In fact, any slim PS3 with a minimum factory firmware of 3.60 or higher cannot install CFW, due to metldr2 which I believe you alluded to in your original post.
If it's a super slim then you cannot install CFW, only HEN. If I had ads on this site I guess I'd be thanking you. Way too hesitant to install any Custom Firmware on my console without brick worries but at least I installed HFW.
The same how to works for other custom firmware as well, like Geohots, as he was the first to release such a firmware. Either change it out or just format the HD it to delete. In this guide we will use kmeaw CFW, which has little to no reports of bricks. You will to remove the official software from the hard drive. By installing custom firmware, you can then install homebrew, Linux and enable a number of other features. "Note to the people who removed OtherOS, you are potentially turning 100000+ legit users into 'hackers.' There was a huge(20x) traffic spike to this blog after the announcement of 3.21. In this guide we will teach you how to install custom firmware (v3.55) on your Sony PlayStation 3 console. He takes one final swipe at the company in the blog post. This is great for the hacking community, but Sony may be getting a bad case of the sweats. If GeoHot has given gamers the ability to install custom firmware on their systems, and enabled the use of Linux on the PlayStation 3 Slim hardware, the system may be compromised to allow all sorts of other nefarious uses. "It's possible this CFW will also work on the slim to actually *enable* OtherOS I'll know when my infectus gets here."
"This can be installed without having to open up your PS3, just by restoring a custom generated PUP file, but only from 3.15 or previous," he writes. That means you will no longer need the PS2 Launcher to play PS2 game,s you can launch. Of course, the Cobra 7.3 payload isn’t missing from this release. Rebug CFW is back as well with a few new features. Not so long ago, Sony released Firmware 4.80 which was an yet another stability update. XIM APEX Mouse Keyboard Adapter Converter For PS4 PS3 Xbox One Xbox PC A Config. A new video posted today shows the hack, although a release date hasn't been given for the rest of us to download his work. PS3 Custom Firmware 4.80.1 Rebug REX/D-REX released. Firmware upgradable Purchase includes: XIM Apex console input adapter. Noted iPhone and PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz, or GeoHot, told the gaming community not to update their systems until he was able to release custom firmware allowing them to continue using their Linux partitions, and it looks as if he's close to his goal.