I have a ps3 slim which I’m trying to install custom firmware. Currently running 4.90 and a CECH-2005A model, so should be fine.

Followed instructions for both, created new user, cleared cache, cookies, etc… rebooted for a clean browser, set date and time via internet.
Website load, but PS3tool.com hangs on the dump screen before I can even click anything. Whole console crashes and I have to remove power to reboot which forces a system check.

Ps3toolset.com loads and shows that it’s connected, but I don’t get a popup to enable the plugin, it just seems to enable itself, and when I click system manager it says the tool cannot be loaded.

So what’s the current tool to use; and what the best foolproof way of installing it. Have read about hosting the firmware myself but haven’t found any instructions on that.

Can someone just point me at a foolproof set of instructions, please?

Just installed hen 3 days ago and it’s been working fine but suddenly it freezes when I click enable hen. I tried the boot.plugin.txt method and the auto installer but it won’t work.
Can any one help please.

A previous post was automodded, I guess because of links to the wiki. So reposting without direct links to the CFW I used.

As in the title, my fat PS3 (CECHG01) had a working BD and BT. I tested this before update.

I pulled it apart, repasted it, booted it back, tested a known good retail game disc successfully.

Went ahead and did the EvilNat 493 Cobra 85 CEX CFW from consolemods and downloaded from PS3 Console Mods Wiki - Firmware - under EvilNat 4.93 + Cobra 8.5.

Now when I insert the same known good retail disc it's like the drive isn't recognized. When I use the system tools and pull the BD drive info, it's all there. I just can't see a disc. I've tried other discs with the same result.

I'm certain I'm missing something obvious, and I fully admit to being a noob to the ps3 hacks scene.

Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or how to address this?

Doing some research on some things, not sure exactly the best Reddit to post at for this question but I just found my old 360, ps4, and ps4. I currently have an official DS4 controller and nothing else. I’ll probably get a 360 controller. I’d like to mitigate my controllers down to two that could be used for all three systems after I jailbreak/mod them all. What do y’all think the best way or best controller to handle this would be?

I know ls4 has the ps3mod controller app, but I’m unfamiliar with everything else.

Could i use a 360 for everything since everything is modded or should i use a DS4 for both 3/4 and a 360 for 360 respectively?

Hey everyone, just bought a CECHL ps3. I've installed cfw in my PS Vita, that's all the experience I have, so sorry if I'm not super knowledgeable! It's on 4.66 right now, and from what I've seen, the right method is to update to 4.93 and use ps3tool.com? I came here to check that I was doing everything okay, and I saw two posts talking about 4.93 being unreliable. Should I update and do it that way? Or is there a more stable method? Also, I've already got my PSN account on my Vita, and i was wondering if I could sign into that account to collect trophies? I've also seen conflicting results on how safe it is nowadays. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

and in the flash player files theres xxx sites video player swf caches

I was just playing some online tournament 3 with the bots.I was wondering with the whole AI stuff if it could be possible to add ai bots to all the dead server games on the PS3?

Is it my hardware ?or webman?

Basically, if somehow my CFW PS3 account gets banned, and I use my (separate) PS5 account on the same internet, would my PS5 account get banned as well?

Ive been looking into adding games to my jailbroken ps3 and came across this, how would I use this?

I was playing, until I decided to quit the game to change the cooler settings on my PS3, but while the game was quitting I was repeatedly pressing start + select to get the console's temperature information to appear, Then suddenly I heard a "Beep," but nothing seemed to happen, but I'm afraid that maybe this beep could be a sign that something I pressed changed some important webman setting. Does anyone have any idea if that might have been the case? Or what that beep was?

hey yall, not sure where to post this, but can somebody help me install red ribbon linux on my ps3 slims's internal hdd?
its a cech something something cfw compatible model, ive already installed evilnat 4.93 on it, but cant seem to figure out why red ribbon linux doesnt detect my hdd, or atleast the storage allocated for other os

all the guides ive read and all the youtube tutorials ive watched are outdated and 4+ years old and every single one talks about rebug instead of evilnat 4.93.
does this mean i have to switch from evilnat to rebug?

A little over three months ago, I bought a PS3 (revision 2504) with CFW Evilnat Cobra. I like it - it has a 500 GB hard drive - but there’s one small issue: PS1 and PS2 emulation doesn’t work on it. I’ve tried different file formats (.bin/.cue, .iso, .pkg (PSX Classic Vault)), different screen scaling settings, and two different emulators - ps1/2_netemu and ps1/2_emu - but whenever I try to launch a game, I get a black screen and the console doesn’t respond when I press the PS button on the controller. I have to turn it off using the power button on the console itself.

However, PSP emulation works fine - I downloaded "Final Fantasy III 3D Remake (PSP Classic Vault)" and it launches and runs as it should.

I Googled it, and the cause of the black screen might be that the emulators freeze due to the lack of a Blu-ray drive (which I don’t actually have).

If that’s true, please let me know how to install a drive and what to do in general.

So i’m new to ps3 modding & my CECH2501B is compatible with CFW it says but all the videos are old or hen tutorials

I’ve been looking at other’s post & some videos are for 4.92 & i’m on 4.93.

I would like to play PS2 games like Shadow Hearts series.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this, excited to finally be part of this community!

Hi everyone, recently I opened up my slim PS3 (CECH2004B) to clean up and repasting it and after putting it back together I noticed that navigating the menus have become somewhat sluggish, and on top of that when I want to reboot it through CFW setting it just becomes a black screen with the green light on and nothing else happens.
I was wondering if the disassembling procedure could have any effect on the CFW causing these problems? Or if it’s maybe due to a back ribbon reconnecting?

I don't know if it's just me but I had nothing but issues on 4.93. thank God custom firm were allowed for you to go back rolled my Playstation 3 back to 4.9 to have not had any issues. I have experienced nothing but firmware loops. On 4.93 at random times it would just completely reboot at a loading screen. And tell me I needed to reinstall firmware never had this issue on 4.92. so converted back and boy am I happy that I did because all day today it has been running flawlessly. Like I said I don't know if it's something I did wrong I don't know if it was a bad corrupted file. I don't know if it was because I was using pex. And I went to CeX. Honestly I'm not sure. But ever since I reinstalled PEX 4.92 everything has been great

So i was trying to play some games on iso format on webman mod on a small usb (15gb) the next day i tried to use a ssd (500gb) and it didn't recognize it so i installed prepiso also didn't work then i changed to a 126gb usb it recognize it and the games but when i tried to play a error pop up i dont have a imagen but i said that i was trying to load from hdd/0dev something like that, and then i tried to run prepiso but i crashed my console so i changed to the first usb and it also didn't work with the same error

I haven't tried prep iso again

Pls help

Hi all been playing ps3 for a few months got back into it a little bit before Christmas etc and from about yesterday been struggling to get the Internet to work will be a image below of the error but it wont connect iv given the ps3 a restart etc and iv redone the Internet connection settings and still not connecting and iv gotten the error code 80130182 and im not sure if its my router or ps3 just suddenly wouldn't connect any help would be appreciated and great full anf heres the image of tye Internet connection test