advice to avoid banning

[NakedFaerie]

Here is some advice to avoid being banned.

They DO ban accounts and consoles.

DONT use any homebrew from XMB. I moved some homebrew apps to the XMB under PSN and it sends the information to $ony. Leave it under GAME and it doesn't send anything. All it will do is ask PSN if there is an update.
You can use CHARLES to spoof it. I can run any homebrew from XMB and it'll say its PlayTV. Still its a huge risk to run it from anywhere except GAME.

There is an app and tutorial that tells you how to make a homebrew group on XMB (Changes TV to homebrew). REALLY bad idea. It'll tell PSN what your running. This is what it sends when you run MultiMan from XMB under PSN.
http://xmb-e.dl.playstation.net/xmb/...multiMAN&cc=au


DONT connect to PSN without a Console ID. They can see the account your connecting with and ban that account as the console id is missing. Yea, you can connect but its a huge risk.

[ichibaka]

Can you clarify more on what you mean by running homebrew from PSN? And as far as I know all homebrews are installed in the GAME section on XMB by default and ran from there.

Also you can always create a brand new account and connect while spoofing the console id so at least this way only the account is banned.

[phistyle]

here's an advice to avoid banning...don't mod your ps3 and you won't have to worry about it..

[NakedFaerie]

From the PSN like not under the GAMES XMB, I moved a few to PSN and $ony knew I was running homebrew as it phones home from there. When it went back to GAMES it no longer phoned home.
You can move things around by editing the PARAM.SFO file and tell it where to go.

I have over 600 items in my PSN account. I'm trying to get it unbanned so I can use it on another PS3 when I get it and my PSPs.
If they wont unban my account I want a refund for all I paid for as I can no longer access any of them.

[phistyle]

From the PSN like not under the GAMES XMB, I moved a few to PSN and $ony knew I was running homebrew as it phones home from there. When it went back to GAMES it no longer phoned home.
You can move things around by editing the PARAM.SFO file and tell it where to go.

I have over 600 items in my PSN account. I'm trying to get it unbanned so I can use it on another PS3 when I get it and my PSPs.
If they wont unban my account I want a refund for all I paid for as I can no longer access any of them.

you're not going to get anything...it's the same as the xbox 360...I've bought tons of DLC on my xbox 360 and it got banned and now I can't play any of the DLC i've bought...they just going to laugh at you if you demand a refund..

[bitsbubba]

I'm thinking the name of the thread should say, advice from a ban victim how not to get banned

[Bluloa]

Here is some advice to avoid being banned.

They DO ban accounts and consoles.

DONT use any homebrew from XMB. I moved some homebrew apps to the XMB under PSN and it sends the information to $ony. Leave it under GAME and it doesn't send anything. All it will do is ask PSN if there is an update.
You can use CHARLES to spoof it. I can run any homebrew from XMB and it'll say its PlayTV. Still its a huge risk to run it from anywhere except GAME.

There is an app and tutorial that tells you how to make a homebrew group on XMB (Changes TV to homebrew). REALLY bad idea. It'll tell PSN what your running. This is what it sends when you run MultiMan from XMB under PSN.
http://xmb-e.dl.playstation.net/xmb/...multiMAN&cc=au


DONT connect to PSN without a Console ID. They can see the account your connecting with and ban that account as the console id is missing. Yea, you can connect but its a huge risk.

I got an email from Sony, I dont have any games in my XMB and I connected with a console ID.

[NakedFaerie]

I got an email from Sony, I dont have any games in my XMB and I connected with a console ID.

Was it a warning email or a "your banned" email?

I got a "your banned" email. No warning. and today I tried to connect via the PSP and it says that I cant connect with that account so I called and they said the account is also banned.

[ken_oh]

Was it a warning email or a "your banned" email?

I got a "your banned" email. No warning. and today I tried to connect via the PSP and it says that I cant connect with that account so I called and they said the account is also banned.

screenshot of the banned email? haven't seen one yet.. (only heard of it)

[NakedFaerie]

If I got an email saying to remove homebrew like others have gotten I wouldn't be so pissed but as its no warning just a straight away ban I get pissed off.