How to Jailbreak Your PS3 on Firmware 4.90 or Lower with Flash Writer (Self-Hosted)

[@MrMario2011]

PS3 Toolset has returned to make this process easier: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaawZZeLdr6Ihqc

[@SkullatorNZ]

Awesome to see the PS3 scene is still strong enough to defeat 4.90 in under a week. As well as some less sketchy support for installing CFW on the highest firmwares with the trusty domains no longer offering bgtoolset.

[@MrMario2011]

Absolutely, happy to see the community come together with quickness on 4.90!

[@crazy-funny-fails1200]

​@@MrMario2011 after installing xampp wheredo i get it when I want to restart after switching my pc off

[@conchiglia_dabbante1272]

@@crazy-funny-fails1200 just search xampp on your windows folder and the program should pop up it always works for win10

[@azyr457]

​@Plainstone And Nobody Else and PS5 lol

[@seguramlk]

Awesome. The community is the best part behind these projects. From a dev to another one, thank you so much guys 👏👏👏👏👏

[@chielwildemors1296]

literally an hour after this video released i found out 4.90 cfw was available, this video came in clutch af

[@MrMario2011]

Based

[@KingGarlock]

Was waiting on this, but got too excited last night to get CFW working. Got everything working but with a bit of trial and error, would have been less annoying if I waited on your video. Always awesome stuff!

[@MrMario2011]

All good, I was right there with the trial and error 😂 Simple Web Server didn't work, so I had to retry with XAMPP.

[@KingGarlock]

@@MrMario2011 I went the android route, just getting that garbled code screen over and over again drove me nuts.

[@tifoufou]

I have been waiting such a long time for this!.. This tutorial was 100% simple, loud and clear. Cheers!

[@MrMario2011]

Hopefully it wasn't too loud 😛

[@chad55009]

I followed this for a PS3 Fat and it worked perfectly! Thank you!!!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@j.salinas2523]

Awesome video tutorial Mr. Mario. Appreciate all your contributions to the CFW scene.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this can help!

[@PRXFpv]

Lets gooooo! Mr. Mario you are always on top of the news for everything in this scene and I truly appreciate the quality, effort, and information you pack into all your videos. You’re the number one reason all my consoles have the best life they have can have years from launch. Thank you so much!!! ❤

[@MrMario2011]

Thanks for hanging out!

[@TasosKaraiskosVEVO]

@@MrMario2011 i'm not quite sure where do I need to go if I want to install HEN.

[@-q999]

@@TasosKaraiskosVEVO kzbin.info/www/bejne/rni2kIWvrcRqqJo

[@TasosKaraiskosVEVO]

@@Catastrphic thank you for clarifying

[@smartguykhii]

@@MrMario2011 My ps3 ofw 3.55 and cfw 4.80 cobra 7.30. Simple Question should I upgrade ofw 4.90 then upgrade evilnat cobra 4.98.3 and I'm so confused which cfw installed many cfw evilnat like Nobd, Nobt, OC, CEX PEX Please help n reply ASAP.

[@Denjiki]

You make the best videos for PS3 jailbreaks. I have jailbroken 3 CECHA PS3 over the past 3-4 years, and each time I immediately go to your channel to see the new methods and homebrew. You make it very easy for the newbies, but also for people like myself that have done it but want a refresher. Worthy of a subscribe and like

[@MrMario2011]

Glad you like them!

[@megacide84]

After a year of being stuck on 4.89 Hen. I can finally upgrade my PS3 Slim. Kudos!

[@parad0x-625]

So excited to see a release and I can see you were excited too. Great video goes into perfect detail and even refreshened me up a bit since it has been so long since I had to install CFW on a PS3. Good to know the flash writer I just bought is mostly obsolete again lol.

[@MrMario2011]

For sure, was an exciting release to cover!

[@TravisStamper]

Was excited when I saw this last night I was excited. Had to update immediately. Thanks Mario

[@MrMario2011]

You bet!

