If you’ve been bouncing between revival servers you know the routine. Network Settings, custom setup, punch in the DNS, test the connection, then do it all over again for the next game. Two devs got fed up with that too, and both of their fixes just went up in the store.

qDNSm 1.1 by Tha_14
This one is a plugin, so it lives right on the XMB next to webMAN. It comes with a list of revival DNS servers already in it, you pick one and it switches, no wizard. You can add your own servers, edit or remove them, and there’s a restore option that puts your original network settings back. Install the PKG, run the qDNSm installer once from the XMB and let it reboot, then you can delete the installer. Works on CFW and HEN.

One thing to know: a lot of games look up the DNS before you even go online, so switching only works from the XMB. Quit the game, swap the server, start the game again. Tha_14 actually started this back in 2022, shelved it when the PS3 wouldn’t reload its network settings cleanly, and came back to finish it after people kept asking about it.

Heads up if you’re on HEN with webMAN MOD: one person has had trouble getting HEN to enable after installing it. 1.1 has some safeguards for it, but if it happens to you, add what you’re running to the issue on GitHub so it can get tracked down.

ezDNS 1.02 by _tbwcjw
Same problem, different take. ezDNS is a little app that shows up under Network on the XMB. You save a DNS profile for each game or revival project and flip between them in a couple of button presses. 1.02 is just bug fixes. If you’ve got an older version on there, delete it first (Network > ezDNS, press Triangle, Delete) and then install the new one. The setup guide is on the ezDNS wiki.

Want it in the XMB menu? qDNSm. Rather have an app that keeps your profiles sorted? ezDNS. They’re both open source under MIT, so try both and see which one sticks.

Grab them from the Brewology Store: qDNSm and ezDNS.

Two new ones in the store from TheErsysEnding, both built on top of mohasi’s apps that are already in there.

TEE Remote Play 1.1.0
Remote Play, but backwards. Your PC streams its screen to the PS3 and the DualShock 3 controls the PC, so you can play your PC games from the couch through the PS3. It’s based on mohasi’s Cell Stream but takes it a lot further: up to 1080p at 60fps (around 40-47ms on a wired connection by the dev’s numbers, 720p60 is more like 25-30ms), gameplay recording with sound that shows up right in the XMB video folder, a Linux server, and a Windows server with a proper settings window. It installs next to Cell Stream instead of over it, so you can keep both.

You need the server running on your PC too, grab the Linux .deb or the Windows installer from the GitHub releases. The Windows server is still on 1.0.1 for now, so the new vsync pacing (latency with vsync went from ~72ms to ~40ms) is Linux only until Windows catches up. Use a cable if you can, and set it to 59.94fps since that’s what the PS3 actually runs at.

TEE Vanced 0.12 beta
Ad-free YouTube with no Google account, forked from mohasi’s Yo! Player. You get a sidebar so you’re not memorizing shoulder buttons, an actual settings screen (no more editing settings.txt over FTP), and SponsorBlock where each category can be auto-skipped, skipped with a button press, or left alone. There are also local playlists, watch history, Continue Watching, and a PS button workaround for DS4/DualSense pads (SELECT on the home screen, L3 during playback).

Heads up: it uses the same title ID as Yo Player!, so installing it replaces Yo Player! on your system. Want the original back? Just reinstall it from the store. Also turn off any VPN on the PS3, YouTube won’t play anything through one.

Grab them from the Brewology Store: TEE Remote Play and TEE Vanced.

5 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: Halo CE Vita 1.1.1 · Tweebbo Vita 1.4.3 · OpenTyrian2000 Engaged Vita 1.5.0 · Strikers Vita 1.5.0 · HardRPG 0.4.7-alpha.

