Kernel Mode on Firmware 2.50 & 2.60!
greg | June 27, 2006
Wowzers - breaking news - full kernel mode access on firmware 2.50 and 2.60! Two programmers by the names of hitchhikr and Neural have released a proof-of-concept EBOOT which takes advantage of a new exploit discovered in Sony’s 2.50 and 2.60 firmware revisions.
What does this mean? Well it means all the lovely homebrew compatible with firmware version 1.50 only (Device Hook, DAX, iR Shell, etc…) will now be available on 2.50/2.60! Please note, this exploit does not exist in FW 2.0 and 2.01. And you will require Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories in order to execute this EBOOT.
The proof of concept simply creates a kernel memory dump in the root of your memory stick.
Download 2.50/2.60 Proof of Concept Exploit
Stay tuned - more to come!
- source: hitchhikr SoftWorks







Sweet All those non 1.5 can mabay get this now yay for u :)
by the way good job on the codeing
Hahahaha. Well what do you know? Congrat you 2.0+ PSPers.
Lmfao this site is SLOOOOOOOOW, this news is already 4 hours old!
^ I meant, 2.50/2.6 PSPers
I wonder if there are any original unmodified GTA: LCS left? I can see them fighting each other for those last copies! ;)
i think i beat greg to the punch…
just got to say well done :)
wait, it says all home brew. So your saying version 2.5 and 2.6 can run iso loaders now. If so, what would be the point of 1.5 anymore.
No point in 1.5? By the sounds of things this exploit starts at the GTA bug. So to play homebrew or any ISO loaders would potentially mean loading up GTA every single time..Bah!
I’ll stick with my 1.50 if that is the case.
OMG!!! U GUYS ARE BLOODY GENIUSES!!!! :D
now i might soon be able to put iso’s on my psp.
AWWW I UPDATED TO 2.71 LAST NIGHT LOL
Hi there, so if i can get it good, this new homebrew can do all those things in a psp firmware 1.5????? plus, can ia play original umds like the ones of GTA: LCS or Megaman??
I will keep my 1.5 forever, im never gunna upgrade or downgrade. 1.5 is still the best and we all know it
DOES THIS MEAN ISO”S CAN BE USED NOW ????
can someone tell me how this works? where do i copy the files too?, theres like an eboot in all the app’s. do i replace them all? thanks
fuck this shit. 1.0 is 1337z0rz
I’m with edfuk, where do i put this stuff? There’s no read me and it didn’t say much in the announcement….
just think… 1.5 started out as a gta:lcs eloader too….. we are so evil….
hey i have 2.01 so i need to upgrade for this but which 1 is better 2.5 or 2.6 and where do i get the upgrader for a uk psp?
I’m waiting to see if someone (MPH, maybe) takes advantage of this and makes another downgrader. My PSP is a 1.5, but I’d still like to see the 2.0+ users given the ability to use homebrew.
Will this allow you to use the 2.6 webbrowser as well?
O M G, is there any proof that this works and has anyone tried it? this means that i can play isos just like 1.5? :O
Just install this like any other program you would run under the eloader. It creates a file called odd.bin on the root of your memory card.
with devhook and this is there any point to the modchip now?
once again another thing that doesnt work!!!!!!! this sucks!!! if u post something plz make sure it works
This is a bunch of CRAP!!! Just another 4′th party needing a 3′rd party app to even use a 5′th party app.. :| Get off the GTA Exploit and do something with out it. Then maybe PPL will be celebrating. Who CARES about another 4′th party app’ needing a 3′rd party app’ to boot a 5′th party app’.
To you 1.5 FUCKNUTS that can’t get off your high horses.. Take your PSP and shove it yup your ass.. Bet you like having that 1.5 now don’t you.
i sure do like my 1.5 psp thank you, ty very much
“who cares” is just mad cause he’s got a 2.71…. hail to the 1.5 - for all it has done to ruin my marriage
psp firmware 2.71 hacked, is this true?!?!
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/portable-media/psp-271-firmware-hacked-183858.php
id love my psp regardless of its location, ass or otherwise.
great thing to tinker around with devhook
hint hint booster
good stuff
it isnt finished yet, it is only an EBOOT. just like wait for a while
First for all the noobs desperately trying to install this on their PSPs, don’t bother, all it is is a proof of concept, there are no loaders etc. working on it yet, it’s only for developers thus far. That said, this fucking rules! I have a 1.5, and with devhook i’m not even missing out on anything these days, but man this rocks, glad to see the PSP seen for 2.0+ isn’t dead yet.
