Posted Jun 26, 2007 at 04:51PM by Tim Y. Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Development Tags: Fanjita, Sony, homebrew community, Noobz, Archaemic
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Just a few days after announcing that they managed to sniff out the Illuminati exploit for PSP firmware 3.50, the Noobz team is letting the community know they've hit pay dirt - the firmware 3.50 firmware downgrader is here! Now we can all have a slice of homebrew-heaven as this'll allow all commercial Sony firmwares to be downgradable back to firmware 1.50 - the gateway to Dark Alex's Custom Firmwares.

The team further notes that the downgrader is for firmware 3.50 - which means those wanting to downgrade must upgrade to the said firmware first. Fanjita's downgrader includes a port of Homebrew ENabler (HEN) for firmware 3.50 which will automatically detect existing PSP motherboards, and will take the proper steps for the downgrade. As a recap, the Noobz team advises users to have the following ready:
  1. A PSP, upgraded to the official Sony v3.50 firmware. You should also set your language settings to "English".
  2. A legal Lumines UMD, either the EU (ULES00043) or US (ULUS10002) version. The original, Platinum, or Greatest Hits versions are all fine. Support for the Japanese version will come soon.
  3. Sufficient intelligence and english language skills to be able to carefully and thoroughly read the instructions.
  4. It would also help if you've previously run the Illuminati Hello World, so that you're familiar with how to run the Illuminati exploit.
Of course, considering it's still in its early stage of development, risks can't be avoided. So Fanjita and his Noobz team issue these warnings:
  • Any downgrader carries some risk of permanently damaging your PSP. We've done everything we can to remove as much danger as possible, but if you choose to use this downgrader, you are accepting all of the risk involved. Nobody else will be held responsible for any damage to your PSP, howsoever caused.
  • Recent Sony official firmwares (3.30 onwards) have included checks that block upgrade from previously-downgraded PSPs with TA-082 or later motherboards. If you use this downgrader on such a PSP, you will lock yourself out of official firmware updates - although you will still be able to use new OE firmwares when they are released. We intend to release a tool to allow a return to official firmwares in the future.
  • This software is provided free of charge, so that you can use legitimate homebrew on your PSP. You are explicitly prohibited from selling it, or using it to pirate commercial games or applications. If you want to play a commercial game, do the decent thing and support the developers by buying it. If you don't, then YOU are contributing to the death of the PSP software industry.
Full installation and usage instructions should be available in the bundle Downgrader_HOWTO.txt file - we strongly advise users to read that very carefully before doing anything else. Another thing to note is that this exploit is a "secret" kernel mode that, according to Fanjita, they've been hanging on to.

Also, this groundbreaking exploit was made possible thru the aid of many figures in the PSP homebrew scene. Fanjita wishes to give credit to the following:
  • Everyone who has contributed to the ps2dev.org toolchain, without which none of the Noobz software would ever have been possible
  • Archaemic for his original input into the Illuminati exploit
  • Dark_AleX and Mathieulh, for their work on custom firmwares, HEN and the downgrader core
  • The various websites who continue to develop and support the homebrew community. You know who you are, and we're not going to stir up site politics by mentioning any specific sites.
That's it for the moment, although the Noobz team's other future projects include a fix for guys stuck on PSP fw 3.10 or 3.11, and an eLoader for v3.50 HEN.

Download: PSP 3.50 Downgrader (package)
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   by FIRST (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » POST

FIRST POST! YEAHH1


   Re: ManiacX (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » -

Great job, noobz team!

Welcome to the new people in the homebrew community!

Pls don't ask noob questions without researching first :P

   Re: Ferod (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Wow

Worked perfectly on my friends psp, he was on 3.10, updated to 3.50 and downgraded perfectly!!!

Ty

   Re: Tony Almeida (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Question

what is the difference between DevHook Supported 1.62 IE-D Update2 and Custom Firmware 3.40 OE. ANd what is HEN?

