How to Restore Original PS3 Gameboot
Note from Wololo: This tutorial on How to Restore Original PS3 Gameboot was initially published by /Talk member zant, as part of our monthly tutorial contest. Zant won the June tutorial contest for the PS3 (a $10 Amazon gift code) with this entry. You can find the original post here.
Greetings all,
This is Zant, lurking over the PS3 scene for some time at the usual places by the same handle. I’m officially posting my tutorial here even though I wrote it some time ago, only to see it shamelessly copied on another site (not here, but another web site that thinks its funny to just steal work and post it for ‘VIPs’…), so I thought I might as well post this here for contest and general knowledge as well.
Anybody that has been around the PS3 long enough remembers how we were greeted by that old classic gameboot “Playstation 3” + jingle every time we played a PS3 game. Sony thought it was a great idea to remove it as soon as PS3 slims came out and changed the PS3 branding from “Playstation 3” to “PS3” in firmware 3.00.
Needless to say, I was *** that this had been removed. I also hated the fact that the black color was never an option for the XMB, so I wanted to make the ultimate classic Playstation 3 that I remember from the kiosk days.
So to get the gameboot + jingle back, the process is simple. Just copy the modified files to the following places:
- Copy game_ext_plug.sprx to dev_flash/vsh/modules/
- Copy gameboot_multi.ac3, gameboot_stereo.ac3, and custom_render_plugin.rco to dev_flash/vsh/resource
*This should go without saying, but you need to enable dev_blind in multiman before you can write to dev_flash.
For your convenience, I have already placed the files in the necessary directories in the dev_flash folder, or if you want to do it manually, the needed files are in the root folder.
For those interested in patching themselves or for other firmwares:
extract game_ext_plugin.sprx in dev_flash/vsh/modules from whatever firmware you like, then run SCETOOL:
scetool.exe -d game_ext_plugin.sprx game_ext_plugin.prx
Open decrypted game_ext_plugin.prx and search for following hex data:
Older firmwares: 38 80 00 00 7B E3 00 20 and change to 38 80 00 00 38 60 00 02
Newer firmwares: 2F 89 00 00 7B C3 00 20 and change to 2F 89 00 00 38 60 00 02
Re-encrypt sprx with following command:
scetool -v –compress-data=TRUE –sce-type=SELF –self-type=APP –template=game_ext_plugin_bak.sprx –encrypt game_ext_plugin.prx game_ext_plugin.sprx
*note, make backup of original sprx to use for –template flag
At time of writing (6/13/2016), this patch is working for firmware 4.80 REX of the great Rebug team.
CREDITS
Zant for modding files, testing, and delivering files
mysis for discovering the patch for game_ext_plug.sprx and posting to PS3devwiki
tpryor for the heads up on PS3devwiki
Hells Angel for testing and putting in work as well
All other PS3devs that made this scene great
Download files here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/64m4xm18js3ccda/Restore_Gameboot_CFW_4.80.zip
Note:
Some were concerned that this code broke PSP/PSX/PS2emulator compatibility/operation. I posted a demo video when I originally released this for 4.76 Rebug CEX that this was NOT the case. The video shows all the games operate normally.
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I was able to use gameboot few years ago , but am not gonna be negative, good post
u serious he got 10$ for this?
ok i will do a (how to use the power button on your ps3) and (how to factory reset your 3ds) and will be millionaire lol
Thanks I changed mine to this way better
I installed it and the boot logo was missing. copied the old files back in place and the console wouldn’t boot up. apparently the hdd was dying but now I’m too scared to try again since I ended up with a softbrick… any ideas?
It’s really interesting to see this again, and I would do it but the last I messed around with the flash I bricked my psp. T_T I would hate to have that happen to my jailbroken ps3.
Dangerous tutorial
http://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/article-restore-original-ps3-gameboot-animation-sound-cfw-4-76-a-149510/
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“I wrote it some time ago, only to see it shamelessly copied on another site”
like the actual patches you have “shamelessly” copied using.
He was not talking about PSX-Scene taking it. As at PSX-Scene he posted it himself … Not sure where he mentioned.
Its a good contribution, but does not exactly follow the rules.
I tried this but could only get the gameboot to work. First time it didn’t work just took away the cold boot then i got gameboot only then rebug soldboot with old gameboot. Could never get old cold boot to work tho.
Upon doing this in 4.82 Ferrox Cobra CEX, It doesn’t allow me to use any executable on the PS3 like .pkgs and even game discs due to “region restrictions” If anyone could help me restore it, that’d be great