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Away from Keyboard Instant Messanger for PSP!

Josh | March 19, 2006

AFKIM!

Danzel has just e-mailed us with details of his secret project release! It’s an AIM, ICQ, MSN, Gtalk, and Yahoo instant messaging client for the PSP.

The last 2 weeks have been exceedingly busy for myself. I’ve been working on a secret project, which I now get to reveal!!!

AFKIM - Away From Keyboard Instant Messenger (for psp of course)
Its an Instant messenger client for (almost) all the major protocols (AIM, ICQ, MSN, GTalk, Yahoo!) It is powered by the public bitlbee servers (thanks for these!)

Sorry for 2.01+ folks, this uses the wifi function so it will not work for you as of yet.

Hop on the bandwagon guys and get to chattn’ with this exciting release.

Note: If you are having trouble, there is a very detailed readme included with the download. I suggest reading that first to avoid issues.

Download: AFKIM

Thanks Danzel

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90 Comments »

Comment by rich
2006-03-19 11:57:57

yea 1st places. rest of you are losers !”!!!!

 
Comment by Mr.Brightside
2006-03-19 12:02:02

SWEET!!! it looks workable GOOD JOB #1 ur a retard with the IQ of dead possum

 
Comment by TankPanZeR
2006-03-19 12:04:29

Great work !!! But why not make it for ver 2.01+?

 
Comment by josh
2006-03-19 12:08:48

#3, No one has been able to hack the firmware version 2.01+ and up to the degree that we can have access to kernal mode and wifi functions.

 
Comment by FRAK
2006-03-19 12:19:17

is it only for 2.0 firmware or does it work with 1.5 also?

 
Comment by andy
2006-03-19 12:20:46

hye i’ve put it on my v1.5 psp but it only comes up with one of my connections and i can’t go into the network settings because there is a ” internal error “! ! can you help me ! thank you

 
Comment by Jim
2006-03-19 12:20:59

Cool Thanks for the great app

 
Comment by knasen
2006-03-19 12:30:47

does this works with 2.6?

 
Comment by Me
2006-03-19 12:37:52

This app needs some serious improvements before its half decent!!

 
Comment by Alkemyst
2006-03-19 12:45:20

where do you save the file on your memory stick?

 
Comment by vish
2006-03-19 12:48:06

i keep getting a blue screen with some kind of error every time it tries to connect.

 
Comment by Alkemyst
2006-03-19 13:01:03

Any1 know where your supposed to save the file on the memory stick?

 
Comment by FUCKER
2006-03-19 13:14:42

wow, who the hell waisted time to make this shit?

 
Comment by andy
2006-03-19 13:19:35

yes your ment to put the two flies in psp/game foler ! andy

what up wiv that guy ^^

 
Comment by bob
2006-03-19 13:23:09

AHH make a instant messanger 4 2.0+ i hate crappy emessanger a aimonpsp i want a REAL IM
like this one but for 2.0+

 
Comment by nOsh
2006-03-19 13:30:40

i can’t find out how to make the “@” symbol…any help ?

th kboard is a little bit strange to use……

 
Comment by muju
2006-03-19 13:54:58

hey how to got number on psp keyborad??

 
Comment by saint
2006-03-19 14:07:30

This will help anyone having problems with numbers or symbols
http://www.niwra.nl/psp/p-sprint-c/doc/index.htm

and #18 shud be banned from posting

 
Comment by PJDJ
2006-03-19 14:07:47

this app is awesome at crashing my psp. I’m on 1.5 btw. Thanks for nothing!

 
Comment by LOL
2006-03-19 14:25:54

its pretty useless to me :D

 
Comment by mikatukana
2006-03-19 14:44:30

Can’t wait for WIFI or the Downgrader (very possible from what I’ve heard)for 2.XX. Great job ^^ This is one type of application I have always wanted to see on the PSP.

 
Comment by Famitsu
2006-03-19 15:01:04

this is a very gud app and works well for a first version.

nice speech #31 though i am from england i can relate to wat ur sayin

 
Comment by yourgrandma
2006-03-19 15:05:36

doesnt work for 2.0 .. so why in the heck does it say 2.01+ gay!!!!

 
Comment by boon
2006-03-19 15:11:18

this keyboard sucks ass, i dont even no how 2 put numbers in it, y didnt the dude just use the psp keyboard instead?

 
Comment by Yes
2006-03-19 15:12:59

I dont get it? Can i chat with my aim buddy list or just other people usin the psp?

 
Comment by Flyingcow
2006-03-19 15:41:53

hey i completely disagree with what they are saying but dont be a dumbass #36. Dont give stupid ass fake threats, let them be moronic close minded bastards.

