Custom Firmware 6.XX GEN-A, some answers from Team GEN

Saturday, November 28th, 2009
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Parlez-vous français, non monsieur….. Thats about as far as my French goes. But judging from the loose and I mean “loose” translation Google translate provides, PSPGEN have posted some answers as to why no has been released yet. And further yet, the issues that have arisen when working on a new custom Firmware build.

The step up from 5.XX to 6.XX firmware isn’t as straight forward as one would think. Its not just a new digital comic reader application or the SenseMe music application. No, Sony once again changed the way the firmware works and it may require that Eboots and modules etc will have to be rewritten for kernels 6.xx much like the move from 1.50 to 3.71+ etc (I’m sure you remember that..) What the Team GEN are basically saying is this.. It might not be worth it, taking into account all the work involved to get a working CFW 6.10 or 6.20. Just for those two new applications, firmware 6.20 games don’t run either. Ok, ok I hear you asking – what about the demos and games that require 6.20 Firmware. I guess we might have to wait for another work around. (Game decrypter for 6.20 anyone?)

And before you all start screaming for Dark-AleX to come and be the savor off save the day, think again. I doubt he will ever return. So better not to get your hopes up. I’m not …

So some feedback on Custom Firmware 6.10, straight from he horses mouth. Oh and they have a working beta it seems. But it cannot run much and Team GEN haven’t confirmed or denied its possible future release.

P.S If your a native French speaker, please drop us a comment if I missed any valid points.

Source: PSPGEN (French)

This post also mentions 5.50 GEN-D3 and 5.03 GEN-C are coming….

So why bother since 5.50GEN-D2 (5.03HEN-B) already provides the majority of what you can expect from a Custom Firmware and the 5.50GEN-D3 (5.03HEN-C), which arrival will be announced in a few hours, will still more things.

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  • Linoleumman

    Didn’t they say on PSPGEN that they were going to announce the arrival of 5.50 GEN D-3 and 5.03 HEN C?
    I could swear that’s what I read on there a few minutes ago.

    • uchiha_tiko

      i really think that they will release 5.50 Gen D-3

  • http://pspslimhacks.com/ PSPFan

    In that post they mention 5.03 GEN-C for PSP-3000′s and TA88v3′s is coming, but not 5.50 GEN-D3

  • falkonON

    we still waiting………. he he he FIRST

    • Volt7x

      Fail. I bet you didn’t even read the article (or didn’t understand it). -_-

  • Linoleumman

    Moreover, the vast majority of you think that if a custom firmware 6.xxGEN (or other) was posted, all games would work without problems. Note that this is not true in false for now, the protections detect the presence of a custom firmware and not the version number. Thus, to give you an example, Tekken does not turn on a 6.20GEN pure and hard. . This should be adding the same correction as the 5.50GEN that it rotates. So why bother since 5.50GEN-D2 (5.03HEN-B) already provides the majority of what you can expect from a Custom Firmware and the 5.50GEN-D3 (5.03HEN-C), which arrival will be announced in a few hours, will still more things.

    I copied and pasted this from PSPGEN. Hopefully D-3 will be released. I for one don’t care about Senseme or The CBR I just wanna play games.

  • http://pspslimhacks.com/ PSPFan

    Thanks Linoleumman, there it is: So why bother since 5.50GEN-D2 (5.03HEN-B) already provides the majority of what you can expect from a Custom Firmware and the 5.50GEN-D3 (5.03HEN-C), which arrival will be announced in a few hours, will still more things.

  • pedramcyrus

    its so good but u think about user that have a psp 3000 or 2000 v3 please try to Appropriate copy continuously because i really tired for running HEN sec by sec.
    and i hope you can release 6.20 and i want u think about V3 psp’s.
    thanks.

    • krakkerman18

      sorry for the comment, i think you should be thanks for what the chickHen does.. its true that hen is hustle to run, but with out hen u can’t hack or mod your psp…

  • megamanx41

    What exactly can we 3000 users expect from GEN-C? Will it allow games that require a higher Firmware to run or will it be an improved version as in functions or will it just be a more stable build?

    • Linoleumman

      I think (and this is just my opinion) that newer games wont have to be patched or decrypted by us. D-3 and HEN 3 will probably have built in support. This is just a guess though.

