new info on chickHEN r3

[mootjeuh]

Originally Posted by maxknight

hey mootjeuh thanks for reply but i heard about 5.55mx cfw will it work on my psp too
any one pls reply me coz i can't afford umd's

well, if there will be COMPLETE flash access in chickHEN R3, then yes, you could instal the 5.55 MX, but I have no idea how. maybe HC's Recovery Flasher ?

[elite999]

5.55 MX is a fake mootjeuh.

@maxknight, what are you trying to do? And what is the model of your PSP?

[mootjeuh]

Originally Posted by elite999

5.55 MX is a fake mootjeuh.

ow! hehe :P never actually saw a video of screenshot of it, just read the news :P

Originally Posted by elite999

@maxknight, what are you trying to do? And what is the model of your PSP?

he's trying to play new backuped games on his PSP-3004

[elite999]

No problem mootjeuh . I wonder why you are still a blue gamer. I will supply the admins to update your status.

@maxknight, you can't play backed up games except by installing CFW VIA ChickHen R2. Guide.

[mootjeuh]

Originally Posted by elite999

No problem mootjeuh . I wonder why you are still a blue gamer. I will supply the admins to update your status.

thank you!

Originally Posted by elite999

@maxknight, you can't play backed up games except by installing CFW VIA ChickHen R2. Guide.

yeah, and remember to also install CFW Enabler. btw if you where downloading (I'm not accusing anyone :P) your backups then I must tell you that it is illegal, but hey, it's your choice :P

[indrora]

This just brings up a question: Why the hell is Sony being such a bunch of tards when it comes to this stuff?

Homebrew for consoles has always been a staple of gaming. People run homebrew on their consoles, their friends see it, then go BUY A CONSOLE because they want to be able to play it too. Its simple marketing.

I can however see why sony doesnt like it on one aspect: it allows for piracy. But hell, so does the UMD format. There has been lots of discussion on how the UMD format works, and I'm sure given that China can reproduce *anything* (see: they've cloned just about every major game console known to man) that some time in the ~near future, there's going to be UMD Duplication.

Its an arms race, and one that Sony is, fortunately, on the loosing side of. here's why:
There's always going to be the people who's intention it is to play pirated games because they're Cheap Bastards(Tm). Heck, I've downloaded a few ISOs in my time to check out games to see if I want to buy them. But you've still got the people who's intention it is to legitimately play their games, and people who legitimately want to play their homebrew games. See ports of linux games like Chromium BSU, which ported OpenGL to the PSP! Or the amazing emulators we have now (note, not using this as a selling point, except that I personally own quite a few carts that I emulate because I dont own the actual console, but own the carts, or own the console AND the carts.) Or some of the intelligent new net apps that are being built such as Afkim or PSPIrc. In the end, there'll always be the people who write apps, and there'll be the people that make it possible to write apps.

For Chrissake, someone find a vulnerability in libungif. I'm sure ESR built something in there thats breakable so our poor 5.51 upgraders can be freed from hell

Spoiler for libungif:

Dont know what libungif is? its essentially a swiss army jacknife for getting frames out of a GIF image, written by Eric S. Raymond. How do i know its used in the PSP firmware? because he's credited.

So, Why? Sony, Why? Why must you be such idiots?!?! Someone, go to TGS and rant at them! Or CES! or any of the other gaming trade shows! Please! Make the PSP Open!

</rant>

[elite999]

@mootjeuh, my guide contains instructions for GEN CFW VIA ChickHen R2, not CFE.

Well said indrora. But face it what do you want them to do? Let them allow piracy? That will never happen. Besides, companies are still living till this day, because of the people that are legitimately playing the games. For example Resistance : Retribution. Sony aren't idiots, it is just that the hackers know too much. :P I had an idea about Sony knowing that there is going to be piracy, since UMD format can be backed up. Maybe it was part of the plan to make the PSP renowned at first. Well now, they are making exclusive UMD. If the 6.00 OFW is hacked, that's going to be Sony's biggest failure.

