For Consoles with Stock OFW v3.56 or Higher - NO Downgrade, NO Jailbreak and NO CFW!

[Musical-Phoenix]

I just had Chesh post my video in a closed thread so that people could realise that there isnt a solution yet.

Some one even watched it and asked...

Have you tried just renaming 3.55 to 3.56? if it just compares names.

as to which my reply was...

The .PUP files dont have the FW values like 3.56 stored in the file name.. to mod the actuall number value of the .PUP file you would need to open the .PUP file and modify the code inside to change the value. I have no idea how this is done and so therefore cant do that.

The other main reason you cant load up any FW lower than 3.56 is because sony added a new Key to the new FW. This eans that if the old FW does not have this new Key, the PS3 will know its not been signed by sony.

Trust me if it was as easy as these solutions we have been coming up with then we would of cracked it by now..

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckALJcbsec"]You cant Downgrade ¬_¬[/ame]

Conclusion: Wait for someone to bring out a CFW that actually works and not fake like all the you tube vids out there, and in the mean time stop complaining that there isn't a solution and just wait.

[tim-m89]

I'm confused, 3.56 breaks homebrew? But don't we have full keys to sign & encrypt as if it was official software? How can sony do this without braking backwards compatibility with older sony titles?

[wartutor]

I'm confused, 3.56 breaks homebrew? But don't we have full keys to sign & encrypt as if it was official software? How can sony do this without braking backwards compatibility with older sony titles?

if im not mistaken we are using geos "fake" signing keys...if we got the real npdrm key then they would be harder or even impossible to stop

[bsensed]

I'm no tech, but i think it has something to do with npdrm.
Geohot 'fake signed', so not same signing as Sony. And Sony blacklisted his keypair.
So our signed apps don't work for 3.56...

[dvdxploitr]

if im not mistaken we are using geos "fake" signing keys...if we got the real npdrm key then they would be harder or even impossible to stop

If we had the real NPDRM keys, doesn't that also mean that update PKG files and PSN content could be cracked? (hope that this isn't considered piracy regarding the PSN content cracks)

[mjgdroid]

If we had the real NPDRM keys, doesn't that also mean that update PKG files and PSN content could be cracked? (hope that this isn't considered piracy regarding the PSN content cracks)

Ya Geo made fake key to work with his cfw, i also thought. Someone posted the real keys or at least had them

[Spyhop]

I'm no tech, but i think it has something to do with npdrm.
Geohot 'fake signed', so not same signing as Sony. And Sony blacklisted his keypair.
So our signed apps don't work for 3.56...

Can someone elaborate further on this?

[xPreatorianx]

It takes a sony NPDRM key to allow homebrew on official firmware. Geohot used the same generated key for every single homebrew that has been released instead of using a random key each time. So they blacklisted that key. To be able to use homebrew on the latest firmware we need to be able to generate random NPDRM keys and also appldr keys IIRC. If not just the NPDRM keys.

Also fyi NPDRM is the DRM that sony uses. DRM stands for digital rights management(I know it sounds dumb having to explain this but someone people may not know.)

We can generate NPDRM keys, but no one has released the method because it can lead to piracy. So the only way for us to get access to the method some 'black hat' hacker has to do the leg work and release it. Well anyone with a PS3 and the knowledge to do it.

[deadman855555]

i could really careless about a new cfw. i legity buy my games and only reason i would want a new cfw is if the game couldnt be modifyed to work correctly. most people (all) just want to access psn.....sorta why i got a 360 slim so i can play any online games on a good online console.

[TehNoob]

It takes a sony NPDRM key to allow homebrew on official firmware. Geohot used the same generated key for every single homebrew that has been released instead of using a random key each time. So they blacklisted that key. To be able to use homebrew on the latest firmware we need to be able to generate random NPDRM keys and also appldr keys IIRC. If not just the NPDRM keys.

Also fyi NPDRM is the DRM that sony uses. DRM stands for digital rights management(I know it sounds dumb having to explain this but someone people may not know.)

We can generate NPDRM keys, but no one has released the method because it can lead to piracy. So the only way for us to get access to the method some 'black hat' hacker has to do the leg work and release it. Well anyone with a PS3 and the knowledge to do it.

Great explanation, now I understand everything.
And thankyou for putting in alot of detail.