PSP firmware 3.30 decrypted!

[Cloudhunter]

Team C+D have released a new version of psardumper that decrypts the latest 3.30 firmware.

Here a poem snipped out of the release ;) :



3.30 Decrypter!
* From Team Create+Destroy.. *

Some thought we failed - or had disappeared,
But $ony beware - your last hour is near.
In spite protections and multiple locks,
In spite busy lifes and - unwashed - socks,
For you to enjoy but for $ony to fear,
3.30 decrypter is ready, so cheer!


Please note that this will NOT allow 3.30 users to downgrade or run homebrew.

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[FireStag]

Shazzam, only thing we have to wait for now is custom firmware.

[BrooksyX]

I had a feeling it would only take a few days to decrypt this. Hopefully Dark_Alex is already hard at work.

[Buddy4point0]

can you say 3.30 oe a?hell yes!

[scarph]

try harder sony noobs

[Gold Line]

wait can i see 3.30 OE-A ....... yes i can!

[Chameleon]

lets just hope we can edit the xmb...
more specific the topmenu

[cartmandude14]

thats so amazing.. sony will never beat us.. DA will have custom firmware out soon

[DarthPaul]

Weee!! This guys are Gods. Now to wait for the Gods of Gods to release the custom firmware.[DAX]

[madcat1990]

if 3.30 OE-A comes with free porn it's mine!

GO DARK ALEX GO!

Ps: good work Team c+d :D

[mavsman4457]

Silly Sony, you know you can't beat Dark_AleX. Just hire him.

[PLZKLLME0080]

wow that was fast...

[wiredforpower]

haha only a matter of time

[mmedina]

Silly Sony, you know you can't beat Dark_AleX. Just hire him.

Please, NO!

If Sony hires Dark Alex, do you know what would happen to custom firmwares? Dark Alex would use his knowledge to block any possible flaw in new official FW because he would be receiving money to do that. Result? Bye bye OE versions :(

Good job Team C+D!!!

Now I have to check if Deniska's MapThis! works better with the new PRX files :D

[bullhead]

Ahhhhh...but of course they have!

bull, x.

[acn010]

amazing news... now waiting here so i can use a OE

[Tetris999]

if 3.30 OE-A comes with free porn it's mine!

GO DARK ALEX GO!

Ps: good work Team c+d :D

and from your avatar, its easy to determine what type of porn you like.......

(im outta here) *runs*

[PLZKLLME0080]

Hahahaha!!!:rofl:

[-=me=-]

good work, but too bad the cheat devices for gta dont work on the newer firmwares

[madcat1990]

and from your avatar, its easy to determine what type of porn you like.......

(im outta here) *runs*

So I like hentai XD so what? You're gonna sue me? XD

anywho, enough of this off topic (Sorry moderators)

[baracki96]

Great job Team C+D, I figured a 3.30 wouldn't go encrypted for long. It has made me think though; everyone is waiting for DA to come out wit the custom firmware and I though , " What if DA calls it quits for some reason or becomes incapable of coding? I haven't heard of any non OE custom firmwares in a while so if DA was out of the picture, heaven forbid, how long would sony go unchallenged in the field of firmware?

[madcat1990]

he's in vacation xD (probably) give the poor guy a break :P, he deserves it ^^

[baracki96]

he's in vacation xD (probably) give the poor guy a break :P, he deserves it ^^

I second the notion, 'specially since I go on spring break starting tommorow:cool:

[PLZKLLME0080]

aww i dont get out until the 6th.

[catfish24]

I second the notion, 'specially since I go on spring break starting tommorow:cool:
nah, D_A is back.
Mathieulh said it on qj.

[IM back!]

good work c+d :)

[Lodis]

Great job Team C+D<--snip-->" What if DA calls it quits for some reason or becomes incapable of coding? I haven't heard of any non OE custom firmwares in a while so if DA was out of the picture, heaven forbid, how long would sony go unchallenged in the field of firmware?

This is just one of the reasons why the lack of support shown to new devs who try doing their own custom firmware is like shooting ourselves in the foot.

