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FW 3.00 & 3.01 Decrypted!

greg | November 22, 2006

This sure made me laugh… The Noobz have successfully modified PSAR dumper to dump and decrypt the latest Sony PSP firmware, 3.00. And! If that’s not enough, it also does 3.01 — ha ha!

We’re proud to present a mod to the PSPPet’s PSARDumper, that will decrypt all known firmware update PSARs - just extract the PSAR from the EBOOT in the usual way, copy it to ms0:/data.psar, and run the dumper.

Great news & awesome work guys!

Download: Modified PSAR Dumper

- source: Noobz

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158 Comments »

Comment by Frank-o
2006-11-22 16:52:56

lets see it devhooked

 
Comment by China
2006-11-22 16:53:38

YES!
Huzzah!
I hope a new Devhook will follow soon.
And someone got to hack the PSX emu, so thats it will load iso’s^^

 
Comment by joe
2006-11-22 16:55:05

w00t

 
Comment by skoomaeater
2006-11-22 16:55:41

Not just devhook, 3.0 se-a =P

 
Comment by snypercore
2006-11-22 16:58:10

fuck me they didnit waste anytime, and yeah deffinatly mod that PS1 emulator for ISO’s

 
Comment by joshisposer
2006-11-22 16:59:09

instead of “devhooked” why not just make it play homebrew. and plus, 2.71 se-x is so much better. so, like 3.00 cf-x would be even cooler

 
Comment by Test Subject
2006-11-22 17:04:38

Sometimes i just wonder why sony just doesnt give up

 
Comment by afroman
2006-11-22 17:05:36

already, dang and 3.00 just came out, go noobz

 
Comment by Mayu
2006-11-22 17:08:48

yeahr.. make a 3.00se-X xD~~~ *muhuhahaha*

 
Comment by Bestfad
2006-11-22 17:10:43

Good Job Guys!!!!!!! Thank You!!!!!!

 
Comment by sri lankan gangsta
2006-11-22 17:10:50

HI DOES ANYONE KNOW IF IT WORKS ON V2.8 AND ALLSO IF IT DOES WORK WITH 2.8 CAN U PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO USE IT AND WHAT DOES IT DO

 
Comment by cecil
2006-11-22 17:13:37

this is the best ever upgrade everyone

Love u all CECIL xxx

 
Comment by Jon
2006-11-22 17:14:04

#11, wth are u talking about? devhook?…w/e
good job, never thought 3.0 and 3.01 could be decrypted so fast!

 
Comment by n00bz0rz
2006-11-22 17:16:06

d00d, can i downgrade from 3.0 with this? i wanna play my backups i downloaded from kazaa.

 
Comment by The dude
2006-11-22 17:16:26

Anyone?

 
Comment by koolgui120
2006-11-22 17:17:38

hey i’m new at this stuff
wat do u mean by DECRYPTED and how do i make it work
thx

 
Comment by koolgui120
2006-11-22 17:19:20

and i have 2.82 firmware wat should i do upgrade to 3.00 or 3.01

 
Comment by KID
2006-11-22 17:20:00

what’s a dumper? what can you do with that?

 
Comment by SYboi
2006-11-22 17:22:42

DAMN THAT WAS FAST!

 
Comment by tpspoons
2006-11-22 17:24:31

No room in flash for SE on 3.0/1 :(

+ Theyve been having so many problems emulating 2.8 what makes you think emulating 3.0 is even possible?

 
Comment by Super Noob
2006-11-22 17:30:20

Will someone kindly explain if this is something that is needed to upgrade devhook? Is it so that I could load 2.8 games and 3.0? Please someone explain it to me. Thanks!

 
Comment by GohanSSJ
2006-11-22 17:31:58

Ok regular people have no use for this, people who develop and code stuff do, they can use this to create the software to let us run FW3.00/1

So just hang tight and wait for a update with software you can use. :D

 
Comment by Super Noob
2006-11-22 17:33:52

Dump and decrypt? I don’t understand. Please explain. Thanks again!

 
Comment by WireD
2006-11-22 17:35:21

To #14 you upgraded to 3.00? and now you cant play homebrew?? LOL tuttut, some just dont learn.

 
Comment by Redd
2006-11-22 17:39:46

Thnx for the help #22. I don’t know about all of this stuff , But I do know that i can’t wait for a good ps1 emulator!:)

Think they’ll get one soon??

I can’t wait to play Tomba! and Tomba! 2

 
Comment by merrick
2006-11-22 17:40:53

LMAO SONY YOU JUST GOT OWNED

 
Comment by jamn
2006-11-22 17:45:56

This is so fucking good :P
I hope we see a new release of devhook or something like 3.00 SE By our beloved DarkAlex ;)
I must suport our beloved sony psp tomorow I´ll have a new movie for psp probably a game too…We love the hacks but we also love our psp ( so why not giving a little suport for their makers)
I´m so fucking happy!!!

