Posted Dec 20, 2006 at 10:11AM by Pranav T Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits, News Tags: Sony, DevHook, Mathieulh, emulation, PlayStation Network
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UPDATE: Well unfortunately, the problem is a bit bigger than what was originally thought. While the keys for most modules are unchanged, it seems that the keys for the loadcode and loadexec modules have been changed, plus they have been tagged differently. While many of the modules are decrypted, the problem is that a lot more modules are left un-decrypted, which means that Devhook emulation is currently not possible.

At this point, I won't speculate about when it will get decrypted. Let's just hope for the best! Also, thanks to Mathieulh for clearing up the confusion.



Firmware update 3.03Yes, the latest firmware for the PSP is out! But just like the last few updates, this one offers nothing great unless you're lucky enough to have a PS3 with you. Here's the single update which is listed on Sony's official site:
Don't worry though, we do have something to be excited about. I talked to my friend Birdman a while ago who gave the news that even though it's currently unusable with the latest Devhook, the problem is quite minor. It seems that Sony hasn't changed the decryption keys, which means that a lot of stuff gets decrypted. The only problem is that they seem to have changed the PSAR layout which means that psardumper gets confused while decrypting.

Obviously, this means that psardumper can easily be modded to check for a different layout when decrypting this firmware. And since it's open source and well maintained, we should be expecting a modded version soon. Anyways, even though most of you know this, let's just make it clear, shall we?


This firmware is currently non-homebrew-able. Please don't upgrade with the hope of it being cracked anytime soon.



Now that we have that out of the way, here's the download for firmware 3.03.

Download: [PSP Firmware 3.03]


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   by xxxmrgamerxxx - 2006-12-19
 » thats nice

maby when we can get the ps1 emu in homebrew it will be more intersting


   Re: haha (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » moewha

no i'm second ^^

   Re: thebeeg (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » hahah

2nd
im never upgrading unless.....

   Re: really?!?! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ...

i' just want a 3.0 downgrader... yes i know its probably not possible but this is my way of dealing with reality

   Re: sirius playa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » well

ya know at one point making a 1.51 downgrader was imposible

   Re: Hacker (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » I know how to fix it

"the keys for the loadcode and loadexec modules have been changed" This is no problem. I will make a exec program tonight that fowards the source code from the psar and pbp files. After it is done with this the automatic reconfigure adjustment file will automatically change the tags by setting up a host and tricking the files to think that it is being run by the administrator so that it will not be needed.

   Re: Hacker (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » one more thing

I will enable kernal access by opening the files through my Linux comp. THen it will easily be emulated

   Re: jon (Unregistered) - 2006-12-21
 » avc files

i cant play my avc files anymore this sux
and also i can play mp4 but the quality is much worse than the avc
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   by psp (Unregistered) - 2006-12-19
 » hah

hahahah 2nd

   by 16 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-19
 » haha

3rd


   Re: gdf (Unregistered) - 2006-12-19
 » g

4th

   Re: m5? (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » 5

5th
   by Why (Unregistered) - 2006-12-19
 » Sony?

why do you have to change that PSAR thingy we want homebrew not homebrew less PSPs i dont like nor do i hate you.BUT NOW I HATE YOU you keep acting like you are the best why dont you just make a FINAL release which is uncrackable?


   Re: SteroidMitch (Unregistered) - 2006-12-21
 » umm..

nothing...let me repeat that NOTHING IS UNCRACKABLE!

   Re: Kraiden (Unregistered) - 2007-01-04
 » SteroidMitch

Amen! Preach it sista! ;-)
   by Chainsaw (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » What ???

I don't understand Sony. No homebrew on PSP, often new firmware to block everything. But on PS3 they allow other operating systems that make homebrew and a lot more possible. PSP:Everything forbidden and blocked... PS3: Everything allowed ?


   Re: Techni (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ...

On PS3, homebrew can not result in the use of pirated PS3 games. On PSP it can, and is being used for that. Maybe when devhook/custom firmware stops including an ISO loader it'll have less resistance

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   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » .

Kiddin me? Theyve already dumped quite a few games using Linux, it's only a matter of time before either a modchip or something like devhook appears.

   Re: Techni (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ....

Linux doesn't have complete hardware access.
You think they'd let you copy games if they thought you could run them? Not only that, but how many of you own those $2000 bluray burners hmmm?

   Re: seventoes (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » .....

"Linux doesn't have complete hardware access."

Your kidding me?

   Re: Some Guy (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » d

There's so much piracy on the PSP, selling homebrew-allowing PSPs is costing them a lot of money - they expect to lose some money on selling the actual PSP units, but make up for that with the game sales. Homebrew apps, along with pirated PSP games are lowering PSP Game sales. Sony doesn't mind PS3 having homebrew cuz PS3 games cannot be pirated (at least not yet and even if they were, it would take like weeks to download a full PS3 game) and crappy homebrew games aren't going to really interfere with the PS3's game sales.

