u/ReaperCrewTim

EDIT: SOLVED. SOLUTION AT THE END OF THIS POST.

Hi folks. Long time listener, first time caller. So, I'm trying to install CFW on my PS3, it's the fat boy with 4 USB ports with PS2 compatibility. I'm at the part where it's time to boot the system into safe mode so I can install the Evilhen 4.93, but no matter how many times I try to hold the power button the correct way to get me into safe mode, it doesn't happen.

The closest I get is that sometimes it'll ask me if I want to use the HDMI connection, but when I select yes, it just boots the PS3 as normal after that, and the normal boot won't allow me to install the CFW since 4.93 is already installed.

Any thoughts? I'd hate to give up on this project.

SOLUTION: What I was failing to do that none of the guides really explained in full detail:
If your system is powered on: Hold the power until the system turns off. Release the button. Hold the power until the system turns on, then beeps, and maybe beeps a few more times before it turns off fully. Once it turns off fully, release the button, hold it again. Very shortly, you should hear a beep, and then the double-beep of safe mode.
If your system is not powered on: Hold the power button until the system turns on, then beeps, then beeps maybe a few more times before it turns off fully. Once it turns off fully, release the button, hold it again. Very shortly, you should hear a beep, and then the double-beep of safe mode.

Basically, I didn't realize that the system had to do one full power cycle before you could enter safe mode. I thought I could enter it directly from powered off state, which is not the case. The full power cycle was the key that I was missing. Once you make it into safe mode, you'll be able to install your 4.93 CFW over the 4.93 OFW.

Thank you to everybody that tried to help.

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The second package showed up, and it's missing one of the items. Ah, God damn it. So now what? I told Amazon about it, and they offered me a refund. I said "I don't want a refund, because I didn't pay for it because it's a Vine item. I want the item." They said they couldn't send out a replacement because they weren't the seller for that item.

They kept asking me if I wanted a refund no matter how much I kept explaining the situation, and I finally said "Fine, refund then." I knew I wasn't gonna get any money back, but I figured they'd at least remove it from my Vine history since I clearly never put my hands on the item.

Unsurprisingly, my Amazon account won't show that the order was refunded, probably because the system wouldn't allow the CS rep to issue me a refund of $0.00.

So, what the hell happens now? I can't get the item again, because I'm damn sure not going to pay for it, and I can't review it because, *where is it?*