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**UPDATE** PSP firmware 3.51 comes to UK; U.S. hold tight, you're certainly next

Posted Jun 29, 2007 at 01:40PM by Ryan A. Listed in: PSP Tags: Japan, Sony, North America, UK, homebrew community
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FW 3.51 comes to UK - Image 1It was just a couple of hours ago when we learned that Sony has unleashed a new official PlayStation Portable firmware over at its PlayStation site for Japan. Dubbed as firmware 3.51, this development is still somewhat shrouded in mystery as the only known change implemented to it is the fix for a certain security vulnerability.

This time, the very same firmware appeared on PlayStation UK and Sony is still keeping mum if there are other changes made to it. The very short changelog reads,

  • Security:
    • A patch has been added to address security vulnerability in the system software.
While it's not being addressed out loud, the homebrew community has a good reason to believe that the security vulnerability being referred to by Sony concerns the Illuminati exploit that lets users downgrade firmware 3.50 with the help of innocent-looking Lumines UMD.

We check the official PlayStation for North America and the said update is still nowhere to be found. Despite that, however, we believe that it's just a matter of hours or even 0moments before Sony brings it to the said market.

Updates as we get them.


UPDATE: As we said earlier, hold tight U.S. because you are certainly next. True enough, official PSP firmware 3.51 just appeared on the PlayStation site for North America. It seems that the new firmware is indeed all about the security patch as reflected by its changelog:

The PSP system software version 3.51 update (with v 3.50) includes the following:
  • Network
    • You can now connect a PSP system to a PS3 system via the Internet using [Remote Play].
    • [Communication Settings] has been added as an option to the [Remote Play] menu.
    • [RSS Channel Guide] has been added as a feature under [RSS Channel].
  • Other
    • New for 3.51: A security patch was added to address security vulnerabilities in the system software.
Download: Official PSP FW 3.51 (North America)

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   by FIRSTS!@!!@@!@!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » FIRST!!#!@#!@!
FIRST!!!!111!!111111!!111!1


   Re: VSG (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » oh nose
dear sony firmware maker, you and your team are very stupid.
nobody will upgrade to this 3.51 firmware.
the hacking community is not even giving this a notice, hacking this firmware is a total waste of time.
no psp user with a proper state of mind will update his/her psp to FW 3.51, there is no such benefit in doing so, and a chance of bricking has a probability and not worth the update.
instead of making senseless security updates like this, i suggest you and your team work on better tools to be included on the actual firmware like more media support/youtube on browser etc, because incorporating the needs of the public unto the official firmware will decrease the motivation/reason to hack it further.

   Re: evilscarycomputergeek (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » and just in case anyone upgraded to 3.50...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lumines-Brand-New-Sealed-Plus-Downgrader-CD-and-Guide_W0QQitemZ250137675540QQihZ015QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

   Re: oops (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » previous reply:
here's the correct address...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lumines-Brand-New-Sealed-Plus-Downgrader-CD-and-Guide_W
0QQitemZ250137675540QQihZ015QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

   Re: evilscarycomputergeek (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » need a lumines downgrader set?
Check ebay for this item:


Lumines Brand New Sealed Plus Downgrader CD and Guide!!

   Re: Swifta (Unregistered) - 2007-07-01
 » .
Hey VSG, what are you, ten years old?

About 90% of people update their firmware to the official sony firmwares, for many valid reasons.

Sony make new updates because they are obliged to, as piracy is illegal and causes them to lose money.
   by SephXII (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » and the neverending battle continues
Let the hacking begin!


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » F U
F U PUSSI, u cant hack so STFU

   Re: Advertising -


   Re: CheWu (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » sake!
so what if he cant hack he's talking about noobz and dax and them'uns....... can you hack!?
   by yeah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » well
3.51 came out last night. but you gotta do it over the psp it self.

   by 1uP.in (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » comment
The 3.51 Firmware has arrived for PSP North America Version .


   Re: im (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » lying
The FBI is coming to everyones house with a CE i dont know how they can tell but there going to MAke People Upgrade TO The Official FIrmware or you're going to jail

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » /
F##K FBI,MPAA,RRIAA

   Re: yoti93 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » To "im"
Using CFW is not illegal. Illegal is playing piracy games on it. Using CFW is not only for ISOs, it enables homebrew so you can use instant messangers, themes and enable unsupported media files... BTW, if you have downgraded from 3.30+ and you have mainboard TA-082 or TA-086 - you cannot install original firmware anyway.

   Re: NOT im (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » to yoti
My guess is that sony could and would still be able to sue anyone using CFW, as its a reverse engineering of their product.
Read it on any game cover, it specifies not to do that
   by O_o (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Duh.
Of course it's made because of the Illuminati exploit.


   Re: Benji (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Seriously
I hope they were joking when they said "According to Babelfish, it's to fix security". Really? What else would it be for? what else is every .01 for?