 
Comment by apan_bajs
2006-03-19 15:49:26

Anyone know how to type under score: _ , on the keyboard?
Can’t seem to get it to work

 
Comment by lexus
2006-03-19 15:52:10

yo, im having ALOT of trouble typing the @ key, can someone help me and tell me exactly what to do? i looked at the instructions and it doesnt make much sense.

As for #18, ignorant people like you don’t deserve to live, and you can fuck yourself.

As for #31, i don’t see you any different from #18, to say that you hate most americanz is just as racist and closeminded. why hate only the americans that follow bush? what if a canadian followed bush? i can understand you hating people that may have common views with a particular political leader and what not, but to single out americans is fucking stupid and aint really lookin at the bigger picture. i don’t understand how you would get such an ignorant point of view. i personally am american, and right now i happen to live in canada, and if anything, i can personally say i hate 50% of the canadians here because they all talk shit and say they hate americans and give no good reason but to say “because of bush” or “because of the war”.which is fucking stupid cus guess what????canada has no fucking military presence in the greater scheme of things, if another nation was to attack canada, canada would be FUCKED, and after researching and reading newspapers and articles, i have come to realize that 70% of canada’s military assistance would have to come from the states if they needed assistance, like the canadian army is a JOKE, everytime i look in the newspapers dey hav helicopters just droppin out of da skies and submarines sinking and not coming back up. to target out a nation and say you hate them is like saying, i hate 50% of all black people because of their hair,etc, like it doesnt make sense, hating a few individuals is ok, hating the government is ok, like nobody’s asking you to love the states, but to be so ignorant as to hate people on their particular views and beliefs (such as those who follow bush,and all the other bull shit u were talking about) is totally inappropriate and racist, thats like me being like, i hate muslims cus dey believe in allah, u feelin me? iono, i guess im just ramballing on, and its hard to sort out ur opinions and make sense of them when u have a headache, lol.

 
Comment by apan_bajs
2006-03-19 15:58:58

I have a 1.5 PsP and it works fine for me, I just have to figure out how to type under score: _ , And people could we please stay on the subject, this is a PsP site, find a messageboard about rasism and take it there please, thanks.

 
Comment by Victort
2006-03-19 16:58:29

yo they need 2 start to help tha 2.5 n 2.6 pplz because tha 1.5 n 2.0 pplz are gtting 2 much fun stuff n we getting nuttin thats that good

 
Comment by andy
2006-03-19 17:04:57

omg i do not understand you people y do you hate toher becuase there different! no one like you for being rasist so what the point ! :

 
Comment by pspfan
2006-03-19 17:36:52

Hey 31. I’m getting sick of all you 2.01+ people bitching about shit not working on yur psp’s. Us 1.5 people deserve what we get. We were the first to get psp’s.

 
Comment by andy
2006-03-19 17:44:31

numbers on keyboard ?

 
Comment by kasey
2006-03-19 17:46:55

The only problem i have is with the keyboard… other then that i like this app

 
Comment by karmon
2006-03-19 18:40:48

how the hell do i get shift to work, i looked at the page showing how all the keys work, but still i cant figure out wtf ‘+up’ is. wtf does + mean?

 
Comment by karmon
2006-03-19 18:49:44

fuck i figure out the _ but how the hell do i do @?

 
Comment by D
2006-03-19 18:51:06

still cant get “@” to work, any help please, and im not the only one with this problem

 
Comment by apan_bajs
2006-03-19 19:00:19

ah karmo, how did you do the under score: _ ?¿

 
Comment by NOTORIO
2006-03-19 19:29:59

1.5 rules… for all you richie ass kids (and overgrown ones) that hate cause we got it shut up please go sob to mom,,,, im a try this one,,,paz.,…

 
Comment by muju
2006-03-19 19:42:45

ahhh anyone know how to use number on keyboard or @@@@ i have no idea but aim so far is work great man i love itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

 
Comment by NOTORIO
2006-03-19 19:49:57

how to use the numbers..???

 
Comment by kerimini
2006-03-19 19:58:44

WE NEED A HACK FOR 2.xx THAST WHAT WE WANT ;)

 
Comment by NOTORIO
2006-03-19 20:00:44

ok hold the left and x for numbers,,jees…

 
Comment by danzel
2006-03-19 20:04:41

There is some updates to the faq which answer most of these questions here:
http://localhost.geek.nz/afkim/newfaq.htm

 
Comment by ohla
2006-03-19 21:17:49

Where do you put these files? The readme doesnt say anthing about that.

