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**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 09:54 AM

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/view...er=asc&start=0

This was posted over at there site a little bit ago has anyone seen this yet?

TPTaylor · 12-29-2005, 09:58 AM

yes i have sen it already. my name there is bdpuk. no pictures or nothing...

just taken another look and now getting the video..
lets see...

after a bit closer inspection, i'm rather excited...

**chim4ira312** · 12-29-2005, 10:11 AM

wow i read all three of the pages, this better be no hoax, this is gonna be a MAJOR MAJOR breakthrough

cant wait to hear news, but lets not get tooo excited right?

**Frozen** · 12-29-2005, 10:27 AM

THats BS

From what i read, all he is doing is placing 2.00 files in the flash of a 1.5, if it was that simple, it would have allready been done.

now im not saying that it doesnt work, cause if you theoritcally put say the avc codec prx into the correct folder of the 1.5, games like gta wouldnt know the difference when looking for that module

but im just saying that thats to good to be true, thats saying that the way sony made the psp's firmware is based on plugins, so when they add a web browser, its simple as adding more prx's, but what about the compatiblitly issue? simply dropping a new prx into a different firmware shouldnt work not just cause security, but all the other modules werent made to look for such files...

*headache*

**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 10:29 AM

He says he is going to work with mph on it so lets see if it makes it that far.

**eggzrule** · 12-29-2005, 10:36 AM

He's expecting MPH to be able to flash his edited .prx's onto his PSP's flash. Isn't possible because there is no way to sign files as of now. If he really is able to edit some .prx's and create his own custom firmware, we could still use it in the MPH Firmware launcher. But I don't think this will work, personally.

**chim4ira312** · 12-29-2005, 10:39 AM

ok so i am a noob lol

**Grimfate126** · 12-29-2005, 10:40 AM

i dont know...

49% of me says its real

51% of me says its fake.

**eggzrule** · 12-29-2005, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chim4ira312

ok so i am a noob lol

no I don't think you're a noob just because you got your hopes up. For a second there, I thought he had something too.

**sneeky** · 12-29-2005, 11:05 AM

well hes got further than most you try and launch mph firmware launcher and then try launch homebrew......did it work no so he has somehow got it to boot homebrew but then again could be a load of rubbish

**khmer_gentleman** · 12-29-2005, 11:13 AM

that would be sweet but i think its a fake

painmaKer · 12-29-2005, 11:27 AM

In the Video he run MPH Firmware Launcher then he Accept with X the firmware load then he played MegaMan und later run UMD Emulator.. hmpf

**FreePlay** · 12-29-2005, 11:42 AM

It's 100% possible to make this work using MPH's firmware loader.
It's 0% possible to make this work in a real firmware. You would have to be able to re-encrypt the decrypted PRX files, which you are physically unable to do without the official Sony PSP SDK.

**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 12:08 PM

Once you get it working correctly in mph I am sure you could find a way to flash the firmware to the 1.5

**FreePlay** · 12-29-2005, 12:54 PM

Sure, you could flash it to the 1.5 ... and you'd end up with a brick. Unless the PRX files are encrypted with the official Sony PSP SDK, they are unusable in an actual firmware.

This will never work on an actual PSP without an illegally pirated copy of the SDK.

Besides, MPH's firmware loader never actually accesses your PSP's flash. It cannot write to the flash.

**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 01:03 PM

No the launcher doesnt access the flash but the downgrader does and someone managed to change something in the flash with that wich wasnt encrypted and we had 2.0 to 1.5 so who knows.

**Grimfate126** · 12-29-2005, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nxtlidenno

No the launcher doesnt access the flash but the downgrader does and someone managed to change something in the flash with that wich wasnt encrypted and we had 2.0 to 1.5 so who knows.

that would be the version number, which is not encrypted.

**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 01:40 PM

Oh I see. I Still think that something may come of this even if its something small.

**nxtlidenno** · 12-29-2005, 01:48 PM

Looks Like psp250 just called him out. No Hope I guess. Close this thread please.

**SodR** · 12-29-2005, 04:12 PM

Have anyone checked out the "media edition" of his fw hybrid??
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16179

Edit: The media edition looks exactly like the fw v.1.5 but it can play sp coded mpeg-4 videos. Avc doesn't work...

**Aenea** · 12-29-2005, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreePlay

You would have to be able to re-encrypt the decrypted PRX files, which you are physically unable to do without the official Sony PSP SDK.

Hmmm, it would have been nice if you were right, but even game developers can't sign there prx's or eboot's, Sony does this themselves...

Aenea

**PSPHax0r9** · 12-29-2005, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aenea

Hmmm, it would have been nice if you were right, but even game developers can't sign there prx's or eboot's, Sony does this themselves...

Aenea

A woman can kick a man's @ss any day of the week. Proof right here.

