any news on the 3.56v1 soft brick issue ???

[rol19]

i recently accuired a slim ps3 with the dreaded 3.56v1 update loop ,
BUT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS to the original hard drive
just wondered if anyone found a variable working solution to this yet ?

[Pereb27]

You'll have to downgrade to 3.55 with a flasher.

EDIT : After thinking, I'm not even sure if it would work, since you need to enter service mode and what not. But if there's a solution, it's that.
Or send it to Sony.

[gataka]

Unfortunately downgrading with nor flasher is not an option. It won't work if the console is with 3.56. You have to be 3.60 or hayer (recommended 3.70)

[Pereb27]

Unfortunately downgrading with nor flasher is not an option. It won't work if the console is with 3.56. You have to be 3.60 or hayer (recommended 3.70)

Of course you can downgrade from 3.56, you're rewriting parts of the NOR/NAND, it doesn't matter what was there before rewriting it.

[gataka]

Let me disagree. First the NOR changes when you install 3.70. The NOR of console with 3.56 version have differences than the NOR of console with 3.70 version. You need to patch the NOR, it seems the PATCH only brick's consoles with 3.56.

And It have been tested and proved not working.

[Pereb27]

Let me disagree. First the NOR changes when you install 3.70. The NOR of console with 3.56 version have differences than the NOR of console with 3.70 version. You need to patch the NOR, it seems the PATCH only brick's consoles with 3.56.

And It have been tested and proved not working.

And the NOR of console with 3.55 is different than the NOR of console with 3.56. In fact it should be more likely to work on 3.56 since there are less changes from 3.55 than in 3.70. If it works from 3.70 but not from 3.56, then it means the NOR/NAND patches used for downgrading are either flawed, or not meant for 3.56, but that doesn't mean it's completely impossible.
The NOR contains per-console specific data (EID, bootldr, metldr, and (?)CISD). As soon as you have a correct dump of those, you can downgrade from any version to any version.
Perhaps a working way would be to get a dump of a console that has 3.55, write the console you want to downgrade's CISD, EID, bootldr, metldr to that dump, and write it to the NOR.

[rol19]

ok ill be more specific , is there any FREE right now , working solution ?

[Pereb27]

No. And there won't be. You don't fix full bricks without hardware.

[rol19]

actually is not really bricked is it
i mean rsod is bricked

[bitsbubba]

actually is not really bricked is it
i mean rsod is bricked

RSoD isn't brick RSoD is RSoD, a Brick will not turn on at all