[@IceKoldKilla]

Might be worth mentioning that I'm using Windows 10 and my firewall asked if I wanted to give access during the installation of XAMPP. After that I let it finish and it restarted my computer on its own. Never asked, just did it. Might be just me but I thought I'd mention it. Aside from that, thank you so much for this. Will update this once I'm done and it's working.

[@wim3231]

Thanks a lot man, I recently screwed up my PS3 harddrive and had to jailbreak my PS3 for the first time from OFW... back in 2010 I could just install the CFW directly, so I wasn't really looking forward to this, knowing it would be complicated... thanks to your video however, it was a breeze :)

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@insomniacluna4548]

Exactly what I needed. Much appreciation for this video and all the developers that made this happen :)

[@raidenz0]

Just followed your tutorial, it worked flawlessly. CFW 4.90 Evilnat running strong on my CECHK PS3. I can't believe the quality of your content, man please keep it up ! You're doing good thing for the community !

[@MrMario2011]

Enjoy!

[@rossmyers8448]

What a wonderful guide you've put together to get this done, thank you. And massive thanks to all the developers behind this, amazing job. I can confirm following this video step by step my CECH-2002A now has 4.90 CEX running on it.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@ulrblitzer]

Thank you so much for this! I accepted the 4.90 fw update and didn't think much of it until I wanted to run a game file. Was able to follow your directions (I had to boot up in safe mode to find the cfw each time tho for my system) and got it installed on my PS3. Now to load NCAA14 Revamped!

[@JunkTardis]

This tutorial was perfect. Very well explained and demonstrated. I live in the US currently, but I just got back from my parents house in the UK last weekend and brought my UK spec PS3 fat in my luggage to the US and wanted to play non-compatible games and thus, needed a jailbreak. This video successfully allowed me to jailbreak my CECHK03 PAL PS3 fat. Thank you!! (For those wondering, my 240v PS3 runs just fine on 110v here in the US with no modification - display also works just fine on an ancient Vizio 50" TV I am using at this time)

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped! Although that does help with PS1 and PS2 games, the PS3 is already region free for PS3 games.

[@westinmcleod]

Thanks for always updating ! Without these tutorials alot of us would be stuck man !

[@MrMario2011]

Glad this helped!

[@PSX-Placecom]

As usual great video Mr Mario Thanks for giving the proper info an warnings !!!

[@MrMario2011]

Ayyyyyy, we got the whole site on here! Much love and greatly appreciate it, STL 🔥🖤

[@p4radigm989]

Finally a solution to jailbreak without depending on other people's online website. I never like when people keep sitting on their stuff and don't share it fully. It's the reason that half-working versions pop up that can brick your console or worse. The only good reason to not share hacks is if sharing would allow SONY to quickly patch it and make it impossible to jailbreak. I already have 2 jailbroken PS3, so I might not need this, but it's good to have just in case.

[@MrMario2011]

The Flash Dumper and Writer were set up this same way before, however yes they haven't been updated since the 4.85 days. Nice to see this updated again.

[@varpower]

Mr mario is the best in jailbraking consoles. I watch him sinds i was 16 and today im 20 and still learning cool jailbroken tricks from him. Keep up the good work👍🏼👍🏼💯

[@harryhvorev1494]

Hello Mr. Mario. You are amazing. I admire your willingness to help. Thank you for all the tutorials and tips you do. I also want to thank the team that takes care of us by trying to be one step ahead of So"r"y / you know who I'm talking about/ ;).

[@Jesse-wu3cm]

Hey Mario, when I try to update it says "No Applicable Data Found" but in the Photo,Video,Music etc, the usb showed up. can you help? Thanks. P.S I tried the recovery mode as well

[@Thhdy]

i’m having the same issue

[@FG-td4vs]

I’m having the same issue, tried several different usb’s etc…. My model is c03 btw. But it worked straight away on my later fat model. Weird

[@randyb.9143]

Finally got my hands on a slim model that's compatible, I am absolutely ready

[@michaelquinones8663]

Funny I was just about to jailbreak my PS3 and here you are😂

[@ericplacencio7755]

Great quality as always! I’m stuck on the update loop unfortunately.. any tips for that would be awesome

[@MrMario2011]

I haven't personally run into that, although I've seen people resolve it at times by wiping their HDD on their PC? Would be worth searching, don't just take my word for it.

