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  • UPDATE FIVE: 3.70 Downgrade for All NOR Models - Teensy++ OR ProgSkeet -

    Please note, as of 8/31/11, this guide has been updated with support for all NOR FLASH. Please see below for any further updates: News reaches us today, coming from Spanish site Elotrolado member, Dospiedras. He has released the tutorial a lot of us have been waiting for, 3.70 Downgrade for Fat/Slim NOR PS3 consoles, meaning this tutorial is for all those out there with later models that use 16mb NOR Flash. This tutorial can be followed with either the Teensy++, or the ProgSkeet.




    Before you start, find out, is your console: Downgradable? NAND or NOR? SKU Models

    Use extreme caution when attempting this and be prepared to solder your console. Also, make sure you know for certain, that your model did not come with 3.56+ firmware stock. The following has been translated by jaker89:

    Hello everyone, i finally got it, we have a downgrader for slims consoles , this time a bit different that i did with fat models, i made it by the two flashers, progskeet and teensy ++,dope

    We need:
    fat or slim console with nor updated to 3.70 “DO NOT TRY With ANOTHER VERSION”Solution to write and read the nor of the console (teensy + + flasher or progskeet)
    hxd program (which I use to edit hex)
    FlowRebuilder v.4.1.3.2
    A cold beer (this is important)
    Downgrade.bin Http://pastebin.com/yuvJ5Leh

    First we dump our NOR with a flasher, the file size must be “16,777,216 bytes” no byte more or a byte less, take several to be absolutely sure of what you do.

    Get the dump “example jakemcallister.bin”
    and we have to get it in flowrebuilder to make it readable,the option is called bytereverse and extract nor dump
    we do it and we will have a file but the extension will be bin.REV

    open it with the hxd and take out our personal data of the console EID, BOOTLOADER, CSID and METLDR ,no need to put more data

    We get it with the following way:in this case we get our METLDR in our prepatched image for downgrade attached in this tutorial

    inside the folder where flowrebuilder had placed our.rev also has created another folder called “nameofthedump.EXT”in there are our personal files of our console and we need to get some to place em inside the pre-patched image that i attached

    Open the hxd and open downgrade.bin and the metldr file that is inside the folder asecure_loader, we pick the tab on the hxd metldr and copy all the HEX content to get in inside the downgrade.bin

    press control + g and write “810″thats the position(offset) of the metldr right click on the first line of the position 810
    And choose “paste writing” and in the same way we introduce the other ones
    the files to get in are

    METLDR: offset“810″ size “E960″
    BOOTLOADER_0 Offset“FC0000″ size “40000″
    EID: Offset “2F000″ size “10000″
    CISD: Offset“3F000″ size “800″

    then we take the downgrade.bin with the saved changes and we get in flowrebuilder with the option bytereverse and extract nor dump

    This time the program will give us a error, but is a normal error, in fact is okay and will give us a file called downgrade.bin.REV
    And thats the file you have to get in in the “flash” console

    if all went well at writing ,turn on the console and you will see in the screen press the ps button or in English push ps button, DONT PRESS ANYTHING, turn off the console and put it in factory service mode, once done we need to put the correct file system for 3.55 lv2diag of jaicrab without reader and a special cfw
    lv2diag:http://www.logic-sunrise.com/telecha...r-jaicrab.html

    cfw: http://pastebin.com/03MFDLGV

    turn on the console with the usbstick with these two files in the right usb port (in the last) of the console and it will shut down for 10 / 15 minutes, turn on the console without any usb connected to verify that you did it correctly it will take you to xmb,
    If all went well turn off the console and put your lv2diag
    FILE2 of this pack:
    http://pastebin.com/gGETcxMR
    the console will turn on for 20 seconds will turn off itself and CONGRATULATIONS you have your console in functional 100% and kmeaw cfw 3.55 100%

