PS3 Hacked via USB Dongle

[dlevere]

dlove67 writes "PSX-scene.com reports that the first PS3 modchip has been tested and confirmed to be working. Running off of a USB dongle, it appears to be relatively user friendly and claims to not void your warranty. Online gameplay works (at least for the time being). It's been a long time coming; cheers to the PS Jailbreak Guys."

The video is attached below if you're curious. Can't help but point out that this wouldn't have happened if Sony hadn't decided to yank the Boot Other OS option.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOEb...layer_embedded

[Helder]

About damn time, I put off buying a ps3 until something like this came about but its expensive as all hell, $150!! That thing better come with all sorts of bells and whistles and it seems clones are being produced as well,I will wait till someone dumps it and it can be flashed to a standard usb.

[bungholio]

I first saw it mentioned on the CMP forums, and went from that link to the psx-scene. I does have me curious. For some weird reason I don't try to pirate games like everyone else, but I'm genuinely glued to trying to find codes for games for some odd reason. The thread at the psx-scene is as long as hell. There were over 700 replies when I last looked earlier today. Everybody is skeptical and whatever else. Since they mentioned something about homebrew, I would love to be digging for codes in Dead Space or Resident Evil 5, or even other games even though I don't have many to dig through. Cheat devices are a long way off though.

[Helder]

good old fashioned save hacking is the way to go, I do it on xbox360 all the time.

[dlevere]

Sony Lawyers Crackdown on PS3 Jailbreak

By Rob Jones on Aug.27, 2010

It was only a matter of time.

Sony has obtained a court order barring the sale of the USB flash keys by an Australian company. The PS JAILBREAK mod allows the use of backup discs to be played on the PS3.

Sony obtained an injunction ordering Australian reseller Quantronics to halt sales and distribution of the device until the 31st of August.



Their site was selling the mod for a pricey $170, but now has the item listed as ‘no stock‘. According to PS3News.com, Quantronics has canceled preorders for PS3 Jailbreak and are refunding customers.

Another site listed in the court document, Ozmodchips, now has the modchip listed as sold out.

Meanwhile, CVG reports that Sony can detect players who are using the PS JAILBREAK mod and are hitting them with the Banhammer:

If you’re using the PSJailbreak and you get a ’8002A227′ error code, that’s apparently the sign of a right good banning.

[dlevere]

Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 02, 12:09PM

Despite all the lawsuits and injunctions by Sony to keep the PS3 Jailbreak out of modder's hands, it appears that a third party has made a clone. The best part is, it only requires a cheap (approximately $40) development board by Atmel, and the requisite software is open-source.

Get the Atmel code from GitHub and apply a small patch which will enable backup play (the code by itself only lets you run unsigned code, the patch allows for BD backups). The code is GPLv3.

It would be highly ironic if someone ported this to Linux USB Gadgets, then you could use a Linux device to jailbreak your PS3, to which Sony removed Linux functionality. An Android phone would be suitable.

[MathUser]

Nothing I'll use, but I think it is interesting that the console has been hacked.