Saturday, January 17, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
This is why I said NOT to update .(and yes I do have gripshift )
Homebrew Enabler on the PSP-3000: User & Kernel Mode (Video Only)
greg | January 13, 2009
Watch or skip though this unnecessarily long video of Homebrew Enabler, enabling both user and kernel mode homebrew on the PSP-3000 [EUR GripShift] –
Ok, so again… No release. Not yet anyway… The Google (French to English) translation reads something close to this –
This version of HEN-A (Homebrew Enabler) enables user and kernel mode homebrew, including those that emulate the UMD (ISO loader), it’s said installing and using a custom firmware isn’t going to happen yet — you know, because of the pre-IPL business… And sadly, for the moment, the pspgen team isn’t going to release their work in hopes to prevent Sony from patching the exploit so quickly. With that said, it would seem the development team is looking for more loopholes or something…
Whether it’s pspgen or someone else, we’ll likely have something usable real soon. So find yourself a copy of the GripShift UMD and don’t update should Sony release a new firmware version.
- source: pspgen (French)
Friday, January 9, 2009
Has Sony Created the Unhackable PSP?
Has Sony Created the Unhackable PSP?
We have to hand it to Sony. After struggling against software pirates for the first several years of the handheld console's life, the company appears to have finally shut out the hackers for good. As of January 9, 2009, the newly released PSP 3000 remains unhacked, meaning that it has survived an impressive 83 days against the onslaught of hackers and the homebrew community, who are intent on unlocking its secrets and enabling it to run hacked custom firmware. Certain models of the PSP 2000 slim also remain unhackable because they have the same, newer motherboard (TA-088 v3) as the recently released “Brite” model.
There were some early signs that the device wouldn’t last this long. Back in November, accessory manufacturer Datel announced that it had created a Pandora battery for the PSP 3000 device called the Lite Blue Tool. After much delay, it emerged that the battery did not work as advertised. Datel was forced to rename the device (to the Max Power Digital) and rescind its claims about hacking the PSP 3000.
Buying them remains the only way to enjoy games on the PSP 3000.
Less organized hackers have also taken a stab at unlocking the new hardware. A hacker from the Philippines named Royginald created a Frankenstein PSP 3000/2000 hybrid, but this did not lead to anything concrete. More recently software hackers have managed to access the usermode kernel by exploiting a save game bug in GripShift. There is even a “Hello World” application to prove the buffer overflow exploit works, but so far nobody has been able to downgrade the PSP 300 firmware successfully.
Sony is undoubtedly happy with this turn of events. Losses from piracy have been huge, causing some Western developers to abandon the system altogether. Sony needs to show game publishers that the system is secure enough to ensure sales in order to win them back to the struggling platform. An unhackable PSP is a good thing for gamers, because it means a greater chance of this turnaround happening.
Source www.pspworld.com
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
XBOX 360 THEME FOR THE PSP
Must have CXMB to use this theme Xbox 360 Theme
CXMB for 3.90m33 CFW
CXMB for 4.01m33 CFW
CXMB for 5.00m33 CFW
Very nicely done theme . once you get everything loaded onto your memory stick you have to enable the cxmb . with the psp turned off hold down the right trigger and the power on at the same time until you see a black screen with red and white lettering . use the D pad and go down to plugins hit X , D pad down to cxmb.prx [vsh] (disabled) hit X and it should change to enabled . X on back D pad down to exit hit X . It will now restart your psp . now just go to the theme settings and change it .
The xbox 360 theme was designed for the 5.00m33 custom firmware and I have not tested it to see if it works on 3.90m33 or the 4.01m33 cfw .
PSP 3000 owners DO NOT UPGRADE !!!!!!!!
Finally some good news (and not fake) in regards to finding a working hack for the PSP-3000. A user-mode buffer overflow exploit was discovered by MaTiAz. He has found a vulnerability with-in the GripShift save game loading routine. What does this mean? This could be the stepping stone which will lead the way to full PSP-3000 hacks, homebrew and custom firmware. Lets hope this is another loop hole like GTA:LCS and Lumines was for the PSP-1000 back in 2005-6. (If you can remember back that far!)
Need proof its real? Just check the video above and no, its not another fake. This time its legit!
What does it all mean ? It means there is a weakness in the psp 3000 , The door is cracked we just need to find a way to kick it in . Until we find out more it is important that you do not upgrade your firmware .GripShift has a buffer overflow vulnerability when loading savegames. The savegame contains the profile name which can be easily used to overwrite $ra. The savegame file is pretty big (25kB) so you have lots of space to put your code there. I wrote a simple blob of code to paint the framebuffer completely white (to just indicate that arbitrary code is running). The return address is located at offset 0xA9 in the file. In this poc it points to 0×08E4CD50 (which is only a few bytes after the return address), and the code starts at 0xCC in the file.
It was tested on 4.01M33-2 with US version of GripShift (ULUS10040), and psplink.prx, usbhostfs.prx and deemerh.prx loaded (also without psplink and usbhostfs). The decrypted savegame (sorry, couldn’t [be bothered to] get Shine’s savegame tool working so it’s in plaintext form) is in the SDDATA.BIN form which Hellcat’s Savegame-Deemer produces (thanks to him, if the program didn’t exist I wouldn’t have bothered with this). Just copy the ULUS10040SAVE00 directory to /PSP/SAVEPLAIN/ and run the game. EDIT: yeah, don’t forget to have Savegame-Deemer working, duh.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Psp Pocket Pouch for sale only $5.00
This handy dandy little pouch is thin enough to be able to put your psp in your back pants pocket . All I have is black and it comes exactly as pictured with the strap . This retails for $19.99 @ www.frys.com www.tigerdirect.com
and www.compusa.com
I sale them for $5.00
My brother had a Hitachi drive
Well I successfully flashed my brothers hitachi drive 047 on his 360 the only kicker is My pos relic computer are so out of date I had to go to his house and use his computer to do it .I don't have any problems doing the Benq with my computer though . So until I get a computer that can do all the drives and I get a little more comfirtable with doing it I probably won't go public with the flash mods for awhile . If you have any questions or would like to get your 360 modded asap . just drop me an email and I'll tell you who I trust in the area .