    Thanks to
    DiGiTaLAnGeL (Tester with progskeet)
    Glevand & mfw builder team (cfw)
    NDT (Assistant) is a very good person
    JaiCraB (lv2diag without reader)
    Robs1 (my guide with the nor flash)
    EussNL (his great support in the wiki that I use every day PS3DEVWIKI.COM)
    Defyboy (for creating ps3devwiki)
    To the whole channel #darkps3 from irc-hispano.org for their support and many hours of testing we have hit hard mother****ers!
    DemonHades (because if you had not post on your website the lie you said about me, I had not met DigitalAngel or uf6667and these two helped me a lot)

    and finally to the people who asked me in private to place a donate paypal button
    and here its
    https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/websc...=QJN5EYNQJ6H62

    greetings and from now on I will resume my work with the dual nand and that dump 3.6x that gives me so many problems hehehe

    Ive updated the position of METLDR that was misplaced offset” 810 ” E960″size]
    MAJOR UPDATE:

    Quote Originally Posted by dospiedras1973;
    PLEASE UPDATE NOTICE:

    i fixed metldr location and leght please update

    METLDR : offset "810" size "E960"

    this is dangerous error! please fix in the mainpage
    MAJOR UPDATE - 2:

    We now have a correct and actual Spanish to English translation, thanks to mximposter. The above tutorial has been changed to represent both of these Major Updates.

    Quote Originally Posted by mximposter
    This is mine translations that took me like one hour, i speak Spanish ( native language) ...
    .
    ..Transaltions by mximposter to ps3hax.net my mail mxsaiyan@hotmail.com

    Sorry for missing punctuantions, im from my ipad hehe

    For future translations and if im able hit me up, this is my first help for the scene, thanks to everyone and keep moving forward
    MAJOR UPDATE - 3:

    Dospiedras has released an application to automate the modification of the downgrade.bin file, over on PS3Hax. Also, the guide has been updated again by PSX-SCENE member jaker89 aka Mximposter.

    Quote Originally Posted by dospiedras1973 View Post
    please update main post with this :

    by psicoleo, uf6667 and I have made an application to automate the use hex editors to modify the downgrade.bin

    http://www.multiupload.com/AE8W5HADWM

    bytereversed you put your flash in donor and recipient and will downgrade.bin in the process hxd without ... xD

    you not need hex edit anymore...

    and "If at any time during the downgrade DISPLAY RED (RSOD) STOP PROCESS IMMEDIATELY I WILL RELEASE A FIX SOON" Please be patient
    Quote Originally Posted by jaker89 View Post
    Im Mximposter from ps3 hax, im from here also as jaker89 thanks for givin me credit and im here to say that i updated the translations cause last night i was sleepy and was from my ipad with a crappy text editor ,but for some reason i cant post and paste cause im new on posting it says this

    i made some pointings and corrections go check the updated translation

    Spotted mistakes i fixed and some pointings

    Before it said byteverse dump and extract
    Now byteverse And extract nor dump
    Got links (his paypal)
    Offset =position
    jakemcallister.bin is in his example josejuan.bin
    Nombredeldump.ext is in english nameofthedump.ext
    At the beggining Of the paragraph ..the solution to write and read the nor of the console it said "flasher progskeet or teensy ++"

    And its in the correct way FLASHER TEENSY ++ OR PROGSKEET
    So what i understand here is that u need one of those NOT BOTH
    MAJOR UPDATE - 4:


    @_DiGiTaLAnGeL_ has contacted me via twitter to let me know he has uploaded a video proof/tutorial to go along with this guide, using the ProgSkeet option.


    MAJOR UPDATE - 5:

    New method Downgrade v2 supports all NOR FLASH
    Write a new method consisting of 6 patches, this time we will use to edit the dump hxd original of your PS3 (make backup)

    steps:

    first check if our standards Dump bytereversed, to start patching the original dump.bin file we must first ensure that the beginning of the flash at offset 200 is readable "IFI" if instead you see "FI.I "Your rules need to patch it bytereverse before (a and go back to him to put it in bytereverse the console to be read again" FI.I "when we patched the files and offset's a patch are these

    patch1: OFFSET 0C0010
    Patch2: OFFSET 7C0010
    patch3: OFFSET 80000
    patch4: OFFSET A0000
    Patch5: OFFSET 40000
    patch6: OFFSET 60000

    easy, normal and cojemos the patch1 for example, copy content and paste it patch1 0C0010 writing and so the rest (the file size does not vary after the stripe)

    the rest of the downgrade is the same as before, factory mode, and pup jaicrab lv2diag nochecks.pup of the previous release.

