Team M33 has updated their Custom Firmware 3.52 to version 2. This update addresses some major issues in the firmware and fixes several bugs in the software. The previous versions did not support both Chinese and Korean languages in XMB and caused the both the homebrew and recovery to crash, this issue has now been resolved. In addition, the no-umd driver has been updated once again to offer better compatibility and the recovery menu has been updated. See below for a full list of changes.
General Changes:
- Document.dat files from PSX games were broken due to some important changes in popsman.prx and is now fixed.
- Now document.dat does not need the same gameid as game which is being played.
- The compatibility issue with IRShell loading PSX games in USBHost/NetHost has been solved.
Changes in recovery:
- Removed the advanced config option “use isofs on UMD inserted”.
- Added “Format flash1 and restore settings” in Advanced.
- Added speeds 20 and 100.
- When in USB mode inside recovery, it is impossible to turn PSP off.
- M33 driver: improved compatibility.
[Download Custom Firmware 3.52 M33-2]
A recent filing for a PSP related patent turned up with Sony’s name, and involves an idea to dock controllers to the PSP. The idea is that a controller would be made dockable onto the PSP using some kind of “control docking apparatus”. This would prove beneficial to gamers since it would could mean an extra analogue stick or even rumble if the PS2 controller could be docked.
The SIXAXIS could also play a part in the new device, since the patent mentions that “the electrical interface can be a wired or wireless communication link”. You can check out the patent application here.
SCEE and Sky have announced the formation of a Joint Venture company to deliver on-demand entertainment content to PSP owners in the UK and Ireland. The company will initially provide a wealth of video and film content to the more than 2.3 million PSP owners in the UK and Ireland. More information on the service will be announced at Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany on Wednesday 22nd August.
The two companies are already in discussions with entertainment content providers across Europe to facilitate future introduction of the service to European PSP owners. Sky is the UK?s leading entertainment company and operates the most comprehensive multichannel, multi-platform television service in the UK and Ireland. Look out for an update next month.
[Via: SCEE Press]
Team M33 has cracked Sony’s new PSP Firmware wide open and released a new version of their Custom Firmware. Custom Firmware 3.52 M33 includes all the improvements made by Sony as well as incoperating all the features from the previous releases of Custom Firmware M33. M33 has also fixed a number of bugs including better no-umd compatibility. Check out the list of improvements below. Instructions on how to install the custom firmware are included in the ZIP package.
Changelog:
- Now uses 3.52 Kernel
- M33 NO-UMD: fixed problem with Simple 2500 Series Portable, The IQ Cube
- Fix a bug which made Go!Cam, GPS and sceKernelLoadExecVSH not work in game mode.
- PSN downloaded PSX games support wasn’t working in 3.51 M33 (didn’t work in latest OE’s either). Now it is working again. If an original PSN game still doesn’t work, we recommend to delete the KEYS.BIN file if it exists, and copy the game again from PS3 to PSP.
[Download Custom Firmware 3.52 M33]
After updating the PS3 Firmware, Sony has also decided to update the PSP Firmware bringing it to version 3.52. The firmware update for the PSP isn’t as feature-rich as the PS3 one, bringing only better PSOne compatibility and possibly an increase in security.
The regional websites have not been updated with the download yet, so you will only be able to download the update via the Network Update feature for the time being. We will bring you a complete changelog once the regional websites have been updated.
The M33 team has rolled out another update for their Custom Firmware (CFW) 3.51 M33 which adds quite a few new features and also fixed a couple of bugs. The “NOUMD” driver has been patched to allow better compatibility. Games such as ATV Offroad Fury Pro, Steel Horizons, Tony Hawk’s Project 8 now work on the firmware. A full change log is included below.
- Improvements in M33 NO-UMD driver. The improvements:
- Fixed a bug that caused incompatibility with ATV Offroad Fury Pro, Steel Horizons,
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 and probably more games.
- Speed loading has improved.
- Automatic display fix for TA-082+ with brightness problems in 1.50 kernel.
- M33 will autodetect TA-082+ with brightness problems, and will correct brightness properly.
- WLAN fix is now done differently, patch is done in 3.51 kernel before going to 1.50 one.
- For those that don’t read the readmes: we never would include in our files a sony prx!
The fix was and is done simply with code. The 3.40 mention was to notice that the problem
was not a M33 bug, but a problem caused by Sony.
- 4th level of brighrness enabled on 1.5 kernel too now.
- An option has been added to recovery, “Hard Reset on 1.50 homebrew”. Use this, only if the Wi-Fi
fix doesn’t work with your PSP still. It makes homebrew boot a bit slower.
[Download Custom Firmware 3.51 M33-7]
Team M33 has once again updated their Custom Firmware, making it their sixth update. This update isn’t major and simply adds a new “noumd” mode to the Recovery Menu. 3.51 M33-6 now allows you to make use of the Sony NP9660 ISO loader to run ISO images. The team state that it should improve ISO compatibility, however, the exact compatibility information is not know.
Instructions on how to update are included in the ZIP package. Please make sure you have 3.51 M33-5 already installed before attempting to update.
[Download Custom Firmware 3.51 M33-6]
Team M33 has been working hard to improve their custom firmware. This time, the team have incoperated the Wi-Fi and noumd bug fixes to create Custom Version 3.51 M33-4. In addition, several other bugs and new additions have been included (see below). After releasing M33-4, the team futher fixed a few more bugs to create version 5 which improved ISO compatibility.
Changes in 3.51 M33-4:
- Bugfix for the previous “noumd” Fix. This should fix the exit to the XMB with error 80020001 that happened to some people, or reduce its appearance.
- Added plugins options for homebrew that use 1.50 kernel. The file to be used for it, is ms0:/seplugins/game150.txt.
Changes in 3.51 M33-5:
- Bugfix for two important bugs in the noumd mode. The bugs affected Socom 2, Virtual Tennis 3 and probably many more games.
[Download Custom Firmware 3.51 M33-4]
[Download Custom Firmware 3.51 M33-5]
Team M33′s Custom Firmware has been updated once again. In this update, the “use noumd” option has now been changed to “UMD Mode” and allows you to select one of three modes, “Normal, “OE isofs Legacy” and “M33 Driver”. Instructions on how to update are included in the readme file included.
[Download 3.52 M33 No-UMD Update]
