If some of you guys were wondering what became of all the drama that happened yesterday in the PSP scene, here's an update. Miriam has responded to the accusations that Dark AleX and Alek made yesterday about the GripShift homebrew enabler that he came up with.

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News broke earlier today about a homebrew enabler created using the GripShift exploit by a developer known as Miriam. However, it seems someone tried to pull a fast one. Dark AleX himself got wind of the news and revealed that the exploit used a leak from Team C+D, and proper credits go to joek. More details after the link.

A new PsarDumper with KL4E/KL3E decompressor has been released for 3.80 firmware. The app is reportedly from _HellDashX_ but users are warned before using it as no readme or changelog was provided in the archive.

Thanks to luis5 and exter for the tip!

Download: 3.80 PsarDumper + KL4E/KL3E decompressor

Anticipating the inevitable release of CFW for the PSP's 3.80 update, homebrew developer Coolj dropped by our forums to say that _HellDashX_ has released a Pandora Battery creator plugin for CWFs. The plugin also emulates the syscon code. Check out the full article for the controls. Update: CoolJ has announced a quick bug fix update.

Download: Pandora Battery Creator3.80, syscon (with bug fixes)
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_HellDashX_ has released a new build for his custom firmware, 3.73 HX-1. At first, he didn't release the latest build a few weeks ago for personal reasons. He finally gave in a few days ago and released 3.73 HX-1. This latest build added Dark AleX's MAC Spoofer.

Download: 3.73 HX-1 with Mac Spoofer

Thanks to seanpaul223 for the tip!

Following the announcement of the latest Sony PlayStation Portable firmware being successfully decrypted and a new custom firmware made out from it, Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew developer _HellDashX_ has finally given in and released PSP CFW 3.37 HX-1 into the wild. Check out the entire details in the full article.





Download: Custom Firmware 3.73 HX-1

Just a couple of hours after the PlayStation Portable firmware 3.73 was released on Sony Japan's official website, homebrew developer _HellDashX_  rolled out a new build for his custom firmware otherwise known as HX.

The news was sent to us via email by QJ.NET readers SeanPaul223 and Ilawl. However, _HellDashX_ will not be publicly releasing this new build yet. To know why, click the "read more" link below.

Got three minutes of patience to spare for Pandora? Then Install Pandora is probably the tool you need. Like other Pandora easy installers, Install Pandora loads up in your PC and comes with a collection of prepared tools to smoothen the creation and installation of Pandora and the Pandora battery.

But you can only run through this application if you can read it to some degree, because everything from the wizard installation to the command prompt wizard is explained in French. Read on, dear reader.

Homebrew developer pspfreak101 has created another Easy Installer, though this time it's for the recently released CFW 3.72 HX-1 for the Sony PlayStation Portable. With _HellDashX_'s custom firmware in tow, 3.72 Easy Installer also comes with an option to update Dark AleX' 3.52 M33 custom firmware.

The current build of the 3.72 Easy Installer requires Microsoft's .NET Framework 2.0. You can find the program's download link along with pspfreak101's Easy Installer download at the full article.

PSP homebrew developer theketchupman visited the QJ.NET forums earlier to announce the release of a new build for the Recovery LE for PSPs running on custom firmware 3.71 M33-2. This handy plugin will enable users to do things such as change their M33's configuration on the fly, or mount a Video ISO, and can be used on VSH and/or while running a game. theketchupman also stated that several additions have been made to Recovery LE since its version 2 release a few days ago:

•  General:
• Time remaining with battery added
• A USB OF/ON text add (see USB menu)
• screen button problems has been fixed
• AntiUpdate feature added (thanks to tOc, _HellDashX_ , and Coolj)
• USB enabled via HOLD (without the menu) : just put HOLD to enable USB (and USB device, i.e. UMD, Flash or MS)
• Settings :
• Recovery Config : new organisation (new menu Color)
• you now have the possibility to change the selection cursor color
• Extends :
• CPU Speed : CPU Speed in VSH/GAME has been changed : you now only have choice between the 7 configurations allowed by DA (20, 75, 100, 133, 222, 266, 300 and 333)
• Pandora : Backup Battery Eeprom, and Restore Battery Eeprom added (note : you can have some eeprom writing errors, but your battery should still work)
• vshMenu :
• ISO Video added (see ISO Video for more informations)
• USB (new) :
• allow you to switch on/off USB
• Known bugs:
• if you use ISO Video to mount one Video ISO of your ms, you may (and probably will) experience some freeze / problem with the plugin / problem to turn off the PSP. It's not a Recovery bug, but a M33 one.
• With these new functions, there are sometimes some freeze, even if i don't really understand where are the pb. I'll of course change this asap
• Notes:
• there is some problems with Toogle Flash, i do not tell you anymore to delete pConf.dat and config.se from flash1. So, you may have a freeze at the first use of the plugin. If so, simply Turn off the PSP, and then turn on again. It should be fine
  

The author further notes that due to health problems, we may not be looking at any further updates for Recovery LE for a while. We strongly advise users to view the readme included with the bundle for proper installation and usage instructions. If you run into any bugs, be sure to report them to theketchupman via the QJ.NET PSP Development forums.

Download: Recovery LE plugin v3
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