[@ericplacencio7755]

@@MrMario2011 Thank you! I am trying a few approaches to get things back to something functional again lol

[@maximusthecannabist5170]

​@ericplacencio7755 did you ever fix this issue?

[@stevenpalvi7025]

Go for the fun stuff! This was by far the best tutorial ever. It actually freakin worked! You did a proper job, all links worked, files actually worked and not one step skipped or not explained. Really good job man

[@ollie999d]

Thank you so much Mr. Mario, you've done amazing videos on the PS Vita and now this. Keep up the brilliant work

[@MrMario2011]

Glad you like them!

[@brepires]

Thank you for the vid! Successfully updated from CFW 4.88 CEX to CFW 4.90 CEX OC using this guide and the linked "How to Update CFW on a Jailbroken PS3" on a PS3 Slim CECH-2504A 😁

[@michaelolayinka441]

What is the advantage of the OC version, please?

[@techno_otaku]

Finallyyyyy!! I'm so glad I waited to get this Ps3 up and running, once again I appreciate the tutorial, Mr. Mario! 🎊🎮 Much appreciation to the developers as well!

[@SoarPro]

Awesome tutorial! Very informative, detailed, and explanatory. I was able to get my PS3 Slim jailbroken as I followed the guide closely. Thank you very much. You gain a subscriber and a like from me.

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@ookie218]

Whaaaaa!?!? Man I accidentally updated last week looking at one of your videos. It was my first time tryna do this ever and I saw update and thought I was doing something right. Only to be screwed 😂 man to have this update a week later is amazing. I've been checking daily! Thank you all for everything y'all do! 4real! Thank you!

[@MrMario2011]

Now be sure to disable auto updates!

[@ookie218]

@@MrMario2011 oh absolutely! LESSON LEARNED

[@ookie218]

@@MrMario2011 So trying to do this again. I ;looked for my model. I have a "25" model but since I updated prior, I assume I'm still stuck based on what I read? Is my only option now waiting for ps3hen to get updated?

[@FisicoFernando]

Another wonderful tutorial! The only problem was the Flash Writer access on PS3 (it just wouldn't connect, even though I set everything up as shown in the video 😅), but in the end I managed to solve it and now I'm ready to enjoy my PS3. Thank you, Mr. Mario! EDIT: in order to solve the problem, I opened the Flash Writer topic on PSX-Place, went down to the FAQs, and clicked on the link in the first question (the one about an alternative in case people didn't want to or - worse - couldn't host locally the exploit, which was just my case). Then I copied the link in the PS3 browser, pressed Start, clicked to enter the exact same page which I would have hosted on my computer, and continued the process. That's it!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad to hear! Although would be best to share your fix to help others.

[@FisicoFernando]

@@MrMario2011 Yeah, you're totally right! 😅 I opened the Flash Writer topic on PSX-Place, went down to the FAQs, and clicked on the link in the first question (the one about an alternative in case people didn't want to or - worse - couldn't host locally the exploit, which was just my case). Then I copied the link in the PS3 browser, pressed Start, clicked to enter the exact same page which I would have hosted on my computer, and continued the process. That's it!

[@the8thnote566]

@@MrMario2011 It is really pretty much required brother

[@FisicoFernando]

@@elnatan9999 I just added it to my comment! 😊

[@PapaTigre-jw9hb]

Thanks a lot !

[@BronzeRage]

For anyone not getting valid dumps, try a smaller (or maybe just a different) usb size. I did the whole process a dozen times before getting first try on a smaller stick.

[@MrMario2011]

Size wouldn't matter, sounds like an issue with the first USB drive.

[@breakingbenjamin1fan788]

Hell yes! My favorite KZbinr with another phenomenal PS3 video! You rock man!

