2.71 Special Edition (Revision A) Released
greg | October 8, 2006
This is going to blow your mind… Dark_AleX has released what he calls FW 2.71 Special Edition (SE). What is it and what’s so special about it? 2.71 SE Revision A is a custom firmware that enables the best of both worlds; combining both the functionality of FW 1.50 and 2.71 into a single flash.
Homebrew can be run on both kernels, the 1.50 one and the 2.71 one, letting almost all current homebrew to work on the 1.50 kernel, and 2.71 homebrew compatible with HEN C in the 2.71 kernel.
Note: the installer writes to FLASH0. I’m not responsible of any damage of what happens, since this software is provided free and without warranty. TA-082 users cannot use this because a 1.50 bootstrap is needed to boot the system patched.
The setup procedure may seem a little overwhelming at first — ensure you read it carefully and thoroughly. It wouldn’t surprise me if a 3rd party releases a package containing the required necessities, until then…
Creating the DXAR file
- Inside MS_ROOT/PSP/GAME you will see 4 folders. Copy seupdmaker and seupdmaker% to /PSP/GAME/
- Get the 1.50 and 2.71 sony updaters in the seupdmaker folder with the names “150.PBP” and “271.PBP”.
- Run the program. This program won’t write to the flash, it will just create a file called DATA.DXAR in the same directory (seupdmaker).
- Once that you have done this, you can save the DATA.DXAR file to skip this step in the future.
Flashing 2.71 SE
- Copy the files MS_ROOT/PSP/GAME/271seflasher and 271seflasher% to /PSP/GAME.
- Copy the generated DATA.DXAR file at 271seflasher directory. This file, at release SE-A, should have ALWAYS the MD5 8E59FAAA97F526F8EC723D1B77700C2B and SHA-1 15151DA906DAE508AABC668CA2FC65D
9B541F02B- Run the flasher. If your battery is less than 75%, the program will show the error saying that and will return to the XMB.
- If you have enough battery, the program will continue and will show an agreement. Press X to accept it and flash the custom firm, or R to cancel and exit to the XMB.
- If you accept, the program will flash the custom firmware. DONT shutdown the psp and DON’T quit the memory stick.
- After finished, you psp will be rebooted to XMB… of 2.71
Using SE
- SE runs all homebrew from the /PSP/GAME folder using the 2.71 kernel. The compatibility of applications using the 2.71 kernel is the same as HEN-C since they both use the same core. Homebrew here have to be NOT kxploited.
- To run applications with the 1.50 kernel, and have about 99% compatibility with current homebrew, put those applications in the /PSP/GAME150 folder. Homebrew here can be either kxploited or not.
Now stop drooling, close your mouth, and if you’re a non-TA-082 user — give it a try! More details are of course included in “Readme.txt.”
Download:
2.71 Special Edition (SE) Custom Firmware Revision A
1.50 EBOOT
2.71 (US) EBOOT
- source: dax







Its mint!! Everyone upgarde now! Just playing on fifa 07 (legit iso) on 2.71! :)
YES! Its time to UPGRADE! ill soon post a video of this custom firmwire
yeah this thing rocks!
Just about to try now, wish me luck
so we can play iso’s on 2.71?? o.O im from holland not so good in english sorry :(
oh i forgot check this out
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4820075388556530876&hl=en
So all of my homebrew i’v got on 1.5, I can play on 2.71?
@5 & @7 yes you can play all homebrew on 2.71 but you have to put it in a folder called GAME150 instead of just GAME. Devhook works!!! :D
so wat can we TA-082 users do
Worked a treat no problems at all, just seeing what will run on it now, will give update
p.s upgraded to 2.0 then downgraded to 1.5 just to make sure I had a clean install
im from holland and its a USA update to 2.71 can i also use it?
i dunno, ill wait a while, i like the 1.5/dev for now.
Once i install, can i go back to 1.5?
here is the data.dxar is anybody needs it
http://rapidshare.de/files/36005052/DATA.dxar.rar.html
is that data.dxar from the files here on psp-hacks.com?? or from other sites ( 150.PBP and 2.71.PBP )
lol it takes hours to create the data.dxar started 10min ago still not done :(
Took me about 2min..
