Custom Firmware 4.01 M33 Released

Ah, ha! Where we last left off Sony unexpectedly released firmware 4.01 while Dark_AleX was in the midst of developing 4.00 M33. Today, the continuation of our episode has come to a delightful end. Dark_AleX strikes with force and delivers the much anticipated custom firmware 4.01 M33.

4.01 M33 changes:

• Bug fix: vshmenu didn't let change camera mode due to camera_plugin using select button. Fixed, now vsh menu will not be loaded when using the camera.
• Recovery can now be translated, See how below. Translation to Spanish is auto included.
• Updated the M33 SDK with a new function and sample, and released the psp-packer tool to compress prx's and PBP's in the ~PSP format.
• The folder of 4.01 and higher homebrew will be GAME4XX so it won't need change on update.

Also mentioned in the readme: the 1.50 kernel add-on for the PSP Fat will be released tonight.

Download:
Custom Firmware 4.01 M33
Sony's 4.01 Update EBOOT (401.PBP)

- source: dark-alex.org

PSP Firmware 4.00 Decrypted…

The analysis report is in. The crew who delivered custom firmware 3.95 GEN have successfully decrypted and shared their 4.00 findings…

According to their report, many PRX's were in fact modified — pops, popsman, npdrm, np9660, mlnbridge, sysmem, umdcache, sysconf, video — just to name a few. Fortunately it's said these changes do not pose much of a problem for the development of future custom firmwares.

Whether Dark_AleX/M33 or MIRIAM release custom firmware 4.00; that's another story. I guess we'll find out one way or the other.

- source: pspgen