**FreePlay** · 12-29-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aenea

Hmmm, it would have been nice if you were right, but even game developers can't sign there prx's or eboot's, Sony does this themselves...

Aenea

Except... wrong.

The official PSP SDK contains a code signing utility. However, only Sony can write anything to a UMD, since they control all the UMD recorders in existence.

**AkumaATR** · 12-29-2005, 09:25 PM

That sounds like bs considering if that were the case all we would have to do is execute the signed code from a memory stick instead of from the UMD. Even if it weren't q u i t e that simple such a utility would be of great benefit to us (it would reveal their private key)... which is why I think you're wrong on this one... but I would love it if you were right...

**will1234** · 12-30-2005, 03:42 AM

do you have to be a game dev company to buy an official psp sdk or can anyone with enough money buy one?

Dark_Apprentice · 12-30-2005, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreePlay

Except... wrong.

The official PSP SDK contains a code signing utility. However, only Sony can write anything to a UMD, since they control all the UMD recorders in existence.

I'm not sure but i don't think thats correct...
In fact i read a few months ago that sony had problems with some japanese companies because they were producing hentai and such in the UMD format and they (sony) couldn't control it...

**Realn0whereman** · 12-30-2005, 04:15 AM

ok thats it were raiding sony and stealing the signing eboot machine

real or not idunno but if its plastered all over pspupdates then its real

**IchigoKurosaki** · 12-30-2005, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreePlay

Except... wrong.

The official PSP SDK contains a code signing utility. However, only Sony can write anything to a UMD, since they control all the UMD recorders in existence.

Wrong the developers send their code to sony they test make sure the game is ok for publishing. Once it is approved they sign it (Showing that it is a licensed sony product) and then put it on a UMD or some other media. Then it is sent to the publishers which make thousands of copied UMD's. Then they Package them and send them out to retailers.

Quote:

In fact i read a few months ago that sony had problems with some japanese companies because they were producing hentai and such in the UMD format and they (sony) couldn't control it...

True due to them being Movies and Movies not needing to be signed sony couldn't stop the pornographic material being released to the PSP.

**Realn0whereman** · 12-30-2005, 06:17 AM

we still need that mahine

**KINGOFNOOBS** · 12-30-2005, 07:31 AM

both of u are wrong

With the Official PSPSDK There is a PSP Development Unit (PSP Dev Unit) which can play unisigned code similar to a 1.0 PSP, but this PSP can also played unsigned code from the UMD. the SDK Burn these Unsigned UMD's and Developers Test the games on these machines, when the game has went Gold, Developers Send a DVD of the Game Data to Sony to be pressed on UMD's so meh..

12-29-2005, 09:54 AM	#1
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	Firmware Mix? http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/view...er=asc&start=0 This was posted over at there site a little bit ago has anyone seen this yet?

12-29-2005, 09:58 AM	#2
TPTaylor Think, Do, Gloat. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England, Norwich Posts: 1,422 Trader Feedback: 0	yes i have sen it already. my name there is bdpuk. no pictures or nothing... just taken another look and now getting the video.. lets see... after a bit closer inspection, i'm rather excited... Last edited by TPTaylor; 12-29-2005 at 10:09 AM..

12-29-2005, 10:40 AM	#8
Grimfate126 Your Fate is Grim... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,269 Trader Feedback: 0	i dont know... 49% of me says its real 51% of me says its fake. __________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12-29-2005, 11:42 AM	#13
FreePlay Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: h0000000rj Posts: 12,858 Trader Feedback: 0	It's 100% possible to make this work using MPH's firmware loader. It's 0% possible to make this work in a real firmware. You would have to be able to re-encrypt the decrypted PRX files, which you are physically unable to do without the official Sony PSP SDK. __________________ [qj now fails.]

12-29-2005, 12:54 PM	#15
FreePlay Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: h0000000rj Posts: 12,858 Trader Feedback: 0	Sure, you could flash it to the 1.5 ... and you'd end up with a brick. Unless the PRX files are encrypted with the official Sony PSP SDK, they are unusable in an actual firmware. This will never work on an actual PSP without an illegally pirated copy of the SDK. Besides, MPH's firmware loader never actually accesses your PSP's flash. It cannot write to the flash. __________________ [qj now fails.]

12-29-2005, 10:11 AM	#3
chim4ira312 NSK312 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K:\flash0\vsh Posts: 69 Trader Feedback: 0	wow i read all three of the pages, this better be no hoax, this is gonna be a MAJOR MAJOR breakthrough cant wait to hear news, but lets not get tooo excited right?

