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Important: if you don't know what you're doing please stop! i'm not responsible if you brick your ps3 because you don't understand what is written here !
What can a DEX console do?play every game you already can on a CEX console with 3.55 cfwrun MOST homebrew you can on CEX 3.55 cfw (all the important ones work..a small handful may not. they will all run if devs repair them)use basic internet functions, ie: game updates, web browser, showtime add-ons, FTP, SMB, DLNA, etc.play psn games WITH AN EDAT requiring firmware 3.60+ (react does not work on 3.60+ so activate the edat on 3.55, then update)play backups of disk games 3.60+ from bd emu usb hdd if the game has an official update pkgplay every single retail game from disk on updated firmware, no questions asked. works native, no game update needed!!upgrade to 4.21 dex ofwdowngrade back to 3.55 dex cfw without hardware!!!switch back to cex any time you like (still a little risky)
CAN NOT
lay movies from blu ray disk (you can download them and use showtime, though)use psn
You do not need to:format the HDDinstall linuxback up any system datafind your root key manually
For the purposes of this guide, any mention of a .norbin file extension assumes the console is nor (slim)! if you have a nand console (phat), you will follow the same steps but title your files with a .nandbin extension instead of .norbin
Start with a freshly formatted fat32 USB flash drive and kmeaw 3.55 or rebug 3.55.2 cfw...just to be safe.
copy both pkg files from the download to your usb and install them FROM THE RIGHT-MOST USB PORT. If your multiman version is newer than 04.04.04, you don't have to install the version included.
step 1. Run the newly installed multiman (v04.04.04 base) and navigate to mmOS (start + select). open the file browser, and click O on any file, then select open with hex editor. Press select to open LV2 view, then press start to dump. You will be asked 3 questions...dump LV1? select no. Dump LV2? select no. Dump flash? select YES. Do it 4 times. You will be left with 4 .norbin files on your usb drive
This next step is the most important, so BE CAREFUL!!
step 2. Open hex workshop (it's a trial, but that's not important) and press ctrl+k. now select the first two .norbin files and press ok. Scroll all the way down and make sure EVERYTHING on both files is green. If there is any yellow it means something did not dump correctly, and you have to start again. delete ALL dumps and do it again 4 more times. If everything is green, press ctrl+k, select the third .norbin in the bottom field, and compare them...then do the fourth. If everything is green in all 4 dumps, move on. if you find ONE difference...even one, delete all dumps and start again. When you've verified your dumps are good, copy one to your computer, and rename the .norbin extension to .bin....then copy the 4 original .norbin flash dumps to a safe location for storage, in case of emergency.
step 3. Ok, so you have 4 good dumps...super!!! now you need to run eEID_rk_dumper.pkg. Put your usb drive back in the right-most usb slot and run it. It may look like your console froze at a black screen...wait it out. it'll reboot when it's done. When it reboots, open mmOS (select + start in multiman) and navigate to /hdd0/tmp...find the file eid_root_key.....copy it to your usb.
step 4. back at your PC, copy the eEIDO key you just got to your computer for safe-keeping, and make another copy to work with for now. The copy you're working with needs to be titled dump....no extension, just dump
step 5. open the cex2dex app. insert your flash dump that you titled to have a .bin extension in the top field. insert the file titled dump in the bottom. now click cex2dex....it'll ask you to title your newly created dex flash...name it 355DEX.EID0.BIN. It will automatically save as a .bin.....change that to .norbin and copy the file to your usb drive. The final title should read 355DEX.EID0.NORBIN for nor consoles and 355DEX.EID0.NANDBIN for nand consoles (that's a zero in EID0, not the letter O)
step 6. plug your usb drive into the right-most slot again, and run mmOS one more time....navigate to the .norbin dex flash, double-click it, select yes for all warnings, and it will flash.
step 7. once it has flashed your console will boot to XMB. shut it down and boot to recovery....DO NOT BOOT TO XMB AGAIN!!!! YOU COULD BRICK IF YOU DO!!
step 8. once in recovery, install rogero's dex firmware
. the console will reboot, and you're done. if at this point you'd like to use another firmware, you may do so. I do not recommend installing any firmware other than Rogero's initially, though. It has anti-bricking measures that no other dex firmware does.With Roger fw you can play 3.55 just like CEX do but to play new games update to 411-4.21 and use BDEMU.
Congratulations!! You're done....enjoy your dex console enjoy!