[@aoistone]

Thank you for this very nicely done tutorial, however, I just wanted to add that my system just wouldn't update to the HFW file and after trying different versions of USB drives, I finally guessed correctly that since the system was advising me to the new update availability, that it wouldn't update to any other firmware except the one it was expecting to install, namely 4.91. After the update to 4.91, all went smoothly. Thank you!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome! It sounds like you were online, in that case it would have been recommended to go offline and do so, or update in Safe Mode.

[@shaungreer3350]

i literally just updated to 4.89 the other day and then like the day after 4.90 drops 💀💀 imma have to do this tommorow

[@porkulio]

Thank you very much bro!!! I’ll see it tomorrow. You are going to bring to life the console of my childhood. God blesses you!! Thank you ❤❤❤❤

[@SunkenCanoeArcade]

Awesome video! Went directly from 4.85 Hen on a 2501A and it went perfectly. Really appreciate your work here!

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@lina-lana7479]

@@MrMario2011 how do i install hen pls

[@sirjarko8762]

This tutorial is super useful for when the site is down, For me right now its down so I used this instead on a slim. Appreciate it!

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@Le_Petit_DarKos]

frankly a big thank you because I no longer used my console because because of the update I could no longer play or watch movies and thanks to you I managed to update

[@Le_Petit_DarKos]

And frankly you deserve an extra subscription frankly man I love you I adore you

[@IceKoldKilla]

I pulled out my old fat PS3 since my Slim isn't compatible. After a couple hours, I finally hacked my PS3, all thanks to you! In terms of having tons of games, should I upgrade my HDD or use an external HDD? I still have my original 80GB HDD in there lol

[@edmac1090]

Totally doing this tonight.

[@johnscott5226]

You are the Greatest of All-Time (GOAT) PS3 jailbreaker tutor. Thank you so much for this. You are the most detailed tutor I have ever found on youtube for this stuff. Again, thank you so much.

[@MrMario2011]

I'm absolutely far from that, but the sentiment is appreciated.

[@RoblesJunior]

Excellent Video, Hoping to get my tutorial soon on my super slim! Just subbed!

[@liviafernandes4598]

You are THE best! Thanks, man! All good and your explanation is perfect as always!

[@kilotangosierra]

wow, you make the process so easy. thanks for this tutorial👌

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@cherifmihoub1515]

It's great to see Joonie there 🙏

[@tazerface9630]

Thankyou again i have tried the 4.89 about 8 times on ofw but it kept saying file was bad but following this worked the first time !!!!!!!

[@halesmar]

thank you!! first time installing CFW on ps3 and worked amazing :) very helpful

[@tiisetsoramatsekane]

Thanks again for the update I didn't play my ps for like 30 day but I finally saw your video thank you very much

[@andrea8998yt]

I confirm that it works perfectly, tested with a PS3 60GB CECHC04, thank you very much :)

[@ea_monster]

How did you get past the ipv4 not loading on ps3?

[@Obliverate15]

Wonderful tutorial. Detailed, explanatory, concise, just great work

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@cameronnewman9208]

This was wonderful Mr. Mario. Thank you so much!

[@MrMario2011]

Based

[@daicristo8491]

LOVE YOU MAN, its my 14th years old dream come true i remember i kept trying installing fake 3.55 lol this is a dream come true

[@MrMario2011]

Ahhh yep.... Those were not good times :')

[@skinnyjeans404]

works great! Thank you very much, works flawlessly!

[@MannyBracamontes]

Thank you so much, I just started looking into it today and was having trouble figuring out how to get started but this video made the step by step process a cinch

[@MrMario2011]

Glad to hear this helped!

[@MarianMMN]

Nice.. I tried it, and on my PS3 when i want to connect to my ip address, it says the page cannot be displayed..

[@MarianMMN]

So.. i managed it. 4.90 works amazing over 4.89. Btw, so you can make a connection between ur ps and pc, you have to be on the same network (wi-fi or lan box) otherwise, nothing will work! Please specify this in ur video.

