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**eternalcold** · 01-19-2006, 07:31 PM

I was looking on a few sites and i found what was said to be a "custom firmare"
here is the link http://www.freewebs.com/pspcrack/ it is about the 5th update down.... check it out see if there is anything useable by it... also i have a question... what has ever happened with the whole discussion on the "fake update" thread about that firmware that was accessable only at a certain time of the day and included a bunch of things not even 2.6 had... if that has any new things about it, please let me know.

**Matt123** · 01-19-2006, 07:41 PM

That's old news.

**[AFX]** · 01-19-2006, 07:56 PM

A little off-topic here, but I have been hearing a lot about this "Fake Updater". I take it it's used with the MPH Firmware Launcher? I'll go do some searching while someone posts.

**birdman** · 01-19-2006, 08:01 PM

the "fake updater" bricked your psp if you ran it, it was availible on the pspupdate service for a little bit,

a long time ago i beta tested someone who successfully ran the custom firmware useing mph's loader,

it was a FALSE rumor that it had special utilities,

it just had a VERY NICE user interface compared to that of the regular one, all the sounds and whatnot that came from the xmb were differnet and alot of the icons were different as well,

im sure you could find a psar dump of the firmware somewhere and try to run it again now that mph's loader is more advanced.

**YoungeSage** · 01-19-2006, 08:03 PM

Hey, I have that I think. Its FW 1.5 media edition, it needs the mph firmware loader. It has files to flash onto your 0 and 1. Im too ignorant to operate it! But I have it none the less.

**birdman** · 01-19-2006, 08:06 PM

NOOO thats not the FAKE update thats the first example of a custom firmware

**YoungeSage** · 01-19-2006, 08:08 PM

Isn't that what we are talking about?

**eternalcold** · 01-19-2006, 08:10 PM

Okay, well it was new to me, and thanks for the info on the "fake update" thread

**FreePlay** · 01-19-2006, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by birdman

the "fake updater" bricked your psp if you ran it, it was availible on the pspupdate service for a little bit,

a long time ago i beta tested someone who successfully ran the custom firmware useing mph's loader,

it was a FALSE rumor that it had special utilities,

it just had a VERY NICE user interface compared to that of the regular one, all the sounds and whatnot that came from the xmb were differnet and alot of the icons were different as well,

im sure you could find a psar dump of the firmware somewhere and try to run it again now that mph's loader is more advanced.

Umm... you might want to clarify. Fake Updater is a program (that will NOT brick your PSP) that allows you to extract the PSP firmware updates to folders that are ready to use with the MPH firmware loader.

**YoungeSage** · 01-19-2006, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreePlay

Umm... you might want to clarify. Fake Updater is a program (that will NOT brick your PSP) that allows you to extract the PSP firmware updates to folders that are ready to use with the MPH firmware loader.

Yeah, I just read that on some other posts. Im pretty sure I have what he's talking about, its a custom 1.5 FW from Game Shark. It has video and audio codecs.

**YoungeSage** · 01-19-2006, 09:06 PM

Here's what the site says....

First Custom Firmware!!!

Well, it has begun, the new age of custom firmwares. Gameshark has made the first actual custom firmware.
This Firmware includes:
1.All 1.5 Homebrew Functionality
2.All 2.00 MEDIA FUNCTIONALITY(so, sorry, but no, you cant play 2.00 games and have homebrew yet, only the video codecs and music codecs are now working on a 1.5 FW)

Gameshark said his next goal is to try to get the 2.00 UMD games working, i hope he does, if he does, he will be one of the living Gods of PSP Hacking.
BTW!!!!!: This Custom FW is run using MPH's great FW Loader. DO NOT TRY TO UPGRADE USING THE 2 FILES IN THE CUSTOM FW .ZIP. THAT IS UNLESS YOU WANT YOURSELF A VERY NICE BLACK LCD DOORMAT!!!!

Download the Custom Firmware HERE
Download The Latest MPH Firmware Loader HERE

**julez** · 01-20-2006, 07:31 AM

so what is this fake or real?
gameshark like the company gamesharK?
lol

**SodR** · 01-20-2006, 08:16 AM

This is like 2-3 weeks old.

**hartleyshc** · 01-20-2006, 02:30 PM

its old
its fake
it doesnt do anything.

fake updater is a program that "runs" an update and extracts all the files for you in their directories on your mem card. now you can have a dump of whatever firmware you want without bothering ppl on here on how to do it.

as for custom firmware...
stick with your 2.50 with the mpegbase.prx from 2.00.

**SodR** · 01-20-2006, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hartleyshc

its old
its fake
it doesnt do anything.

This isn't fake, you can actually use the 2.0 media functions and 1.5 style homebrew. But the whole thing is unnecessary since why would you want to emulate a fw which can run apps you can run without emulate it? You can just stick to the original 1.5 and emulate 2.5 instead...

**hartleyshc** · 01-20-2006, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SodR

This isn't fake, you can actually use the 2.0 media functions and 1.5 style homebrew. But the whole thing is unnecessary since why would you want to emulate a fw which can run apps you can run without emulate it? You can just stick to the original 1.5 and emulate 2.5 instead...

have you personally tried it? doubtful.
it doesnt do ANYTHING.
all he did was take some prx's from 2.00 and put them in the 1.5 firmware.
what does that do? nothing.
what happens when you try to play an avc movie? the same thing on a 1.5. "this video is in an unsupported format."
also the music section freezes.
just because you mix up some prx's doesnt mean that magically the system will figure out what youve changed and magically add refrences for the new prx's.

now using the 2.00 mpegbase.prx in a 2.50 dump works because both systems already have refrences for avc. so since the the 2.00 is better at avc than the 2.50 system on mph fw loader, you can switch out the mpegbase.prx files with each other and it will actually play media.

so... like i said

Quote:

Originally Posted by hartleyshc

it doesnt do anything.