   Re: ManiacX (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » -

HEN + Homebrew Enabler


QJ.net staff, i suggest you close comments on this post because of spam and advertising comments that are bound to happen.

   Re: Tatsuya (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Great!

I'm PSP user in Japan.
It might be a thing to have expected this day months of days how many unpleasant how many.
Though it is a thing in Japanese version UMD
Not only I but also a lot of Japanese are assisting.

   Re: CheWu (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » WOOP WOOP

WoWoWoW! noobz are making cracks like theres no tommrow.

   Re: Aleshy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » OMFG

This mourning I woke up and not expecting anything but I just checked because I have nothing else of interest to do. OMFG well done n00bz and co. Im just waiting for my battery to recharge to 75% its at 74% I will be dowgrading to day!!

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   Re: Video on Youtube (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » Video on youtube

watch me downgrade my 3.50 check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+-hPTkegVo5w

   Re: Luscher (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » Too bad

Too bad I don't need this cause i already downgraded from 3.03 and have 3.03 OE-C

   Re: noobiwe (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » LUMINES

hy do we need 'Lumines' the game?? coz apparently u need it to install this downgrada...............

   Re: a (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » a

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 » ....

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   Re: BARRONI1977 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » PSP

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v+i7c2r84AXyk

   Re: Jomann (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » nice

if any1 wants to shut an iso site down pm me, i dont have the power to so i dont know who to talk to

   Re: ZUBERUMUC (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » GEEZ GEEZ

w00T!
   by Ievel (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » NICE

Thanks again


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   Re: HumanIce (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » awesome

hell yeah noobz team!!! you rock!
this is awesome, now I can finally downgrade my friend's psp! and another friend that also has a psp.. dam this is gonna be awesome..
   by Compozitor (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Second ^))

Guys you ROCK!!!!! You are the best! We all love you!
Keep it up!


   Re: harry balsaq (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » haha

hahahahahah u love a guy omg omg omg omg omg wen i saw this a strange white liquid came out of my peni$ idk wat it is sumone please tell me wat it is

   Re: harry balsaq is a ***** up (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » you are queer

you are a c.ock sucker
   by Mr. Chaos (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Cool

Good job Noobz team.

First?

   by WTF (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » FIRST

LMFAO F U

   by Joshua Auger (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » FIRST

GOING TO GET LUMINES NOW LIKE ASAP!!!!!!!

   by Korlithiel - 2007-06-26
 » Ah yeah

Last time I missed out on cashing in on the exploit, so many copies of GTA sold and I missed it.

Anyways I'm glad for this exploit, people can now buy a new PSP and end up with a completely homebrew compatible one.


   Re: Korlithiel - 2007-06-26
 » Forgot to mention earlier

On the Noobz website they wanted all news articles to link to the donation thing so they can be paid for their work by those willing since it seems to be forgotten I figured I should mention it.

   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » QJ!! QJ!! QJ!! READ Korlithiel's post!!!!

BTW, WAY TO GO!! IM FREAKIN SHOCKED AT HOW SIMPLE AND EASY TO GET A GAME. the game is rated E to that way everyone can downgrade unlike the m ratings which lmited some people. plus its a win-win situation. we get downgrades and homebrew and the devs of the game get sales increase. nothing to lose....yet.
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   by nice job yet again (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » homebrew just keeps going and going and going

not that i or anyone i know can use this (i've switched everyone i know's psp to custom firmware), i heartily congratulate the devs for their stunning work. keep sticking it to the S-ny man!


   Re: nobody (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » kewl

time to go buy a copy of lumines!

   Re: bc (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » this is it!!

It is here. Enjoy it everybody!!
   by Kamesen (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » VERY NICE

thanks much. sooo... whens CFW 3.50 comin out? =p


   Re: Whaa?! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » soon

and even sooner will 3.51 come out

   Re: OMG (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » OMG

Wow... after all this time... finally out!!! amazing... now I can go buy another PSP!!