      • Linoleumman

        I meant HEN-C

  • Volt7x

    Wait, so all current homebrew won’t run on 6.XX firmware? Like how some applications needed to be ported to the Slim back then? If so, that is quite a dilemma.
    Hopefully a solution will turn up eventually. But does this mean that even if a HEN was made for 6.XX firmwares, only homebrew specialized for it would run?

    • vin

      Unfortuneatly you are right. Every homebrew would have to be modified to run on a new hen or cfw made on 6.xx firmwares. That is why they will not make another because it would be so much work for 2 new apps and NO old homebrew. :(

  • tanmaypa

    Receiving good waves……..
    bring those games which need 6.20 ofw…

  • SuperNova

    Why not to propose Custom Firmware 6.xxGEN?

    It seems that this issue deserved a public response to make it clear why no public release of Custom Firmware 6.XXGEN is still available.

    Although certain people think that we are not able to do it, it is far from being the reason of the non-release of a custom Firmware 6.xxGEN. On the principle, our devs has quite advanced on this subject but we all are fallen from agreement on the relative uselessness of the setting on line of a 6.xxGEN.

    “Are they insane? ”, undoubtedly think. In fact, less than it does not appear to with it even if you doubt it at the time of the reading of these lines.

    To put on line a 6.xxGEN, would imply a heap of small useless additional concern. Moreover, to be frank, in front of the absence of real innovations major and justifying, we do not think that the passage in 6.xx is necessary, and it is not SenseMe and DIGITAL Comics which should miss to you at the point starting to howl with the moon the night.

    Is that worth upheavals as many?

    Moreover, it should be known that since the 6.00, Sony modified the firmware structurally and withdrew a certain number of useless” to make turn plays but essential things the “for launching certain utilities and others homebrews. This was mitigated, mainly, by our split development but it would be necessary to oblige a general update of all what exists in homebrew (plays and utilities) as well as the topics and all that goes with. Indeed, we arrived with the 6.xx at a point which recalls the passage of the homebrews 1.xx to that of the 3.xx but into worse. Indeed, the 6.xx does not allow any more launching of ELF in the state and they should repack all the programs in order to be made compatible with the new system of Sony. Moreover, the tools of hacking like PSPlink and company are not compatible any more and will have to be adapted. This does not want to say that will not be made corn it currently seems to us that all this upheaval is not worth the sorrow for if little profit.

    Moreover, the great majority among you thinks that if Custom Firmware 6.xxGEN, (or other) were put on line, all the plays could pass without problem. Note well that this is false from forgery because, now, protections detect the presence of Custom Firmware and not the number of version. Thus, to give you an example, Tekken would not turn on a 6.20GEN (or 6.20trucmuche) pure and hard. It would be necessary to add the same correction there as on the 5.50GEN so that turns. Then why be bored since the 5.50GEN-D2 (5.03HEN-B) offers already the majority of that of which it is possible to wait of Custom Firmware and which the 5.50GEN-D3 (5.03HEN-C), whose arrival will be announced in a few hours, will allow even more things.

    Custom Firmware of this type is not planned yet for a public release.

    Thus understand that we currently prefer to make evolve/move a 5.50GEN and regularly update it in order to allow to benefit from the last plays in date that of releaser one 6.10 or 6.20GEN.

    Then, of course, certain asses will write that we are right good with patcher our 5.50GEN but will leave we them braire with the wind and will answer simply that at least, we, we of it are able…

    By hoping that this small development enables you to include/understand our current location without starting useless polemics.

  • RigosWorld

    Its Funny How EveryBody Is Depending On Dark Alex To Bring Back The M33 Just Face Guys He Aint Coming Back Probably Sony Already Bought Him Out Cuz EveryBody Knows That Dark Alex Is Smarter Then Sony He Alway One Step Ahead Of Them!

    • searcam01

      so r u saying that dark alex could be the one that is making sony’s new firmwares? that will suck if its true.

  • assmunch

    i dont see the need for custom firmware 6.xx. i also right now do not see the need for an update to 5.03 gen or 5.50gen. there just isnt enough reason for a new cfw. a new game decryptor would be great though, just wait until there are more games out there that need it (and they are coming), so that it will have been tested on more than just tekken 6.

  • psysaurabh

    majority of psp owners specially 300x series have been updated to 6.10 firmware and a cfw6.10 is need of hour team.
    please release it soon..
    i’ll be happy to help by testing beta versions on my psp,donating(not much though),etc whatever required..
    just drop by a mail & let me know
    psychoticsaurabh@hotmail.com

    • biglake413

      You still need to know that 3k still won’t be able to use 6.10 GEN.

