, they compared these signatures against the console's flash memory dump [23, 24].
For years, modders wanted DEX features but lacked the expensive hardware ($2,000+). The breakthrough came when hackers realized that the internal flash memory (NOR/NAND) contains a single byte that determines the console’s "mode" (0x00 for CEX, 0x01 for DEX). The was born as a temporary, in-memory patch to flip that byte without altering the flash permanently. test patcher ps3