Need help updating 3.41 to 3.55

I borrowed this PS from a friend and it came with 3.41 and a matrix PS3 dongle, I tried updating to 3.55 OFW through recovery mode but it says 3.56 or later is required. Trouble is the website for this dongle no longer works, so i can't program it to downgrade....

The frustrating part is when i start up the console without the dongle, system information reports version 3.41

I googled for hours and everytime i come across something i get dead links

I intend on installing kmeaw's 3.55 but first i need to downgrade to 3.20 (minimum firmware), question is do I need to buy another downgrade dongle or is there some alternative (free) workaround that doesn't require downgrading at all?

Thanks in advance :D

the system you have has been downgraded from 3.55 to a 3.41 fw that been edited to trick the system into thinking it's 3.56 (outdated downgrade method). I would say your best alternative is to downgrade to a lower fw in FSM and then update (you could also use QA flag method but would need to keep the flag enabled to prevent system from reading SYSCON)

Are you sure your friend wants his ps3 updated to 3.55 you said you borrowed it ? And you shouldn't have any trouble updating to 3.55 from 3.41 just do it like another update

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Originally Posted by bitsbubba

the system you have has been downgraded from 3.55 to a 3.41 fw that been edited to trick the system into thinking it's 3.56 (outdated downgrade method). I would say your best alternative is to downgrade to a lower fw in FSM and then update (you could also use QA flag method but would need to keep the flag enabled to prevent system from reading SYSCON)

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i'll assume FSM is service mode, the problem is with this dongle, as i mentioned I can't reprogram it to downgrade

I read about the QA flag method and needed otherOS++ special firmware and a pkg file, the problem is the links were dead and google did not help me

can you help me with the QA flagging method?

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Originally Posted by nova89

Are you sure your friend wants his ps3 updated to 3.55 you said you borrowed it ? And you shouldn't have any trouble updating to 3.55 from 3.41 just do it like another update

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nah he won't mind, he'll thank me if i succeed in getting rid of this crappy dongle and the whole "start then eject quickly" 1 in 10 success rate business

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Originally Posted by asaoifsa

i'll assume FSM is service mode, the problem is with this dongle, as i mentioned I can't reprogram it to downgrade

I read about the QA flag method and needed otherOS++ special firmware and a pkg file, the problem is the links were dead and google did not help me

can you help me with the QA flagging method?

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You don't need to be on the otherOS++ firmware to be able to QA flag......just install this Toggle_QA package > toggle_qa.pkg

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Originally Posted by asaoifsa

i'll assume FSM is service mode, the problem is with this dongle, as i mentioned I can't reprogram it to downgrade

I read about the QA flag method and needed otherOS++ special firmware and a pkg file, the problem is the links were dead and google did not help me

can you help me with the QA flagging method?

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CrashSerious & team have put out a FSM app that should work for your system. Also REBUG has released an app to quickly QA flag your system w/o the need of OtherOS++

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Originally Posted by ichris26

You don't need to be on the otherOS++ firmware to be able to QA flag......just install this Toggle_QA package > toggle_qa.pkg

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i'm having problems with toggle qa, i've tried it with and w/o the dongle inserted and the console doesn't beep
how long does the toggle usually take?

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Originally Posted by asaoifsa

i'm having problems with toggle qa, i've tried it with and w/o the dongle inserted and the console doesn't beep
how long does the toggle usually take?

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You can see if it worked by going to Network settings on your XMB and press L1,L2,L3,R1,R2, and down on the d-pad.....if it worked then you should see some new options appear (one of them being "Eddy Viewer").

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Originally Posted by ichris26

You can see if it worked by going to Network settings on your XMB and press L1,L2,L3,R1,R2, and down on the d-pad.....if it worked then you should see some new options appear (one of them being "Eddy Viewer").

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no eddy viewer, everytime i run toggla qa the screen goes black and freezes and the console doesn't want to turn off, had to unplug it.... :(