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June 23, 2007
New Exploit Found — The Illuminati! All Firmwares Affected!

Posted by greg

A minor update… A message to foreign readers… It would seem the Illuminati exploit doesn’t work correctly when the PSP is using non-English settings; presumably it’s something to do with the unicode set while displaying the profile name. Set your PSP to English and give it a try.


Anyway, if you are having problems, especially with the European Lumines, then try switching your PSP to ‘English’ settings.

Devastation strikes! The “N00bz!” have yet again left the entire PSP community in a state of awe. Without a doubt, in the coming days, everyone will have the opportunity to downgrade, enjoy glorious custom firmwares, homebrew, and much more… This newly discovered exploit works in a similar fashion to the GTA save game hole; however, this time ’round you’ll require a legal UMD copy of Lumines. Read on…

That’s right - if you’ve got a legal UMD copy of Lumines, then you can run homebrew on your PSP - whatever the firmware version. That includes v3.50! Right now, the only homebrew is the Hello World demo released below - but in future we intend to release a HEN and downgrader.

  • Check that you have an EU or US version of Lumines (ULES00043 or ULUS10002).  Currently we don't have a version for the Japanese version, but we're working on it, as soon as we get hold of a Japanese UMD. 
  • Extract the contents of the 'MS_ROOT' folder from the ZIP file into the top-level of your memory stick. (HINT: If you wind up with an 'MS_ROOT' folder on the stick, you've done it wrong).
  • Start the game, and as soon as it gets to the 'Press START' screen, press START.  If you wait until the demo has started, the exploit may not work.
  • The screen should go blank, and the exploit will start after a few moments.  It doesn't do anything except look pretty at this stage - but feel free to enjoy the first homebrew on your v3.10 - v3.50 PSP

Download: The Illuminati Exploit

- source: Noobz

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233 Comments »

    Comment by Richard C. Mongler
    2007-06-23 20:29:38

    Epic Fail.

    Comment by commonlegacy
    2007-06-24 10:30:10

    omg, sony just got pwned!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by Tuddy
    2007-06-26 13:57:47

    sony.justgotowned.com

     
     
    Comment by GamerFreak
    2007-06-24 11:45:32

    Muhahahahaha! The BEST news around!

     
    Comment by dc
    2007-06-26 13:35:21

    now i gotta buy lumies? ill pass… hack the damn thing the right way!!…..

    Comment by Tuddy
    2007-06-26 13:59:13

    This IS the right way, dumdum. And Lumines is one of the most addicting games on PSP, so you get the hack AND an addictive puzzle game for however much your local games store is selling the game for.

     
     
     
    Comment by Richard C. Mongler
    2007-06-23 20:30:34

    Oh yeah.
    FIRST COMMENT LOLOLOL

    Comment by Gargantula
    2007-06-23 22:13:46

    Oh no, not again with the firsts. Ugh! It’s funny also since this was second!

    Comment by Squidman
    2007-06-24 15:47:58

    lol, he WAS first, look at the name of the poster for THE first post….that’s why he said “Oh yeah.”

    but ya, DON’T DO THAT FIRST POST CRAP

    Comment by Gargantula
    2007-06-24 17:18:18

    Oh, well it doesn’t matter anyways now does it.

     
     
     
     
    Comment by Kevin c
    2007-06-23 20:31:39

    Take that Sony lol.

     
    Comment by Overbuary
    2007-06-23 20:35:38

    Nice noobz has done it again.

     
    Comment by bluehat
    2007-06-23 20:35:52

    Does it mean we can downgrade 3.50 to 1.5 ?

    Comment by Juan
    2007-06-23 20:37:11

    yea!! this revolution is moving along faster then the ROKR e6 moddingness. im about to upgrade jst for the heck of it jk, ill never do that lol!!GREAT JOBB NOOBZ!

     
     
    Comment by dumbintel
    2007-06-23 20:36:21

    Wow!!! Awesome. NoObz Pwn Sony yet again!