 
Comment by apan_bajs
2006-03-19 21:18:10

Ah the joy! got it to work now, this is a real cool app for the PsP… Nicely Done Danzel!

 
Comment by NOTORIO
2006-03-19 21:24:33

this WORKS GRRRRRREAT!!!props to the DAnzel crew that put it up and winning the contest..

 
Comment by danzel
2006-03-19 21:32:20

LOL “DAnzel crew”, I’m a single person!

#46 - put the ‘afkim’ and ‘afkim%’ folders in the psp/game folder like with all homebrew (assuming you have 1.5 firmware)

 
Comment by ohla
2006-03-19 21:35:55

Hey thanks for the respons #49 I have version 2.00 I am thinking it works with that since he said it doesnt work with 2.01+ I put them in the game folder and got the littler pic there but it says its corrupt.

 
Comment by D
2006-03-19 21:46:27

thanks danzel

 
Comment by t3h b1zZl3
2006-03-19 22:30:02

another good thing 2.01+ doesnt get

 
Comment by t3h b1zZl3
2006-03-19 22:33:31

*stabs his 2.5 psp with screwdriver*

 
Comment by metalspector
2006-03-19 22:36:41

The damn thing I hate is americans that do not accept that their country is so useless , I hate my country , I hate the USA even though that’s the country I was borned in and I lived there , I ahet people who favor wars , many retards here favor war , fucking idiots , people here in California saying “the war on Irak is just , they had WMD’s , arabs are assholes , arabs are anti-christians who live in caves and must die” , I’m sick of people saying “Bush is a smart president , you owe him that the arabs haven’t attacked us” , and even stupeder things like , “Islamic people are stanic , the war is not for oil but for peace on the world , irak is better under american control” , see , that’s what I hate of my country , people who are so fucking stupid damn it , I hate the replubicans for that , and Imean the republican party of the USA , not a political party of canada , and I think canada is better than the USA , much better , more security , peace , almost as advanced and not that much corruption , do you think that irak is the only suffering country??? , what about the USA colony P.R. or Puerto Rico , I have family members there and that country was a colony since 1898 and until 1980 if someone holded a flag of P.R. the FBI had authority to kill the person , In the 1970’s two 18 year old college students were assasinated with rifles by the FBI for saying in a town square that P.R. should look for liberty and not suffer of USA abuse , 4 months ago a puertorican independentist was shot many times by the FBI and when he was bleeding the FBI dragged him through the floor and tortured him till his death in front of his son that is a minor and his wife and his crime was stealing 2m dollars from a wells fargo to support independentist movements , normally people who steal are put into jail and not done those things , a month ago the FBI came to the house of independentists that were friends of the one who had gotten killed ( Filiberto Ojeda ) and started checking there house without a judicial order and din’t let attorneys pass and now they are trying to fabricate a case , even though in P.R. there’s elections they still put fear on puertoricans to not go against USA because P.R. even though is a small island of 6 million inhabitants it made the #4 country in USA sales , what I hate about USA is that they abuse of other countries and I hate being a citizen of the abusing power , I feel I’m a citizen of the country many people look down on and see as an abuser and I’m surrounded by many ignorants , another example was when the USA dropped the bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki , now it’s being revealed that japan had already surrendered and that they killed more than 100,000 for the reason of testing the bombs , everyday people around the world course my country and look down on it and I understand it and I which that USA becomes what it formerly was 100-150 years ago , a nation of glory , now it’s a country that looks to abuse other countries.

 
Comment by muju
2006-03-19 22:48:19

thx danel u are the best man

 
Comment by jenny
2006-03-19 22:59:50

this sucks it not even 25% good

 
Comment by mexican staring frog of southern sri lanka
2006-03-19 23:09:46

#5 wut kind of fuckin question is that?

 
Comment by muju
2006-03-19 23:55:11

does anyone know about psp keyboard when is coming out???

 
Comment by notorio
2006-03-20 00:31:53

the keyboard never it was scrapped by the maker ilogic and sony, TO THE ASS WITH THE ANTI AMERICAN FEELING,,, SHUT THE @#$ UP PLEASE YOU SHULD BE IN CHINA TRYING TO GOOGLE YOUR WAY OUT OF SOMETHING,, PENDEJO,,, 8)

 
Comment by FRAK
2006-03-20 04:11:55

Sorry man i messes it up,it was the other way around

 
Comment by PSP GURU
2006-03-20 05:09:32

Fuck me all you idiots asking stupid Q’s like does it work on my 2.6 firmware or is it only for 2.0 firmware or does it work with 1.5 also? LISTEN B4 U POST THIS CRAP READ U ILLITERATE PRICK #5……if u dont get it after u read the read me and the headings then i suggest you go find a job in a sweat shop coz that all ur good for

 
Comment by gee_fin
2006-03-20 06:58:12

I know the Logic3 external keyboard thing was canned, anyone know if Sony/Logitech have an alternative planned or is there one out already?