[@MrBlingBlingNr1]

Your videos are really good and easy to understand. Subscribtion earned ;)

[@thejdoginfinity9995]

Hi Mr. Mario. I like the detail you use to describe everything. I just got a Super slim PS3 and so I’m looking forward to trying to use PS3 HEN and getting a new experience. My only hope is that I’ll be able to play Rock Band deluxe games and use Multiman to deal with custom songs.

[@MrMario2011]

Good luck! I haven't tried that myself on PS3HEN, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

[@thejdoginfinity9995]

@@MrMario2011 Thanks man, I should mention I’m new to this stuff and I have low vision so listening is my biggest asset. I’ll be getting a friend IRL to help me get the stuff right, especially the structures. As long as I can use MultiMan or a file manager to copy patches/games/songs to my hard drive I’ll be good. Thanks again

[@thejdoginfinity9995]

I just talked with someone who says they worked on the PS3 a lot and they said that you must install firmware from a USB drive that has 2GB or less total storage space. How big was your USB stick? Mine is 64GB. I’ll need to know before I can move on.

[@lloydnorval1989]

I use custom songs on Rocksmith :) I used to play Guitar Hero and RockBand, but since I got better at learning real guitar on Rocksmith (not by much, mind you), my skills on Guitar Hero have got super rusty 😂

[@MakeDoor]

I love how everytime there is a firmware update it's a '' improvement of system stability and performance '' a classic from Sony.

[@MrMario2011]

I find it funny that the updates are mostly to update the AACS key but they don't mention that, not really a need to hide it since they have a page on their site about it.

[@byronee4]

Took me ages but my pc was on my IPV6 address, works a charm!

[@k.23_02]

Good video it took me quite a while but it worked and I got my PS3 on CFW for the 1st time

[@MrMario2011]

Woo!

[@lilknifer561]

Xampp is saying I’m missing files and no matter how I try to fix it it won’t work at first it said vcruntime140.dll not found then started saying api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll missing. I’m on windows 7

[@davidbuckles5885]

Having issues with accessing the file hosted with apache. My IPv4 address is entered in my ps3 but I get an error (the page cannot be displayed. (80710101). The format I have entered matches the one in the video. I have double checked my IPv4 address in wifi settings, and it matches the one in command prompt. I have gone through the whole process multiple times with the same result. I do display an IPv6 address with numbers, and letters. I have tried that as well. The ports I have are 80, and 433. I have tried both ports. Thoughts?

[@DustInTheAir]

Thanks for sharing this. A fantastic video!

[@MrMario2011]

You're welcome!

[@davidmonterrosa328]

This man is the best. Everything worked

[@peepoNuggie]

Lucky timing i bought my ps3 24 hours ago for $30. Easily subscribing

[@NicholasBarton2005]

Aww Yeah! I'm definitely jailbreaking it. Let's go!!

[@aerosim5885]

Excellent tutorial. Worked on my 2003B slim, perfect :D

[@MrMario2011]

Glad it helped!

[@pyroyuy]

What's funny, I was going to use the online toolset, but with how long the site was taking for my PS3 it was quicker for me to watch this, and use this method lol.

[@mericelik22]

It was very useful all the way through the process subbed! Thank yoı

[@mateuszamadeusz6894]

Finally there is software 4.90, because I already thought that the 4.90 update is some kind of anti-piracy :D

[@MrMario2011]

Mostly just to update AACS keys.

[@sanity1123]

When the world needed him most, he returned

[@MrMario2011]

Bless the team.

[@astraj4855]

Great job mate, works like a charm for a SLIM 2002A model, thx for that! HINT: If anyone have Windows 10/11 instaled on PC, ffirst deactivate default firewall for XAMPP to connect! Succes!

[@haemoglobink]

Thank you so much, this is super clear! You're great. One thing I didn't manage to do is make ps2 isos work. When they start the ps3 shut of and the video signal is gone. Do you have the same problem with ps2 isos?

[@madern7]

So I just got done doing this and it worked to a T. I remember as a kid thinking this was rocket science. Now next issue ... remarrying a blue-ray drive ....Thanks for the video! Going to have to watch more since idk how to play games now hahahaah.

