Posted Nov 29, 2007 at 02:07PM by Karl B. Listed in: Firmware, Homebrew Development Tags: Sony, Dark AleX, Mathieulh, Custom Firmware
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PlayStation Portable - Image 1Homebrew developer Mathieulh has reported that after a lot of tinkering around with the new official firmware for the Sony PlayStation Portable, both he and Dark AleX have found that PSP firmwares 3.73 and 3.72 are pretty much identical.

According to Mathieulh, the only changes they've uncovered so far are the module versions and the index.dat/version.txt file that displays the firmware version. Mathieulh also says that there's over 20 different bytes worth of changes to lflash_fatfmt. The kernel and csh modules as well as the rco files remain unchanged.

Both Mathieulh and Dark AleX are still examining the recently-released PSP firmware 3.73 just so they don't miss anything, but Mathieulh says that it looks like the firmware "does not need ANY patches to be modified/updated in any way to run a custom firmware."


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   by gambiting - 2007-11-29
 » I guess

I guess that sony gave up with trying to stop hackers.With pandora they can't do anything to stop us now,unless they rewrite or encrypt whole firmware(but that would mean no more cfw,but pandora would still work).I wonder if there will be fw 4.0 anytime soon :D


   Re: wildboyyang - 2007-11-29
 » ...

I`ll say!

   Re: Erekiddo - 2007-11-29
 » hahahaha

u retarded or what ?? Sony will never quit trying to stop us getting new update but still playing all of those homebrews.....com havent you heard of irshell, devhook, gpsp, snestyl, lightmp3, pspFiler, snakeSP, Deadalus, RIN, Nesterj, SMSplus, ISOs (sorry), Fanjita's Noobz Eloader or even all of Dark ALex's work ??? Cmon did you really said that sony would stop going against all those great apps ??? simply impossible ! Sony and Nintendo must be crazy about the psp that seems so easy to hack.... Do you really think they'll stop ?? That's Retarded ! CMON ! They never stop but they'll never stop us! hahahhaha PSP is the way to play emulators !!! I pray that you hackers nerver stop ! Keep on the good work guys !! Ahman and DAX are gods !

   Re: iamback(unregistered) - 2007-12-09
 » ...

yet another old article that is getting QJed... I wonder when they'll tire of this prank?
   by Techni - 2007-11-29
 » :(

The last CFW version is no longer able to use Remote Play. Please make a new CFW so I can use this again!

Transplanting the files responsible for remote play do nothing, it won't even load anymore


   Re: mohaas05 - 2007-11-29
 » no

well then u did it wrong because mine works perfect on 3.71 M33-3

   Re: EXTER - 2007-11-29
 » ..

I think there was a hack involving placing some of the 3.72 modules in 3.71 M33 flash0 to fix this.

   Re: Techni - 2007-11-30
 » To EXTER

Yea, I just said it didn't work
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   by Binary - 2007-11-29
 » lol

just be a waste of time.

only if games updated to the latest version.

   by sta1ns - 2007-11-29
 » reply

Techni, use pandora to reinstall 3.71 m33 then go to m33-3. You don't have Remote Lay because you people like you don't read the readme files. It it it said installing 1.50 kernel will remove remote play.


   Re: Techni - 2007-11-30
 » Um...

I am running 3.71 m33-3. Transplanting the files did nothing. It's not possible that I'm running 1.50 since 1) I said clicking Remote play no longer even loads it which means I'm running a firmware version that had it to begin with, and 2) I'm using a slim

3) Its not possible to perform any step of the transplant without reading the readme file. I did read it, I did use psardumper to get the correct files and put them in my PSPs flash, but remote play now fails to load at all.
   by Stealth! - 2007-11-29
 » Well

If there's not difference between the two updates whats the point of updating it.

   by Bobtentpeg - 2007-11-29
 » Thats got to hurt

Read the whole post from DA and Math
"Also this the part when some "coder" gets greeted by noobs because of being so "fast" to port "his" custom firmware to 3.73 while nothing at all changed from its previous 3.72 version. I will let you all figure out who that might be..."

   by Stiletto - 2007-11-30
 » no remote play

i am currently running 3.71 m33 ..... and i can no longer connect to a ps3 running 2.01 firmware..... says i need to update to current psp firmware!!!! so help....please....

   by nathan1213 - 2007-11-30
 » 3.73

i have a 3.73 update but i dont know if i should update or wait for the 3.73 CF



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