[IM back!]

go 3.30 oe a! go dax!

[mavsman4457]

Please, NO!

If Sony hires Dark Alex, do you know what would happen to custom firmwares? Dark Alex would use his knowledge to block any possible flaw in new official FW because he would be receiving money to do that. Result? Bye bye OE versions :(

Good job Team C+D!!!

Now I have to check if Deniska's MapThis! works better with the new PRX files :D

Don't you think that's why I suggested it to them? They clearly aren't even reading this and if they were going to hire Dark_AleX they would have done it by now. I'm not stupid. If I thought my suggestion would cost us custom firmwares as we know them then I'd keep mum. I doubt it though.

[Emeriastone]

Haahahahahahaha!!

Everybody Dance! Party Tonight!!

[h4s30]

my poem

sony sony don't you know
your new firmware's just been owned
its been a couple of days on the streets
but your silly firmwares smell like feet (oh yeah dig it)
get your notebooks sony cause' school's in session
cause the kings of brew are the ones that are bestin

[mnuhaily22]

I can't wait for the new OE, hope it has topmenu support...

[CaptainMorgan4]

I haven't messed with the custom XMB's since I still like my original with my custom background image, but how do the custom xmb's work? Like are they plugins or do you have to do some flashing, how safe is it?

[Gold Line]

I can't wait for the new OE, hope it has topmenu support...

it has to have or wats the point in a new OE:rolleyes:

[Tesseract]

Super! Now we can extract the necessary pops.prx files.... Next, I assume, will be a new version of the plugin to load 330 prx's on 3.10 OE-A.

[[Roger]]

Awsome


now 3.30 with
t-moblie wifi-hotspot support

[XioN980]

Seiously some of you guys are sooo dumb!

"YEAH we are gonna win this war against sony!" Think about this: You losers are the only people who think of it as a war!

Dark_AleX can't be compared to sony, not because one is better than the other, but think about, sure Dark_AleX is a good hacker but who made the f***** console in your hands?

And if this is a war sony didn't start it, the Homebrew scene did by creating UMD rippers and distributing them on the net. If someone breaks into your house and steals all your stuff you'd wanna make sure it doesn't happen again right??!?

h4s30: W T F? If sony's updates are so shite why do you upgrade to Dark_AleX's custom firmwares? Why don't you stick with 1.5 like a good little boy if you think the features enabled in the newer Sony firmwares and by association OE firmwares are so bad?

Seriously...

[Wally]

Xion: has a point ...

Just a reminder to you people who think they are harming sony by downloading ISO's etc etc...

Well you aren't, you are harming game development studios.... Ask any game developer and they will tell you teh same...

Dax only makes OE firmwares so we can enjoy the features of later firmwares without losing homebrew, some people take this too far.

Wally

[wolfpack]

hopefully sonys emulator for ps1 will actually have parasite eve 2 to run

[Tetris999]

Xion: has a point ...

Just a reminder to you people who think they are harming sony by downloading ISO's etc etc...

Well you aren't, you are harming game development studios.... Ask any game developer and they will tell you teh same...

Dax only makes OE firmwares so we can enjoy the features of later firmwares without losing homebrew, some people take this too far.

Wally


Seiously some of you guys are sooo dumb!

"YEAH we are gonna win this war against sony!" Think about this: You losers are the only people who think of it as a war!

Dark_AleX can't be compared to sony, not because one is better than the other, but think about, sure Dark_AleX is a good hacker but who made the f***** console in your hands?

And if this is a war sony didn't start it, the Homebrew scene did by creating UMD rippers and distributing them on the net. If someone breaks into your house and steals all your stuff you'd wanna make sure it doesn't happen again right??!?

h4s30: W T F? If sony's updates are so shite why do you upgrade to Dark_AleX's custom firmwares? Why don't you stick with 1.5 like a good little boy if you think the features enabled in the newer Sony firmwares and by association OE firmwares are so bad?

Seriously...

I agree, people take this too far, like their at war or sumthing...

