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Devhook v0.52 Released - Thanks for a Great Year!

Posted Dec 28, 2006 at 12:07PM by Justin B. Listed in: PSP Tags: memory stick, XMB, DevHook, Booster, TA-082, emulation

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Only a day after TA-082 PSP's are downgradable, Booster hits the scene with a new Devhook, sporting the version of v0.52. I'm wondering if this program will ever reach the big numero uno (number one), but that may never happen, but there is another number concerning this release besides the version number, the new maximum firmware emulation! This new iteration of Devhook can emulate firmware 3.03, but you will still have to use the psar dumper (separate from devhook)

This new version of Devhook however does not fix the Pop's emulation issues on the emulated firmware, but it does emulate the majority of 3.03 which would aid in the execution of 3.03-only UMD's (not produced yet, but will be most likely in the near future). The installation for this new version is similar to the installation of the previous devhooks, just you need a new psar dumper, of which is bundled (thanks vb_master) with this new Devhook download.

So, just as we were unwrapping our downgrader for 2.71 TA-082 PSP's, Booster surprised us like Dark_Alex and his little elves (Mathieulh and Harleyg). As 2006 is coming to a close we are left with some of the greatest PSP homebrew advancements, and what a better way to celebrate the end by saying "thank you" to all those who helped to make it one of the greatest! Show you are thankful and post so in our comments, I'm sure everyone would enjoy to hear that! So, you can download one of the year's greatest applications (Devhook v0.52) below and read on how to install it -

Installation

1) Download 3.03 Firmware Eboot (below)
2) Download Devhook v0.52 + PSAR Dumper from C+D (bundled below)
3) Extract all Files
4) Move PSAR_Dumper2 and PSAR_Dumper2% to PSP/Game directory
5) Download PBP Unpacker (below)
6) Install it on computer and run after installation and click "Open"
7) Navigate to the 3.03 eboot file and open it, then extract the files to any directory
8) Move the DATA.PSAR file to the root of your memory stick
9) Open up the extracted devhook folder and move dh, fbm and PSP into the root of your memory stick
10) Disconnect your PSP and run the PSAR dumper from your memory stick via the XMB and follow the on-screen instructions (press X to dump)
11) Connect your PSP to your PC and copy the newly created F0 folder (root of your memory stick) and move it to dh/303/
12) Run Devhook v0.52 now and go down to flash install (uninstall the flash configuration if you have previously installed a previous firmware) and click install configuration (first option I believe). Hold O for a few seconds to confirm.
13) Now go to firmware and select 3.03 and boot up Devhook, good luck and have fun!

Download: [Devhook v0.52 w/ PSAR dumper]
Download: [Devhook v0.52 SDK]
Download: [Firmware 3.03 Eboot]
Download: [PBP Unpacker v0.94]
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by jrlrule (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» YAY

happy holidays and thanks devs!

Re: d!S7[uRb] - 2006-12-28

» Great Job Devs... but...

Great job! but im on 3.02OEB :D
I would like to see a usbhost module working on the xmb directly, maybe on 3.02OEC?? couse i'm only using devhook to play my (legally backup) isos from the pc. and the devhook consumes precious space on my 1gb card....

Happy new year to all the qj.net/PSP users and specially to the devs that make the psp a great console!!

My Flash History: 2.50 -> 1.50 -> 1.00 -> 1.50 -> 2.71 SE-A -> 2.71 SE-B -> 2.71 SE-C -> 3.02OEA -> 3.02OEB -> 1.50 -> 3.02OEA -> 3.02OEB

Re: thanks thx arigato gracias (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» read boster

way to go boster keep up the up the good work happy new year thank you

Re: thanks (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» best

thanks dev guys for your work...

Re: cube (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» yes

in response to post above...
YEH! usbhost would be golding...
I got disappointed when I found it didn't work in 3.02 OE B... but hey, no need to complain really... it's an amazing achievement as it is...
but on topic, I reckon Devhook is still useful... maybe DaX will release a 3.03 OE with some new features like usbhost... who knows?... *waits in suspence*

Re: Robert (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» HELP!!

hey i need help can some one tell me what v0.52 because im confused with all the custom firmwares and stuff so can someone replay and tell me (im 1.50) if i install this will i be able to exit the program and still be on 1.50 anddoes it play all iso's thx

Re: not (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Nice Booster

Nice... finally stable bootup of DevHook. Works mucho better then .51 for me, but there are a couple of bugs that you need to fix.

1) In the DevHook menu (not the XMB DevHook overimposed menu) but the one in the actual program.... when you select BootMenu the choice for DevHook Menu reads DevHok Menu... a misspelling mistake.

2) In the actual XMB overlay DevHook menu, when you choose to Escape DevHook there's no highlight on the yes or no options... you basically have to kind of guess by hitting left or right and then clicking O.

Please fix these... they have to be easy fixes.

