🔄Updating Your PS3 to Hybrid Firmware:

Assuming that you're either on a lower firmware than 4.90 or on exactly 4.90 OFW, the end goal for step one is successfully getting your device on HFW (Hybrid Firmware).

Step 1: Downloading 4.90.1 HFW Firmware

• The first step is to download 4.90.1 HFW firmware, which you can download via this link. Please refer back to the latest HEN tutorial if you need a reminder on how to install the firmware.

Step 2: Formatting our USB to FAT32

• The second step is to format your USB to FAT32, if your USB is already on FAT32 you can skip this step. You can use this video here, if you need a visual representation of how to correctly format your USB to FAT32 or you can use my HEN tutorial.

Any time you format your USB it erases all data on that drive, so please back up any data if you have any important files.

Step 3: Renaming our firmware file to PS3UPDAT.PUP

• Assuming that you’re on FAT32, you want to rename the HFW firmware to PS3UPDAT.PUP

Make sure that the filename is in all capital letters: PS3UPDAT.PUP

You want to ensure that you transfer the PS3UPDAT.PUP file to the following directory on your `FAT32` USB device.

• PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP

Proper PS3 Update Folder Directory | PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP

As well before installing the firmware on your PS3 please verify the MD5 via the emn178.github.io site that features an online MD5 hash checker.

MD5 File Checksum Online Tool

This is the MD5 Hash: 5eaef6cf25b6c319228de713b270e464

NOT VERIFYING YOUR MD5 HASH CAN RESULT IN A BRICKED CONSOLE.

Step 5: Updating our console

• Now that your USB is now formatted to FAT32 and has the update file you can now plug your USB into the rightmost USB port on your PS3 (The USB port that is nearest to your BluRay drive.

Make sure as well to disable your Wi-Fi connection and take any disc that might be in your PS3 BluRay drive. This ensures that you’re not downloading the latest live firmware from Sony's Servers for the PS3.

Now go into:

• Settings > System Update > Update via Storage Media

If you have done everything correctly, you should see the following screen:

Video previewing the 4.90.1 HFW System Update

PS3 System Update 4.90.1 HFW

If you see this screen just click OK and proceed with the on-screen instructions. Once your PS3 has successfully updated we can start on step 2 which is activating HEN Enabler.