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HOW TO: Run PSFreedom On Your Desire (PS3 Jailbreak)
72 years ago
IMPORTANT: Sony have released the 3.42 update which patches this exploit. If you want to retain the ability to jailbreak don’t install this update!!!
Instructions are available here on how to avoid the update and still play online.
As mentioned in the Twitter article yesterday there’s an open-source exploit available for the Sony PlayStation 3 which lets you run Homebrew software on it. This hack has now been ported to Android – this means you can now connect your phone to your PS3, run the jailbreak and be able to run homebrew.
Note
In order to use this you need to Enable PSFreedom first to launch the jailbreak on the PS3. Whilst it’s on you won’t be able to use the normal USB capabilities of your phone (adb, file transfer, charge etc), but straight after running it you can disable it.
Requirements
- Sony PlayStation 3 on the 3.41 firmware. DO NOT UPDATE TO 3.42 (see here)
- A rooted phone running OpenDesire 4.0.4 – link
- Either: Enable PSFreedom Homebrew (link) or Enable PSFreedom BDMV (link). BDMV is the one for backups.
- Disable PSFreedom (link)
Installation
- Copy the Enable PSFreedom File and Disable PSFreedom file to your SD Card
- Reboot the phone in recovery mode
- Select “install zip from SD Card“
- Select the Enable PSFreedom file
- Reboot your phone
Uninstallation
- Reboot the phone in recovery mode
- Select “install zip from SD Card“
- Select the Disable PSFreedom file
- Reboot your phone
How To Use
- Turn off your PS3 (unplug or turn off the switch on the back)
- Connect your phone via USB cable to the PS3 (make sure you’ve got PSFreedom Enable on using the Installation steps above)
- Restore power to the PS3 by turning the switching on or plugging the cable back in. Don’t turn on yet
- Press the Power button and then QUICKLY press the Eject button. If you do this right you’ll know because it takes a few seconds longer to start up
- In the Games section of the XMB (Cross Media Bar) you’ll see two new options. If it’s not worked, repeat steps 1-4.
- Disconnect your phone and run the Uninstallation instructions to restore normal USB functionality
FAQs
- Do I need to repeat this every time I want to run the exploit?
Yes, as it’s a soft-jailbreak the jailbreak needs to run each time you turn your console on. There’s no harm in leaving your phone with PSFreedom Enable on if you don’t the USB features for a while. - Will it only work on OpenDesire?
For now yes. The exploit needs to modify the kernel and for now it’s only been done for the OpenDesire one. We’ll probably see the hack coming to other ROMs in the near future - Can I Run Backups?
Yes, if you use the BDMV file. There’s a Homebrew Backup Manager which lets you install the contents of game disk to your hard drive. After that you still need a disk in the drive (any disk) to launch the game. Please be sensible with this and use it for games you own. More detailed instructions (and warnings) on this here (first post, scroll down to the FAQs on backups).
via PSFreedom
This Week On Twitter #2
22 years ago
by MrBrightside
in Twitter
It’s been a while since I did the first “This Week On Twitter”, but last week was quite an exciting week for Desire owners so here’s a round up of a weeks worth of Tweets!
Angry Birds Beta is now in the Market
One of the top selling iPhone games is now available for Android. It’s still in Beta, so there might be bugs but I’ve been playing it for the past few days and had no problems with it whatsoever. You can download the free Lite version using the QR code, the full paid version is not yet available.
Froyo Available to South-East Asia and Hong Kong HTC Desire Owners
Readers who’re based in the above locations can now enjoy their Froyo-flavoured Android update. If you’ve not received the update already, just go on Settings > About Phone > System Software Updates > Check Now and the update should appear ready for you to download.
Friendstream and Peep Back Online
Last week Google changed the way in which 3rd party applications can access the Twitter service. Previously there were 2 methods, Basic Authentication and OAuth, with OAuth being more secure of the two. Late last year Google announced that they’d be getting rid of Basic Authentication and only allowing OAuth. App developers were told to update their apps to use OAuth, with another public reminder in June. Most developers did this, but HTC either due to neglect, or an agreement with Google that they’d still be able to use Basic Authentication decided not to update their Peep and Friendstream apps. So when Google disabled Basic Authentication last week, Peep and Friendstream went down for a couple of days.
This issue was then resolved without the need for any OTA update, so I’d assume Google have permitted HTC to carry on using the Basic Authentication method.
How To Force Apps to Install on SD Card Without Rooting (on Froyo)
This is an article from another website which shows you how you can move any app to the SD card on Froyo without having to root your phone. You will need adb setup on your computer to follow this tutorial. Click here to visit the guide
What’s App Instant Messenger Now In Beta
The popular iPhone (also available on S60 and Blackberry) instant messenger application is now in beta for Android. Although the interface is very simplistic, it seems to work quite well. You can download it by visiting this link on your Android phone browser, or download the apk file from here
Thanks to MyKeymoo for the heads up
PSGroove being ported to Android (PSFreedom)
There’s been a lot of development on this, and due to not owning a PS3 my understanding might be a bit flaky – do correct my if I get anything wrong: a few weeks ago a jailbreak for the PS3 was announced which lets you run homebrew on your PlayStation 3 console using a rather expensive USB dongle. This was known as PS Jailbreak. More recently it was announced that another team of developers had managed to release some open-source code known as PSGroove which does the same thing as the PS Jailbreak, except that PS Groove is free but you need certain USB hardware to run the code. Another developer then ported PSGroove to the Nokia N900 which has the necessary USB controller, and called this project PSFreedom. Now, the developers at XDA are working on hard on getting PSFreedom to run on Android phones (Desire included).
Basically: if the developers succeed then it’s going to be possible to jailbreak your PS3 for free using PSFreedom from your Android phone. You can track the development of this project here
MyHTCDesire Breaks Another Bandwidth Barrier
For what start off as a very small blog, it’s now exceeding 100GB traffic a month which is a huge milestone for me. Just want to say thank your to all the readers who’ve been reading and promoting this site!
