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2.80 Decrypted!

greg | September 7, 2006

Yes, you read correctly, firmware 2.80 has been decrypted! Dark_AleX has released a modified version of psardumper responsible for doing just that - dumping & decrypting FW 2.80. This tool will dump all the necessary firmware files to your memory stick required for DevHook emulation.

The necessities:

What next? Simply extract (unpack) the “data.psar” file from the 2.80 firmware update using PBP Unpacker. Copy it to the root of your PSP’s memory stick. i.e.) X:\ (if your PSP is mounted as drive letter X:)

Load Dark_AleX’s modified psardumper onto your 1.50 PSP and run it! Shortly thereafter you’re left with a decrypted 2.80 dump on your memory stick. Proceed with DevHook emulation! (soon - sorry to cause confusion, but you can’t emulate 2.80 just yet - these are only the required files, DevHook needs to be updated)

Download: psardump mod (for 2.80)

- source: lan.st

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101 Comments »

Comment by top
2006-09-07 02:11:24

good job guys!! Right b4 november! Im voting for u guys for president

 
Comment by Snarg
2006-09-07 02:17:11

Can’t wait to give that a go. :)

 
Comment by ...shadow...
2006-09-07 02:17:13

2.8 finally emulated, hackers have caught up again!

 
Comment by systematic.suicide
2006-09-07 02:23:06

hah, you friggin rule, Dark_AleX!

 
Comment by Joe Blow
2006-09-07 02:32:29

gotta give Dark_AleX his props for doing this!!!

 
Comment by wifimaxer
2006-09-07 02:44:14

it sounds all good, just wondering… does this mean we can now emulate 2.80 fw in dev hook?

 
Comment by hefro
2006-09-07 02:54:11

Just gave it a go but devhook does not pick up files. also, only gives you flash0, not flash1. all decrpyted ok but can’t emulate. can anyone help>?

 
Comment by flim_fady
2006-09-07 02:58:26

HEyyyyy.. great work Dark_Alex! Lol..tried to replace the folder 271 with the new files dumped by psardump. Failed. LOL. I tried to put it with the same layout as the 271 but without changing any names. Only flash1 wasnt replaced. Hmm… but somehow i have this feeling devhook will soon emulate 2.80… Soon.. (:

 
Comment by Stuart
2006-09-07 03:00:07

Doe’s this bring a 2.8 downgrader any closer?

 
Comment by hefro
2006-09-07 03:04:01

just read your post flim_fady. I was thinking I’d have to wait for an updated devhook. I have also tried what you mentioned in you post with no luck. But hey, I have the files. NICE

GOOD WORK Dark_Alex

 
Comment by METHod MAtt
2006-09-07 03:06:25

Dark_Alex aka “Sony masta killa” nice work 2.80 your shit is weak

 
Comment by Sterist
2006-09-07 03:08:35

yeah…. emulation aint working.

 
Comment by errk
2006-09-07 03:16:02

I told you Greg has no life… Oh wait, did you know he has a MAC!!?? He’s so… So…Dreamy…

 
Comment by flim_fady
2006-09-07 03:20:16

@hefro
LOL. It’s just a matter of time now.. (; New Devhook Mods, Ultimate Installers… and i hope the list will go on and on. (: Cheers!

 
Comment by Delude
2006-09-07 03:21:58

WOOT! I’m gonna give this a crack later. Pitty that 2.80 sucks though.

 
Comment by K-cool
2006-09-07 03:35:24

Man how ingenious can a person be???
And Sony can nothing do about that!!! ;-)
The next challenge to take will be a downgrader for all “real” 2.80 users. It won`t take long…
Dev hook will be released in a few days. I`m sure about that…

So long

 
Comment by systematic.suicide
2006-09-07 03:36:54

Shit, I didnt realize how fast people post these replies. I didnt check for new replies after my first post wayy up there, so sorry for repeating someone else’s questions. :P

 
Comment by PSP Bricker
2006-09-07 03:56:06

who going to do the devhook now that booster is held out by sony?

 
Comment by alexlaban
2006-09-07 04:09:34

lol 2.81 RELASED now lol i knew it

Comment by abohomaid_22
2007-02-07 03:22:31

downgrade 2.81

 
 
Comment by D4rkn1con
2006-09-07 04:25:37

Sony your kung foo is not strong

 
Comment by Qwerty777
2006-09-07 04:30:57

wow, 2.6, 2.71, and now 2.8!!!! goin up fast, but we still need a TA-082 downgrader!

