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Open Source PS3 Jailbreak Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the out-of-the-bag dept.

tlhIngan writes "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."

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  1. Re:Hehehe by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not me. I'll NEVER buy computer gear from a company with a history of rooting their paying customers' computer gear. How stupid would I have to be to do that?

    I can't understand why any of you own a PS3 in the first place.

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  2. Re:Hehehe by mcgrew · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No sarcasm, I'm serious. Looks like Sony fanbois (or employees) have mod points today. No matter, it won't hurt my karma; every anti-Sony comment I post gets modded like that.

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  3. Re:This exploit is beautiful by Nyder · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I think though part of it is they had a sony jig and knew that there was a way to get the usb to special boot the PS3.

    While they could just of made a copy of the jig, that would be a very illegal product. So they had to figure a way to get the system to do the same thing, without having the actual hardware.

    It's sweet. Now a PS3 seems like it might be worth getting, but probably not.

    then again, maybe so.

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