Hacking Homebrew dark alex 3,03 oec released

[thegame07]

im chARGING MY PSP JUST NOW TO UPGRADE:d

 

[thegame07]

just to let everyone know it works perfect. theres always a new auto pop .

 

[adgloride]

* AVC videos bitrate limit patched. The firmware limited the bitrate of avc videos to only 768 Kbps. OE now forces the limit to be 16384 Kbps. (Note: this doesn't mean than the psp can handle such a high bitrate, this means than they won't show error. I don't know which is the real maximum bitrate than the psp can handle at full speed)
* Speed of OE boot is now ~3 seconds faster than previous versions. (without plugins)
* CPU speed of XMB can now be changed.
* Wifi can now work at 333 Mhz!
* Added access to flash 0 and 1 via usb in the recovery menu, based on the great idea of USBSSS by Booster. Note that writing is enabled, so this is intended only for advanced users that know what they are doing in each moment.(It is not a great idea to change anything from the kd folder). Because of this addition, the rest of flashing options were removed.
* PSP isos can now be deleted as any normal memstick games. (also the size of the iso now shows fine when you press triangle->information).
* When formatting memory stick, GAME150, GAME303 and ISO directories will be automatically created!
* Changes in internal HEN core:
o If a EBOOT.PBP with a plain DATA.PSP had a data.psar, modulemgr took as size of the executable the size of data.psp+data.psar. Fixed. (this fix enables psx games to have plain data.psp without causing a memory error).
o Added a couple of patches found by Tyranid. One allows syscalls instructions to be used in kernel mode without causing a crash. The other allows sceKernelQueryModuleInfo to work with sceInit and previous modules.

And this is just the stuff in the actual firmware. Dark_AleX has also updated the popstation with the following things:

* The writing is now a bit different. This will avoid "Memory stick blinking too much" bug when using the plugin to load the 3.02 pops.
* popstation now lets the use of non-encrypted DATA.PSP. If data.psp is in the same directory as the app, popstation will use that as the DATA.PSP of the eboot.pbp. Otherwise, it will use the one from BASE.PBP. A DATA.PSP that imitates the original sony one is included.
* EBOOT.PBP generated with a non encrypted data.psp won't need the file KEYS.BIN at all. (Note: these EBOOT.PBP cannot work in versions prior to 3.03 OE-C due to a bug that those versions had.)

You do need to do a full update for this

If you have the DATA.DXAR handy from the 3.03 update you do not need to recreate it. I like the new feature that lets you delete the files from the memory stick. It was very handy for getting rid of the firmware update files without having to put the stick back in my memory card reader.

 

[Shinji]

I did it just for the ~3 second boot speed increase.
o_o

 

[tama_mog]

I'll do it when I'm bored, some nice extras but nothing too significant other than possibiility of writing to flash via USB.

 

[thegame07]

i wonder if it fixes the ps1 games that crash before need to try.

 

[tama_mog]

the general consensus is no it doesn't.

 

[kernelPANIC]

I have 3.02 OE-B.
Would I be able to update to 3.03 OE-C without going through 3.02 OC-C and 3.03 OE-B, etc.?

 

[T-hug]

No, you need 3.03oeb at least I think.

 

[tama_mog]

No, you need 3.03oeb at least I think.

No, it's a full install. You can go from 1.5 even if you want to. The change is too significant in the bootstrap to be a simple update like OE-A' and OE-B for 3.03.

 

[thegame07]

i updated from oea so its fine

 

[Pøîñtßlåñk]

I updated works nice.

 

[Opium]

I'm running it too. Very nice

Thank you to Dark Alex for unlocking the PSP's potential instead of Sony!

 

[mcsquared]

im running 1.5, is it worth me changing to the new FW? heard good & bad things and a possibility of bricking going on, not played with my psp for AGES but looking to use it with holidays coming up

 

[TheStump]

i have very little knowledge on the PSP firmware but say if you got the latest official sony firmware, could you then change that firware to this hack one?

 

[thegame07]

do it. you can run psp isos and csos from the main menu. plus ps1 games. anyway you can go back to 1.5 very easyly. no you cant do it from sonys latest firmware. if anybody wants any information or help pm me.

 

[ridgecity]

No. You only can upgrade to tihs by going back to firmware 1.50 where hacks would run without problems. But A couple days ago, the official sony firmwares have been defeated to downgrade to 1.50 and then get this.

 

[AshuraZro]

im running 1.5, is it worth me changing to the new FW? heard good & bad things and a possibility of bricking going on, not played with my psp for AGES but looking to use it with holidays coming up

Well, you don't need to bother with any firmware emulation so no devhook needed. You can play PS1 backups. And then all the functionality of 3.03, minus Korean font and Location Free. Your choice.

The "bricking" possibility is always there when writing to flash. But that's if your stupid enough to shutdown the system while flashing, remove the battery or bypass battery warning/ac adapter warning. Outside of that, the chances are minuscule and would be considered a freak accident at that point.