Posted May 17, 2007 at 05:59PM by Tim Y. Listed in: Homebrew Development Tags: Undiluted Platinum, Dark AleX
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Sony PlayStation Portable - Image 1Not exactly an announcement to a new homebrew, but a teaser to a possible one in the works. In case the guys here are wondering what PSP custom firmware (and homebrew) guru Dark AleX has been up to, we've picked up a report that he's currently developing a new flasher for the PSP's Undiluted Platinum (UP) and Devolution modchips.

And while the venerable UP has been the subject of many a tweak since its arrival, it still remains to be seen how the to-be-released Devolution will fare come its stint in the unpredictable world of homebrews and hacks. Stay alert in case we pick up more details on this latest project - and hopefully a confirmation.


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   by First (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » First Post

I obtained the first post.


   Re: t d (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » ...

i think you are dumb.
it is sort of confusing seeing as custom fw is meant to be a free alternative to modchips and now the maker of custom fws is making a flasher for modchips. but by all means, go for it d_a

   Re: DoomsdAy (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » don't buy this sheeat!!1111

hah this is what DA had all the time under his sleeve!!

guys Boycott DA firmware, he has become greedy and wants your $$$!!! He could've easily made a software downgrader but instead he chose to make a 3.XX DA%u2122 Firmware. What a load of crp. This is nothing else than a betrayal and insult to homebrew community. An ominous sign that homebrew is becoming a commercial busine$$ and decline of a lively innovative community.

What joke, I get downgradable PSPs $50-$100 any time of the week. Look do the math new PSP $160+*****ing $70 modchip+ $230. Wait still need to get the memory card. You don't need no *****y modchip!! Just email me!

kiss off

   Re: HU (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » Die DoomsdAy

D_A is immense, you deserve to die for saying that

   Re: 2.8 USER (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » 2.8 DOWNGRADER

DOES THE 2.8 DOWNGRADER WORK SUCCESSFULLY?

   Re: Ujay (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » wow

you do realise all this means is that DA wants a firmware to large for normal flash, so dont bash him before you realise what is going on. This could mean more accepeted file formats and whatnot so this could be good for us

   Re: crazywoods (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » HELP

can anyone help? i was screwing around with themes and accidentally erased the file in f0/fonts called gbw3-somthing and it is about 1,000kb and my configuration option in recovery mode just shows a blank screen, anyways went back to 1.5 then 3.4 oe again, still not working + file still missing. now at 3.03 oe-c and configure option still blank + file still missing. maybe i should borrow a psp to get the file
   by second (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » z7

I the second
Go dark alex GO!

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   by Wow (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » For the guys above...

You are dumbasses. And before you call me one yourself, consider this: I received admission into Townsend Harris High School.


   Re: akuma2099 - 2007-05-17
 » wow your special aren't you

You're just so special your mommy must be real proud. It just so happens I went to Harvard and there were plenty of Dumb-asses there too. You can have "book smarts" but lack any common sense.

Anyway back on topic even though I don't have a mod chip I still think this is great and will support anything that Dark_Alex comes up with.

   Re: kubar (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » yea, ur real special

u no, for making urself try to sound so smart, it ends up being so stupid. stop bragging and get a life. i no ppl like u. theres plenty of them that go to my school. u are a dumbass for ur weak argument. just like akum2099 said, there are plenty of idiots who r admitted to these "higher level" schools.

anyway, i also don't own a modchip, but i think its great DAX is working on this project. he and al l the other devs do a really great job with keeping this scene alive and well. awesome.

   Re: lol dumbass (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » .

INTERNETS. SERIOUS BUSINESS!

   Re: ireland (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » *****in idiot

who gives a ***** what school you go to,you might be smart when your lickin the teachers hole,then you go out on the street and get your face smashed in.

   Re: sigh (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » sigh

I do hope this moron realizes that High school does not prepare you for the real world... Who the ***** cares.

GO DARK ALEX!!!! WOOT

   Re: Hah (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » Wow...

Lol, internet arguments. Townsend Harris woohoo, and i doubt that other guy went to Harvard. And guys, don't yell at this guy because this is just a major accomplishment in his life. Besides, I went there too, so don't make fun of it you bastards!
   by Wow (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » For the guy above...

Bravo, you got accepted into a prestigious high school, congratulations.

Although the people above you are probably much more immature than you, I find it funny that you brag about getting into a High School.

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   by Wow (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » good for you

very funny...

"i received admission into Townsend Harris High School."

good for you...i hear the school is 70% female...

your probably a fat little geek..maybe you'll get lucky and get laid... doubt it though


   Re: Wow (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » I am a *****!!

"good for you...i hear the school is 70% female..."

This sucks that Townsend Harris High School has so many females since I am a homo that emjoys being gang rammed. I've should've known this, now I gotta go through all the process about changing to a high school wh 70 %. 'Cause I wanna get plenty of bananas!!

by the way if you happen to have a Danish dog I let him fack me up my arse ;-)
   by Silence1sDefning (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » wait...

ok. what is the point of a mod chip? i mean if you already have custom firmware on your psp... then who the heck cares? and if your gonna tell me for the people that upgraded... come on, at what point was it absolutly nessisery to update? MPH Loader, Dev Hook... and games... well you could always downlaod anything taht you ever wanted. Just please someone tell me the logic in it. MAYBE a modchip does more then I know about... but someone tell me something that actually matters other then drains the battery a little quicker or lets you play other region UMD's p.s. theres a program for that


   Re: http://z4.invisionfree.com/hackingthepsp (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » there are some other things

the modchip allows you to have 2 firmwares
also it can unbrick the PSP from a permanent brick forever, so nothing that has (use at your own risk) sentence scares you at all.