Just out of interest, anyone know if this is compatible with 1007/1006 psps, as a downgrader (or compatible homebrew) is much needed there.
Aaaaaahhhh … good times, where were you when 2.5/6 kernel access was announced?
Oh, and Brian…thats Undiluted Platinum in action bro…completely different story….
zoz I completely agree with you… a downgrader IS really needed for 2.0+ psps… it would be a great acheivement and we shall remember them for all time (dont belive me… on name: Fantajia!)(*cant spell*)
OMGWTFBBQ! I never tought this would happen. Now CONVERT ALL MY 1.5 HOMEBREW AND THEN I UPDATE!
Ah nvm, I’ll need to wait for some coder to make it work without that GTA pos…
And hum, ROFL AT N00BS who again updated at 2.71 lmfao!
zoz your the biggest douche on this site… you said “where were you when 2.5/6 kernel access was announced”….. where the fuck do u think i was… infront of a computer like everyone else.. get a life you pathetic piece of shit…
zoz your the biggest douche on this site… you said “where were you when 2.5/6 kernel access was announced”….. where the fuck do u think i was… infront of a computer like everyone else.. get a life you pathetic piece of shit…
Holly CRAP! This is awesome!
Pffft, n00bs n00bs n00bs, i still got the best psp you can get… THE BEST.. behold the PSP v1.0
Yeah, sounds intresting, but i´ll keep my 1.5 forever. I don´t want to buy GTA only for homebrew on 2.0+. I´ll give DevHook more time, maybe it will be able to emulate 2.71 someday, if this happens, 1.5 will be the one and only. Everything can be hacked give it some time. Security technology advances, but hackers aswell…
Holy Crap!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE I GOT MY PSP
All you Motherfucking assholes say that 1.50 shit is shut up!!!!! 1.50 is the best firmware !!!!
Omg thats wicked, so glad i didnt upgrade ma psp to 2.71 the other day i was just about to lose all hope
hello
how can i install this and run any homebrow
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still got 1.5 and it works for me. the new possibitlity’s will be nice but i won’t upgrade until all my homebrew can be played on 2.6
And it would be nice to have it working without the gta exploit
Sweet this is really good to hear and all, but i have a mod chip coming for my 2.5 and my 1.5 will forever be a 1.5.
but honestly whats the deal with everyone braging that they have a 1.5 and saying its the best, no one cares damn, and then there are people tell us 1.5 users to stick it up our ass… well i mean no one wants to hear you being mad that you couldn’t use homebrew before, and now that you can your the shit? get over it.
people your losers.
@Feripsp
It’s not running anything currently. At this point its only representing the expliot and its potential.
@Mofo’s
The reason i states 1.50 was clearly the better choice is because i seen several 1.50 questioning the ‘point’ of having 1.50 over 2.5/2.6. Upgrading to 2.6/2.7 would mean alot of GTA loads to run homebrew.
@ All the people that upgraded to 2.71
Buy a modchip and stop bitching.
i am going to the shop where is bought my psp and change it … ( i’am just goning to say that my battery is broken down:P)
i got one question.. I have 2.6.. should i just buy a modchip?
and when will this do anything
be patient m8 wait a few days
FUCK! i just dont get it, so this dosent do shit?
can i run ir comander in 2.5 firmware
tx
Good news, but still a pain to load up GTA every time to use homebrew or loaders. If you’ve got 2.5/2.6 PSP then great but if you’ve got 1.5 there really is no benefit to upgrading (especially with the new DevHook which lets you boot into 2.5 without upgrading).
Well done to the hackers though
WOW, so all the stuff that 1.50 has, 2.5/2.6 has? Crap, I’ll update for that. You guys are geniuses!
@all noobs
if u dont know what this does then stfu
Bloody hell, u guys should just wait a bit as the people that hack the software are doing there best, as for me when i brought my PSP it had version 2.0 and i had upgraded to 2.6 nearly as soon as i had it, and if i can wait a little bit longer, as i hav been waiting since christmas time then other people can.
I got my PSP for christmas…tons of progress and apps. I’m really greatful for all the work of devs!
