You can mod it to dump then just flash back the dex ofw thats what i did. No weird flags or anything you need to change its just to grab the eid root key.
I really don't want to mod my ps3 test kit because im very nitpicky with test kits
Im the same as you. Its a shame you need to mod it to get the key for the HDD. I made images of all my ps3 kits and there all about 3 - 4gb so there will be nothing on them . One has 37gb of deleted stuff but i have no idea what it is.
Cant i just use the hard drive on a different ps3 phat?Im the same as you. Its a shame you need to mod it to get the key for the HDD. I made images of all my ps3 kits and there all about 3 - 4gb so there will be nothing on them . One has 37gb of deleted stuff but i have no idea what it is.
Unfortunately not, that eid root key is needed
why did sony even encrypted test kit hard drives its like they wanted to piss me off
Who knows, its the same across retail ps3s too if i recall
I understand that to avoid modding but why test kits its not like devs were going to hack their systems
Make a image / backup of the HDD and keep it safe on a hard drive or 2. Maybe one day there will be a way of recovering builds off it with out the key. IDK . I dont know much about how to use them . I do know about Xbox 360 kits.
You can swap a new hard drive in the kit no issue you just need to reinstall the firmware
And how am i meant to get firmware for test kit, normal firmware bricks the system
Theres a site with an archive with teskit pups. Just google "Dex ofw firmware" and its first one called midnightchannel
I think i might just have my test kit for show or i just get off my ass and get my resistance 3 copy and put it in the disc drive
Im thinking of donating it to OGI think you'll find the possibility of uncovering a prototype on your system, recovering it, and maybe being able to play it more gratifying than playing any ordinary game for a couple of hours... You should listen to mementomori, it would best to have closure on this type of thing. "One day" might come and whatever was on there might only be in fragments...
Please consider it, and I think you should check out the OG discord. People would be happy to help you I'm sure
With the one i have thats got 37gb of deleted stuff on it i might just sell it but it does look nice with the asset tags on it. I don't use PS3, i only get them if there cheap. My PS3 slim devkit i got that for £65 and it came with 6 discs , i sold one disc for £50 ,so it only cost me £15 for the console and the disc's.The value of your console lies in the data you can recover from it; preserving that data is only going to ruin the console if you can't read the guide and you brick it. As mentioned there is an archive of DEX OFW, it's from the same place the REBUG CFW I linked you. You can take note of the firmware it was on from system settings, and grab that once you're done grabbing the eid_root_key. The process is so straightforward, I can guarantee you nothing will go wrong as long as you follow it to a T.
If you want to just have the test kit for show, so be it. Your console, you do what you want. But just know that you could very well be sitting on valuable data that would be of major benefit for researches, modders and gaming fans alike, and unfortunately, dumping the EID with CFW is the most accessible way to know this for sure after you dump the hard drive. I own a few PS3 kits that had deleted prototypes I was able to recover, I've donated/shared some for release in the past.
I sincerely hope you consider dumping the kit at some point, as even just some closure on whether or not you have data would ease concerns of what the kit's got tucked away. Besides, anyone can find a DECH or DECR unit, many of these have sold, publicly or privately, in the past half a decade. Not everybody can find the same history underneath though.
Apologies for the massive write-up here, you're not in trouble and ultimately it is your decision, but I think you'd be surprised and intrigued by what's been discovered through these dumping methods. Look at the Terareleases here if you want examples