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  • Official True Blue News- New Clone Found and New Firmware Immanent

    The True Blue team is back today with a couple of announcements. The first announcement being about a new look-a-like that has been found in the market (no, not the PB2), which looks very similar to the original True Blue on the outside; but once opened up, there are several ways to tell if you have a clone or an original dongle. They have also announced a new firmware coming soon, that will allow the end user to better distinguish if they have a clone or not; instead of having to open the device, users will simply be able to test their dongle with the latest firmware release.


    21 - 5 – 2012

    A new clone has appeared using a very similar external housing to that of True Blue. However, after removing the clone PCB from its exterior casing it becomes evident that there are a number of major differences:
    • Actel used is A3P125 instead of larger A3P250 used on True Blue.
    • Clone uses a cheap MCU and cheap dip type crystal in addition to cheaper Actel instead of full Actel integration in the original True Blue design
    • Clone has a tact switch which the original does not require, and switch can only be accessed by pulling PCB out of the case
    • Actel logic on clone is based on partial guess work of the original and will not function correctly in future updates
    • PCB circuit design is highly congested, with numerous visual differences evident, such as programming pads for the MCU and addiional resistors/caps

    Please refer to the pictures shown below, to compare the original and clone.




    A new software update will be made publicly available in the next few days which will allow users to differentiate original from clone by performing a firmware update.
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    1. gntle's Avatar
      gntle -
      Quote Originally Posted by krytonic View Post
      Hopefully more clones will keep coming and hurt TB's profits. The more their profits get hurt, the more chance they will just close down... Then the cancer of the scene will be gone.
      So if TrueBlue packs up and leave by your means other people will come through with a solution then? Well i think you need to reconsider son, and realize that the TrueBlue is here to stay and you should just make sure you get a original one and use their EBOOTS. Cause you wont see anything else like a free CFW coming out. PDX/TB is the scene for piracy and since Homebrew dev. still works for 3.55 and below any arguments you got is in valid. Cause TB takescare of their customers and make sure their solution works! and they actually defend their product and blah i could rant just think before you write son.
    1. sakibsultan308's Avatar
      sakibsultan308 -
      Quote Originally Posted by Goku1992 View Post
      (No big rant today)

      TB should just shut down and leave the Ps3 scene. Too many people are ungrateful and hate them. Let them "wait" for that free "solution" they made alot of money I rather see TB up and leave.

      These hate comments make me SICK! Maybe if TB leaves people will realize that the "scene" need them "more" than they need the users.
      um not saying um ungrateful to dem...i really appreciate da games dey patched...wat i said was since dey already have all da materials needed to make dose patches dey should do so wholeheartedly for all games instead of teasing us and making us beg all da tym...jst look at my post if u know wat i mean...
    1. Goku1992's Avatar
      Goku1992 -
      @Sakibsultan308

      I wasn't speaking directly to you I was speaking as a whole in general. There is an old saying you don't know what you have until its gone. If TB leaves then people cant play newer games anymore. And the "critics" and "naysayers" I wanna see them come up with a solution.

      People piss and shit on TB so much and so long I am kinda confused why TB hasn't up and left the scene. Mathieulh said it himself the Ps3 scene was full of whiny, bitchy, ungrateful snots of end-users that don't pitch any work. He was a great dev. Ps3 scene don't need a great team like TB if end users wanna cry about a cheap 60 dongle. Give me a f***in break all of you. Where are your 3.60+ eboots? Where are your CFW solutions. It's so easy to trash talk others for choosing to charge for what they made.Math was right about the Ps3 scene. It wasnt Sony that drove the devs away it was users and their bitching and complaining.
    1. vodcas's Avatar
      vodcas -
      Quote Originally Posted by krytonic View Post
      Hopefully more clones will keep coming and hurt TB's profits. The more their profits get hurt, the more chance they will just close down... Then the cancer of the scene will be gone.
      Another pathetic bashing comment towards TB. It really has getting boring and annoying with all these bashing towards TB.
      Your simply another example of people wanting everything to be free. A free cfw. Let me guess, your a member of a ps3 scene forums just for the sake of the
      social life in here??? Or perhaps the free crap homebrew games that i bet no one really plays. in regards of what the scene used to be, today the scene, nomatter if we talk about ps3, xbox, wii, iphone and etc, i could go on and on, is about piracy. People want to play copy games. and dont for a sec tell me otherwise. it amazed me how some or should i say alot of people claim not too play pirated games, yet they are member of a hacking scene, and crying over modschips, dongles etc costs. but as soon as a cfw pops up, uhh now we gonna play some games, pathetic.