   Re: sirius playa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » hes right

he is right sony is expecting to loose over 3 billion dollers this coming yer so if you make money then by the end of 07 youll be richer than sonys gaming department but ya know what i say to that sony needs to allow homebrew that may just increse psp sales to a reachable point and as for isos they can put in programs to block the launching of iso all theyd need to do is spend a few days and maby make fewer umds untill piricy goes down that may put them through the gap and get them some good things being said of them on this site
   by Freemo - 2006-12-20
 » and again

another update, another fairly pointless feature.
Sony, hurry up and give us psone downloads from the psp. not all of us can afford your behemoth. hell it isnt even out in aus yet...


   Re: sony crapping on us (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » all sony are doing is craping on us

sony really knows how to crap on there customers,
the first thing they should done is made all the ps1 games download able to the psp and not having it like it is now which is totaly unfare to it's world wide coustomers, the ps3 won't even be out in the UK until march at least and even then there won't be enoght to go round so most of the psp owners will still not be able to use the ps1 games only the lucky ones with ps3, so sony can now stuff the ps3 I just got a wii instead your loss sony

   Re: zetsurin (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » bulls***

All Sony's customers know how to do is crap on Sony actually! The first thing the PSP communit would do if they allowed downloads without the PS3 would be to pirate the PS1 titles.

   Re: bulls to bulls (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » bulls to you zetsurin

I have 28 UMD's not iso I would like to buy PS1 games to use on my PSP I should not have to buy a PS3 to do this, so if you take you hea out your crapper then you would know that most of the PSP community buy there games an on't steal them as you seem to think less the 5% of the PSP community use iso's 95% buy there games

   Re: Karakano (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Haha.

To the post above me... {bulls to bulls } You are WRONG. 70% Of all the PSP owners have an 2.71SE-* Or an 1.50 Firmware psp. So what means.... 30% Buy their games and 70% use iso games. Don't expect that EVERYONE would pay his a** off for games that are a bit high.

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   Re: jj (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » to post above me

i have 2.7 SE to play homebrew not iso's

   Re: sirius playa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Jesus

using zetsurin's logic this is how the world is

a teenager breaks into a store at night and steals a tv and dvd player after some investigation authoritys discover who it was and all teenagers world-wide are put in juvinal hall

well i understand that piracy is a problom i dont think it is such a big one that everyone needs to be punished i know quite a few sites to get iso and yet i have exactly 0 isos on my psp and computer
   by cmon (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » 4.0???

Sony might as well change it to firmware 4.0. If I was a coder I would mod the PSAR dumper butt nope I'm not. Good luck to the people modding that dumper so we can use it with devhook.


   Re: what (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » this is cool

funny
   by harbl (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Wow...

So Sony is going to release a firmware update everytime they add more PS1 titles to download? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I don't want to have to spend 5 minutes upgrading my firmware every week.


   Re: mad hatter (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » so where...

so where is your ps1 emulator? where is your ps1 emulator that happens to be perfect in one version and never needs updates? so where in fact is any emulator ever made that never required incremental updates? you are really quite clueless about how software development works. would you prefer everyone was made to wait until december 2007 until the emulator is 110% beyond a doubt perfect because poor little you gets offended by updates?

   Re: Unbelievable (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » haha oh wow

What the hell are you babbling about? The PSP doesn't even emulate PS1 games you dumbass. All of the PS1 games available for download are games that are essentially remade for the PSP. There is no emulation going on.

   Re: wow (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » wow

5 minutes must be super precious for you lol. i wonder how many minutes or hours you spent on installing devhook and other homebrew programs on your psp and trying to get them to work

   Re: wowow (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » wowowow

What? It takes 1 minute to copy a folder to my memory stick. If it takes you hours to install devhook or to put a homebrew game on your PSP you must be retarded.
   by whitelightnig - 2006-12-20
 » PRXs

it seems they changed the encryption in loadexec.prx, sysmem.prx, and reboot.bin.

I think they'll eventually have a dump/decrypt-proof FW. and they'll keep making games for higher and higher FWs, and they'll keep making games not bootable on DevHook. and then they have won.


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » .

They will never win.

   Re: ken (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » true !!

they will never ever win

   Re: sirius playa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » lol

well look at who we have we have top notch coders some of which have at some point or do work for sony it may take some time after each fw release but eventuly everything is broken and they need a new one sony is only postponing the inevitable there is no posible way they can ever win and the way things are looking now there gonna give up on the psp aside from porting ps1 games and do ps3 stuff we alredy won
   by whitelightnig - 2006-12-20
 » PRXs

it seems they changed the encryption in loadexec.prx, sysmem.prx, and reboot.bin.

