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This is my first tutorial, so let me know what you think. Also, This is my fix, and I couldn't find a solution on NextGen or any other site. I hope this helped, and let me know what you think. :vince:




So to tell if you have a soft bricked PS3, the PS3 will turn ON but no screen will display. This could happen for a number of different reasons, mine occurred when I ran a spoofer on my 3.55 CFW and I turned it off as it froze. Another big one cause that I've heard of is jumping firmwares without switching back to 3.55 OFW (I've personally never had a problem installing firmware onto of other firmware.)

If your PS3 will power on (Blue and green light turn on), your PS3 is FIXABLE



1. Download firmware you where on: If you're fixing a OFW, check out You must login or register to view this content.
If you're fixing a CFW, download 3.55 OFW here (with hashes) You must login or register to view this content.

2. Once that has downloaded, find a blank usb. on this USB make a folder called PS3, inside the PS3 folder make another folder called UPDATE and inside that folder, add the PS3UPDAT.pup file inside this folder.

3. Now on the PS3, you will have to put it on Recovery Mode.



a/ Turn off the Power button on the front of the PS3 until the Power light turns red. (Phat users just turn off/on power from switch at the back of Ps3.

b/ Touch and hold the power button and after around 5 seconds you'll hear a second beep.

c/ Continue holding Ps3 power button until you hear a third beep, this will power off the system.

d/ Touch and hold the Power button. You will hear the first beep again.

e/ Continue to hold the power button and after around 5 seconds again, you will hear 2 quick beeps. At this point you can now release the power button. If it works, you will be prompted to connect a controller using a USB cable, and then press the PS button.



4. Now you're in recovery mode. Connect a controller to your USB, plug in the USB in the FURTHEST RIGHT USB PORT (nearest the Blu-ray drive).

5. Choose option #6 (System Update)

6. It should boot up and reinstall the firmware, Fixing your PS3 from a brick.



1. The fix to this is to take the HDD out of your ps3 (Google your model PS3 and then HDD removal - IE 'PS3 Fat HDD' removal.)

2. Get another PS3 - friends or your own.

3. Plug in your HDD to the other PS3 and turn the PS3 on.

4. The PS3 will ask you to reformat, select yes.

After reformat, plug your HDD back into the PS3 and redo this tutorial, it should work now!

I bricked mine "Lv-2 Brick" Cex-Dex conversion fail and it is saying "No applicable update data found," I have tried 4.xx 3.5 OFW and a few others, different USB sticks etc. Definitely in the x:\PS3\UPDATE\PS3UPDAT.PHP

Any ideas pls?

my ps3 turns on. no hdd light activity, buttons dont work its like its froze. cant get into recovery i have the original dump i tryed flashing back still the same??

I have a fully bricked ps3. I have no picture or sound. cant get into recovery mode. soldered nor tristate to the e3 ribbon. with no luck. before all this happen I was in fsm to remarry and then got rsod any help will be halpful

Hello I soft brick my ps3 but i didn't know that did that so this is what i have done I first change the HDD from the bricked system and change it for a 160gb hard drive then it said for the 160gb hdd to have a download firmware of a 1.97 or later and the 40gb HDD said to have a software of 2.50 or later to do it and the 40gb HDD was the one that I jailbroken with this is what happen I installed a wrong firmware to play online For DEX and it rest the ps3 after I did it and it was at a black screen so I was ok it should go back to normal but stupid me I decide to turn it off then back on I freaked out when this happen and then I tried to fix it byupdating it to 4.78 or to 3.55 ofw and both of them didn't work I was on REBUG REX 4.78.1 PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME
It was a PS3 FAT CECHH

Thanks I've been almost crying lol thanks so much this was so helpful

alot of work but yeah it wil fix the soft brick good job with this threat u fix sof bricks or even hard bricks just by reflash the ps3 and ur done

I gotta cechao1 phat ps3 it was running 4.80 rebug cex. I cant access the recovery menu either. Black screen and no sound. Would it help to use my e3 flasher on it? Ive had this thing in my closet for a year now its my favorite one. Im currently using a slim 500gb 4.81 rebug dex no problems. Thanks

No, e3 flasher designed for nor flash but cecha has nand flash. You need progskeet or teensy++.

Dang. I got lucky getting this 1st gen on 3.55 how much are teensy or progskeet?