      3k is still unable to hack.

  • psysaurabh

    ..

  • Linoleumman

    I agree with assmunch. A Game Decrypter would be great seeing how Tekken 6 was patched and is now running on 5.50 GEN D-2 even though OFW 6.10 is needed.

    I for one don’t care if they make CFW 5.50 GEN D-3 or 6.20 GEN-A as long as I can play ISO’s and CSO’s. Heck if it matters that much to people just call whatever is released 6.xx GEN-A

  • touchwhizz

    Oh no this maybe the end to the psp hacking world
    we don’t need 6.20 we just need to decrypt the firmware
    and get the firmware made but I fear Sony may have won this one
    for now

  • touchwhizz

    PsP go will never have iso cso support or a full flashed firmware
    and I know cause you can’t without the ability to acces the flash or dump
    files and besides there never will be an exploit that can do that

  • Dean Gullberry

    I fully understand what they’re saying, but it’s kind of a bummer because it isn’t just a comic book app, it’s also all online play and remote play over the internet with a PS3.

    I wonder if there’s any hope that they can simply find a new way to spoof the version with current CFW to get on PSN again…

    • Altair

      thats what I was thinking.

  • dannyx

    550gend2 is good firmware 6.10 or 6.20 not nesesary and 550gen d3 is a wonderfull gen is a psp genous

  • mummysboy

    I think the question that should be on everyones lips is ” Did they find an exploit that would allow a Downgrade to 5.50GEN D?”

    As they have been no doubt tinkering with the inards of the FW they must have found a way to downgrade the psp to 5.03 for all users. even if it is the most ropiest of hacks ill throw my psp at the wolves so to speak. I had a brick from MPH Downgrader [thats 2.0 to 1.5 Tiff Exploit for all you young uns] and i was not annoyed. I did the same exploit on my new psp and it worked – so i am happy to give a downgrader a go, would prefer slightly better odds than 50-50 but i aint picky and beggers cant be choosers lol

  • zero233

    hey everyone i have an idea dealing with the chickHEN exploit. i was using pspfiler and i was going through my flash 0 and flash 1 files on my psp 3000 (not editing just looking). i noticed in flash 1 theres a folder there called vsh/theme and my background picture was there. i was wondering could i put the .tiff image from the chickHEN in there to load it when i turn my psp on. anyone thinking this will work please reply.(NOT A NOOB JUST THOUGHT IT MAY WORK)

    • biglake413

      If you use .tiff image as background picture…hmm

      All I can think of is that everytime it turns on, it will crash or overflow.

      not recommended

      • Torian

        This would most definitely not work. Think, if you made it your background image, even if you did make it into ChickHEN mode, what image would be the background?

        Yep, the Tiff image.

        So it would be in a neverending loop of crashing.

      • psxcowiteboy

        Result would be instant paper weight. Only Bmp files can be used for background.

  • zero233

    thats what i was thinking too. glad i asked before i tried it. oh well thought i was gonna be cool. LOL

    • ledbetterp3

      to tell you the truth i catually tried it… it doesnt work! its just a ugly wallpaper lol… i dont know why i would try that! i never thought of what those guys said.

  • Hangover

    And is it psp ver 5.50 hen d

  • Altair

    Would a 6.XX GEN firmware allow you onto psn store?

  • SullenSky

    What we need is a downgrader from 6.20 to 5.03, so that desperate 3k users like me could at least run 5.50 GEN-B. At the moment, all cfw’s that are coming out are for 5.03 users, forgeting that many people have much hiher cfw. Developing a game decrypter for 6.xx fw will take much time. Imo, developers should concentrate on a downgrader, so that all psp users could be satisfied.

    That was just my opinion.

    • megamanx41

      3000 isn’t compatible with ANY 5.50 CFW ONLY 5.03

      • AwesomeLoukas

        no theres a 5.50 GEN look at the cfw downloads page and click on the GEN cfw there should be a 5.50 GEN anyway whats the point of making a 5.50GEN-D2 (5.03HEN-B) and a 5.50GEN-D3 (5.03HEN-C)

    • JanTheMan

      WOW, obviously you dont have a hacked psp, because if you did you would know that PSP GEN 5.50 DOESNT WORK ON A PSP 3k. SMH

    • biglake413

      They should concentrate on downgraders?

      Why are you giving them what they should do?

  • Jai554

    i hope they will release the cfw…..