    multiupload.com/ZJINMAKAEP

    Dontate

    Original Source: elotrolado.net

    Update Sources: dospiedras1973@ps3hax (TWO) mximposter@ps3hax (THREE) dospiedras1973@ps3hax (FOUR) @_DiGiTaLAnGeL_ (FIVE) DarkConsoles

    NAND or NOR? SKU Models
    This article was originally published in forum thread: 3.70 Downgrade for Fat/Slim NOR Models - Teensy++ OR ProgSkeet - by dospiedras started by tthousand View original post
    Comments 61 Comments
    1. The Central Scrutinizer's Avatar
      The Central Scrutinizer -
      Awesome job, so come to think of it any new firmware that comes out will be downgrade able. Great progress.
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      With this method, only 3.70 for now. But let us up these current developments continue, and new doors keep opening.

      Also, this currently only work with later models using the 16mb NOR, and not the older 256mb NAND consoles.
    1. Kvass's Avatar
      Kvass -
      "if all went well to finish writing you kindle the console and will press the button or English ps ps push button NO NOTHING PULSEIS apagais the console and put it in factory service mode once this need to put the correct file system for 3.55 jaicrab with lv2diag of cfw without reader and a special"


      The google tranlator kinda messes up the news a bit, specially in those lines there a rough translation would be:


      If all went well at the end of the writing process turn on the console. A PUSH THE PS BUTTON message should appear. DO NOT PRESS ANYTHING!. Turn off the console and set it to "factory settings" again. once finished with this you need to put the correct file system for 3.55 using jaicrabs's lv2diag cfw without reader and a special CFW"

      Just revised this confusing part. If anyone needs me to polish another segment, just ask.

      PS: TThousand, it would be great if you could include a list the PS3 NOR models, to help the PS3 illiterate (myself included )
    1. shadywillie's Avatar
      shadywillie -
      Will you have to solder "Teensy++ OR ProgSkeet" onto the motherboard before downgrading???
    1. amad's Avatar
      amad -
      hey bro... im not getting the tutorial very much... what is NOR FLASH dumper? how could i know that i do have NOR FLASH DUMPER or not... plzz help me cause when i buyed my console it was on 3.55 n was jailbreaked plzzz help me so i can can downgrade it... im on 3.56 now... so can i update it to 3.70 n then i can downgrade it to 3.55 again?
    1. Tranced's Avatar
      Tranced -
      Quote Originally Posted by shadywillie View Post
      Will you have to solder "Teensy++ OR ProgSkeet" onto the motherboard before downgradeing???
      Yes you need to solder. I await solderless. I read this "Also, make sure you know for certain, that you model did not come with 3.56+ firmware stock" and ask why? Anyone?
    1. Tranced's Avatar
      Tranced -
      Quote Originally Posted by amad View Post
      hey bro... im not getting the tutorial very much... what is NOR FLASH dumper? how could i know that i do have NOR FLASH DUMPER or not... plzz help me cause when i buyed my console it was on 3.55 n was jailbreaked plzzz help me so i can can downgrade it... im on 3.56 now... so can i update it to 3.70 n then i can downgrade it to 3.55 again?
      You need a Teensy++ or a Progskeet NOR flash dumper.
    1. shadywillie's Avatar
      shadywillie -
      Quote Originally Posted by Tranced View Post
      You need a Teensy++ or a Progskeet NOR flash dumper.
      i also wait for solderless or a custom firmware. My ps3 came with a 3.40 firmware
    1. Tranced's Avatar
      Tranced -
      Quote Originally Posted by Kvass View Post
      [B]PS: TThousand, it would be great if you could include a list the PS3 NOR models, to help the PS3 illiterate (myself included )
      Will this help. SKU Models - PS3 Development Wiki
    1. Tranced's Avatar
      Tranced -
      Mine came with FW3.50 stock. Was a close one missing the dreaded FW3.56 at the time.
    1. amad's Avatar
      amad -
      please guys help me and guide me that how can i downgrade cause im not getting this tutorial ..... my console was on 3.50 when i buyed it so if there is n e one who can help me with it plzzzz reply me
    1. tthousand's Avatar
      tthousand -
      The first post has been updated with a fix for a dagnerous error! Also, I had allready added the link Tranced provided, before he provided it (but thank you none the less ) I/We hope this will help those wondering what their PS3 is capable of
    1. LKJHGFDSA's Avatar
      LKJHGFDSA -
      Anyone know if this requires the HDD to be formatted at any point?Or can we switch from 3.55 to 3.70 with our files intact?
    1. themuse's Avatar
      themuse -
      im sorry not to sound ungratefull or to negative ,but why is this a big deal,,and i dont mean like why i really mean that is it just a big deal cause it works with these devices,or could this already be done with an infectus? i was just under the impression that once you had a console with a device soldered in that could flash the nand/nor that ,it was just a given that you could pretty much do anything you want, as far as flashing different fw versions ,well i guess you would need to be able to make a dump, but i figured with a hardmod like an infectus that there would be nothing that sony could do and that it would be pretty much str8 forward and similar procedure for flashing fw with an infectus or like device, no matter what the version the fw was ,so now even people with these have to worry if the next fw version will not be flashable and able to flash back to lower fw? also does this use 2 nand or nor chips? or do you just flash 1 fw and then another on the same chip/your nand/nor i mean ,from a pc?

