Today is worth celebrating if you've got a Sony PlayStation Portable, since Dark AleX just unleashed a combo of releases. Here, you can find the universal unbricker Despertar del Cementerio version 5 which installs 3.90 M33-3 and brings integration with Dark_AleX' other homebrew app, the Time Machine.

Download: Despertar del Cementerio v5

Homebrew developer Yellow_Rain has released an unofficial patch that updates several .prx files found in the most recent custom PSP firmware version released by Dark AleX.  More in the full article.


Download: Patch to use 3.93 features in 3.90 M33-2
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It's said to be the only constant, and yet even homebrew developers of Sony's handheld make use of it from time to time. Change is the name of JumpR's game - the Flashless Version Changer v2, specifically. JumpR gives us more directions on how to use this updated application after the jump.


Download: Flashless Version Changer v2
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You will be glad to know that version 1.8 of the PC-based application PSP Content Manager is now compatible with custom firmware 3.80 M33. Coder Red_Squirrel dropped by our forums and released the patch.

If you are unsure how to implement the patch, the developer provide a step-by-step installation guide which can be viewed via the "read more" link below. Enjoy!


Download: 3.80 M33 patch for PSP Content Manager v1.8
Download: PSP Content Manager v1.8
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Looks like there's a new PSP custom firmware in town! Here's the latest release of _HellDashX_: Custom Firmware 3.72 HX-1. It's built off of Dark AleX's 3.71 M33-2 custom firmware, and though DAX himself might be "retired", at least CFWs are still very much alive!

The maker of Anti Update for the PSP Slim plugin clues in reverse engineering feats and future interface changes., but perhaps you'd be more interested to head on over to the links for the download and the release forums at QJ.NET. Read on to find them.

PSP homebrew developer Jumpr - who also recently released a patch for PSP Content Manager v1.8 - has released a new guide for creating a Pandora Battery PSP Unbricker for the Vista OS and on Linux, after observing how "nearly all Pandora guides are for XP users."

Jumpr's guide is still based on the tried and true Pandora guides, but guides us through the necessary steps when dealing with the different OSs. Basically the process is the same except for two parts, the mspformat and the msint, which the guide describes in detail.

Jumpr also invites others to give feedback on his guide. Follow the link to the PSP Development Forum Thread for the tutorial.

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Homebrew developer JumpR dropped by QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and released a patch for version 1.8 of PSP Content Manager. The said program was originally coded by UFox.

The patch should make the program compatible with the newest custom firmwares 3.52 M33, 3.60 M33 as well as 3.71 M33. PSP Content Manager allows users to manage and preview the different content of their Sony handheld on the PC.

The patch itself contains three .REG files for each custom firmware. All you have to do is run it, select "Yes" and then you're done. You can remove the patch once you've already applied it.

JumpR also added that for this patch to work, you will have to run PSP Content Manager v1.8 first before applying it to the program. Once applied, it will slightly modify PSP Content Manager's settings in the registry.

Download: PSP Content Manager v1.8 Patch
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