• In addition to this, users who already have PlayStation Home on their device should highly consider donating their data to the team as you will still need to download our custom package. By donating your PlayStation®Home data we can implement original Home content back into our online services. For more information on how you can help out the Destination Home Project check out the official guide PlayStation®Home Cache Extraction Guide here.

⚠️	Lastly, I also strongly suggest for users to watch my official latest HEN how-to video guide as it covers all of the necessary steps to convert your official firmware system to HFW/HEN.

1. Download the latest PlayStation®Home 1.86 OFW patched PKG file and download it to any file directory on your computer. NOTE: The PKG file must be requested from Staff in our Discord server. For more information, see the linked page

2. Download and install the latest version of Hybrid Firmware "HFW" which is 4.90.1 As of 3/30/2023.

 MD5 Hash for 4.90.1 HFW: 5eaef6cf25b6c319228de713b270e464

3. The third step is to format your USB to FAT32 with either Windows File Explorer or Rufus. If your USB is already on FAT32 you can skip this step. You can use this video here, if you need a visual representation of how to correctly format your USB to FAT32 or you can use my HEN tutorial.

4. The fourth step is to drag the PlayStation®Home 1.86 OFW Patched PKG file to the root of your USB device. Down below here is a graphic for your review:

5. Now that we are on file system FAT32, you will want to rename the HFW firmware to PS3UPDAT.PUP

6. Step 6 deals with Updating our console. Now that your USB is now formatted to FAT32 and has the update file you can now plug your USB into the rightmost USB port on your PS3 (The USB port that is nearest to your Blu-ray drive).

ℹ️	Now go into System Settings and Update via Storage Media. If you have done everything correctly, you should see the following screen:

7. First we need to configure our Network Settings in the PS3 Internet Browser. Under the Network column in XMB, please enter into the Internet Browser application. Once you're in the Internet Browser we're going to delete some files within the browser. Click Triangle on your PS3 controller which will display a side menu as showcased here:

8. Assuming that the side menu is still activated on your PS3, go to the Tools tab. From the Tools tab we need to disable/clear the following features:

• Confirm Browser Close turn this setting Off
• Home Page make sure to set this setting as Blank Page
• Make sure to Delete Cookies and click Yes to confirm this setting.
• Make sure to Delete Search History and click Yes to confirm this setting.
• Make sure to Delete Cache and click Yes to confirm this setting.
• Make sure to Delete Authentication Information to confirm this setting.

9. Once all of the following settings have been initialized. Within the Internet Browser you want to go to ps3addict.github.io.

Now that you are on https://ps3addict.github.io/ you want to hover over & select the following option Imn7 Auto HEN Installer (HEN 3.2.0 ON HFW 4.90) tab. Once you have launched that option you should be redirected to the PS3 HEN Installer page which will download a file called PS3HEN.p3t

10. Once the PS3HEN.p3t file has been downloaded, within the PS3 HEN Installer page select the option that states Initialize HEN installer once the process has initialized you should see a green message stating that the HEN installer initialized successfully.

11. The next option that you want to select within the PS3 HEN Installer page is Install HEN only if you got the HEN installer initialized successfully message. Once HEN has been activated you should get an image that states Welcome to HEN 3.2.0.

12. Once you see the Welcome to HEN 3.2.0 message you can exit out of the Internet Browser. Once you have exited the browser, you should see a package .pkg file being downloaded to your PS3. The file is 11MB and is called Latest_HEN_Installer_signed.pkg Let this package file be fully installed before restarting your PS3.

13. Once you start back up your PS3 head over to the Game column you should see 2 new options on your XMB which is ★ Enable HEN & ★ Package Manager. If you have these 2 new options that means HEN has been successfully installed.

14. Now that you have successfully installed HFW/HEN onto your device and you’ve just restarted your console, please connect your USB drive to the right-most USB slot (the one that is closest to your BluRay drive). Considering that you already have the PlayStation®Home 1.86 OFW patched PKG file on the root of your USB, please go to the ★ Enable HEN option to launch the payload to allow you to run Homebrew. Once you get the HEN notification enabled you can now exit the browser.

• Once you ★ Enable HEN you should see ★ Package Manager click X to open up Package Manager and go to the 2nd option that states ★ Install Package Files > Standard > PlayStation-Home-Online-Beta-2-Phase-[1-12-2023].pkg you should see the PlayStation®Home 1.86 OFW patched PKG file. To install the PKG just hit X to install the package, once you installed the package you should see PlayStation®Home under the PlayStation™Network icon. If you are stuck on this step, please check out the comprehensive infographic below:

15. On your PS3 XMB under the Settings column navigate to the Network Settings option.

16. Scroll down to the third option Internet Connection Settings to modify your original network configuration.

17. As for the next step you need to choose Custom, as the Easy option will not allow you to change your DNS to be a custom value.

18 Once you have connected to your WLAN Settings for your Home network, and you see the IP Address Setting pane, please select Automatic

19. When you are on the DHCP Host Name setting select the option Do Not Set.

20. In the DNS Setting window, select the Manual option.

21. This step is vital for you to access our Home servers, you will need to enter the following information in the DNS options

• Primary DNS: 52.86.120.101
• Secondary DNS: 8.8.8.8

22. On the MTU Setting window, select the Automatic option.

23. On the Do Not Use window, select the Do Not Use option.

24. On the UPnP window, select the Enable option.

25. Lastly, confirm your networking settings & then sign back into PlayStation™Network. Once you are on PlayStation™Network, you should be able to finally replay PlayStation®Home on PS3!

26. As stated before Official Firmware is the safest way to play PlayStation®Home as running any kind of Custom firmware you are at risk to get banned on PlayStation™Network. The Destination Home is not responsible for any accounts that may get banned for you using your account on custom firmware, as we have made it clear on the best option for our community to play Home. To revert back to OFW simply, just download the latest PS3 System Software version and place the PS3UPDAT.PUP file, in the following directory:

PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP

Then go to System Update > Update via Storage Media. Next, follow the on-screen prompt to complete the update. Once your system has successfully updated, you will still be able to PlayStation®Home normal.