Cobra USB 3.0 Firmware Released - Now Supporting CFW 3.55

Submitted by greg; July 24, 2011

Anyone sportin' the Cobra will be happy to know you can now upgrade to their 3.55 custom firmware, letting you take advantage of all the latest features Cobra 3.0 has to offer. Features like what? Features like this:

Blu Ray Movie region free functionality
Allows you to play Blu Ray movie ISOs from HDD
Allows you to play DVD movie ISOs from HDD
Integrated support to play PS1 game ISOs from HDD
Enjoy PS3 games with files >4GB on external USB HDD
Integrated support to play PS2 ISO's on CECHC,CECHE, CECHA and CECHB backwards compatible consoles.
Partial support on other PS3 consoles to play PS2 ISO's via software emulation
Supports FAT and SLIM PS3 consoles any region
Supports versions up to 3.55
Unique custom Cobra firmware acts as OFW when dongle not inserted
Play PS3 games from internal HDD
PS3, PSX, DVD and BluRay ISO's can now be played without a real disc inserted in the PS3
MCU firmware and flash firmware updatable using easy to use free PC updater
First class customer support and free regular firmware upgrades
No need to open your console, just plug and play
High quality components and materials used throughout
Unique and built from scratch Cobra USB manager featuring slick U.I. and customized options with easy navigation
Actel based encryption engine onboard to prevent device cloning
Fast onboard 2 Mbyte SPI flash for firmware storage
High quality onboard MCU
Easy mode selection via switch (PC update, PS3 downgrader, regular PS3 device mode)
Downgrader functionality included free of charge, allowing users to upgrade firmware to and from 3.41 at will.
Multi lingual user interface (English, Spanish and French as standard with more languages to be supported later)

That's pretty cool. If you're looking to upgrade you can find all the latest downloads on Cobra's website right here. That includes their 3.55 CFW and Cobra USB firmware. Note: If you do not own a Cobra USB stick, then you need not upgrade to their custom firmware. But know this: Hackers are working to reverse the Cobra, figuring out how it all works, and it is a safe bet it'll be open sourced, flashing its way onto our USB dev. boards ... sooner or later. - source: cobra-usb.com

Tags: 3.55, CFW, Cobra USB, Custom Firmware

What we need is a release of a newer CFW but I expect it probably won't happen until the release of a ton of newer games encoded with the 3.60+ keys are released so that there is a giant backlog of games and not just simply a few before sony patches it.

So I am all for the wait but the game list is growing and I hope devs release a new cfw soon. But I think they may be waiting till MW3 and BF3 is released. That to me would be a good time to release it.

# Sunfire Black 2011-07-24 19:04

I don't think this can happen,still need the stick.
Ego epilego 3.55 Kmeaw pantos patrioti! :)

# Justin Michael Nesbit 2011-07-24 19:24

Meanwhile the rest of us wait for something to unlock 3.66

# Nathan Silcock 2011-07-24 19:53

I think there is already a 3.66 custom firmware. Just no one with the balls to release it.

# omnipotentidiot 2011-07-24 20:35

i bought the e3 dongle the weekend before kmeaw released the 3.55 cfw.if they dont release this for that e3 card reader,im going to shove this up someoenes ass cuz i havent been able to use this damn thing yet.

# Justin Michael Nesbit 2011-07-24 22:18

Yah maybe. Idk how its so hard to upload that or the keys anonymously though.

# Joe Kidd 2011-07-24 23:44

Damn, I should get me one of these so I don't have to use my PS2 for my PSX backups. Most of my original PSX discs are scratched like hell from my childhood. It'd also be nice to put my library of PS2 games on my PS3, since it's a phat model.

# Steven Cole 2011-07-25 00:17

its not hard at all, its just people aren't going to do, release, or share the work if they're not going to get credit for it. I do have to say that that is one reason the PSP/PS3 scene is the worst of them all, people only do stuff for the fame and the credit resulting in no support if things go wrong, dont work or need an update and people wont release stuff because they can't take credit for it or they release fake stuff.

# frank .d.souza 2011-07-25 04:58

can you install it on 3.66 ofw? and will that brick my ps3?

# Jimmy 2011-07-25 08:07

hmm whelp ppl where trying to go away from the dongle but looks like these gusy keep at it and now looks like they are moveing forward while the other's are staying where they are at. Looks like we shouldnt of droped the dongle and keep trying to use it.

# Decius 2011-07-25 09:46

What are you talking about? How can't they get credit for it?