I think they'll eventually have a dump/decrypt-proof FW. and they'll keep making games for higher and higher FWs, and they'll keep making games not bootable on DevHook. and then they have won.

   by whitelightnig - 2006-12-20
 » sorry,

sorry for all the posts, but QJ, wtf? I got this when I tried to post a comment


"Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to mail.qj.net:25 in /var/www/htdocs_new/qj.net/SCRIPTS/classlib/class_smtp.php on line 91

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/htdocs_new/qj.net/SCRIPTS/classlib/class_smtp.php:91) in /var/www/htdocs_new/qj.net/SCRIPTS/modules/articles_module/VIEWS/ArticleForms.php on line 193"

   by Korpiolut (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » WTF?

That firware really sucks. No homebrew, more security updates, more ps1 games what we cant eaven get! I'm not eaven gonna buy that ps3, so what! The most unuselles firmware i'v ever seen.


   Re: sock puppet (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » river

oh cry me a river, some of us have ps3s.

   Re: tuloiproK (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » WYH?

nobody cares about cheapos who just want to get stuffs for free lol
   by paulo (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » CONFIRMED TO WORK

I HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS FIRMWARE WORKS ON DEVHOOK, I JUSZ TRIED IT ON MY 1.5 AND I WILL UPLOAD THE VIDEO WHEN YOUTUBE IS FINISHED WITH THEIR MAINTAINANCE IF YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE, EFF YOU, BECAUSE I GOT THIS TO WORK


   Re: ORLY?@!? (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ORLY@!#@?

ORLY?

   Re: Spook (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Ehh..

You suck. You didn't get it to work, you just wanna make people jealous.. Lucky for me i dont really care about any downgrader/devhook or whatever..
I'll just buy the games instead and make the psp last longer.. :)
   by George (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Ok?

Do you want a cookie or something? Calm down man, you must think you're special now.

   by lansingone - 2006-12-20
 » what new games?

i just looked in the store (both U.S and japan) and thares the same games up that have been up since thay started releasing psone games

   by myname (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » nodesc

#1 There will always be ways to play video games illegally.
#2 Sony(companies) will try to stop this as much as they can afford (they cant afford not to .. most anyway)
#3 im really tired someone give me a sleeping pill

   by fusionx (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Same old Sony...

Instead of getting new customers to their PSP system or even encourage them to get one nah.... they just love to restrict it as much as they can so but then find it a shock when people are buying XBox360 & the Wii.
To tell ya the truth i'm sick of Sony, I've been a fan of theirs since the PS1, PS2 and now the PSP (including digital cameras and recorders) but with their new system the PS3 which will be released in the UK in March (which i think there will be a shortage or a delay) will cost about £400+ for 20GB and £600+ for 60GB... sorry but that's just way too much man ***** i ain't rich!
If that weren't bad enough we've also got to content with more updates on another system... black mailing peeps to get a PS3 just to play PS1 games on the PSP... Sorry Sony i think Xbox360 will do me including a Wii as well (if i can get hold of one lol).


   Re: you idiot (Unregistered) - 2006-12-22
 » your a prick

gettin a 360 and a wii will cost as much as just getting a ps3 and they are both crap in comparison to the ps3. I wish you'd all stop moaning sony are just protecting their sales of games. If they allow homebrew people use iso's and don't buy games sony make no money, go bankrupt and then they will be no psp or ps3 and no games for them either !!!
   by Rok - 2006-12-20
 » LOL...SONY this is lame

Sony will get owned again and again and again...

   by not (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Ohh Noes!!!11!!

I upgraded to 3.03 and now I can't play my DevHook. What happened?!!??!!11!?


NOT! But it could happen to some noobs... we've all seen it. So here's an idea.

How about this site stops posting the links to the actual download. Just state that it's in the download section. After all, if someone needs to get it for DevHook or something else they'll have to dig for it. At least it won't be readily available for the "click-happy" noobs to update to prior to understanding what it does in the first place... yeah, like that never happens.

So, QJ, stop posting the download links for it... just state that you can "Get it in the downloads section".


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » .

When the stupid newbs upgrade, they deserve it for not reading. I will call this "Gaming Natural Selection", or simply GNS.

   Re: jeff_rey27 - 2006-12-20
 » 2.80

i am bored with my ta-02 psp 2.80

   Re: Granavatar_OfME (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ¨¨WTF?

"When the stupid newbs upgrade, they deserve it for not reading. I will call this "Gaming Natural Selection", or simply GNS."

No is simply called being a n00b,if you think is something else you are a Ghey Sucking a$$.

GNS,Roflmao.

Another firmware,i would upgrade when the Psone games i want come to America.