     
    Comment by tim.
    2007-06-23 20:40:36

    oh wow…. a downgrader comin out for all teh firmwares.. that’s really something.

     
    Comment by rob
    2007-06-23 20:41:31

    finally i can get a DA custom fw

     
    Comment by ferg
    2007-06-23 20:48:26

    lawlz I knew about this recently…

     
    Comment by J
    2007-06-23 20:50:53

    So any copy of lumines will work? Even newer UMDS?

    Comment by Ari D
    2007-06-23 22:12:47

    Yeah! Until they patch it that is….

    Comment by andy
    2007-06-24 14:42:10

    wich by now that means yea ever lumines umd works up until they patche it but by now there all unpatched.

     
     
     
    Comment by Zeroday
    2007-06-23 20:51:15

    Take that f████g sony!! thats another punch in the n██s!!!

    Comment by me217
    2007-06-24 03:29:05

    i dont no y ppl rip on sony so much. for gods sake if it werent for them we wouldnt even hav a psp to start with. ffs

     
    Comment by andy
    2007-06-24 14:43:58

    omg those black rectangles make the whole sentence seem funny lol.

     
     
    Comment by zachary
    2007-06-23 20:54:29

    yes great 4 my busness

     
    Comment by Memic
    2007-06-23 21:05:05

    nice
    now theres gona b a new update
    n 3.5oe ant even gona b finished
    haha

     
    Comment by benisthehoff
    2007-06-23 21:07:51

    Just got a copy of Lumines off amazon for £5 before it goes up in price like gta:lcs! cant wait for downgrader!!!

    Comment by Solko
    2007-06-24 05:38:42

    *** We’re sorry. This item can’t be shipped to your selected destination. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order by changing its quantity to 0 and clicking the update button below. ( See geographical restrictions.) ***

    I like my country

     
    Comment by Tuddy
    2007-06-26 14:01:54

    I saw it for £3 in the bargain bin at my local Blockbusters store. Heh, not that I need it, because I bought a copy shortly (as in 1 day) after I bought my PSP.

     
     
    Comment by mvbm
    2007-06-23 21:11:10

    Jus got game off ebay while its cheap unlike gta vice city

     
    Comment by hotrocker
    2007-06-23 21:22:06

    Prepare for a wave of n00bs…

    Comment by 345742D
    2007-06-24 01:47:05

    Well, Noobs aren’t too bad… unless they DON’T USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!!!

    Use the search function, ya noobs..

     
     
    Comment by tigerboy
    2007-06-23 21:32:26

    lol sony should just give up now, they don’t have a chance in hell of stopping the homebrew scene.
    and bugger, there goes the resale value of my LCS UMD

    Comment by andy
    2007-06-24 14:45:48

    same here guy :(

     
     
    Comment by Killuminati
    2007-06-23 21:32:36

    ahaha yea! i can finally downgrade my 3.40 PSP that was unbricked from sony soon! =D though will it work with a TA-082 mother board? =S [IC1003 board…]

    Comment by hotrocker
    2007-06-23 21:35:30

    yes, thats not a problem anymore

     
     
    Comment by supes
    2007-06-23 21:34:12

    nice! now i can buy a new psp and not worry about not being able to downgrade.

    Comment by NoiseReducer
    2007-06-25 11:51:46

    You could do that already for about a year or so. They now sell 2.71 FW in BestBuy.

     
     
    Comment by jnorrell
    2007-06-23 21:36:45

    Wahoo Great works again guys. I had been going over there every day and all been quit but i new something was cooking. Tying out now and watching
    the ALL SEEING EYE and the Freaking FLAMES.

    Great work!!!!!!

