Olimex AVR-USB-162 and AVR-USB with Hermes v3

Hermes v3 is the latest version of Hermes’s payload that fix a lot of issues in the current PS3 Jailbreak state. A number of users has also reported that various games that has issues with previous version is now has been fixed. So, if you are looking to install Hermes v3 on your Olimex AVR-USB-162 or AVR-USB then you have come to the right place. To get you started, let’s take a look if you have done these things below:

• Your PS3 console is still running 3.41 firmware
• FLIP Installer, an official program from ATMEL which is available here.
• Note that you need to reboot your PC after installing Java Runtime Environment which is required to install FLIP.

Ok, i assume that you have done all those things above correctly. Now, we can proceed to the first step of installing PSGroove’s custom payload, Hermes v3 on your Olimex AVR-USB-162 and AVR-USB.

1. Getting the Device into DFU mode

• Plug in the device USB Female>Male to your computer USB port.

• After you plug it, you will see the Olimex device’s LED to light up in red color.

• If you have a Olimex AVR-USB-162, press AND hold the ‘RST’ button, while holding on the ‘RST’ button, press and hold the ‘BUT’, then let go of the ‘RST’ and then the ‘BUT’ button.

• If you have a Olimex AVR-USB-STK, press AND hold the ‘RST’ button, while holding on the ‘RST’ button, press and hold the ‘HWB’, then let go of the ‘RST’ and then the ‘HWB’ button.

• The LED light on your device will now turn off, now your device is in DFU mode, you would have to install the drivers that came with the FLIP program to flash it.

PLEASE NOTE: If the device’s LED is not turned off, unplug the Olimex USB device and replug it, then follow the steps above again. Try it until the LED is turned off.
You can find the two buttons here:

For AT90USB162

For AVR-USB-STK

2. Installing the Drivers

Now that your device is in DFU mode and that windows does not detect the drivers for the device, you would have to install them manually.

• Right click ‘My Computer’ or ‘Computer’ if your using Microsoft’s Windows 7, then click ‘Manage’.

• ‘Computer Management’ will pop up on your screen, now you will see ‘AT90USB162′ and next to it would be a ‘Yellow Question Mark Icon’.

• Right click ‘AT90USB162′ and click ‘Update Driver Software’, a window will now pop-up, then click ‘Browse my computer for driver software’, then click ‘Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer’.

• Then click ‘Have Disk…’ button and browse and browse for X:\Program Files\Atmel\Flip 3.4.1\usb and select ‘atmel_usb_dfu.inf’ and click next to install the driver.

Please Note: As an example X:\ is being used as a drive letter. If error occurs while installing the driver, reboot the PC and please repeat steps 1 and 2 again.

3. Setting the FLIP and Erasing the device

• Open up ‘FLIP’ and click on the ‘CHIP Icon, 1st icon’ known as ‘Select a Target Device’, then a list of device will pop up, select ‘AT90USB162′ and click ok.

• Now click on the ‘USB Icon, 2nd icon‘ known as ‘Select a Communication Medium’, then click on ‘USB’, then click ‘Open’. Now you device is opened and its ready to be erased.

• Click on the ‘Eraser Chip Icon, 3rd icon’ known as ‘Erase Target Device Memory’ and it will erase your Olimex device.

Please Note: Leave FLIP opened, do not close the program as you are going to flash the device in the next step!

4. Flashing the Olimex device

Now, your flashing process will start now. Here is the fun part!

• While FLIP is opened, click on ‘File’ > ‘Load HEX File…’ and browse for the HEX file that is compatible for your Olimex device. Download the HEX file here.

• Now that you have opened the HEX file that you have downloaded from this thread, click on the ‘Chip Icon With A Red Arrow’ known as ‘Program Target Device Memory’ and it will flash the programmed HEX file on your Olimex USB Device.

Please Note: The Flashing and Erase process doesn’t take that long! So don’t worry.

5. Jailbreak your PS3 console

Now that your device is flashed, it is now time to test out your flashed device.

• Unplug the power cable if you have a PS3 SLIM at the back of the PS3. If you have a PS3 PHAT, turn switch off.

• Plug in your Olimex device.

• Reconnect the power cable if you have a PS3 SLIM. If you have a PS3 PHAT, turn the switch at the back on.

Please Note: Make sure you ONLY have your Olimex USB device plugged onto your PS3 console USB port, you cannot boot into homebrew mode with multiple USB devices plugged in at the same time.

• Now, press the ‘Power Button’ then quickly hit the ‘Eject button’. Do it as fast as you can.

• Your Olimex device should light up with a Red LED and then turn off automatically indicating that the homebrew is working. To also check if it is working, goto GAME is XMB and see if you can find ‘Installed Packages’ and ‘Apps_home/PS3_GAME’.

Congratulations. Your PS3 is now jailbroken and is ready for any homebrew apps.