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Breaking News: Full Kernal Access for 2.5/2.6 users Via New exploit
Break out your calendars folks, because this may be a day that you want to mark as a pivotal day in the history of PSP homebrew. A developer known as hitchhikr of "hitchhikr SoftWorks" and with coder companion Neural has come out with a Proof of Concept of a 2.50/2.60 Firmware Exploit! Once implemented and fine tuned for "normal user" use, this will bring 2.50 and 2.60 Firmware up to the same homebrew capability that 1.50 PSP owners enjoy with FULL kernel mode access - although Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories will still be required, just like with eLoader.
Speaking of eLoader, Fanjita is already working with hitchhikr on incorporating this new exploit into an easily executable means via eLoader. After a brief chat with Fanjita, he's told us that you can expect some generic application for developers to hopefully be released in the next 24 hours. It will take a bit longer before something useable for non-devs will be released.
The exploit takes advantage of an added security check in 2.50/2.60 Firmware for sceKernelLoadExec, which is responsible for loading EBOOTs, but also accidentally added an overflow bug, which means this exploit will not work with 2.0 and 2.01 Firmware.
Below you will find a download of hitchhikr's & Neural's Proof of Concept - this is not intended for the casual user. It created dump files containing kernel memory dumps in the root of the memstick (boot.bin, kmem.bin, klib.bin). It also creates writeaccess.bin which contains just the hex (12 34 56 78) to prove that kmem CAN be written to.
But don't start upgrading those PSP's yet until a viable means of implementation is released! Also, this breakthrough is not on a path to a downgrader, at least that does not seem like an option at this moment.
Seems like an interesting development, stay glued to your computer screens for more news as it comes in throughout the day.
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The breakthroughs just keep on comin'
Excellent, truly excellent.
Although I have a 1.50 PSP and enjoy all its abilities as well as 2.50 firmware thanks to DevHook, this is very good news for 2.01+ PSP owners.
And to see that Fanjita is involved. That spells out a recipe for success & happiness.
I love it, Sony puts forth all these security measures to FORCE upgrades and lock out homebrew, but it just creates more exploits.
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This will no doubt cause hundreds, and maybe thousands to need to rush out to get a copy of GTA: LCS. Warning to those, a NEW GTA version has been released that BLOCKS the exploit that will no doubt be needed. You will need the older, original GTA game. I have it and below I will give the SKU # and UMD serial so that you can go to the store and hunt for it. OR find one on eBay. Here goes:
SKU # (numbers under barcode) -
710425236969
UMD Serial:
ULUS10041
If you find this version, you are good to go. Also, the Europe release of the game may work as well. And the initial Europe release of this game has a UMD Serial as follows:
EUROPE GTA LCS Serial:
ULES00151
I'm pretty sure the NEW version with the Exploit patch will have a different Serial & SKU. So ask the store clerk to go through ALL of their copies of GTA to find the treasured exploitable one using the info I posted above as a guide.
FYI if you want to know where to find the UMD Serial, look on the side binding of the game case under the controller icon.
Hope this info helps those new to the PSP & homebrew realize the greatness we have all come to know and love.
