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Gaming Wednesday, September 1st 2010 at 12:30 pm

PSGroove: Open Source PS3 Jailbreak, Available for Download

A new, open source PS3 jailbreak, called PSGroove, is now available for download.

After the PlayStation 3 was finally cracked, the Australian Federal Court quickly put a stop to the jailbreak’s circulation by halting the distribution of the crack and turning the cracking group’s inventory over to Sony, the long-overdue crack’s future was looking grim (for people into that sort of thing).

However, a new, open source jailbreak has just been released, dubbed PSGroove. The crack is available for download, but must be installed onto an AT90USBkey or a Teensy++ USB development board. As with most homebrew-enabling cracks, PSGroove allows a user to run unsigned code on a PS3.

Now that an open source, downloadable crack has made it onto the internet, federal courts will probably have a much harder time preventing its distribution, thus most likely ensuring the longevity of the jailbreak.

(Engadget via PS3Hax)

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  • UZair

    You might want to update this article because Sony recently released a firmware update that breaks the hack used for the mod chip. Since, unfortunately, the firmware update is required to use your PS3 at all, this mod chip was obsolete 3 days after it was publicly released.

    Hopefully, your readers will save their money and not spend it on something that is totally useless.
    I have written an article regarding the same. http://aleptu.com/firmware-update-makes-ps3-jailbreak-obsolete-18191280.html

  • tj

    how do u get codes to usb device to jailbreak ps3

  • ELSA WHITIS

    WHO SAYS YOU HAVE TO UPDATE YOUR PS3 AT ALL, YOU JUSY NEED TO HAVE THE 3.41 UPDATE FROM SONY, THIS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET FOR FREE AND DOWNLOADED ON TO A FLASH/THUMB DRIVE.

  • Uxsi

    PSN he meant I guess.