PSP Firmware 2.71 SE (by Dark_Alex)

[Takeshi]

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Dark_Alex's 2.71 SE-A Firmware SOON

Dark_Alex is about to release a 2.71 custom firmware for non-TA-082 devices called 2.71 SE (SE stands for Special Edition)

The revision A will feature:

- 1.00/1.50 Eboot support (both kernel and user mode)

- 2.71 Eboot support (both kernel and user mode)

- run on 2.71 vsh

- Ability to run devhook (both 1.50 and 2.71 versions are fully compatible)

- Ability to run any 2.71 (and below UMDs)

- 1.00/1.50 prx executable support

- support both kxploited and unpatched eboots for 1.50 kernel

- support any 2.71 homebrews codded for HEN C

- Compatibility is 100% for 2.71 homebrews and approx 99% for 1.00/1.50 homebrews

How does it work ?

Both 1.50 and 2.71 kernel are flashed into flash0
it uses 1.50 kernel to bootstrap patched 2.71 firmware

How to flash it?

You will need to use the helper that will be provided to get a complying dump into a DXAR format, once you get it done properly use the flasher to "update" to the 2.71 SE-A


Pros and cons ? :

Pros : - Full 2.71 homebrew support
- Almost full 1.50 homebrews support (some homebrews like umdemu or xflash might not work properly with it, still so far all of the 1.50 homebrews I tried worked fine)
- Recovery menu
- Full Devhook support
- Access to all 2.71 features
- Native 2.71 UMD support
- 1.50 decrypted prx executable support
- Real no-kxploit embebed (thus 1.00 unpatched eboot support)
- have access to all 2.71 kernel features using 2.71 homebrews, such as GPS support or wpa support.

Only known con: takes about 1-2 second(s) more to load the firmware at startup

UPDATE : A new con: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean are going to be removed from this firmware and wont be able to be selected.

Dark_Alex 2.71 Special Edition - Revision A custom firmware Released

Dark_Alex has just released 2.71 Special Edition - Revision A custom firmware. Heres what the readme has to say:

This is a custom firmware that lets to have in a single flash the advantages of firmware 1.50 and
2.71 at the same time.

Homebrew can be run on both kernels, the 1.50 one and the 2.71 one, letting almost all current homebrew
to work on the 1.50 kernel, and 2.71 homebrew compatible with HEN C in the 2.71 kernel.

Note: the installer writes to FLASH0. I'm not responsable of any damage of what happens,
since this software is provided free and without warranty.
TA-082 users cannot use this because a 1.50 bootstrap is needed to boot the system patched.

At the moment, there is only installer for 1.50, although it could be easily ported to whatever
firmware with kernel access such as 2.60 and 2.71, but at the moment i prefer not to doing it to avoid
TA-082 using it and bricking their psp's.

Note that this package DOES NOT contain any illegal material. The user has to provide the 1.50 and
2.71 updaters pbp's to legally generate the DXAR file used for the flashing.

Reminder: This flashes to your PSP. Use at your own risk.

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Via:Dax.st

Also ich muss sagen, sehr geil. Demnach soll es möglich sein, damit original Homebrew Eboots zu starten und auch fast alle die für 1.50 angepasst wurden und das mit Kernel Mode! Ausserdem hat die Firmware ein Recovery Menü, was man ja von vielen Custom Firmwares kennt.
Großer Nachteil ist, dass Custom Firmwares und Dumps ja immer illegal sind, aber angeblich (habs mir noch nicht genau angeguckt) ist das ganze Paket legal und man muss sich das selbst zusammen basteln.

Ich denke das wars endgültig mit der 1.50, die macht nun kaum noch Sinn.
R.I.P 1.50 ;_;