Graphixbrew's Official Signature Contest - Details

Did you ever make a signature that was breath-taking? Or have you ever wanted to make one?
Well now you can enter that sig and get it judged, At
Graphixbrew's First Official Signature Contest. See below for details

Prizes
1st Place gets

-Custom title (a reasonable one)
-mentioned on the front page
-Custom Userbar

2nd Place gets

-mentioned on the front page
-custom userbar

3rd Place gets

-custom userbar
=====OR=====
-Mentioned on the front page



Rules
1. No ripping, you will be disqualified and banned if you do.
2. It has to be your own work
3. Must not exceed 530x150 Pixels
4. This is a freestyle Contest
5. Renders and C4D's May be used
6. All material in the renders must be appropriate for viewers under 18.
7. No racial or sexual content
8. You may ONLY submit ONE signature

Contest starts November 30th, 2007 and ends December 20th.

Enter HERE

Dont have Photoshop or a decent paint program? if so PM ME.

• Fixed a critical bug in the iR Shell firmware patch which results in unable to launch UMD in XMB and also causes various incompatibility issues with other homebrew apps & seplugins. Just apply the new patch and all issues will be resolved.
• Fixed a bug in Contact Menu which wouldn't allow you to choose "Select" or "Start" menu items.

Those who grabbed iR Shell v3.8 only need to download a small file loaded with update files. For everyone else, AhMan provided a full download of v3.81 with all the greatness of iR Shell intact. Minus the bugs, of course. Oh, and don't forget to read the readme.

So here is the download links.

**Fixed. Thanks AdventWolf

3.81 update (for IRshell 3.80 users)

3.81 Full Update 

For those who dont know what this little app is. It is great app for unlocking the full power of the PSP, adding tons of features, from using the PSP to control your TV and DVD player, to MP3 alarms. This is a most have app for all homebrew users.

Any way there is a ton of new features, as well as a lot of bug fixes. And the best part is that it also runs of the PSP slim! Along with these other host of features from the change log:

* Supports the latest M33 firmwares across both Phat & Slim. Slim users can choose among 3.60M33, 3.71M33-1 to 3.71M33-3.
* PSOne 2-Player Adhoc Support.
* Introduces a new Context Menu System. Functions (plugins) under context menu will always be available to all file types, similar to the right mouse menu click under Windows.
* Added a new Multi-tasking PRX Plugin System. This allows user written PRX Plugins for iR Shell to multi-task with another game/app. The included PRX HTML/Text Viewer developed by korDen allows you to view HTML & Text documents while playing games or homebrews..
* With the help from Dark_AleX, support to M33 & NP9660 No UMD Modes have been added. NetHostFS & UsbHostFS are also available for the No UMD modes.
* Added support to the latest Popsloader for 3.71M33-3 by Dark_AleX.
* Allow random start of MP3 for the alarm clock function, so you'll be greeted with different tunes each morning.
* Added the options to put your PSP to auto-sleep while idle to save battery.
* Allows you to press Hot-Key to turn off/on all LEDs. The annonying memory stick or WiFi LEDs will no longer distract you from watching your favorite video/movie.
* Support TV-Out for Slim via component cable.
* Added the display of volume bar for PSP main volume in iR Shell.
* plus numerous bug fixes.

Now something to note is that all the features that work on the fat PSP, should also work on the slim (With the exception of the Infra-Red remote)

With that said give this great app a try.

Thanks to forum member blackmage for the heads up!

Download: IR Shell 3.8

This is great news for all of us who use custom firmwares from the M33 team.

This new was posted at lan.st by user Mathieulh, and here is what he had to say:

"Not quite a surprise but I rather make it official, after much reflexion Alex decided to go on with the M33 project, although you should not expect as regular updates as there used to be, for instance the M33 will be updated to future kernels only when believed necessary, thus no 3.72M33 planned (we are waiting on future official firmwares and keep improving M33's features from now on.)
About the releases you should either check the m33 website, exophase.com, the maxconsole forums, Dark_Alex's website or the lan.st forums, or any other news site you see fit (although the previous ones are likely the ones that are getting update the sooner)

If you have any improvements idea feel free to notice us about those, also if you wish to participate actively in M33 and wish to share code to the project, you shall allways contact us (or at least me by mail at mathieulh@gmail.com (checked daily) if you have any trouble in contacting Alex)

Cheers"

Well this is great new for the homebrew scene, and hopfully we will be able to see some more great M33 custom firmwares some time in the near future!

Alright, we just got our hands on custom firmware 3.72 HX-2. And now it gets even better, yes its the 1.5 kernel add-on by developer Dark_Moon!

Ok guys, what this little tool does is help us unlock our PSP's even more. For those of you who dont know, a lot of homebrew is made in the 1.5 kernel, now when first installed 3.72 HX-2 DOESNT have that kernel. BUT thats where this comes in, its the kernel add-on!

Ok so here are some notes by Dark_Moon, and also how to install this.

Instructions :

1. When you have installed the firmware 3.71 m33 and the kernel addon download this file and open MS_ROOT. Then copy the PSP folder to the root of your memory stick.
2. Run the app, and press Square. Now the program will start to dump the addon. The dump is on ms0:/psp/game/update/km. Copy the km folder to your hd.
3. Install 3.72 HX. Later copy again the PSP folder that contain this app to the root of your memory stick.
4. Connect the USB (Flash0) and copy the backup done before in the root of the flash0. Run de app again and press X. It will copy the reboot150.prx and all will be done!

