QA Flagging

QA Flag

A QA flag is a value set in SC EEPROM at address 0x48C0A. When this flag is set, the token is read from SYSCON and decrypted, this gets passed to various modules to unlock certain functionality.

QA Token

A QA token is a 80 byte value that determines amount of functionality on your console. It is signed with a 20 byte SHA1 key then encrypted using AES256CBC. Please see the keys page.

Unencrypted Token Structure

0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x11, 0x22, 0x33,
0x44, 0x55, 0x66, 0x77, 0x88, 0x99, 0xAA, 0xBB,
0xCC, 0xDD, 0xEE, 0xFF, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x19, 0x4A, 0x4B, 0xBA,
0x15, 0x97, 0xAE, 0x71, 0x36, 0xCC, 0xB6, 0x65,
0x7F, 0xC3, 0xB5, 0x3F, 0x49, 0x22, 0x2F, 0xB1

Address	Length	Value	Description
0x00	0x4	0x01	Unknown (Static)
0x04	0x14	0x112233445566778899AABBCCDDEEFF	IDPS
0x14	0x3C	0x00	Token Flags
0x3C	0x80	0x194A4BBA1597Ae7136CCB6657FC33F49222FB1	digest

Encrypted Token

The entire token is then encrypted with AES256CBC. You will find the keys on the keys page. This is then stored on SC EEPROM at 0x48D3E

Token Flags

The flags are a 40 byte value containing a set of flags that enable specific features on the PS3 console. These flags are largely unknown.

QA_FLAG_ALLOW_NON_QA = byte 0x33, bit 0 
QA_FLAG_FORCE_UPDATE = byte 0x33, bit 1 
QA_FLAG_EXAM_API_ENABLE = byte 0x27, bit 0
QA_FLAG_QA_MODE_ENABLE = byte 0x27, bit 2

Setting QA Flag & Token with Linux

Prerequisites

• First you need to have linux installed on your PS3, you can have grafs kernel or glevands rework

If you are using glevand´s kernel you will have to first enable the require module

modprobe ps3dmproxy

• Then you will have to have the latest ps3dm-utils you can get from gitbrew or here you have a precompiled ps3dm_um ps3dm_aim

and you will need Slynk tools

Here's my app. I'd have a full tutorial but I'm having to deal with some bullshit right now. Sorry guys.
I'll make a better tutorial later but basically. Flag yourself. Dump your idps (that's the first 16 bytes of your eid0).
Type it into my app in the format I provided, click the button, and run that command. Should work. 
Tokenator.7z (26.42 KB)
Slynk

Procedure

Getting the info

First you need you IDPS

the easyest way is using graf aim

./ps3dm_aim /dev/ps3dmproxy get_dev_id

Write it down and load it on the Tokenator app

It will give you the command you should use in linux + your encrypted token

something like this

./ps3dm_um /dev/ps3dmproxy set_token 0x7E 0xDA 0xE2 0x68...

Setting the token

Just copy paste the command you got from tokenator

./ps3dm_um /dev/ps3dmproxy set_token 0x7E 0xDA 0xE2 0x68...

Congrats now you ps3 is QA flagged Reboot

Getting the QA flag menu

Set yourself on network settings and press the weird combo

L2+R2+L1+R1+L3(this means pressing you left analog stick)+dpad_down 

Setting QA Flag & Token with Grafs Payload

You can follow this tutorial to set the flag and token and then get the menu with the combo needed GrafPayload

GameOS app to QA flag

Glevand's QA flagging tools Alternative:

• Source : git://git.gitbrew.org/ps3/otheros-utils/qa_flag.git

• Prebuild package : qa_flag.pkg

QA Flags Features

Token seed byte 48=0x02

Edy viewer

Payment service in japan more info Edy viewer

Debug Settings

Setting	Value	Description
DTCP-IP	on-off	Digital Transmission Content Protection over Internet Protocol, a specification for copy protection of copyrighted content that is transferred over digital interfaces in home networks that adhere to IP. Allows you to turn it on or off for PS3.
ATRAC	on/off	Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony. Allows you to enable or disable ATRAC playback for your PS3 system.
WMA	on/off	Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. Allows you to enable or disable WMA playback for your PS3 system.
NP Enviroment	enviroment	Allows you to change which environment your PS3 connects. Known enviroments are: C1-NP, D2-NP, D2-PMGT, D2-PQA, D2-SPINT, D3-NP, D3-PMGT, D3-PQA, D3-SPINT, D-NP, D-PMGT, D-PQA, D-SPINT, EI-NP, EI-PMGT, EI-PQA, EI-SPINT, HF, HF-NP, HF-PMGT, HF-PQA, HF-SPINT, H-NP, H-PMGT, H-PQA, H-SPINT, MGMT (Management), NP (Retail), PMGT, PQA, PROD-QA (Quality Assurance), Q2, Q2-NP, Q2-PMGT, Q2-PQA, Q2-SPINT, Q-NP, Q-PMGT, Q-PQA, Q-SPINT, RC, RC-NP, R-NP, R-PMGT, R-PQA, R-SPINT, SP-INT (Developer). There might be even more of different environments. See Environments
Fake Free Space (for CEX)	on/off	Use with Fake Limit Size to artificially set the free space on the PS3.
Fake Limit Size	X MB	Amount of free space left (in MB).
NP Debug	on/off
NPDRM Debug	on/off
Edy Debug	on/off	Edy is a payment service in Japan, allows you to enable or disable debugging for Edy Viewer.
Nav-only NP	on/off
Cdda Server	Production/Evaluation
Crash Report	on/off
Crash reporter Status	Ready/Busy/Never be called
VSH Crash Dump Generator	on/off
System Update Debug	on/off	Allows you to enable or disable system update debug, which lets you to downgrade with official Sony update manager.
Information Board QA Server	on/off
Format Marlin Personal Data	?
PlaystationRStore Ad Clock	on/off
Geo Filtering for PlaystationRStore	Normal/Always Succeed/Always Fail
Remove Game License	?
Home Debug	on/off
Delete Trophy Personal Data	?
GameUpdate Impose Test	on/off
Network Emulation Setting	on/off
Auto-Off Debug	on/off
WLAN Device	on/off
NAT Traversal Information	on/off
Internet Browser Debug	on/off
SMSS Result Output	on/off
Adhoc SSID Prefix	PSP/?
Disc Auto-Start at System Startup	on/off	Allows you to start disc in-drive automatically when you start system on.
3D Video Output	Automatic/On	Allows you to set 3D Video Output automatic or always on.
Fake NP SNS Throttle	Off (60 sec)/ On (0,10,120,3600,closed)
Debug for HDD Exchange Utility
Fake Plus	on/off
Push Console Binding	on/off
Automatic Download	on/off	Set automatic download on or off. There's not info available what this does change. May be automatic system updates!
Motion Controller Calibration Result	on/off	Shows lastest results from motion controller calibration.
VideoEditor Delete Preset BGM

Install Package Files

Will install the first (only the first) package it finds on the root of the USB stick, it will work only with properly signed packages.

On 3.6x Firmwares

As we know Sony has taken QA Flag away changed the Auth for QA-flag on 3.6x Firmwares. Until someone changes it to work with the new method (which doesnt work on the old), your QA Flag will not work on 3.6x.