 
Comment by buhu
2006-09-07 04:44:18

TA-082 is the most huge obstacle for all of us!!!, hope to see DevHook running in 2.6, 2.7 or 2.8 and also in TA-082

 
Comment by hefro
2006-09-07 04:54:09

to PSP Bricker

Don’t know if Booster is held out. Remember Sony complained about a breech of copyright. There shouldn’t be anything with him exercising his mind and making a devhook that will work, but not distribute any 2.8 files with it, just a text file explaining how to theroeticly use files if you already have them….

Also given that you can download the devhook 0.46 sorce code, some one else should be able to make the mod.. ante up bitches, if i knew how i’d give it a go.

 
Comment by roborobolo
2006-09-07 04:54:59

guys hold on your hacking … it’s too much … at this rate indirectly we killed software company and there will be no new game come out … plz hack slowly :) or at least until my new final fantasy and MGS comes out … :)

hackers rulez

 
Comment by dark_lord
2006-09-07 05:03:32

do u think sony would just scrap the psp

 
Comment by DarkPacMan77
2006-09-07 05:05:27

I’ll still be buying MGS and Final Fantasy and Gran Turismo and Silent Hill and whatever else comes my way that is good for the psp, but in due time….

I think it is amazing that we got over the 2.01-2.50 bump. We were stuck there so long that I thought nobody over version 2 would have any type of homebrew… just now look at what we have. Damn near full access to all versions… now we just need full access for both motherboards. I’ll give it a month.

 
Comment by roborobolo
2006-09-07 05:10:40

but honestly … at this rate, sony will probably scrap psp and we are doom with no games to play … sigh … plz go easy with sony …

 
Comment by knife22
2006-09-07 05:28:18

Apparently 2.81 can also be decrypted with this psardump mod. awesome!!

 
Comment by folo
2006-09-07 05:32:47

NO!!!! at least until TA082 can do ISO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by lowtech
2006-09-07 05:45:25

Dont blame hackers for pirated ISO and for breaking CODES its us or some of us that abuse what power HACKERS give us ^^HACK THE PLANET^^ lame oh

 
Comment by buggy taisho
2006-09-07 05:45:37

Keeps amazing me for sure. I’ll gived it a try :)

 
Comment by roborobolo
2006-09-07 05:53:13

psp doom … it ll be no different from bricking all psp virtually … soon there will be no new game to play …

 
Comment by kenshiro
2006-09-07 05:59:44

awesome!!!
wait for DH to support 2.80!

so…will GTA VCS req’ 2.80?

 
Comment by BOSS
2006-09-07 06:27:55

wats da PSP virus

 
Comment by polsky
2006-09-07 06:31:26

this is all good but isent this useless if dev hook .46 dosent have the 2.8 option?
and if someone someday makes a dev hook .47 might as well put 2.81 cos it wont be long

 
Comment by Overbuary
2006-09-07 06:58:31

This is great news!

 
Comment by SYboi
2006-09-07 07:01:04

GOOD FOR U GUYS

 
Comment by Killer J
2006-09-07 07:20:36

Does this work on a 32mb memory stick.

 
Comment by blimpie92
2006-09-07 07:23:23

HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS RUN ON DEVHOOK?

 
Comment by flim_fady
2006-09-07 07:32:18

Guys… so much for the scrap. Do you know that there are still many out there buying the original games?? Sony is rich enough alrd.. Of course they want to achieve what Microsoft did with their Operating Systems and XBOX. But why would Sony want to scrap their PSP?? It’s not a suprise that the ratio of ppl using pirated ISOs is smaller compared to the ones buying the games. In fact, shops still buy the games and they lose some money due to lack of buyers which in return, less profits.

Seriously, why would you worry so much about the new games when you havent even finish and complete 10 games. There are like 190 games out there approximately. Stop whining about the games not being developed. They are still developing and they won’t stop unless the world ends. What i’m predicting now is Sony is coming up with a masterplan to create a new console to be released in a few years time to tackle this hacking problem.

But.. I wont change of course! (; In the hackers’ world, anything is possible. If not, they make it possible. PSP will not die.

 
Comment by CarlJ2046
2006-09-07 07:32:53

It dont run on DevHook now!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Chris Colden
2006-09-07 07:45:01

woohoo 2.81 decrypted too. can’t wait for dev hook with 2.81 option.

 
Comment by Mike
2006-09-07 07:47:48

you hackers need to focus on getting devhook to run on a 2.5 ta-082 or a downgrader would be even better. so FOCUS GOD DAMMNIT!!!