Lol
   by Advertising -
   by magikmm (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » it is already out
you can get it through the network update

   by whoelse (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » oh
We're so lucky **Sarcasm**

   by Unregistered_Coward (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Great News!!
When I have time I will be reading through the extensive list of new features. I am excited, I wonder what extra options and fixes Sony added for the customers. This is so cool and shows Sony really care.


   Re: bob (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » lol
i just upgraded it's great!!!

im happily using 3.40 oe-a
   by M3ntal (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » The War Goes On...
And the war goes on... :)))))))))

   by PEN15 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » taste gewd
3.51 is out on the offical US site goto sony.com/psp


   Re: sony is gay (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » sony is gay
sony r fruits they hav been beat time after time after time ect.... its sad really and noobz/DA ect never get payed thanks anyways guys for the hacks may sony burn in hell and who ever has 3.51 should hav there head eat off good day!!!!!!!!
   by stratman71 - 2007-06-29
 » Sho nuff on the USA site.
# New for 3.51: A security patch was added to address security vulnerabilities in the system software


ooh,we feel safe now....

   by Ned Halp (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » i want downgrader
i updated to 3.51 but it sucks. i didnt see any extra security. can someone give me a downgrader? its very important.


   Re: hahhahahah (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » hahahahah
hahhahahahhaha

   Re: Advertising -


   Re: a guy (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » haha
haha u complete and utter prick

   Re: Sum 1 Hu downgraded years ago (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » idiot
you idiot any1 who upgrades to the latest firmware is a tool. you are a tool and a should have dumbass printed on your forehead

   Re: duh... (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » you guys..
you're all so dumb for not spotting this obvious troll post designed to get responses like yours.

   Re: dont mean to laugh (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » but
yea, you really only have one choice now. get a different PSP. or wait about a year for the next downgrader (if there is one)
which brings to mind, what will sony do about all those 3.50 preloaded models now? recall them again..?!

   Re: seven (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ...
Seriously??? People.. hes trying to be funny. Retards.

   Re: gelz (Unregistered) - 2007-07-20
 » ya.. me too
i didnt have time to think about it.. really sucks
   by bonk (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » bonk
bonka bonk bonk... tja..

   by Does the new downgraderwork for this? xD (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » fdfds
sfds


   Re: UMM (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Does the illuminati exploit work for this?
Has anyone even tried it? >_>

That security patch thing could easily mean something else...
   by ugh (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ugh
i bet DA is mad, he cant get an OE done without a new one coming out in the middle of development


   Re: SmokaCola (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Nah
DAX wouldn't get pissed over something that stupid. He will continue to work on 3.50, there is no point in working on 3.51oe-a because there isn't any new features, just some lame ass "security" fix.
   by Lawful123 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Give It a poor rating
I just went to the qj link to download 4.51 and I noticed
that you can give the firmware a rating so of course I was the first to give it a poor rating. I think everyone should do the same ;}


   Re: Lawful123 (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » oooooppppsssss
Did I say 4.51 i ment so say 3.51.
4.51 wont be out till tomorrow ;}
   by whoa (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » close calls
thats crazy nuts, cause just last night i used the downgrader on my friends psp, but first i used the official sony 3.50 upgrade from their site.
i was wondering at that time, if sony had caught wind of the Lumines exploit and had patched 3.50...
of course, now I realize they are silly, and wouldn't patch anything without adding a .1 to it... :)
they should have fixed their flawed 3.50 immediately, instead of changing the number!! because now everyone knows NOT TO TOUCH 3.51!


   Re: erekiddo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » youre so right
i never understood why they dont make it they would screw a lot of people that way.....think of it sony as i stay in DA's CF !!!!
DAX IS THE MAN !!! GREAT WORK MAN !!!
   by loominboomin (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Good job everybody
Alert sony to weaknesses and they fix them every single time. Why don't you guys get that it's better to keep these exploits under the radar for a while?


   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ...
How do you know they didnt wait for 3.50?
   by pissp (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » 3.51 rulz!!!
U guy obviously didn't do the 3.51 update and u have no idea what u r missing. My 3.51 security patched psp can now shoot out UMD shurikin style to anyone who's trying to steal it!!!!!! I m so proud to be a 3.51 psp owner!!!!


   Re: lol (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ,
hahaha i know thats awesome, thanks sony for your 3.51 umd shooter!!!

   Re: Secret Agent Man (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » Secret Agent Man
Ur a secret agent sent by sony to try to get people to upgrade to 3.51.
   by ***** u (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » idiots
***** U,, IF U UPGRADE TO 3.51 THEN THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO BE HERE JUST KILL YOURSEF OR WAIT TILL DECEMBER until the make a downgrader.. i heard that this was the last downgrader from a trusted source on the aftersawn forums.. if someone upgraded to 3.51 then its their fault anf should run while they are reading this to the nearsedt ebgames, walmart, or gamestop to get a v3.50or less psp, befor Sony recalls all of them to upgrade to *****ing 3.51

   by ~ (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ~
Consider this:

Given Sony's track record with protecting their new firmware(s) from the old decryptors, chances are they'll still work with 3.51.