So there you go, now guys before you use this be warned that this can be unsafe to try if you are not careful. So read the instructions carefully and enjoy.

Download: 3.72 HX-2 kernel add-on

Yup guys thats right it seems that _HellDashX_ has giving us a update on his custom firmware.

There are a lot of changes that have been made this time around, the underclocking has gotten easier, and there are now two updaters to keep you from all the messing around with the PSP from last time. But thats not all, just take a look at the change log.

• Contains the latest 3.71 M33-3 changes.
• The file vshctrl.prx IS NOT the one from Dark_AleX,It's coded by me after reversing it 100%.
• The exported functions from the vshctrl.prx are the same like the 3.71 M33-3 SDK,plus two more:
• int vctrlVSHEraseIsoCache(con st char* path) -> Lets you erase the cache from an iso created by the CF.
• If the parameter is empty "",it will erase the whole cache,not just from one iso.
• The iso cache will not be created in the memorystick. It will be in the flash1.I made this function to test stuff faster.Gives a 0 if it deletes correctly else it will give -1.
• int vctrlVSHMakeCFDirs() -> Lets you create the custom firmware directories,in case you dont have them(GAME150,GAME372...) in the memstick.Good if you have a pandora memstick and cant format the ms but dont want to create all directories by hand.
• Only one vshctrl.prx for both psp models.In 3.71 M33-3 and others there was a vshctrl for the fat and an other one for the slim because they have slight changes.This new vshctrl will detect if you got SLIM or FAT.
• Other non important changes in the code.
  

So with that said a few other thing to note, since with this update there are two updaters make sure you get them right.

The mini updater is for those of you who are at 3.72 HX-1, and the full updater if this is you first time using the firmware.

So make sure you use the right one, also its a good idea to read all notes that come with this firmware.

So with that said give _HellDashX_ a great big thanks and enjoy.

Download: 3.72 HX-2

Wow, it has been a while since we last heard from DAX but here is some news from him. We now have update 3 of some of his latest work. It has fixed some of the major issues people have been complaining about and most of all, it shows DAX might be around a little while longer.  

 3.71 might not have the best themes yet but i hate seen some that are pretty nice.  So, time to get out your PSP to upgrade.

Thanks  majik2007 for the heads up.

Requirements:
- 3.71 M33 1 or 2

Installation:
Copy the update folder to /PSP/GAME/UPDATE and run it.

Changes:

- Fixed a bug in access to flash by usb.
- HEN core: kernel prx's with syscall exports work again.
- PSP Slim: programmers can set the size of user memory to 52 MB by using a sfo flag. Check sample in sdk for usage.
- March33 NO-UMD driver:
* Fixed a bug that could hang the psp when exiting with home.
* Fixed compatibility issue with Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles, and maybe more games.
- Vshmenu: it wasn't displaying properly with psp slim TV-OUT due to the change of resolution.Fixed.


Included with the release is a new version of popsloader:

Requirements:

- 3.71 M33-3 or higher (until sony makes it not to work again :p). It won't work in prior versions of 3.71 M33, because it needs a function from 3.71 M33-3.

Changes:

- Support for 3.71 and 3.72 pops has been added. Note that 3.71 however will not appear in the list in 3.71 M33 as it is not necessary.

List of files needed for each version:

3.00-3.03: kd/popsman.prx, kd/meaudio.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.10-3.30: kd/popsman.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx
3.40-3.72: kd/popsman.prx, kd/pops.prx, vsh/module/pafmini.prx, vsh/module/libpspvmc.prx

The files must be decrypted. (use square in psardumper). Support for encrypted&packed files is planned for the future.

3.71 M33-3 plus popsloader Download

3.71 M33-1 Download

Alright guys there is now a new firmware out! This time around you might not be thanking DAX. But think again, this new firmware has been reverse engineered for DAX custom firmware.

But thanks to _HellDashX_ this version has a 3.72 in the name. 3.72 HX-1.

Alright guys here is a little info about the firmware from the official thread of the release.

"First of all,a big thanks to Dark_alex

Thanks to him I learned alot.

After reversing the whole 3.71 M33-2 custom firmware(you can have a prove if you want),
and knowing that Dax is retired,I decided to release the custom firmware.

The Recovery is the old one,soon update will come with new one,my own.

Not much changed from 3.71 to 3.72 so I just had to adapt the code to the new firmware.

The updater is the same as Dax's(all reversed by me,too).
No 1.5 kernel included.

INSTALATION

Put the eboot and the umodule.prx in the folder PSP/GAME/UPDATE and put the oficial 3.72 eboot with the name 372.PBP in the same folder.

The sony code will install 3.72, when it says to press X,You MUST PRESS X.DONT SHUTDOWN!

IF YOU DONT PRESS X YOU WILL BRICK!.

Tested on PSP Fat 3.71 M33-1 and 3.71 M33-2 same for SLIM.



Again thanks to Dark_Alex (for the good time) and Coolj for being my good betatester.

_HellDashX_"

Ok with that said lets all give a big thaks to _HellDashX_ ,and also DAX, And Coolj.

(Also i great big thanks to mice R nice ~(_"> for the heads up )

So why not give this new firmware a try!

Alright, like the title says its out! After a somewhat long wait we can now all enjoy this great emulator, and even with savesstates!

Here is the info about the release straight from StrnmNrmn's blog.

"The most significant new feature is savestate support. You can now save your progress at any point, via the Pause Menu (accessed through hitting the Select button). Savestates are written out to the memory stick, and consume around a megabyte per slot. You can load up a savestate at any time from the Pause Menu, or via the front end (hit the right shoulder button to swap from the rom list to the savestate list.)

