mM's main source file would become over 100 000 if I spend the time to follow the 'break line' rule when more than 50-60 characters are used per line and if I used comments. I started with mM as a tool for myself so I don't really care if other people can continue with it, nor I'm weary about someone adopting the code to turn it into a bigger mess. It contains about 200 lines from the original "Open Backup Manager" (which afaik was ~3000 lines) - if you wish you can start with it.
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With multiMAN 05.00.00 only 4.30 and higher firmwares will be supported. Supporting 14 different firmwares is too hard to maintain compatibility with.
In the beginning mM used to support 1.90/3.00/3.14/3.21 firmwares but then suddenly the new additions started to cause issues with these old firmwares so I leveled up at 3.41. Now 2 years and 6 months later I think it is time to go up again.
Users of unsupported firmwares can stay with 04.19.00 or lower multiMAN version - anyway - it has more than everything one may need. Or switch to Iris.
Last edited by deank; Today at 03:05 PM.
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12h ago - Nearly two months after the previous update, today I have posted a guide and video on how to downgrade a PS3 4.31 OFW console (including CECH-300x slims) to 4.30 Rogero v2.03 CFW using a PS3 Hardware Flasher with no 3.55 needed.
Very easy tutorial. Follow the steps to downgrade a PS3, but when you get to the first step of the USB downgrading part after putting your PS3 into service mode, use Rogero 4.30 CFW v2.03 on the root of the USB with the lv2diag.self to downgrade instead of the 3.55.
So again, no 3.55 ever touches the PS3 during this whole setup! Doing this will also now allow CECH-300x models original slims to be downgraded to 4.30 CFW as long as it never touches 3.55
The whole reason for this was to find out if the E3 fits a CECH-400xx model super slim models, but all I needed was proof that you can downgrade from 4.31 to 4.30 CFW with a flasher.
So if any one out there has an E3 and a new super slim model please test this if it works! You can make back ups of the NOR incase it fails.
Here is proof you can but I still do not know if the CECH-400xx models are compatible since I do not have one.
Files needed for safety and to proceed:
4.31 to 4.30 e3flasher.7z (235.40 MB)
PS3 USB links after NOR editing:
4.31 to 4.30 e3flasher.7z (194.60 MB) 4.31 to 4.30 e3flasher.7z (194.60 MB)
E3 back-up checks links:
back up check and patch.7z (5.56 MB) back up check and patch.7z (5.56 MB) back up check and patch.7z (5.56 MB)
Steps:
Step 1 - switch pup's with Rogero's 4.30 CFW v2.03 - my link has it set ready Step 2 - lv2diag out of factory mode PS3 nor dump patcher to fix bad back-ups downgrade.bin - makes it rewrite the nor to allow factory mode access update.bin - its the Samsung version of the flasher firmware, allows multi-console downgrades.. more than one console in other words PS3 Flowrebuilder - decrypts the backups to look and make sure its good
Here is proof of me downgrading to 4.30 CFW no 3.55! My video is not cut but speeds up through the middle since it takes almost 2 hours to prove this. You see every time I drop the camera, fix the E3 and finish the downgrade straight to 4.30 CFW Rogero v2.03 which you will know it's spoofed to 4.31, you can see the install PKG / lastGAME icon after downgrading.
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