PlayStation 3: Sony releases Firmware 4.86 for their 13 year old console – HFW 4.86 released, SEN Enabler updated & PS3HEN to be updated soon due to no kernel changes!
It’s pretty amazing how Sony is still releasing firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 despite the console being over 13 years old. However, as more time goes on, the reasons behind the firmware updates are becoming less clear and that is surely the case with Firmware 4.86 which was released a few hours ago!
Sony releases Firmware 4.86 for the PlayStation 3
Sony decided to release FW 4.86 for the PlayStation 3 although it’s unclear what the update does as the kernel is the same!
Earlier today, Sony decided to release Firmware 4.86 for the PlayStation 3 despite the console getting long in the tooth and already being a teenager.
Following the trend with the 4.8x updates, Firmware 4.86 doesn’t seem to bring about anything new from a user point-of-view as the change log only states “This system software update improves the quality of the system performance” which effectively means nothing bar from bug fixes and perhaps security improvements.
From a user point of view, you’ll have to spoof your firmware version if you want to access PSN on an older firmware version but in this regard, Evilnat’s SEN Enabler 6.2.5 for CFW-capable consoles was released under an hour ago with support for spoofing this newly-released firmware. PS3HEN users may spoof their firmware version through webMAN MOD as community members have reported it to still work with the FW 4.86 update.
Joonie states there’s no change in the kernel and releases HFW 4.86.1
From a hacking point of view, Firmware 4.86 doesn’t seem to affect much since the kernel wasn’t changed at all.
Joonie has confirmed that FW 4.86 doesn’t come with any kernel changes and released HFW 4.86.1 (Link)
This, in turn, prompted Joonie to state that an update to PS3HEN should be expected soon so that you could hack your noCFW (min FW of 3.60+) PlayStation 3 console. Furthermore, Joonie has released HFW 4.86.1 which is exactly the same as OFW 4.86 but with a modification to the web browser making it vulnerable to exploits employed to hack your console. This means that all PlayStation 3 consoles are still hackable as the current firmware is still vulnerable to current exploits!
However, if you can get by with spoofing your firmware version and staying on an older firmware, you should probably do so for now as some homebrew utilities may not function correctly as offsets might need to be updated. Updates to popular homebrew utilities and CFWs may not take long similar to what happened when Firmware 4.85 was released last August.
Conclusion
You may access the software mentioned in this article directly from the links below and if you want to read more about PlayStation 3 hacking, you may be interested in bguerville’s PlayStation 3 Toolset which is an exploitation framework that makes use of a brand new exploit! In other Sony scenes, vitaQuake 4.1 was released with major performance improvements, 3D support and more.
SEN Enabler 6.2.5 (FW spoofing for CFW Users): https://www.psx-place.com/threads/sen-enabler-tutorial-latest-releases.147/page-19#post-233204
HFW 4.86.1 release post: https://www.psx-place.com/threads/update-ps3-hfw-hybrid-firmware-4-85-1-ps3xploit-han-flash-tools-restored-for-4-85-ofw-users.23094/page-80#post-233177
I recently checked the updates and 4.86 doesn’t exist, if this was suppose to be an April fools prank then it’s failed since it’s still March 31st.
Lol you’re wrong
according to a new article released earlier today, Sony plans to split the Message System, so you cant send messages from ps3 to ps4 or vita, it could be preparation for that.
Probably a patch to disable the messaging to PSVita & PS4, as PlayStation announced earlier.
So when can I start playing online again cause my computer is currently broke and I can’t spoof.
Andy Mine just updates a couple of hours ago. 4.86 is live now.
Witchblade does you PS3 have hen? Cause when I try to update it says to remain on firmware.
Poohead
My 100% stock system updated automatically.
My other system did so when I told it to.
I think it is Hen. But I haven’t done much with that system for a while.
I can o online for some reason. i am version 4.85 and i have ps3 hen, i enable hen first then sign in. it works for me.
11th!
Sony has nothing to do now with Covid-19 (coronavirus), and in their boredness they come with a solution aganistit it, and voila a great idea PS3 Firmware 4.86 to Head Shot the Evil CFW XD, and soon PS Vita will have Firmware 3.74.
The heck Sony are you gone mad, PS3 and PS Vita are almost dead.
XboX 360 no coment X_X.
This was to stop the messages from ps4 to ps3 they talked about
Thank goodness
Hi there, my ps3 won’t let me update to the 4.86 software, it gets to 21% downloading then it stops and I get an error code 8002G997 I can’t use use my ps3 without it asking for an update
I had the same problem. Maybe your bluetooth/wireless hardware is damaged on your ps3. That’s why the ps3 can’t update your bluetooth/wireless hardware. I used to play with wired ps3 controllers cos my wireless hardware function stopped working , so when I had to update ps3 the same thing happened with the update as with you. The update stopped installing at 26%. You could repair your console or buy a cheap second hand console. Or maybe there’s something wrong with your hard drive. Try using a new hard drive.
Yo tenía hen para 4.85 perdí todo por esta actualización ya que lo tenia en automático se que no puedo recuperar nada pero quería saber si hay otros modos como hen que pueda aplicar ?
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and im 13 years later still trying to compile orbital …
./freebsd/sys/sys/time.h:45: warning: “ITIMER_PROF” redefined
45 | #define ITIMER_PROF 2
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In file included from /home/nick/orbital/orbital-qemu/include/qemu/osdep.h:81,
from ui/orbital.c:25:
/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/time.h:100: note: this is the location of the previous definition
100 | #define ITIMER_PROF ITIMER_PROF
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In file included from ./freebsd/sys/sys/proc.h:56,
from ui/orbital-procs-list.h:28,
from ui/orbital.c:48:
./freebsd/sys/sys/time.h:47:8: error: redefinition of ‘struct itimerval’
47 | struct itimerval {
Bro I think this is a Aprill fools joke.Juat think about it
It makes sense, since we have to update the Blue Ray players to play the new disks.
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