 2. The following translation was taken from PS3Crunch.


    Quote Originally Posted by dospiedras1973
    I found a console factory cech2504 with fw 3.60 and I found this:
    Code:
    00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00
00 00 00 00 02 E8 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00
00 00 00 F9 20 6D 65 74 6C
64 72 2E 32 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    Or in plain text it reads:
    Code:
    ..............è........@......ù metldr.2........................
    The console in question was a cech2504 with Datecode 1B

    I guess that's consoles from that date forward will not downgrade for the moment.

    I been working hard and trying for over 6 hours the downgrade in different ways with no luck.
    Well, only time will tell if Sony has truly been able to create a 'hack-proof' console. Those with stock v3.60 console are out of luck for the present.

    Source: Elotrolado
    Via: PS3Crunch

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    Tags : easy, hack proof, metldr 2, no downgrade
    Comments 25 Comments
    1. d1n0's Avatar
      d1n0 - 09-03-2011, 11:16 AM
      cant read
    1. bitsbubba's Avatar
      bitsbubba - 09-03-2011, 11:19 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by d1n0 View Post
      cant read
      because the article hasn't been posted yet!!
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand - 09-03-2011, 02:50 PM
      My bad, I set the wrong publish time. It is posted now!
    1. andreainter1983's Avatar
      andreainter1983 - 09-03-2011, 03:55 PM
      my second ps3 has CECH 2504B with 3.60
    1. LKJHGFDSA's Avatar
      LKJHGFDSA - 09-03-2011, 04:18 PM
      Damn that sucks..They haven't even released the revised "new look" console yet.
    1. Pretzel729's Avatar
      Pretzel729 - 09-03-2011, 04:26 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by LKJHGFDSA View Post
      Damn that sucks..They haven't even released the revised "new look" console yet.
      ^ They have. the new "unhackable" ones? They came out last month I'm pretty sure. There was like a news post on it
    1. gow3hd's Avatar
      gow3hd - 09-03-2011, 04:39 PM
      ihave CECH2504B with 1A Datecode so is that Block Downgrade
    1. LKJHGFDSA's Avatar
      LKJHGFDSA - 09-03-2011, 04:40 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Pretzel729 View Post
      ^ They have. the new "unhackable" ones? They came out last month I'm pretty sure. There was like a news post on it
      Oh, so the ones after the pricedrop are those ones?
      My mistake, sorry.
      I got confused since I saw a console listed separately as a "new look" console coming out later, it was a version with more HDD space aswell & the regular 160GB one didn't mention anything about having a different design.
    1. fantazar's Avatar
      fantazar - 09-03-2011, 07:50 PM
      So you can't use Progskeet to flash a lower firmware either on these new 3.60 consoles?
    1. damox's Avatar
      damox - 09-03-2011, 09:39 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by fantazar View Post
      So you can't use Progskeet to flash a lower firmware either on these new 3.60 consoles?
      It's not just that.

      The old metldr (v1) doesn't have support for the new consoles - this was a deliberate move by SONY.

      The new metldr (v2) has been known for a while.


      There is also another metldr.
      • metldr (before datecode 1B) <- can be downgraded
      • metldr (datecode 1B) <- can not be downgraded
      • metldr.2 (datecode 1B) <- can not be downgraded

      It looks like .2 does not apply to all 1B date-coded consoles - but 1B+ still cannot be downgraded.
    1. themuse's Avatar
      themuse - 09-03-2011, 11:06 PM
      so does this mean that a new 3.70+ fw could put a new metloader on our console and make future downgrading difficult or impossible?and if they could or did fix this in the regular slims then why the whole new console redesign? .i assume it was a regular console he is talking about and not a revised one right?but doesnt the e3 thing sat that it works on ANY slim console?
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand - 09-03-2011, 11:18 PM
      METLDR is a problem, but so is the new all emcompassing Lv0. Chances are Sony still really has no clue as to what they are doing with a console, which makes perfect sense to me. They make elertronics, they do not create them. They are like the microsoft of the electronic world.

      I think it is going to be very interesting what starts happening in the next couple of months, as we hopefully begin the unstand this incredible system more, that sony epic failed.
    1. fantazar's Avatar
      fantazar - 09-04-2011, 04:05 AM
      no point even considering Progskeet or E3Flasher until it's been tried and tested on a console with non-downgradeable Metldr
    1. damox's Avatar
      damox - 09-04-2011, 04:59 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by fantazar View Post
      no point even considering Progskeet or E3Flasher until it's been tried and tested on a console with non-downgradeable Metldr
      What you going to try?
    1. erexx's Avatar
      erexx - 09-04-2011, 05:13 AM
      You cant downgrade any console that came with firmware 3.56 or greater anyway. Why did everyone jump on this downgrade bandwagon anyway? Its not like you can go out and buy a brand new console and apply this hack to downgrade it, because you cant. The Progskeet or E3Flasher downgrade loophole was for anyone who upgraded beyond 3.55 and want to go back.
    1. IshotJR's Avatar
      IshotJR - 09-04-2011, 08:42 AM
      Kisses CECH2503 that came with 3.50
    1. gow3hd's Avatar
      gow3hd - 09-04-2011, 08:58 AM
      when i bought my slim ps3 it hade stock v 3.56 fw so my question is what's the METLDR of my ps3
    1. damox's Avatar
      damox - 09-04-2011, 09:32 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by gow3hd View Post
      when i bought my slim ps3 it hade stock v 3.56 fw so my question is what's the METLDR of my ps3

      Dont worry about METLDR version for now (you need to dump your firmware to know for sure!)

      Use the date-code as the basis to determine if you can downgrade or not.

      See here: Can you downgrade your PS3? | damox's rambling
    1. gow3hd's Avatar
      gow3hd - 09-04-2011, 10:03 AM
      damox thank you so much now i now i can downgrade cuz i have 1A datacode
    1. Dragonborn's Avatar
      Dragonborn - 09-04-2011, 01:36 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by gow3hd View Post
      damox thank you so much now i now i can downgrade cuz i have 1A datacode

      Wait What?? I thought you can't downgrade 3.56+ Stock consoles?? WAT???
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