 
Comment by skrapps
2006-11-22 17:47:23

if i decrypt and dump this 3.0 or 3.01..can i emulate it on devhook? so i dont need to upgrade?

 
Comment by xxpsp==-
2006-11-22 17:50:53

someone needs to make a flash chip upgrade so custom
fw can be more advance

 
Comment by madman
2006-11-22 17:53:01

great job!!!!!! can’t wait to sww what comes out of this

 
Comment by Scorpion
2006-11-22 17:54:44

LOL! I just wanted to send you an email about this Dumper & Decrypter becaus I was sooooo happy to hear this!!! :D

WHEN WILL BE RELEASED A NEW DEV HOOK? OR 3.00 SE?

Keep it Up! You’re doing good! ;)

 
Comment by koolgui120
2006-11-22 18:07:30

SHOULD I UPGRADE TO 3.00 OR NOT

 
Comment by GangstaMalu
2006-11-22 18:25:42

@koolgui120
NO THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING
ALL IT DOES IS EXCRAT THE FILES IN THE UPDATE SO IT CAN BE RUN LIKE ON DEVHOOK
UPDATE IF U WANT

 
Comment by Nextek
2006-11-22 18:30:35

@ 32

Wrong.

it will be a while before this is run on Devhook or a 1.5/3.0 hybrid (3 SE) is made because 3.0 uses a whole new filesystem.

/me begins to knit, this is gonna take a while.

 
Comment by n00bz0rz
2006-11-22 18:36:09

n00balation!

 
Comment by ZeroTrace
2006-11-22 18:42:43

I love you Noobz!

I say wait it out a bit longer, see what more tricks they have up their sleeves. Sony hasn’t released the PS3 worldwide just yet, so expect a few more Firmware updates soon enough, I’d say wait until a month after it’s out in Europe before starting on cracking/downgrading/exploiting etc…

 
Comment by sAintJimmy
2006-11-22 18:50:29

Next thing u know, Sony will release 3.02 and by the time PSP-hacks.com posts it, they will say “Sony releases 3.02 firmware. 3.02 Firmware has been decrypted already! 3.0 was supposed to be a MAJOR release, and as long as we waited for the firmware, seems like Sony would have done more to encrypt it, but sucks for Sony, good for us :)

 
Comment by GangstaMalu
2006-11-22 18:51:00

@Nextek
i know that i was just explaining

 
Comment by Coasterfreak212
2006-11-22 18:57:53

well, that didn’t take long. thing that sux is that we’ll still have to pay for the games and have to buy the ps3 to get ps1 games. Good thing though, once devhook gets support I bet sony will be scrambling.

 
Comment by Ievel
2006-11-22 19:00:35

Many thanks to all who contributed to the PSP Scene.
IOU big time.

Looking forward to following upgrades: SE-C, Devhook ,IrShell ,PimpStreamer, just to mention some.

 
Comment by phil
2006-11-22 19:08:53

Ok guys, Stop asking ” does this work on 2.8 etc etc ” if you read, currently homebrew runs best on 1.5 ( duh ) and can [possibly] run on other firmwares… Stop being so noobish!

 
Comment by ???
2006-11-22 19:15:14

@31 dude… ur at 2.82.. ur screwed either way so u might as well update…

 
Comment by .
2006-11-22 19:26:27

=`O OH MY GOD!
lmao for a freaking minute!
I’d LOVE to see the sony employees responsible for the update security shocked faces
NOOBZ.EU, YOU OWN!!1!!1!!ahundredandeleven! =`D

so what’s the first thing people are gonna do? try to make a little 1.5 bootstrap work behind it, get the firmware modified for us to flash or maybe start off by taking some interesting code (ps1 emu) out of it first? =`D hahahaha!

 
Comment by Daniel
2006-11-22 19:26:54

Wow. This maybe the first step towards a 3.00 SE-A, or at least including some 3.00 features in the current custom 2.71

 
Comment by TunerTurner
2006-11-22 19:32:02

Hell yeah

 
Comment by Bananahead
2006-11-22 19:39:26

^^^ Fucking gay asshole^^^

 
Comment by Darkuss
2006-11-22 19:47:00

I’m at 2.81 currently, should I upgrade to 3.00/1?

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:09:20

DOES ANY ONE KNOW WAHT THE HELL IT MEANZ, IF I DOWNLOAD THIS .. WILL IT WORK AND ALSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOES THIS WORK ON ALL PSPZZ.. EXPLAINNN PPL

 
Comment by roxaspwns1
2006-11-22 20:17:33

^^Read #40^^

 
Comment by worldgate
2006-11-22 20:20:34

#47 : You are a dumbass. Apparently you didnt read the news story and therefore shall get no answer.

