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Thread: [PS3] - Jailbreak 2
Demon Cleaner 16:15 27th October 2011
There's some activity on the PS3 again, and maybe in the near future we will get a new jailbreaking device. Although you will have to run the 3.60+ games from BD discs.

Originally Posted by :
It's true and it's blue ... now what's Sony gonna do when the latest jail breaking dongle comes to modshops near you. The "True Blue" dongle behaves similar to earlier jailbreak devices; however, this one supports firmware 3.60+ required games, up to 3.73, and does not require the power/eject trick. And no -- no PSN access. But if you've managed to keep your PS3 at 3.55 or lower, then True Blue is for you.

True Blue requires a "special" BD-R disc for 3.60+ games to work; these blank Blu-ray discs will be available from official resellers as well. Once we know the resellers we'll share 'em with you. So you will require the dongle + these particular discs for everything to work properly ... at least for now anyway.

True Blue Features

- Booting of games from v3.6+ (up to v3.73) from special BD-R discs available from official resellers
- Runs games up to v3.56 from HDD in conjunction with 'backup managers'
- Does not require the Power/Eject trick
- Custom v3.55 Dongle firmware behaves like OFW when 'True Blue' is not inserted
- Manufactured from highest grade components and Actel based
- Durable and high quality metal case design
- Tough and durable plastic packaging
- Further features to be added as they are developed
- On board 2 MBytes SPI flash
- Supports Fat and Slim consoles currently running any firmware up to v3.55
- And any PS3 which can be downgraded from v3.6+ to v3.55 (NOTE: Requires other tools, 'True Blue' currently can't downgrade a Console)
- Supports all regions of consoles
- Supports all regions of ISO’s to be released
- Rock solid crystal oscillator on board for flawless timing

Originally Posted by :
The 'True Blue' dongle allows booting of the latest the ISO’s (3.6+) from special BD-R discs which can be purchased from all official resellers.

The discs can be burned by any BD-R recorder and there are no special requirements on either PC or BD burner types.

Whilst we can disclose that the discs are specially manufactured to allow booting of the latest ISO’s, further technical information on the way by which the BD-R discs can allow booting cannot be provided, for obvious reasons.

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Harrison 17:06 27th October 2011
Nice. Great in finally see support for newer games.
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Demon Cleaner 17:41 4th November 2011
Some news:

Originally Posted by :
Previously we reported that the True Blue jailbreak dongle (or JB2) would require special blank BD-R discs for 3.60+ games to work properly; these discs would be sold alongside the device from official resellers, who we still don't know yet. Well, you can scratch all that "special" Blu-ray nonsense now because the hardcores behind True Blue have figured a means to using regular, plain ol' BD-Rs ... nothing special here -- just get the dongle, burn your games, and play 'em.

Here is the full, long list of 3.60+ games reported working with True Blue:

Alice: Madness Returns
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Battlefield 3
Bleach: Soul Resurreccion
Bodycount
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Call of Juarez: The Cartel
Captain America: Super Soldier
Catherine
Child of Eden
Dark Souls
Dead Island
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Dirt 3
Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi
Dungeon Siege III
Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3
F.E.A.R. 3
F1 2011
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Just Dance 3
Madden NFL 2012
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
NBA 2K12
Need for Speed: The Run
No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise
Portal 2
Rage
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
Rayman Origins
Record of Agarest War Zero
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
Saints Row: The Third Shadows of the Damned
Silent Hill: Downpour
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Sonic Generations
Supremacy MMA
Tekken Hybrid
The Adventures of Tintin
The Cursed Crusade
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The King of Fighters XIII
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The Sims 3: Pets
Thor: God of Thunder
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy HD
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
White Knight Chronicles II
WWE '12

And I'd imagine there are more.
Shortly later:

Originally Posted by :
Shortly after yesterday's True Blue update, the team sent word again that booting 3.60+ required games direct from the HDD is now possible -- no "special" or regular blank Blu-ray discs required, in fact no discs at all. But now the real question is: Is True Blue even necessary? With all these game/EBOOT patches coming out, like this and this, who needs a new jailbreak dongle? Don't get me wrong, True Blue could lead to bigger and better things, especially when/after it's reverse engineered ... plus patching games can get pretty dirty.

Updated True Blue Features

- Booting of all games designed for v3.6+ (up to v3.73) from BD-R discs and HDD
- Runs your existing games and new games up to v3.73 from HDD in conjunction with 'backup managers'
(NOTE: 'Backup Manager' are not supplied with the dongle, end-user installs his choice of personal 'homebrew')
- Does not require the Power/Eject trick
- Custom v3.55 Dongle firmware behaves like OFW when 'True Blue' is not inserted
- Manufactured from highest grade components and Actel based
- Durable and high quality metal case design
- Tough and durable plastic packaging
- Further features to be added as they are developed
- On board 2 MBytes SPI flash
- Supports Fat and Slim consoles currently running any firmware up to v3.55
- And any PS3 which can be downgraded successfully from v3.6+ to v3.55
(NOTE: Requires other tools, 'True Blue' currently can't downgrade a Console)
- Supports all regions of consoles
- Supports all regions of v3.6+ games
- Rock solid crystal oscillator on board for flawless timing

I asked myself the same question if True Blue is really still necessary, as EBOOT patches come out quite fast, although not for every game. So far there's the patches for Battlefield 3 and Uncharted 3, which gives me some time before I will need another one.
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Harrison 10:54 5th November 2011
Nice. Very fast progression and development. Tempting.
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Tiago 14:22 7th November 2011
Battlefield 3 and Uncharted 3 are fully working for 3.55
game and patchs are available for them, and they are very easy to do it.

Battlefield 3 can be installed in internal and external HD with 3.55.... nice game!!
i didnt see uncharted yet, but the first "bug" of "journal" is now fixed. Works 100%
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Demon Cleaner 15:42 7th November 2011
I'm currently playing Uncharted 3, journal "bug" is fixed, just made a pause now to eat something, gonna continue in 2 minutes

I only had one freeze so far, beginning of chapter 3, but I reloaded, and then it worked. Hopefully there will be not too many freezes, best would be none at all.
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Harrison 16:05 7th November 2011
I loved the first 2 Uncharted games but not had chance to play the third yet.
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Demon Cleaner 21:07 7th November 2011
Until now it's really good, but not better than the 2nd. The "WOW" effect was also bigger from the 1st to the 2nd, than from the 2nd to the 3rd. Although the visuals are again very excellent. I'm in chapter 10 now.
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J T 21:50 7th November 2011
Despite not playing video games much at all of late, and already having a media centre PC under the telly.... all this talk of PS3 modding (and how easy it seems to be at first glance) is really tempting me to go out and get one if I can find it for cheaps....
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Harrison 00:58 8th November 2011
Just remember you will need to find a PS3 running FW3.55. New PS3's probably all have FW3.6 or newer already loaded so you won't be able to jailbreak them and run your own software.
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