   Re: blackhowling (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » nice work guys

got a paypal i can donate to for your continuing work over the past year ?
i've known about homebrew since the start so i'm safe :)
also 3.50CFW is only 5% complete so far due to changing in the prx's or so i read

   Re: Mibu K. (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Thanks

Sweetness..... Now I can buy another slick PSP and downgrade.

   Re: Fanjita - 2007-06-27
 » Paypal for donations

The donations link in the article above is now fixed, or you can paypal directly to donations@noobz.eu
   by . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » .

noobz.eu is down


   Re: D (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » noobz

it shouldn't be, I'm on
   by james2150 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » ...

watever


   Re: Xairu (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Great Job

I'm still waiting for people to stop upgrading their older PSPs.. less people want downgrader, more room for devs to develop other hacks and such. :)

Gratz to noobz and company. :3
   by GJ (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » cant wait for 3.50 OE-A to come out now lol

YAaa good for all you 3.50 ers

   by james2150 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » ...

is this the first time a downgrader has come out before cfw? YAY NOOBZ!


   Re: Squake (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Awesome

3.50 downgrader. I've been denying it forever. Never knew it was possible. ^_^

Great job noobz!
   by XxBigP123xX - 2007-06-26
 » i pwn noobz

i pwn noobz


   Re: zen (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » cool

that's pretty cool for new holders
   by 1 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » 2

Any chance of PSP sales sky-rocketing now?


   Re: gregerson316 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Maybe

The psp's might sell more but the games will lower.

   Re: Ricardo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » But...

But the Lumines sales will increase :P

   Re: no (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » no

no but sales on doing ur mom in her pu$$y will ooooo0o snap

   Re: yes sir (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » yes sir

yes sirr
   by fj4 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Stuck on 3.10/3.11?

How does one get "stuck" on Sony FW 3.10 or 3.11?
Anyway, thanks Noobz/Dark_AleX/Fanjita and everyone else involved in making the PSP worth buying.


   Re: Demonsweat (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Owned by Noobz

Excellent work, guys. Even though I already have a homebrew-compatible PSP, I'm glad to hear about this. It could only be good for the community to get as many new people into the scene as this exploit likely will.

   Re: Bored (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Yes, it's possible.

If you have a TA-082 or TA-086 motherboard and downgrade, the IPL keys become corrupted and you can only upgrade once from 1.50. If you do not run a fix EBOOT prior to upgrading again to an official higher firmware, you'll only be able to do so once, but any attempts of future upgrades will fail.

   Re: prezz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » Stuck on 3.11 what that mean?

So a new PSP with 3.11 can not be downgraded? Or is only one that was downgraded in the past and moved to 3.11/3.10. I have a new PSP at 3.11 and would love to do the homebrew.
   by youresam - 2007-06-26
 » thats

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   Re: youresammy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » .

LOL. the y didnt fit x)
   by Ryan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » AMAZED

wow thank you noobz
i would donate money to you but im not old enough to have a pay pal account but i would if i did
thank you so much!!!!!
I sploooooshed in my pants when i saw the headline!


   Re: *This name has been stolen* (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » yess

awesome ty god ty fanjita now i can downgrade! My new PSP!

   Re: freakin awsome (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » wow

thanks noobz
but yea daedalus R12 is supposed to be released really soon, perfect timeing!

   Re: ***** (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » omg

peni$ peni$ peni$ ***** peni$ omg i love the peni$
   by Hobbit (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » crazy

crazy...noobz site is completely simplified! cant wait to go get my copy of lumines tomorrow cant wait to try it :D


   Re: lansingone - 2007-06-26
 » great news

i have a friend that could use this, he's been waiting a long time to do all the things i can do
   by reiyu - 2007-06-26
 » HELP!

where can i get the 1.5 japanese firmware?


   Re: cml (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » sdfv

Great work Noobz, but when will team C+D come out with a downgrader without a game, just a regular downgrade?

