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=== Lowest Applicable Firmware === | === Lowest Applicable Firmware === | ||
*Look up in [ | *Look up in [http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=SKU_Models#Retail_Models SKU Models Table] to see what other reported | ||
*[ | *[http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=Talk:Playstation_Update_Package_%28PUP%29#Using_fake_upgrade_to_get_lowest_firmware_version_info Using fake upgrade to get lowest firmware version info] | ||
*Use [http://gitbrew.org/~glevand/ps3/pkgs/get_applicable_version.pkg get_applicable_version.pkg] to receive lower/upper UDP broadcasts | *Use [http://gitbrew.org/~glevand/ps3/pkgs/get_applicable_version.pkg get_applicable_version.pkg] to receive lower/upper UDP broadcasts | ||
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*[[Downgrading with PSgrade Dongle]] (using Factory Service Mode) | *[[Downgrading with PSgrade Dongle]] (using Factory Service Mode) | ||
*[[Remarry Bluray Drive]] (uses Factory Service Mode) | *[[Remarry Bluray Drive]] (uses Factory Service Mode) | ||
*[ | *[http://www.ps3devwiki.com/index.php?title=QA_Flagging#QA_Downgrading QA Downgrading] (QA flag extra and QA Recovery Downgrading) | ||
*[[Downgrading with linux]] (for consoles with OtherOS or OtherOS++) | *[[Downgrading with linux]] (for consoles with OtherOS or OtherOS++) | ||
*[[Hardware flashing]] (Wiring and comparison of hardware flashers: [[Infectus]], [[Progskeet 1.0 / 1.1]] / [[Progskeet 1.2 | *[[Hardware flashing]] (Wiring and comparison of hardware flashers: [[Infectus]], [[Progskeet 1.0 / 1.1]] / [[Progskeet 1.2]], [[Teensy 2.0++]], [[PNM]], [[PIC32MX]] etc) | ||
*[[Flash#Overview|Flash]] (main reference page about flash content) | *[[Flash#Overview|Flash]] (main reference page about flash content) | ||
*[[Validating flash dumps]] (always validate before reflashing, 'what to check' guide page) | *[[Validating flash dumps]] (always validate before reflashing, 'what to check' guide page) | ||
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**<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">[[Downgrading with NOR flasher]]</span> (older guides, NOR specific) | **<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">[[Downgrading with NOR flasher]]</span> (older guides, NOR specific) | ||
'''Note:''' If your firmware is 3.56 or higher then there are currently no ways to downgrade using software only. You can use Hardware flashers on ''any'' firmware, including 3.56 and above. | |||
=== Problems and Issues === | === Problems and Issues === | ||
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=== Automation for Business/Lazy purposes === | === Automation for Business/Lazy purposes === | ||
<div style="float:right">[[File: | <div style="float:right">[[File:Automator.jpg|250px|thumb|left|BwE's Downgrade Automator]]</div> | ||
BwE has made an automator for setting up files needed for downgrading. | BwE has made an automator for setting up files needed for downgrading. | ||
The simple script is placed on your downgrading USB and when run (in Windows) it gives you options to load Lv2Diag.self files, FSM .PUP's, Recovery Mode .PUPs as well as the copy and management of bkpps3.bin files for clients. | |||
The script also has md5 checking and other fail-safes. | The script also has md5 checking and other fail-safes. | ||
This saves you the effort of copying/renaming all of the .PUP's and Lv2Diag.self's that you would be using in a typical downgrade setup. | This saves you the effort of copying/renaming all of the .PUP's and Lv2Diag.self's that you would be using in a typical downgrade setup. | ||
A version without the firmware files is available [http://netload.in/dateiXHNzw51MWk/Automator.rar.htm here] and can still be used (providing you have the firmware's required, which is listed within the script.) | |||
{{Homebrew}} | {{Homebrew}} | ||