so you want to jailbreak your ps3? i can help with that.
first what you want to do is make sure you're on an Official 3.55 f/w.
Step 0
- Download the original PS3 firmware 3.55 here.
Update your PS3 to the original PS3 firmware 3.55 (
regardless of what CFW your currently are).
Step 1
In this step we will create the patched custom firmware. You can either make your OWN patched CFW or download a prepatched one. Due to legal reasons we will not link the prepatched PUP in this tutorial, but you are free to “google” it. Just make sure you know the source of the prepatched PUP and the MD5/SHA1 match up. We will show you how to make your own (windows).
- Download the required files for CFW: kmeaw_cfw_lv2.pkg.rar or Mirror1
- Update: After downloading/extracting kmeaw_cfw_lv2.pkg.rar, replace the file lv2.pkg with the latest version found here
- Download the original PS3 firmware 3.55 here (same as the one your downloaded in Step 0)
- Extract the kmeaw_cfw_lv2.pkg.rar folder and copy the original PS3 3.55 CFW (PS3UPDAT.PUP) inside the cfwhax folder
Open command prompt (Start > CMD)
Navigate to your cfwhax folder (type in cd C:UsersAdminDirectory to kmeaw_cfw_lv2 folder and press Enter)
Once there, type in the following exactly as shown in bold: bspatch PS3UPDAT.PUP PS3CFW.PUP patchfile
Let it run and do the patching, then you should now see a “PS3CFW.PUP” folder in your cfwhax folder.
Delete the original PS3Update.pup and rename “PS3CFW.pup” to PS3update.pup
- You have now created your patched CFW and are now ready to update.
- Before proceeding please make sure that the MD5 should be the following (or for any you find online): 2be5e87a22bf1e7f48e98fcabd38977b
Step 2
Time to install the custom firmware. This step is pretty much standard for all/any patched CFW file you may be using. Copy the newly created and renamed
PS3UPDAT.PUP to your flash drive (
/PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP). And now update your PS3 firmware as normal via XMB.
Note: If you get a error saying that your already at the latest update and it kicks you out, then you need to update your PS3 CFW via RECOVERY mode. TO boot into recover mode read
THIS.
I got that error first time going through so I went ahead via recovery menu to complete the process.
if you see Install package files on the XMB you have done it correctly!
Step 3
Now that CFW is installed its time to get the backup managers to work.
- Download Kmeaw Patch here
This is a PKG which you install via PKG option in XMB. You have to run this whenever you want to run the backup manager (per restart). This PKG does certain things I will not go into that allows backup managers to run with this particular CFW. It is likely that backupmanagers in the future will build this feature in so do some research on this once this guide gets a bit dated.
Step 4
Install a backup manager (must be signed), I recommend and am using
Rogero manager v7.9a:
Some notes on backup managers – you must have any original PS3 game inside and you must boot from XMB.
See more PS3 signed homebrew here:
http://psgroove.com/content.php?633-3.55-Compatible-Homebrew-Downloads
and there you go! you are jailbroken and your ps3 is open to a world of Homebrew and possibilities!