Cheers,
Graeme.

 
Comment by Awesome
2006-03-20 12:30:45

Dude, you´re great. I´m happy all the way north in finland. Thx mate. ;D

 
Comment by Awesome
2006-03-20 12:32:07

Graeme #61 I read that Sony is going to publish a keyboard. Not sure though.

 
Comment by Mikex
2006-03-20 13:25:29

I love how slow some people are. I am going to say something provokative….here it goes….”will this work on the new upcoming 3.0 version?”

 
Comment by b
2006-03-20 13:33:29

once i’ve started the app, it stays on the screen with flowers background and it says “spring coding competition 2006″ and it wont go away…I’ve tryied hundred of times!

 
Comment by y0mamma
2006-03-20 14:38:35

you anti-america fools are just stupid… you posted all that crap on a PSP board? wtf is wrong with you?

America is and always will be the best country on this planet… everyone who doesn’t live in american wants to and everyone in america that bitches about it would be cryin’ their eyes out if they were deported…

ppl hatin’ on america are JEALOUS… plain and simple.. STFU and GTFO if you don’t like it.

 
Comment by sam
2006-03-20 16:31:21

whats the point of this just go to http://www.emessanger.net.

 
Comment by Brad
2006-03-20 17:59:36

What is the exact name of the folder that you place the two files in??? Please answer!! Thank you!

 
Comment by funny
2006-03-20 18:04:57

It was a gay arguement on the PS1 emulator comments. NOw there is a n america arguement. There’s gonna probably be another arguement later about anti-americans with anti-gays. LOL. ^^ When will this end…….(still, though, it is pretty funny)

 
Comment by metalspector
2006-03-20 19:18:48

Well , I feel a little sorry for the anti-gay comments I have made in the ps1 emulator thing and I will stop that not because of that I feel sorry for gay people but that those were too opinionated facts and but I still hate my country , or at least my state which is California , it’s just that I hate being part of the abusive country and I hate it that on my school there’s an arab who is my friend and everyday he gets bothered and mocked and even though I talk to the teachers about that the teachers don’t care probably because he’s an arab and he has told me that he’s family has received frequent visits from the FBI and people here look down on arabs and talk bad about arabs and another think that has me mad is the situation on P.R. that the FBI has the country thereatened so it will stay as USA colony and why even though all this things happen the people still haven’t done anything against the FBI’s abuses like with the CIA that many things were done to the CIA because of their previous abuses and why did people elect Bush again , why? , he’s the worst president to be and on top of that when there’s a good president they always have to do something to get themin trouble like Bill Clinton and Nixon , the thing about Bill Clinton is obviously a lie and the thing about Nixon was just a mistake that Nixon took over extreme political pressure. But what got’s me mad the most is the war on Irak , is it just to kill 30,000 arab , torture them physically , emotionally and sexually and made things that are similar to what Hitler did to the jews ( although hitler did it to more than 11,000,000 and not 10,000 ) just for oil and plastic?!?!?! , I still don’t undertstand why people are going to war and all those who hear this , never go to war and if someone you know is planning to go to war snap him out and persuade him not to , war is the greatest downfall of man and in war noone wins except the rich and the ones in power , in a war always both sides are wrong but in history books always one appears as the good one and the greatest but remember this “histories of war are written by the winners and victorious , never the losers have a chance to say their side” and that’s why in every war , both sides are wrong , war is done for power and money , war is the effect of jelousy and greed of mankind , and I reccomed you to read 3 books that I found very interesting that explain in a simbolic way the evilof mankind , the books are : Lord of the Flies ( by william golding ) , The tragedy of Julius Caesar ( by William Shakespears ) and Animal Farm ( by George Orwell ). You can download them from limewire and if you want make it an html file and you can store it on your psp.

