I Changed PS3 Trophy Time Stamps on Sony Server using TrophyIsGood

[GauchoPsnEUA]

Hello guys, i've been tampering with HEN 4.9.1, Multiman and TrophyIsGood for a few weeks, been posting on PSX Place, and i want to share something that happened and also ask for some ideas:

TLDR: I changed the time stamps of already synced trophies on PS3 without intention and want to know what happened.

Well from the start i'm using TrophyisGood and Multiman to unlock trophies with edited time stamps of old PS3 games that servers got offline, doing the steps below i'm being able to do that on a dummy account to see if Sony will take any action against me:

1st - Synced account, this created the trophy files.
2nd - Opened the game, just to be sure.
3rd - Copied the files and edited them on TrophyIsGood, taking care of times stamps.
4th - Copied them back to console, without connection opened the trophy list, appeared 0%.
5th - Restored the DB
6th - Trophy list updated to 100%.
7th - Connected account and tried to sync, get error 80022d68, but the trophies do sync to Sony servers, they appear on another console, PSApp and other sites.

Now, i'm doing it for days even weeks to test a lot of things, one of the constants everyone says, including the developer of TrophyisGood, Mr. jcorrea, is that already synced trophies cannot in any way have the time stamps altered, sony servers will not let you do that.

Now the interesting part, yesterday i was testing a specific game that already had trophies unlocked and synced to sony servers, below the steps of what occurred:

1st - The game that i'll call "PS3GAMEUSA" isn't anymore on PS Store, the only version available is a PsVita, to fix that i had to download a pkg of the PS3GAMEUSA that i found online and install via HEN. PS3GAMEUSA has 3 region versions (USA, JAP, EUR) and 3 console versions (PS4, PS3, PSVita), i used the PS3 USA version, is one of those NP versions, no disc only digital.

2nd - I opened PS3GAMEUSA to see if the trophy list would be the same of the one i already have unlocked, it is the same, no new game created of trophy list, the account was already synced, so i just do the next step.

3rd - Time to copy the trophy files and edit them on TrophyisGood, to context PS3GAMEUSA was played on a PS4 before and had most trophies unlocked the legit way and uploaded to Sony servers, with correct time stamps and all, missing only 5 trophies and the platinum, till here everything is working as "intended".

4th - Now, when i load the said trophy files on TrophyisGood they are all unclaimed (the synced ones still can be edited), it's nothing strange, sometimes this happen and works as well, so i've read everywhere it's impossible to change timestamps of games already synced to sony servers and being the lazy bitch i am, i just "instant platinum" option and change the time stamps of the 5 missing trophies and platinum only.

5th - Copy them back to console, restore DB, open trophy list, it's 100% (don't check time stamps, only of the 5 edited and platinum), sync them to server, all good 100%, error 80022D68, all expected.

6th - Now the shock, after deleting and re-registering the account and syncing them back, the timestamps of the old trophies ALREADY SYNCED all have altered to the "instant platinum" times i had used, there are trophies unlocked 5 years before the game was released.

So everyone says trophies already synced cannot be changed, and i understand that this is not a lie but also not 100% true, and i want to know what happened, so if anyone has some idea of what could be the reason of that and if it's possible to revert back, below i'll put some of my ideas and a little more information:

• PSApp shows the "new" time stamps, on the PS4 console also shows the "new" time stamps, if you delete account, register again and resync the trophies come with the "new" time stamps.
• PSNProfiles does show the old time stamps, what make me think two things, or sony servers have two trophy lists, new and old, or PSNProfiles dont change time stamps after a trophy has been claimed on their site.
• One of the causes i think is that the game is one of those digital games that have only one trophy list, doesn't matter the version (JAP, USA, EUR) and (PS4, PS3, PSVita), maybe the trophies unlocked before were on a different version of the game or version of console, as i said above most the trophies were unlocked on a PS4 and i synced them to the PS3 to edit, maybe this causes the sync to think the trophies were not poppep and resync them over the ones already on server, or maybe sony servers have different lists for each version/console and show only the most recent, i don't know.
• Please do not come here to say, "you should have checked them before sync", "your account will be banned", "that's no possible you're lying" or "you're checking the wrong place probably they did not change", first that i don't care about account problems, i want to understand what occurred and need help for that, second i've been testing this exploit for days now, i'm not an expert but i know what i'm seeing.
• And finally, i'm using a dummy account, it's all for learning purposes.

Thank you!

 

[PSNTROPHIES]

I don't recommend editing synced folders you will get issues. The proper way to do trophies is to load the game offline which creates the trophy folder then edit the folder then sync it. Or if you have a folder collection already then you don't need to load the game but you will need to resign it if the folder was made on a different PSN account. Also people are correct you can't edit synced folders the only reason it worked for you is because you loaded the games which fixed the folder locally on your PS3. If synced properly you should be getting error 80022D55

Also you can't revert timestamps you can only sync older timestamps. PSN always keeps the oldest timestamps you sync.

