

If your PS3 cannot run custom firmware, you will need to use the PS3 Homebrew ENabler ( PS3HEN). Important Note: As with any modding procedure, failure to perform a single step in the process could potentially brick your console. *Only if the firmware MinVerChk reports is lower than 3.55. However, a completely different exploit was found in the web browser for 4.82 that could reenable the component given the right conditions. To reenable it, it used to be that the console would need to be forcefully downgraded to 3.55. However, Sony would later fix this around 3.56 and newer.

The primary attack vector for custom firmware is a component used for signature verification that could be found in models up until January 2011 (meaning if your PlayStation 3 had a factory version at or lower than 3.55, it could be modded out of the box with a simple upgrade to 3.55).
