Only one word to say in this situation
BRIBES
The only poss reason i can think of.
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Only one word to say in this situation
BRIBES
The only poss reason i can think of.
well i hope he at least relises 3.51 oe
we will deffinantly miss you man
Nope.Quote:
Originally Posted by Airdevil
He just didn't want to get into trouble for OE.
Cloudy
I heard that people with OE firmwares are stuck @ that forever .
Something about the PSP loosing it's ability to run official firmware ?
Is there any truth in this , and if so is there anything that can be done ?
When the 100% No-UMD functionality was released every assumed that this was the "big news" that was building up....but to me THIS is the big news!! :(
I wish you all the best Dark_Alex! you have been amazin! Thanks for contributing so much!
Way to go, Sony. If you can't beat 'em, take legal action. :mad:
This is the problem, however, of this type of thing going through one person. It's a single point of failure, a single point of attack. If 30 people knew how to do this, if 100, if 1000 knew, then it would be far tougher for Sony to stop things. This is why file sharing had to become decentralized.
It's only downgraded TA-082's which can't upgrade to 3.30 plus... Other PSP's can always go back to official Sony firmware.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cokemusic
Not like losing out on official firmware is a big thing though.
Cloudy
i doubt it cokemusic...
i think that now sony has the upper hand in releasing newer firmwares with the final fantasy psp games coming out....eventually...
they don't have me yet, though...i'd rather have emulators than the crap psp games they've been coming out with....
the rumor you are thinking of is probably something about people who downgraded from 3.5 using lumines with a TA 082 motherboard can't update back to official firmwares without the release of a tool (or at least thats what Noobz talked about - they said they were looking at that tool as a future release)
and yes, sony had to have done something, DA wouldn't just quit right before releasing his last OE (especially without a final, more formal, goodbye), unless he thinks he pushed sony too far in hacking the security patches constantly...
argh ive decided that if no new OE firmwares are made, im going to have to buy a new psp, cause im not loosing the great functionality of the OE for the likes of new UMD releases.
GOW is something which makes me want to buy a new psp.
i dont think he's goin anywhere, i think he just wants a reminder of why he's workin hard for us, all he wants to hear is how much he will be missed, and how good he is at wat he does. i think its to reasure himself, that even tho he isnt changing lives, he is still making a lot of people happy, including me, i hope this is the reason, and hopefully he doesnt leave the scene
Well, this is certainly a dark day for the PSP scene. You will be greatly missed. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. I hope the source code for OE will be released so others can pick up where D_A left off.
now i feel like there is no reason to own a psp. until N64 fully works on it. i might not play my psp ever again..
Devhook anyone?Quote:
Originally Posted by Airdevil
Cloudy
Yeah, I was just thinking that.
Since OE, Booster hasn't been working on it.
or u can jst get the old N64 out and play that instead of waiting, and continue to just use your pspQuote:
Originally Posted by xg917
It's very sad, these custom firmwares are amazing :(
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speaking of booster has anyone heard anything of any new devhooks? does the current one support newer fws?
goodbye you shall be surely missed by the homeberew scene
i do have an n64 but its more exciting playing it portably.. also most of my games dont work on n64Quote:
or u can jst get the old N64 out and play that instead of waiting, and continue to just use your psp
good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cloudhunter
hey has any1 tried this? : put a compatible umd in your psp, click on the umd icon, right after the gameboot logo goes black, switch umds with one that isnt compatible with the firmware you are on. and see if it works.
sorry if that was mentioned but i havent had a chance to try it
this is a historical date
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
3.40 OE-A will still be good for a long time.
I'm more likely to blame the recent BBC Article featuring Dark Alex and Fanjita. It brought them a little bit more into the public eye, instead of quietly respected in the 'Scene'. This made them bigger targets for possible harassment by SONY....
I too hope that the Source will be passed on so that work can continue in other hands. I wish DA well, and hope that he doesn't get into any serious trouble because of his amazing work.
Yes, the devhook is really useful. We need to do what we did before if we want to still use the new updates from Sony.
Damn it. He should have at least made OE open source, so that it could be continued.
thank you very much. we truely lost one of the best. we all miss you
It's titled "Open Edition", Why?
I emailed sony politely asking about it, and still haven't a response.
you will be missed! thank you for everything you have done!
It was nice of you to help in the service of those in needs of the community for the freedom of homebrew and for the sake of all homebrew community. You have my grattitude and you will be known for all. Dark_AleX, live on and prosper.
I feel like I should help out the community as well for the custom firmwares. hell, I think I'm going to start learning how to code. If there is a source code for custom firmwares it would be most grateful to have a link to it or just e-mail it. But...don't think I'll be learning constantly as I too have to do my studies at College.
Cheers.
Is it me, or do those reasons seem abnormaly feeble/weak? They just dont seem like big enough problems to cause such a drastic result.
Anyway, props to DA, he has made the PSP the best handheld on the market with his firmware. Sorry to see yew go.
-Xiofire
(PS: Dont flame me for the above comments)
Yawn who cares somebody can take charge, its not like he was the ONLY one who could make custom firmwares
someone is bound to do it, the reason why nobody else was because there was somebody already doing it, no biggie
if people want it, someones gonna make it aight?
im pretty pissed though, he shouldnt have built momentum and promised some cool new stuff then smash it at the very end
i dont know who to be angry at actually...
What a shame. Now all of the people criticizing the other custom firmwares saying, "What's the point? Dark_AleX's is so much better," will eat their words and come crawling back to the other custom firmware makers. It's up in the air for another person to become famous and adored so fill that role.
Nor will you, beyond canned generic responses that is. I've tried before.
Anyway, Dark_Alex you will be missed, I like many others hope you continue from behind the scene in helping other devs with their code. I do, however completely understand your reasons for leaving and wish you the best.
And to the rest of you, don't get carried away in blaming Sony, you must see this from their point of view too. Since you have emulators from many other systems running on the PSP, if Sony makes no efforts to stop it then they could be considered as supporting it, which could spell a HUGE lawsuit for Sony. Sony is a big corporation that has lasted many years and many lawsuits, if they felt they would lose more money by stopping homebrew then they would silently comply. The simple fact that it still exists after this long should be a clue that maybe Sony isn't trying as hard as they could. So lets get the Sony bashing under control peeps, without 'em you wouldn't bitch about PSP development at all.
Again, Dark_Alex we wish you the best and hope for your glorious return to PSP hacking.
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What a shame. Now all of the people criticizing the other custom firmwares saying, "What's the point? Dark_AleX's is so much better," will eat their words and come crawling back to the other custom firmware makers. It's up in the air for another person to become famous and adored so fill that role.
No offense, but the other ones kind of suck, and cause brickage.
This is shocking for all of us.
The question now is who is going to take over?
I hope that he passes the source to the major contributors like team Noobz, team C+D, and Becus25.
dang.. this sucks... D A you did good for psp owners everywhere
So... Erm... Will my OE psp melt now? Or come to a sudden untimely end? Or what?
i am sure he will be back.. and with a new identity
"nnnnNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(etc)"
-Vader
thats true... didn't the same thing happen with DevHook?Quote:
Originally Posted by xg917
we r screwed now, nooooo