Other than savestates, the most significant change in R13 is a number of optimisations to the dynarec core which should give a 10-20% speedup depending on the title being played. I've tested these optimisations as much as I can, but if you find that roms which worked with R12 are now broken, try disabling 'dynamic recompilation' and/or 'dynarec stack optimisation' from the rom's preferences screen.

I haven't looked at compatibility at all in R13, so it's unlikely that any roms will have started working in R13.

I'm interested to hear your feedback on both of these features. Let me know if you have any problems with savestates, or if you've found roms are no longer working in R13. I'll try and keep on top of the comments pages over the next couple of weeks.

It's taken a LOT longer to get R13 out than I had hoped. I can't quite belive the last release was in June! I'm hoping now I've got this release out of the door I'll be able to get back to making small, more frequent releases."

Ok with that said here are the download links so you can l enjoy this great new update, for this already great emulator

For PSP kernel 1.5: Download

For PSP kernel 1.0: Download

Deadalus R13 seems to be just a few hours away

Yup is seems StrmnNrmn has just posted in his blog to announce that, if all goes well, his Daedalus R13 Nintendo 64 homebrew emulator on the PSP will finally be released tomorrow! Yes!

StrmnNrmn is done with the last few save state features he's been working on. There is just a little testing and such before a release! if all goes well he'll be listing the changelog and related notes by tomorrow. Along with a download!

We will keep this updated and post as soon as there is a offical release.

Keep your fingures crossed and hopfully we will have a chance to play some N64 tommorrow!

That's right. It seems sony has rolled out the newest version of PSP firmware.

and heres what we have got as for changes with this new version

(Thanks to bkfraiders7 for the change list)

**You can now set a theme under [Theme Settings].

• The home menu color, background and icons for XMB™ (XrossMediaBar) will change, based on the theme that is selected.

• New for 3.72: Support for PLAYSTATION ®Network titles has been expanded.

*** this update is now ready to download over at the official psp website. Remember, updating to this firmware will cause all homebrew not to work anymore.(bkfraiders7)

Alright guys so enjoy this update or, more then likely a custom firmware will likely follow suit.

First go out and buy yourself another battery. This is because after you do this your battery will not work anymore. Make sure your new battery says "MADE IN CHINA" since sony is now shipping "un-pandorable" making batterys that dont allow you to convert it.

Next make sure you have some soldering knowledge, and you are on your way. 

Take a look at these pictures and with one soldering of a wire you have now made a Pandora BATTERY without the need of another psp.

PSP FAT BATTERY 

PSP Slim Battery

Thanks to Darkpacman77 on this site for the idea and thanks to psp-hacks for giving this information. 

 ***you don't need a second PSP to make the memory stick  correctly AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A CARD READER for your computer.

This is an Prx plugin file was made by Coolj but he also gives credit for some of the code to Team tOc and _HellDashX_.

Now for those of you who havent heard about this plugin, what it does, is hide the UMD update icon, thus making it so you can not update off a UMD.

So for those of of us who might not want it there so that we cant make a mistake, or maybe have a friend or family member who might, and end up with an updated PSP slim this is great!

So what said give this great Prx a try

Download:Anti Update Prx

That's right, thanks to this new release from Tabula those of you who are on 3.71 M33 too can now enjoy the this great Prx.

This update you not only get the ability to run this Prx on 3.71 m33 but also its been reported to work with the slim PSP!

Now before you get to crazy with joy, please take note that this is a beta version and there are quite alot of error reports.Here is a small list of bugs reported by users.

*This keeps freezing my PSP after switching songs a few times... Also, every time I try and access Music from actual memory stick option, and try and play a song, instantly freezes up.
* it crash with VSH menu when pressing NOTE|SELECT. And it crash with Cwcheat..after u enter the game..no way out..
* It only works while i am playing. Is not working in the internet or xmb.
* psp crashes after 5 musics....

But not to worry this is still a beta and bugs can be fixed.

This particular release is for version 2, which will hopefully fix the reported music/video player problems.

Now for those of you who might want to try this out, we strong suggest that you read the readme first to get an idea of how .

With that said enjoy this great release.

Download:Music Prx for 3.71 M33 (Beta)

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For all who haven't heard, yes, AhMan has updated his famous IR-Shell to 3.7 now. This works for FAT PSP OWNERS only. You have to have a CFW (works with 3.71 M33) or 1.50. Here are some key changes..

* Added support for M33 3.71 CFW for PSP Fat.
* Screen redirection via Tyranid's remotejoy. UMD Game compatibility has also been enhanced and save/load dialogue boxes will no longer crash. Thanks to Tyranid for making this possible.
* 2 Player PSOne games via usbhostfs/nethostfs keypad direction using 2 PC joysticks/keyboard. Screen redirection via remotejoy is also supported for PSone games.
* Support for M33 popsloader when IR Shell running under M33 3.52 CFW. Only the latest verion popsloader is supported (that is, the one for pops from 3.00 to 3.52). All other previous versions of popsloader won't work with IR Shell. If you're running IR Shell under M33 3.71, the "POP Version" setting in IR Configurator is ignored. This is due to popsloader currently doesn't work with M33 3.71 due to changing NIDs by Sony.
* Support for M33 UMD Video ISO feature under IR Shell File Browser. This will also work with USBHostFS & NETHostFS. Again, for legally owned backups only.
* The number of iR Shell EBOOTs for various firmwares have been consolidated into just 2. One for firmware 1.5, and the other for firmware 2.x/3.x. This should make it earier for users.
* A new autoboot seplugin is introduced to replace the old "irsfw30x.prx". This plugin will work under all firmware versions, including 3.71.