I’m about to flash..
Had POC firmware with TONS of XFLASH mods and it still went thru and updated to this new firmware with ZERO problems, love not having ot go back to 1.50 just to use my emus, this rocks
just a reminder
2.71 homebrew go in the “MS ROOT/PSP/GAME” folder
1.50 homebrew go in the “MS ROOT/PSP/GAME150″ folder
Just a question.. can you downgrade if you dont like it??
The data.dxar i supplied is created by me so its no fake or bricker
@18 it’s in the readme, you know, it doesn’t hurt your psp to download and look at the readme in the file heh
@19 well, more like add to what 19 said
if anyone has any suspisions just md5 check it, not like you have to take his word for it
If anybody wants a Full Package ready to flash here it is! http://rapidshare.de/files/36002270/2.71_SE-A.rar Thanks to Razgriz for posting it in the forums! Good job.
sry Didn’t read the readme close enough..
So do I run the actual Custom FW flasher on 1.5 or 2.7?
Thanks DCJoeDog for help clarifying everything! ;)
You run the flasher on 1.5
if you want clarification in the readme it says “At the moment, there is only installer for 1.50, although it could be easily ported to whatever
firmware with kernel access such as 2.60 and 2.71, but at the moment i prefer not to doing it to avoid
TA-082 using it and bricking their psp’s.”
Thanks. I didnt see anywhere in the instuctions as to which one. and thanks for the link to the pack!
What’s the recovery folder for? Do I put it in the game forlder too?
OMG,,,, My Battary is to low :(
Just a quick update, everything seems to work fine if anything everything seems a bit quicker than on 1.5. Have got corrupted icons though even though I disabled them through the recovery menu, Very pleased so far, and all legit iso’s work great. conclusion every 1.5 user should try it, if you dont like it you can always downgrade again
………..Think Ill just wait for someone to make an easy installer….I’m kind of afraid Ill do some mistake and brick the psp…..
Ill just keep waiting….cause this surely Rocks!!
My battery is also to low.. Im charging it right now..:P
i have done all staps…
and its so cool :D I LOVE IT !!
this is perfect :D and it also runs the demo’s :D like loco roco ;D well we needed this stuff from the begin of the PSP :D Good Work AleX keep up the good work!! xD
let’s hope GTA: VCS is Firmware 2.71 :C
it says to get the 2.71.pbp and 1.50.pbp in seupdmaker but i only see a eboot.pbp.. i know im doing something wrong but what is it?
Dark_AleX is on a KILLING SPREE
no - no.
HE’S RUNNING A RIOT BITCH!
@35:
It doesn’t matter if you have an ISO, just emulate 2.81 (when it is released)
It’s bad if you buy the game though….
@36:
Just get the 2.71 update and rename it 271.pbp
Then. get the 1.50 update and rename it 150.pbp
i just want to thank SONY for making a circuit board
and thanks to Dark_AleX for MAKING IT WORK.
I don’t see the point of this when I already have 1.5 with devhook emulating 2.71. Can Someone explain me how this app so special?
Is it me or are iso’s loading faster with devhook and such while using this custom firmware? I dont know why they would but the loading times seem faster!
i still gonna w8 whit upgrading a wield but when the mayor hombrew is made 4 2.71 i gonna upgrade i can still do evrything u do whit my 1.5
shweeeeeeetttttttt!!!! CARTMAN smile :)
cool cool !!
@40
Well, for me at least, the best thing is not having ot go back and forth between 1.50 for homebrew and emulators and 2.71(dh emulated) for my devhook run isos and new games, this does it all in one firmware enviroment, without the need to reboot or escape 2.71, just put the psp to sleep and you can keep the DH setting indefinitely
bricked my psp, everything was working fine until it came to flash acess,then on all the things panic error my psp is not ta whatever!
I used the package that was uploaded by raz, and the install went fine. But when I change my folder to game150 its not seen anywhere on the psp screen can anyone help?
WHAT THE FUCK MAN.