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 20:22:47

@ 47
This is nothing more than a program that allows you to decrypt the 3.0 and 3.01 FW files so you can learn how to develop homebrew for it.

It will still be some time before they can use this to emulate it (in devhook) or even build a 3.0 SE.

On a side note, this is welcome news. I was just coming to the site to remove 2.71 SE as the only thing it can do that I want (SNES emulation) it sucks at. Now, I have a reason to stay.

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:22:47

i still dont get it thoo :(.. im the noobest of the noobz so explain :|

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:23:25

o thankz number 51.. nvm :D

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 20:24:29

No prob.

It certainly is a surprise, as it has just come out within a week, is supposed to be more secure, and people hadn’t been able to crack 2.8 yet (or so I hear).

LOL @ Sony

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:27:48

yeah i no ehh.. cant believe sony suckz that much.. one last question.. kinda off topic.. but how do yu unlock your psp so that you put psone games on your 3.00.. and waht i mean by that is.. how do yu basically put games on it.. like.. if some1 used to ps3 to get the game.. and cant they just post the file on the web and then cant yu just save it to my psp?

 
Comment by MC LOGICAL
2006-11-22 20:28:43

read further up dumbass lol man i hope the ps1 emu gets hacked from it would be cool but a devhook 3.0 not 4 a long time yet who knows uh! shit gets faster with these hacks n shit lol se b c out next week apparantly and se d cant wait should be cool

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:28:48

sorry for the bunch of errors in waht i rote. . doesnt make that much sense.. but yull understand it

 
Comment by MC LOGICAL
2006-11-22 20:29:59

read further up i meant to number 47 lol damn man ppl sent comments fast lol

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:29:59

i dont like reading LOL :$

 
Comment by Moe moe
2006-11-22 20:30:48

opps. it got sent twice for some reason :S

 
Comment by ROOF IS ON FIRE
2006-11-22 20:32:30

how come no one is hacking the new motherboards (TA- 082 i believe it is).. or is there already been hack for it

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 20:33:46

Hmm, I suppose in theory that any PS1 game downloaded to someone’s PSP would be either:
A. Available for use in PS1 emulators for PC and
B. Able to copy the file to another PSP and run it there.

Unless they have some copy protection or w/e that makes the PS1 game download specific for your PSP (like encoding the MAC address into the game iso). I doubt Sony’d let people just transfer the PS1 game freely.

 
Comment by MC LOGICAL
2006-11-22 20:36:36

well sum1 with a ps3 should or might get some games the files and upload them possible maybe? lol

 
Comment by bubu
2006-11-22 20:38:16

lol =)
this is pretty cool, respect!

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 20:38:29

Assuming anyone here actually upgraded one of his PSP’s to a FW that we do not have a downgrader for and probably won’t for months, it would be a file that would only work on other PSP’s that are also of this new FW.

Basically, until we can get this into devhook or we go to 3.0 SE, it would only be for non-modded PSP’s.

 
Comment by MC LOGICAL
2006-11-22 20:38:49

i mean like ps1 iso etc

 
Comment by Ebisumaru
2006-11-22 20:40:24

Make a 3.01 SE-a because dumb people like me got 3.0 and need a safe homebrew update xD

 
Comment by MC LOGICAL
2006-11-22 20:42:26

oh! right yeah make a 3.01 se just like tha plz dark alex (sarcasm) lol

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 20:43:17

i got 3.0.. but the only reason i got 3.0 was because i thought i couldnt hack my psp even if it was a 2.71 or w/e.. cuz i have a TA- 082.. and i dont think those are hackable

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 20:49:09

I meant ISO’s too. Until we can get the 3.0 FW to run homebrew software (by emulating via devhook or by a 3.0 SE) the PS1 emu program should be off limits to anyone but those with unmodded, normally upgraded PSP’s.

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 20:50:12

still.. if they do make a devhook for 3.0.. i wouldnt be able to do it cuz of the new typez of psps rite ?

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 20:53:14

the new types as in the TA- 082

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 21:05:46

Unless they came out with homebrew that runs in native 3.0 FW (like some work for the 2.71 NON-SE for the TA-82 users), TA-82 is incapable of running any kind of FW related to FW older than 1.5. Since 2.71 SE (and probably 3.0 SE) runs on 1.5, that is why TA-82 users CANNOT use 2.71 SE.

I do not see you using a 3.0 SE FW, but I can possibly forsee you running some HB on just plain 3.0 (or 3.01, whatever we adopt).

 
Comment by ...shad0w...
2006-11-22 21:08:16

WOW I’m impressed…
3.00 and 3.01 decrypted a couple of days after their release…
Hopefully we can emulate it soon…
I’m more into devhook than that 2.71-SE thing so hopefully they can develop a devhook or 3.00-SE from this…
And I agree with everyone who commented on how we need to get that PSone EMU fixed for our convenience…
Good job Noobz!

