PSP-3000 and TA-088v3 owners — it’s your time to shine… Or at least I hope it is… Yoshihiro and Team GEN have released their highly anticipated PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B for all ChickHEN-enabled handhelds. It’s on you; I don’t have a PSP-3000 to test with… So whether your 5.03 GEN-B experience be a positive or negative one, I ask you leave it below.

Core features:

• Play games (UMD or backup) requiring firmware 5.50+, including 6.xx
• Play games that introduce their own cfw detection / protection
• Play PSOne games
• Access to the VSH and Recovery Console

Known bugs:

• MGS demo refuses to run
• The Recovery mode menu is “mixed”

Keep in mind: you need a PSP-3000 or PSP-2000 with the TA-088v3 board. Your PSP also needs to be running [official] firmware 5.03; this is required for ChickHEN.

Download:
ChickHEN R2
PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A
PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B

- source: pspgen

Trick or Treat? PSPGEN decided on “trick” and made a ghost of 5.03 GEN-B for ChickHEN and PSP-3000 owners. Scheduled for release today; however, the GEN team encountered a last minute bug and is now working to correct this. The bug –

This is not a problem with the CFW but a recovery bug. If you remember, the recovery of 5.03GEN-A already had a problem: all option lines were shuffled. The correction of this problem comes with another bug in some options like the “use version.txt” which doesn’t work anymore and prevents the launch of the MGS.

Ah well… Ya win some; ya lose some. Check back tomorrow for a possible evening release. Happy Halloween!

- source: pspgen

Attention PSP-3000 owners, or those less fortunate sporting a TA-088v3-enabled 2000; a new custom firmware has been scheduled for release come Halloween day. I’m talking about Team GEN and CFW 5.03 GEN-B.

Considering it’s been awhile I’ll give you a little background; you know, in case you’re new to this… Back in May Team Typhoon released ChickHEN — the homebrew enabler — enabling homebrew on PSP-2000 TA-088v3 and PSP-3000 models running firmware 5.03. Shortly after we witnessed a flurry of CFWEnabler updates from Becus25 and Xenogears, which of course, you guessed it, enabled select custom firmware features — plugins, ISOs, etc. After a few of those, Team GEN showed up, and just like a mother abandoning her newborn, leaves 5.03 GEN-A on the scenes doorstep. Becus25 and Xenogears continued on while GEN focused on other successful endeavours. Now we’re left with today and the future that is Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B.

PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B will feature:

• PSP-2000 v3 and PSP-3000 support
• PS1/PSOne game compatibility
• Run protected UMDs/backups
• Run 5.55+ required UMDs/backups
• GEN VSH MENU
• Recovery in VSH

In the meantime, get a head start by downloading:

ChickHEN R2

and:

CFWEnabler 3.60 or Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A.

- source: pspgen

Yoshihiro and Team GEN follow up with the quickness and release the Quick Updater for the much-anticipated 5.50 GEN-D2.

 

And the change log says…

• Evangelion anti-CFW patch fix
• Fix Wlan TKIP in game loop: pes 2009, fifa, motorstorm, GTA:CW etc.
• Fix video output with 5.5X and 6.X games like GTA Chinatowns War
• Fixed recovery menu with make Pandora and make battery normal
• Removed splash screen http://www.pspgen.com but you have another spash screen in red color for let you know if the decrypter work

And a few notes concerning select games:

• If Evangelion doesn’t work: Skip the intro.
• Use your own ISO and not a downloaded/pirated one. They’re gutted and often crap.
• If Full Metal Alchemist doesn’t work: At first launch create your profile. When done, choose an option like “free Battle Mode” and you are then returned to the start menu with an alert “Caution.” At this point, quit and relaunch. All works fine now because the profile was created.

Download:
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D2

- source: pspgen

Bang! Pow! Boom! It’s Team GEN who makes the scene pound; Yoshihiro, GENyUS all around in surround sound. So get up out your seat and put your hands together for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D.

$10 PayPal to the first person who correctly identifies that first sentence (or remixed lyric). Colin got it.

Don’t let the earlier 5.50 GEN-C release scare you now… Quality assurance ensures GEN-D will knock your mismatched socks right off your stankin’ feet. Or at least we hope. Updating now… I’ll keep you posted.

All right, all right… Everything checks out… The install went smoothly; mind you, my settings (flash1) were reset… Perhaps that’s because I updated from the dreaded 5.50 GEN-C. Nonetheless, my games and homebrew continue to work; MotorStorm UMD and others requiring 5.55+ run without any patching… Woot woot.

CFW 5.50 GEN-D Features:

• All features of 5.50 GEN-B2 are available.
• Ability to run 5.51+ games without having to patch them (UMD or ISO).
• Possibility to launch PSN demos requiring 5.51+ without having to patch them (as MGS for example).
• Possibility to connect to the Playstation Store by using MEDIAGO, to retrieve games and goodies without having to install Fake USB or other complicated stuff.
• Possibility to use the XGEN Updater to install the official firmware 6.10 (use it only if you have a Pandora XGEN to be able to return later in Custom firmware)
• 480×272 AVC Videos are supported

The option to accelerate memory stick access is coming… As well an iR Shell patch, I think.