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17 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: PS Vita Recovery Menu 1.1.8 · UMD Player 0.9.3 · Gun Bros Vita 1.03 · Art3m1sPSV 1.4.8 · Tweebbo Vita 1.4.2 · Dragon Ball Z: BT 3 Vita 1.1 · OpenTyrian2000 Engaged Vita latest · VitaGram 0.39.02 · Tuiza Vita 0.2.5 · The Impossible Game Vita 1.2.0 · Strikers Vita 1.4.0 · vitals 1.5 and 5 more.

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21 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: VitaRPS5 (Vitaki Fork) 4.2.2-beta.1 · OpenNow Vita 0.3.3 · VitaMediaDeck 1.4.1 · VitaXMB 1.10.0 · UMD Player 0.9.2 · UFO 40 1.0.0 · Ecstatica Vita 0.9.7 · Ecstatica 2 Vita 0.9.7 · tls_fixer 0.2.1 · Buckshot Roulette Portable 1.0.2 · Vita IPTV 1.0 · Art3m1sPSV 1.4.7 and 9 more.

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15 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: VitaDB Downloader .2.8 · VitaRPS5 (Vitaki Fork) 4.2.1 · VitaForge 0.1.10 · Deltarune Vita 0.79 · PS Vita Recovery Menu 1.1.7 · UMD Player 0.9.0 · METEOR VII VITA 0.09.00 · Neon Drift Definitive-v1 · Spy Mouse HD Vita 1.1 · Tweebbo Vita 1.4.0 · Super Mario Galaxy Vita 1.1 · OpenTyrian2000 Engaged Vita 1.4.6 and 3 more.

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17 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: Aleph One Vita AlephOneVita2.1 · Arx Libertatis 2.0 · PS Vita Recovery Menu 1.1.3 · JAVITA release-1.1.0 · VitaXMB 1.9.1 · UMD Player 0.8.7 · tls_fixer 0.2 · KeeperFX Vita release-1.03 · Descent Vita 1.0.2 · Neon Drift R · Gravity Defied Vita 1.5 · Super Mario Galaxy Vita 1.0 and 5 more.

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23 PSVita homebrew apps were updated in the Brewology PSVita Store: FF3-Vita 1.2.5 · VitaForge 0.1.8 · OpenMW Vita 2.4.1 · pleNx 1.4.0 · MKW Vita 1.4.2 · GMCA 1.4.0 · VitaXMB 1.9.0 · Art3m1sPSV 1.4.6 · UMD Player 0.8.5 · Ignition Vita 1.1 · VitaSpot 0.0.4 · Descent Vita 1.0.1 and 11 more.

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Got a Jellyfin server at home? Your PS3 can finally hook into it properly. jw-notes picked up JellyFin-PS3 where MontyMcK (the original) and vortigauntlet (the LosslessAudio fork) left off, sorted out the freezes and the 1080p out-of-memory problems in 3.2.3, and has been pushing updates pretty much every day since. It’s now in the store as JellyFin [PS] 3.4.3.

The highlights:

• Hardware H.264 up to 1080p, with real 24Hz output for movies
• TrueHD, Atmos and DTS-HD MA decoded right on the console in 5.1 or 7.1, or Dolby Digital passthrough if you’re running a soundbar
• Live TV with a channel grid and a guide
• Search as you type, music with FLAC, downloads for offline watching, and MKV/m2ts files straight off a USB stick with no server needed
• Two layouts: Classic (looks like Jellyfin in a browser) or XMB (looks like, well, the XMB), plus nine themes
• Quick Connect, so no typing your password with a controller

New in 3.4.3, every PS3 user profile gets its own Jellyfin login and settings, there’s a Share Sign-in option for profiles that don’t have one, your profile pic shows up in the corner, and the freeze when you hit the PS button on the sign-in screen is fixed.

You’ll need your own Jellyfin server (10.11 or newer). The dev tested it on Evilnat 4.93 CFW and HEN hasn’t been tried yet, so if you’re on HEN drop a comment and let everyone know how it runs. It also has its own updater (Settings > System > Software Update) that grabs new builds from the dev’s GitHub. 

