The analysis report is in. The crew who delivered custom firmware 3.95 GEN have successfully decrypted and shared their 4.00 findings…

According to their report, many PRX’s were in fact modified — pops, popsman, npdrm, np9660, mlnbridge, sysmem, umdcache, sysconf, video — just to name a few. Fortunately it’s said these changes do not pose much of a problem for the development of future custom firmwares.

Whether Dark_AleX/M33 or MIRIAM release custom firmware 4.00; that’s another story. I guess we’ll find out one way or the other.

- source: pspgen

If you don’t got it, you need it, and here it is — MIRIAM’s custom firmware 3.95 GEN update numéro deux.

CFW 3.95 GEN-2 changes:

• Fixed issue which crashed the PSP if you had vshmenu mode ‘None.’ (if you have a GEN-1 pseudo-brick, change the vshmenu mode to fix it)
• Fixed SNES emulator issues, now works fine.
• Fixed few homebrew issues with the Slim.

Download:
CFW 3.95 GEN-2
Custom Firmware 3.95 GEN
Sony (Official) PSP 3.95 Update

- source: pspgen

MIRIAM of the PSP-GEN crew has released the much anticipated custom firmware 3.95 GEN. Overcoming the memory limitations, 3.95 GEN is fully compatible with both the PSP Fat and Slim.

A new version of PopsLoader supporting the 3.95 kernel has been included with the package also.

Installation:

• Copy the PSP folder to the root of the memory stick.
• Download the official 3.95 update and copy it to the root of the memory stick with the name ‘395.PBP’
• Run it and follow the onscreen instructions, the Sony updater will be used for the main flashing.
• At the end it’ll ask you to press X to reboot, do so or you’ll get a brick.

PSP CFW 3.95 GEN changes:

• Kernel updated to 3.95 (new nids, patches etc.).
• Option added in recovery to choose between VSHMenu and in-XMB recovery.
• Option added in recovery to choose between Sony, GEN and M33 network update modes.

Download:
Custom Firmware 3.95 GEN
Official 3.95 Firmware EBOOT (rename to 395.PBP)

- source: pspgen

P.S. A ton of Homebrew Idol submissions coming up…