You do know usernames don't point you towards where people live/work/phone numbers. If someone wanted to release it under a different Alias (obviously not your first name as an alias) can still retain all the credit they want from their project.

9/10 Releases on PS3-Hacks don't include the developers/programmers first and/or last name.

They can release it anonymously and still retain credit and still get the satisfaction of releasing something without the fear of being tracked down.

Of course, they can track you down if you made an alias like ohhh I don't know, your first and last name?

Ex. Geo(rge)Hot(z).

# David Birmingham 2011-07-25 12:25

no you can not install this on 3.66 or 3.6x anything for that matter... not yet anyway. dont know if it will brick you but i would assume it would, and not do it. didnt you hear though... its on psx scene that someone has the keys for sure this time and will be finishing up their work when they get back from vacation (yeah we have heard that before, but this dev is credible and the real deal), so lets keep our fingers crossed and be patient. you know sony monitors these sites so i am sure they will come out with a new firmware soon so beware, be patient, and you will soon be on cfw i am sure of it.

# David Birmingham 2011-07-25 12:28

im all into the ps3 jailbreak shit, but how in the world do you do that to a ps2? i had a friend way back that had a hacked ps2 with some kind of gui i think "avalanche?" well his boy did it for him so he didnt know how, but how do you do that to a ps2? it played dvd and ps1/ps2 backups.... wtf?

# David Birmingham 2011-07-25 12:31

man that really bites ass. shove it up the ass of sony's ceo for forcing us to use such tactics.

# David Birmingham 2011-07-25 12:32

multiman doesnt work on cobra for you? or it didnt work on the cfw you used before cobra?

# David Birmingham 2011-07-25 12:33

I AM MRS. NEZBIT!

# Justin Michael Nesbit 2011-07-25 13:21

good last name

# noble 2011-07-25 13:56

with cobra, it loads up but when i choose a game i get black screen

# big_russ 2011-07-25 14:27

i like the fact that a lot of you r moaning about haveing to pay for this.

the plp behind all this cobra stuff was smart if they put it out on the net wud you donate no.look at at all the devs on the ps3 look at deank too weeks ago i think he's made like £25.and that' not just that week thats in total.and thats for multiman

# big_russ 2011-07-25 14:29

that was my 100 post :}

# Shawn Rangel 2011-07-25 14:53

ok..i just joined the forum as we speak..not commin here to QQ or anything but.i just wanna that everyone responsible for letting me be able to CFW my ps3.this thing is leetness now.all the PSN games i want.all the BR games i want..loaded from a hdd..can use linux..damn man..that itself deserves hella props..thanks to everyone who puts in thier hard work.i am one of apreciation..sorry if i spelled some wrong..iphone typing lamez..

# Joe Kidd 2011-07-25 16:07

If you're asking how I'm playing my PSX backups on my PS2, I am using a Breaker Pro disc. The swap method is annoying though. I also have a Swap Magic disc for my PS2 backups. Though I only have one PS2 game that I use it for, so it only gets used every 8-12 months. You can also use Swap Magic to load up uLaunchElf and use that to launch PS2 homebrew. But again, it's an annoying task because of the disc swapping.

There are other methods of doing it, too. Last I checked there was a memory card unit that enabled playing PSX/PS2 backups.

# Joe Kidd 2011-07-25 16:33

A username can still point to an IP address though, and Sony can probably acquire that easily enough. All they have to do is go to a site administrator or domain provider and say that this person has been submitting software that goes against their "terms of service". From there, if the site admin or domain provider denies them access, all Sony has to do is either bribe them or threaten them. Once Sony has done that, it becomes that much easier to get an IP address and track their new victim.

# jerkdud11 2011-07-25 17:25

so what happens if i update to cobra's 3.55 cfw if i dont have the cobra usb dongle?

# Jimmy 2011-07-25 17:50

For my ps2 there's a web site in canada that sells HDloader it lets you save ur ps2 games only (ya sucks ps1 games doesnt work) on ur hard drive. you can use any hdd up to 1gig i think. But if you live in the U.S not sure if they ship here anymore i got mine back in the day so ya...

# Shawn Rangel 2011-07-25 21:34

this is something im curious to aswell..

# Jessie James 2011-07-26 02:13

This might be worth it, if your able to go online to PSN

# James Muhriz 2011-07-26 04:35

there is a thread on this site with the pup file to the 3.66 cfw. but there will be no support unless sum1 has updated. so ye try it if you want.