Download: Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D

- source: pspgen

Update: Ok, so 5.50 GEN-C is cursed… GENyUS and Yoshihiro are working to get GEN-D out the door. Don’t turn that dial; stick around.

Update: Way too many problems… Download pulled. 5.50 GEN-C2 coming soon.

My PSP just finished flashing Yoshihiro’s 5.50 GEN-C… Sadly PlayStation Store access remains blocked. Otherwise, it is what it is… Play 5.55+ required games without the tedious prerequisites — decrypting, patching, rebuilding… You know.

Only install 5.50 GEN-C on PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 models. Do not install on a PSP-3000 or any PSP with a TA-88V3 board.

Note: If the XMB freezes after installing this update, boot (holding R-Trigger) into the recovery console and browse to Advanced -> Format flash1 and reset settings.

Another note: Personally, I don’t recommend updating just yet… Refer to the comments to see what I mean. Although, you can be a sport and install it, report bugs you encounter, and Pandora back afterward. Expect a patch or two soon as well as an option to speed up memory stick access.

Download: Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C

- source: pspgen

Ya’ll know Yoshihiro, right? If not, you will soon… Yoshihiro of Team GENyUS has decrypted the EBOOT for games requiring firmware 5.55. At the moment it’s not released; it’s a work-in-progress… However, tonight is the night – if I’m reading Google Translate correctly…

You will need the original UMD game, MotorStorm has already been tested with 5.03GEN (PSP-3000 & PSP-2000 v3) and 5.50GEN (PSP-2000 & PSP-1000), and you will also need the technical know-how when it comes to generating ISO images using this tool: UMDGen 4.00. The rest will be available/explained later tonight.

Props Yoshihiro, Team GENyUS, and everyone else over at PSP GEN. Much respect.

- source: pspgen

Short and sweet — GENyUS’ PSP Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2… Download both 5.50 GEN-B and the B2 update below. Enjoy!

Translated (French to English) Changes:

• Fixed bug that prevented the launch of an entire category whose homebrew kit despertar del cementerio.

Download:
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 (Update)

- source: pspgen

The PSPGEN posse has released the next iteration of their Custom Firmware: 5.50 GEN-B. Current 5.00 M33 users — you’re missing out and perhaps acting a bit stubborn — you may as well bite the bullet and just upgrade. Access to the PlayStation Store alone is worth it; check it out…

What you need:

• A PSP-1000 or PSP-2000 v1 or v2 already running Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A. DO NOT attempt to install this on a PSP-3000 or any PSP with a TA-088v3 motherboard.

5.50 GEN-B [translated] changes:

• Bug fix: the VSH menu can now be disabled
• Pressing Select can start the recovery, bring up the VSH recovery menu, or do nothing at all (for those who wish to use Remote Play between their PSP and PS3)
• Update via Network (taken from M33)
• * That Evangelion Jo game we told you about; it can be launched & played now
• Pandora (converting the battery to/from the Pandora-state) and Shutdown Device options added to the VSH menu
• Flash1 format option adds a check that prevents a flash1 format if enabled
• Access [remains open] to the PlayStation Store and Remote Play continues working

* Playing Evangelion: Jo without having to patch the ISO is a bit unstable. This is more or less a proof-of-concept to bypass the newly introduced CFW check. Proper details on countering this protection will be released later. For now — very quickly press Triangle & Circle when starting the game. It should work.

Once again — props to the GEN team. Nice work.

Download:
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A

- source: pspgen

PSX/PSOne/PS1, whatever you wanna call it, now play ‘em all with Popsloader — the full-fledged PSOne emulator — for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A. How? Here’s how:

1. Download Popsloader below, extract it, and copy the contents to seplugins on your memory stick;
2. Create a POPS.txt file under the seplugins directory and add this line to it “ms0:/SEPLUGINS/popsloader.prx” (without the quotes);
3. Download Psardumper;
4. Download the 4.01 firmware eboot;
5. Extract the 4.01 firmware archive and copy EBOOT.PBP to the root of your memory stick;
6. Using Psardumper, dump and decrypt 4.01;
7. Copy ms0:/F0/kd/impose.prx to the seplugins/popsloader directory;
8. Depending on the firmware version you wish to use (see the above screenshot), download the corresponding firmware eboot here;
9. Again, decrypt that firmware eboot using Psardumper;
10. Rename the following:
    • 3.00 – 3.03: pops.prx, popsman.prx, meaudio.prx, pafmini.prx
    • 3.10 – 3.30: pops.prx, popsman.prx, pafmini.prx
    • 3.40 – 4.01: pops.prx, popsman.prx, pafmini.prx, libpspvmc.prx

    to popsXXX.prx, popsmanXXX.prx (XXX being the firmware version, ie. pops310.prx), and so forth for each file;

11. Copy the new renamed files to the ms0:/seplugins/popsloader directory;
12. Enable Popsloader via the recovery console;
13. Copy your PSOne game eboot to your GAME folder and enjoy!

Download:
Popsloader for CFW 5.50 GEN-A
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-A
PSP Firmware (EBOOT) Updates

- source: pspgen