KaKaKaRoTo Releases First v3.55 Custom Firmware for the PS3!

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Moments ago KaKaRoTo, the developer behind the PL3 payloads has announced the creation of the first v3.55 CFW, the following video shows what it is, although it is from an older beta CFW.

PS3: First ‘Custom Firmware’ now working!

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Great news!

Thanks to the tools made by the fail0verflow team (and thanks to sven in particular for his work on the pkg/unpkg tools), the first “Custom Firmware” is now available for the PS3!

I see a lot of questions coming up really fast on my Twitter account, so here are the basic things you need to know:

Because of legal/copyright issues, I will not provide the custom firmware to anyone, however, I’ve made available all the tools necessary to transform an Official firmware update, into a custom one, just grab my ps3utils repository from github, compile, then run:

./create_cfw.sh PS3UPDATE.PUP CFW.PUP

This will take the official firmware, unpack it, modify it, then repack it correctly (requires you to install ps3tools).

This should work on Linux and Mac for now, but I’m sure others will do it for the masses and illegally release those files somewhere.

The advantage here is that you can do it for any firmware, if you want to keep version 3.41, then give it the 3.41 update, if you are on 3.55 already and can’t downgrade, then run the script on the official 3.55 firmware and it will create a modified 3.55 firmware.

You can put the file in a USB drive under the filename “PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP” and then go to system update in the XMB, and it will allow you to install the update (even if you’re already on 3.55).

People are asking what are the features of this firmware, it’s simple, all it does is to add those “Install Package Files” options to the Game section of the XMB. It doesn’t do anything else!

This firmware will not allow you to run the currently available homebrew application. Once the homebrew developers re-package their files in a ‘retail’ .pkg format with signed executable, then it will work (this should be coming soon thanks to the work of the fail0verflow team).

Since the kernel is left unmodified, this means that this custom firmware is really meant for future homebrew installation, and it will not allow piracy. I plan on keeping it that way.

This is just the first attempt at custom firmware, and it only contains a minor modification to allow you to install pkg files directly, eventually we’ll get some more options added to it in the future. This is just starting to get interesting!

p.s: Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible!

Enjoy!
KaKaRoTo

News Source: PS3: First ‘Custom Firmware’ now working! (via) KaKaRoTo's Blog

To save you time masterchan777 was kind enough to create a 3.55-CFW (thanks to tools released by KaKaRoTo) and has include the latest fixes from KaKaRoTo using his second released OFW to CFW changing firmware script code.

More info and updates about this CFW can be read from KaKaRoTo's blog, please check it out before installing, and please READ this WHOLE thread, to understand how basic and simple this CFW is, and that it really does not offer much to the PS3 end-user yet, and is more of example that it is now possible!

3.55-CFW-V1.2 Link: Link: PS3UPDAT.355Cfw.KaKaRoTo-1.2.pup MD5 : 769399A3C64BEBCC4740BD0A9D2C7973

NOTE 1: You can install v3.55 signed packages with this without dongles and get on PSN (for now)

NOTE 2: I would NOT currently recommend installing this CFW for anyone without the official 3.55 installed, I'd wait for more testing to be done

NOTE 3: Only 3.55-signed pkg files will install with this and only 3.55-signed code will run

NOTE 4: Updated to v1.2 with the latest fixes to game_tool2.xml

WARNING: There has been reports of 'damaged game saves' and 'trophies', as with all new custom firmwares, please understand the risks of installing anything like this on your PS3 console!

Credits : KaKaRoTo, team fail0verflow and geohot

enjoy

[joehemi]

yabba dabba doo

[STRATEGIZER]

yabba dabba doo

Made me ! I feel like screaming "yabba dabba doo" but its like 2.30 in the morning >.<

Great news.

[coolboy]

yay!!!!!!1

[pencock]

Does this have the syscall vulnerabilities from 3.41 and earlier, or is it just a proof of concept packages installer?

[eliteaaron]

awesome!!! where do i download it from?

[dvdxploitr]

Does this have the syscall vulnerabilities from 3.41 and earlier, or is it just a proof of concept packages installer?

I believe its just PoC…watch the video, once he tries to install something, it gives an error….but great progress…and was unexpected to see this on 3.55 before 3.41!

[xile6]

checksum/m5d something please my net suck and corrupts files big files sometimes

[coolboy]

I believe its just PoC…watch the video, once he tries to install something, it gives an error….but great progress…and was unexpected to see this on 3.55 before 3.41!

this depends, he sent a message to Math (So i heard) that since keys are released it won't run unsign codes, so he might have used one with an unsign code

[SnoopDo2G]

Does this have the syscall vulnerabilities from 3.41 and earlier, or is it just a proof of concept packages installer?

I believe it's kind of useless right now, just wait untill he releases a final version
or some stuff, because if i understand the homebrews have to signed in order to work and well i don't think any manager will work yet... syscalls are missing i guess and maybe some other stuff, but it will come soon i believe