     
    Comment by WARNING
    2007-06-23 21:36:47

    WARNING NOOBS!!
    DO NOT UPDATE YOUR PSP WHEN SONY RELEASES A NEW VERSION. REMEMBER NOT TO UPDATE AND SEARCH IF ITS POSSIBLE TO DOWNGRADE FROM YOUR VERSION. so you wont be asking questions without even looking for an answer. GREAT news for everyone. GET that game while its cheap

     
    Comment by crazyfrengy
    2007-06-23 21:37:22

    YES!!!!! Now my second PSP that SONY updated while it was being fixed is now homebrewable!!!! Two awesome PSPs!!! By the way, Don’t let this leak all over the internet or sony will find out and block that out too.

    Comment by ScorpionPhilipp
    2007-06-24 07:28:12

    Yes, you’re right… people should not post this everywhere but Sony will find it out and there’s no way to keep this as a secret. (horrible english? ^^)

    Btw: Noobs, stop updating your firmware!!! :D

     
     
    Comment by microgeek
    2007-06-23 21:38:37

    Lumines II will work ? or 1 ?

     
    Comment by chad
    2007-06-23 21:44:05

    Holy shit batman

     
    Comment by Ben_dover
    2007-06-23 21:44:10

    yeah does Lumines II work? i assume the article is talking about the first one

    Comment by Tuddy
    2007-06-26 13:54:09

    It’s the first lumines game. so, go down to your local games store and buy it while it’s still on the cheap.

     
     
    Comment by PsP HaXoR
    2007-06-23 21:49:28

    omg this is so freaking awsome!!!!! now i can buy the champage gold color psp and be able to downgrade soon xD right now i have a ceremic white psp with 3.40 oe-a but im gettin the gold one just for the new color. awsome find team noobz!

     
    Comment by isucksony
    2007-06-23 21:50:38

    does this mean i can downgrade my psp soon? or does this mean i can only play homebrew on my psp?

     
    Comment by microgeek
    2007-06-23 21:52:11

    You cant play homebrew unless you downgrade. So i guess the answer to your question is “yes you can downgrade and no you dont only have to play homebrew”

     
    Comment by BrendanL
    2007-06-23 21:53:04

    Yep, it’s the first Lumines. I have no need to downgrade since I got Devhook for 2.71. It’s all I need. All I need is to be able to play homebrew and CSOs, I don’t need custom firmware.

    Comment by hai
    2007-06-24 04:44:02

    I was also happy with Devhook, but nowadays many games require newer firmware, so I went custom. Besides, the PSX emulator is killer!

     
    Comment by JimmyD
    2007-06-24 13:53:51

    Thats a dumbass reason to stick with devhook. Try playing metal gear portable ops on that. Custom firmware offers so much more than devhook could. OE is the only way to go! Get your head out of your ass.

     
     
    Comment by isucksony
    2007-06-23 21:53:48

    wait wait this means i can upgrade to a custom firmware afterwards>?!!!

    Comment by Tuddy
    2007-06-26 14:04:03

    Yup :). Though that is common knowledge by now :P.

     
     
    Comment by mrmcman
    2007-06-23 21:56:50

    Sony 3.51 in 5….4….3….2….1….

    Comment by killa
    2007-06-23 22:02:29

    lol its probably coming

     
    Comment by Daniel
    2007-06-24 14:13:27

    Yea it’ll problaly be plastered across the front page by the time I get off work tommorrow morning.

     
     
    Comment by isucksony
    2007-06-23 21:58:09

    i still dont understand what this means? can someone explain

    Comment by hotrocker
    2007-06-23 22:10:25

    you buy psp. you get firmware 3.11 - 3.5. you get umd. you downgrade. you get cf. you play homebrew.

     
    Comment by dumbintel
    2007-06-23 22:18:56

    It means, that soon they will have a downgrader for all PSPs, not yet though.

     
     
    Comment by Pritchard
    2007-06-23 22:03:56

    Yeah thats freaking awesome, Sony got pwned

     
    Comment by help
    2007-06-23 22:09:00

    guyz
    i can get any Lumines?
    or is been patched?
    wut do i have to look for before i buy the UMD?

