METLDR 2 - New revision Blocks Downgrade

Developer dospiedras1973, known for releasing the 3.70 Downgrade v1 and v2, is back with some more news, although not so good this time. On a Spanish 'scene' site yesterday, he announced he had got his hands on a PS3 Slim that came stock with v3.60 firmware, model CECH2504 with 1B Datecode to be exact. Upon exploring this new console, dospiedras has found a very interesting piece of code, containing what looks to be the METLDR 2. The following translation was taken from PS3Crunch.

Originally Posted by dospiedras1973

I found a console factory cech2504 with fw 3.60 and I found this:

Code:

00 00 00 01 00 00 00 01 00
00 00 00 00 02 E8 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00
00 00 00 F9 20 6D 65 74 6C
64 72 2E 32 00 00 00 00 00 
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Code:

..............è........@......ù metldr.2........................

The console in question was a cech2504 with Datecode 1B

I guess that's consoles from that date forward will not downgrade for the moment.

I been working hard and trying for over 6 hours the downgrade in different ways with no luck.

Well, only time will tell if Sony has truly been able to create a 'hack-proof' console. Those with stock v3.60 console are out of luck for the present.

Source: Elotrolado
Via: PS3Crunch

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