[psp411]

nowadays wen sony releases new fw, its almost effortless to get it decrypted... sony.... their slackin up... o well.. better for homebrew users
:D :cool:

[shango46]

I cant wait for 3.30 OE to come out. I really hope that it has the topmenu issue fixed otherwise there is really no point (except for the video, but thats not enough in my opinion). As for any PSX game needs, now that 3.30 is decrypted you could use that pops plugin for 3.10 OEA so thats again not enough for a new OE. We will have to wait to see what DAX thinks.


Plus, I remember hearing a while back that it appears that $ony is implementing Skype into there newer firmwares. Has anyone searched 3.30 for this?

I also think that DAX should remove the whole .iso support from the next OE. I understand that there are a lot of people that will debate this but I think that if there was a lockout to the iso loading, $ony might be a little more "Co operative" towards the homebrew scene. I understand that there is the question of backing up your own games and playing them, but there are far more people using it for piracy and that has got to go.

As for no one else creating there own custom firmwares that is not true. I believe it was 1.63 IE (Or something like that) that was just released not to long ago. I applaud the creators of that one as they know that DAX creates his OE's but they still took the time to create there own and added there spin on the community.

But thats just my two cents...

[h4s30]

Seiously XioN980 is sooo dumb!

"YEAH XioN980 is gonna win this war against XioN980!" Think about this: XioN980 is the only person who thinks of it as a war!

XioN980 can't be compared to XioN980, not because one is better than the other, but think about XioN980, sure XioN980 is a good hacker but who made the f***** XioN980 in your hands?

And if this is a war XioN980 didn't start it, the XioN980 scene did by creating XioN980 rippers and distributing them on the XioN980. If someone breaks into your XioN980 and steals all your XioN980f you'd wanna make sure it doesn't XioN980 again right??!?

XioN980: W T F? If XioN980's updates are so XioN980 why do you upgrade to XioN's custom firmwares? Why don't you stick with XioN980 like a good little XioN980 if you think the features enabled in the newer XioN980 and by association XioN980 are so bad?

Seriously...xion great point i totally agree with you bro

shango also brough an interesting point idealistic thinking it doesn't work

[Emeriastone]

Come on, Xion, don't be a thrill kill.

[pkmusicmaker]

I really don't see how Sony could stop custom firmware anymore. They put out a new one, we take the good stuff from it, and the good stuff from the old, and we're done. I don't think there's anything that can been done to stop it anymore.

[ish420ism]

what if DAX stops creating CFW. Who picks up the slack. ??YOU?? :rofl: I don't think so. In fact I don't think 1% of the people that visit all PSP sites can. We may be stuck at 3.10oe forever:eek:

[D0N]

:rofl: I liked the poem! :D Can't wait for 3.30 OE-A now!!! :thumbup:

Excellent work yet again Team C+D! :)

[Adrenalin]

awesome rhyme!

[Cokemusic]

HAHA $ony Eat that.

Does decryption mean a downgrader is more likely ??

[blackrave]

I was certain this would happen today! I'm gonna try decrypting it and try out the POPS plugin for 3.10 OE-A.

I hope for a new custom firmware now.

Cokemusic: Yes, it does. But someone still has to find an exploit or something first.

[Triv1um]

3.30 OE should not come out.

Its not worth the work for what you get.

[ab_geee_eee]

I have version 3.03 OE-C and when all of those decrypters came out, i never knew what they were and how and what do you use them for? Someone plzz explain im a noob

[BrokenHaiku]

I'm a bit surprised at the "haha, eat that Sony" attitude. They're mainly releasing new _features_ for us, I don't think they put any hard work into the encryption/protection part.

I say thank you Sony for the new firmware - and thank you Alex for the customizations you've provided us with.

[ab_geee_eee]

What do you do with the decrypter? And HOW??

[jondoe696911]

thank god for c+d, now to get dark alex in on the mix. those t-mobile hotspots are well worth an custom firmware all by them selves.

[Killer Bee]

Haha! Sony noobs...