      a device with a sd slot and an infectus,or one of these devices built together would be good so you could put 2 or 3 fw's on the sd card,so you could just flash between a cfw and an ofw with out having a computer nearby,especially since it says its fast to flash it, kind of like a 360 lizzard ,you can flash with no pc and has sd slot and lcd ,

      someone would sell a ton of them if it were more consumer friendly and easy to install ,like with a chip clip for the nor/nand ,then you could just open your console once install the nand/nor interface just by cliping on the clip on the nor/nand,maybe solder 1 or 2 wires from what ive seen of other flasher installs ,cause there are like 2 points that are not on the nand/nor ,then have a little box like a lizzard with a usb port and a micro sd slot ,you could either connect to the internal interface only when you flash or mount it permenantly on the outside of your console , then you just load a few different fw. cfw files on the sd and you would never have to connect a pc to the ps3 ,just use the lcd and buttons on the little lizzard like box.to flash it ,
    1. RatAndDragon's Avatar
      RatAndDragon -
      Quote Originally Posted by themuse View Post
      im sorry not to sound ungratefull or to negative ,but why is this a big deal,,and i dont mean like why i really mean that is it just a big deal cause it works with these devices,or could this already be done with an infectus? i was just under the impression that once you had a console with a device soldered in that could flash the nand/nor that ,it was just a given that you could pretty much do anything you want,
      You were under the wrong impression. This has not been possible before, that's the big deal.
    1. GreatGear's Avatar
      GreatGear -
      plzzzz who can give me link for "FlowRebuilder v.4.1.3.2" i can't find it
    1. Funtimez's Avatar
      Funtimez -
      im very interested in doing this but im not williing to solder. just to make sure isnt the teensy++ a usb dongle? so that would require no soldering. also if the teensy++ doesnt require soldering is there a "more indepth" tutorial?
    1. damanptyltd's Avatar
      damanptyltd -
      Quote Originally Posted by Funtimez View Post
      im very interested in doing this but im not williing to solder. just to make sure isnt the teensy++ a usb dongle? so that would require no soldering. also if the teensy++ doesnt require soldering is there a "more indepth" tutorial?
      Teensy does have a USB interface, but also inputs and outputs for wires. It uses the same method as the other, and requires the same amount of solder.
    1. Funtimez's Avatar
      Funtimez -
      ohh ok thanks. lol i was about to order a teensy++
    1. Spazkid's Avatar
      Spazkid -
      Looks like from now on there is going to be a way downgrade from alot of firmwares.
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