I recently installed the original firmware 3.56 when it asked to and suddenly two of my three Dual Sock 3 (DS3) controllers didn't work anymore. They only work when plugged in with the USB cable. When I disconnect them, the lights switch permanently off and not even the PS-button bring up the typical blink when the bluetooth system tries to pair with the PS3. And then the above question came up. Does Sony cripple original Dual Shock 3 Controllers with their latest firmware (FW) 3.56? Is the bluetooth in the DS3 destroyed now? Can I ever use the controller again somewhere else? Has Sony destroyed a good that I bought?
I couldn't believe this so I went googling for hints that Sony was able to disable user hardware. And truthfully, I found that since FW 3.50 Sony disables the use of non-licensed hardware on their PS3. Well, okay, I thought, this shouldn't effect me. I have three original DS3 Sony controllers! In the beginning I had bought three DS3, vigorously watching over them being original hardware. I always really liked that Sony offers good quality of hardware.
Am I at fault? Do I really have two fake DS3 Controllers? Funny, then I own some real good fakes! They cost, feel and look exactly like the other DS3 controller that still works on my PS3. Why does it feel as if Sony destroyed something that I bought and own? Somehow they managed to destroy or kill the bluetooth function in my two DS3. As I said, the two controllers don't even blink anymore when the PS-button is pressed.
Anyhow, I feel that Sony tries to piss customers off. Not only now, but forever in the future. They don't think about the outcome of their actions. I really think, I won't buy any Sony product anymore, ever. And I was searching the web for jailbreaks to get out of this everlasting craze of Sony. In the past, Sony seemed really keen on destroying functionality from time to time and even going further to implement "product security" over customer needs. We all remember the Sony Audio-CD rootkit.
Audio-CD rootkit, see.. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonyBMGcopyprotectionrootkit_scandal
About PS3-Jailbreaks, see... * http://www.ps3-hacks.com/ * http://www.geohot.us/2011/01/how-to-jailbreak-ps3-running-355.html * http://www.techxilla.com/2011/01/10/jailbreak-playstation-3-firmware-3-55-and-install-custom-packages-guide/ * http://www.myce.com/news/ps3-3-56-firmware-hacked-just-hours-after-release-39368/ * http://www.techxilla.com/2011/01/29/hack-and-jailbreak-ps3-3-56-firmware-by-kakarotoks/
When I searched more.. It is even said that the FW 3.56 allows remote code execution upon login. See... * http://www.fyygame.com/news/PS3-FW-3-56-Released-Updating-is-Not-Recommended/ * http://www.ps3-hacks.com/forums/about12337.html
It's over.
I'm getting myself a new media player client and blu-ray player. I guess, I'll try to revive the bluetooth in the crippled DS3 and connect them to a silent PC that I will place in my living room. Sony. Listen. I heard the PC-platform has still very good games and suits as a media player as well! ;-) I don't need the PlayStation Network.
