Disclaimer: I don't encourage or discourage piracy. You're an adult and you can make your own decisions. If you're not an adult, try having your favorite toy stolen. I'm sure you'll agree that it sucks and you're going to want to beat the piss out of the brat who stole it. That's what piracy is like to the people you pirate from except they have much bigger and nicer toys and you're only stealing a part from it. As an adult I can say that if you stole a piece off of my car I'd cut off your favorite body part and then feed it to you while I laughed and danced in a pool of your blood. Coincidentally that's also what I do on Tuesdays and Thursdays whenever the moon is full. I consider it an homage to the greatest author of all time, Stephanie Meyer.
So I got my Teensy++ yesterday but I didn't have time to do anything with it. Today really isn't all that different except I unboxed it and flashed the psgroove hex code. If I'm really really lucky I can test it today but more likely that won't be till next weekend at the earliest.
I thought people might enjoy a quick look at the old girl and some information on how and what to flash. The whole process is incredibly tedious and took around 8 hours or 8 minutes (I get the two units confused), but now that I think about it I'm absolutely sure it was 8 rods to the hogshead. I'm so stressed sitting here watching the Phillies while sipping coffee and noshing on bagels that I nearly dropped my monocle.
The Teensy++ was fairly well packaged in a bag, inside of a bag, inside of a padded envelope. Here's what she looks like after you remove the padded envelope:
FYI the pictures were taken on top of a broken A/C which landed next to my computer so I wouldn't forget to fix it. I plan to forget to fix it anyway for at least 2 weeks.
The adorable pink (?) plastic bag that the teensy++ is wrapped in is actually a bit annoying to open. I couldn't determine the orientation of the teensy++ inside the bag so I was afraid to start stabbing at it with my knife. Instead I razored it open and to my astonishment I found a purple dinosaur cleverly disguised as a teensy++:
Onto the fun part, flashing it to a PSGroove. The first part is getting the grip:
I)
Teensy Loader Program (
instructions)
II)
PSGroove Hex for teensy++ with modified loadpoint for use with Backup Manager
III)
Backup Manager disguised to look like MW2 (EU and USA versions)
IV) Ten copies of Twilight, the award winning novel by literary master Stephanie Meyer
Then the really difficult and challenging part occurs, which I suggest having a nice hot cup of tea to sip while you plug one thing into another and press a couple buttons. You will be needing a USB mini-B cable of course, which unfortunately is one of the rarest cables ever invented by Robot Einstein in 2047. Fortunately I had several, two from my PSPs, one from my camera, one from my cellphone and several I found on the ground by walking down the street.
I suggest plugging the mini-B end of the cable into the teensy then resting the teensy on the bag it came in and finally plugging the other end into your computer. That way you can reduce the risk of shorting anything. If everything went alright the LED on the teensy++ will start blinking because the program that is preloaded is a "blink" program.
Then follow these immensely sophisticated instructions
1) Load up Teensy Loader Program (I).
2) Press the small button on the edge of the teensy++.
3) Open the PSGroove hex file (II) in the Teensy Loader Program and then click Program.
4) Reboot the teensy++
5) Sip tea/coffee
Additionally you'll want to put the disguised Backup Manager (III) on a jump drive. Then for testing it just follow the instructions from the
PSGroove site:
To use this exploit:
- Hard power cycle your PS3 (using the switch in back, or unplug it)
- Plug the dongle into your PS3.
- Press the PS3 power button, followed quickly by the eject button.
After a few seconds, the first LED on your dongle should light up. After about 5 seconds, the second LED will light up (or the LED will just go off, if you only have one). This means the exploit worked! You can see the new "Install Package Files" menu option in the game menu.
Unfortunately I won't get to this last bit until next weekend (as I mentioned earlier). But I'll let you all know when I get to it.
I realized how much what I wrote reminded me of Hitchhikers after I posted it. Good books tend to show up in my writing style subconsciously.
