214w ago - Despite initial thoughts that the PSP-2000 TIFF Exploit wouldn't work on a PSP-3000 console, today RomStampedu has made both a video and detailed guide demonstrating that it does.

To quote: I'm using my Japanese Radiant Red PSP-3000 and it seems that the exploit worked.

Download: PSP Slim Hello World Exploit

PSP 3000 Installation:

1) Extract the "26833_release_v2.zip" file





2) You'll see 4 files altogether inside that folder. (h.bin, phat.tiff, readme.txt, & slim.tiff)

3) Make sure you have a Memory Stick (MS) * Grab your PSP and connect to USB mode.

4) Copy the "h.bin" file onto the root of your MS. Then copy the "slim.tiff" file onto your MS_ROOT/PSP/PHOTO folder.

5) Copy any 8 random photos into your MS_ROOT/PSP/PHOTO folder. Altogether you should have 9 files in your PHOTO folder.

6) Full power down your PSP and turn it on. On the Cross Media Bar (XMB), go to "Photo" and down to "Memory Stick"; Click ENTER.

7) Wait for all the thumbnails to load. Scroll up...

223w ago - Today XCM has announced a new line of Face Plates for Sony's PSP 3000 Series of consoles.

The first 3 colors are: Chrome, Crystal Clear, and Smooth Black.

More details and photos will be coming soon, and they ship with the following:

• Includes the digital pad (D-Pad) & analog stick
• Includes the control key rubber pad
• Includes all face buttons (start, select, volume, display, audio & home)
• Includes all 4 main action buttons (2 sets)
• Includes 2 pcs of new screw driver.

Finally, these new XCM Face Plates for Sony PSP 3000 Series should be available from all official XCM Retailers within these few days.

227w ago - Below is a video of Custom Firmware running on Sony's new PSP-3000 console.

The video comes courtesy of DailyMotion, and the roughly-translated French caption for it reads as follows:

PSPGEN Custom Firmware 5.02 HEN-A

"To run a Custom Firmware for PSP 3000 was announced as possible and yet our development team has done and we're online video that shows you the feat from A to Z"

Check it out below!

228w ago - The latest spark of hope for psp-3000 users!! Great job MaTiAz for the find and +1 to Freeplay for getting it to work on the newest PSP revision!!! From the original article:

Now this is how you start a new year! New exploit, old game! Damn, it's so cool to actually see this beauty working - and on a PSP-3000 no less! The PSP scene was buzzing the other day when MaTiAz found an exploit (read: buffer overflow!) in the three year old game, GripShift.

Download: GripShift PSP Savegame Exploit POC / GripShift PSP Savegame Exploit POC v2

We'll leave the technical bits for later. Now, we'll have this video from FreePlay do the talking:





Now then, the details: MaTiAz says that they've yet to find any further use for this, but it's still a new exploit. It could lead to further hacks, and for now, it's merely a proof of concept. Be that as it may, this is a great start, and a rather sweet find! Here's MaTiAz explaining the exploit:

GripShift has a buffer overflow vulnerability when loading savegames. The savegame contains the profile name which can be easily used to overwrite $ra. The savegame file is...

235w ago - PSP hacker Dark_AleX has released PSARDumper with PSP-3000 Module Decryption today. This updates allows to decrypt 5.00,01 modules of the PSP-3000.

Download: PSARDumper With PSP-3000 Module Decryption / PSARDumper With PSP-3000 Module Decryption [Mirror]

To quote: Firstly, to avoid misunderstanding: This program is NOT for psp 3000. It is for psp1000/2000, but it allows the decryption of psp 3000 prx's for researching purposes.

Modules specifically of psp 3000 usually end with 03g. From the files, it seems that umdcache is handled differently in psp 3000, and that psp 3000 comes with a new wireless chip.

P.D: better looked now, it seems that wlanfirm_02g and wlanfirm_03g prx are equal. Same happens with umdcache_02g.prx and 03g. It seems that Sony enjoys making redundant data to make update eboots bigger.