This is just awesome, Zer01ne’s has released Sedna for 5.03 GEN-A/B. What this wicked plug-in does is keep ChickHEN and 5.03 GEN-A or B active. Even if you reboot your PSP-3000. So that whole gamble of trying to get chickHEN R2 to run is over!! You PSP-3000 and TA-088v3 owners are going to love this. [...]

Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B has been released. This custom firmware update for PSP-3000 / PSP-2000 TA-088v3 owners now lets users play original firmware 5.55+ games with out the need of Game Decrypter. So no more eboot patching and rebuilding ISO’s with UMDGen. Your now level with 5.50 GEN-D2 users, same options more or less.
Custom Firmware [...]

Update – Its out: http://pspslimhacks.com/custom-firmware-5-03-gen-b-for-hen-released/
PSPGen have just recently posted that the release of Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B for ChickHEN has been delayed. The reason behind this was they found a recovery bug that prevented certain games from playing. One of which was the Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker demo. Instead of releasing it today and [...]

MaGiXien has give word on a 5.03 GEN-B demo video he made (embedded above), which shows 5.03 GEN-B in action. The video demonstrates a ChickHEN R2 enabled PSP, running 5.03 GEN-B running various firmware 5.55+ games without any issues. The same feature that 5.50 GEN-D has. No more patching games for PSP-3000 owners once its [...]

Seeing many PSP-3000 users here on the site constantly asking, “What about us PSP-3000 users or TA088v3 PSP-2000 users?” well your times coming as Team GEN hasn’t forgotten about you guys. Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-B is coming. And will have the same features as Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D. So you’ll be able to play Firmware [...]

5.50 GEN-D was just released, however its not 100% bug free as some of us have discovered there is a Wifi bug in certain games. But hell its pretty damn good if you ask me, fixing up the mess 5.50 GEN-C caused. Nevertheless looking for more or less a perfect Custom Firmware 5.50 release. Yoshihiro [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D has just been released, the release that should have been the cursed 5.50 GEN-C release. This custom firmware now lets users play back up UMD’s that require firmware 5.55 or 6.00 without patching the eboot.
So you save yourself a few steps in playing 5.55+ games. No more extracting the games eboot, [...]

While everyone is waiting for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D to release in *hopefully* 1 hour, PSPGen have posted a new video showing us a new feature they have added to 5.50 GEN-D. 480×272 res AVC video support. Yoshihiro demonstrates this in the above video. However this new video support comes at a cost. Since its [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D is coming tomorrow according to PSPGEN.com’s post just made about 15 minutes ago. They have commented that all the bugs present in the cursed 5.50 GEN-C release have been fixed. And it can play firmware 5.55, 6.00 and 6.10 games work without any eboot patching with Game Encrypter needed. Stay tuned [...]

GENyUS and Yoshihiro have released an apology and explanation for Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C which was basically a bug ridden and very problematic release. I even saw some users referring to it as 5.50 GEN-Crap – With is pretty harsh.
Anyway GENyUS and Yoshihiro are now working to quickly release Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D to fix [...]

GENyUS and PSPGEN have released Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-C. While nothing is new in this custom firmware from Sony. 5.50 GEN-C update is a substantial move forward. As it now lets users play back up UMD’s that require firmware 5.55 or 6.00 without patching the eboot.
So you can save yourself a few steps in playing [...]

Yoshihiro is back, this time basing his work off the resent Eboot patcher he has released Game Decrypter v3. Which will decrypt and patch eboots that will now work on Dark_AleX’s custom firmware 5.00 M33. It also has better compatibility with 5.03 GEN-A which might have been problematic before. And since you don’t have to [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 has been released by the PSPGen team. This release is a bug fix release that fixes a compatibility issue with Despertar del Cementerio. You need to be on Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B in order to taken advantage of this update.
Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 Changelog:

Fixed bug that prevented the launch of an [...]

Improving on our Easy ChickHEN CFW installer release, forum user Skyline969 has released his own Pandora free ChickHEN Custom Firmware installer. Using the latest version of HellCat’s Recovery Flasher. PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 TA82 or less users can flash to M33 5.00 without the need of a Pandora Battery. This release installs ChickHEN for both PSP [...]

GENyUS and the PSPGen crew have just released PSP Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B. Note this is for PSP-1000 and PSP-2000’s TA088v2 or less motherboards only. Not for PSP-3000’s or TA088v3> PSP-2000’s. 5.50 GEN-B introduces a few minor changes. There is now a Pandora battery maker in the VSH. (You can make your battery a Pandora [...]

PSPGen have just posted that their Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B has been delayed up to 24 hours from release due to the discovery of a few minor bugs in the final moments before its release. Apparently pressing select for the VSH or recovery menu, nothing happening… So a minor sent back. 5.50 GEN-B should be [...]

Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B is on the way. This update from the PSPGen crew will introduce a few minor changes, firstly you will be able to make your battery a Pandora Battery or back to a normal battery right from the VSH Menu. of course this is on supported PSP models that you can make [...]

Matchung has done some work of his own on unofficial CXMB for custom firmware 5.50 GEN-A, improving it as its reported to work much better now. Not to mention that it now properly lists the themes under the [Settings]. Also included in the archive are ctf.exe and unctf.exe. These are used for decompiling and recompiling [...]