Re: Andreaz (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» trouble

Hi , need som ehlp where to put all the files don´t get it to work, can someone send me a picture of the psp memory stick so i can see how it looks e-mail: andreaz.sjoberg@gmail.com

Happy new year to you all

PS: just bought my psp so i am pretty new on this so please help

Re: Advertising -

Re: teh (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» HELP!

i need somebody
HELP!
not just anybody
HELP!
u know i need someone
HEEEeeeelp!
when i was youger oh musch younger than today
i never needed anybodys help in any way
but now these days are gone
im not so self-asured
and now i find a gentle mind
ill open up the doors
help me if you can im feeling down
and i do apreciate u being round
help me get my feet back on the ground
won't you pleeeeaaaassse pleeeaase help me?

Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» .

i got the blue screen of death when i loaded up 3.03. i did all the flash1 stuff (but it was weird because it said it was flashing it to flash1/dh/2.8x). what did i do wrong. im on oe-b but i know you can have devhook on it.

Re: pspMole (Unregistered) - 2006-12-30

» re: Nice Booster

to: not

As for the second bug you listed, it's not a bug at all. I noticed this on devhook .51. You're using the monthly cycling background right?

Basicly, the menu option is highlighted in red and your background is red. You can either fix your background to a different color, or wait a day and it won't be december anymore.

Re: Rick (Unregistered) - 2006-12-31

» file will not extract

everytime i dl the devhook and psardump file above it says header corrupt and will not put the files in directory i need dh,fbm and psp can someone help?

Re: Royal Cask (Unregistered) - 2007-01-20

» I NEED HELP GUYS!!! PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS

Alright, I need help.

I followed the instructions 100% and when I click PSAR Dumper V2B I get the following message:

"The game could not be started.
(8002014c)

Can someone please give me a hand with this.

Thanks....

E-mail me at: royalcask@gmail.com

by j (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» j

2nd!!

Re: none (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» ...

wait didnt booster run into legal issues and was forced offline by sony what happened did they back off and what about dark alex did he decide not to leave what happened i am greatfull but what happened to all of these tragitys and lawsuits

by fox (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Wow

Thank you for this see you next year

by AuDioFreaK39 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» !@#$%#@^&@##%$

thanks a million!

too bad sony's going to move straight to 3.03 umds....

Re: Advertising -

Re: SirBe (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Uh...

This emulates 3.03 firmware... why too bad?

by .... (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Damn

These guys are makin it look way too easy

by just somebody (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» flashing files for 3.02 OE users

just use x-flash to make registry dump and copy the 2 files to ms0:dh3f1registry

then there is no need to flash anything!!

greetings

Re: just somebody (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» folder

mso:/dh/303/f1/registry

Re: worked (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» hey that worked!

im on 3.02 OE-B and it works and everything, thanks for the info

by PSP996 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» no hacked psx emu?

That's nice and all but a hacked PSX emulator would be great on devhook.

by Ranguvar (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Unfortunatly...

Since I'm at 3.02 OE-B, there's no need for this for me. There are no real improvements in 3.03, and no games that need it yet. I'll just stick with DH .46 and the VSHEX mod. That way, I can emu 2.60, so I can have USBHost ISOs, and the GTA: LCS CheatDevice that has hover cars (the PRX one doesn't).

by Snarg (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

I know this is going to sound negative, and it's not meant to be negative, just asking a serious question.
Is there even any point to this devhook?

Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

i was asking the same thing to myself, 3.02 OE-B ftw

Re: CBMaster - 2006-12-28

» No, but...

Just to emulate the 3.03 firmware which is the only existent firmware to play MediEvil for PSOne (PS Store version), since the 3.03 firmware has capability with more games.

This version of Devhook is unusable, but maybe if booster can get some code from DAX to crack POPS he can do so in devhook... we'll see...

Re: Advertising -

Re: akuma2099 - 2006-12-28

» .

The 3.02 OE-B Firmware has devhook intergrated into it. So with out devhook 3.02OE-B would not be as great as it is. Right now there are no games that even use 3.0 firmware, Booster is just keeping up with the latest sony firmware. Right now he's just way ahead of the game. Thanks Booster

Re: Pal (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Hmm

Some are still scared to update to 3.02 OE-B, so yes, there is a point.

by Happy New Years! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Thanks alot!

Thanks alot for this Booster! And thanks for a year full of devhooks! Hope to see you developing awesome stuff next year too!

by spyofchaos (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» YEAH!

Long live DAX, BOOSTER, Ookm and all their little elves!

Re: CBMaster - 2006-12-28

» Yes yes yes!

Dark_AleX, BOOSTER, 00km, Matheliuth (hope I spelled it right), harleyg and Yoshihiro

Live long Spanish and Japanese PSP homebrew devs!

¡Devs españoles, franceses y japoneses largos vivos del homebrew de PSP!

Longs devs espagnols, français et japonais de phase de homebrew de PSP !

%u751F%u304D%u3066%u3044%u308B%u9577%u3044%u30B9%u30DA%u30A4%u30F3%u306E%u3001%u30D5%u30E9%u30F3%u30B9%u304A%u3088%u3073%u65E5%u672CPSP%u306Ehomebrew%u306Edevs!

