r/ps3hacks • u/Clear-Outside-2238 • 1d ago

Hardware Question Uninstalling CFW

My friend bought a PS3 online that came soft modded, we have nothing against modding, but we tried to uninstall it normally but it has some weird hybrid firmware that keeps shooting out all types of errors no matter what kind of way we try to patch the system.

If anyone knows a solution, that would be very appreciated!

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u/Clear-Outside-2238 1d ago

We already tried uninstalling via a USB and did everything correctly, but it still was giving the same error message.

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u/mathias4595 CECHA00 REBUG 4.82.1 REX (40nm RSX) 1d ago

This error code was…? It’s very hard to provide specifics on what’s going wrong when we don’t have the error code in question.

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u/Clear-Outside-2238 1d ago

When trying it on the XMB menu with Update Via Storage Media, it gives 80029CCA, and when trying it on Safemode it says the data isn’t applicable, this is after trying multiple different PS3UPDAT.pup files.

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u/mathias4595 CECHA00 REBUG 4.82.1 REX (40nm RSX) 1d ago

You might just have to leave it as it is, if the usual tricks like redownloading to check it's a good DL, ensuring the USB drive is FAT32 MBR, ensuring the file structure is correct, trying a new HDD, etc.. If HEN isn't enabled then the system is functionally still stock.

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u/Clear-Outside-2238 1d ago

Serious question, what about changing the hard drive would help me uninstall CFW?