FW 3.40 surfaces on Sony’s PSP South Korean website

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Looks like some fellows at QJ found something that no one expected Sony to do: 

We’re not certain if you are aware of this but Sony has an official dedicated site for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) in South Korea. Despite that, we believe that this move is rather sneaky for a company that has the homebrew community breathing down its neck.

Folks, welcome PSP Firmware 3.40. Oh Jeesus!

Now what does this one do? We’re not too certain for now because the official sites for other markets, especially the English-speaking ones, are yet to be updated. Anyway, this was generated by an online translation engine:

* It enjoyed PLAYSTATION Network tie frames and the function for was strengthened.
* [these sense civil officials] were eliminated.
* [Is indicated information which from this sense civil official] with afterwords it will be able to confirm as a same fabrication.
* After selecting the icon of the game information the reporter [it selects △ buttons information] consecutively from the option menu.

We know that didn’t make a lot of sense but the point is FW 3.40 has been released. In case this appears on your territory, we recommend staying away from it first. As you will all remember, DAX broke his unit trying to crack FW 3.30.

PSP custom firmware 3.30 OE-A released

Posted by multippt

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.

PSP 3.30 OE-A delayed, because…

Posted by multippt

Dark_Alex has delayed his awaited update in his arsenal of custom firmwares - 3.30 OE-A. Unfortunately… he won’t be it releasing anytime soon, as he had just bricked his PSP (meaning, his PSP is now a paperweight).

Even though he just toasted (methaphorically) his PSP, Dark_Alex is happy to announce that he would be working on the custom firmware (once he get a new PSP, which would be soon).

PSP official firmware 3.03 decrypted

Posted by multippt

Team C+D, the founder of the firmware 2.80 kernal mode exploit, has found a way to decrypt the latest firmware, 3.03. Though, the decrypted dump does have slight problems being emulated in Devhook.

What a nice Christmas gift brought by Team C+D on Christmas Eve! Hopefully, a new version of the firmware emulation application would be able to emulate the latest firmware, 3.03.

Via QJ.net

PSP firmware 2.80 downgrader now available

Posted by multippt

Ookm, a respected member of the PSP homebrew community, have just released a PSP downgrader that downgrades a PSP’s firmware to 1.50, specially for PSP firmware 2.80. Note that this downgrader CAN brick your PSP if used improperly. At the moment, this downgrader does not implement checks to check if you had the right files in the right location, and thus, if the files were located wrongly, the downgrade will NOT work (and may render your PSP unusable [known as bricking a PSP]).

This downgrader does work and managed to downgrade several PSPs. However, the risk of bricking your PSP using the downgrader is alot higher (if improperly used) than using other downgraders.

Please wait till Ookm comes out with a more stable downgrader (+ file checks).

Via Ookm

PSP firmware 2.80 dumper (+ decryption) with kernal access

Posted by multippt

Kid101Skater from DeviantPSP recently developed a PSP homebrew application that dumps and decrypts the firmware installed on a PSP at firmware 2.80. In other words, full kernal access is effected by this application. Homebrew developers can use the decrypted dump and see how does things work on firmware 2.80 on a PSP. In other words, downgrading a PSP with firmware 2.80 is going to become a reality! Note that at the moment, there isn’t much you can do with this programme, and is actually a proof of concept of full kernal access on the PSP using firmware 2.80. Nonetheless, this is a major step in homebrew development for the PSP (sorry Sony…).

This homebrew application can be run via a TIFF exploit. Also note that this isn’t an official application from Sony, and that you run this at your own risk.

Via DEVIANTPSP

Custom firmware for PSP - 3.02 OE-A

Posted by multippt

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