Posted Feb 19, 2007 at 02:32AM by Remi M. Listed in: PSP Tags: XMB, Dark-AleX, Custom Firmware, homebrew community, eiffel56
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Custom Firmware 1.53 - Image 1 


In a time when Dark_AleX and Booster creations are, arguably, the cream of the crop, it is always nice to have other options for all of us in the homebrew community. Remember the year-old Custom Firmware 1.50: Media Edition? Well, eiffel56 informed us (thanks for the tip!) that he has released Custom Firmware 1.53. So what does this do?

This one is made for FW1.5 loyalists. Basically, it's a custom firmware which allows you to do more things on your FW 1.50, like starting nokxploited EBOOTS and so on. Here's what's new for this release:
  • Recovery Menu
  • Boot Menu
  • Integrated uxMB
  • You can start 1.00 style EBOOTS
  • You can hide corrupt data icons
  • You can start ISO/DAX files
  • You can load your own plugins(PRX)
  • Autoboot EBOOTs at startup
  • Never turn off the backlight in XMB
The dev has provided us with an in-depth readme file that comes with the download. So if this creation tickles your fancy, we suggest that you understand and read the file. Anyhow, here's the download link for all of you guys.

Download: [Custom Firmware 1.53]


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   by Captain Planet Summoner (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Let's Summon Captain Planet

EARTH!


   Re: seven (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ...

WATER!

   Re: CP (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ...

FIRE!

   Re: Jesus (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ghj

WIND!

   Re: pablo (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ...

*****

   Re: Bib Fortuna (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » um....

Shouldn't you be out thwarting Eco-Villains, or something???

   Re: Jimbo the jimmy jimster of jimmerialeriavillianage (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ...

MONKEY

   Re: Captain Planet (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » woo

HEART!!

WHEN YOUR POWERS COMBINE, I BECOME CAPTAIN PLANET!!

   Re: Advertising -


   Re: Kraiden (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Yeah!

Captain Planet!
He's our Hero!
gonna take pollution down to Zero!

Heh, used to love that show :D

   Re: >.< (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » WTF?

O.o

   Re: Audio_Fade (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » lol

Now let's summon Jessica Simpson!

STUPIDITY!

   Re: xche78x - 2007-02-20
 » tnx

i had a very nice laugh
i kinda watched this when i was a kid.
nostalgia.

Go Planet

   Re: Alexis (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » France

Oh and guyz gess what, the author of this Custom Firmware is a French :P ! So now who's are the loser? Not us!

   Re: ........ (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » .........

URMOM
   by Ray (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » not he ^^

[quote]Well, eiffel56 informed us (thanks for the tip!) that HE has released[/quote]

well,....as i know eiffel56 is FEMALE :D


   Re: female (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » yeah baby

sex !
   by Captain Planet Summoner the 2nd (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Let's Summon Captain Planet

FIRE!


   Re: Advertising -


   Re: Kraiden (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » .

meh, already been done!

   Re: fr@nk (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » lol

Gonna help us put assunder, Bad Guy who like too.....palute and plunder!!!!! with all your power combined!!!!! I am Captian Planet....classic cr@p
   by bebble (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » male?

yes its 100% sure that eiffel56 is a "she"!

incredible that a woman can do s.th. like this??


   Re: Muhu (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » lol

Gender has nothing to do with it.

   Re: uhhh (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » yeah wtf

(sarcasm) yeah i guess women just werent born with the superior knowledge of coding like us men (/sarcasm) ^^

   Re: Vincent (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » how old aer you?

I remember only 40 years ago, women couldn't do anything. Its still a fact, most women stay home and housewife.

Gender does have to do with it, if it didn't then there wouldn't be women fitness clubs or women/male change/washrooms. Gender does matter and the males are superior.

   Re: chepu (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » simon que si ese!

im with u vincent... i hate when women drive...
anyways is it worth upgrading to this fw?

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » superior how?

Yes, we may be able to bend over the back of a chair easier or run faster and lift heavier things, but in the world of programming you may be wrong. Some studies suggest that we think differently, but it obviously doesn't effect her outdoing all of you guys who have replied in programming here.

   Re: chepu (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » eye luv me gal

well, yeah sometimes girls are dumb and everything, but we sure cant live with out them


   Re: Crow (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » hah

So this is why we have female prostitutes, but not male ones?

Selling one's body for sex is a sign of inherit stupidity.

   Re: Advertising -


   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » dude, its called a gigolo

There are plenty of male prostitutes. Your really only insulting yourself. What is this widespread notion that girls are dumber? Girls kill men in most academic areas other then math on the average. What is all this bull? 40 years ago? as in 1967? Women gained suffrage (the right to vote) in 1920. They have had all of the same rights since then. You "men" aren't too bright here. Grow up.