GREAT.!! GREAT.!! GREAT.!! so how long you guys think we hawe to wait till its 100% finish..?????
lol, so lets get a downgrader coming on then?
Well Done!!!
Now anyone can DOWNGRADE to 1.5!!! It’s F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!
thank you thank you thank you. You guys freakin rock the house. To all you gamer peeps trying to use this right now just chill out it’s not going to work yet it just the exploit not finished. You have to wait a bit for it to be user friendly. Dude all the 1.5 psps just lost a lot of value on ebay, even though it’s still better. I don’t feel like such a tool i upgraded to 2.6 now.
i was about to upgrade and buy a modchip, but i guess being patient does pay off, i realize it doesnt work YET (its only proof afterall) but soon i will be able to use custom FW via devhook and use all of my apps that i downloaded waiting for the money for my modchip, YAY!!! 2.6 doesn’t suck as much anymore (BTW there are still plenty of copies of GTALCS here in japan that are pre-bug-fix (all american though) ok im done with my raveing, now the rant! everyone in here that is older than 3 years old (should be all of us at least physically) should have seen bambi by now, ‘if you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all’ and a million kudos to the first person who tells me who said that (not the character that prompted it, but the one that actually said it, hint, its before bambi grows up)
Wasn’t that Thumper? I can’t recall for sure though, its been a long time
None the less, this is great news. It just shows that it can be done. Now all we have to do is wait a few days and see where this takes us. Hopefully in the right direction ;)
LOL!! This is great! :D
Could Someone Please Tell If It Would Be Possible To Downgrade Your PSP This Way:
-Load A 1.00 Firmware Dump Using Gameshark Firmware Loader
-Run A 1.50 Eboot Update
-Install Update
Would This Downgrade Your PSP To 1.50
Has anyone tried to use this and a 1.5 homebrew just to see if it will work i tried and it didn’t work with my 2.6Just wondering if someone else would try.
has ne1 got this working bcos i dont want 2 upgrade incase they make a downgrader 4 2.01 unless this really works
It Cant Work Yet It Is Not Built This Is Just Proof That Kernel Mode Access Is Allowed. Fanjita Is Still Puting It Into His Eboot Loader.
Why is everyone so bothered about downgrading? i would just be happy to run most homebrew through GTA exploit. very cool and very much appreciated to you all
this is great, been away 3 days because of the kings cross underground fire. no worries upgrading to 2.5-6. this is great, but the pple that upgraded to 2.71 because of the modchip are kicking themselves.
hey guys whats up??
ok this ia bad ass but wight have a cane 2 make a 2.60 and a 2.50 downgrade if this EBOOT can run all FW 1.50 homebrew then we might have a shot 2 make a downgrader but we need a overflow that works under eboot and well the overflow will run under the Kernel Mode
i just UPGRADED to 2.71 firmware this morning!
OTL
Does this mean we can have sex with 13 German prostitutes in a dirty Russian Motel Restroom at the same time.
i tried it and it worked ok but some homebrew still dont boot
so do i just use the eloader again!!!
To Andy - one comment up from me - your an idiot… you didnt try it and it didnt work ok and your a fucking douche for lying…
This is very good news indeed. I’ve got some buddies with 2.5/2.6 that are going to freak when I tell them this. This is a great step in the right direction. Good job developers.
Did anyone actually get this to work i tried it and all i got was a blank screen.
all i got was a black screen too./….someone plz tell us all how to install correctly
to duncanyoyo1 and mike, its proof of concept, not an eloader, it doesnt do anything yet except write a couple files to prove that it can gain access, fanjita will probably have a working eloader soon, i would guess in a week or less, there is a downgrader being tested right now, it works for very few, but the kernel access will allow anyone with a psp 2.5\.6 to be able to do everything a 1.5 can do, i wouldn’t try to downgrade, just put up with the wait time. with this and devhook you will be able to emulate 1.5 and play like a 1.5 (but why would you want to, the eloader will do everything that 1.5 will do and then some without having to emulate (until devhook gets an emulation of 2.7/71 up and running) thanks hichhikr and thanks in advance fanjita, im proud of you guys
BTW - iceman gets 1 million kudos (redeamable inside your own head and participating comentators)
Congratulations!!! I knew this day would come!!! Keep going!!! :)
It works???? Please tell me
ey jhonny chan you can shut up for sayin that he didnt say that comment so shut up your little face and also hes made things like this work but are still in beta