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » .

Why JP?
All fw eboots are the same.

   Re: Horny (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » whats next?

THANK YOU SOOOOOO SOOO MUCHHHH downgraded to 1.5 successfullyyyyyyyyy,, but idk what firmware to get next or what to do next, anyone can help me out? thx guys +]

   Re: poopies (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » help

what FW do i get now?

   Re: Lawful123 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » holy your horses

I'm guessing that a new firmware 3.5oe will
be available in the next few days :}

   Re: Honry (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 »  Lawful123

thx, so i go straight from 1.5 to 3.50oe when available, will i still need to get things like devhook or the homebrew enabler, any other extras? thaxxxx

   Re: bc (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » 3.40oe

The most current CFW is 3.40 oe. You can install this until 3.50 oe is released .
   by Jo_Evo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » OMG

after what people have heard about this, in minnesota around the "saint paul" area had sold all there copies of Lumines man, people XD, i had to travel about 15 miles just to get this game, but i aready have a "oe" so it all good


   Re: Jo_Evo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » HAHA

it call backup :)
   by Lawful123 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » Purchased last game

My local eb had a sudden shortage of a particular game
today. Good thing I got mine yesterday for $13.00. I wonder how mutch this is selling for on ebay? Any
sugestions?


   Re: FIRST (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » FIRST

I AM GOD. BOW TO ME AS I AM FIRST
   by Legendz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » got it used

got it used from game stop for $13.00 too. the people there thought I was weird to go crazy over such an old game. I said "you'll see in a few hours" and walk out smiling.


   Re: Nanooz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » THanks!!!!!!!

man im sooooooo happy the downgrader is out !!!!!!! im gonna buy lumines tomorrow first thing in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks noobz team for making this possible...appreciate your time...
   by Mime (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » good job noobz.

Great job people!

   by aeuya (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » lumines #2 on amazon.com

now with the new downgrader lumines is sold out everywhere i look on amazon.com is like all the way up at the top just under the wii cuz everyone wants to downgrade or cash in on ebay
i mean sony isnt losing money from this cuz we get a downgrader and they get a wad of bills from all the people buying lumines
im glad that now everyone can enjoy homebrew but eventually youll get tired of it, like me, as my psp has been hacked for like a year and ive done all that i can do with it and now im tired of it so enjoy it while you can :)

   by Act II - 2007-06-26
 » will it be safe

if i have downgraded from 3.03, then upgraded to custom firmware, then downgraded again, then upgraded to official firmware, will it be safe to dowangrade again and then upgrade to custom again?

   by Act II - 2007-06-26
 » is it safe

i have downgraded from 3.03 then upgraded to custom firmware, then downgrade again, then upgrade to official firmware. will it be safe if i downagrade again and then upgrade to custom firmware again?


   Re: Act II - 2007-06-26
 » oops

sorry, the comment didnt show up the first time so i had to type it again
   by ... (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » ...

29th post! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


   Re: ha (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » ha

hahahaha
this is the first time i see something like this.
u just made my day.

   Re: rob (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » counting???

at least you bothered to count and not chose a random numer (i think)
lol

   Re: counter (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » *counted*

what he meant to say was 28th post not 29th. fúckin idiot >_
   by chrispg13 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » japanese version!!

i hope the japanese version comes soon ha it wont load the game saves from america!!


   Re: Juggalo Rob (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » 1337

This is friggen sic, I tried to look @ my work and we dont carry the game anymore, looks like I will need to go to Game Crazy or Game Stop to pick up a copy, I wonder if they are sold out yet?
   by cool (Unregistered) - 2007-06-26
 » jap psp

does it downgrade a jap psp that's a factory 3.50?

thanks in advance


   Re: john (Unregistered) - 2007-06-27
 » europe

does it work on europe psp's

   Re: fat gurl (Unregistered) - 2007-06-28
 » gotta ich?

muh pu$$Y iches please help!


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