HOW THE FUCK DID I BRICK MY PSP? WHAT DID I DO WRONG?
FUCKING PANIC ERRORS. I USED 150 (US) AND 271 (US) AND MAD THE OUTPUT FILE. THEN TRANSFERED THAT TO THE OTHER PROGRAM AND INITIATED UPGRADE. THEN ALL THE SUDDEN PANIC ERRORS. OMFG.
A big thank you to Dark_Alex from the UK. I tried this US version on a UK PSP with 1.50 and it works absolutely perfect. Devhook 0.46 woirks a treat too. Many Thanx
nm i figured it out.
After install i got that error screen at startup and hit O and it restarted and works great i uprgaded my original 1.5 since day 1 and am loving it. Thanks alot man.
For those who are waiting for noob-friendly installs.. I’ll do this in a day or two. I’m currently making the file directory and writing the readme while troubleshooting stuff on it. I’ll make sure I make a detailed readme and noob-friendly instructions. Just give me a few more days and I won’t disappoint you guys. As for those who are wondering how this is useful and what does it work on, let me tell you: this works on 1.5 only because D_A didn’t want to have ta-082 users bricking their PSPs, so he made the install only for 1.50 users, so all those existing non-ta082 users who have 2.71, downgrade to 1.50 and wait for my package to come, or do it yourself if you can’t wait. And this is useful because it combines 2.71 into 1.50, making this custom firmware a 2.71 w/ 1.50 features and patched kernel. It can do much more than a 1.50, but still, you need a 1.50 to use this custom firmware. People who are saying: 2.71 rawkz 1.50 sux.. you’re wrong.. without 1.50 in the first place, you can’t flash and use this custom firmware to your PSP, therefore, 1.50 is still the pwnage. ^_^
thanks zephyrus….was waiting….and will keep waiting…..but thanks in advance
Did nobody see the package that #22 posted for all these files already done and setup to use? http://rapidshare.de/files/36002270/2.71_SE-A.rar
I used them and they worked great how can you mess it up.
#47 & #48 why the fuck did you have to post a Panic comment, i’ll wait til Dark_AleX makes a difference revision…
but still thinking about updating
i have to wait until my new computer gets here before i can use this, i woke up next to my naked wife and nothing, i saw this and i jizzed myself a little
Yes, I saw that, but it’s not detailed enough. I’m making a complete package included with many stuff for newbs and a perfectly detailed readme, so if people who know what they’re doing, just get that pack or dump the thing yourself, for people who don’t, keep waiting, I’m already halfway done, just need to do some testing and write a detailed readme, should be released within 12-24 hours. ^_^ but now i have to go to school for a paper, so yeah.. will be back in 4 hours time to continue constructing the pack. =D
HAHA.. fuckn hilarious!
i tried it and it works perfect. recommended for all 1.5 users
#54 were do you put the RECOVERY folder at??
In your root folder
you know what would be Great. if Dark_AleX creates an Upgrade eboot.pbp to this 2.71SE-A
that would be alot easier and better for noobs.
i wonder if thats possible
I put RECOVERY in the root of the memory stick and the other 2 in the psp/game directory and ran the program within the psp. It was pretty simple and well worth it. Only mistake i made was thinking you rename your GAME folder to GAME150. My psp didnt reconize it until i made another folder named GAME and changed my original game to GAME150 since it was full of my 1.5 crap anyway.
Zephyrus
I forgot to ask…where do you think you’ll upload the package?here in the comments, in psp-hacks itself….or where??????????????
hmm….I have one question, from reading the read me, it said this “Programs that hacks the flash like xflash, pspset, sxt version changer, etc are not
recommended to be used here.” so does that mean I can’t change the gameboot anymore!?!?
Yay, Unbricked my half-brick.
Thanks DA, I could only boot into dh before, but with a little hacking, I managed to get 2.71SE-A installed.
