The “InFeCtuS” crew has successfully downgraded a PS3 running firmware 1.60 to 1.50. The tutorial available on their website details the procedure to read & write the internal NAND flash of the PS3.
To allow infectus to have the controll of the NAND FLASH, the PS3 must be turned on we need to wait the browser screen, after you can connect the USB cable of INFECTUS to PC.
Is very important that you don’t touch nothing in the browser when INFECTUS read and write the NANDs FLASHES… because is possible a corruption of data.
The wires must be connected shortly and not crossed from infectus to PS3.
Here’s a video proving their success:
Evidently it’s not for the faint of heart, and of course you know the risks involved with writing to flash memory. In any case, this is a phenomenal breakthrough for PS3 owners. Good work InFeCtuS!
Download:
InFeCtuS Flash/NAND Programmer
InFeCtuS USB Drivers
Thanks for the news tip, chelsea_fc.
Sweet!! I’ll be excited when there’s one for the latest firmware…But only when the ISO loader comes out :(
zOmG! Lots and lota cablez! I thought all I would have to do is install some modchip similar to U.P. for psp then connect it to my pc via usb.
What is so special about firmware 1.50???
Nice man.
For the mod chip i don’t think its all those cables.
I have fw 1.32 :( useless news to me but good work…this can mean something…
I wonder if it’s possible to downgrade further below 1.50…because in the video, they selected 1.50.bin, which means that the PC suite does not actually have to flash a specific fw 1.50 on the NAND.
ohh…If it blacks out while you are flashing… boom! goodbye $600….
downgrading the ps3 looks so damn hard! im a 360 fan……and a ps3 fan :D so i dont care. the ps3 to me is just a hunk of $600 plastic. i will get one when it drops. did everyone know that wal-mart told sony that if the price doesnt drop, they are taking them out of stock.
I think that was for the PSP, not the PS3.
Thats impressive… Downgrading is one of the key elements for successfull hackability… We might even see custom firmwares someday.. A’la PsP ;)
hi guys could you please help me how to download full ps3 games to my ps3 please thankssssss i be happy
Excellent work, alot of cables (possibly for development use). If all the cables ARE necessary thats a downside.. would love to see more information.
When do 1.70 to 1.60 Downgrade? :)
I’ve updated a while ago to 1.60 because I waned to play MGS 3 (it requires update).
And I was desperate because when the iso loader come, there will be no way to run it. (it will probably require firmware 11.50.) And Now I can safely play all my PS2 titles… :)
Great WORK !
It’s not that simple ! The FW of the PS3 is interleaved on 2 Flash-Chips, hence 2 bin files.
You cannot use the dumps of other people. So where you get thos e2 bin files? No, it’s not the PUP-File.
So you only can downgrade, if you already dumped your lower FW with the infectus.
If u haven’t, also the infectus modchip isn’t able to downgrade your FW.
Kinda pointless right now, jesus get on with an ISO loader already sick of hearing of it.
iQD
Why i cant use dumps of other people?
Because the PS3 Firmware is SIGNED.
Specific Hardware-ID’s and so on.
A dump is only usable on the SAME PS3 (on which the dump was made).
How connect InFeCtuS (PC) with PS3? What i need to do with this InFeCtuS USB Drivers?
The guy made his ps3 into million wires, nothing i can recognize other than the start key!, atleast you could cheer him and give em push forward for his great work. not saying its pointless, this guy will help the Loaders devep. to make u all use the loader, this guy made something and i think his reward atleast will be saying Thank you for your hard work. Go Go Forward ^^
there is no iso loader, get over it. paradox is full of shit, wanna know why ferrox was the only iso loader sony bought off???…. BECAUSE IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER WORK OR WAS REAL. all paradox does is rescramble some incoherent rants of a retard into a “secret message” and then bitching about programing at people when they start thinking “hay wait… where the hell is it and what the f.u.c.k are these stupid messages”. paradox needs to stick to there f.u.c.k.e.n keygens! stay where your at with the firmware if you want theres really not much more in the newer ones.
btw nice work InFeCtuS
dude, ur talking so much sh!t!!!
there is NO loader, ur right!!!