     
    Comment by Ari D
    2007-06-23 22:11:05

    Wow…seriously the Noobz team is absolutely flawless in their capabilities…I think that they will be at the head of the scene for years to come with all the crazy hacks they have shown us!

     
    Comment by hpdarkman525
    2007-06-23 22:13:59

    LYKE OMG N00BZ IS T3H R0XX0RZ!!!!1!!!!!

    NOW THAT PSP I UPGRADED 20 TIMES CAN PLAY T3H H0MEBREWZ!!!!!!!!!1!!

     
    Comment by Gargantula
    2007-06-23 22:14:20

    I think the clouds have split. This is awesome news. I also have a copy of Lumines as well!

     
    Comment by omega_million
    2007-06-23 22:25:50

    Hey is Lumines a good game, cause I love downgrading mr friend’s PSP’s, but I’m not going to buy the game just for that reason. So, is it a good game.

    Comment by Gargantula
    2007-06-24 10:45:49

    Yes it is if you like puzzle games. That’s why I bought it before I found out about this! This is a bonus!

     
    Comment by NoiseReducer
    2007-06-25 12:05:02

    You sir are funny - …I’m not going to buy the game just for that reason… - of course that game sucks, its old. But UMD with it is the key to a whole new universe for your PSP kid, so get the money and buy that thing. Use and store it good. It will be worth of a lot once.

     
     
    Comment by Mr Saibot
    2007-06-23 22:38:56

    Can’t wait for 3.51 :P

    Comment by Daniel Briggs
    2007-06-25 15:38:46

    GTFO!

     
     
    Comment by Fiska
    2007-06-23 22:39:15

    WHAT!?! Yes, it’s a good game, and even if you were to buy it exclusively for that reason, OH GOD it’s worth buying for that reason.

     
    Comment by isuckgreg
    2007-06-23 22:44:33

    how long b4 downgrader comes out do you think? i cant wait. i think i cum in pants

     
    Comment by Steven Bruno
    2007-06-23 22:48:13

    Can someone please tell me how this works exactly? I have 3.11 SSrry i am a noob:?

    Comment by Steven Bruno
    2007-06-23 22:50:23

    What are you talking about with GTA can i also hack it with VCS?

    Comment by Ajhu
    2007-06-23 23:02:18

    not yet just wait for the downgrader. it simple as eating a baked cake…

     
     
     
    Comment by Fiska
    2007-06-23 22:57:39

    Time test

     
    Comment by Ajhu
    2007-06-23 23:01:10

    People with higher firmware get the Lumines copy today itself or else sony will dispatch a team to vapourise the Lumines that is available in stores… and they will patch it.. And for god sake don’t upgrade to any higher level firmware……………
    noobs gr8 work….. Dark Alex will be ready for the downgrade procedure of TA-82..

     
    Comment by PedoJuco
    2007-06-23 23:02:13

    WOW……JUST WOW……. Even though I don’t need it, I’m out to get lumines, just in case. This is just awesome!!!!!

     
    Comment by MadSkillz
    2007-06-23 23:07:52

    If you have one of these firmwares:

    BUY LUMINES BEFORE SONY PATCHES IT LIKE THEY DID FOR GTA!

    Just some advice ;)

     
    Comment by canadiens 4 lif
    2007-06-23 23:08:50

    Hey can u tell me which LUMINES i need and the update of the game(patched or unpatched ) how do i know if it is patched or not?
    THX

    Comment by MadSkillz
    2007-06-24 00:16:01

    they havent made a patch yet, buy one before sony does come out with a patched version

     
     
    Comment by skeezer
    2007-06-23 23:22:01

    N00bz, we salute you!!!!!

    I can now mod my psp and play teh homebrew!! I cant wait!!!!

    Thank you sooo much.

     
    Comment by Natalic
    2007-06-23 23:24:55

    Finally, everyone gets a piece of the pie, lets just see how long it will take So(wned)ny to fix this…Tomorrow anyone? Anyway, don’t be stupid and update…Because if you want to see it, just wait for the freaking CF of it…God!

