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Sony Updates PS3 Firmware To 3.56 To Stop Jailbreaking

Posted by timothy on from the now-how-will-we-smuggle-in-cakes dept.

tekgoblin writes "Today Sony has released a firmware update for the PS3 console that will update it to version 3.56. This comes on the same day news broke on the restraining order against George Hotz (Geohot). Sony did not state that it would stop jailbreaking the console but we can only assume that it does. With this restraining order against Geohot we see the Streisand Effect taking hold again as the key spreads all over the net. This decision by the courts may also prompt more hackers to focus their time on the PS3 from other projects. Be aware if you update your system and you like to jailbreak or hack, you will probably be unable to after the update." Actually, it might be possible after all.

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  1. oops by the_Bionic_lemming · · Score: 5, Informative

    erk: C0 CE FE 84 C2 27 F7 5B D0 7A 7E B8 46 50 9F 93 B2 38 E7 70 DA CB 9F F4 A3 88 F8 12 48 2B E2 1B
    riv: 47 EE 74 54 E4 77 4C C9 B8 96 0C 7B 59 F4 C1 4D
    pub: C2 D4 AA F3 19 35 50 19 AF 99 D4 4E 2B 58 CA 29 25 2C 89 12 3D 11 D6 21 8F 40 B1 38 CA B2 9B 71 01 F3 AE B7 2A 97 50 19
        R: 80 6E 07 8F A1 52 97 90 CE 1A AE 02 BA DD 6F AA A6 AF 74 17
        n: E1 3A 7E BC 3A CC EB 1C B5 6C C8 60 FC AB DB 6A 04 8C 55 E1
        K: BA 90 55 91 68 61 B9 77 ED CB ED 92 00 50 92 F6 6C 7A 3D 8D
      Da: C5 B2 BF A1 A4 13 DD 16 F2 6D 31 C0 F2 ED 47 20 DC FB 06 70

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  2. Re:Stop wasting my bandwidth... by Microlith · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also if people truly do just want a system to run homebrew on why not just buy the dev kit? It's basically an unlocked, unsubsidized PS3.

    Because they place roughly the same requirements on buyers as Nintendo does. Buying a PS3 devkit isn't something you can just buy off eBay.

    Remember: They don't make unlocked versions of devices because they absolutely do not want you doing what you want with your device. This is true for almost every iOS/Android/WP7/Console made.

  3. Yeah by symbolset · · Score: 5, Informative

    And it was broken in one hour. Sony never learns. It's like they really, really, really want to believe.

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  4. DNS trick to play on PSN with 3.55 by __aailob1448 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want to keep playing online while a custom firmware is released. All that is necessary is to plug in this as the primary DNS in your PS3 network settings:

    67.202.81.137

    And ta-daa, we're back online with 3.55.

  5. Re:This is news? by Gaygirlie · · Score: 4, Informative

    The key can be changed by a firmware update

    No, it can't. It's written in non-volatile ROM, the only way to replace it is to change the physical ROM chip.

    http://www.popfi.com/2011/01/06/hackers-unlock-ps3-master-key/ exerpt: "Well, when Sony was designing the PS3, they put the master key on the hardware of the PlayStation itself"

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12116051 exerpt: ""The only way to fix this is to issue new hardware," he said. "Sony will have to accept this.""

    There's plenty more if you wish to Google.