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How to Hop Regions on PS3

If you have Blu-ray movies that have been labeled by a region outside of your licensed PlayStation 3 system, you will not be able to load the data. This means that foreign films that do not contain the code for your region will be impossible to watch without the appropriate patches. The Blu-ray Level Two Patch can be modified to hop regions with the appropriate patch updates.

Things You'll Need

PS3 Level Two Patch
Three patch modifiers
PS3
USB storage device
Personal computer

Instructions

- 1
  Insert a USB device into your computer. Create a folder named "PS3." Within the folder create a folder named "UPDATE."
- 2
  Download the PS3 Blu-Ray Region Patches and Level Two Patcher. Open the Level Two Patcher and navigate to the folder, "/dev_hdd0/game/LV2000000/USRDIR." Drag and drop the three Blu-Ray Region Patches into this directory.
- 3
  Drag and drop the updated Level Two Patcher into the "UPDATES" folder of the USB storage device. Eject the storage device from the computer.
- 4
  Insert the USB device into the PS3. Navigate to "Settings," click on "System Update" and then press the "X" button.
- 5
  Select "Update via Storage Media" and press the "X" button. The system will automatically find the updated patch on the device. Click "OK" to start the update.

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