      So TB gets cracked and sony blocks, then what???? all this shit with Tb on only wants money and on and on, so what!! less than a price of one new game and u can play 100 new games. still amazed me how cheap people are these days. wonder how the world would be if nothing hacking existed and everything had to be bought.

      So to you krytonic, are u a cheap little fat boy who simply wants everything to be free? or you simply think in a twisted minded way, that Tb is morally wrong for the scene, cause the scene is meant for sharing?? if its the second one, then u gotta wake up. We live in the 21 century 2012 where everybody tries to make money of whatever they can. nothing in this world is for free. amazed me how peopel still cant accept that.

      Go get a job, make som money, buy a freaking dongle for less than a game and play 100 new games, or simply stfu.
      can get more simple
    1. sakibsultan308's Avatar
      sakibsultan308 -
      i would seriously give up sex if geohot comes bak in da ps3scene and makes cfw 4.11 and reinvents psn online hack for cfw!!! now dat will be da biggest middle finger sony will ever see..enough said!
    1. E1reason's Avatar
      E1reason -
      Quote Originally Posted by BahumatLord View Post
      Now, I could have been a dick and just given you an infraction for insulting other members. You need to review the rules and policies of being a member here. Membership to anything has rules and guidelines that you need to follow. They are set in place so that people aren't afraid to post here because they're worried about being attacked.

      I looked at your last few posts and you've just had a shitty attitude lately. Seeing that you've updated your PS3 and there's just a bunch of retards hanging around here maybe you should just keep your comments to yourself
      Dude Whatever, Im not attacking anyone, thats what wrong with ppl today to sensitive. Stop being a cry baby just cause someone voices there opinion in an aggressive way. ****ing grow a pair.
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      Quote Originally Posted by E1reason View Post
      Dude Whatever, Im not attacking anyone, thats what wrong with ppl today to sensitive. Stop being a cry baby just cause someone voices there opinion in an aggressive way. ****ing grow a pair.
      My first response was just a friendly reminder to relax. My second was in response to being told "Whatever". That's the response of a 13 year old girl and not one of a grown man. People that can't get their point across without resorting to name calling are one of 3 things. They are either a child, uneducated, or mentally challenged (retarded in your words). This is now the third time I've had to address your shitty attitude. Let it go or you'll find out that my balls are quite big and hairy. Have a nice day
    1. number1p4p's Avatar
      number1p4p -
      Quote Originally Posted by Goku1992 View Post
      @Sakibsultan308

      I wasn't speaking directly to you I was speaking as a whole in general. There is an old saying you don't know what you have until its gone. If TB leaves then people cant play newer games anymore. And the "critics" and "naysayers" I wanna see them come up with a solution.

      People piss and shit on TB so much and so long I am kinda confused why TB hasn't up and left the scene. Mathieulh said it himself the Ps3 scene was full of whiny, bitchy, ungrateful snots of end-users that don't pitch any work. He was a great dev. Ps3 scene don't need a great team like TB if end users wanna cry about a cheap 60 dongle. Give me a f***in break all of you. Where are your 3.60+ eboots? Where are your CFW solutions. It's so easy to trash talk others for choosing to charge for what they made.Math was right about the Ps3 scene. It wasnt Sony that drove the devs away it was users and their bitching and complaining.
      I agree with Goku1992, there's a lots of ungreatfull members of people on this site,me personally I'm thankfull that TB discovered a way for us to play newer games.I highly doubt that we're ever gonna get a new cfw.So TB devs keep up the good work we TB owners are thankfull for all your work and effort.
    1. Goku1992's Avatar
      Goku1992 -
      @E1reason

      Well this is Psx-Scene's "bash-free" rules. I may not agree with some of them because there are some users I wouldn't mind having some choice words about but I just say it in another angle. "TB Haters, Critics" I personally think they are whiny, bitchy, ungrateful little snots but hey it's the internet for ya.

      Anyways... some people kinda take things a little personal. But what can you do you know?
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      I didn't take anything personal. I couldn't care less what anybody says. It all comes down to respect for this site and it's members. Everyone is free to say whatever they want but if they can't say it without calling the rest of you losers and retards, then yes, I will say something every time.
    1. Goku1992's Avatar
      Goku1992 -
      @ BahumatLord

      I wasn't talking about you; you are just doing your job just like how tthousand or anyone else would do. I am just saying in general you have some guys that get pissed off over nothing. E1 guy just didnt do it in a different way that's all.

