Apollo Save Tool

Apollo Save Tool is an application to manage save-game files, trophies, and licenses on the PlayStation 3.

The apollo-ps3 homebrew app allows to download, unlock, patch and resign save-game files directly on your PS3. It can also unlock and resign trophies, backup/restore licenses, and create PS2 Classic images.

Features & Options Overview

Apollo's Main Menu has the following options.

Trophies

Here, you can back up or import trophies.

USB Saves

Here, you can manage the save data you've put on the currently connected USB drive, either from a PC or by copying it from the HDD by using the Copy save game option.

HDD Saves

Here, you can manage all the save data on the internal drive, back it up, resign it, remove copy protection, or export it for certain situations.

Online DB/FTP Server

To use this, you need an active internet connection; it will give you access to save files shared by the community. Alternatively, if you have an FTP Server, you can set it to show up instead of the Online DB by setting an FTP URL in settings and changing the Online Saves Server.

User Tools

Here, you can activate your local account by allowing Apollo to generate an act.dat file with a fake PSN ID. You can also convert PS1/PS2 save files to .PSV format, convert/resign .PSV save files, importing/exporting RIF/RAP licenses, importing PS2 memory card images, and encrypting PS2 ISO files to work on the PS2 Classics Placeholder app.

Activate PS3 Account

This option allows you to fake activate accounts on your PS3 with a fake PSN ID and fake act.dat file. This allows you to use content from the PlayStation Store without having to login with a real account.

Network Tools (Downloader, Web Server)

Local Web Server (full system access)

This option allows you to browse the internal storage and download files. The address is http://yourps3ip:8080.

URL link Downloader (http, https, ftp, ftps)

This option allows you to download a file from a URL to the /data/ path.

Extract Archives (RAR, Zip, 7z)

This option allows you to extract available archives in the /dev_hdd0/temp path to their own folder in that path.

Convert PS1/PS2 saves to .PSV format

This allows you to convert any PS1 or PS2 save files in various standard formats currently on the USB drive to a .PSV file, which is the encrypted save file format used for PSOne Classics and PS2 Classics.

Convert/Resign .PSV saves

Self-explanatory. Allows you to convert .PSV save files to standard save file formats for the PS1/PS2, and resign other .PSV files to your console.

Export /dev_flash2

Allows you to copy the contents of the /dev_flash2 partition to a USB drive.

Import/Export Licenses

Allows you to export all the .rif licenses from the console's hard drive as RAP files.

On the contrary, you can also import RAP licenses from the USB drive to be signed as .rif licenses if the console is activated.

Import PS2 raw memory cards

Allows you to import standard virtual memory card images (such as .VM2, .VME, .BIN, or .VMC) to become PS3 VMC images.

PS2 Classics: Export & Decrypt BIN.ENC images

If you happen to have downloaded PS2 Classics games from the PlayStation Store, this setting will allow you to dump their encrypted ISO image into a standard non-encrypted ISO file, in order to be used with a PS2 emulator, a real PS2, a CFW PS3 without relying on the PS2 Classics Placeholder app, etc.

PS2 Classics: Import & Encrypt ISOs

This setting allows you to encrypt any PS2 ISO files stored on the HDD (dev_hdd0/PS2ISO) or USB drive (dev_usb000/PS2ISO) into a .bin.enc image, so that they can be used with the PS2 Classics Placeholder. This is essential for PS3HEN, as it doesn't support booting PS2 ISO files directly.

Settings

Here you can turn off the background music and animations.

Select how saves are sorted.

Background Music

Toggles the background music.

Menu Animations

Toggles menu animations.

Sort Saves

Sets the savedata display order.

USB Saves Source

Toggles between auto and specific possible locations.

Version Update Check

Toggles version check when opening the app.

Set FTP Server URL

Allows you to set your FTP Server Address.

Online Saves Server

Changes between Online DB and FTP Server source for the home menu.

Update Application Data

Updates savepatch data.

Change Online Database URL

Allows you to change the database repository used for save files.

Clear Local Cache

Clears any cached files that Apollo uses for browsing OnlineDB, etc. (/data/apollo/cache/)

Update Account & ConsoleIDs

Has credits, current Account-ID and console details.

Enable Debug Log

Enables logging file location: /data/apollo/apollo.log

Save file modifications

Re-signing

Save files created on a different account or different PS3 may not work when transferred.

1. Transfer the new save to the console
2. Select HDD Saves
3. Select the Game and the save
4. Select Remove ID/Offline and Fake Owner/Rebug
5. Go back to the top of the menu and apply
6. Exit and launch the game

Offline activation

Apollo Save Tool, like ReActPSN, allows activating the console offline without a PSN account.

1. Start Apollo Save Tool from the XMB
2. Select the User Backup menu option
3. Select Activate PS3 Account
4. Reboot

Encrypting PS2 ISOs

Apollo Save Tool can be used to encrypt PS2 .iso games into .bin.enc format to be played with PS2 Classics Placeholder on HEN and older CFW firmwares

1. Start Apollo Save Tool from the XMB
2. Select the User Backup menu option
3. Select PS2 Classics: Import & Encrypt ISOs
4. Select the Iso to be encrypted