Big news for any PS3 devs out there who are looking for an easy way to dump the PS3 memory. Thanks to some very hard work by developer an0nym0us you now have a tool to dump your Lv1, Lv2, NAND/NOR Flash and eEID. And what's even better about this tool is that the process works from your XMB. One important thing to keep in mind is that memdump v0.01 does not work on firmware past 3.55. Even so, it can help developers get more understanding of the internal workings of the PS3.
Here is what an0nym0us had to say.
"Usage:
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Place the necessary pkg file in the root of an empty USB flash dongle, and install like any
other pkg.
1. Place pkg on USB flash dongle.
2. Select "memdump" icon.
3. Select type of dump to perform once loaded.
The following buttons are mapped in the user interface:
△ Dump LV1 memory
◯ Dump LV2 memory
✕ Dump FLASH storage
☐ Dump eEID storage
SELECT cycle menus
UP cycle menus
DOWN cycle menus
LEFT cycle menus
RIGHT cycle menus
START exit
Requirements:
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CEX or DEX PS3 fat or slim
MFW 2.70 - 3.55 (with LV2 peek/poke and LV1 hvcall 114 patches)
USB Flash drive (if no Flash drive is available, dumps will be stored in /dev_hdd0/tmp)
Testing:
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memdump is known to work on CEX or DEX PS3s running firmware versions above 2.70,
with or without OtherOS++ patches.
Bug Reports:
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To submit a report of a bug, please join #memdump on EFNet, and have the log file ready.
You can find the log file where the files were dumped.
Files:
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readme.txt
memdump.self 5189ca393df77e06794f948c2921814267d54e02
memdump.gnpdrm.pkg a28a23b7de3380c6917e12352de24cde93cdb817
memdump.npdrm.pkg 520ec81f89b146926149ef33f2faab2946e2c020"
Source: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Dev_Tools#Memdump