  • golastic

    will this work on 3001 with OFW 5.55.

  • golastic

    U are right SullenSky.Am also 3001 user OFW 5.55.Didn’t know after updating it to 5.55 when i wanted to play gran Turismo.Cuz i was a newbie.I’ve been struggling ever since cuz i can’t afford buy umd’s.Just hoping CFW for 5.55 will be relesed very soon rather then upgrading what is already there

  • AwesomeLoukas

    I agree a downgrader would be a great idea but I thought any ofw can’t run un-signed codes?

    im on 6.20 ofw

  • Lorenzo

    i really really hope this is going to be released i knew it yea and this time i didnt updated my psp 3006 i got now 6.00 i really hope this is going to be released

  • Lorenzo

    please please release this u guys can be 3k heroes please alot of people are waiting for this

  • http://ys.lancop.nl/ Angelo

    We’ve been long enough on 5.50. -_-

  • cybergod

    Its a shame that there will be no 6.xxGEN…
    Here is an radical idea ??

    Scrap all that was done in the past, and create CFW v1, with a decrypt so you can play your backup games new and old built in like the old cfw, but move away from the sony ofw and create a whole new world with all those wonderful ctf themes as standard and have it that all homebrew software compatilble with it, build a divx codec for play back built in, and so on….. Can it be done??

    that way we wont bother if a Sony OFW comes out… because all we would worry about is the next great update of our own CFW v1 which will be for mainly the latest decrypt patch for new games. You would not need to update the rest of CFW because homebrewers will always create or update there creations within there own software. If you get board with your CTF the built in store like SONY but for CTF updates new Homebrews etc etc but free…..

    no need to fight sony… im sure the CFW can take its own path….

    • vin

      this would take months-years of constant writing of code. that is why sony has hundreds of programmers- so it can be done in a few days. W e only have 10 -20 people working on this. Still this is amazing! 15 people beating 500 people in a software war-These people are amazing programmers!

  • SullenSky

    It’s an amazing idea (dream). But it’s not possible. Creating a whole new CFW from scratch is very, very hard. I don’t think that anyone could do this at the moment. IMO, the best what we could have now is a downgrader, so that people could run at least 5.50 cfw on their psp’s. After the downgrader is released the teams could continue their work on 6.xx cfw’s. Because at the moment most of psp 3k users are stuck on unhackable ofw’s and any new release is appreciated, but doesn’t mean anything to us. There is so much people stuck on 5.50, 5.55 and higher ofw’s, so I think downgrader would be the best release right now. I hope some teams will start developing a downgrader.

  • the champ

    i know how to speak french, but why bother… i want custom firmware for 5.50 pleeeeeeeeeezzzzzz. . . . . . . help….(anyone)

  • Tomy Sakazaki

    To someone that says that it’s impossible to use any exploit on PSP-2000 TA088-v3 and 3000, the TIFF bug that ChickHEN uses appeared, or re-appeared, on 5.03 OFW, the 5.00 version didn’t have “the problem”. Someday there will be another exploit that will let something like ChickHEN run, and if there is enough luck, it will be with a UMD game.

    And I really want that GEN correct the bugs (and it isn’t few) on 5.50 GEN before launching 6.XX CFW’s. It’s because of bugs with pops mode, video playing (or I must say, videos not playing) that I am still at 5.00 M33-6. Since I didn’t bought any new games yet on UMD (the most recent that I have is american Dissidia and it can be tricked by version.txt) I can still live with 5.00 M33, but and what about who buy UMD’s and have to use a buggy CFW to play them? So yeah, develop test versions of 6.XX CFW, while trying to focus on development of 5.50. WHen 5.50 get good enough to stay as it is (and it’s kinda long way to go), focus on 6.XX system, because of PS Store and infraestructure online mode of games.

  • Tidus0515

    I smell something fishy. It makes sense that the 6.xx kernel is changed…but if that is the case and homebrew as it exists will not run then how the heck did team typhoon run that emulator to play sonic in their supposed HEN for the go? I think someone isn’t telling the complete trush….either typhoon or GEN…and I want to say its Typhoon as they said they were going to release a 2nd video but I haven’t seen anything.

  • defyboy

    Sony win.

  • ledbetterp3

    Dammit… im not goin to be able to rune 5.03 gen-c! before i start up gen a or b, i get the rsod! but my psp is not ricked, it is still playable with chickhen… can you help me pspslimhacks so i can use gen-c?