 
Comment by shadow
2006-03-20 22:11:42

im having the same problems as #65 it shows a screen and nothing else happens, it crashes if i try to go back to home…

 
Comment by DJ~aBu_C$O
2006-03-20 22:48:59

I just wanted to say, I can’t believe how far this psp thing has come, I love it, but the thing is the coders don’t get the appreciation they should be getting, these things*software’s for psp* are not something u can make in a few hours and make it run perfect, it needs time lots of thinking and planning, but you guys are hating on the hard working coders, that want to makes apps for 2.0+ but I don’t think you guys understand that WIFI is not enabled for the emulator, even though its said over and over. if you guys just take the dam time to read everything first before u look at the files and say WTF do I do with these? maybe it would make sense if you read the read me and any type of other resource you can to help you, but I think its the American laziness that is coming into play here.

but what do I know, I’m just a 15 year old kid that is representing Florida :D lol

this stuff is not hard if you just read around and start with smaller simple apps for the psp, and for the 2.0+ people stop biatching at the coders, because they the only people you can find to yell at cuz your mad you got stuck with a 2.0+ psp and wal-mart’s not returning it. I’m very sure the day will come sooner than you think, as I said before this psp stuff is going like crazy with all these great things being written for it.
keep up all the hard and wonder great work coders wonderful job on this apps, it what I have been waiting for, now all i want is a PSP hardware keyboard*should have been launched a while ago, but don’t know what happened to it* and a internet browser that will bypass the WEP keys at school form the PSP :D lol

and i had no troulble what so ever getting this to work, its the best:)

 
Comment by Ralan
2006-03-20 23:05:25

This is for comments about the homebrew not for rasist assholes and america haters number 53 go to hell

 
Comment by Tyrian
2006-03-20 23:24:14

hey i read the readme and found the reason why the flower picture shows up, it’s due to you not having a wifi connection…with that settled… how do i make a wifi connection?

 
Comment by john smith
2006-03-20 23:26:12

#72, right on! that was brilliant.

All I can say about this software is that it looks and works good on 1.5, Way to go!!

but the keyboard really sucks. I think the keyboard should be completely changed. I mean, each letter requires a two button combo, no way you could seriously have a decent conversation. Otherwise, keep up the wonderful work, thanks!!

 
Comment by GamerStatus
2006-03-21 00:03:35

I’m refered to as Mr. Slick. You can find me on many games and i’m never far away from the top. This internet messenger is a great work of art and i give many props to the maker of it. The downside is the keyboard but i am assured that the maker will modify it so it can work more properly. For those who are talking about things that don’t pertain to this comment listing i have only this to say: “grow up.” Now my only problem is that I can’t seem to connect to any of my names on any of the listings. I tried to reload it all over again and nothing. Can someone help me with this issue. I enter in my name and it says error sending data! Anyone having the same problem? if so please post something so that I can use this great messenger. Big ups to Danzel for doing this and i look forward to seeing this new messenger at it’s best. Congrats you have a fan.

 
Comment by danzel
2006-03-21 16:11:19

Thanks everyone for the props :)
As you know a better keyboard will come in the future, it’s almost in the coding stages.
If you don’t know what a wifi connection is I doubt that you have one (goto the network, infrastructure page and add a connection in there)

If everyone who appreciated this program voted for it here:
http://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,1941.0.html
I would be very happy :)
Thanks.
Danzel.

 
Comment by The_Ultimate_Eggman
2006-03-21 16:32:05

Cant get it to work hangs on spring coding comp screen.. FW 1.5

 
Comment by danzel
2006-03-21 18:15:22

The_Ultimate_Eggman - more info please :|

Have you got atleast one wifi connection set up in: network settings, infrastructure?

 
Comment by shadow
2006-03-22 21:53:02

danzel i have the same problem and yes i do have a wifi connection set up its WEP encryted but i have the key, does it have to do with that

 
Comment by The_Ultimate_Eggman
2006-03-23 11:32:24

Yeah im the same as 80 it just hangs.:(

 
Comment by david beckham
2006-03-23 14:55:38

hi i just like to know how do i install the files when its unpacked. helppppppppppp please
and where do i put the eboot file.
fanx

 
Comment by shadow
2006-03-23 22:59:47

problem solved i just created a new connection and left the name connection 1

 
Comment by ohla
2006-03-28 00:25:49

I loaded it up and it says

“EBOOT Loader v0.8.5 by Fanjita
(based on work by Saotome)
Module attribs 00001000 suggest- –a kernel-mode app
Press X to try anyway,
or any other button to canel.”

I press x and its just a black screen. What up with this

 
Comment by Brandyn
2006-03-29 15:20:26

hey i got everything right, but, when i push X to play, it says “game can not be started corrupted data” umm any sulotions?

 
Comment by Myuka
2006-04-01 22:05:09

I dunno if it’s just me, but my friend told me that it works for 1.5 psps and well I keep getting this thing that says spring coding competition 2006. please help