For some reason I can't play North American Region 1 Reservoir Dogs movie with my CFW A00 Frankie, but I am able to play PAL movies which is weird as this console was never sold in Europe. I can change DVD region from webman or Custom Firmware Tools -> XRegistry, but no luck. Also have tried to change whole console region with DEX but no luck. Only have 1 NTSC DVD, so not a huge deal.
Huh. Interesting... As you can see though, it seems as though region changing a PS3's region via software is kind of buggy. Perhaps it may take a few attempts of trying to set the dvd region from Japan to NA and that could fix it? I can't say I know for sure though, but I swear when I did this and tried to set the region from Japan to North America, it didn't work for me the first time I did it. I was pretty happy when I did it again the second time and then it worked... Maybe I'm remebering wrong, but maybe I also changed the region to PAL (UK) and then back to Japan and then back to NA? I haven't touched these settings in a while.
I have a Japanese CECHH00 PS3 with Evilnat 4.91.2, and North American Blu-Ray movies work fine, but North American DVDs don't work whatsoever, it says it's the wrong region code. Before seeing this video, I already changed my DVD region to North America in Webman Mod, Multiman, and in Evilnat settings under xRegistry Tools, but I still get the wrong region code error. So, when I saw this tutorial, and toggled the XMB mode and debug settings to DEX, and went to Debug Settings, I found that my region setting was already set to North America, but North American DVDs still wouldn't work. I saw your disclaimer at 2:50, so I tried switching back to Japanese region, then back to North America, but DVDs still wouldn't work. I don't really know what to do beyond this, is there some other setting that I should change, or should I try to change to Japan then back to NA again?
Thank-you for your question. I haven't tried this for the DVD region specifically as I've really only used this PS3 to play PS2 games in HDMI easily... So truthfully, I'm not sure what to do about that, but you could try to change the region again and see if it would work. I don't know if it's a thing with Evilnat or not, but like I said in the video, when I tried to change my region from Japan to NA for PS2 games specifically, it wouldn't read my NA PS2 disks until I changed it back to Japan and then back to NA and then it worked. I thought maybe it was maybe something weird with my PS3. I apologize if my answer isn't very helpful. I think Mr.Mario2011 has a video on this...
I have same issue with my CECHA00, but weird thing is I can watch European movies on Japanese console but not North American, and I've tried many ways to change the region etc.
I believe you must CFW the system in order to do this and I believe that the reasons are partly because: 1. Hen doesn't have the tools to do this 2. Hen isn't persistent on boot up as you know that you have to run the Hen shortcut to re-enable all your homebrew related things and so because of this, you can't just temporarily change the disk drive region while it is running as it requires a restart as shown in my video. Thus, it would pretty much require that you modify the system software and keep it that way every time you start up the system, because restarting the PS3 would make you lose your HEN capability again. I believe what I am doing in my video actually modifies the NAND Flash to change the disk drive region (but I could be wrong about that).
Whenever I used burned games on an A01 or E01, they seemed to work fine for me. I don't know what's going on with your system or disc. Anyway, interesting video.
Hi, if i enable CFW offline and then disable it when i sign in will i still get banned? Is deleting history with hen help hiding it or no? Thank you for your answear!
I wish I could provide an answer for this, but I personally haven't really messed with my two CFW'd PS3's and their online functionality as I haven't gotten around to doing so. It should be pretty simple and straightforward, but I just haven't tried it myself. I also plan to maybe make a video on how to have CFW and play online without being banned, but I just haven't gotten around to making an alt PSN account just in case I mess anything up or make any mistakes. I would not want to get my main account banned, because I was tinkering with CFW. Also CFW ≠ Hen Hen is a HFW (Hybrid Firmware), meaning it can go from being modded and then back to stock. I also have not personally used PS3 HEN, because I wanted to keep my Super Slim completely stock for Trophies and Online play for my main account and since I have PS3s that can be CFW'd, I haven't bothered messing with PS3 Hen since a CFW'd PS3 inherently gives you more options and control over the console than a HEN enabled PS3 at least as far as I know and understand it.
After the PS5 launched, Sony has basically given up doing anything on the PS3 aside from updating the Blu-Ray encryption keys. Practically speaking, there's no ban risk anymore. If you are paranoid and still want to "play it safe", deleting your boot history logs would make it safer to go online, yes. Sony basically never auto-banned people the moment they used CFW, they instead scanned people's boot logs to see what apps they've fired up and such. After a while, a bunch of people would be caught in ban waves. We haven't seen any ban waves like that in a while though.
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For some reason I can't play North American Region 1 Reservoir Dogs movie with my CFW A00 Frankie, but I am able to play PAL movies which is weird as this console was never sold in Europe. I can change DVD region from webman or Custom Firmware Tools -> XRegistry, but no luck. Also have tried to change whole console region with DEX but no luck. Only have 1 NTSC DVD, so not a huge deal.
Huh. Interesting... As you can see though, it seems as though region changing a PS3's region via software is kind of buggy.
