Help with jailbreaking my PS3

[LexKhalil]

Hey guys.
I have a "fat" PS3 on the latest firmware that was just released yesterday (why in the world do they still update it). It's a CECHP04 on firmware 4.85. I googled it several times but all tutorials are outdated. I've jailbroken an iPod Touch before, but I know the procedure is different for a PS3.

I would be so grateful if you guys could just teach me about the basics and stuff like that. And what's the difference between CFW/HFW?

I'm looking forward to downloading PS2 games and playing PS3 game backups.

[Uniquemind]

According to a video I saw they (and I mean corporations in general; but in this case Sony) update it to prevent jailbreaking and most corporations are incentivized to do this by law so as to protect the intellectual property of their product and services, even on older hardware.


This is only something I learned recently because I’ve gone full nerd on law topics and law thinking lately (still learning) as a hobby especially since it impacts youtube creators I often watch and copyright law and trademark law has been a big thing influencing content on that site for both creators and consumers of YouTube content.


Sony has to consistently demonstrate legal history that they defend their products and the specific engineering of each service and product the make to then have a legal platform to say they own copyrights X, Y, Z etc.

Because those specific features within the manufacturing process or design process might be used again later by them in some other product.

If a rival corporation goes and uses that same design infringing on Sony’s design, then an opposing lawyer representing a rival firm could make a case against Sony that they didn’t protect the copyright and therefore they lose exclusivity to it.

The problem is consumers think of products they buy as one whole item, not separate features each with their own copyrights behind them, assembled into one product, and then another’s legal argument on who can distribute said product to specific regions on the planet and who can’t. (Aka: distribution rights).



I don’t really recommend jail breaking, and I actually don’t know how. But I thought I might provide a speculative answer to one of your questions in your OP.


Laws for obsolete products certainty need updating in my humble opinion.

[LexKhalil]

According to a video I saw they (and I mean corporations in general; but in this case Sony) update it to prevent jailbreaking and most corporations are incentivized to do this by law so as to protect the intellectual property of their product and services, even on older hardware.


This is only something I learned recently because I’ve gone full nerd on law topics and law thinking lately (still learning) as a hobby especially since it impacts youtube creators I often watch and copyright law and trademark law has been a big thing influencing content on that site for both creators and consumers of YouTube content.


Sony has to consistently demonstrate legal history that they defend their products and the specific engineering of each service and product the make to then have a legal platform to say they own copyrights X, Y, Z etc.

Because those specific features within the manufacturing process or design process might be used again later by them in some other product.

If a rival corporation goes and uses that same design infringing on Sony’s design, then an opposing lawyer representing a rival firm could make a case against Sony that they didn’t protect the copyright and therefore they lose exclusivity to it.

The problem is consumers think of products they buy as one whole item, not separate features each with their own copyrights behind them, assembled into one product, and then another’s legal argument on who can distribute said product to specific regions on the planet and who can’t. (Aka: distribution rights).



I don’t really recommend jail breaking, and I actually don’t know how. But I thought I might provide a speculative answer to one of your questions in your OP.


Laws for obsolete products certainty need updating in my humble opinion.

That's pretty interesting tbh. Thanks for taking the time to explain. But if they have to update older systems, why don't they update the PSP anymore? It has pretty much the same features compared to the PS3 (PSN, PS Store, Remote Play, etc..) yet the last update was released like 4 years ago.

And about jailbreaking my PS3, I'm doing this because I have a PS4 now and my PS3 is pretty much useless at this point (except for rarely playing some old game I miss). So I saw a video last week showing how you could play PS2 and PSP titles on a jailbroken PS3 so I thought maybe it's better to use it for emulating than just letting it sit in my living room collecting dust. I'm not going online on it (especially since the servers are unplayable because of hackers like GTA V Online). I don't want to get my account banned and I'm basically only going to be playing PS2 games.

Thanks again :)