Team FWi Re-Releases 3.01FWi Hybrid Firmware

**kando** · December 6th, 2006, 05:38

We are re-releasing in hopes on relieving some confusion on Dark_Alex's trade-name firmware and our MODIFICATION of his great firmware.

TEAM FWi Presents: 3.01 SE
FWi (FirmWare investigators) Members: (LordSturm - kando - birdman - JamesBDX)

This installation is HIGHLY recommended to be installed on a FRESH installation of Dark_Alex's 2.71 SE-C (http://dax.lan.st) - The installation will not execute twice, as a countermeasure to this.

WE DO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY MIS-USE OF THIS PROGRAM OR ANY "BRICKS" THAT ARE CREATED DUE TO IMPROPER USAGE OF IT. RUNNING THIS PROGRAM MEANS YOU ACCEPT ANY AND ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR PSP. PROPERLY FOLLOWING THIS README SHOULD ENSURE A SAFE AND PLEASANT FLASH.

IMPORTANT: This installer will most likely "brick" if you have any custom PRX's FLASHED to your psp. So make sure to remove them first.

ALSO this installer will delete the contents of vsh.txt and game.txt in ms0:/SEPLUGINS/

we HIGHLY recommend removing all contents of ms0:/SEPLUGINS/ prior to installing to avoid bricking.

Known Issues/Bugs:

- If you have any hex-modified files, or prx plugins FLASHED, you may very well brick.
We HIGHLY recommend re-installing SE-C before attempting this.

- ONLY THE FIRST TIME when you go to system settings you will get a BSoD.

- Power Settings freezes PSP

- If a BSoD occurs, when entering language and time zone, after time zone is selected, psp freezes...just hard-restart and itll fix itself.

- DNAS functions dont work properly (enabling WMA/Flash)

- Some Homebrew wont run (homebrew is corrupt) but THERE IS A FIX FOR ALL (see bottom of readme.txt)

- Under System Settings, the firmware version displays 2.71 SE-C.

- The arrow keys that appear while reading agreements, as well as the arrow next to your text in the On Screen Keyboard, do not display properly. Some other symbols may not show properly either. These have no real effect on the psp as long as you know which button means ok and which means cancel.

Confirmed NON FUNCTIONAL:
- Online Manuals
- PS1 Emulation
- PS3 Remote Play

Intentionally REMOVED:
- Location Free TV
- RSS ( Support was broken. )
- Web Browser ( Removed to save space. )
- Animated Gameboot ( gameboot.pmf ) [will get a plain white gameboot]

Unconfirmed?
- Camera

Confirmed FULLY/PARTIALY FUNCTIONAL:
- 1.00/1.50 eboots ( Make sure to apply the fix that can be found below. )
- 2.xx/2.71 eboots ( Remember theres no such thing as 3.xx eboots YET! )
- ISO/CSO loading from XMB (no-umd as well)
- MP3 Visualizer
- Video Player
- Photo Viewer
- System Settings ( Power Save menu cannot be accessed, also causes first time run problems. )
- UMD Auto-Start Setting
- USB Connection ( Mass Storage )
- WiFi ( in game, as there is nowhere else to use it. )
- Anything that has yet to be mentioned.

IMPORTANT: This installer will most likely "brick" if you have any custom PRX's FLASHED to your psp. So make sure to remove them first.

ALSO this installer will delete the contents of vsh.txt and game.txt in ms0:/SEPLUGINS/ so if you have any custom prx plugins you were using, manually add them in yourself and edit the files as necessary. This is in order to enable 2.xx and 1.xx homebrew, as well as iso/cso support.

Installation:

1) Extract contents of this zip file to the root of your memory stick. you should have:

ms0:/301/
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/conf.bin
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/EBOOT.PBP
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/pspbtcnf.txt
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/pspbtcnf_game.txt
ms0:/PSP/GAME150/301_SE/vsh.txt

(if your 1.50 kernel is set to /GAME/ then move /PSP/GAME150/301_SE/ to /PSP/GAME/301_SE/)

2) Dump 3.01 firmware (grab official eboot.pbp, extract data.psar and run the psar decrypter that was released.)

---THIS DUMP MUST BE ~~D E C R Y P T E D~~ (use square in psardumper)---

3) place the dump into ms0:/301/ so it looks like:

ms0:/301/data/cert/
ms0:/301/kd/
ms0:/301/vsh/
ms0:/301/vsh/module/

etc.

4) Run the installer and enjoy!!

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To Return to 2.71 SE-C simply re-install DAX's firmware at http://dax.lan.st

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To make homebrew work that doesnt work:

use PBPUnpacker to unpack the SFO of a homebrew that DOES work (IRShell 2.71 edition, CPS1PSP, LUA-Pacman, etc.), and simply extract the contents of the homebrew that doesnt work, replace the sfo with the one from the working homebrew, and repack it.

This is confirmed working on IRShell, as well as DevHook .51.

A streamlined patcher is in the works.
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.Original Concept by LordSturm & kando

.Installer coded by LordSturm w/ original template by Train2335

.Beta Installer test installations by kando (only 2 bricks!) <-- Recovery Helps. :P

.Testing, flashing, unflashing, reflashing, etc. done by kando & JamesBDX

.Firmware debugging, emulation efforts, and firmware modifying by birdman

.Original working hybrid firmware concept & installation instructions by JamesBDX

..Readme written by kando ( Some post production modifications by LordSturm )

~~Team FWi would like to give special thanks to:

-Dark_Alex for making the most flexable and amazing firmware ever, we love you!

-Booster for making Devhook, your skills are uber beyond any of us

-Fanjita, Ditlew, and the rest of team N00bz for all of their efforts and strives in the greatness of homebrew!

-Mathieulh, x3sphere and FreePlay for all of their accurate information, as well as help developing this.

-harleyg for creating the AMAZING recovery mode.

-NOPx86, Train2335 and TheBuzzer for all of their help.

-NukeWire for the html space! http://fwi.psp-tuts.net

-brentp for offering space as well, and providing a personal space.

-FoG for being a brave beta tester, and confirming wifi works in-game.

-Everyone in #psp on irc.lan.st!!

LordSturm's shoutouts: ColdBird, Art, cyanide, Crab, x3sphere, Mathieulh, ahman, AnonymousTipster and DANZEL! ( I would add the whole FWi Team again, but thats pointless... ) oh and everyone below...

-kando's shoutouts: PSPDemon, ColdBird, Art, Jordan, MikeDX, Zion, M!ckey (batman), Destroyer, DarkStone, Daelan, spectroplasm, cyanide, my MOM and DAD for supporting me, and anyone else i missed, sorry!

-Birdman thanks all of the above, along with those who reported problems in his devhook versions, shoutout to Terdinglage, cyanide, Darkstone, and all of team FWi!

-JamesBDX shouts out to chossy, jas0nuk, PSPFiler for not killing my psp...also my mum!

~~~cheers!

thank you everyone for your support!

it seems html on 3.00/3.01 vsh is not as easy as first suggested...so it may be a while for that.