# Kraetos John 2011-07-26 04:50

dude that's big news could you provide me with the link to that article
thanks

# Daniel Thuman 2011-07-26 08:16

this doesnt realy pertain to this much but i had gotten the cod waw map packs from psn long ago and i gat a wani brick. so i got a new ps3 and forgot about waw. now that i want to play some zombies on those map pack i cant! is there anyway devs can figure out a way around the act.dat?

# Daniel Thuman 2011-07-26 08:23

# Gregz Bing-Bang Skylakkerz 2011-07-26 10:15

a friend of mine has that...but he wants me 2 pay big money to see the cfw :(

# Leo 2011-07-26 11:00

Scammer alert! Tell your "friend" to go **** himself... safest bet :)

# Cipher Diego 2011-07-26 18:18

no need balls, put it anom in the internet and vòi'la, millions of copies spread out in the world, simple like that

# Cipher Diego 2011-07-26 18:23

there is no credit in this kind of action, or you are a man who wants a better world, helping people get through this stupid things like in my country, we're obliged to pay 200$ on each game, the taxes are higher than game original value itself, or u want credit going to jail, but the anom who put the 3.66 will be respected from people man, thats im sure. srry the bad english

# owanef 2011-07-26 21:37

can someone please tell me when ps3 3.66 cfw is coming out?

# RX_178 2011-07-27 23:38

Got my Cobra USB from http://www.slickgate.com/_p181... and seems to work ok... trouble is, when I FTP my PSX
backup, the Cobra USB Manager doesn't recognise it. Even though I've
FTP'd it to the directory which it suggests....... Not tried any PS2
iso's yet

# John 2011-07-28 00:28

wow ps1,ps2 support
can't wait to reverse it (paylod,peek/poke)
without a usb dongle

# Phantom 2011-07-28 12:29

hey guys! y still no development for psx emulator to play iso/bin psx games playable on ps3 slim 3.55 kmeaw since the beta release? the beta emulator is really unstable.. so,no further development guys? for me, having the back up for the old psx games, i would like to play it once in a while.. but since it's pirate,i can't play it like the rest of you guys.. huhu.. i would love to hear news about i.. :)

# Jay Ro 2011-07-28 21:16

Meanwhile, us 3.55CFW folks wait patiently in the dark as the PS3 scene comes screeching to a halt... >_>; *is very annoyed*

# Kraetos John 2011-07-29 02:18

this scene is hetting very slow if there isn't any 3.66 CFW(at least3.60) or a way to play online thin this scene is officially dead

# Troy Calvert 2011-07-31 20:42

just ordered mines today, when i get it going to post some videos on you-tube about the ps2 compatibility part of this usb i havent seen ANY videos up of that just for does interested in that.

# ps3hacker123 2011-08-01 19:17

if anyone actually has a working 3.60 or higher custom firmware thats working with backups and homebrew but scared to release it dont have to be scared......seriously this site isnt the only place to release it and get it spread anonymou sly. aint there any demonoids around here? ;)

# Jerry Lee 2011-08-01 23:01

I first pre-order a Cobra USB Dongle from http://lightake.com/detail.do/... in April and it bring me a useful help but I am wondering when 3.66 firmware available, expecting to see more function comes out soon.

# Harshdeep Theti 2011-08-04 22:32

does this still leave the 3d blu-ray enabled?

# Decius 2011-08-05 02:17

If you were actually releasing something on PS3-Hacks of some use towards the scene, excluding a backup manager/emulator fix, I think one would be able to circumvent this quiet easily.

I don't know what a VPN is /s, or what a Proxy is, or why anyone in their right mind if they had Keys to a firmware would release it at their OWN HOUSE?

I wonder if theres public places to let you use computers? even if you didn't wanna move there's so many alternatives.

But yes to your comment, if someone wanted to release keys on their own ISP on their home network through their facebook account, then I wouldn't advise it.

# franz_ken 2011-08-09 05:15

why all u bitchin about 3.66 cfw if u badly want it go hack it urself... instead of jcking off in the net all the time.. cobra is a good product i have a ceche01 ps3 and i can play ps1 ps2 ps3 games all in one console and i have cfw 3.55 so i can play hose epic emulators if ur not happy with ur ofw 3.66 then its ur fault

# Guest 2012-06-01 14:50

I dont think the 3.66 will ever be jailbroken, unless its a modchip hardware not software

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