Until a few months ago, the only publicly available way to setup a dual boot system was to use a permanently installed hardware flasher. You can enjoy full OFW on your PS3 one minute & use FMM to go back to CFW the next.Īdditionally, it's possible to use FMM to manage a dual boot system with 2 internal hdds to swap, if that's the kind of setup you are interested in using.

In this kind of setup, when on OFW, there is no trace of CFW usage, it's the safest possible way to use PSN, game online, still enjoy CFW on a PS3 console & keep customisations safe as there is no need for PUP installation.Īnyway, DB firmwares are no longer really needed nowadays because the PS3 Toolset's Flash Memory Manager allows users to jailbreak their CFW compatible console at any time. You would swap the internal hdd whenever you swap firmware. On a real dual boot system, you would have 2 different HDDs. Another annoying consequence, as you keep installing PUP files to switch firmware, OS file customisations are lost & some modifications must be reapplied constantly. It's pretty much the same as using HEN in that regard. However, the switching from full CFW to dual boot FW & back is done on the same internal hdd which implies a few annoying consequences among which, the fact that any installed homebrew on CFW is still visible after installing the DB firmware. What we commonly call Dual boot firmwares do not give you full dual boot capabilities per se.Ī dual boot firmware is a OFW with minimal patching (technically a CFW) so that you can reinstall CFW without needing to jailbreak again while using a firmware as close to OFW as possible. (Especially advice that does not result in me getting banned :-D ) (what would be good sites for obtaining CFWs anyway? )ģ) Last but not least: I would like to keep my savegames from my Super Slim (maybe perform a backup/restore from my Super Slim to my Slim after switching it back to OFW?) Since i am kind of a newbie when it comes to these matters i decided to ask a few questions here firstġ) How would i switch the Slim back to OFW?Ģ) I heard about the possibility of Dual Boots (CFW/OFW) but i could not find any DB CFW for 4.85 Switch to CFW again and copy all my hard-copy games onto it as well. I plan to upgrade the hdd on the Slim, switch it back to OFW (getting banned would loose me quite a lot of games.), download all the PSN games i bought, Since i own quite a lot of games as Discs as well as having a lot of gamesįrom the PSN store i would like to consolidate all my games on one big hdd. I have 2 PS3s, one Super Slim (OFW 4.86) i have used for a long time, with A LOT of PSN GAMESĪnd one Slim with REBUG CFW (4.85).

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