Tutorial: How to Decrypt Your Own EBOOT.BIN's or SELF Files in Windows

Published on 01-03-2011 08:47 PM

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So, with all of this talk regarding keys and decrypting, I've been asked a lot: How do I get fail0verflow's decryption tools to work on Windows? It seems to be a common question. So I decided to make a nice, easy to follow tutorial, to help you all through the process.

First you will need some files:
Cygwin, PS3 Keys from PS3Tools Key Pack or Attachment 574 (or another source), and fail0verflow_ps3tools_win32.rar

Step 1

Run the Cygwin setup and install with all default options and packages.

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Step 2

(We'll assume you installed to C:\)

Once Cygwin is installed its time to set up our key files. For this tutorial we'll be using the ps3.rar file linked above which contains 3.50 keys for games such as Gran Turismo 5 Need For Speed Hot Pursuit and others. If you'd like to extract other games or sony files you will need to find the appropriate keys in the PS3 Tools Keypack or elsewhere.

Extract ps3.rar into C:\cygwin\home\(User)\ Where (User) will be your windows username, and already be premade for you by cygwin.

You should now have a .ps3 folder (IMPORTANT: please note there is a period before ps3) containing 3.50 keys in C:\cygwin\home\(User)\

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Step 4

Place your EBOOT.BIN (or SELF) that you wish to decrypt into C:\cygwin\home\(User)\

Step 5

Navigate to C:\cygwin\bin\ and extract fail0verflow_ps3tools_win32.rar into this folder.

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Step 6

Navigate to C:\cygwin\ and run Cygwin.bat

Step 7

In the window that pops up, type unself EBOOT.BIN EBOOT.ELF and press enter

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Step 8

Navigate to C:\cygwin\home\(User)\ and collect your newly decrypted EBOOT.ELF file!

That's it folks, its not as complicated as many of you may think. With this guide, anyone should be capable of decrypting their own EBOOT.BIN's and SELF files. Now, the ELF file that is created is not runnable on the PS3 yet. However, this tutorial is only for walking you through the decryption process.
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cawthorne - 01-03-2011, 08:59 PM
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Thanks man! Been playing around with this myself

Blunts-LLA-PSG - 01-03-2011, 09:15 PM
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Thanks grandy for the tutorial.:joystick1:s3up:

Suicide2k10-PSG - 01-03-2011, 09:16 PM
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No need to Rename EBOOT.BIN to EBOOT.SELF.
Just type " unself EBOOT.BIN EBOOT.ELF " in Cygwin.

MFG

grandy - 01-03-2011, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Suicide2k10

No need to Rename EBOOT.BIN to EBOOT.SELF.
Just type " unself EBOOT.BIN EBOOT.ELF " in Cygwin.

MFG

Thanks! Adjusted the tutorial

Hack'dup - 01-03-2011, 09:58 PM
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Now that the new games can be decrypted e.g: GT5 & Need for speed. I was just wondering if some of the older games that do not work could now be fixed? Hot Shots Golf is a title that has the black screen freeze, could games like this now be fixed?

Gamester - 01-03-2011, 10:06 PM
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Thanks for the HARD work

juddylovespizza - 01-03-2011, 10:15 PM
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Thank You, when will the encrypting part be coming out?

louisd77434 - 01-03-2011, 10:15 PM
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how do i get ac brotherhood working can i use this

laughoutloud-PSG - 01-03-2011, 11:01 PM
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If I use this tutorial will I be able to play GT5 with the 1.05 update? I have the edited eboot for GT5 which already works great but can I edit the 1.05 eboot so that GT5 will work with the new update?

Heoki-PSG - 01-03-2011, 11:14 PM
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How would you re-encrypt them? How do you use makeself and makepkg

straith - 01-04-2011, 12:14 AM
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Hello, i just wanna tell you that Splatterhouse eboot.bin can not be modified.
Two first sections are compresed. I decrypted eboot.bin but i find out that offsets are not the same as eboot.bin NFS:HP were.
When i tried to copy and replace, entire eboot.bin is replaced by the the lenght of the elf offset. So it results in a corrupt eboot.bin.

Try readself and verify that section header is not compressed, if not, it can be modified without problem. Anyway, there should be a different way to modify it in case that section header is compressed.

I made game boot but it crash and then PS3 crash too.

Heoki-PSG - 01-04-2011, 12:16 AM
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Anyone having trouble with makeself, this thread should help.

http://psx-scene.com/forums/f149/ps3...archive-74313/ (ps3tools Key Archive)

straith - 01-04-2011, 12:27 AM
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Just for you know, 980 offset starts in 000 offset in eboot.elf. So, when you search an offset in eboot.elf, start from 000 as 980. Use windows calculator.

Blunts-LLA-PSG - 01-04-2011, 02:40 AM
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Can someone help me When I type unself EBOOT.BIN EBOOT.ELF I get bash: unself: command not found what am i doing wrong Thanks In Advance.

maxtormaster-PSG - 01-04-2011, 03:12 AM
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hm ! cgwin didnt create folder with my name ! tried to do by myself but its not working for me !

self_decrypt_header failed
perror: no such files in directory

whar seems to be the problem?

grandy - 01-04-2011, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Blunts-LLA

Can someone help me When I type unself EBOOT.BIN EBOOT.ELF I get bash: unself: command not found what am i doing wrong Thanks In Advance.

Seems like you missed step 5

Step 5

Navigate to C:\cygwin\bin\ and extract fail0verflow_ps3tools_win32.rar into this folder.

Blunts-LLA-PSG - 01-04-2011, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by grandy

Seems like you missed step 5

Step 5

Navigate to C:\cygwin\bin\ and extract fail0verflow_ps3tools_win32.rar into this folder.

Thanks grandy for the Quick Reply:o

Mathew595-PSG - 01-04-2011, 04:19 AM
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I finally installed all step by step but when is start to unself Eboot, it says
"No key found"
"perror: No such file or directory"

I put the keys first in the .ps3 folder then everywhere.

EDIT: Problem sloved:
i didnt put the .ps3 folder in (USER)

fac.knight - 01-04-2011, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by grandy

Thanks! Adjusted the tutorial

hi
am not sure about step 4 what to do. it says Place your EBOOT.BIN (or SELF).
where can i get the EBOOT.BIN? what it is actually? thanks

xthe_sacx-PSG - 01-04-2011, 06:07 AM
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Originally Posted by fac.knight

hi
am not sure about step 4 what to do. it says Place your EBOOT.BIN (or SELF).
where can i get the EBOOT.BIN? what it is actually? thanks

you get the EBOOT.BIN from (said game)\PS3_GAME\USRDIR\(EBOOT.BIN will be there)

Now i have a question myself

What is the usefulness/point of EBOOT.ELF?