Grab it from the Brewology Store.

New flash writer for 4.93: xxevilnatxx.github.io/flash-writer

[FIXES] Updated [2026-04-23]: fixes.pkg

• 1.2: Fixes search option with Duckduckgo search engine for webbrowser_plugin.sprx and webrender_plugin.sprx
• 1.1: vsh.self: Fixed update via internet and download certificates
• 1.0: download_plugin.sprx: Fixed “Download in Background” text position in screen

[XAI] Updater package version: 1.27: xai_updater.pkg

• - Added support for CFW 4.93
• - Added option to set custom/dynamic temp/speed in PS2 games (need latest EMUs from kozarovv)
• - Added ‘Toggle Demo Unlocker’ option
• - Added ‘Toggle Epilepsy Warning’ option
• - Updated Trophy Unlocker code and XAI menu
• - Improved CBOMB fix
• - Code improved
• - Fixed update via internet
• - Updated certificates
• - Added option to set Duckduckgo search engine as homepage in web browser

CFW 4.93 Evilnat updated in MEGA folder:

Updated [2026-03-31]:

• Fixed update via internet (slow download…)
• Fixed error 80028EA8
• Added xai menu with PS2 Dynamic FAN Control (by kozarovv and @mrjaredbeta)
• Updated PS2 EMUs (by kozarovv and @mrjaredbeta)

PS3 developer Evilnat has made a new update of his CFW 4.93 Evilnat Cobra 8.5 with these features:

• Made out of 4.93 OFW (CEX)
• Ported Kernel and some modules from OFW 4.84 DEX
• Made manually without automatic tools
• PSN/SEN enabled
• Fixed layouts 272/480 from OFW 4.93
• Disabled deletion of unsigned act.dat and .rif files
• Allowed unsigned act.dat and .rif files
• Allowed running of unsigned applications
• Compatibility with FSELF
• C00 demo unlocker
• Disabled LIC.EDAT license check
• Can be installed over +3.56 OFW (bguerville Toolset)
• Can be installed over any CFW CEX/DEX (Depending targetID)
• Cobra 8.5 added and enabled as default
• Full PS2 Games Compatibility (Discs only in backward compatible)
• Possibility of Downgrade from any CFW with active QA Flags
• QA Flags active if previously enabled
• Disabled Epilepsy Message on Boot
• Compatibility with PSX/PSP/PS2 games in ISO
• Compatibility with PS3 games in ISO/JB folder format
• Compatibility with ReactPSN
• Display of Temperatures/FPS (depends EMU version) in XMB In-Game on PS2 Games
• RSOD Screen Bypass
• BSOD Screen Bypass
• PS3_GAME/app_home
• XMB In-Game Screenshot
• Added Package Manager
• DEX Kernel patched to prevent ambulance Brick (DEX kernel loaded with CEX TargetID)
• CoreOS Hash Check patched to prevent Brick on non-dehashed Downgradate consoles
• PS2CLASSICs work on CEX and DEX
• Patched to remove LV2 Protection
• Peek and Poke (LV2)
• Peek and Poke (LV1)
• CINAVIA protection disabled
• Option to sort games by name and date
• Allow to use 3rd party controller in Recovery Menu
• Compatibility with OtherOS
• Disabled update from OFW PUP in Recovery Mode
• Dualboot compatible
• Allowed installing of retail PKG on DEX
• Allowed installing pseudo-retail PKG
• Enabled [★Unlock], [★Lock], and [★Delete] options in Trophies
• Compatibility with Remote Play
• Added gameboot_multi.ac3
• Deleted gameboot_stereo.ac3 and coldboot_stereo.ac3
• Replace “Unlink” with “Delete Folder” in XMB
• Bypassed PAL broadcast error on BD/DVD movies
• Bypassed all error codes on BD/DVD movies
• Enabled Debug menu in PS2 games (ps2_netemu.self)
• Patched CBOMB issue
• Target Manager patched to show version 4.9.3
• Patched to update CFW via internet
• Patched LV1 to allow custom FAN speed on PS2 EMU