**FreePlay** · 01-20-2006, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SodR

This isn't fake, you can actually use the 2.0 media functions and 1.5 style homebrew.

Except they don't work. All it does is crash or say the formats are unsupported. It isn't fake, true, but it's certainly worthless.

**eternalcold** · 01-20-2006, 07:08 PM

Well thanks for clearing that up for me.... Ahh well i guess custom firmware is kind of out of the picture for the time being...

**YoungeSage** · 01-20-2006, 07:31 PM

Hartley...don't take it personal....lol.

So now I can delete that crap of my computer...

Noriyuke · 01-21-2006, 02:16 PM

Isnt that the custom firmware with the 2.00 media prxs loaded into them? So it can run all the media capabilites (ie. Movies, Music, Pictures) But thats it i think. It was called 1.50 Media center Edition :-) never tested it but i thought it sounded nice.

01-19-2006, 07:31 PM	#1
eternalcold Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 292 Trader Feedback: 0	So there is a custom firmware ( only usable by the firmware loader) I was looking on a few sites and i found what was said to be a "custom firmare" here is the link http://www.freewebs.com/pspcrack/ it is about the 5th update down.... check it out see if there is anything useable by it... also i have a question... what has ever happened with the whole discussion on the "fake update" thread about that firmware that was accessable only at a certain time of the day and included a bunch of things not even 2.6 had... if that has any new things about it, please let me know.

01-19-2006, 07:41 PM	#2
Matt123 Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 624 Trader Feedback: 0	That's old news.

01-19-2006, 07:56 PM	#3
[AFX] Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	A little off-topic here, but I have been hearing a lot about this "Fake Updater". I take it it's used with the MPH Firmware Launcher? I'll go do some searching while someone posts.

01-19-2006, 08:01 PM	#4
birdman TMK&GWKU's Bth Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 380 Trader Feedback: 0	the "fake updater" bricked your psp if you ran it, it was availible on the pspupdate service for a little bit, a long time ago i beta tested someone who successfully ran the custom firmware useing mph's loader, it was a FALSE rumor that it had special utilities, it just had a VERY NICE user interface compared to that of the regular one, all the sounds and whatnot that came from the xmb were differnet and alot of the icons were different as well, im sure you could find a psar dump of the firmware somewhere and try to run it again now that mph's loader is more advanced.

01-19-2006, 08:03 PM	#5
YoungeSage Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ......Ohio.. Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	Hey, I have that I think. Its FW 1.5 media edition, it needs the mph firmware loader. It has files to flash onto your 0 and 1. Im too ignorant to operate it! But I have it none the less.

01-19-2006, 08:06 PM	#6
birdman TMK&GWKU's Bth Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 380 Trader Feedback: 0	NOOO thats not the FAKE update thats the first example of a custom firmware

01-19-2006, 08:08 PM	#7
YoungeSage Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ......Ohio.. Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	Isn't that what we are talking about?

01-19-2006, 08:10 PM	#8
eternalcold Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 292 Trader Feedback: 0	Okay, well it was new to me, and thanks for the info on the "fake update" thread

01-19-2006, 09:06 PM	#11
YoungeSage Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ......Ohio.. Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	Here's what the site says.... First Custom Firmware!!! Well, it has begun, the new age of custom firmwares. Gameshark has made the first actual custom firmware. This Firmware includes: 1.All 1.5 Homebrew Functionality 2.All 2.00 MEDIA FUNCTIONALITY(so, sorry, but no, you cant play 2.00 games and have homebrew yet, only the video codecs and music codecs are now working on a 1.5 FW) Gameshark said his next goal is to try to get the 2.00 UMD games working, i hope he does, if he does, he will be one of the living Gods of PSP Hacking. BTW!!!!!: This Custom FW is run using MPH's great FW Loader. DO NOT TRY TO UPGRADE USING THE 2 FILES IN THE CUSTOM FW .ZIP. THAT IS UNLESS YOU WANT YOURSELF A VERY NICE BLACK LCD DOORMAT!!!! Download the Custom Firmware HERE Download The Latest MPH Firmware Loader HERE

01-20-2006, 07:31 AM	#12
julez Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Trader Feedback: 0	so what is this fake or real? gameshark like the company gamesharK? lol

01-20-2006, 08:16 AM	#13
SodR Developer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 941 Trader Feedback: 0	This is like 2-3 weeks old.

01-20-2006, 02:30 PM	#14
hartleyshc Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: gainesville,fl Posts: 208 Trader Feedback: 0	its old its fake it doesnt do anything. fake updater is a program that "runs" an update and extracts all the files for you in their directories on your mem card. now you can have a dump of whatever firmware you want without bothering ppl on here on how to do it. as for custom firmware... stick with your 2.50 with the mpegbase.prx from 2.00.

01-20-2006, 07:08 PM	#18
eternalcold Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 292 Trader Feedback: 0	Well thanks for clearing that up for me.... Ahh well i guess custom firmware is kind of out of the picture for the time being...

01-20-2006, 07:31 PM	#19
YoungeSage Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ......Ohio.. Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	Hartley...don't take it personal....lol. So now I can delete that crap of my computer...

01-21-2006, 02:16 PM	#20
Noriyuke Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Palm Bay, FL Posts: 230 Trader Feedback: 0	Isnt that the custom firmware with the 2.00 media prxs loaded into them? So it can run all the media capabilites (ie. Movies, Music, Pictures) But thats it i think. It was called 1.50 Media center Edition :-) never tested it but i thought it sounded nice.

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So there is a custom firmware ( only usable by the firmware loader)