      BUT there need to be a NEW bash free TB rule.

      Because really they are the ONLY guys that are doing something in making newer games work. Also they are the only guys that are generating alot of traffic on Ps3 fourms (such as this one)

      just like you said people need to respect one another I know alot of guys hate TB and I respect that but they NEED to respect TB regardless if that charge or not.
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      Yes, there should be no-bashing, TB or Dev or members alike. If anyone sees such bashing, feel free to report the problem, and your moderators will take care of the situation ASAP.
    1. djluiluv's Avatar
      djluiluv -
      Quote Originally Posted by BahumatLord View Post
      My first response was just a friendly reminder to relax. My second was in response to being told "Whatever". That's the response of a 13 year old girl and not one of a grown man. People that can't get their point across without resorting to name calling are one of 3 things. They are either a child, uneducated, or mentally challenged (retarded in your words). This is now the third time I've had to address your shitty attitude. Let it go or you'll find out that my balls are quite big and hairy. Have a nice day
      OMG *AWESOME*!!!!!!
    1. E1reason's Avatar
      E1reason -
      Quote Originally Posted by BahumatLord View Post
      My first response was just a friendly reminder to relax. My second was in response to being told "Whatever". That's the response of a 13 year old girl and not one of a grown man. People that can't get their point across without resorting to name calling are one of 3 things. They are either a child, uneducated, or mentally challenged (retarded in your words). This is now the third time I've had to address your shitty attitude. Let it go or you'll find out that my balls are quite big and hairy. Have a nice day
      Dude you have gotta be kidding me with the whole big hairy balls statement. This is a gaming site not anything special. There like a trillion of these place. Dude take my advise, get out, get a life, and a girlfriend. Cause if you think anyone cares what you do on this site you've been sniffing to much of your computer fumes. Hell have the time I check this site I don't even log in, so do what you will if it makes you feel good. Now going out with my lady, good night buttlord or whatever the hell you call yourself.
    1. Jay-Jay's Avatar
      Jay-Jay -
      Sorry guys, couldn't resist the joke! besides sometimes we ought to just laugh at we we post around here...

      I bet you guys don't have them hairier than this dude! I bet he can make pony tails on them!

      Attachment 35237
    1. E1reason's Avatar
      E1reason -
      Quote Originally Posted by BahumatLord View Post
      I didn't take anything personal. I couldn't care less what anybody says. It all comes down to respect for this site and it's members. Everyone is free to say whatever they want but if they can't say it without calling the rest of you losers and retards, then yes, I will say something every time.
      In my first comment, I said I was on PSN free from HACKERS and retards. I never said or implied that site members where losers and retards. So what is your problem with me that every single time I post a comment that is not to your liking you've gotta flash those "big hairy balls" of yours. You don't like me or something, if thats not it why take out of context my comments. This is in no way a plea from any of my previous comments. I just don't like liars, especially ones with "Big hairy balls"
    1. E1reason's Avatar
      E1reason -
      Quote Originally Posted by Jay-Jay View Post
      Sorry guys, couldn't resist the joke! besides sometimes we ought to just laugh at we we post around here...

      I bet you guys don't have them hairier than this dude! I bet he can make pony tails on them!

      Attachment 35237
      LMAO!!!!!
    1. djluiluv's Avatar
      djluiluv -
      I hope these clones fail on every single end user for not using the real deal.....
      "Let's go blue! You're ma boy blue!!!"
      - Will Ferrell (Old School)
    1. BahumatLord's Avatar
      BahumatLord -
      You're the one that brought them up. Let me go ahead and list what I've done and you compare it to what you've done.

      PSN XMB Sort Albhabetically
      Custom Cheat Disc Backup
      Mortal Kombat PAL 1.05 update (credit to futuretime23)
      Aldostools' PS3RIP Spanish rip patterns
      Debug and Developer menu unlocks for both Call of Juarez Bound In Blood and Call Of Juarez The Cartel

      You were warned. I hope you enjoy your vacation
    1. djluiluv's Avatar
      djluiluv -
      Huevos. Big Fat Hairy Huevos my freng!!! hahahahaha.....omg I luv this site!!! lol
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