Cobra 8.5

• Failsafe Cobra stage2 (by bguerville/aldo)
• Restore CFW Syscalls without reboot just entering to ‘Settings > System Update’ on XMB (by aldo)
• Integrated Dynamic Control FAN (to control fan when webMAN is unloaded) (by aldo/Evilnat)
• Support Photo GUI integration with webMAN MOD (mount games from ‘Photo’ column) (by aldo/DeViL303)
• Get/Set FAN speed (by aldo)
• Enable/disable features: Photo GUI, Restore Syscalls (by aldo)
• Opcode to create CFW Syscalls (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 35) (by aldo)
• Opcode to create license (RIF) (by Evilnat)
• Updated ps3mapi_load_process_modules to load custom modules and system modules (by haxxxen)
• Added ps3mapi_get_process_module_info
• Increased from 24 to 32 the max number of map paths (by aldo)
• Added sm_get_temperature patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
• Added sm_get_fan_policy patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
• Added sm_set_fan_policy patch in kernel (by Evilnat)
• Added support for REDUMP ISOs decryption on-the-fly (by Evilnat)
• Opcode to toggle coldboot animation (by Evilnat)
• Opcode to toggle gameboot animation and sound (by Evilnat)
• Opcode to toggle hidden trophy info (by Evilnat)
• Target Manager fix for DEX (By haxxxen)
• Fixed Control FAN payload, avoids loading previous mode (by Evilnat)
• Disable stage2 while Recovery Menu is loaded (by haxxxen)
• Fixed max FAN speed after shutdown (by Evilnat)
• Fixed black screen in CFW2OFW converted games (by Evilnat)
• Added cellFsMkdir symbol (by Evilnat)
• Added FAN Speed while a PS2 ISO is launched (by Evilnat)
• Creation of fake act.dat/license while launching a PSN game (by Evilnat)
• Creation of RIF license with rap.bin (by esc0rtd3w)
• Block Log In on PSN/SEN when CFW syscalls are enabled (by DeViL303)
• Toggle OFW Mode on Boot (by aldostools and Evilnat)
• Block of PSP Launchers if a PSPISO has not been mounted (by aldostools)
• Small optimizations (By aldostools)
• Removed “unnecessary” code (By aldostools)
• Opcode to toggle coldboot and sound (By Evilnat)
• Added cellUsb000_mount_symbol (By haxxxen)
• Added usb_flag flag (By aldostools and Evilnat)
• Load external stage2 and plugins from /dev_usb000 (By aldostools, haxxxen and Evilnat)
• RSX overclock at boot
• Opcode to use custom timestamp with Trophy Unlocker (By Evilnat)
• Opcode to toggle C00_DEMO (By Evilnat)

Translations

• Portuguese: @jcorrea and @LuanTeles
• Polish: @KcrPLo and @Agrippa and HackZy01
• Italian: @Sheireen
• Spanish: Evilnat
• Chinese Traditional/Simplified: @xiaoyang
• Japanese: @Kyan_dudl
• Russian: @MrYadro
• French: @EimGdt and @Chronoss09
• German: @FadedHD3

Official release post by Evilnat: PSX-PLACE

CEX: https://mega.nz/folder/JN9lSbZD#lTipeQNvQBQXvP5vDFj7ZQ/folder/YUcTxboL
PEX: https://mega.nz/folder/JN9lSbZD#lTipeQNvQBQXvP5vDFj7ZQ/folder/URNT3DSS
D-PEX: https://mega.nz/folder/JN9lSbZD#lTipeQNvQBQXvP5vDFj7ZQ/folder/pRUFVT5J

If your console is already on any version of custom firmware CEX, REX or PEX just install CFW Evilnat 4.93 over your current version from XMB or recovery menu.