To download this new IR-Shell click here.

Make sure to read the readme file included.

For beginners who don’t know what IR-Shell is, it's a multimedia application that allows you to listen to music, view pictures, launch homebrew, view memory stick files, and even copy and paste files. There is also a lot more this nifty app can do. You can set it to where you launch it from XMB or even launch before the XMB is booted up.

• There was a bug that caused corruption when writing files of more than 32256 bytes using usb flash. The bug has been corrected, and now the implementation is as reliable as it was when it was based on 1.50 kernel. (tested with a full restoration of a dump)
• Psp Slim: a functionality to let the charge of battery when connecting a usb cable has been added. This feature is based on Noobz plugin code. By default is not enabled, you can enable it in recovery. Note that the charge of battery may be delayed some seconds since the moment you plug the cable.
• After installing this update, program at /PSP/GAME/UPDATE will always be executed on 3.71 kernel, despite configuration.
• VSHMenu: vshmenu will not be executed when onscreen keyboard is active, to avoid the lost of the select button function in the keyboard. An option to reset the psp has been added.
• VSH plugins are not longer executed anymore in recovery mode, that was the cause of pseudo-bricks.

Also, a bug that sometimes crashes the PSP upon coming out of sleep mode has also been fixed. Be warned though, two bugs still exist - those, however, are Sony's fault. It's a little illegal to edit Sony's code to fix their error, so I expect that this will be fixed officially by Sony with a new firmware release, but you never know. Download this by clicking the link below, which was uploaded by eckounltd .

Download: Custom Firmware M33-2

Download: Click here

This will bring your PSP's firmware version to 3.71. Because of this, you will need the following files in order for this to work.

Despertar Cementerio Unbricker

Firmware 1.50 (US)

Firmware 3.40 (US)

Firmware 3.71 - available at Sony.com.

Well here it is folks, 3.71 Custom Firmware fresh on a platter. Yes, you've also read correctly...Team M33 is infact Dark_Alex. Rumor has spread rampant about "who figured it out first", but on the brew, our own forum member, bkfraiders7, was the member who brought this to light. Aparently for this release youll need to be at 3.52 M33-3 or 3.52 M33-4 on the fat PSP's or 3.60 M33 on the slim PSP's before being able to upgrade to the 3.71 custom firmware. Now that we have that out of the way, lets get into the details of this release...

3.71 M33 by M33=Dark_AleX

Changes in 3.71 M33:

- Now uses 3.71
- VSH Menu is not longer launched using HOME key, but using SELECT now. This is to not
interfere with the XMB function of home, which is now more useful in this firmware.
- Psp Slim: umdcache was allocating memory even when homebrew was launched, wasting
memory that homebrew programs may want to use. Now umdcache module is stopped before
it can allocate any memory, only in the case homebrew is launched.

Also, memory is unprotected for user memory usage by M33 core (only when homebrew is launched).
Developer, for a sample of how to use the extra memory, see the extra ram sample of the M33 sdk.

- Both version boot now from 3.XX ipl, and are independent of 1.50.

The main installer will not install 1.50 kernel anymore.
A 1.50 kernel addon for 3.71 M33 that will install inside 3.71 M33 will be released in a
few days (for fat only)

Note: due to some changes in kernel nids by Sony, you can expect a lot of kernel plugins not working anymore.
Programmers: refer to the sdk readme for details.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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With this new tool, you will be able to use a battery that you've converted to be used as a Pandora's Battery, as the primary battery. Before, trying to power a PSP unit on with the Pandora's Battery inserted was a joke. You weren't able to power the PSP without help from the AC cord. Now, what this little tool does, is write an IPL to the memory stick pro duo which allows the XMB to be booted into properly without having to revert the Pandora's Battery back to a normal battery. Useful? - yes, and also no. No because the battery will only work in your PSP with YOUR memory stick pro duo... but that may also be a good thing as well. Have a little brother or sister that bother you and try to use your PSP all of the time? Not a problem! Just take out your memory stick from the PSP and that sucker won't even turn on! Of course, it may be a bit of a hassle, but for those of you that may want to stick with your Pandora's Battery, at least now you have another option.

It's important to note that you should not install this on a memory stick that you used during the creation of the "magic memory stick". Also, 32mb memory sticks are not compatible with this. Make sure to READ ALL DOCUMENTATION CAREFULLY before installing this tool. Since we don't have this in our downloads section yet, just pick it up at any neighboring PSP hacking website.

Team M33 comes through again with another win for the homebrew scene. This is the first custom firmware ever made for the PSP Slim. Anyhow, here are the release notes for Custom firmware 3.60 for the Slim...

• We are proud to present the first custom firmware for the PSP Slim, and the first custom firmware that runs using a 3.XX IPL (3.60).
• 3.60 M33 for PSP Slim has all the features of 3.52 M33, except the 1.50 kernel support, as that kernel doesn't work properly on psp slim (hardware problems, screen problems). 3.60 M33 will load homebrew from GAME, GAME150 and GAME360 directories, but all will be executed with 3.60 kernel.
• This mean that some homebrews done specifically for the 1.50 kernel cannot work on 3.60 M33. However, the adaptation of code to 2.XX+ kernels is not difficult, and homebrew developers can port their aplications to work in these firmwares.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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More great news arrives from Team M33. This new version of Popsloader is compatable on all current custom firmwares released to date (with the exception of the new 3.60 M33 for PSP Slim). For those of you who have been living in the dark, popsloader is basically a PSOne emulator for your PSP. Anyways, without further ado, here are the release details...

