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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by jerf on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:36AM (#26820300)
How hard is jailbreaking your PS3 nowadays? Asking here because I don't know which search results to trust across all the years of results that come up. A link to blessed, known-current instructions would be worth an upvote from me.

It's still my bluray player. I've never been too worried about it, but if it's going to half-brick itself it's hard to justify not jailbreaking it at this point.

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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by garaetjjte on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:59AM (#26820583)
See here [0]. Generally on firmware 3.55 or older CFW can be installed directly. On consoles that came from factory with 3.55 or older but were updated CFW can be installed using PS3Xploit. Consoles that came with 3.56 or newer cannot be fully jailbroken, but some homebrew features can be utilized on OFW through PS3HEN [1]

[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/ps3homebrew/wiki/index [1] https://www.psx-place.com/threads/update-4-87-ps3hen-v3-0-2-...

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Re:The looming software kill-switch lurking in aging Playsta... by mimimi31 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:54AM (#26820532)
The PS3 homebrew wiki on Reddit[1] is a good starting point. All the the tools you'll need can be found on the PS3Xploit team's website[2].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/ps3homebrew/wiki/how_to_hack

[2] http://ps3xploit.com

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