some noob questions before i buy a PS3

**serverxeon** · 08-17-2011,08:52 AM

1) is it true that some/future games are/will not be able to run on KMEAW 3.55?
2) if i get a PS3 with 3.7, i am able to play backups by jailbreaking using the dongle right?
3) is the jailbreaking revert-able to 3.7OFW?

thanks!

**Warning** · 08-17-2011,08:58 AM

Originally Posted by serverxeon

1) is it true that some/future games are/will not be able to run on KMEAW 3.55?
2) if i get a PS3 with 3.7, i am able to play backups by jailbreaking using the dongle right?
3) is the jailbreaking revert-able to 3.7OFW?

thanks!

1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes

**indirect76** · 08-17-2011,10:23 AM

To expand Warning's 'No' on #2, there are method for downgrading from 3.7, but it involves a hardware mod (soldering).

If you really want a custom firmware on your ps3 I suggest ebay or craigslist. Just make sure you ask the seller what firmware version is. Tell them it can be found under Settings->System Settings->System Information, then the first line after "System Software". I got a backward compatible PS3 at fw 3.2 for $200 buck shipped from ebay doing this.

**serverxeon** · 08-17-2011,03:08 PM

thanks for the reply. but im located in singapore, so i dont have a lot of second-hand choices here.
the market aint that big.

anyway, i'd like to ask,
4) what is the purpose of the jailbreak usb dongle, if it cannot be used to play backups?
5) is this real or fake? jb for 3.7? http :// ps3jailbreak2011 .blogspot. com/
6) is there any advantage/new features the 3.7 will offer over the 3.55?

**Warning** · 08-17-2011,03:20 PM

Originally Posted by serverxeon

thanks for the reply. but im located in singapore, so i dont have a lot of second-hand choices here.
the market aint that big.

anyway, i'd like to ask,
4) what is the purpose of the jailbreak usb dongle, if it cannot be used to play backups?
5) is this real or fake? jb for 3.7? http :// ps3jailbreak2011 .blogspot. com/
6) is there any advantage/new features the 3.7 will offer over the 3.55?

4. You can play backups for games on or below 3.55, 3.41. It depends on the model dongle you have.
5. It is fake. When there is a jailbreak for 3.60+ it will be on the front page of this site.
6.PSN, online storage. There could be more. I'm on 3.55

**serverxeon** · 08-17-2011,03:32 PM

few more questions that come to my mind!

7) some backups need a disc to play? is it any CD? or must it be ps3 titles?
8) what is KMEAW LV2 patch for? is it to patch games what cant be played on 3.55?
9) what is the eboot . ini all about?

**Darkman-PSG** · 08-17-2011,08:55 PM

Originally Posted by serverxeon

few more questions that come to my mind!

7) some backups need a disc to play? is it any CD? or must it be ps3 titles?
8) what is KMEAW LV2 patch for? is it to patch games what cant be played on 3.55?
9) what is the eboot . ini all about?

7. Well for the current games like LA Noire you are going to need a disk and yes it has to be a ps3 game
8. LV2 is the thing that makes the backups get played on 3.55
9. Eboot is the essential part of making the game work

**bitsbubba** · 08-17-2011,10:30 PM

Originally Posted by Darkman-PSG

7. Well for the current games like LA Noire you are going to need a disk and yes it has to be a ps3 game haven't check yet but I think Cobra USB fixed this with their dongle
8. LV2 is the thing that makes the backups get played on 3.55 Lv2 Patcher is a thing of the past as current BMs have it implemented
9. Eboot is the essential part of making the game work in layman's terms the exe file of the PS3 game

sorry Darkman PSG just had to elaborate on your answers. And bud way to stay true to PSGroove!!

**Darkman-PSG** · 08-17-2011,10:55 PM

Originally Posted by bitsbubba

sorry Darkman PSG just had to elaborate on your answers. And bud way to stay true to PSGroove!!

lol no prob. Most def

been following the scene since last year I may have certain opinions about things but I am always willing for the scene to move in the right direction.

**jean945** · 08-18-2011,05:40 PM

You don't need any dongles to be able to run homebrew. Lv2 patcher is obsolete now since most backup manager (like Multiman) already have it implemented. You can't run homebrew on 3.70, but you will be able to go online (PSN. If you're in 3.55 or below you'll be able to install a 3.55 CFW and be able to run homebrew. The updates so far from 3.56 to 3.70 mainly patch the ability to run homebrew as we know how right now and adds useless PSN Plus features (that's the paying PSN service which gives you additional services to normal PSN) and the updates just include stuff like cloud saving, trophies syncing and other crap. If you want to know exactly what do the updates contain search changelogs.
Now that you mentioned LA Noire, you should know that in CFW 3.55 you won't be able to play most games that require an upgrade to 3.60, since you're obviously are at 3.55 and there are no ways to get around it since we still don't have a method how. However, even though some games originally require 3.60 to play, some like LA Noire are playable on 3.55 because some developers failed on doing it correctly (basically 3.60 changed the keys that allowed us to do most stuff, and we yet don't have access to them, but updates to the game were done with the 3.55 keys so therefore with an appropriate patch you can play it).
And by the way, that site is fake.

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