Important: if you don't know what you're doing please stop! i'm not responsible if you brick your ps3 because you don't understand what is written here !
What can a DEX console do?play every game you already can on a CEX console with 3.55 cfwrun MOST homebrew you can on CEX 3.55 cfw (all the important ones work..a small handful may not. they will all run if devs repair them)use basic internet functions, ie: game updates, web browser, showtime add-ons, FTP, SMB, DLNA, etc.play psn games WITH AN EDAT requiring firmware 3.60+ (react does not work on 3.60+ so activate the edat on 3.55, then update)play backups of disk games 3.60+ from bd emu usb hdd if the game has an official update pkgplay every single retail game from disk on updated firmware, no questions asked. works native, no game update needed!!upgrade to 4.21 dex ofwdowngrade back to 3.55 dex cfw without hardware!!!switch back to cex any time you like (still a little risky)
CAN NOT
lay movies from blu ray disk (you can download them and use showtime, though)use psnYou do not need to:format the HDDinstall linuxback up any system datafind your root key manually
For the purposes of this guide, any mention of a .norbin file extension assumes the console is nor (slim)! if you have a nand console (phat), you will follow the same steps but title your files with a .nandbin extension instead of .norbin
Start with a freshly formatted fat32 USB flash drive and kmeaw 3.55 or rebug 3.55.2 cfw...just to be safe.
copy both pkg files from the download to your usb and install them FROM THE RIGHT-MOST USB PORT. If your multiman version is newer than 04.04.04, you don't have to install the version included.
step 1. Run the newly installed multiman (v04.04.04 base) and navigate to mmOS (start + select). open the file browser, and click O on any file, then select open with hex editor. Press select to open LV2 view, then press start to dump. You will be asked 3 questions...dump LV1? select no. Dump LV2? select no. Dump flash? select YES. Do it 4 times. You will be left with 4 .norbin files on your usb drive
This next step is the most important, so BE CAREFUL!!
step 2. Open hex workshop (it's a trial, but that's not important) and press ctrl+k. now select the first two .norbin files and press ok. Scroll all the way down and make sure EVERYTHING on both files is green. If there is any yellow it means something did not dump correctly, and you have to start again. delete ALL dumps and do it again 4 more times. If everything is green, press ctrl+k, select the third .norbin in the bottom field, and compare them...then do the fourth. If everything is green in all 4 dumps, move on. if you find ONE difference...even one, delete all dumps and start again. When you've verified your dumps are good, copy one to your computer, and rename the .norbin extension to .bin....then copy the 4 original .norbin flash dumps to a safe location for storage, in case of emergency.
step 3. Ok, so you have 4 good dumps...super!!! now you need to run eEID_rk_dumper.pkg. Put your usb drive back in the right-most usb slot and run it. It may look like your console froze at a black screen...wait it out. it'll reboot when it's done. When it reboots, open mmOS (select + start in multiman) and navigate to /hdd0/tmp...find the file eid_root_key.....copy it to your usb.
step 4. back at your PC, copy the eEIDO key you just got to your computer for safe-keeping, and make another copy to work with for now. The copy you're working with needs to be titled dump....no extension, just dump
step 5. open the cex2dex app. insert your flash dump that you titled to have a .bin extension in the top field. insert the file titled dump in the bottom. now click cex2dex....it'll ask you to title your newly created dex flash...name it 355DEX.EID0.BIN. It will automatically save as a .bin.....change that to .norbin and copy the file to your usb drive. The final title should read 355DEX.EID0.NORBIN for nor consoles and 355DEX.EID0.NANDBIN for nand consoles (that's a zero in EID0, not the letter O)
step 6. plug your usb drive into the right-most slot again, and run mmOS one more time....navigate to the .norbin dex flash, double-click it, select yes for all warnings, and it will flash.
step 7. once it has flashed your console will boot to XMB. shut it down and boot to recovery....DO NOT BOOT TO XMB AGAIN!!!! YOU COULD BRICK IF YOU DO!!
step 8. once in recovery, install rogero's dex firmware
. the console will reboot, and you're done. if at this point you'd like to use another firmware, you may do so. I do not recommend installing any firmware other than Rogero's initially, though. It has anti-bricking measures that no other dex firmware does.With Roger fw you can play 3.55 just like CEX do but to play new games update to 411-4.21 and use BDEMU.
Congratulations!! You're done....enjoy your dex console enjoy!