    • assmunch

      what in the hell are you talking about?
      there is no gen-c yet. red scrren of death? you have to be able to start chickhen before 5.03-gen a or be will work. if you cant start chickhen then there is no hope. do you have ofw 5.03 on your psp?

      • assmunch

        if you previously had cfw enabler installed, turn off your psp. restart chickhen, hold one of the elbow buttons (r i think) as you start cfw enabler, you need the version older or newer than the one you had. go to the option of uninstall cfw. then try again to get gen going.

  • crimsonshadow

    I’m french and ive read again the original GEN team post and YES they say there will be MORE INFORMATION in few hours and not a new CFW, but i think that will take a week. (they test everything during a week.)

  • zero233

    honestly the only thing that should matter is game decryption and psn acess. if you want to downgrade trade your 3000 for a hackable psp or learn not to update

  • ledbetterp3

    okay… so heres how it is… I have a psp 3k with 5.03 ofw, and it can run chickhen, but not gen- a/b and i know it wont run gen-c thats what im saying, but it used to rune gen, but now some reason beffore gen starts up, i get the rsod, but i can enter the vsh menu though. is there anything i can do from vsh menu? or can i fix it some other way? and assmunch hold r before i start gen-a or gen-b? and what do you mean you need a version older than the new one you had? please reply and thank you!

    • megamanx41

      Hi, um I also have a 3000, but mine IS on 5.03 GEN-B so all i can say is to try to re-install GEN-A from scratch and then try to use the 5.03 GEN-B updater. Once it’s all flashed you don’t need the 5.03 GEN-B updater anymore since it should already be installed in the flash, it should go to 5.03 GEN-B once you run the INSTALL-LOADER for 5.03 GEN-A which is how mine works. P.S. that hold R1 thing only works on the previous PSP models, but NOT on the 3000. Good luck.

    • AwesomeLoukas

      Ok dude a few things

      1. there is no such thing as GEN -c
      2. Do you have everything correct 5.03 OFW and a psp-3000
      3. Is the exploit like this PICTURE>SLIM>ChickHen>You should have 4 png files and 1 TIFF file
      4.when you open the chickhen folder do you stay at the top of the pictures or stay at the top and let them all load (when they all finish loading it should freeze
      5. thats all advice I have man wish you luck!!!

      ps: From Dark_AleX’s fan Dark_Louka$

  • keno

    When chickHEN R3 release for psp3000?
    I hope R3 will run in fw 5.55,so i can install cfw 5.50 GEN-D2 in my psp3000 and psp3000 user can enjoy same cfw with psp2000 user for same taste.
    another fw another experience huh?
    I want same cfw for all psp user(1000,2000,3000),so team GEN just need release 1 cfw for all psp, not 2 like now.
    Save time,money and energy
    I hope team GEN can talk with davee and team typhoon for talking this.
    2 team combining their power(yoshihiro-team gen and davee-team typhoon).Can you imagine this combine power?
    Even sony can’t win with this combine power.

    • megamanx41

      Haven’t you heard that HEN R3 has ben CANCELLED?

  • Joshthebest

    Unless they make a permanent cfw or any other big updates, I’ll stay on 5.03 GEN-B

  • kazz

    That’s mean i got a problem with my PSP 2006′s TA88v3 with OFW 6.10.
    Is there anyone can help & advice me how to down grade to CFW X.XX Gen X or M33.
    Please .

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  • dimy93

    So why gen don’t make a kernel installer like 1.50 kernel for Fats
    But the plugins I assume won’t work

  • deadlyvirus

    cool work gen please release cfw 6.xx soon plz plz or just release cfw 6.10 update for homebrew

  • keno

    yea, i have heard that R3 canceled.
    I hope team GEN can discuss with team typhoon and davee ,so they can launch R3 with new features

  • leon

    hey i am all the way from jamaica i watch youtube to check out ctf for my psp i try everything that they do on my psp. cause my psp is a new psp 3000 i just had to update it . n my update version is 6.20. n on youtube had from only 5.03 5.55 ect but no tutorial on 6.20. i am asking the gen team to work on it. k its really hard for me cause i am all the way in jamaica. so big thanks to the team.

    • imdabom3695

      ure stupid if u updated….there is no hope left for u at all and I mean totally NO hope…..may as well use it as a paperweight……go sell it and buy a phat psp or a psp slim (hackable ones)….try ebay

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