    Comment by Daniel Briggs
    2007-06-25 15:41:47

    Ha! So(wned)ny! LOL!

     
     
    Comment by PsP HaXoR
    2007-06-23 23:28:16

    i wish i had the remote from movie click cause then i could go into foward to when they release downgrader for all psp’s lol. and then back to where i was and show it off.

     
    Comment by ONEDEADLYVENOM
    2007-06-23 23:31:11

    yessssssssssss stella developments!

     
    Comment by me
    2007-06-23 23:35:52

    guyz
    where i can buy this umd?
    which store?

     
    Comment by greg the bunny
    2007-06-23 23:50:54

    ANY STORE
    SONY DID NOT PATCH IT YET
    GET LUMINES I
    NOT LUMINES II
    QUICK
    B4 3.51 OR A PATCHED LUMINES

     
    Comment by hi
    2007-06-23 23:51:43

    #>%!
    Look at the symbol keys on ur keyboard, its a number that is coming

     
    Comment by hi
    2007-06-23 23:52:18

    im on #>$))#A

     
    Comment by (o Y o)
    2007-06-24 00:10:46

    patched or unpatched, ANY COPY WORKS =]

    Comment by Jaryth000
    2007-06-24 08:41:43

    ummm no. If they patch it.. they will patch it so it DOESN’T work… hence the point of the patch..

     
    Comment by kugkgukgu
    2007-06-25 19:24:25

    if it were patched how could it possibly work?
    there is no patch yet. ass

     
     
    Comment by Natalic
    2007-06-24 00:11:19

    This will hopefully answer all questions:

    -What version of Lumines: The first one, there as of now is no patched copies, so any you get will work.

    -Where to buy Lumines - Any of your favorite game stores should have it, including possibly BlockBuster. Try E-bay as well, but get it soon.

    -Warning: Do not be stupid and upgrade because you think it’s cool. you want to lose your CF, thats you! Just don’t ask for a downgrade.

     
    Comment by DEAD ANGEL
    2007-06-24 00:11:25

    Congratulations Noobz team, nice job

     
    Comment by ha
    2007-06-24 00:22:26

    well done, great work, great news for the community

     
    Comment by Fiska
    2007-06-24 00:31:32

    Got my copy. Called as soon as I heard the news, the second nearest Game Crazy had it, and I bought it. Hell. Yes.

    I actually have 3.30 OE right now, but I’m doing this for people I know… and possibly craigslist. I also have GTA:LCS.

    Comment by Hector
    2007-06-24 23:36:18

    hey, can u tell me step by step how to install the patch to hack the psp with the game Lumines.
    Thx

     
     
    Comment by dd409
    2007-06-24 00:37:33

    Sony, consider yourselves PWN’D!!!!1one

    Homebrew : 1
    Sony : 0

    Comment by John
    2007-07-01 23:32:49

    Dude, It’s like

    Homebrew: 15941941659814651987
    Sony: 1 (What? They CREATED the PSP)

    Comment by SodaPorn
    2008-03-09 23:27:29

    I’d much rather view FREE PORN

     
     
     
    Comment by alex
    2007-06-24 00:49:44

    we need something like this in ps3 or an iso loader.

     
    Comment by mr.naaaaaaaaaaa
    2007-06-24 01:13:22

    Nice! you guyz should change ur name from noobz to proz

     
    Comment by L
    2007-06-24 01:22:23

    Win.

     
    Comment by clunk
    2007-06-24 01:33:36

    omg wow i knew it was only a matter of time

    btw dd409… its more like
    Homebrew: 1000000000000000
    Sony: 0

     
    Comment by sean
    2007-06-24 01:40:43

    i think team noobz had the exploit the whole time they were just waiting for the release of fw 3.50

     
    Comment by Daniel
    2007-06-24 02:24:37

    /me does my happy dance

     
    Comment by gdnc07hd
    2007-06-24 02:38:42

    Hy, what a Lumines