Posted Jun 25, 2006 at 03:58PM by Justin B. Listed in: Firmware, Homebrew Development
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FakeDowngraders

Some news has recently appeared on Fanjita's sites explaining a recent "fake" in the homebrew scene. Most of us have seen fakes enough in the past to know that when something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. We have seen fake shells such as Biros appear, and many fake downgraders and "custom" firmwares as well. This recent news alert from Fanjita deals with a fake downgrader, something of which we should all avoid.

Recently, someone as been claiming to have a downgrader for firmwares 2.0+, and has been attempting to sell it with Fanjita's name attached for any issues they may have with it. Fanjita has alerted all of us that this downgrader has nothing to do with him, and that if we see any such issues in the future (his name being attached to fakes) we should notify him immediately. Fanjita is a well respected developer, no one will get away with using it for evil deeds and scams, not on my watch! Now all you scallywags be careful, the homebrew scene has many evils!

So, in a few words - Do not download any downgraders unless we confirm they are real. Fanjita does not have any affiliation with these fake downgraders.


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   by Master inuYasha (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » DAMN BASTARDS!!!

Damn bastards, trying to do crap like that to Fanjita! A well respected individual, who brought homebrew to 2.0+ Bastards, they should be banned from homebrew if it was possible....May their psps be updated to 2.71!!! MWA

   by Cao (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » ?

2.00 downgrader for 1000 dollars?
ROFL!
there are already 2.00 downgraders

   by Justin B. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-06-25
 » Comments -

Hey, it's just an image for demonstration ;) And it says 2.0+ anyways, not just 2.0 :)

   by post_break (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » .

Heh reminds me of this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/PSP-Downgrader-2-0-to-1-50-Wallpapers_W0QQitemZ104753036545QQihZ020QQcategoryZ91514QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

   by Cao (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » ^

O Ok, I thought too fast, thanks for the clarification :)

   by anonymous (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » fanjita is no god

to many people worship fanjita yes he is a developer so wut because of him homebrew is better for some psp owners fanjita also ignores anyone who he has never spoken to before ever person i have ever spoken to who has tried to contact fankita has been ignored or told what they r doing has no potential when have of it does dont get me wrong i recognize fanjitas talents but people hold to much stock in him he does not know and see all and he is not the only person who has contributed to the psp hombrew scene

   by monaco (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » wtf

thnx for not giving me credit on this

   by r (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » to #6

#6, Its sounds like you hold something against him lol. What he ever done to you?

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   by anonymous (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » its wut he does to others

well it was more this guy skylark a mod or admin on his site but i know a lot of ppl who have been ignored and shutdown by fanjita

   by Justin B. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-06-25
 » #7

Monaco - What are you talking about? If you sent in a news tip, it was probably recieved after I saw this article on fanjita's site.

Do you guys expect fanjita to answer every freakin question or statement made to him? Do you guys even know how many contact him each day? No, you dont ;)

Fanjita is not hard to get a hold of, if you have something good to say, or something that only he can answer, he will.

   by lol (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » ^

if fanjita should help everyone that contacted him for help he probably wouldnt have any time to work on his own projects.

   by r (yes im #8) (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » amen

amen to that Justin B. and on top of all the emails he gets, he also has a life.

   by Cao - 2006-06-25
 » fanjita

Agreeed with Justin B.
#6, you're right, Fanjita isn't God, that's why he can't help everyone of you at the same time.
Just like lol(unregistered) said, if he spent time on you guys, he wouldn't have time on his own projects.
you should be thankful that this guy released eLoader.

   by takingadvantage - 2006-06-25
 » where talking about the fake downgraders guys

nocomment

   by takingadvantage - 2006-06-25
 » where talking about the fake downgraders guys

its those bloody wankers anyway them dumbasses trying to get what they believe to work but no one believes then dam them all to heck those virus trojan *****s

   by anonymous (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » never used it

maybe the reason im not thankful for the eloader is because ive no use for it i was a noob and upgraded to 2.7 because iwas told by someone the only way to run homebrew on any psp was with gta and i didnt have money for it at the time ive since learned the errors of my way and have payed dearly for it. why be thankful for something you dont have use or need. i admited i respected his skills as a developer but i still think ppl hold to much stock in fanjita if people didnt need his seal of aprooval to be taken seriously nowaday i think we might find a lot more hope for later versions of firmware and since fanjita is busy with his own progects and not interested in 2.7 and 2.71 he will not give his seal of approval to anyone all im saying is their is never gonna be another fanjita because he wont talk to ppl who have ideas and no one takes them seriously because fanjita hasnt aprooved it

   by takingadvantage - 2006-06-25
 » where talking about the fake downgraders guys

i mean who do they think to put there stuff under other peoples names and to bring the name that they are not worthy of letting it roll off there toung just so they can get there stuff out bastards

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   by takingadvantage - 2006-06-25
 » i shall post one more

he is a well respected person and i think he earned it and disserved it

   by sandbag (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » I hope this comment can be considered fair.