Dino Crisis FTW.
   by first (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » first

first


   Re: ZACH (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » YESSSSS

I RAPED A GOAT!
   by MitchenX - 2006-12-20
 » I've had it...

I bought this little bundle of joy with my own hard-earned money. It belongs to me. I will use it for WHATEVER I WANT TO. And Sony can suck it!!!!
Meanwhile, they're lingering above us saying, "wouldn't you like to play the newest games?" Of course, who wouldn't? But WHY lock out the old games, and the homebrew that everyone has worked so hard to perfect?
Now I'm on a possible-brick suicide mission. I'm 2.81 only until I beat Sonic Rivals... After that, it's homebrew or brick!! I don't care anymore. I won't play along with Sony's retarded crap...
Oh... and whoever is first post or second post is completely IRRELEVANT!!! I can't stand you!!! Stop wasting valuable webspace to proclaim "I posted first! he he! I'm a dumb little girl!!" just go play with your barbie dolls and let the grown-ups talk... geez.

   by yolarry (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Homebrew 4 life!

No sony you cant force me to upgrade!



***** YOU SONY AND I WANT YOU BURN IN HELL.



First it was the dualshock and its homebrew.



HOMEBREW 4 LYFE!


***** YOU SONY AND YOUR NEW PLAYSTATION 3.


I going old school!


   Re: yolarry is my Bi/tch (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » HOMEBREW 4 LYFE!.

WTF?,Lmao.

   by Granavatara_OfMe (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Meh

Are the Ps0ne games and the Playstation tore already avalible for the PSP?,is the only way i think an upgrade might be considerable also i got a wii and still waiting for SMW Because the virtual console suck A$$ for the moment.

What the wii has to do well i dont need homebrew since i can pay 8 Bucks for any game i could play with emulators free on my computer.....F***ing Upgrades and F***cking Nintendo for Charging 8 bucks for Sonic 1.

   by ASTROPUNK (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » JUST A LITTLE SHOUT OUT!

We wont see games implement 3.03 for another month or so, maybe even longer, so everyone can relax when it comes to games not working with Devhook. Im running Devhook with 3.01 emu and it works great. I want to give a big shout out to all devs working on a solution around the minor problems with 3.03. I hope to see a PSAR dumper soon that works. Peace

   by CharlieT - 2006-12-20
 » Selling My PSP Ya'll

Anyone Interested In Buying My Sony PSP Firmeware 1.5

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=330063867545&rd=1&rd=1

My Email Is Cochese3R@msn.com

   by azz (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » azz

azz

   by damn homebrew pirates (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » f you damn homebrwers

You should all be put in jail for pirating games,

the psp as sony has said is NOT MADE FOR THIS!!

and don't give me the ***** that it is a multimedia device, yea it is, but not to play sega or gba or n64 games on, its a device for music, video, and (sony, unless otherwise officilly by sony in the future) games (that are on umd)

so all u homebrew pirates can GO LIVE IN A HOLE, AND DIE DAMMIT


   Re: matt (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » ^idiot

Are you stupid? Do you realize you can do this for FREE? I think you just dont know how to put emulators on your psp, therefore you hate it. I bought it, I can put whatever the hell I want on it. And what is your purpose posting and hating pirateS?! How can you possibly come to this website and hate pirating?
"
"the psp as sony has said is NOT MADE FOR THIS!"

Oh, whoa! Ya hear that, guys?! Sony siad we're not allowed to! Oh, what are you honestly expected us to do when hearing that quote? Apoligize? You, sir, are a dumbass.

   Re: Granavatar_OfME (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Matt you suck

Take a chill pill and reply when your period ends.

I really dont care.

   Re: someone_pr (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » thats not the problem...

the problem isn't the hombrews... sony like that we have it, and sony can love to put all emulators... they don't care of that... what the problem is and what really cares to sony are the isos... that makes that depelopers don't make a decent games to the psp... just ports and some other fun games but nothing that let u buy a psp... maybe tekken and metal gear ops... but really... what else? for now... I use my psp for the location free and watch movies... no umd bye the way... if just the psp had a video out I will buy the umds... don't have to buy the dvd version some... at home and on the go...

   Re: GTFO (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » GTFO

GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO GTFO
   by I did it for the luz (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Sorry :

First!!!!!!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

   by tay (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » who cares

3.00- 3.02 are good enough for now anyway

   by PeeWee (Unregistered) - 2006-12-20
 » Tittyboppers

[ The PLAYSTATION Network] Titles which can be played from the PSN have been increased.
Does that mean I don't need a PS3 to download my PS1 games?


   Re: pspizzle (Unregistered) - 2006-12-21
 » no...

no it means that there are more games available to play, they would have mentioned if you no longer needed a ps3 to download them


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