[@MrMario2011]

Best of luck!

[@beaverbob3596]

Hey man, I am trying to do this, but when it tries to download the patch file an error appears:"An error occurred during the download operation." and after it finishes checking it says "Patch operation aborted due to patch file hash mismatch!" and yes I tried rebooting the ps3 to clear the web browser's memory.

[@generalbigmac_2353]

just in time for me to update from ver 3.01 PS3 fat. Very convenient, just put the thing together last night

[@generalbigmac_2353]

I don't have the guts to update this thing, I'll try this when I get home in a little while tho

[@salmanqazi7701]

MR Mario yare one of the best problem solver and you make things derailed and easier to do thanks a lot so much love from pakiatan🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@MrMario2011]

Much appreciated!

[@salmanqazi7701]

Mr mario can you help me about. My ps3 superslim is not showimg display its red light will appear when i plug in power and when i pressbutton green light on and suddenly its goes black no display.

[@Kaixfikwind]

Oh wow, I was randomly curious and I have a used phat that hasn't been updated in years but was over 3.55 when I bought it, guess it's going to be running CFW once I get some new controllers. Thankfully I got a slim first shortly before the 3.55 exploits came out and that's been running CFW for most of its life lol.

[@mandlashange308]

I knew i can always count on u...thnks a lot sir

[@mattiacarlesi6809]

Hi Mr.Mario, I have followed all the procedures until inserting the address on the browser... unfortunately putting the address doesn't work... I can't view the page. I think it's a xampp setting but I don't know where to set it. Can you help me?... ;(

[@sobachyakonura]

check your firewall settings. your computer (or your software like an antivirus) might be blocking incoming traffic. add an exception for your PS3 or disable it temporarily

[@ScottyDoesntKnooooowwww]

The PS3 MOD gods came in CLUTCH with the CFW! 🤘😎🤘

[@MrMario2011]

Absolutely!

[@izFrXo]

So who has incompatible console how can I activate HFW on 4.90 now?

[@lilryuk5838]

Crying in background 😭 PS3 superslim version

[@Johnnyfronny0]

i keep getting the the page cannot be displayed

I've been looking forward to this

[@chrisdavis4622]

I had an issue where the ps3 would recognize the usb but not the update file. After trying many different things I i removed the .PUP from the file and it appeared for my cecha01. But then later i hit a snag with installing evilnat and it kept saying the data was corrupt. Turned out to be my flash drive. Switched and it actually worked. So many hours troubleshooting, but now Im so happy lol.

[@drPeidos]

Hi. Great tutorial. Do you advice installing webman? Or you think only multiman is needed? Thanks.

[@MrMario2011]

I'd recommend both.

[@MECO_00]

Fantastic video as always, I alread have a older CFW 4.86, can I upgrade to this firmware, without passing through the HFW 4.90? What steps I have to do?

[@MrMario2011]

Watch my CFW update video.

[@MECO_00]

@@MrMario2011 yeah thanks, as soon as I finished this video it came in the recommended ones

[@Kevo1944]

Rocksolid guide. Finally able to have cfw of my CECHA01 after installing 4.89 by mistake. 👍

[@docteurpcfr]

Super video. Extremely detailed with impeccable English for a Frenchman like me. Can you explain if and how to connect to psn without risk please?

[@MrMario2011]

Appreciate the compliment! As for online access, I always tell people you will always run into a ban risk. I personally don't use PSN on my PS3, but the recommendation for years at this point has been to disable CFW syscalls and execution history before connecting.

[@fr0was]

YES I NEEDED THAT, THANK YOU!

[@MrMario2011]

We all wanted it!

[@wilsondsilva9168]

Hi Mario, Thanks for this amazing video. I just wanted to ask if I want to change the Hard disk to a higher capacity, will I have to follow all the steps again?

[@MrMario2011]

Nope! Just install CFW if prompted.

[@nanivelu]

Simply awesome thanks broo...

[@arlisbloxer05]

Woo! We back in the game lads!