Jailbreak PS3 : What to avoid and what to buy

**alukadoo** · September 18th, 2010, 07:18

All the Jailbreak dongle in the market is a USB plug and play solution , what you are concerned about is the ability to upgrade because you want the option to flash your Jailbreak with psgroove or new firmware . no one really expect the Chinese team to come out with their own upgrade codes. Unfortunately , most of the PS3 dongle in the market are cheap and not upgradable .

Upgradable dongle :

P3Free

P3Free comes with come with "F1/F2/F0" label is upgradable via USB .
NOTE : do NOT buy the P3FREE come with "F" label:
$25 price tag

How to update : http://forums.afterdawn.com/t.cfm/f-...rmware-869137/
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P3Hub

The P3Hub is a new product which supports self-programmable feature through USB announced by the PS3Break team , whose PS3Break is the first affordable alternative to the ‘official’ PSJailbreak , that can be found for less than $35 on most shops . It makes PS3Break very famous and popular among PS3 users . However , the PS3Break team change the ATMEL chip over PCI chip which can’t (or complicated to) be upgraded . That maybe the reason why they release the PSHub .
$34 price tag
How to update : the same as P3Free .
http://www.p3hub.com/UploadFiles/P3H...er%20Guide.pdf
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PS3Yes

$30 price tag
The chip is AVR at90usb162 , yep , It can be upgraded.
How to update : PS3Yes.com have released the lateset firmware based on PSGroov , so don't flash it with the customer PSGroove which will disable the auto-upgrade mode.
You need to download the Flip to perform the update .
Download here : http://www.ps3yes.com/English/Download.aspx
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PS3Key :

The genuine PS3Key comes with a Serial number , don't buy the fake one .
$29 price tag
How to update : check here http://www.ps3key.com/en/support/
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PS3Break v1.1

PS3 break team released its new product V1.1 Upgradeable PS3break , the official site said it came out on Sep.27th. It is updgraded via USB port .
$24 price tag
How to update : visit here : http://ps3break.com/Download.asp

Dongle can't be upgraded

PS3Break v1.0 :
An image speaks more than thousand words:

"white" version of PS3break you have a ATMEL chip that can be upgraded with FLIP and without any troubles or any additional soldering work (thank God!).

"pink" version of PS3break you have a PIC micro controller with a FAKE upgrade button and it can't be upgraded (yet or not) as easy as ATMEL's version, probably needs soldering work. Bottom line: you can't update your PIC at the moment, no matter what resellers or manufacturer are saying!
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PSJailbreak CLONE

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UsbBreak

The manufacturer of UsbBreak is the same as PS3Break , just a cheap alternative way to jailbreak the PS3, of course , it is not upgradable for sure .
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If anyone can provide the info of the original X3Jailbreak OR PSJAIBREAK , it would be appreciated.
This article is not fully completed, I'll update it when I got more info .

SOURCE :
http://psx-scene.com
http://bbs.a9vg.com
Where to buy : http://www.lightake.com