Full Tutorial: How to Set-up and Run Modded Lobbies on Call of Duty with No Jailbreak

In this tutorial I am going to cover how you can run modded lobbies on
PS3 for specifically the Call of Dutys games, on any retail console with
no accessories, jailbreaks etc. Just a some storage device is needed
like a USB stick.

Also if you get stuck follow this video tutorial

Step 1:

If your PS3 can currently access PSN and is on 3.55 already then ignore this step and move onto the next one!

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Download the 3.55 firmware from here:
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Now on your storage device, make the folder "PS3". Then inside this
folder make another named "UPDATE". Place the "PS3UPDAT.PUP" file
you downloaded in here.

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Connect the storage to your PS3 and go to "Settings" and the first
option "System Update" and select "Update via Storage Media". Go through
with the update like normal. You have successfully installed 3.55 onto
your PS3 (if you didn't have it already).

Step 2:

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The next step is to install geohot's custom firmware onto your PS3 console. First download the package from below:
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Extract the file and you will have one file named "PS3UPDAT.PUP".
Connect your storage device and create a folder named "PS3" and go
inside of it and then create another folder named "UPDATE". In here put
the "PS3UPDAT.PUP" file.

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Connect the storage to your PS3 and go to "Settings" and the first
option "System Update" and select "Update via Storage Media". Go though
all the options and install. When your PS3
beeps wait till it turns off itself, this is important do not turn it off yourself please!

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Now on reboot you will have a new option under the Game section called
"Install Package Files" this is what the custom firmware installs for
us.

Step 3:

In the final step we will go through how to install one of these 2
different programs on your PS3 which will allow you to copy a modded
patch over. You only require one method so choose which will be best for
you!

FTP: With this method you will be able to connect to you PS3 wirelessly
over wifi from your PC and send files to it and also recieve files
(modded patches). I recommend this one overall if you have wifi.

File Manager: With this method you put the modded patches onto storage
and connect it to the PS3. You then copy them off into the correct
place. This is good if you don't have wifi or access to a PC all the
time.

You will now need to find a modded patch (lobby) of your choice. Make
sure the patch is for your disc region that you have BLES, BLUS etc as
it will not work if its not. You will get a black screen on the game!

FTP)

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Get your storage device and connect it to your PC. Now download this program for the PS3 called blackb0x FTP:
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Now copy this pkg file to your storage device and connect it to your
PS3. Scroll to your new "Install Package Files" option on the PS3 and
press X. Find the file that you just put on there "ftpserver..." and
press X to install it. Now back out into your Game section once
installed and you will see the program, scroll down to it and press X
to run it.

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So get a patch that you want, then you need to get a FTP program for
you PC so you can connect to your PS3. I reccomend FileZilla you can
download it from here:
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So once you have an FTP program installed, load up the "blackb0x"
program from your PS3. You will see an IP address in mine is
192.168.2.7 your will be similar. Copy this into the "Host" box in your
FTP program. Now in the Username put "FTPD12345" and for the password
it can be anything at all. Then press connect. You will now see the
folders on your PS3 open the "dev_hdd0" folder then inside there the
"game" folder. In here is your games installed onto your system, Modern
Warfare 2 is BLES00683 for my region, it will vary for yours so go
get your case or disc of the game and see what you have on there on
the side. Now you know the correct folder for your Call of Duty game
open it then open the "USRDIR" folder. You will now see another
"patch_mp.ff" drag your patch into here and overwrite it.

File Manager)

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Get your storage device and connect it to your PC. Now download this program, for the PS3, called File Manager:
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Now copy this file to the root of your storage device and connect it to
your PS3. Scroll to your new "Install Package Files" option on the PS3
and press X. Find the file that you just put on there "Awesome File
Manager..." and press X to install it. Now back out into your Game
section once installed and you will see the program, scroll down to it
and press X to run it.

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Get a patch that you want and copy it to your storage device from your
PC. Now connect the storage device to your PS3 and run the "Awesome File
Manager" from your PS3. Now scroll to "dev_hdd0" on the left hand side
and press X. Again scroll to "game" within this folder. In here is
your games installed onto your system, Modern Warfare 2 is BLES00683
for my region, it will vary for yours so go get your case or disc of
the game and see what you have on there on the side. Scroll to your
wanted game then and select it. For the call of dutys you always want
to go into the folder "USRDIR" then in here scroll across the right to
the other listing. Go onto "dev_usbxxx" this is your storage you
connected, then scroll to the "patch_mp.ff" that you copied and press O
to copy it over to your PS3 to the correct folder on the left.

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Now quit the program (ether method) on your PS3 and start your game up,
you now have your own modded lobby on your selected Call of Duty. I
hope you found this tutorial easy to use, it will be cleaned up more in
the next couple of days and a video tutorial will be added to.

I would like to thank the following people who made this tutorial possible:

• Custom Firmware - Geohot
  
• File Manager - Comgenie
  
• Signing of File Manager - xiDivyb
  
• blackb0x FTP makers
  
• Video Tutorial - DiJiTaLGoDz
  

Thanks for the awesome tutorial bud. Just got a few questions to ask:

Firstly the link for the geohot package is down. Can you post another one please?
Also my ps3 is on 3.60, so will this work for me, including the geohot installation?
If not, is there any way to run online mods for Call of Duty World at War on a ps3 running 3.60 firmware?

Thank you for your time and effort....

nitz.nair01 wrote:Thanks for the awesome tutorial bud. Just got a few questions to ask:

Firstly the link for the geohot package is down. Can you post another one please?
Also my ps3 is on 3.60, so will this work for me, including the geohot installation?
If not, is there any way to run online mods for Call of Duty World at War on a ps3 running 3.60 firmware?

Thank you for your time and effort....

well theres is a way to downgrade. or u can wait till the 3.60 CFW is finish. you can't do it with the 3.55 cuz this CFW is only for 3.55. and i always update the page with new ps3 hacks so kept up n thnk for asking

Thanks very much for the prompt reply bro.

I have read your posts on bricking the system but i think i will wait for the 3.60 to be hacked. Any idea when 3.60 will be hacked or whose working on it? I would just like to run some mods on Call of Duty WOW online.

Aye thanks once again for yo time and effort.

nitz.nair01 wrote:Thanks very much for the prompt reply bro.

I have read your posts on bricking the system but i think i will wait for the 3.60 to be hacked. Any idea when 3.60 will be hacked or whose working on it? I would just like to run some mods on Call of Duty WOW online.

Aye thanks once again for yo time and effort.

yea. i hear is coming out tomorrow for 3.60 cfw

iPROFamilyV2 wrote:

yea. i hear is coming out tomorrow for 3.60 cfw

Thats awesome mate...cant wait! Can you please post about it when it comes out?

hey can someone put a link for it for the JB file and a link for the recent patches

SG-clan_leader wrote:hey can someone put a link for it for the JB file and a link for the recent patches

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