JaiCraB releases USB FIRM LOADER

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Amazing day for Jailbreak PS3 owner's, just short of a day to make it a month since the news broke of PSJailbreak, and now we have this amazing news that JaiCraB has released his "USB FIRM LOADER".

What does this mean?

Well if you have a Jailbroken PS3 running v3.41 and you have the FTP server installed, you can now copy the contents of /dev_flash the good stuff that makes up your PS3 firmware, install it on a USB stick, and REBOOT into your new firmware after of course you have make the changes you wish to do.

This is the FIRST big major step towards having a "custom firmware". -- Now with this program released, developers with the knowledge of what to change, and test out various options paving the way for a release.

This program allows to simulate the dev_flash from USB. Allowing a Custom Firmware. We may modify the files of our new dev_flash (USB) as we please, without running the risk of throwing away the PS3. It is a beta version, probably find bugs. I will continue working on it when time permits me. Remember that suffers no risk to the console. All that is changed the new dev_flash'll be doing really USB.

Requirements:
1: Syscall PEEK and POKE. <--- PSGroove v1.1

Installation:
1: Copy the "FTP server" the entire contents of the / dev_flash the USB (the root).
2: Copy the JaiC_USB_FIRM_LOADER.pkg also the root of the USB.
3: Install the package.

Use:
1: Insert the USB into the PS3.
2: Run USB LOADER FIRM.
3: After a few seconds will return to the XMB.
4: The new firmare is loaded.

You will see that whatever you do the USB will be launched. Ideal for amending RCO, exchange modules, as you imagine.

WARNING!

Do not update while in Live Firmware Mode. It will reboot, setting the original dev_flash back, and then it will update!
Do not update from USB FIRMWARE LOADER!

More updates from Author's blog: http://jaicrab.blogspot.com/

[liteon6x]

Whats does this mean do we still need the jailbreak dongles
after we have made the usb

[volition134]

gon be good

[Vegeta]

Amazing, theoretically there is also 0% chance of bricking your PS3 by loading modified FW from USB unless you're

A good day indeed for PS3 homebrew!

[garyopa]

Whats does this mean do we still need the jailbreak dongles
after we have made the usb

Yes you do, as the new custom firmware is LOADED into RAM and the system reboots.

Nothing is written to your NAND, no changes are permanent, once you turn off the power, your PS3 is back to the way it originally was running your v3.41 firmware!

[urbigbro]

This may be what I need to fix my PS3. I can't get it to flash the firmware to anything higher than it has. 2.XX , can't remember exactly ATM.
I could dump my chips firmware data and see if it is messed up, corrupted etc.

Then of course, I'd want to compare it to a dump of the same fully working firmware, to see if there are differences.
Thanks for this tool JaiCraB!

Now all I need is a version of PSGroove that works on my firmware to get released

[iLLNESS]

wow, just wow.

[Dante19]

Amazing day for Jailbreak PS3 owner's, just short of a day to make it a month since the news broke of PSJailbreak, and now we have this amazing news that JaiCraB has released his "USB FIRM LOADER".

What does this mean?

Well if you have a Jailbroken PS3 running v3.41 and you have the FTP server installed, you can now copy the contents of /dev_flash the good stuff that makes up your PS3 firmware, install it on a USB stick, and REBOOT into your new firmware after of course you have make the changes you wish to do.

Does this mean we can chose to load up any firmware we want to? Including 3.42 and then revert back to whatever?

[Xan21]

Amazing. Cant wait.

[jaekid]

OMG. what great news.

i'm gonna be VERY busy this weekend...