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How to Go From GeoHot 3.55 to OFW 3.55

Jailbreaking is a process of hacking or altering the basic operating system firmware (OFW) of your PlayStation 3 (PS3) gaming system. GeoHot 3.55 is a jailbreaking software package that unlocks and modifies your PS3 operating system firmware. To remove the jailbreak software and restore the original version of the operating system requires another hacker-community process. The process of going from GeoHot 3.55 to OFW 3.55 is fairly straightforward.

Things You'll Need

USB storage drive

Instructions

- 1
  Download the OFW Official 3.55 PS3 PUP (PS3UPDAT.PUP) file package onto your computer.
- 2
  Plug a USB storage device into the USB port on your computer and a folder for the drive will automatically appear on your computer desktop.
- 3
  Right-click inside of the drive folder and select "New Folder." Name the folder "PS3." Right-click inside of the PS3 folder that you just created and select "New Folder" again. Name the next folder "UPDATE."
- 4
  Drag-and-drop the "PS3UPDAT.PUP" file package into the USB drive folder under the "UPDATE" folder you created, and then remove the drive from your computer.
- 5
  Press and hold the "Power" button on the PS3 until the system turns on and then off again.
- 6
  Press and hold the "Power" button again until the console beeps twice, then release the "Power" button. The system will start in Recovery Mode.
- 7
  Scroll to the "System Update" option in the menu, then plug the USB storage drive into the first USB port on your PS3 gaming console.
- 8
  Press the "Start" and "Select" buttons on your controller at the same time to start the update process.

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