Perhaps it may take a few attempts of trying to set the dvd region from Japan to NA and that could fix it?
I can't say I know for sure though, but I swear when I did this and tried to set the region from Japan to North America, it didn't work for me the first time I did it.
I was pretty happy when I did it again the second time and then it worked...
Maybe I'm remebering wrong, but maybe I also changed the region to PAL (UK) and then back to Japan and then back to NA?
I haven't touched these settings in a while.
I also have A00 Frankie and Pal dvd’s work fine with DEX, but no NTSC dvd’s. Blu rays don’t have any problems. Kinda weird
@@Janiinjoo Weird indeed. Katohan, muitakin suomalaisia frankie A00 omistajia :D
I have a Japanese CECHH00 PS3 with Evilnat 4.91.2, and North American Blu-Ray movies work fine, but North American DVDs don't work whatsoever, it says it's the wrong region code.
Before seeing this video, I already changed my DVD region to North America in Webman Mod, Multiman, and in Evilnat settings under xRegistry Tools, but I still get the wrong region code error.
So, when I saw this tutorial, and toggled the XMB mode and debug settings to DEX, and went to Debug Settings, I found that my region setting was already set to North America, but North American DVDs still wouldn't work. I saw your disclaimer at 2:50, so I tried switching back to Japanese region, then back to North America, but DVDs still wouldn't work.
I don't really know what to do beyond this, is there some other setting that I should change, or should I try to change to Japan then back to NA again?
Thank-you for your question. I haven't tried this for the DVD region specifically as I've really only used this PS3 to play PS2 games in HDMI easily...
So truthfully, I'm not sure what to do about that, but you could try to change the region again and see if it would work.
I don't know if it's a thing with Evilnat or not, but like I said in the video, when I tried to change my region from Japan to NA for PS2 games specifically, it wouldn't read my NA PS2 disks until I changed it back to Japan and then back to NA and then it worked.
I thought maybe it was maybe something weird with my PS3. I apologize if my answer isn't very helpful.
I think Mr.Mario2011 has a video on this...
Mr Mario has a video on this
I have same issue with my CECHA00, but weird thing is I can watch European movies on Japanese console but not North American, and I've tried many ways to change the region etc.
I'm in CFW EvilNat 4.91 and I dont see the Custom Firmware Tools, where can I find it
Are you on EvilNat's CEX->PEX variant of his CFW?
I have a CECHA00 japanese PS3, i can't play US games😢 i'm looking for a workaround. I have HEN, it's possible to change the region?
I believe you must CFW the system in order to do this and I believe that the reasons are partly because:
1. Hen doesn't have the tools to do this
2. Hen isn't persistent on boot up as you know that you have to run the Hen shortcut to re-enable all your homebrew related things and so because of this, you can't just temporarily change the disk drive region while it is running as it requires a restart as shown in my video. Thus, it would pretty much require that you modify the system software and keep it that way every time you start up the system, because restarting the PS3 would make you lose your HEN capability again. I believe what I am doing in my video actually modifies the NAND Flash to change the disk drive region (but I could be wrong about that).
Whenever I used burned games on an A01 or E01, they seemed to work fine for me. I don't know what's going on with your system or disc.
Anyway, interesting video.
Interesting... Thank-you for your comment.
:)
Would it work if changed to pal?
Most likely, yes, but there isn't a: "PAL" option per se, but you have to select a country in the PAL region and it should adjust accordingly.
Hi, if i enable CFW offline and then disable it when i sign in will i still get banned? Is deleting history with hen help hiding it or no? Thank you for your answear!
I wish I could provide an answer for this, but I personally haven't really messed with my two CFW'd PS3's and their online functionality as I haven't gotten around to doing so. It should be pretty simple and straightforward, but I just haven't tried it myself.
I also plan to maybe make a video on how to have CFW and play online without being banned, but I just haven't gotten around to making an alt PSN account just in case I mess anything up or make any mistakes. I would not want to get my main account banned, because I was tinkering with CFW.
Also CFW ≠ Hen
Hen is a HFW (Hybrid Firmware), meaning it can go from being modded and then back to stock. I also have not personally used PS3 HEN, because I wanted to keep my Super Slim completely stock for Trophies and Online play for my main account and since I have PS3s that can be CFW'd, I haven't bothered messing with PS3 Hen since a CFW'd PS3 inherently gives you more options and control over the console than a HEN enabled PS3 at least as far as I know and understand it.
After the PS5 launched, Sony has basically given up doing anything on the PS3 aside from updating the Blu-Ray encryption keys. Practically speaking, there's no ban risk anymore.
If you are paranoid and still want to "play it safe", deleting your boot history logs would make it safer to go online, yes.
Sony basically never auto-banned people the moment they used CFW, they instead scanned people's boot logs to see what apps they've fired up and such. After a while, a bunch of people would be caught in ban waves.
We haven't seen any ban waves like that in a while though.