[slasher101]

Originally Posted by elite999

@mootjeuh, my guide contains instructions for GEN CFW VIA ChickHen R2, not CFE.

Well said indrora. But face it what do you want them to do? Let them allow piracy? That will never happen. Besides, companies are still living till this day, because of the people that are legitimately playing the games. For example Resistance : Retribution. Sony aren't idiots, it is just that the hackers know too much. :P I had an idea about Sony knowing that there is going to be piracy, since UMD format can be backed up. Maybe it was part of the plan to make the PSP renowned at first. Well now, they are making exclusive UMD. If the 6.00 OFW is hacked, that's going to be Sony's biggest failure.

Which is why they are going to use all of their power, and delay the release if necessary, to keep this from happening. And as you said, biggest failure for Sony, greatest gain for the community!

[mootjeuh]

Originally Posted by elite999

Well said indrora. But face it what do you want them to do? Let them allow piracy?

no, Sony can just make an OFW that allows to run unsigned PBPs, and lower the original pspsdk price to free! (or something reasonable). Then, they could make their own "App/Homebrew Store" where all the developers can put their homebrews.

[elite999]

By that they are just letting hacking easier, which is not an option to Sony. They said they are going to lower the SDK for devs to create applications for the PSP.

@slasher2661996, exactly.

[mootjeuh]

Originally Posted by elite999

By that they are just letting hacking easier, which is not an option to Sony. They said they are going to lower the SDK for devs to create applications for the PSP.

@slasher2661996, exactly.

yeah, they did, to 1500 US Dollars!!
I'd prefer something like 300 US Dollars :P

[indrora]

or, do what microsoft does: GIVE the tools away. Look at projects like OpenMoko, PANDORA (the video gaming platform) and even MacOS. You can download X-Tools for *Free* and start developing for it. Nintendo does very little to stop the homebrew community.

Sony needs to realize that yes, there are going to be people who pirate games for their platform. Its happened with the PS3, PS2, PS1, Xbox, Wii and even as old as the NES, there have been pirate games. But Nintendo doesnt go out and sue the companies that make ROM-copiers, they actively *feed* them -- because you still need to purchase the hardware (or, be a proper pirate and steal the damn thing off the shelves.) but more importantly that a tool is a tool.

As the head of CYBERCOMMS at the USAF once put it "The difference between a black hat, a white hat and a script kiddie is as follows: Black hats an White hats both make tools, White hats use black hat tools to defend, while script kiddies just use, use and use."

All tools can be used for good or evil, profit or demise. I own a legitimate copy of SWBF:RS, and have the ISO for it, but I play it off the Damn Scratched UMD because its faster. At the same time I use gbspmod to play Super Mario Advance, which i own the physical cart for, but dont have the patience to find my GBA anymore. I dont have a ROM ripper, but I grabbed the rom off the net, but I legally can play it because I own the cart.

Also, we need to come up (within the homebrew industry) a new term for what we call a 'pirate'. Its like the world and the term 'hacker' -- its the wrong term.

'pirates' jack ships and steal **** and sell it for money. Thats their job. What we call "software pirates" dont Steal things, they make a copy. Nobody has lost anything other than this greedy thing we call money thats only as much as we make it worth.

Also, @mootjeuh, 1500 bucks isnt bad, compared to say a Xilinx high-end development system, which is much more common in comparison which can run >$5k USD.

Just my two cents.

[maxknight]

hey mootjeuh & elite999(hassan)Thanks guys as i had mentioned in my first post that i have psp3004 with ofw 5.51 is there any chance of downgrading or playing backedup games

[manaxed]

Good Job, Davee!

[elite999]

@maxknight, unfortunately, no atm. Just be patient for a future exploit to be found.

[maxknight]

hi Hassan i also heard about medal of honour exploit which works on 5.51
do u have any idea regarding this will this work for me

[xkal]

-_- i just found abt chickhen and my psp 3000 is ofw 5.51 -_- feel heart broken

[elite999]

@maxknight, sorry for the late reply, but no you can't do anything atm.