   Re: endlessrain (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » grr

fúck off, dont be such a sheuvanist
   by espi (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » hello

IS THIS BETTER THAN 3.0+ OE ?????????????????


   Re: depends (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » yourchoice

it depends whether you like the 1.5 psp, 3.xx oe has more official features so i personally choose it.

   Re: Dave (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » -.-

hell *****ing no, its nowhere as good as 3.03 OE
Cmon, *****ING PS1 GAMES BABY
WhAT U SMOKIN
   by 3rd capitan planet summoner (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Let's Summon Capitan Planet

WATER!

   by Linka (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » 4th capitan planet summoner

WIND!


   Re: kila tony (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » 1st captain planet summoner

EARTH!

   Re: NINJA (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » 5th capitan planet summoner

WATER!

   Re: fgh (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » fghfghfg


FIRE!
   by `Jeroen (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » You momma

Stop doing this bull***** ( Wind fire Water ) wtf??

This is a psp hacking site..



   Re: 5th Captain Planet Summoner (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Now

HEART!

   Re: STFU B!+$h (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Whatever, I do what I want!

Captain Pollution and Captain Planet rape your 4$$ and you like it u f4gg0t. Then Cartman kicks you on the nuts and kills you for being a douche.

HEART!

   Re: V1c0r 8. (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » lolol

This made me laugh.
   by Snarg (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » .

Take your planeteers and hit the road.
I can't believe they're airing re-runs of that crap.

Anyways, I think that the majority of people that are still on 1.5, are there because they're afraid to flash, so even though this is a great development, I don't see a whole lot of people using it.


   Re: LOLOLOLOL (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » IF UR AT 1.5 UR A MORON!

and sorry to say the developer of this should of just quit cuz this is nothing compared to 3.03OE-C

   Re: jayo83 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » what the *****!

im on 303oeb but i think 1.50 is still the original golden firmware,this is where it all started even though the first firmware to get hacked was 1.00.....1.50 is where everything began and developed for over a year,the only thing that made me go custom was the ability to launch all my media from the psp xmb,worth the risk of flashing my psp.
..............psp rules...............

   Re: LOLOLOLOLOLOL (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » 1.5 is the ORGINAL Golden Firmware

but now there is better firmwares that blow 1.5 out of the water

   Re: lol (Unregistered) - 2007-02-20
 » lol

ppl sometime just forget their root... sad
   by Captain Planet (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!!!"

"GO!! PLANET!!"

   by Well (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Hey...

What do you think the changelog means when it says "NEVER TURN OFF BACKLIGHT IN XMB" what do you think could go wrong,?


   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » I would think that means that the backlight never goes off then if you set that option

As for what could go wrong, try to imagine the worst image burnin you've ever seen of the psp loading pmf. Now try to imagine the possible uses. Movies? not quite as nice without the better avc format support and 480 x 272 in the xmb is it? What about visualizations? dude, you don't have those. Lets just pretend that half those isos you have will work without the newer kernels and that you have the gall to actually convert ciso format to dax for use with this instead of devhook (which is what your sure to be using a lot with this).

Nah, its like seeing a work of art made to recognize the days of yore. 1.50 is a beautiful thing. I truly believe that has been effectively replaced though without a doubt in my mind. I think Snarg nails it when he says that anyone who hasn't changed is more afraid to flash then they are loyal to the pure 1.50. I do think that it is a cool accomplishment though and that it may lead to an interesting development in other areas for the future.

   Re: Schizoid (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » -

Nothing! :P It's just an option... not a warning!
   by Bored (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Good news

Great to see 1.5 homebrew with some life in it still. While I prefer 3.xxOE cfw, may I remind the doubters that 1.53 has the following advantages over the OE cfw:

- A lot more customizable: the 1.50 has been completely hacked.

- More room left in flash still: a hell of a lot more homebrew features/plugins can still be added to it.

So, it's up to you to choose what matters to you the most: a more feature-rich cfw, or one that is dedicated to homebrew and more easily customizable.

Thank you for sharing your work with us, eiffel56. :)


   Re: FreePlay (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Um...

Sorry, but I'll keep my web browser, RSS feeds, extra video codecs, and PS1 emulator.

   Re: Ultimax (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Well said freeplay...

But don't forget the UMD's!

   Re: another moron (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » .....

the custom firmwares almost as good as 1.5 and it has hella better features
   by AGDhGd (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Wow!

Wauw that's actually cool! Gonna emulate it to 1.53 some day..

And WTF? The wind fire thang? Are you people dumb?


   Re: Harp (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ...

You're calling others idiot after you said "thang"?
   by s00pcan (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » .

