Hi, I'm sitting on CWF 4.85 after jailbreaking my 4.85 OFW. Looking at downgrading to go onto a 4.84 CFW. Everything I've found on this is for downgrading from 4.84, is it the same process and tools or do I need to take a different approach?
Thanks
Edit as I said was on ofw instead of cfw
Posted Sep 16, 2019, 2:36 AM UTC · edited
Pretty sure that once you update OFW there is no going back, they have removed the original exploit in 4.84 hence we have HFW now which edit partial exploits back but it's not full CFW as before.
CFW is based on compiled updated versions so once you've updated to higher they too much be higher.
The only option you have is HFW which gives you the jailbreak with the HAN method.
You can still spoof the version number but that isn't what you want here.
I think that may have been the case when 4.84 came out, but the exploits were found again. It took a couple weeks to get them working and tested in 4.85 but it's live and working again (assuming you have a compatible nodel)
I don't think this is true, you see there were several exploits involved in gaining kernel access and the kernel exploit was patched in 4.84 they didn't lose it, it was gone. finding a new one is a lot of work and there are no guarantees there are more there. what they did was a new method of editing the FW that way they brought some of the other exploits back but no Kernel level exploits and that is what the HFW brings. a quick example of this to prove my point is 4.82 and prior had no need for HAN to run anything, HAN was developed since 4.82 for Super Slim since they couldn't be exploited at the kernel level due to their version.
Maybe I'm just new to the game and dont get it, but I did go through the cfw route, not han/hen. Everything I've read suggests han for 2500s and up, cfw for the rest of us.
No, i think you're right it's my bad everything i wrote is incorrect\garbage.... :/
Sorry, but i never said i was an expert at this and i was too lazy to double check against the official docs
HFW - Brings back the exploits from 4.82 and can be installed on all systems
HAN - was a method created to install unsigned packages\licenses , no hombrew
HEN - Added Homebrew to the Han method
CFW- Requires the execution of the kernel exploit to gain full access to the system
There were 2 important things here:
i based my answer on anyone running 4.85+ and at this time there is no one using CFW on it since it didn't update yet as the rest of the tools homebrew etc so that is why all the vids etc are running 4.85 with Han\Hen the Writer required for CFW is out now.
I'm running CFW for a while now, the above answer is for anyone running OFW otherwise just update the CFW version and that's it
Not all models are compatible for CFW it depends of the original version.
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How did you jailbreak your ofw 4.85?
It's the same process as ofw 4.84 but with the newer files etc.
I checked the wiki of this sub a week ago or so and it seemed like there was no way to go to cfw from 4.85 but I'll check it out again soon.
The Flash Writer for 4.85 was only release in the past 2 days
Ooh yea! Thanks for info. First time jailbreaking a ps3. Quite exited cause I missed many games and lost many of my discs during moving around the country. Do you think the reddit wiki is enough or is there some essential site I should check?
All you have to do is download qa enabler then update to 4.84 rebug I did this and now I'm running dex :)
Also curious on this