[Veskgar]

3.30 OE should not come out.

Its not worth the work for what you get.

I have to strongly disagree with you. The fact that Dark_AleX didn't bother with 3.11 OE is understandable and using the 3.11 POPS via popsloader is great.

There are already games that are starting to require 3.10 firmware so it won't be long before 3.11 or 3.30 will be needed for commercial games. And there are some really great games set to be released in the near future. You can bet SONY will make sure their latest "downgrade proof" firmwares are implemented. So having a 3.30 OE will be a great way to continue being one (or two) steps ahead of SONY.

Triv1um_xxx, maybe you don't utilize or care for the POPS PSX EMU but to me and many others, having the latest version of POPS is worth it alone to have a 3.30 OE.

The Video resolution changes and Starbucks (T-Mobile) FREE Hotspot access are a couple more very nice features.

I think 3.30 is a pretty nice firmware upgrade. For those who think there is some war raging, that's really not the case as some may have initially thought. Some high level SONY execs have publicly voiced admiration for a lot of what the homebrew scene has accomplished. Mainstream media is also looking at the PSP's homebrew scene (mainly its talented coders/developers) as a vital part of the PSP's future.

Thank you and congratulations team C+D for this great work.

Whether you want to admit it or not there has been a bit of a slowdown in the momentum and excitement of the PSP homebrew scene lately as shown by the majority of the news being about sales charts and commercial games. So this is the sort of thing we need to boost the momentum once more on the homebrew side of things.

After all he's done already, no one should expect anything more from Dark_AleX, however, I can say for myself that I sincerely hope that Dark_AleX will work on a 3.30 OE.

I know some people are extremely humble, but I don't think Dark_AleX can deny that he has seen enormous fame and recognition from his works. No matter who you are, you are going to feel at least some good about fame and recognition. I don't think he will want to quit just yet.

[xela]

i forget who suggegsted this but maybe we should destroy the iso loader idea entirely so no one can rip umd's and if you want to play iso's play 3.10 forever then sony probably will start to commune with the "homebrew" scene? but just a suggestion.

[ScaryBugThing]

Hey, everyone--the big question on everyone's mind is how to test out the 3.30 POPs emulation. It looks like you can't use the 3.30 popsman.prx and pops.prx files with the old popsloader, unless Dark_Alex releases a new version.

Here's what I did:
I decrypted the new DATA.PSR and isolated the popsman.prx and pops.prx files.

I tried copying the popsman.prx and the pops.prx to the popsloader directory on my memory stick, and named them "popsman330.prx" and "pops330.prx" (hey, it might work!). However, when trying to boot a PSX game using the R-select-menu, "3.30" doesn't show up as a POPs version to choose. It appears to be hard-coded, not dynamically generated.

Ok, so then I tried renaming the pops to take the place of 3.11. I moved out my actual 3.11 popsman.prx and pops.prx, and renamed the 3.30 popsman and pops to "popsman311.prx" and "pops311.prx."

I booted up the game using the R-select-menu, and, hey, the "3.11" emulator option (now actually the 3.30 popsman and pops) was still there. However, when I tried to use it, the PSP blackscreened and crashed. No damage to the system obviously, but it didn't work either.

I opened up the popsloader.prx main plugin file from the root directory in Notepad, and it looks like there're hard-coded behaviors linked to the plugins, so I don't think we can use the decrypted 3.30 pops until we get an update from Dark_Alex.

THAT IS ALL.

[Basil Zero]

WOOT

PSP Users: 100(estimated)
Sony: 0

[EvilDooinz]

why would i want to upgrade to 3.30 when i still havent got a good reason to upgrade to 3.10 imo 3.03 is still the best / most custumizable. the only thing i want is a new pops loader for psx games.

[luis_05]

lol love the poem guys!!!

[NoQuarter]

Great news,those are nice new new features in 3.30 we'll hope we can enjoy them via custom firmware :)

[Cokemusic]

*waits patiently @ PC screen in anticipation of a 3.11,3.30 downgrader*

[Camelot]

*waits patiently @ PC screen in anticipation of a 3.11,3.30 downgrader*

Well I hope you have food and water near by because its still going to be a while. Decrypting has nearly nothing to do with downgrading. They still have to find an exploit which is all the trouble.

