[PS3] Hard Drive Decryption Proof of Concept by naehrwert

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5 Responses

  1. OsirisFael says:

    I’ve been wondering if there’d ever be any merit to anyone trying to gain any more access to the Vita from the PS3 side, maybe this paired with the higher firmware DEX cfws available will answer that.

    Though I guess it’d be the same as trying to go through the PC, huh, which is completely useless as of now. Maybe they did something dumb like store the Vita keys in a secure sector of the ps3 :p

  2. BakaOsaka says:

    Sweet, reminds me of graf_chokolo’s decryption patch. If you patched the firmware and reformatted the PS3s harddrive, it would run with a decrypted harddrive.

  3. Leires says:

    Maaaaaan, if this leads to me being able to back up my files from my PS3 without needing the file manager..I’ll be so happy.._. I already got a USB sata connector thingum, so really..if this leads to something like that, with no ill effects on the copy protection thing it uses for some save files, I’m gonna cry tears of joy. It’s really dumb that it makes you delete your HD when you swap drives, i lost many a good savegame when my first 60gb bricked from waninkoko. =/

    • rodakk says:

      Yeah, this stuff is brilliant, I have my YLODed 40GB completely torn down and I wanted to bring it back to life only to backup my saves, because I need a working PS3. Now this should be doable with just a USB to SATA connector! Bring on the GUI version of this stuff and I’ll be really happy!

      • Willis says:

        In order to decrypt your HDD you need your console working to obtain its unique keys. So, no you can’t use this method to salvage your data.