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 21:14:48

do you think ill be able to run some iso or back up file games on it ? like waht i really want with Ta- 082 is to run games that i can get off the internet without buying it

 
2006-11-22 21:15:18

Will this Firmware work on my Nintendo DS?????

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 21:19:33

LOL @ 77!

Anyway, as for 76, I believe you can run devhook for 2.71 NON-SE, so if your PSP’s already 2.71 or lower, you should be able to run ISO’s on a TA-82.

Not much else, but devhook works on it. :D

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 21:20:40

damn i shouldnt have updated it to a 3.0.. its funny that i just had a 2.71 and after im done updating it.. i find out i couldve hacked it =(

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 21:23:23

Just wait patiently for a 3.0 devhook. It should allow you to run ISO’s on your TA-82. Worst case scenarion, there’ll be a 3.0/3.01 downgrader available too (WARNING: YOUR TA-82 CANNOT BE DOWNGRADED, IF AT ALL, BELOW 2.50.)

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 21:24:22

alright.. thank you so much warlord.. you have helped me alot.. you are now my new idol =D

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 21:25:46

I know what it’s like to be a newb on this site, so I help others that are new too.

 
Comment by Roof is on fire
2006-11-22 21:28:00

thank god you aint like those other fagz who make fun of you if you not a genius at this stuff.. anyways, im gone, later.. good night psp-hacks.com

 
Comment by Warlord
2006-11-22 21:30:27

‘Night.

 
Comment by alex
2006-11-22 21:37:32

i have a frimware 2.71 ta-082 i cant load isos that are firmware 2.80 or 1 is there a 2.71 loader that loads 2.80 isos for ta-082?

 
Comment by Bob
2006-11-22 21:44:27

i downloaded this but I have no idea what to do, it didnt come with any instructions. I know where to put the two folders, in the GAME folder, but the “makefile” and “main.c” files…I have no clue what to do with those. Also, how do i extract the PSAR from the Eboot in ‘the usual way’? Whats the usual way for doing that? Throw some of us a bone here and dumb down the instructions a little so they are a little more clear. Also, I was wondering if the 3.01 upgrade comes with the PS1 emu and if you can just load PS1 files you have on there or if you have to use a PS3 to get them loaded.

 
Comment by SYboi
2006-11-22 21:54:16

to all you ppl askin. that does not meen u upgrade. it meens u wait for dev hook

 
Comment by psp mania (j)
2006-11-22 21:54:50

hi psp lover’s i have a simple question for you expert i want to know what the point of this decrypy how can i put it step by step i have no clue and i have like 2 hour trying please some help. and you can put emulators with this or in the future thanks for all your help.

 
Comment by James Park
2006-11-22 22:12:41

hmm…I think getting a mod-chip is so worth it now…

 
Comment by koola
2006-11-22 22:24:07

ALL YOU DOWNLOADED THIS PIECE if your NOT a developer don’t bother asking question ‘how to use this / please give step by step help’ because it’s not for you… otherwise you wouldn’t have asked in the first place. IT WILL DO NOTHING… best is to wait for future updates.

PLUS I have ta082 on 2.71 and I can play ISOs, and emulate 1.5 for some homebrews, and also have a loader for those compatible. Its just too bad I cannot make use of the 271SE custom fw, but I’m pretty cool with my ISOs (cause I use my psp for gaming only and I’m not that interested with the other homebrew apps coming out).

Hope Dark_Alex will make a way for the custom firmwares to be available for ta082 mobos. To all those who say that it is impossible - suck you tits at the same time, you’re just too damn illiterate technically.

 
Comment by DAY.WALKIN
2006-11-22 23:01:58

Hey so does this meen that devhook (the next version) will now come with 3.00 and 3.01
oh yeeeeeey hello new ps1 emulator

i know we need a ps3 to play ps1 isos on 3.00 but i think thet we all can find a way to get around that
hint hint.

 
Comment by ok nubs
2006-11-22 23:05:56

OK, for ll of u that don’t know, dumped means they pretty much extracted the files from the update’s eboot. decrypted im not quite sure but i belive thats what they do so devhook can run the FW dump. if you don’t know what devhook is, devhook is a program that lets people on versions 1.50 1.00 and 2.71 to change there version but be able to go back to the previous version. devhook is mainly used for loading games that require higher fw versions on a lower version psp. thats about as much as i can tell u off the top of my mind. hope i helped.

 
Comment by DAY.WALKIN
2006-11-22 23:08:15

may take a long time but sony will never get rid of all the hackers in this world/other planets lol

im with you guys till the end hopefully i die before this site does

 
Comment by R3OH
2006-11-22 23:14:20

thank you dark alex and your friends!