[ASK] About Changin' Internal HDD PS3

[legendz99]

first sorry if i'm wrong section forum, i wanna ask you something guys, my PS3 is 160gb capacity HDD n to me that was so small so i planning to upgrade to 500GB hdd, some guys told me i can use back up system from PS3 to back-up my data, and the question is, can i back-up my trophy too?? i wanna keep them coz i've 100% completed trophy from Final Fantasy 13.... thx guyss... plz help me, and if i can back-up the trophy, can you explain to me steps by steps without using syncron from PSN?? coz i'm using JB, if i connect with PSN, i'm scared to be banned..

[psxray328]

hi to all... Its in connection with this post so I didnt want to open another one.
I have one problem regarding HD Upgrade....
Had one with 120gb, and upgrade with one WD 500GB ( the disk was in laptop previously)... I formated HD on PC in FAT32 and inserted in PS3.
After instalaation, PS3 started to instal v3.41 from my USB drive, but on 60% it stoped with message that there is no v3.41 on the USB?
I tried with another USB, same thing... Tried with CD, same thing...
Files are on USB=PS3/UPDATE/file
Can anyone help me please?

[ocdetective]

OP you can back up the trophies in fact all data to an external drive or USB.
Random Tutorial link http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/4545/...ore-upgrading/

Second Poster make sure the 3.41 firmware you are using is not the original one - you need the silent update one which overcame the problem you mention. The one highlighted in bold in the comments section
http://www.eurasia.nu/wiki/index.php/Ps3OsRels

[legendz99]

OP you can back up the trophies in fact all data to an external drive or USB.
Random Tutorial link Sony Playstation3 and PS3 Slim – How to backup your PS3 harddrive to an external harddrive / thumbdrive before upgrading | Games | Tech-Recipes

Second Poster make sure the 3.41 firmware you are using is not the original one - you need the silent update one which overcame the problem you mention. The one highlighted in bold in the comments section
Ps3OsRels - EurAsiaWiki

it says : 7. First lets backup our Trophies. On your PS3, first go to Game > Trophy Collection. Once you have Trophy Collection highlighted in your XMB, hit the Triangle button to bring up the menu and choose the “Sync with Server“. This will backup your trophies to the PSN server. Do this for each user you may have on your PS3.

i'm using JB so how can i create one of PSN ID?? am i will get banned?

[bitsbubba]

it says : 7. First lets backup our Trophies. On your PS3, first go to Game > Trophy Collection. Once you have Trophy Collection highlighted in your XMB, hit the Triangle button to bring up the menu and choose the “Sync with Server“. This will backup your trophies to the PSN server. Do this for each user you may have on your PS3.

i'm using JB so how can i create one of PSN ID?? am i will get banned?

Won't get banned if you can't get on server (PSN) there is currently no JB connection to PSN, I would wait to back up till we get PSN again

[viper44]

There is no way to backup trophies without psn. you have to sync your trophy collection by signing on psn and viewing or comparing your trophies in order sync them with your psn account.

Using the backup data you can backup all your current ps3 stuff to an external usb including demos and installed games thats already on your hard drive. After you have gotten the new hdd working you can restore everything that was on your old hdd to your new one, even game saves that are not movable

[viper44]

hmm ok i found something.

YOU WILL NEED:
Jailbroken PS3
Comgenie's Awesome FileManager OR
blackb0x's FTP and an FTP client on your PC/MAC/Linux
USB device of at least the size that your current PS3 harddrive is

STEP 1:
Boot up your PS3 with your PS3JB device.

STEP 2 (For those using the Comgenie method):
Boot up Comgenie's Awesome FileManager.

STEP 2 (For those using the blackb0x FTP method):
Boot up blackb0x's FTP app and also your PC/MAC/Linux client and make sure there is an active connection. I'm not going to give a tutorial on how to do that. There are plenty on this websites and others like it.

STEP 3:
Navigate into your PS3 where the Trophies should be stored. One guy said his was located at /dev_hdd0/home/00000001/trophy/NPWR01101_00 and that 00000001 was his USERID number. So your folder number may be different. My last 2 digits were 15. It's basically the first folder in the "home" folder.

STEP 4 (For those using the Comgenie method):
First make sure you have a USB device plugged into your PS3. Press right on your D-Pad to go to the right panel and navigate to your USB device and have it open. Once you do, press left on the D-Pad to go back and don't go INTO the Trophy folder. Just press O to copy it to your USB device. Mine only took like 40 secs to a minute. Times vary depending on your amount of Trophies and the quality of your USB device.

STEP 4 (For those using the blackb0x FTP method):
Basically all that you have to do is just drag and drop your trophy folder wherever you'd like to save it on your computer. I don't know the amount of time it should take, I used the Comgenie method, but I can only imagine it depends on the speed of your internet coupled with the amount of Trophies you have that need to be saved.

STEP 5:
Once thats done exit out of Comgenie's Awesome FileManager or blackb0x's FTP app so that you're back on the main XMB and then navigate to Settings/System Settings/Backup Utility.

STEP 6:
Make SURE that you have a USB device of the correct GB size to handle the backup of your PS3 filestructure. If not you'll waste like 2 hours for nothing. Once you have the correct size of USB device plugged in. Do a standard backup, the PS3 will walk you through it. Also note, the backup utility even makes a backup of the games you have installed on the harddrive. Mine was Rock Band 3. So if you want the backup to go faster, remove those games before the backup and add them back on later.

STEP 7:
Wait a while. Go do something. Go play outside. It's nice out there, plus the graphics are amazing. Once the backup process is done, you're now able to upgrade your internal PS3 HDD. I won't tell you how to do that either, there are a million tutorials for it.

STEP 8:
When you have the new PS3 HDD all formatted the XMB starts up. Go back to the Backup Utility and choose to Restore from a backup. Now wait some more.

STEP 9:
Now that thats done, reboot your PS3 using your JB method of choice. Start the game which you want to restore the trophies for from the original BD, it will install the locked trophies. Exit the game.

STEP 10:
Open blackb0x FTP and go to /dev_hdd0/game/LAUN12345/GAMEZ/GAME***ID/PS3_GAME/TROPDIR/ and see what the folder inside TROPDIR is called (NPWRxxxxx_xx).

STEP 11:
Copy TROPUSR.DATfrom [backup directory]/trophy/NPWRxxxxx_xx/ to /dev_hdd0/home/00000001/trophy/NPWRxxxxx_xx and replace the one that is already there.

STEP 12:
Start the game again from the original BD and it will load your backed up trophies!

STEP 13:
Repeat steps 9-12 for every game you want to restore the trophies for!

Now you're done! Please note that if you start the game from your hdd using a Backup Manager after you restore TROPUSR.DAT from your backup, you will get the following error:

Registration of the trophy information could not be completed. The game will quit. (80022Dxx)

That's why you have to start the game using the original BD. If you don't have the original BD, then you're f***ed, as far as I know!

[legendz99]

wow nice viper, thx alot.. will try it soon..

[psxray328]

@ocdetective

10x m8 it works perfect!!!
I was searching for ages what is the problem with that

Thumbs up!