   Re: p0stal_sean (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » alot

what invisionfree said and possibly more room in the ram 3.40oe take jsut about all the space but thats just my opinion
   by sigh - 2007-05-17
 » custom ps3

I just wish dax would start custom firmware for the ps3 :) be nice to see the wonders he could do with that beast of a system.


   Re: Kichigai - 2007-05-17
 » *shrug*

Sony's pretty open with the PS3, actually. If you rip the video stream out of a BluRay disc, and throw it onto the hard disk, it'll play in 1080p, full quality. There's first party support for running Linux, and with Linux you can run anything else you want, especially with seven cores. Seriously, why hack a firmware for a $600 machine when you can install a sanctioned firmware, and a sanctioned, KNOWN operating system.

One of the biggest complaints about the PS3 is that it's difficult to program for. I can't imagine that if big developers has problem with it, that a homebrewer would have that much more luck.

   Re: bri3d (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » good plan

Linux on the PS3 has no hardware 3D graphics support and is quite frankly overkill. Why use a multitasking OS with a giant network stack when all you need is some syscalls to run your game and use the hardware to its fullest extent?
Of course the PS3 is difficult to program for, just like the PSP and the PS2 were. Sony make weird hardware and weird APIs for their weird hardware. However, PS3's API is quite similar to PSP's from what's been heard, so once the initial reverse-engineering proces took off (which might take a while since Cell is such a weird arch) coding wouldn't be super-difficult.
   by EvilSeph (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » omg

FIRST!!! O YEAH !!!!

   by big'guns (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » high school?

That's like, so last decade dude. Here is an idea. Grow a set!

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   by R7i1c3K (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » It's not a modchip.

The Devolution isn't a modchip. It's a JTAG. All it does is allow you to write to the NAND through the existing USB, thus making you able to upgrade/downgrade without needing the PSP's firmware installer. If you brick your PSP, you connect a cable and reflash any firmware. No longer a brick.

   by squall3031 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-17
 » it's not?>???

So you r saying that devolution is not a modchip but rather an external device that can un-brick PSP? Cool, i'll buy it !!

   by dude (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » woa

They need to change thier name from PSP Updates to PSP Rumors.

   by ZeroOrDie (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » no

darkalex needs to not work an anything but the 3.1 downgrader...........untill then everything i useless to me....


   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-05-19
 » ...

Go fack yourself little ignorant stupid n00b. That is what you get for being so naive and selfish. He can work on whatever tha fack he wants and not care about imbeciles like yourself.

   Re: ZeroOr*****Off (Unregistered) - 2007-05-19
 » yeah cuz im really going to stop him from doing what he wants

and how the ***** am i ignorant or naive by anything i have said......i really...really hope you have extreme misfortune in your life for just being a *****ot who has only felt the touch of a man.......
   by last poster! HA YEAH YHEAH!! FU**, YES I GOT IT BA (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » ullalallaala

aha :] sounds bad.

   by Cris (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » OMG

Now people are begging for 3.03+ downgraders in COMMENTS LOL!!!!!!

Just Like The Forums

and Whoopdie F**king Doo to the Highschool Queer

   by Little Lad from Starburst (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » Berries and cream

Yes, this is the real little lad from the infamous berries and cream starburst commercial. When I was a little lad, and I wanted berries and cream, mummy used to make me do the berries and cream dance. Now, mummy's gone. Nevertheless, I still do the berries and cream dance whenever I hear or see berries and cream starbursts. So, as a special treat on this comment, I will now do the dance for all of you! You look lovely!
"Berries and cream, berries and cream, I'm a little lad who loves berrriiieess aanndd cccrrrreeeaaamm!"

   by Little Lad from Starburst (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » Berries and cream

Yes, this is the real little lad from the infamous berries and cream starburst commercial. When I was a little lad, and I wanted berries and cream, mummy used to make me do the berries and cream dance. Now, mummy's gone. Nevertheless, I still do the berries and cream dance whenever I hear or see berries and cream starbursts. So, as a special treat on this comment, I will now do the dance for all of you! You look lovely!
"Berries and cream, berries and cream, I'm a little lad who loves berrriiieess aanndd cccrrrreeeaaamm!"

   by mario86 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » what?

$50-$100 for downgradable psps??? tell me where man, cuz i bricked mine... so you can help me if all that you say is true... email you where

   by wtf? (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » ...

Now, considering that the company that makes the Devolution is also owned by the company that supplies DAX with all of his PSPs when he bricks them, I'm sure that he's seen the programming software that they use, and since he's all about the PSP he's probably making a more user friendly program so that all you idiots don't feck up while trying to flash your PSPs with it... seriously, how many of you have actually donated money to DAX? not many I'm willing to bet, he is one of the greatest PSP programmers out there, but do you really think he never bricks? since he does brick PSPs (and quite often at that) how do you think he buys more considering he's a student? he doesn't, there's a company that donates them to him... the same company that makes devolution... now since they make the devolution and supply him with all those PSPs, wouldn't it be more cost effective to just give him a few with some Devolution chips in them so that you stop wasting all that money on new PSPs? and what about that awesome custom bios that devolution is touting, hmmm wonder who's gonna make that... maybe DAX? get over your stupid f1rst p0st crap and high schooler nonsense and get a brain, look at the big picture and stop being a bunch of douche bags...

   by yo mero (Unregistered) - 2007-05-18
 » tu padre

no entiendo ni madres que p2 jotos

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