Also, this is the second UMD an exploit has been found in, the first one being Liberty City Stories, of course. Then think about all the games Sony and / or other companies have released.

It's absolutely impossible for there to not be another exploit in at least one of them. It's just a matter of figuring out which one it is.


   Re: rob (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » yeah...but..
Whats the exploit, and in what game. I dont think sony are stupid enough to leave behind a third buffer overflow in a save file...are they?
   by tAtu vs. My kAkA (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » thank sony
the reason sony made an update is to get the noobs so they can't have homebrews. so the forums won't get flooded with noob questions.
Like.
Can someone tell me where to download homebrew?

Thank you sony
for making the forums less flooded.


   Re: larry (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » no thank u
but more n00bs will ask "when will the 3.51 downgrader come out"
   by Endan Rendan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » so lame
this update is nothing and a piece of shiit! all it is, is security..

Amen

   by Bryan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » lmao
OMG you guys, I just updated and HEN wont work anymore!!! What do I do? I cant run homebrew anymore!!!!!!! Dark alex, u better make a downgrader now!!!!!!!! Also, I think I might have found a way to downgrade 3.51!!! If you take the battery out your PSP freezes! I think this is an exploit! Call dark alex now. Anyone that is dumb enough to update, your in luck! I found an exploit!!!!! rofl (JK)


   Re: erekiddo (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » man u r stupid
just stupid, thats what u r.......so funny ! WOW !

   Re: poy boy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-05
 » cool
i updated could you please tell exactly what to do to downgrade im version 3.51 send how to do it 2 poyboy11@gmail.com

   Re: 3.51 downgrade (Unregistered) - 2007-07-19
 » 3.51 downgrade
I also updated could you please tell exactly what to do to downgrade im version 3.51 send how to do it to jonkane@stny.rr.com thanks in advance
   by A2theC (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » "security update" huh?
I think they looked at the codes and nearly ***** a brick, about that "secret kernel" mode, found in such an old game too, when will they ever learn that they can't stop us. AHHAHHAHHAHHHH!!!

   by Bryan (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » Dude...
Chill man, i was kidding, I'm just imatating what all the noobs are going to be saying in a few days. lol

   by HELL YEAH!! (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » YES!
hey my psp got brick but i used xpango and typed in the refferal code 90523051 and i swear it worked!!!!
i got a brand new white one!!!


   Re: ban plz (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » ban plz
ban him plz...

wtf man

   Re: ihate3.51!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-07-28
 » really?
so u actually got a psp or r u just a loser?
   by lol (Unregistered) - 2007-06-29
 » hahaha
security!! i better uprade cause hackers will destroy my psp :(

   by Digiplay (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » Security
LOL SONY are so pathetic,

'A security patch was added to address security vulnerabilities in the system software.'

They may as well just say that the PSP has been hacked into, LOL they are just getting so annoyed about the legends, N00bz, Fanjita & Dark Alex!


   Re: Jin (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » ...
Man these comments are just absolutely horrible this time around, haha.
I mean when I clicked the article link I was thinking, "Brace yourself for S0NY IZ GAY" and other things of that nature, but come on

Yes, Sony is pathetic, this multi-billion dollar organization is pathetic. I forget what have you done lately?

They brought you the PSP.
   by fdsafdsa (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » fdsafds
What's with all the "GAY"'s. Someone a little insecure here? Go find yourself a butt buddy and stay off the comment pages.


   Re: wappa (Unregistered) - 2007-06-30
 » ***** you guys
you people are ruining sony, screw homebrew, everyone who says they want CFW for hombrew is lying they just want ISOs, and they know it, they also want the emulators which are ILLEGAL because most of you dont own the game, and reverse engineering sonys firmware isnt prohibited. I hope you all die a horrible death because you have destroyed a great company which was once a great success.

   Re: SW (Unregistered) - 2007-07-01
 » Who is destroying a company?
Sorry to tell you this, but it's the PS3 that is destroying Sony... They made huge mistakes when they created the PS3. They thought it would sell like the first and second PlayStations, but so far, it doesn't sell well, because it's way too expensive, and there's hardly any decent game for the console.

Sony fails really hard at the moment, and it's their own fault! Removing the retro-compatibility hardware from the PS3 in Europe was for example one TERRIBLY bad move. What do european consumers think about this? Unless they're dumb, they feel like Sony's sticking something deep within their a$$, and not in a gentle manner. If you see what I mean.

As for piracy on the PSP, well there was a lot of piracy on PSX and PS2 too, but they both sold millions of games anyway. One of the reasons for this is that they had a lot of great and original games. The PSP does NOT have a lot of great games, most games suck or they are remakes...

If you ask me what I play the most on my PSP, I'll tell you that I play old PSX games (that I still own, and rip myself, heh) through the PSX emulator. And I thank Dark Alex for that!

   Re: rob (Unregistered) - 2007-07-02
 » not only removing the Emotechip in PS3s...
but disabling them slowly in the earlier models


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