• Added the remaining pops: 3.00-3.03
  • These pops require the following modules: kd/meaudio.prx kd/popsman.prx kd/pops.prx and vsh/module/pafmini.prx. As always, they go in seplugins/popsloader directory with the naming meaudio3xx.prx, popsman3xx.prx etc.
• Added compatibility between savedata <= 3.30 and those of 3.40 and higher.
  • The thing works like this: If you have been playing in for example 3.52 pops, and then you select a pops from 3.00-3.30, popsloader will automatically convert the savedata into the old format.
  • The reverse operation, from old format to new format, will be done by Sony code with a confirmation dialog.

• popsloader plugin work in 3.51 M33, 3.52 M33 and..... 3.60 M33 for PSP slim. Coming soon.

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As promised, Fanjita and Team Noobz have delivered a downgrader and homebrew enabler (HEN) for 3.11 firmware users. In order to run the downgrader/HEN, you will require a European or US version of Lumines. It is also noted that this release will fix the problem with idstorage issues that disallowed TA-082 - TA-086 motherboards from upgrading past 3.30 on official firmwares.

Anyways, to clarify the details of this release a little bit more, heres what you can accomplish with this package...

This release consists of HEN for v3.11,  plus a v3.11 downgrader, and an idstorage key fixer for v3.11.  This allows you the choice of either

- Download

- Buy Lumines

As read here , Fanjita is leaving for a few reasons. The main reason, as one would assume, is that a bond of trust between Fanjita and his partners was broken before the release of Pandora's Battery. No word is out as to who is responsible for the "betrayal of trust" that Fanjita describes in his "rant". Furthermore, he is leaving for more personal reasons. If you've been following his more personal life, you should know that he is entering into the realm of fatherhood and not only that, but he has a couple projects that he'd like to finish up and then be through with the PSP scene. Apparently, Fanjita is finishing up those last projects and then is leaving the homebrew scene for good.

We at PSPBrew would like to thank and also congratulate Fanjita on his various projects which enhanced the homebrew experience for thousands of PSP users worldwide. Fanjita is most well-known for his hand in the creation of the e-loader which enabled homebrew for those 2.xx users who hadn't previously had it, as well as his genius in the aid of the Pandora's Battery project. Farewell Fanjita, you will be missed.

This is a monumental day for the homebrew community as Team Noobz and Team C&D have released a program entitled "Pandora's Battery" which allows you to unbrick a psp. What this program does is turn your normal PSP battery into a "Jigkick Battery" and a regular 256mb memory stick pro duo into a "Magic Stick". These are the tools Sony themselves use to unbrick PSP's. Before you start though, you'll probably want to use a spare battery and a 256mb memory stick pro duo for this because you wont be able to use them for normal gameplay after the conversion has been completed. Here's some of the notes and restrictions packaged in the readme...

NOTES AND RESTRICTIONS

- The firmware in the Memory Stick is not a full 1.50, but a minimal
  subset. Therefore, not all applications (such as flashers, or
  recovery apps) will load.

- Only Memory Stick Pro Duo are compatible. Memory Stick Duo
  (e.g. 32MB sticks) are not supported.

- The IDStorage cannot be totally restored, as there is no known way
  to regenerate it properly.

- It is strongly RECOMMENDED to make a flash dump of the PSP before
  any downgrading operation.

- There might be a BSOD at the end of the downgrade. This is normal,
  and happens on the standard downgraders.

- All hardware revisions known at this day are supported.

- This release contains no Sony-copyrighted material.  All required
  Sony data is generated from the v1.50 update files.

Many thanks to...

- All work done by the Prometheus team aka Team C+D:

  Adrahil (VoidPointer)
  Booster
  Cswindle (Caretaker)
  Dark_AleX (Malyot)
  Ditlew
  Fanjita (FullerMonty)
  Joek2100 (CosmicOverSoul)
  Jim
  Mathieulh (WiseFellow)
  Nem (h1ckeyph0rce)
  Psp250
  Skylark
  TyRaNiD (bockscar)

- With thanks to everyone who has contributed to the PSPSDK, without which
  nothing would have been possible.

For further information and instructions on how to use this program refer to the readme file included in the download.

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- Easy Installer

- Installation Tutorial

PSPBrew is proud to announce their first Game Review and Referal Contest.

As the title of the implies, this contest will be focusing on the aspects of PSP game reviews as well as member referals. Naturally, the person with the most points at the end of the contest wins. Read on for more details...

The contest rules are as follows:
1. You may submit as many reviews as you like.           

2. You must use the template provided for your reviews.
3. Your reviews must comply with our forum rules.

4. Your review must be of a PSP game title.

Our rating system goes as follows:
1. For each review you will receive 10 points.
2. For every full 3 reviews you submit, you will receive an additional 20 points.
3. If your review is good, you will receive an additional 10 points.

Our referal system goes as follows:
1. For each person you refer to the site you will receive 10 points
2. Your referal must post your user name in our referal forum for you to receive points.

Prizes are as follows:
1st Place: Winning review will be posted on our front page
               Custom Signature
               Custom Gif Avatar
               Custom Avatar
               Custom Name Title of your choice (within reason)

2nd Place: Mentioned on front page
                Custom Avatar
                Custom Signature

3rd Place: Mentioned on front page
               Custom signature

There will be a scoreboard available for all contestants to view how many points they have received and there will also be a leaderboard for all contestants to view the top thre competitors of the competition. They will both be updated daily.