You morons realize that you screwed up by doing water before wind right?

   by MickMog - 2007-02-19
 » awesome

im off to buy a used psp later today to have in my shop, gr8 how the taxman lets me buy psps n ***** for worktime fun init ;-)
will have a go at this later on for defiante, any reports on what its like?

   by ultragoregrind - 2007-02-19
 » cool but...

i'm sorry, but i'll stick with my 3.10OE.

c'mon 1.5 hold outs - don't fear the change. you lose NOTHING in 3.10OE. You only stand to gain a whole new world of fun.

   by miktar (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » PSP can't get image burn-in

It's an LCD screen, which is just pixels that are colored different colors. It isn't affected by leaving the same image on the screen, like laptops or flat panel monitors, or LCD HDTV's.
It's nice that some devs still make cool things even though there's more mainstream custom firmwares. Good for her. I'm sure someone will find this useful :)


   Re: coolguy5678 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Are you sure?

I've definitely had the "PSP" from the gameboot screen burned onto the screen, although only temporarily. It's probably a different kind of screen-burn though.

   Re: Crisper (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » gameboot screen

Are you sure it was a burn? If you put the psp in it's case and then in your pocket the psp logo from the case will appear on your screen(pocket lint?)... just wipe it off.

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » NO...

Its happened to me too. It definately happens at the highest light setting. Something like Pimpstreamers purple background can really show it. And yes, a liquid color display is a liquid color display, NOT just pixels. It uses liquids that can get stuck and burn in all the same. A pixel is just one area in which the light shins through.
   by GmDude66 - 2007-02-19
 » ..

Meh, I'll stick with 3.10 OE-A'

MANY more features :P

   by GameShark (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Hey

How in the world did they drag up that old post, lol

Wow, 2005 dont i feel old

   by aiexbadboy - 2007-02-19
 » ^^

homebrew OWNS sony for sure

   by muratcan (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » normal

» Are you sure?

I've definitely had the "PSP" from the gameboot screen burned onto the screen, although only temporarily. It's probably a different kind of screen-burn though.

yes this is normal, happens to me loads. Its not burn in though, because it goes away.


   Re: Ultimax (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » o.o

I always thought that it burnt into my eyes...

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » yeah, goes away...

Its different, but it is still annoying.
   by FreePlay (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » I'm a little wary of this...

... seeing how the old "custom firmware" from this dev didn't work at all.

   by WarLord - 2007-02-19
 » Cool

I don't regret giving up 1.50, but I can't deny how awesome this is. No way I'm giving up the ps1 emulator for this.

The Captain Planet bit was priceless, couldn't help but to laugh (people staring at me n all.) I just hope it don't become contagious like the Chuck Norris fad...thank god that's over.


   Re: Dude (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Chuck Norris...

...Can hack a PSP just by threatening to drop-kick its BIOS!
   by Crisper (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ISO/DAX

Well thats cool... I hope Dark Alex adds support for dax files in the next release of his custom firmware. I get better compression and better playback speeds from dax than I do from cso, most of the time... or is that just me?

   by theme song (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » haha

Captain Planet he's our hero...


   Re: Unregistered (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » haha

Go Planet!
   by Shinto (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Release

The coder, eiffel56, is a woman not a man...

   by Mentality - 2007-02-19
 » Stole

This was my idea. I posted the idea in two forums -

http://www.projectpsp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14577

and

http://lan.sh/showthread.php?t=677

- which she is a member of.

Check it out and see for yourself, this was my idea, all I want is some credit for it.


   Re: JohnnyBoy (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » O..k..

_-_

   Re: TheNameless (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » -.-

...yeah, I had the idea to create a 3.03 Downgrader...oh no noobz.eu stole it, because they do it and I not *sarcasm* -.-

   Re: manaox2 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » you should be happy...

hey, she did it for you. Not like its patented and being sold. Its for the community. I'm sorry, but non creative IDEAS don't build any cred.

   Re: Sketch_Hater (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Sketch Sucks

Don't be like Sketch, and try to be a glory hog for just coming up with an idea, when someone else did all the work.

   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ..

You want some credit for it? Then make it yourself next time.

   Re: FreePlay (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » SHUT UP.

You suck, attention whore.
   by Mentality - 2007-02-19
 » ....

If you aint even gonna look, don't bother replying.

   by Amirul (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » custom fimeware

why don't you make a custom fimeware 3.12


   Re: Ultimax (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » Because...

Isn't it a bit obvious that a particular someone else will probably do that first?
   by eiffel56 (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » 1.5 rulez

I am a man. I am an anchorman!


   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-02-19
 » ..

You are a loser. You are a g@y loser!


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