Noobz, C+D release Pandora's Battery - unbricker for all PSPs

 

All for one, and one for all. A project promulgated under the collective Noobz - more officially branded as N00bz! - has given birth to another monumental development in homebrew: a PSP unbricker for every Sony PlayStation Portable. In short summary, it would perform the following:

1. You run a program on a homebrew-enabled PSP that will convert a standard PSP battery into a jigkick battery. Note that you can't then use that battery normally - so you should use a spare one.
2. You run a program to generate the unbricker memory stick image, built from the v1.5 update EBOOT (note that this, and the custom IPL, means the release is completely free of Sony copyright materials).
3. You run some programs on a PC to install the image to your memory stick.

Earlier, Fanjita announced that Noobz and C+D developers would release an unbricker for bricked PSPs as a result of a " faulty decryption algorithm," but the C+D devs thought they could do even better. Chalking up another feat to the Prometheus project, C+D created an unbricker for all PSPs, even without accessing the official software or hardware. But in essence, the feat wouldn't have made successful waves if the the following victories hadn't made ripples to start with:

• Reverse engineering of the service (unbrick) mode
• Development of a technique to change an ordinary battery into a service mode trigger battery (and back)
• Development of custom IPL code along with a technique to sign that code as authentic

Of course, similar to a few CFW releases before, the unbricker was leaked before it was officially released, and C+D has yet to tie down the reasons for the leak. What was important to mention, however, is that the unbricker is completely free, and some people have tried to gain profits from the leaked unbricker over several websites around the world. Yet again, the early release of the unbricker was necessary, even if it was originally planned to unravel at the release of the PSP Slim.

Noobz salutes the members of the Prometheus project, namely Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX , Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, and TyRaNiD - who should also be recognized in their Create and Destroy (C+D) identities as follows:

• Mathieulh = WiseFellow
• Tyranid = bockscar
• Fanjita = FullerMonty
• Joek = CosmicOverSoul
• Dark_Alex = Malyot
• Chris = Caretaker
• Adrahil = VoidPointer
• nem = h1ckeyph0rce
  

Just as Noobz warns, please take care to read the file's readme for the instructions. Failure to do so will cause degrees of risk to your PSP.

Thanks to demologik, EXTER, and MozyMan for the tip off!

Download: Pandora's Battery
Donate: N00bz!

PSPTube 20070812 - now with favorites folder!

SofiyaCat has released an updated version of PSPTube, the handy dandy homebrew application that lets you watch YouTube videos on your PlayStation Portable without the need to download and convert .flv files. For installation instructions, click on the "PSPTube" link above. Here's the changelog posted by SofiyaCat on our forums:

• button swap
• fixed some bugs.
• favorite folder( video download)
• maybe thumbnail work...(you have to set to 1 at psptube.cfg)

Here are the new controls for this version of PSPTube (thanks to QJ.NET forums member Ranmax09 for posting these on the forums):

• O - To exit video and to type and search for YouTube videos
• X - Select video
• R-L - Displays next/previous page
• Start - Pause
• Select in video - Screen size
• Triangle - Downloading video to favorites
• Select in video selection screen - Favorites

If you have any questions, please drop by the PSPTube thread on the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums by clicking on the Visit link below. The download also includes a readme file, so make sure to read that before you install PSPTube. You might have to run it through a web translator if you don't speak Japanese, though.

Download: PSPTube 20070812

Custom Firmware 3.40* Leaked Edition Released!

Boot to recovery mode, select configuration, and ensure the GAME folder homebrew is set to kernel 3.52. Flashed flawlessly afterwards!

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Ah, ha! The plot thickens… Despite the drip, Team Wildc*rd strikes fast delivering a brand spankin' new custom firmware for your PSP's flash chip.

Based on their reverse engineering work, Custom Firmware 3.40* Leaked Edition (LE) is born.

3.40* LE features:

• Everything you know and love from 3.40 OE-A
• Sexy new SCEP-style recovery menu
• In-XMB configuration menu — to view the recovery menu/config menu, press R + SELECT
• Auto-detection of the kernel needed for homebrew - no need for GAME150 and GAME340; just put it all in GAME

Installation is a breeze — check out the readme.

Download:
3.40* Leaked Edition
1.50 EBOOT | 3.40 EBOOT

- source: maxconsole