Dark_Alex 2.71 Special Edition - Revision A custom firmware Released

[Ghost DOG]

Worked fore me perfectly.

[Baboon]

I've downdated 6 other mates machines to 1.5 already this week, but this new special edition firmware sounds really cool.

I'll stick to my beloved 1.5 for now, but its nice to know there are other real (and worthy) alternatives out there!

[aadhu]

anyone having problems saving network configuration after installing this. everytime i configure wifi n try to save i get an error 80x sumthin sumthin.

[Vibestar]

nope no probs here. everything works fine even dh and all the other apps.

[hodey]

Why can't the wallpaper be changed? -except for colors

[ExcruciationX]

Why can't the wallpaper be changed? -except for colors

It should be change-able. Put an image in the "PHOTO" folder. Go to "Photo", open an image, and then select "Set as wallpaper" from the control panel to save the image for use as a wallpaper. BTW, What did everyone think of my video?

[BL4Z3D247]

Now having this for one day it's getting bored already (I always want to tweak things, that's why I sended my psp 4 times to SONY now).
Can I modify this fw with X-flash... or another.

[offtopic]is there anyone who knows how to change the icons in the XMB, I wanna do that for a while now, or at some icons[/offtopic]

i beileve apps like x-flash and psptheme are the 1% of homebrew that doesn't work , can't wait for that to get fixed...u can still mod devhook with custom gameboots and fonts

[YourStillWithMe]

Seriously, what is the advantage (the REAL advantage) of having this as opposed to 1.50 with emulagted 2.71? So far i dont see a difference at all. If you wanna homebrew just hit select and home to go to 1.50 people i'd rather stay on 1.50, emulate 2.71 and not risk bricking my psp. 1.50 is the best firmware and always will be. 1.50 is where it all began!! (In The U.S) I see this firmware stuff as movie sequels not as good as the original :-)

[Vibestar]

i beileve apps like x-flash and psptheme are the 1% of homebrew that doesn't work , can't wait for that to get fixed...u can still mod devhook with custom gameboots and fonts

I know. the fonts are working great. I fully understand the converter (shadow, bold, etc, etc). Also Vag adding works great.
The only thing I'm working on quit a while is those dmn gameboots.
Made some that work great ingame and in fw 1.50 but in 2.71 I can't get them to work. They freeze my dh. The things I'm now working on are those simple icons but that crazy work.
Hope to see a update of this firmware with more customizing features or somekind of x-flash extended.

[Cloudhunter]

Seriously, what is the advantage (the REAL advantage) of having this as opposed to 1.50 with emulagted 2.71? So far i dont see a difference at all. If you wanna homebrew just hit select and home to go to 1.50 people i'd rather stay on 1.50, emulate 2.71 and not risk bricking my psp. 1.50 is the best firmware and always will be. 1.50 is where it all began!! (In The U.S) I see this firmware stuff as movie sequels not as good as the original :-)

I suppose the advantage is that you don't have to use devhook all the time, unless you use ISO's, which is illegal anyway. I for one, am very happy about not having to switch to 2.71 whenever I want to use the web browser. I know there are alternatives such as Lynx though, although it isn't as full featured (although it doesn't have that damn "out of memory" error).

Basically, it depends on your usage. If you find yourself having to continuously go back and forth between 1.5 and 2.71, then this is probably for you. If you don't use 2.71 alot, then you mayaswell stick with 1.5

As for people complaining about XFlash not working, it is probably being worked on. I've heard a version for 2.71 is being developed.

In my eyes anyhow, most of us spend more time outside the XMB than in it, so why bother customizing it?

Cloudy