But Paradox are the Gods in programming sh!t so stop talking this crap!!!
Ferrox this m….f…ker can do nothing, o i forget he can so something…..he can sucK my D1ck!!!
Hey Timesplitter – before you decide to lambaste others for what you perceive as a demonstration of their lack of intelligence (at least that is what you inplied in your little rant) but let’s look at what you indicated: “…paradox needs to stick to there f.u.c.k.e.n keygens! stay where your at with the firmware if you want theres really not much more in the newer ones.” I believe that you were going for the pronoun “their” rather than the preposition “there”. Similarly, I believe that your intention was to point out one should stay where “…you’re at with the new….” Otherwise it makes no sense to “stay (the pronoun indicating third party possession “your” as opposed to the intended contraction “you are” – “you’re”.) IM ’speak’ has done enough to erode and degrade the English language. Can’t we at least try to maintain the rules & spelling of our native tongue.
Phenomenal work InFeCtuS ur the PRO hacker of PS3 now!!! Great man! PSP is for Dark Alex and PS3 for InFeCtuS!!! Ok InFeCtuS u have opened the gateway to HOMeBREW!!!
What the hell is that guy ranting about Sony buying off an ISO loader, what BS.
what !!!! ????
PS3 is hack ?? !!
no!
paradox is just a bunch of key writers nothing more, never will be. and sony did buy the ferrox code along with info on the exploite they used. the two coders now work on home.
this sounds like a scam why do u have to buy a usb cable from them to do it?
Exceptional work. Infectus is the first chip allowing PS3 nand flash, and it works even with all other consoles… such a great piece, men…
1.80 on the way DVD/Game upscaling.
Why do you want to downgrade to 1.5? What are the advantages of the 1.5 FW?
i know why would you downgrade a ps3? i have newest firmware on mine 1.80 and by the way that is some serious hardware hacking right there! lol
so I’m suppose to risk bricking my $600 system to dg 2 a fw which i still can’t hack?just get over it guys u can never hack the PS3 i gave up n is gonna buy a 360 this summer, just give up yo n buy the games u want
By reducing the firmware alows for homebrew which includes personalized emulators(WHICH COULD PLAY ANYTHING FROM ARARI TO MAYBE EVEN 360 GAMES AND EVERYTHING INBETWEEN)to, programs to be written and opens the door to enventually customfirmware which allows exploiting the ps3- Nobodys asking you to risk bricking anything at this stage its the beginning- if theres something you can do now is learn the (?ps3 dev code and using the 1.5 fw with its initial accessability, create (code)homebrew which exploits (hacks) the ps3 to capabiliy of ou wants.
SO CONGRATS to the exploitees and lets get HACKIN’
if the PS3 can produce results anything like the psp has already- Im GAME.
PS. ‘pointless’ the PS3 is alittle more complicated than the PSP so give it some time Im sure itll pay off if not go hump microsoft!
hi just wanted to add that if you do brick a psp, or a ps3, why dont u go to wal mart and buy a new psp or ps3, depending on what u screwed up and then go return the brick for cash back? i didnt it a couple times to get new psps.
Looks like a scam to me, why would he cover the MAC adress? maybe because its two diffrent PS3’s? one with 1.60 and one with 1.50.
Hope its not a scam but I think it is.
No everybody covers up their mac address like on psp videos where to show you their firmware. its just for security i think.. although ive never known why they do x]
I dont understant why you guys would be on a site like this being skeptic, espescially if you have any idea what the PSP Phats can do now!.
Unless this site or comenters are trying to dissuade the ps3 hack community, after seeing what the psp has developed into.
Its also too bad we have to exploit Playstation as a company because Ive always been a huge fan since my first ps1 and wish upon it no ill will- too bad microsoft could feel the brunt of the hacking,from what the playstation gamers and the exploited gaming ability and experience that we enjoy may cause.
How do i play the downloaded backups on my ps3. I donwlkaded virtual tennis 3. Any help please email iliketostartfiresalone@hotmail.com
So you have to take it apart….