But a new CF might be in the making and maybe with full customization

[Cokemusic]

Well I hope you have food and water near by because its still going to be a while. Decrypting has nearly nothing to do with downgrading. They still have to find an exploit which is all the trouble.

But a new CF might be in the making and maybe with full customization

*ignores valid comment and continues to anticipate*

[Ci5tm Konfliqt]

i thought the updates in 3.30 sucked a bit really... i want more ps3 integration ! improved remote play perhaps.

[Veskgar]

why would i want to upgrade to 3.30 when i still havent got a good reason to upgrade to 3.10 imo 3.03 is still the best / most custumizable. the only thing i want is a new pops loader for psx games.

I suppose I can understand why so many people like the customization benefits, but I personally don't give a damn. When I'm playing homebrew/emulators, watching video, or playing PSP games, the icons and PSP menu are not visible.

If all I did with the PSP was browse the menu, I know I'd be dabbling into the customization more but honestly I don't see the big deal with custom icons/fonts, etc.

[CaptainMorgan4]

Yeah I hear that, I just use my Packers background and navigate through my XMB, though the background I have is sick so it's not really attracting to change the XMB customization.

[jak66]

I suppose I can understand why so many people like the customization benefits, but I personally don't give a damn. When I'm playing homebrew/emulators, watching video, or playing PSP games, the icons and PSP menu are not visible.

If all I did with the PSP was browse the menu, I know I'd be dabbling into the customization more but honestly I don't see the big deal with custom icons/fonts, etc.


Yeah I hear that, I just use my Packers background and navigate through my XMB, though the background I have is sick so it's not really attracting to change the XMB customization.

I think the main reason for XMB customisation is to have a unique PSP. Sure a handful of people probably use the exact same theme, but the chance of them living in the same area is low so they still have a unique theme compaired to local PSPs.
This could be useful to easily distinguish PSPs apart if someone was to steal it.

But the main reason is probably that the offiicial XMB gets repetative after a while, so a new theme 'refreshes' the PSP.

Personally, I would choose functionability over customability. However, everything that can be customised, I have done.

[Cloudhunter]

I can't wait for the new OE, hope it has topmenu support...


it has to have or wats the point in a new OE:rolleyes:

It's not so much that Dark_AleX didn't include the support, it's that Sony made some menu changes that broke the custom menu's.

He said in his 3.10 3.03 OE UP mix that he'll take a look at it.

It's not like customisation is better than functionality... If you people focus on looks too much you are just plain shallow :rolleyes:

Anyhow, roll on 3.30 OE :)

Cloudy

[solid12345]

I think the main reason for XMB customisation is to have a unique PSP. Sure a handful of people probably use the exact same theme, but the chance of them living in the same area is low so they still have a unique theme compaired to local PSPs.
This could be useful to easily distinguish PSPs apart if someone was to steal it.



I use the stock theme because I turn my PSP on and whip right to the programs, could care less about the menu.

And frankly, if your PSP is stolen, what good is having a custom theme? I mean there isn't a PSP police that goes around looking for people playing in a coffee shop with a theme that looks suspicious lol.

[Shrygue]

A decryptor for version 3.30 here is here? Looks like quite some thing have happened while I was away for the past few days. I'll check this out.

[Classic80s]

This is why I love DCemu already, on other sites the the posts will be, "3.30 oea here we come!" or "After 3.30 oea next will be a downgrader!" or something else that that been said w8d4e36s5 times.

[vitz3]

Great job team.
Much appreciated. You keep the scene alive. Now let me do my part.
Where can I donate?

[ish420ism]

let's not have any crazy talk about removing iso support. I'm sure DAX keeps it included for his personal reasons. I don't have any roms or isos. wink wink

[tvrstl]

Haha! Sony noobs...

I would like to see you make a FW;)

I don't think sony are noobs, but they only had bad luck when they first made their firmwares 1.00 and 1.50.