To make things a little more clear for people, for the referal portion of the contest you get a friend, family member, or online buddy to sign up at pspbrew. Once they have completed the sign up, they must post your username in the referals forum.

Example:
I got my friend Julia to make an account on PSPbrew
Once Julia finishes signing up, she goes to the referal forum and posts "I was referred by Staxx"

I then receive 10 points.

We will be monitoring IP address's. If anyone is caught cheating, they will be automatically disqualified from the contest.

The competition will begin on August 8, 2007 and will end on September 1, 2007. We will anounce the final results on September 5, 2007.

Good Luck!

- Link to review template
- Link to contest game review forum
- Link to referal forum
- Link to scoreboard forum

Team Wildcard does great service for the homebrew community with their release of 3.40 LE. This firmware was compiled by completely reverse engineering Dark Alex's 3.10 OE firmware. They then proceeded by updating all the tweaks for 3.40 and adding their own patches. Heres the features list...

• Everything you know and love from 3.40 OE-A
• Sexy new SCEP-style recovery menu
• In-XMB configuration menu
• Auto-detection of the kernel needed for homebrew - no need for GAME150 and GAME340; just put it all in GAME

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Team Wildc*rd's Shout-outs
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• Thanks to Mathieulh and Dark_AleX before all others! They inspired us with their awesome releases. Without them this wouldn't have happened.
• Greetz to poison for making SCEP open-source
• Greetz to eXonet and Malloc.us
• Greetz to Noobz. You continue to be most excellent.
• Greetz to Skylark, adrahil, and our benevolent testers.
• Greetz to maxconsole, qj, and any other website that supports us!

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

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The long wait is over! AhMan almighty and StoneCut have given us a new update to the very popular homebrew application IRShell. This version of IRShell is usable at full functionality on all custom firmwares released to date. Take a look at the v3.6 changelog...

- Added support for Team M33's newest custom firmware (See note 1). If you don't want to update to M33, you will still be able to use this new release with older OE firmwares.
- Launch and multi-task with PS1 games from within iR Shell (works also via USBhostFS and NetHostFS) (see note 2).
- Backup ISO plugins now integrated into iR Shell 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS).
- Backup UMD Video ISO support (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS).
- Direct switching between 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT via new shortcut combo.
- System-wide "Quick Exit" function to quickly shutdown games, homebrew etc and return to iR Shell.
- Improved Autoboot to iR Shell plugin.
- New Comic Reader plugin based on PSPComic for CBZ and CBR files by suloku.  Original version by Archaemic.
- Added the ability to flash/blink the menu highlighting cursor.
- Added support for adhoc PC nethostfs connection under 3.xx CFWs (some additional firmware files required)
- Added a new config item in configurator to turn on/off the Music button for screen capture.
- Other bugfixes and tiny improvements.

Note:
1) CFW 3.51 M33 Original version, 3.51 M33-2 (patch 2 with WLAN fix) and 3.52 M33 are supported.  3.51 M33-3 to 7 (patch 3 to 7) are not supported due to a sceKernelLoadExecVSH bug which had been fixed in 3.52 M33.
2) The launching of PS1 games via USBHostFS & NetHostFS works on all OE firmwares and also 3.51 M33 Original & Patch 2.  The latest 3.52 M33 firmware currently has issues when launching user converted PS1 games via USBHostFS & NetHostFS, but PSN store purchased games works fine.  Team M33 is currently looking into the issue.

As always, make sure to follow the instructions that come with this package and take notice to its warnings as neither I or any members of pspbrew.com will take responsibility for your misfortunes.

AhMan and StoneCut would like to send their special thanks to...

- Dark_AleX for his previous contributions & help in iR Shell development.  We hope you had enjoyed hacking the PSP.  Happy retirement and wish you best of luck in your future endeavors.
- Team M33 for continuing DA's work and their help in fixing M33 firmware compatibility issues with iR Shell.
- All iR Shell private forum members for their contributions, including donations, testing, skin making, plugins, etc.  Without their support, especially StoneCut, you won't see this special public release.

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• Added support Team M33's newest custom firmware. If you don't want to update to M33, you will still be able to use this new release with older OE firmwares
• Launch and multi-task with PS1 games from within iR Shell (works also via USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
• Backup ISO plugins now integrated into iR Shell 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT (also supports USBhostFS and NetHostFS)
• Backup UMD Video ISO support (some additional 1.5 firmware files required)
• Direct switching between 1.5 EBOOT and 3.5x EBOOT via new shortcut combo
• System-wide "Quick Exit" function to quickly shutdown games, homebrew etc and return to iR Shell
• Improved Autoboot plugin
• New Comic Reader plugin based on PSPComic for CBZ and CBR files by suloku
• Added the ability to flash/blink the menu highlighting cursor
• Added support for adhoc PC nethostfs connection under 3.51 EBOOT (some additional firmware files required)
• Added a new config item in configurator to turn on/off the Music button for screen capture
• Other bugfixes and tiny improvements

Diehard335 dropped by our forums to notify us that he has released HCPortal v1.2. This application uses the psp's web browser to bring flash games, movies, music, and more right to your finger tips. No need for custom firmware either as it works on any firmware. Anyways, here's what you can expect from this application...

- over 20 games

- 4 applications

- Direct links

- Music

- Videos

- Pictures

And a lot more! all for any flash enabled psp!

