Good Bye DAX; Dark_Alex leaves the scene

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Recently, Dark_Alex aka DAX has now left the homebrew scene. Other’s think it was a rumor, and others are sad, angry, and worried.
You can visit Dax’s site here, containing his good-bye message. http://dark-alex.org/

His last message were:

Bye, scene.

I’ve decided to cease OE development, and leave PSP scene.
The reasons are various.
One of them is the time it consumes, which i’m losing from other things.
The other is related to my security. I didn’t like Sony menaces to PS3 hackers.
I think it is better to leave now rather than end paying the consequences.

He decidido cesar el desarrollo de OE, y abandonar la scene de la PSP.
Las razones son varias.
Una de ellas es el tiempo que me consume, que estoy perdiendo de otras cosas.
La otra esta relacionada con mi seguridad. No me gustaron las amenazas de Sony a los hackers de la PS3.
Creo que es mejor retirarse ahora que estoy a tiempo, que acabar pagando las consecuencias.

Dark_AleX

Shot at 2007-07-02

Dark_AleX skipping 3.50-OE working on 3.51-OE instead

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French PSP news site PSP-Generation has posted some pretty big news - both good and bad - concerning the PSP homebrew scene.

The bad news is that according to Mathieulh, Dark AleX will not be releasing custom firmware 3.50 OE, so those who have been waiting for it won’t ever get it. The good news is that Dark AleX will be rolling out custom firmware 3.51 OE instead to keep abreast of Sony’s most current firmware version for the PSP handheld system.

There has been no time frame yet for when 3.51 OE will come out, but rest assured that we’ll be reporting it as soon as it does. Keep checking back here for updates. Thanks to bhattsan for the heads-up on this news piece.

Source

3.40 OE-A and 3.30 OE-A’ custom firmwares

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Dark_Alex has recently released an update to his series of custom firmwares. First off, we would start on the 3.30 OE-A’ custom firmware. This is a relatively minor update to the 3.30 OE-A custom firmware. The changes are as followed (from 3.30 OE-A):
-Some security patches [related to RAM usage]
-Reimplemented autoboot

Now for the custom firmware of interest - 3.40 OE-A. Just after a few days of the official 3.40’s release, Dark_Alex managed create 3.40 OE-A, which has the features of his custom firmwares, plus the features of 3.40. Here are some features in this custom firmware (changes from 3.30 OE-A):
-Features from 3.40
-Improvements in flasher. It would generate the flash 1 directories [so chances are, you won't lose your settings], and checks the generated DATA.DXAR file [to check if you are using the right file].
-Some security patches [same as 3.30 OE-A']
-Reimplemented autoboot [same as 3.30 OE-A']

Via Dark_Alex.org

*This news is actually quite old :P. It should have been made on 20th Apr *sign*

PSP custom firmware 3.30 OE-A released

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Dark_Alex has recently added 3.30 OE-A (Open Edition revision A) to his list of custom firmwares. Quite an achievement considering that he didn’t give up even after bricking one of his PSPs.

Firmware 3.30 OE-A basically has the features of 3.30, plus the good old goodness of homebrew in one.

Here is a list of some of the new features (changes over from previous custom firmwares):
-Homebrew support for either 1.50 or 3.30 kernal
-Region spoofing
-Some patches in the firmware
-Increased stability and some bug fixes
-Direct launching of PSOne games
-Direct launching of demos and homebrew
-Direct launching of ISOs and CSOs
-Ability to regulate the speed of the PSP’s processor

Though, there are some minor problems with the popsloader, due to changes in the firmware by Sony.

Note that to install this, your PSP must be running either the 1.50, 2.71 SE, 3.02 OE, 3.03 OE, 3.10 OE. If your PSP is running some other firmware, please downgrade to the appropriate firmware (usually 1.50). At the moment, the following firmwares cannot be downgraded: official 3.10-3.30 (since there isn’t a downgrader yet), so please don’t upgrade to those versions if you want to use this custom firmware.

This firmware is not the official PSP firmware, thus install this firmware at your own risk (fortunately, the risks are quite low). Remember to read the readme, so that you would be doing the right thing and won’t end up damaging anything.

You can download this firmware from Dark_Alex’s site.

Custom firmware for PSP - 3.02 OE-A

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A custom (unofficial) firmware have been developed by Dark_Alex, known as 3.02 OE-A. This custom firmware is similar to his other special custom firmware for the PSP, 2.71 SE (special edition), in that it has homebrew support, plus the latest goodies Sony have to offer.

Here’s the changelog (difference from 2.71 SE-C):
-3.02 firmware features* (duh…)
-Homebrew can be run using the 3.02 kernal (though with some limitations)
-Ability to play video UMDs from any region** (eg. Region 1 movie UMDs work on a Region 3 PSP)
-O/X button swapping option**
-WMA enabling option** (without needing to go through EULA…)
-Flash player enabling option** (without connecting online)

*The custom firmware has all features, except for the new languages (korean, Chinese traditional, Chinese simplified), WPA internet encryption, and Locationfree player (removed due to space contraints)
**Accessable from recovery menu (holding R button on the PSP while booting up the PSP)

Note that you won’t be able to normally update your PSP normally (via official updates from Sony) when you update to this custom firmware. You can however downgrade (or in other words, remove the custom firmware modification) to firmware 1.50 to 2.71 via recovery menu on the PSP (accessable by holding the R button while the PSP is starting up). The only way to install this custom firmware is via clean install.

This is not an official firmware update from Sony, so install this at your own risk.

Via Qj.net