 
Comment by JusR23
2006-09-07 07:54:00

My god you guys are good i’m so glad I got back into homebrew apps

 
Comment by greatflakez
2006-09-07 07:59:39

but i don’t have a 1.50 psp……….??????

 
Comment by vicecity55
2006-09-07 08:18:32

will you post the FW dump on here?

 
Comment by thatnigga
2006-09-07 08:35:55

Great work, this is awesome news.

 
Comment by rom dude
2006-09-07 08:37:33

this is cool i have the fw but at the moment it isnt of any use. dont worry for the moment noobs. u r not missin out. when it is of any use there will be another ultimate installer anyway which makes it just a click away.
this is a great step toward 2.8 emulation. good work dark alex.

 
Comment by Bill
2006-09-07 08:42:44

What is happing now in the hb scene, is because of the serious exploit found in libtff.
The exploit gave the oportunity to get 2.80 decrypted/2.71 downgraded. All this work is based on previous projects and now it has just been tweaked to be used with tiff.
A new kernel bug needs to be found for 2.80+, but I guess everyone should wait for 3.00 now.
2.80 is a very stupid fw, giving almost nothing useful but some gay demos.

Just be patient and don’t upgrade.

 
Comment by andrew k
2006-09-07 08:54:50

wasnt 2.80 decrypted like 3 weeks ago

 
Comment by PSP-G
2006-09-07 09:04:06

*claps*

 
Comment by Mark
2006-09-07 09:31:29

i dont think sony will close down, if they do its are folt not the hackers. i have a 1.50 for home brew but i also buy the new games and use devhook to emulate the higher fw to allow me to play them. i think we all should still help sony and buy there games. if it was not for sony we would not have are psp’s in the first place.

ppl saying hackers are “sony killers” are giving us a bad name.
keep it up dark alex!

 
Comment by lab13
2006-09-07 09:34:33

So how do we do we get this ish into DEVhook?
can i just make a folder an drop the files in the same order as the 2.71?

 
Comment by schwach
2006-09-07 09:36:02

i knew it…..it doesn’t work…..

 
Comment by perry
2006-09-07 10:13:01

great now all we need is a downgrader for 2.8!!!!

 
Comment by Johan
2006-09-07 10:21:40

PLZ!! Give us a downgrader for 2.80..

 
Comment by platinumcoolest
2006-09-07 10:24:23

omfg 2.80 already…..1337 job :D

 
Comment by psp
2006-09-07 10:54:12

awesome!

 
Comment by cuuchienbinh
2006-09-07 11:12:32

good job !

 
Comment by cadaber
2006-09-07 11:37:41

@51 andrew k

i think your right i remeber reading about this when 2.71 was decrypted because 2.80 had the same security signature as the 2.71 fw

and you guys who went crazy to get the decrypted files, so what are you doing with now huh?

unless your a developer why do you bother with the decrypters?

i mean really one guy is trying to get this stuff and dosent even have a 1.50 psp

hillarious!

 
Comment by alias
2006-09-07 11:37:55

That’s great.

Where’s BOOSTER though…

 
Comment by Wade
2006-09-07 12:05:40

I bet sony will be pissed when they hear about this cause now they might try even harder with the security stuff.

 
Comment by Philippecr
2006-09-07 12:10:14

2.80 decrypted! If Booster is “alive”, I think the new devhook is on his way. if Booster is ‘assasinated’, oh well…. long live! Booster! But I hope Booster will release it to show that he’s alive ^^

@57 - This doesn’t have any means to the progression on 2.8 downgrader at all. just decrypted 2.8 for something use for devhook.

 
Comment by rencom
2006-09-07 12:10:52

stop bitching and whining ta 82 users someone out there is looking for a flaw so you ta 82 users can enjoy 1.5 freedom .. give it some time…geeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 
Comment by Pikou
2006-09-07 12:16:08

Well as a pikou i am saying this:

Everything man made can be man hacked.

Simple.

Now visit my pikou country!

 
Comment by rencom
2006-09-07 12:16:38

also why do so many NOOBS just grab the file and try it on devhook, um dumb dumbs take ya time a read through the article “(soon - sorry to cause confusion, but you can’t emulate 2.80 just yet - these are only the required files, DevHook needs to be updated)” RTFM

 
Comment by Pikou
2006-09-07 12:25:49

But remember:

Everything pikou made cannot be man hacked.

 
Comment by rzer
2006-09-07 13:19:03

ur kwel booster and dark alex

what next
they will be exporting vista to the psp lol :D

 
Comment by lab13
2006-09-07 13:19:56

were can we get the source code of devhook so someone can get started with updating it

 
Comment by Daniel
2006-09-07 13:23:51

I guess now it’s a good thing I broke my psp (read Omfg! Please Help Me! in help forums) so now I can just trade it for money and get a new one with 2.71-!