To install this application all you need to do is unzip the folder you downloaded. Take the hcportal folder that's inside the unzipped folder, and copy/drag it into the root of your memory stick. Then you go to your browser and type in: file:/hcportal/index.html

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It seems that an anonymous group of 10 developers have gave a bit of insight as to whats in store for the future of psp custom firmware. They made note to mention that they are planning to create this new custom firmware by reverse-engineering Dark-Alex's work, and that their 3.51 custom firmware will surpass the quality of Dark-Alex's previous work. There is no mention of a release date, but keep posted for updates.

Here are the controls:

• DPAD LEFT/RIGHT - Thrust left/right.
• DPAD UP/DOWN - Navigate menus.
• CROSS - Normal Thrust / Menu Select.
• CIRCLE - Hyper Thrust / Menu back.
• START - Pause Menu
• SELECT - Take screenshot.

Note: This is a homebrew game, so it does require either 1.50 or a custom firmware to be played. Also, as always, read the readme included before you go asking questions.

becus25 has released his latest custom firmware for 3.40: IE-A2. IE (increasing edition) is his top work yet! His new update mainly takes the problem out of when people enter configuration.

Heres some stuff he's provided from his last notes:

• Pressing L+Select will resotre configuration if you cant enter it from the recovery menu

• Copy the PSP folder in the root of your memory stick

• Run the flasher

• It will write on flash 0 and flash 1 and on abc.txt (configuration)

• There is the IeCtrl.pbp on pspgameboot called eboot.pbp

• When you have expansion written, on flash activate autoboot function from the OE recovery.

Great work you got there becus25! We hope to see your next build of this astonishing release! Keep at it.

Download: [3.40 IE-A2 ]

For those of you who have been watching the Press Conferences at E3, the first started out with Microsoft, and the second just today started out with Nintendo. The sony conference has also begun and ended. They have revealed some of the top sales market pros, new merchendise and tremendous updates for the PSP and PS3. Many updates were in there and some amusing times we cant forget. Heres many things we can look forward to within the following year, and for next year aswell:

• New PSP Model!
Although the new PSP model looks not much differrent from the current model, but when you hold it in your hands,
you will feel the differrence. Its a lot lighter than the current version, and is also 19% slimmer. This new model will also feature the display tool, which will allow you to access what ever you have on your PSP to your own Flat Screen TV! The new model comes out in september.
• New Silver PSP!
• PSP Home feature!
Invite friends family who ever! You design your own character, and your home. The Playstation network also has an
environment for yourselves. Possibly one of the best life-wise reality games! You can even upload your own images from the real world and put them inside your home, and put them on a picture on the wall, or where-ever. Even invite your friends to play a game or two right from the PSP Home game.

• New PS3 Model! Priced at $599 with a new 80Gig HD, also included with the Motor-Storm racing game.
• Current PS3 Model Priced down to $499

Heres some new games that have been announced:

• Call of Duty 4 announced!

• Resident Evil 5 announced!

• Burnout Paridise announced!
• Madden NFL 08 announced!

And lots more!

We hope to see more from Sony and what they have to offer this year and next year.

If you want to watch the video you can at www.gamespot.com, the live video feed has ended and the download to the

video should be up within a few hours. You can comment on the E3 conference on pspbrew or ps3brew forums:

PSPBREW: http://www.pspbrew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8657

PS3BREW: http://www.ps3brew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=208

Enjoy!

PSP Coder Xandu has released an alternative music player for the psp called Xandu's Media Player 2, also known as XMP 2. Xandu explains that this homebrew is designed to make your psp function more like an ipod, while giving the same look and feel as an ipod.

Here are the features so far in XMP 2:

• Supported formats: MP3, WAV, MOD, S3M, IT and more!
• iPod graphics (including animated songbar)
• iPod clickwheel using analog
• Mp3 streaming (which means you can load up huge sized Mp3s)
• Music Quiz
• Album Art
• ID3 tags
• iTunes friendly (song info)
• Lyrics functional
  

Download: [Xandu's Media Player 2]

Xx FightStar xX has released his homebrew game: Halo Genocide. You all are probably familiar with the common Halo games, but his Halo game is a version of the Halo CE (combat evolved).

Heres his current features:

*Weapon pickup/selection, 3 weapons (Pistol, Machine Gun, Sniper), Weapon Armor and Ammo (individual for each weapon)

*Weapon power and ammo (for certain weapons)

*3 differrent types of enemies

*Menu and Intro

*4 levels

*Scrolling

*Interesting story (Similiar to the game)

*Smooth animation and weapon selection

*Impressive HUD which keeps you updated with things

Xx FightStar xX also explains that the game is a bit buggy and that the crosshair has to be exactly/almost on the enemy for it to hit. Good job there FightStar, we hope to see your next versions!

Download: Halo: Genocide

PSPSource has just announced their summer coding competition. All you homebrew developers out there won't want to miss out on this one as the prizes are more than generous. Take a look below at the rules and list of prizes. Good Luck!

Rules

 

• A splashscreen has to be present for five seconds before the game or the program itself.
• The eboot must be playable on a homebrew-compatible psp firmware.
• The PSPSource Team will choose the top 10 best games/tools  but the community will be voting for the final winners.
• The competition will end on Sept 7.

 

Prizes

•  First Place - Burnout Dominator and 8GB Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Second Place - Rainbow Six: VEGAS and 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Third Place - Legend of the Dragon and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Special Prize for best gameporting - PSP Go!Cam  (the games you can port are: Duke Nukem 1/2, You don´t know Jack or 4D-Sports Driving)

 

For more info and how to register check the link provided below.

