Although still unconfirmed (the software hasn't been released yet), the French site Logic Sunrise has reported that PlayStation 3 firmware version 3.50 has finally been jailbroken.
The firmware has been hacked by the developer team behind X3Max, a USB dongle used to jailbreak or downgrade other firmwares.
Says the site (translated): "This marks the third major advance in the world ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by xaznboitx: I'm happy about this because I upgraded my console when I first bought it ;)
You can downgrade anyway...the downgrade has already been ported to everything; there is even an arduino port...and arduino is almost always last to get ports.
Still, very cool...LS is usually rather honest, so I am looking forward to this a lot. As for compatibility, I am sure it will not be limited to the x3max. At the very least, the E3 card reader should have support because it is essentially a x3max with more memory.
If Im not mistaken, you can already download the program to your USB drive and its under torrents called ps3_Multi_SDK. From what I understand, this pack had everything you need but PLEASE do not hold me to that. Im still trying to figure it out.
The more I read about this hack, the more my brain wants to swell and explode. Im told one thing and shown another. If anyone has some instructions some where as to how and hack this and what I do need to get exactlly, I would be thankful. I have the new slimline PS3, you know , the one that play PS3 and PS1 games but not PS2, GRrrr..
JBing 3.50 was important because it was the the most prevalent firmware when people started realizing they shouldn't update if they ever wanted to jailbreak their PS3.
Of course...this was going on while the firmware downgrade work was being done which made JBing 3.50 less important when it was released, but it's still good to know the PS3 isn't bulletproof and that just because Sony fixed it once when caught unaware wasn't just a fluke.