Sony is the PSP masters, no one's better then them.

but Dark_Alex gives us the possibility to do more stuff with our PSP than Sony want's us to.

and that's because they don't have the right to make us play like nintendo, or GBA gameson it.

and what's the reason for making games, if they don't earn money for doin' it?

[gladiator5]

does firmware 3.30 decrypted main that it is possible to get a downgrade for it??

because i got the f****** official firmware 3.30

and i want to play the psx games on my psp.
so hopefully there comes a downgrades, without needing a unpatched gta liberty city stories game

[jurkevicz]

That's going to take a while....

[Noobtaculus]

i just hope the OE will come out soon. T-Mobile is giving a 6 month free trial for wifi hotspots for PSPs but u need 3.30...
see here: http://www.us.playstation.com/EP/Promotions/267?EMC-PSPNews0307&ATTR=Tmobile

[jayholz12]

Will this mean that you can downgrade from 3.30 to 1.50 or something. I'm trying to play homebrew games or an emulator or something but it won't let me. I am not good with technical stuff so I don't really know what I'm doing.

[gladiator5]

i need to now of that is a downgrader for 3.30 to 1.5.
is that so??????:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Kichigai Mentat]

This means that there is the potential for a 3.30 downgrader. However, it doesn't mean that there will be one any time soon. 3.11 has been out for a while, and decrypted too, but there still isn't a downgrader for that.

Before a 3.30 downgrader can be made, first someone has to find a way to execute homebrew inside of the XMB. That, in itself, is the hardest part. Sony goes to great lengths to make sure that there is no potential way to kill off the XMB, and run your own programs. So, until someone finds a crack in 3.30's armor, you're not getting a downgrader. This could be a while.

While you wait, you have a decision to make: do you wait a good long time, possibly months, for a downgrader for your firmware, and stay at 3.30 until that happens, or do you embrace Sony and upgrade willy-nilly. The two options are mutually exclusive. If you continue to upgrade your firmware, your chances of getting a downgrader decrease exponentially. If you really want homebrew, just sit tight and wait.

[metaloid]

soooo... how do u use this file thing??...

[metaloid]

soooo... how do u use this file thing??... im sorta new...

[doomsday195]

i have never used this kinda stuff, can anyone tell me what new windows i've opened and how to exploit them?

[mike-piercey]

wat do u mean?

[mike-piercey]

i wants to no how to put on this dycrepter but it dont work.......wat do it even do n e ways?

[mike-piercey]

do it put on isos and stuff like dat or can it downgrad. im only kinda new

[Camelot]

do it put on isos and stuff like dat or can it downgrad. im only kinda new

When a firmware is decrypted it means that we can now dump all the essencials from which would otherwise go to flash0 and flash1 on to our memorystick. They come as prx's, rco's, as well as font and picture format. Finding an exploit that allows code to be run such as a downgrader is far from decryption. So no, you still cant downgrader 3.30.

[Noobtaculus]

just a quick question, if 1.00 and 1.50 are famous for running UNSIGNED code, couldnt you dycrypt this "signature" from newer firms and sign homebrew so that new firmware can run "SIGNED" homebrew

[Triggerman]

just a quick question, if 1.00 and 1.50 are famous for running UNSIGNED code, couldnt you dycrypt this "signature" from newer firms and sign homebrew so that new firmware can run "SIGNED" homebrew

NO! Because this Keys aren't stored in the firmware!
These Keys are private and only Sony knows them.

[mike-piercey]

can som 1 plz tell me were i put the folder

[aznTerz]

i hope this get emulated with devhook soon.....
i wish peoples would continue to make stuff hend support..... i still hav 2.71 hend but im too chicken to downgrade......

so i would love this to be emulated with devhook hend supported.... thankz

[Noobtaculus]

so theres no way to crack the key from a derypted firmware???

[pwningthenoobs]

hey wait... exactly how do you use this? @_@

[Noobtaculus]

3.30 OE is out: dark-alex.org !!!!