- Registration and info

It seems the long awaited SNES update has finally arrived. However, it comes not from Ruka, YoyoFR, or Laxer3a, but from DAVEX. This update to the SNES emulator will be an add on to the current SNES9xTYL++, so be sure to have a copy before proceeding with DAVEX's update. The features are, drum roll please...

• Quick save state [press RTRIGGER + SELECT] and quick load state[ RTRIGGER + START]
• 2. Auto-fire [Available in CONTROLS main menu]

You may use the links below to download both SNES9xTYL++ and DAVEX's update, just be sure to check out the instructions.

- Download SNESxTYL++

- Download DAVEX's update

There are reports that Sony has already patched the Japanese version of Lumines, making it require Firmware 3.51. This prevents the Illuminati exploit, meaning no downgrading for newer versions of Lumines.

The recent Homebrew exploit called Illuminati used a save game exploit in the game Lumines similar to the GTA save game hole. This resulted in a downgrader for all PSP firmwares 3.50 and below.

Lumines has been patched fairly quickly compared to the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Sony is working fast to prevent more people from downgrading.

Expect to see patched versions of Lumines in areas other then Japan very soon, so if you are looking to downgrade you need to act fast.

Fresh on the virtual shelves available for download is MediumGauge's newest revision of PSP Filer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with PSP filer, this program allows you to organize your files as well as access the flash folders to customize the look of your PSP. Great for on the go modification. Everybody loves to keep things tidy and pimped out at the same time right? If your nodding your head or saying yes, then you should give this program a shot. Without further ado, here's the change log for v3.51...

-Fixed a bug allowing files " ", "." and ".." to be created on RAMDISK
-Fixed missing option to overwrite files on flash0/1
-Able to delete read-only files
-Able to play low bit rate and high sampling MP3 files
e.g. less than 48kbps and 44.1Khz
-Files and directories are now drawn with different colours
-When copying/moving files, selecting cancel in 'confirm overwrite' dialog will not close copying dialog

For now you can use the link below to download directly from MediumGauge's site, but check back for a direct download from pspbrew.

Link to our download section has now been added.

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Yarrr matey's!! Fresh off the plank and available for download is MEXICANSNAKE and DEANAW22's update to PSPirates alarm clock. I'm sure current and previous users of v0.1 will be glad to hear about the 20% battery saving in alarm mode as well as many of the other updates packed into this useful application. Anyhow, take a gander at what this update has in store for you...

• Some bugs corrected
• AM PM modes
• Louder alarm
• Power saving by declocking +20% battery saving in alarm mode
• Time displaying corrected
• Button errors corrected
• Autopoweroff prevention
• Take screenshots
• New sounds
• Alarm errors corrected
• USB mode corrected
• Night mode for the game
• New animations
• And more features...

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-Digg: Easy way to arrive at the popular site digg.com

-Lock: Eye candy sweetness. This app enables the user to start a, often rather sexy, screensaver to show off the brilliant psp screen.

-Browser: An obvious internet browser dubbed "Expedition". Includes tabs and bookmarks.

-Messengers: Your gateway to messengers provided by eBuddy.

-Photos: An app that displays up to 10 photo's in 5 second intervals, similar to a slideshow.

-Weather: Weather forcast for our meteorologist members.

-Games: Easy way to access and play some flash games included with iPSP.

-Mail: Gateway to most email providers such as aol, msn, and yahoo.

-Vipr Online: Your way to access Vipr Online Media Service, which is currently still in development.

And I believe the rest are self-explanitory. Also included in v1.10 is an iPod service which allows the user to play music via PSPTunes, which is also included in the installation package, and a rather enjoyed update to the out-of-memory issue that v1.0 was faced with. Last but not least, read the readme included before you asks lots of questions. Note: This app is compatible with any official/custom firmware that has the web browser available to it, but in order to use the games, you need Official firmware/Custom firmware 2.71 or higher.

Website: iPSPv1.10

Download: Easy Installer | Zip Archive

After a quite succesful three seasons and two motion pictures, MTV's Jackass have decided to entertain us on our gaming consoles. With this title set to release September 25 for the PSP and PS2, you can expect that the usual suspects; Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and Wee Man, will be up to their old bag of nonsense and eager to take any painful stunts you can throw at them.

It is said to feature 35 stunts which will make up 7 virtual episodes so if you do the math thats 5 stunts per episode. A few of the many stunts will be San Fran Trash Can, where you'll be steering your favourite jackass character through traffic, around pedestrians and other obstacles as you go flying down the hills of San Francisco in a trash can. Suburban Catapult, where you'll be launching these crazy guys from a human slingshot into a nearby neighbourhood or construction site. If that's not enough for one day, you can try Golf Rally, where you'll be using a golf cart as your weapon of choice to terrorize the golf course and other scenery.

Sounds like fun to me. Heck, who doesn't love driving wrecklessly, demolishing golf courses, terrorizing neighbourhoods, and launching a buddy through the air. It's the dream of a teenager and even the child in some of us adults. To sum it up, it's a typical game to complete the Jackass series. Take a look at the full preview and trailor by clicking on the link...

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- Trailor

• Added support for M3U file
• Added playlist browser
• Added playlist editor
• File browser now filters files, showing only mp3 and m3u
• Added shuffle and repeat
• Added volume boost option

Remember to read the readme before you go asking more questions.