Console Gamers

3h ago – Following up on his Rogero CEX PS3 Custom Firmware (CFW) v4.21 release that bricked many PS3 consoles, PlayStation 3 homebrew developer Rogero has now made available a PS3 Brick-Recovery Procedure from CFW 4.21 back to CFW 3.55 using Rogero PS3 NOR Auto Patcher v0.01 as outlined below.

To quote: Brick-Recovery Procedure from CFW4.21 back to CFW3.55

After Testing with some bricked Slim consoles (from updating to CFW4.21) with different friends and testers around the world, I can confirm that Bricked consoles can be recovered back to CFW3.55 even if you didn’t have a NOR Dump/Backup.

Requirements are:

1- A Hardware Flasher so you can read/write to the PS3 NOR flash
2- A Dongle with PSgrade payload (any old jailbreak dongle + PSGrade hex will do) used to Enter Factory Service Mode (FSM)
3- Rogero CEX-3.55 CFW V3.7

Recovery Procedure :

1- Dump the current NOR Flash of the bricked PS3 at least 3 times using a hardware flasher (Progskeet / E3 / TEENSY++)
2- Verify that it is properly dumped and you have a valid dump by comparing your dumps or following these steps: Validating_flash_dumps (via ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Talk:Validating_flash_dumps)
3- Patch the dump using Rogero PS3 NOR Auto Patcher: PS3_Nor_Dump_Auto_Patcher_v0.01.rar
3- Flash the Patched Dump back into the PS3 NOR using the Hardware flasher.
4- From this point you can continue as a normal Downgrade Procedure by entering Factory Service Mode using the dongle and Flashing Rogero CEX-3.55 v3.7 from the USB stick.

Notes:

• I didn’t receive any Brick report from any FAT PS3 that updated to CFW4.21, so it seems FAT consoles are not being affected by the bug.
• Apparently only the last downgradable Slim models are affected (CECH-25xx with Datecode 1A and base FW version = 3.50)
• I also know that there are also few Slims that bricked with model CECH-20xx but 90% of the reports were model (CECH-25xx with Datecode 1A and base FW version = 3.50).
• The Brick may be caused by the boot-loaders not being written correctly into the NOR during the Update process.
• Please note also that all the above info may not be 100% accurate, things are still being worked on so nothing is confirmed at all and I don’t promise anything about an updated CFW.

• CECH 2504B BRICKABLE Slim
• CECH 2501B BRICKABLE Slim
• CECH 2501A BRICKABLE Slim
• CECH 2511A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH 2004A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH 2504A ACCEPTABLE Slim – possible bricks
• CECH 2011A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH 2001A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH 2104A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH2004B N/A N/A
• CECH 2101A ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH 2004B ACCEPTABLE Slim
• CECH-2504A BRICKABLE Slim

• CECHJ 04 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHL 01 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHG 01 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHL 11 ACCEPTABLE N/A
• CECHK 01 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHL 04 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHK 11 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHH 01 ACCEPTABLE Fat
• CECHG 04 ACCEPTABLE Fat

Note: This isn’t set in stone. Have a hardware flasher or know how to recover even if your console model is acceptable. Make a multiMAN NAND/NOR backup and ensure QA flags are set!!! Hope you have a great time!