You’ve got to pat Sony on the back for giving it the good, old college try. After the Lumines hack debacle, Sony is trying to fight back with a 3.51 update that has been added today over at their Japanese site which would close up holes in the PSP’s security . Other than just the security fix, there isn’t much else you would need the update for. There is no added functionality included in the update and none of the currently released games will require it. But if you just love updates, and hate hacks, you’re more than welcome to go pick it up.
An official ISO loader has been found in the latest Sony PSP firmware updates (both 3.50 and 3.51). The file, np9660.prx, has been presumed to run downloaded PSP games (the encrypted ISO image) off of a memory stick.
The presence of the ISO loader may not be significant on its own, but the speculation is that it may be the first steps for a games-on-demand service where full PSP titles (not just PlayStation One emulations) will be made available for download and play, sans UMD. It’s an interesting possibility but at this point just rumors and speculation.
Yesterday Sony released a version 3.10 firmware upgrade to the Playstation Portable system with some increased security among other new features. By the end of the same day, hackers had already decrypted the 3.10 firmware to allow third party applications to run on the PSP.The party claiming responsibility for the PSP hack, “C + D”, was boastful about the day 0 hack of the new firmware stating, “$ony has lost another batle and will loose the war…”. Obviously they are better at hacking than they are spelling.
The new firmware updates for Sony’s PSP include support for an expansion of Playstation titles, support of MPEG-4 AVC format video files, a Conserve Memory feature and a dynamic sound normalizer. In addition, and more interesting in this upgrade is the ability to download demos directly to the PSP or transfer downloaded demo games from a PC. The first of these new demos that PSP owners can download is Killzone: Liberation, followed by Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2 in a couple weeks.
After a long wait, Team M33 has released the long awaited custom firmware 3.80 M33. This release brings the changes found in the official 3.80 Sony firmware, including internet radio, but it also brings the ability to run homebrew applications and backed up ISO games. One of the coolest features added to 3.80 M33 is the ability to upgrade your PSP using the Network Update functionality of the XMB menu. This means that you will no longer have to follow M33 upgrading guides, as everything will be handled by the automatic system.
Visit Dark_Alex’s website to download 3.80 M33 and see it’s included readme.txt file.
Visit qj.net for complete release information.
3.80 M33 Requirements
- Memory Stick
- PSP running 3.52 M33-3 or above
3.80 M33 Change Log
- HEN core: user mode can load now signchecked files from flash.
- Recovery: flash1 format will create flash1 directories after format.
- This could fix some flash1 issues with the previous versions.
- Network update from dark-alex.org page. By default is enabled. You can turn it off in recovery (when off, network update will download sony updates as usual).
- Nids resolver for various kernel libraries.
Dark_Alex - PSP hacker and homebrew guru - finally released his custom PSP firmware 3.30 OE-A this week. Only days after that, Sony released another firmware update (3.40). Now, in some kind of crazy twist, Dark_Alex and his team have managed to pump out a custom firmware version of 3.40. Yep, it’s done and ready for download.
In addition to Sony’s official updates in 3.40, the new custom firmware also fixes an annoying memory bug and reduces some risk in bricking your PSP. Use at your own risk.
Took quite a while, but finally it’s here. The Sony PSP Firmware 3.40 first appeared in Korea, and was later rolled out to Japan. Well, we already got quite a glimpse of the changelog from both Asian official sites, but here’s a more English-friendly translation What’s new in PSP FW 3.40? Thought you’d never ask…
Game
- New for 3.40: Support for PLAYSTATION Network titles has been expanded.
- New for 3.40: Saved data from PlayStation format software can now be used on both PSP and PS3 systems.
- New for 3.40: [Certificate Utility] was deleted.
- Information that was displayed in [Certificate Utility] can be checked by the following method.
- Select the icon of the game you want to display information for, press the button, and then select [Information] from the options menu.
- New for 3.30: Support for Playstation Network titles has been expanded.
Network
- New for 3.30: Support for thumbnail images of items has been added under [RSS Channel].
Video
- New for 3.30:Support for thumbnail images of videos that are stored in the “VIDEO” folder of Memory Stick Duo media has been added.
- New for 3.30:The following types of files can now be played in the “VIDEO” folder.
- – MPEG-4/H.264 AVC Main Profile (AVC CABAC) video files of the following sizes: 720 X 480, 352 X 480, or 480 X 272
- *Depending on the data type, some files cannot be played.
Settings
- New for 3.30: [Use Wireless Hotspot] has been added as a feature under [Network Settings].
As we have previously mentioned, this PSP Firmware 3.40 has already been decrypted. To reiterate what we have said in an update of the South Korean site article, “apparently, the keys haven’t changed - this means that Team C+D’s decrypter for firmware 3.30 will work on FW 3.40.” Unfortunately there have been no other specific updates regarding this, and while there hasn’t been anything yet, just sit tight and click on the download link below.
Download: Sony PSP Firmware 3.40 (US)
Looks like Sony tried to slip us one in their latest PSP Firmware update. Sure it’s got a new memory saving mode for the PSP’s web browser and support for new PlayStation Network games, but what they didn’t tell you is that for homebrew fans Firmware 3.10 will secretly brick your PSP. Anyone out there install the new update?
PSP Firmware 3.1 Hits [Kotaku]
It is recommended that PSP Blender members do not update their firmware to 3.10 for the time being.
Sony released their PlayStation Portable firmware update, 3.10 and now makes demos even easier to check out.
Sony announced the release of the Sony PSP firmware 3.10. It includes Conserve Memory to optimize your Internet browser to see more data while using less memory. Also included with this firmware update is Dynamic Normalizer in the sound settings allowing automatic volume adjustment settings for playback of music and other audio sources with variable output levels.
Sony is also making it easier to check out their demos. Demos are downloadable at the official Sony PSP site as well as at the PlayStation site.
Some of the demos that can be downloaded are Killzone: Liberation which is a third-person shooter putting players into 16 intense missions to rescue hostages from the evil Helghast. Other demos include Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2, both of which are set for release in the next few weeks.
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