 
Comment by Olly
2006-09-07 13:46:46

Great work, and even more hilarious that it allowed 2.81 to be decrypted on the exact day it was released.

Now all we need is an updated Devhook and we’ll be good to go for the next couple of months until they bring out 2.9/3.0 and games start requiring it.

 
Comment by poopaloo
2006-09-07 13:59:07

over time all of the firmware will be cracked.. 2.9 , 3.0 4.0 5.0… i have yet to see software/hardware not being able to be cracked if the will is there.

 
Comment by DeathByDefault
2006-09-07 14:08:22

godlike.. you guys make my asshole tickle with glee

 
Comment by poopalopp
2006-09-07 14:22:33

@74 i hope you are a hot blonde woman.. if not please spare us the detail. :)

 
Comment by LypsylManiac
2006-09-07 15:03:33

Goody:D

But when is the downgrader for 2.8 come? Anyone hawe a clue? A day, a week, november, desember?

 
Comment by poopalopp
2006-09-07 15:13:45

@77 .. why dont you say thank you first and not expect a downgrader to be made right away.

what happened to the day when only the elite can get there hands on the freshly cracked software and hardware. when you had to know someone and give back to the community and not just leach and be ungreatful.. bring back the BBS. downgrader will be here when its here and nothing else.

 
2006-09-07 15:28:36

Man when that New PSP comes out Its going to be Hard to crack!!!

And Hoooray!!! for HACKERS

 
Comment by LypsylManiac
2006-09-07 15:34:45

Im sorry:( Im not ungrateful ore annything.

I do not know that much about psp, I bougt it the day before 2.8 came out. I dout understand what the decrypted 2.8 i good fore. Can someone explain to me? Im a noob, but im lerning;)

 
Comment by franck
2006-09-07 15:37:25

Am selling my psp for 75$ psp (system software 1.50) and 30 umd games, am going to kill myself so email me before i go. i want the 75$ for bullets,they dont sell single bullets anymore.

Comment by god
2007-10-23 18:29:30

stupid idiot

 
 
Comment by Hammoni
2006-09-07 15:41:33

can ssomeone upload the 2.81 decrypted files from the EU 2.81 firmware (you can download it from this site) please?? idont have enough space on my memory stick to decrypt! can someone please upload the 2.81 EU decrypted files??

 
Comment by poopalopp
2006-09-07 15:48:11

the decprypted files are useless unless booster or someone like booster will incorporate them into devhook. unless you know how to program you dont need them. so stop asking.

also, @80 you will find all the answers you need in the tutorial section in the forums. it is your psp bible.

 
Comment by meth
2006-09-07 16:01:37

ye i wudnt have released this for download yet…maybe just as news… its useless tbh / booster is the man to do his magic

 
Comment by shin ixion
2006-09-07 16:05:04

i got to say, you guys knock my socks off. totally awsome work guys many thanks for all the tutorials, i am no longer a noob.

 
Comment by someone
2006-09-07 16:08:41

great things GO BOOSTER GO DARK_ALEX

 
Comment by YOYOPSPYOYOYO
2006-09-07 16:27:05

I can’t wait for this, i really believe that Dark_Alex is booster, booster got in all that trouble from sony, and i think that this is his work, could be wrong though.

 
Comment by emre
2006-09-07 16:49:24

artık 2.80 lerde 1.50 ye düşürülebilsin!!!!!

 
Comment by viet_mode
2006-09-07 19:55:19

so does this means we can use homebrew?

 
Comment by pinkdog
2006-09-07 20:47:38

Como estas…Mucho Gusto…?Que tal? muy bien, gracias, amigos.

 
Comment by Hefro
2006-09-08 07:32:34

To everyone asking for the files. If they are distributed, it is a breach of copyright. They can’t be used yet, so don’t stress.

To the people wanting devhook source goto this link.

http://dl.qj.net/Devhook-v0.46-with-SDK-PSP/pg/12/fid/9095/catid/114

And like a few people are saying, All the ungratefull people demanding stuff, pull your heads in. You are only complaining. Stop demanding things.

To all the hard workers out there making this stuff possible, keep up the good work.

 
Comment by sshaw1982
2006-09-08 07:33:45

Good Work Fellas!!! Only problem now is by time GTA VCS comes out is gonna be firmware 3.0

 
Comment by franck
2006-09-08 11:29:53

great im not