PSNProfiles keeps whatever the original timestamp was when you updated your profile on the site. If you change a timestamp it wont change it on the site. Only ways around that is to remove account from site and add it back or hide all trophies then unhide and earn more.

Also Sony doesn't care about trophies only the firmware you are on if its detected.

 

[mrkiratt]

i don't know much about the situation but like psnprophies said don't edit on sync folders that you already downloaded from your account and sony server get one that are not sync before from the internet or by opening the game offline. the reason why they changed I heard some games that has multiple platforms and region can have multiple trophy list even you don't see it on trophy list but it can happen some games does so I think that might be your problem

 

[CCFailsafe]

I have the exact same problem as you, IDK why the f@!# is the software so finnicky and so afraid of me just unlocking the Platinum, it ended up messing up my entire timestamp because I thought when you sync something to PSN it's permanently there.

I tried to unlock one last trophy alongside the Platinum, but for some reason the stupid software keep saying "hey the platinum can't be unlocked when you haven't unlocked the other trophy" when I ALREADY UNLOCKED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM REQUIRED FOR THE PLAT (I already checked that I unlocked the last trophy too, using the software).

So I just ended up using a blank account that is editable (because the dog s@#! software is bugged as f#$!@), TrophyIsGood has an "Instant Platinum" option, so I clicked on it thinking "eh, it'll be fine since I already synced my trophy to PSN", the only one I customize are the last trophy I didn't unlock and the Platinum, and surprise surprise the timestamp that I already synced somehow change it sync time and messes up my entire trophy timestamp.

Wonderful job by the devs honestly, a bunch of useless "safeguard" that ended up messing everything up, would've been fine if the program isn't trying to be smartass with is stupid a#! "safeguard".

I ended up hiding the trophy, I don't think Sony cared that much about hacked trophy nowadays, I have one game that I insta-unlocked everything 3 years ago and my account is still safe.

 

[CCFailsafe]

Point is you can probably re-sync (changing the timestamp) of a trophy list that you already synced when the unlock time is older than your previous one.

For example you sync "Trophy A" in 25th December 2024

Then you made a new blank profile, in that profile you change the timestamp using PS3TrophyIsGood to 25th December 2023 (one year earlier), then you sync "Trophy A" to PSN.

PSN would take the older timestamp in 2023 and change your timestamp that you already synced, so you would unlock in 2023 instead of 2024 (the one that you synced earlier, that is supposed to be "permanent").

Imagine if the "Instant Platinum" feature just use the same timestamp, my list would've been fine, instead of the devs being a smartass and putting random one in there, OMG I'm still kinda salty NGL, next time I'll stick to save set.

 

[Sillymushroom27]

Can anyone help? I have synced a trophy on a game I do not wish to complete due to it syncing itself to my psn when I was on holiday ( I logged on to another ps3). I was going through the game I.e finish chapter 4,5,6 etc as chapter 1,2,3 had been completed. I was doing all this offline but for some reason it must of been my 24 sync they went onto my trophy tracking site. No that would be fine but for some reason offline chapter 4 has synced perfectly but online it is missing? So on the trophy tracking site it's missing so I have 123 and then 5 6 7 etc. Which is obviously a flag because you can't do chapter 5 before you have done 4 etc. I have loaded ps3trophy is good but on the version I am on I can only edit a trophy time stamp to my last sync date so if it was the 12th Jan I last synced I could only do after this date. But chapter 4 needs to be the 8th of Jan for example. Is there anything I can do I'm abit confused as to why it hasn't synced when I rebuilt the database and it hasn't got.the red sync arrows on apollo obviously meaning it hasn't synced. Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Sillymushroom27]

No 1 got a solution for me?

 

[Sillymushroom27]

Point is you can probably re-sync (changing the timestamp) of a trophy list that you already synced when the unlock time is older than your previous one.

For example you sync "Trophy A" in 25th December 2024

Then you made a new blank profile, in that profile you change the timestamp using PS3TrophyIsGood to 25th December 2023 (one year earlier), then you sync "Trophy A" to PSN.

PSN would take the older timestamp in 2023 and change your timestamp that you already synced, so you would unlock in 2023 instead of 2024 (the one that you synced earlier, that is supposed to be "permanent").

Imagine if the "Instant Platinum" feature just use the same timestamp, my list would've been fine, instead of the devs being a smartass and putting random one in there, OMG I'm still kinda salty NGL, next time I'll stick to save set.

Can you help me please, i have a message down below. Also there is a game I have 100% platinum offline but when online it's 100% but the platinum isn't there it's hidden. Long story short I had a game I was 97% complete years ago. I didn't have the save file for other no longer so I downloaded a game that had a 100% file on it. It unlocked complete the game too 100% but there are 2 combat challenges that needed unlocking which accounted for the 100%. So basically the 100% is out of order and couldn't be earned. It's all synced to the psn now and the other combat trophies are now unlocked but no trophies. I don't mind it not being in order and I can hide it on the tracking sites but I would like to be able to get the platinum if you know what I can do.