A New Custom Firmware update arises with the release of Version 1.01 of HABIB COBRA 4.55 CFW. The CFW developer known as HABIB (aka smhabib) adds support to SEMI-Backwards Compatible (Semi-BC) PS3 Consoles, Also the habibplugin has been built into the CFW. Plus the safety system for plugins has been re-added to the firmware. See all the details inside for more details surrounding this CFW.

As with any CFW installation use at your own risk and use extreme caution if you do not own a Hardware Flasher. It best to see the results of others who have the means to recover from a possible brick.




HABIB-COBRA 4.55

FEATURES:
MADE OUT OF 4.55 OFW
HAVE INSTALL PACKAGE FILES AND APP_HOME
HAVE REACTPSN COMPATIBILITY
PATCHED LV0 TO DISABLE COREOS ECDSA CHECK
PATCHED LV2 TO ADD PEEK/POKE SUPOORT
PATCHED LV1 TO DISABLE LV2 PROTECTION
PATCHED LV1 TO ADD PEEK/ POKE SUPPORT
IT CAN RUN GAMES SIGNED WITH KEYS UPTO 4.55
CAN BE UPDATED OVER ANY CFW.
CAN BE UPDATED OVER 3.55 OFW
ADDED NO BT/BD PATCHES
RSOD BYPASS
REACTPSN OFFLINE PATCH ADDED
BETTER SYSTEM STABILITY
PSP REMASTER SUPPORT ADDED
QA FLAG ENABLED BY DEFAULT IF PS3 WAS QA ON 3.55
COBRA 7.00 PORTED
MOUNTS dev_flash AS dev_habib WITH WRITE PERMISSIONS ON BOOT!!
COPY PROTECTION INCREASE, dev_habib(WRITABLE) will get mounted when ps3 turns on
SWAPPING OF PS2EMU(SLIM) FOR THE CONTROLLER SYNCH PROBLEM
Added in v1.01: Safety feature for plugins have been re-added.to use it just re-install fw and it is fixed(from recovery)
Added in v1.01: Plugins are now loaded from dev_habib, boot_plugins.txt resides there.as a result, habibplugin is built in and safety feature now work
Added in v1.01: Semi-BC PS2emu Support


EXTRA FLAVOUR:
if your thinking to convert to ps2 classic thingy and not ps2 iso and are afraid of your data being loss then fear not! once you swap the emu you would also be able to use unencrypted memory card for ps2 classic and absolutely no controller synch problems!

CORE:
we have already discussed it, well now let me tell you how to use it:
1.Put the plugin in dev_hdd0 and add this line in boot_plugins.txt:"/dev_hdd0/habibplugin.sprx"
2.Put a 0 byte file in dev_usb000(rightest port of ps3).dev_usb000/core_flags/ps2
3. Restart your ps3 and if you get a reboot or 3 beeps it means SUCCESS!!

NOTE:
1. Don't try to spoof because you will get x.xx but if you did accidently then you can do a reboot to fix it
2. PS2ISO support on NON-BC ps3 ONLY!!!


V1.01 Update

Luckily emu on 4.53 and 4.55 is same so support for Semi-BC PS3's is added.

Changelog:
Added in v1.01: Safety feature for plugins have been re-added.to use it just re-install fw and it is fixed(from recovery)
Added in v1.01: Plugins are now loaded from dev_habib, boot_plugins.txt resides there.as a result, habibplugin is built in and safety feature now work
Added in v1.01: Semi-BC PS2emu Support

please post your results.....
Also don't forget on how to use habibplugin, it's now built inside the firmware

HABIB/Cobra 4.55 1.01: Download here