M33 PSP Custom Firmware v3.6 RELEASED!

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t didn't take Team M33 long did it now? Just FIVE days after the official European release of the PSP Slim & Lite, M33 have released custom PSP firmware v3.6! Moreover, this release confirms Pandora's Battery can be fully compatible with the new PSP Slim & Lite! Sony will have to try harder than that to 'protect' their system from avid homebrew fans! Please help spread the word and DIGG THIS!!!

We are proud to present the first custom firmware for the PSP Slim, and the first custom firmware

that runs using a 3.XX IPL (3.60)

3.60 M33 for PSP Slim has all the features of 3.52 M33, except the 1.50 kernel support, as

that kernel doesn't work properly on psp slim (hardware problems, screen problems).

3.60 M33 will load homebrew from GAME, GAME150 and GAME360 directories, but all will be executed

with 3.60 kernel.

This mean that some homebrews done specifically for the 1.50 kernel cannot work on 3.60 M33.

However, the adaptation of code to 2.XX+ kernels is not difficult, and homebrew developers can

port their aplications to work in these firmwares.

Included with the release is the M33 sdk for programmers.

Instalation:

The instalation is done using pandora battery and requires a fat psp with 1.50 or

custom firmware with 1.50 support to run a installer.

However once the memory stick installation is done, you can use it in whatever psp slim without

repeating the process again.

We want to thank C+D Team for having created Pandora and having opened the path to custom ipl's,

without which this cfw wouldn't exist.

Steps:

- Create a pandora battery and a pandora memory stick using the C+D team tools.

- Run the fat psp with the pandora memory stick inserted, but with a normal battery.

Copy the directories pandora_slim and pandora_slim% to PSP/GAME or PSP/GAME150.

- Download official sony firmwares 3.40 and 3.50, and put them in pandora_slim directory

with names 340.PBP and 350.PBP.

To avoid confussion: These firmwares are used ONLY to extend the memory stick pandora kernel.

NOTHING FROM THOSE FIRMWARES WILL EVER BE FLASHED ON THE SLIM.

- Run the program. It will quickly extract some prx's overwrting some of the pandora memory stick.

- Insert the pandora battery and the memory stick in the psp slim. It will boot. You won't see

anything on the screen, because that kernel doesn't support the slim screen, but it is OK, you

don't need a screen for the installation of 3.60 M33.

From here, you have 3 options:

- Press X to install M33. The process will last just few seconds, since the installer only

needs to install the M33 custom prx's and IPL. After the process is finished, the installer

will shutdown the psp automatically.

- Press L+R+triangle to uninstall M33 and go back to original 3.60. Note: this can't unbrick a

psp slim, it will just remove M33 ipl. There is currently no unbricker for the psp slim, but

we plan on doing one in the future.

After uninstallation, psp will be shutdown automatically.

- Press square to dump the PSP Slim nand. Watch out: you need 66 MB of free space in the

memory stick for this, otherwise your memory stick may end corrupted.

This option uses the team C+D nand dumper. When the memory stick orange led stops blinking,

the process will have finished, and you can either shutdown the psp, or use one of the two

previous options.

F.A.Q

Q: My homebrew doesn't work.

A: as stated above, not all homebrews work due to 1.50 kernel missing.

Wait for the programmer of that homebrew to port it to new kernels.

Q: How can i unbrick the PSP Slim?

A: if you have a semi-brick, you can restore it using recovery and flashing the corrupted files

with usb flash. There is no real unbricker for PSP Slim yet, but we plan of doing one in the

future using C+D Pandora Battery.

Q: is M33 gonna make a 3.60 cfw for the fat psp's?

A: The firmware as it is flashed in the slim psp's is only for psp slims. Whenever sony releases

an updater, we'll support both, fat and slim psp's, but we are not gonna make a custom firmware

using 3.60 slim dump, because it is not done for the fat psp. Stop listening stupid rumors of kids:

we are 103% sure that Sony will continue releasing firmware updates for all psp's.

Moreover, the 3.60 firmware was done before 3.52: the pops, for example, is a clone of the one of 3.50/3.51

So it has nothing new for fat psp's.

Q: I liked the FW, what can I do to help M33?

A: You can contribute some money for all our members to get PSP Slims. Our paypal address is m-33@yandex.ru

Source: http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=20621

[American Ninja]

Well that sucks. I hope Sony does something to counter this.

[carmatic]

well, i dunnoe.... having an unbricker around when it eventually comes out is pretty handy, i must say... apparently its just something like putting all 1's for the battery serial number and the psp mobo will automatically boot from the memory stick or something....

[LightIdea]

Well that sucks. I hope Sony does something to counter this.

Counter what?

[Ji@nBing]

Well that sucks. I hope Sony does something to counter this.

Why the hell would you want them to counter this!?!? The PSP is useless without homebrew. I know I sure as hell wouldn't have even though of getting one if there wasn't custom firmware for it.

[Valerus]

Why the hell would you want them to counter this!?!? The PSP is useless without homebrew. I know I sure as hell wouldn't have even though of getting one if there wasn't custom firmware for it.

No freaking joke. Thank God for these guys.

[StandingInAlley]

While this development is pretty good and I am happy because i might be getting a psp-2000 but the installation is quite complex. You need a Pandora Battery and Pandora memory stick, a non-Slim PSP with firmware 1.50 or custom firmware that supports 1.50 kernel. *sighs*

[vincent]

So... i have a PSP with 3.40 OE-A on it. Will i be able to use this firmware?

[UKDarkJedi]

So... i have a PSP with 3.40 OE-A on it. Will i be able to use this firmware?

You would, but the installation process looks quite hard tbh.

I would (and will) stick to their 3.52 M33 for a while until things get a little less complex. From what I can see about 3.60 there's not a lot you're missing out on, if indeed anything at all...

[ichi]

3.60 is (AFAIK) only for the new slim PSP but Sony has just released a 3.70 firmware update for both the old and the new models, which has been dumped already.

changelog

* You can now set custom theme in Theme Settings.

* Support has been added for assigning buttons in Remote Play

* A scene search feature has been added under video

* Sequential playback is now supported upder video

* Simultaneous playback of content under Music and Photo is now supported

[-Hiroshi-]

As I don't have a slim and have little to no intention on buying one until the game base is better, I'll have to wait untill 3.70 M33, if I even upgrade to that due to the new internal workings not being compatible with 1.50 base applications.