Re: little elf (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» ??

ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME??!!

by Trauma (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Thanks

Happy holidays, think the devs all deserve a good break now after all they have given us up till now! Thanks for your hard work!

by maniac (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» THANKS!

I am sooooo happy that i stuck with 2.80 firmware PSP!!! I downgraded to 1.50, upgraded to 3.02 OE and now this?! Thanks soooo much to Booster, 0okm & DAX for making my holidays!!

by d (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» d

will it load my legally aquired isos?

Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

lulz

by . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

i guess we'll be seeing 3.03 OE-A in a short while...

maybe more home-ripped playstation 1 games will work with it, lets just hope so ...

by ! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» is this the final big release for the year?

i know this version of devhook is a great release and is something many of us have been anticipating, but will this be it for big releases this year? is the 2.80 -> 2.71 ta-082 downgrader going to be the first big release for 2007? i was hoping that the downgrader would be release this year too. but oh well, great job with devhook!

by imigas (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Thanks for all!

However, according to previous Devhook, there was sometimes problem with launching ISO or coming back to XMB. I hope Booster you managed to fix it in this version.

Happy New Year!

by negatively commented guys... (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» show some respect

I know that 3.02 OE-A, B is like one of the best
custom firmware. However when OE wasnt released
we all used devook. show some respect and you should be thanking them. Most of you guys should have used
devook from the beginning of this year...till now...

by fantasyx72 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» im new to the psp and i want to have fun

i updated to 3.03 firmware can i update to 3.02oe-b and what can devhook v5.02 do can i play emulator on this firmware

Re: Snarg (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

Maybe you should have done some research BEFORE you started playing with your PSP.
It will be a long time before you can run a custom firmware, emulator, or devhook on your PSP, now that you've updated to an uncracked firmware.
Good job!

Re: Pal (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Hmm

As Snarg has pointed out, you're out of luck for now. Wait a while, and DO NOT upgrade your firmware in the future.

by coolcarl (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» fantastic work

very good work on the new fw lets see what sony will do now ?

by . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .

pitty the no-umd mode of 3.02OE-B is not compatible with more games :'(

by Dr. G (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Unintalling/Installing Flash

Regarding Step 12 of above...

Is this affecting the actual flash or just writing something to the memory stick?

Also am I donig this for both Flash0 and Flash1 or just one or the other.....

again...don't want to brick my precious....

Re: maniac (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» instructions

Forget all that, Use the PBP unpacker and dump the PSAR onto the root of your memory stick and run PSAR dumper.
When it exits successfully, launch devhook and go to "Flash Install" and click on the last option (setup firmware from PSAR dumper). Once that finishes, click on "Firmware" on the main Devhook menu. Select "Firmware 3.03" (last option). Click
"Start Devhook". Click O on the PSPs BSOD and viola, ur set to go!

by Pal (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» Thanks!

Thanks Booster!

by fantasyx72 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» i might still have hope(right)

i might still have hope in a few mouth these hackers are fast at doing does stuff

by coolcarl (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» flash

flash 1 is the psp flash ram and flash 0 memory stick.

Re: Roborob (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» No No No!

Flash1 is the 2nd Ram chip in the psp for holding Firmware settings, Flash0 is where the All important Startup Firmware is, its got what makes the psp start in it. Mess up flash0, get a brick.

Re: Melvin (Unregistered) - 2006-12-30

» Idiot

Coolcarl if you don't know what you are talking about please shut up!
Use PSP FILE ASSISTANT and you will find proof

Roborob is correct

by coolcarl (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» it works

just read the instrutctions and you will not brick your psp.

by Curt Blizzah (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» does this devhook have usb capability?

I would like to use the usb cord to upload legally backed-up games.

akuma
I've tried a couple of isos emulating 2.71 that do not work thru usb; on the mem stick, they do work when using dev 0.51 with 3.02 update.

I dont have enough mem stick to hold my games; wanna pull them off of the hard drive. thanks for any help!

by ded (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» deds

It dont play psx games its no good to me.

DEVHOOK IS DEAD! LONG LIVE KING ALEX!!

Re: ArcaneView (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» .....rude.......

We don't have a lot of devs that are looking at making homebrew for our scene, as a matter of fact, we still have yet to see a sega saturn emulator, a sega cd emulator, and anything that comes close to a functional N64 emulator. Don't demoralize the work of ANY dev even if Lua dev. You try reverse engineering software and then making it do things it's not supposed to do while working within limited memory constrains then have some guy say you're work is crap.

by TOm (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» yesssss

yessss! happy holidays!
Sony should prolly give up, the homebrew community owns

Re: meth0dical (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» you're an idiot.

if sony gives up then the devs have nothing new to work with, then you get nothing new to play with. and both scenes die.

by fantasy72 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» can i play homebrew on the DEVHOOK 0.52

can i play homebrew on the DEVHOOK 0.52 because i upgraded to sonys firmware 3.03

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