Thanks a lot
haha, fuckin douchebag
wait so how can you play 1.5 games once you run devhook without going back to 1.5
what iso loaders can i use with this firmware that support .dax becuase daxiso dosnt work and i cant get devhook .46 with the dax plugin to work, so if some1 could tell me that would be greast
i don’t know if i should upgrade or stay wih 1.50
and also my 1.50 firmware is modified like gamoboot and custom labels, etc.. will that effect the process.. it is a clean firmware which i downgraded from 2.71—.1.50–1.0then upgraded to 1.50
so yeah..
This is absolutley amazing!!! also, ISOs runs at about 150% faster!!!! great jub DarkAlex!!! greeting from Israel!!!!
Guys gohead and use psp set because i did and it worked fined i have a custum gameboot and black wavy background x-flash b/c it checks the FW but psp set doesn’t. :) Thaxs Dark ALEX
72 Adrenaline187, which Devhook did you use to get it to work if you don’t mind me asking? Or anyone for that matter? I can’t seem to find one that works.
It works fine with me 2 !!!! with POC and gamboot …
The Iso Loeading works fine with Devhook that its in the package . Even NandFlash works fine … Perfect
Even my Counter , Works in it….
Ceers Every one.
Thanks to lord: Dark_Alex
Visit my blog to be a Developer : http://pspdeveloping.blogspot.com/
Whic ISO loader should I just with this for DAX cause DAZISO is not working for me.
DaxZiso Works For ME:
Make a Folder :
ms0:/PSP/GAME150
and put the
_SCE_DAXZISO and %__SCE__DAXZISO
there and The DAXZISO at the Root of your ms
it will work
If u didn’t do this … It won’t work..
Because it uses 1.50 kernel…
So ita can’t load.
Have Fun Every 1.
Visit My Blog To Be a Developer 2.. Its not that hard…
But any way Dark_Alex rocks…
http://pspdeveloping.blogspot.com/
Not workin so well for me. Exactly how should I go about getting back to 1.5?
@Justin: no, he can’t create a update, because he would have to include many sony copyrighted stuff that may get him into trouble. this custom firmware only flashes certain files over to make it work, not the whole thing that makes the PSP run. That’s why. Anyway, you just upgrade to 2.71, and use the updateflasher to downgrade it to make sure you get a clean firmware. Then, wait for my noob-friendly pack which should be released within the next 24hr. ^_^
@kurotenshi: it will be uploaded here at PSP-Hacks by greg when I’m done with it. don’t worry about it, i just got home from school and i’m about to continue with it.
@gir: if you wana get back to 1.5, you should place the recovery in PSP/GAME/RECOVERY and place a 1.5 eboot there and rename it to UPDATE.PBP. Then press R while turning on your PSP to get into recovery mode, then you can choose to revert back there. ^_^
all my games doesn’t launch from daxziso can you post your working setting for daxziso 62
Uh ohs.
Tried the recovery/update.pbp thing and it says
“game could not be started (80010002)”
Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
UMD emulator with some features working
http://forums.maxconsole.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=8417
The 1.50 eboot listed on the PSP-Hacks article is a japanese one according to the Readme file inside the zip, is this the correct 1.50 to use to create the DATA.DXAR file?
yes it is we all used it or If u r still scared, I’ll send u a link for a US 1
oops sorry my bad:
here it is:
http://dl.qj.net/dl.php?fid=163
No thats cool, thanks anyways though..
Also, one other question, does it matter what version of 1.50 you have (I originally got my 1.5 firmware from the Devhook 0.46 Easy Installer), ie. does this flash the entire flash or use the current 1.50 files in your flash and just add more data?
It reflashes every thing so …. If your scared u can downgrade to 1.00 then upgrade to 1.50/…..
then go to 2.71 SE-A thats what I did….. And here I am
Ok excellent, thanks for the info, i gotta say, Dark Alex has outdone himself this time, and did you notice that he is planning on adding built-in ISO support to custom firmware at a later date… imagine that, we will be able to have 2.71 and not even need to load devhook to play ISOs… amazing!!
@A Murg: it replaces many data and can be considered as “reflashes every thing” like Mr.Eror said. You don’t have to downgrade to 1.00.. lol, just run it and you’re all good, man. Anyway, I’m still making my pack, and I’ve heard Chaos also did one whi