Will there ever be a way to play backups and free games?
Who would want to downgrade
The reason you would downgrade is to do the hack…
If anyone here has ever hacked a PSP you would know. The PS3 is pretty much a huge PSP that plays BR. So I believe it will be hacked one day. They already downgraded, which is the first step…
Congratulations guys!
IT I THE FIRST STEP. downgrading the FW (firmware) is like reverse engineering the updates in OF(official firmware) which have security features which fix the initial hacking vulnerabilities the original FW (1.5?) had. Like on the psp Original FW 1.5 allowed booting programs directly from the Memorystick- which have developed into emulators and ISO reading and all the stuff we see now on psp. had we been unable to downgrade we would have lost that ability, due to security features which are in official firmware updates, so when we install Custom firmware(in PSP) in thier higher versions we keep the 1.5 aspect of the system(ie;you’ll always see a GAME 1.5 folder on a hacked psp Memstick) and bringing the psp to its updated FW (5.00 m33) with only its benificial capabilities (including the ability to play newer the games requiring update.
SOOO BIG UPS TO INFECTUS KEEP IT UP!!
and PS. (PSP players)never update yourCF with OF updates found on UMDs or such always update the CF with CF updates…and always let the majority try out these updates to make sure its tried and true before doing the Update plus see what additions are in these updates and unless your unable to play a new title it usually not worth updating every sequential version.
HAPPY HACKING!!
that is bad ass.keep up the hard work so we can mod are ps3.still working on my psp so im in no hurry.
I would laugh if a group designed a way to use huge network of 360s they fixed with the read ring of death to brute force the keys.
can someone tell me how to stop bloddy ps3 updateing, when trying to play game tells you to update otherwise you cant play wtf
It is very important that this feature (Automatic or forced OfficialFirmware updating) be subverted in the future or else it would case a big promle for Custom firmware.
Thats probably why its enforced
if you can’t run backups this modchip is useless!!!
Can someone create a hack that will allow the PS3 to:
(1) play PAL dvds
(2) be REGION FREE -for DVDs and BLU-RAYs
There are programs you can download onto the PC that will negate the region coding of dvds and blu-rays to allow playback, as well as allow both NTSC and PAL playback. Couldn’t someone take one of these programs and essentially create a version that can be downloaded onto a PS3?
Go to videohelp.com for examples.
That sure would be sweet. Having CODEFREE BLURAY HACKS or similar.
I really don’t feel spending 450 Bucks on a Codefree BD Player.
What is the point of downgrading the firmware??
what can you do with it?
Ya what the fuk eve… call me when you get this unit figured out….
Id like to burn some games some time soon… so If you could just get on with the hacking and moding please…
less talk more work.
work smarter not harder
HI ALL .I’M NEW TO THIS AND I WONDER AND I DON’T UNDERSTAND ALL THE ABOVE.SO:
IS THERE ANY FIRMWARES FOR PS3 LIKE THE PSP SO I CAN PLAY IMAGES AND BACKEDUP GAMES?
THANX ALL :p
Hey…I bought a new 60gb ps3..found it cheap. I heard that you can hack/chip them to play downloaded games that are on your harddrive. i have got a 500gb harddrive, but i dont know if you can chip them
any help?
p.s it is a PAL version ps3..
i also have a US version, is there any difference?
I just cant wait till the day they finally break the code and get cf i mean can any of you imagine the capabilities of a machine with so much power you would basically have a desktop instead of a gaming system which is really what it already is just limited by sony but much love to sony and all the hackers just keep up the good work and keep us notified
Amazing!
This means playing Import PS3 games will be possible in the near future!
Now I no longer need to waste buying a 2nd ps3 import console. :D
Still illegal, Sony Entertainment won’t allow that to happen, Hackers beware. That a cyber crime.
Comment by Sony Entertainment
2009-09-19 22:16:02
Still illegal, Sony Entertainment won’t allow that to happen, Hackers beware. That a cyber crime.
LOL – N00b
Please i need downgrade PS3 firmware 1.60 to 1.50
thanks
or 1.5.1
or 1.5.0.1
please i need
thanks
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