[maxknight]

Hi hassan Thanx For ur reply but Recently i found 5.55 cfw & 6.00 cfw
how come there is no 5.51cfw r these 5.55 & 6.00 cfw usable for me

[cmbeke]

currently all the 5.55 and 6.00 cfw are fakes, for the 5.51 cfw there was no reason because 5.50 gen works fine

[maxknight]

Hi chris Thanx for ur reply,
but can u tell me what do u mean by u'ill brick ur psp if u install a fw

[maxknight]

Hi chris pls go through my posts & see whether u can help or not

[xkal]

check dat max for more hope forums.pspslimhacks.c om/discussion/2299-holding-out-cfw.html

[xkal]

put the 'c om' together

[elite999]

@maxknight, as I said, you can't do anything, and if you tried, you might brick your PSP (which is unrecoverable). Brick = PSP won't boot to XMB, since necessary files to start are removed or modified.

[maxknight]

Thanx Chris & hassan for ur reply Pls Keep me Updated about anything u have for me

[elite999]

Sure mate.

[searayx500]

Originally Posted by Davee

What are you talking about?

There is no ISO support because I don't want it there.

I know all this is old news but I had to comment...

Food for thought -

I think it's funny - We all operate within the confines of our own "Moral Grounds" in that we, as in the individual, feels OK with. Right and wrong are a matter of perception and what one perceives to be right, someone else assumes it otherwise; similar to religion!

While I am thankful that people like Davee exist and take time, for free, to release hacks and exploits but the lack of ISO support (although enabled by CFW enabler) is ambiguous.

Sony does NOT want anything running on the PSP except what Sony produces therefore releasing ANY exploit is at very least a form of an unmoral act in that not only does it violate the EULA but by proxy it allows enabling of pirated content. While I do not agree with pirated content, they will ALWAYS find a way. I will add that there has been the occasion that I downloaded a game to sample it before shelling out my hard earned $$$ - do you know how many games I have bought that are simply shelved because they were so terrible? And don't give me this "Game Exchange" crap - they are thieves that rank just below a pirate IMHO - giving you a fraction of the games value on the day you open it - you go to trade it in so they can sell it for near retail to some other sucker!

I use ISO/CSO on games I OWN. I have a device from China that allows me to run CF/SD/MSD and do on so I have a massive amount of storage. Games load faster from ISO/CSO period.

I usually rip the game and place it back on my storage media. I tried the other day playing a game from the UMD and the wait time was miserable - I ripped it and am happy to have done so.

Please don't construe this as me being ungrateful - just trying to make a point.

Thanks for the hard work

"I sure miss the days of permanent hacks instead of the new half-hack methods without default ISO/CSO support"

Regards,

Ryan

[Davee]

Originally Posted by searayx500

"I sure miss the days of permanent hacks instead of the new half-hack methods without default ISO/CSO support"

These "permanent" hacks are merely just exploits in the bootchain which Sony diligently cleaned after the horrific mess of 1.50. As for Pandora that was sheer engineering genius and required a great many heads to coin together.

These "half-hack" methods are the only way to go until bootchain exploits are found, which is hard to find. I'm sorry, but a HOMEBREW enabler doesn't default with ISO loader, you're confusing it with custom firmware (yes, even though HEN is exactly the same as custom firmware just loaded a different way).

People don't seem to understand how this all comes together. What I did was RE 3.11 HEN and systemctrl update it to 5.03 adding patches for slim and psp 3000. I also added a hefty amount of features for a HEN almost giving the the full homebrew capability (excluding plugins) as custom firmware.

People seem to think just because it's a HEN and not a custom firmware doesn't mean it isn't as complex or as difficult. Custom firmware is just a HEN with extra features and a different exploit to launch it (IPL flaw). To be blunt, earlier developers were lucky to have all these boot exploits. Nowadays, especially since Sony optimised the entire kernel in 6.00 and 6.10 and vanquished all existing kernel exploits known to me developers are having to get a lot more technical with exploiting the system.

[mootjeuh]

is it possible to put the current chickHEN on a PSP-300X with OFW 5.51 ?