Half Byte Loader Being Ported to OFW 6.30

Just when you thought all hope was lost, now there is a light at the end of the tunnel. According to wololo and Mamosuke, coder J416 has began porting the Half Byte Loader (HBL) to work with OFW 6.30, and they offered the above video as proof. But much like everything else in this scene, don’t get too excited yet. Here is what wololo has to say:

Mamosuke just informed me that coder J416 started porting Half Byte Loader to firmware 6.30, based on his game exploit previously found on 6.30.

Before you get your hopes too high:
- I haven’t tested this and I don’t know the name of the game, but I trust mamosuke (and therefore J416 as well), so I know this is real

- This is still work in progress and might take a few weeks before it is usable

- This relies on a game exploit, which is not a Demo. It means that people would have to buy that game, and additionally, it will most likely be patched very quick on the PSN, so interest is limited for PSP Go owners (although rumors say that a solution exist against Sony patching their games on the PSN)

To mamosuke and J416: Good luck guys, you know my email address if you need help on this. Also, please keep in mind that HBL is GPL, so if you release this, we’ll be expecting the sources as well

Like wololo said, nothing has been released. At this point, you know just as much as we do, so please don’t flood us with questions about details…..

Of course, today we also learned that Sony is preparing to release OFW 6.31 shortly, supposedly before the end of the month. Will this exploit be patched in the new OFW? Only time will tell. In the meantime, keep it here for more information.

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