I'm not quite so hardcore as to say I hate Fanjita, but I do feel that the way he is reflected on here suggests he has a bigger ego even than me, which is not a good thing.

Sure, he seems to be a good coder, but I do feel he should get off his high-horse a bit. You're not a god, mate.

After all, to put a bit of perspective into this - you're coding programs for a small portable device. It's hardly creating world peace, etc..

But what I will say is that within the sphere of homebrew, he seems very talented, I just feel that his style has room for improvement.

Try not to lose track of the fact that homebrew coding is not The Whole World (tm) and so should not be treated as the most important thing in peoples' lives.

   by WAB...WAT? (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » YEAH RESPECTED!

Not like those Epsilon guys... LOL.

   by ChrisA (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » Conditions

Most ppl here think that Fanjita is good but is a jerk, some think hes not good like #19.
I know what its like to recieve many many emails or messages a day, but i usually manage to answer all of them meaning that yeh hes probably a jerk.
However, i dont know how smart u ppl are, so dont take off too much credit.

I look at what he has done for us (not me, i have 2.01) and am happy, i dont get into the person who made it too much. Oh and the PSP is NOT just a "small portable device" !!!

   by Just Me (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » Fanjita

I see where some of you are coming about this. Fanjita is not THAT great in my eyes, but he's alright. I've sent him emails before and he seems to respond about the next day or so. I think people just see him as a god because he's the one that made homebrew for 2.01+ possible. Sure Edison Carter paved the way for him, but he's the one that pulled it all through and made his EBOOT Loader work on 2.01+ :) That's why many love him for his work.

I for one think he's great, sure, but there are more people I respect as much as he himself. He's more of a one time thing while other devs are almost always around. Maybe that's why people like Fanjita a whole lot. He only comes around every now and then.

Fanjita isn't an all mighty coder, sure, but who is? I mean, everyone is good at something different. He has his eLoader, while other devs have their respected homebrew apps.

Overall Fanjita is alright in my book. He's not a god to me and I don't go crazy over him like some people do, but he's alright.

   by thegame4ever - 2006-06-25
 » wtf

nocomment

   by thegame4ever - 2006-06-25
 » wtf

wtf with you 'fanjita is bad, fanjita is not god' whatever. He never stated he is god, and his respect comes from the stuff he made, not that he forces you to 'respect him'. And you f'ing trolls with no life, lets see you create a program like a CALCULATOR for the psp first, let alone a troll, f'ing freeloaders not grateful for anything. So fanjita is a jerk cause he doesn't answer e-mails probably of the likes of anonymous sending "How you load gta iso on 2.6?". So you stupid trolls get off YOUR high-horse, stop thinking you're awesome, and go to the corner of your room for a well deserved timeout.

   by RaiderX - 2006-06-25
 » i hate these 4ssholes!

what the title says

   by Jake D. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-06-25
 » #19 and others...

As someone who has dealt with Fanjita on many occasions, just let me say that "egotistical" is one of the last words I'd use to describe him. He is more modest and unassuming than anyone else I've spoken with in the PSP world. Any sort of Fanjita"hype" is imposed on him by others. He has no control over that. If anything, he shies away from publicity and "fandom". He just likes to code and do things for the PSP.

Any sort of God-complex is an illusion created by admirers.

   by anonymous (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » lay off

i never said i hate fanjita i said i respect him in everyone of my posts just thought id bring that up and i realize fanjita is not egotistical i said people put to much stock in him i never said anything about him thinking he was all that and a box of choclates and just for the record i have made a calculator for psp you just need flash player knowledge lol that was a joke i know i dont have fanjitas coding skills stop falming me for saying people need to respect that their our other contributors to the homebrew community

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   by gf (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » ...

"Do not download any downgraders unless we confirm they are real."

Yah, cuz we all know we can't think for ourselves, jee wiz, thanks PSPUPDATES!!!


   by Raff7 (Unregistered) - 2006-06-26
 » mouthpiece

I am the mouthpiece of an other pspsite we will spread the voice!

   by container - 2006-06-26
 » Not good at all

This isn't the first time a respected Dev has been "scammed" in the homebrew world and it's sad to say it won't be the last.

Fanjita has given many of us here a new lease of life for our PSP's. People should be a little bit more thankful for what he has done. I wasn't registered here untill today, but I'm frankly getting sick of unregistered users being disrespectful...




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