Enabling Homebrew

There are currently several ways to enable homebrew on a console.

Prerequisites

• You require Firmware 3.55 or below, if you have higher than this, than you will need to look at Downgrading Firmware
• You cannot currently run homebrew on some of the later slim models, and none of the new CECH-30xx models.

Methods

Geohot Jailbreak

While outdated, this original jailbreak can still be used to jailbreak your console.

This is not a fully modified Firmware. It is simply a patch that allows you to run code.

It installs like any other CFW etc.

jailbreak.zip

Custom Firmware

PS3ita

PS3ITA Custom Firmware 3.55 v1.1 with PSN Patched PUP

PS3ITA Custom Firmware 3.55 v1.1 with PSN (Diff Patch)

Kmeaw

Kmeaw's 3.55 CFW Patched PUP

MD5:

2be5e87a22bf1e7f48e98fcabd38977b

Kmeaw's 3.55 Custom Firmware Package

Wutangrza

Wutangrza's CFW 3.55 Patched PUP

Wutangrza's CFW 3.55 Patch with LV2 Peek/Poke

Waninkoko

Waninkoko's PS3 Custom Firmware 3.55 v2 PUP:

Waninkoko's PS3 Custom Firmware 3.55 Patch v2

Peek & Poke (aka flukes1 & netkas)

Patched 3.55 v2 PUP w/ Peek & Poke Syscalls

Peek & Poke Syscall Patch v2 for 3.55

Rebug

Rebug 3.55.2 TB Edition

Rebug 3.41.3

Rebug 3.55.2

3.41.3 OtherOS++

3.55.2 OtherOS++

Acid-CFW

Acid-CFW 3.41.010

Dongle Jailbreak

Using an AVR/PIC or other active USB device with running specific code to exploit the USB descriptor (only works on 3.41 and older).

Linux

Just install Linux and run apps on it.

Since 1.60 up until 3.20: official supported as OtherOS.

Since firmware 3.21 up until 3.55: no longer official supported, but made possible with modified firmwares, see OtherOS++ and AsbestOS (http://marcansoft.com/blog/2010/10/asbestos-running-linux-as-gameos/).

BD Java

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Browser based

Homebrew: Java, Javascript based

Jailbreaking: Right now, there are no exploits for browser. It's pretty basic one too, kind of IE6 for PS3, even mobile pages sometimes won't be shown correctly (Example: http://m.deviantart.com)