PS3 System Restore, QA Flag Still Enabled!

[NeilJames]

I don't know if this is considered new/news to anyone but I found it interesting nonetheless, since I haven't read of this happening. I recently downgraded my PS3 from 3.55 to 3.41 to restore an old backup I had made, in order to retrieve my lost act.dat. I used the QA flag downgrade method. Upon downgrading/intalling OFW 3.41v2, I decided I was going to restore the system to start fresh.

I proceed to restore my system and then upon completion, I restore my trusty old 3.41 backup. After everything is said and done I decided to try the button combo just for kicks, lo and behold, "Edy Viewer, *Debug Settings, and *Install Package Files." I figured it would have failed since I just got done reformatting my entire system and I had never QA flagged my system when I made that old backup. Again, I have not read of this happening and I don't know if this can be considered anything informative. It was just surprising since my knowledge of a format, means, the system gets reset to factory settings. If i come off uninformed and this has in fact already been a well known "thing," forgive my ignorance and waste of a thread.

Regards,

NeilJames

[JLM]

QA flag is determined by values in the syscon/eeprom (not the hdd).

[NeilJames]

Makes sense, thanks for the insight JLM. I thought it was some freak occurrence lol. Sad thing about me downgrading, I lost the ability to play Blu-ray and I don't know if I'm up for getting it working again. The process seems a bit complicated. Thanks again JLM for the heads up.

Regards,

NeilJames

[master737373]

Makes sense, thanks for the insight JLM. I thought it was some freak occurrence lol. Sad thing about me downgrading, I lost the ability to play Blu-ray and I don't know if I'm up for getting it working again. The process seems a bit complicated. Thanks again JLM for the heads up.

Regards,

NeilJames

You were supposed to backup your dev_flash2 or dev_flash3, I forget which one exactly. But together, both of those folders are less than 10mb.

[NeilJames]

Yea, the thing about that, I had no idea dev_flash3 is supposed to have files and I don't know when I lost them but I noticed they have been missing for awhile now. In part, that is another reason I did a Restore System and restored my backup. I figured my backup would fix the missing files in dev_flash3 but it didn't. I know now that it's stored in the flash, *derp*, and my backup will not fix the issue. Completely my fault, I assumed too much instead of verifying every detail of the downgrade process.

Maybe I'll attempt to get Blu-ray working again but it would be just to prove to myself that I can do it, for the knowledge aspect. I have multiple PS3s and my Desktop has a Blu-ray drive so I'm not too worried.

NeilJames