12-29-2005, 10:27 AM	#4
Frozen Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 282 Trader Feedback: 0	THats BS From what i read, all he is doing is placing 2.00 files in the flash of a 1.5, if it was that simple, it would have allready been done. now im not saying that it doesnt work, cause if you theoritcally put say the avc codec prx into the correct folder of the 1.5, games like gta wouldnt know the difference when looking for that module but im just saying that thats to good to be true, thats saying that the way sony made the psp's firmware is based on plugins, so when they add a web browser, its simple as adding more prx's, but what about the compatiblitly issue? simply dropping a new prx into a different firmware shouldnt work not just cause security, but all the other modules werent made to look for such files... headache

12-29-2005, 10:29 AM	#5
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	He says he is going to work with mph on it so lets see if it makes it that far.

12-29-2005, 10:36 AM	#6
eggzrule Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Someplace in Ohio Posts: 87 Trader Feedback: 0	He's expecting MPH to be able to flash his edited .prx's onto his PSP's flash. Isn't possible because there is no way to sign files as of now. If he really is able to edit some .prx's and create his own custom firmware, we could still use it in the MPH Firmware launcher. But I don't think this will work, personally.

12-29-2005, 10:39 AM	#7
chim4ira312 NSK312 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: K:\flash0\vsh Posts: 69 Trader Feedback: 0	ok so i am a noob lol

12-29-2005, 11:05 AM	#10
sneeky Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: uk Posts: 124 Trader Feedback: 0	well hes got further than most you try and launch mph firmware launcher and then try launch homebrew......did it work no so he has somehow got it to boot homebrew but then again could be a load of rubbish

12-29-2005, 11:13 AM	#11
khmer_gentleman Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lancaster Pennsylvania. (JAPAN right now) Posts: 166 Trader Feedback: 0	that would be sweet but i think its a fake

12-29-2005, 11:27 AM	#12
painmaKer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 13 Trader Feedback: 0	In the Video he run MPH Firmware Launcher then he Accept with X the firmware load then he played MegaMan und later run UMD Emulator.. hmpf

12-29-2005, 12:08 PM	#14
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	Once you get it working correctly in mph I am sure you could find a way to flash the firmware to the 1.5

12-29-2005, 01:03 PM	#16
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	No the launcher doesnt access the flash but the downgrader does and someone managed to change something in the flash with that wich wasnt encrypted and we had 2.0 to 1.5 so who knows.

12-29-2005, 01:40 PM	#18
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	Oh I see. I Still think that something may come of this even if its something small.

12-29-2005, 01:48 PM	#19
nxtlidenno Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 178 Trader Feedback: 0	Looks Like psp250 just called him out. No Hope I guess. Close this thread please.

12-29-2005, 04:12 PM	#20
SodR Developer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 941 Trader Feedback: 0	Have anyone checked out the "media edition" of his fw hybrid?? http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16179 Edit: The media edition looks exactly like the fw v.1.5 but it can play sp coded mpeg-4 videos. Avc doesn't work... Last edited by SodR; 12-29-2005 at 04:58 PM..

12-29-2005, 09:25 PM	#24
AkumaATR Developer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 159 Trader Feedback: 0	That sounds like bs considering if that were the case all we would have to do is execute the signed code from a memory stick instead of from the UMD. Even if it weren't q u i t e that simple such a utility would be of great benefit to us (it would reveal their private key)... which is why I think you're wrong on this one... but I would love it if you were right...

12-30-2005, 03:42 AM	#25
will1234 Join Date: Oct 2005 Real First Name: Will Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 844 Trader Feedback: 0	do you have to be a game dev company to buy an official psp sdk or can anyone with enough money buy one?

12-30-2005, 04:15 AM	#27
Realn0whereman Mindless Self Indulgence Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: afk Posts: 7,212 Trader Feedback: 0	ok thats it were raiding sony and stealing the signing eboot machine real or not idunno but if its plastered all over pspupdates then its real __________________ PSN:realn0whereman NEW MSI ALBUM APRIL 29TH: IF orgasm

12-30-2005, 06:17 AM	#29
Realn0whereman Mindless Self Indulgence Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: afk Posts: 7,212 Trader Feedback: 0	we still need that mahine __________________ PSN:realn0whereman NEW MSI ALBUM APRIL 29TH: IF orgasm

12-30-2005, 07:31 AM	#30
KINGOFNOOBS Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Grand Line Posts: 5,997 Trader Feedback: 0	both of u are wrong With the Official PSPSDK There is a PSP Development Unit (PSP Dev Unit) which can play unisigned code similar to a 1.0 PSP, but this PSP can also played unsigned code from the UMD. the SDK Burn these Unsigned UMD's and Developers Test the games on these machines, when the game has went Gold, Developers Send a DVD of the Game Data to Sony to be pressed on UMD's so meh.. __________________ [CENTER][IMG]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1640/acefcbanner2wo9.gif[/IMG] [SIZE=1][B]I'm soo hot[/B][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [SIZE=2][CENTER][/SIZE][/CENTER] [center]Sorry. No Advertising[/center]

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