Posted Aug 22, 2007 at 03:04AM by Ryan A. Listed in: PSP Tags: Fanjita, piracy, Custom Firmware, Noobz, Team M33
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Fanjita, Noobz to undo recent CFW M33-induced PSP bricks soon - Image 1Renowned homebrew developer Fanjita wrote an article over at the Noobz team website regarding the recent PSP brickings involving a "broken version of the latest M33 custom firmware, deliberately distributed by a certain disreputable piracy site."

This is not just some random post, mind you, as Fanjita noted that they are working on a way to fix the broken PSPs. According to Fanjita, the bricks occurred due to a "a delicate decryption algorithm" in the program.

The developer further explained, "that algorithm was tied to the contents of the installer program, which had the side effect that if the installer was modified in any way, then the data being flashed to the PSP would be corrupt, and so a brick would result".

But the good thing is that Fanjita and the rest of Noobz team believe that there's a way to undo the damage the algorithm caused. The developer mentioned that they've been studying Team M33's code and are currently working on a project regarding this. Fanjita wrote:


We hope to be able to develop a way to fix those bricks in the near future. At this time, this is just for the M33 bricks. I can't predict exactly when this might be ready (it should be very soon), but maybe it will save some of you the hassle and expense of sending your PSP off to be repaired.


We have to say that QJ.NET really commends this move from Fanjita and Noobz team because a lot of innocent PSP owners were really affected by what happened. It's really heart-warming to see some of the PSP community's developers spending time to rescue not only those who are locked out of homebrew, but those who were victims of PSP bricks as well.


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   by NUL (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » all hail noobz.eu

they r the best!


   Re: big baz (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » fanjita/noobz




the original and best!!! sort it out again!!


all hail NOOBZ!!!

   Re: Fanjita (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Bricked Psp's

Thanks for all your'e support well try and fix these bricks before the middle of September.Thnaks again

   Re: harry vachina (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » u guys suck

fanjita n noobz suck big wieners

   Re: danielps3newssucksmajorcojonas (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » 50euro to unbrick

***** of man i just 5o euro to get it de-bricked, daniel if u dont pay me my 50 euro i will sue your ass

   Re: .. (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » ..

Obviously, the unregistered Fanjita is fake. This one doesn't have enough brain power to spell common words right.

   Re: west coast ryherz (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » west coast is so much better than the east

east coast sucks man yo wee got everyone biggy balls tpauc michal jackson mikejonesss nika wat u gona do east coast thats right nutin cause u all suck D!ck u guys got no life or music u wana hate try me ill bust u with my AK-47 try me u poor bastards

   Re: dialtone (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » much love to devs

I swear these are the types of devs i have the utmost respect for, devs like fanjita, noobz, dark alex, math, and others. I respect that m33 implemented something to protect their work but I dont think they should have went to the extreme of a brick and ever since their first CFW appearance with them flaming others devs they have always sorta rubbed me the wrong way and thus I try and stay away from their developments and pray team wildcard FTW as they handle their issues in a more professional manor. Anyways I respect all devs contributions including team m33 but not some of their actions...

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   Re: Daistaar (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » West is Lame!

What does the west have? Scraper Bikes?! Ya'll *****as are wack as *****! E40 and Hyffee movement. Get a TV and study the East. Stop living in 92 with ya wack ass *****!

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   Re: Bsizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » noobz and fanjita

noobz and fanjita are the best! i still remember the moment they came out with the e-loader!!! i was so happy +) Thanks! i don't know if i really want to trust Team M33 yet... but i might have to sooner or later to upgrade to a higher FW version. I think that i would be awesome and trustworthy if noobz and fanjita developed their own custom firmware!

Anyways, i give you guys the most respect out of everyone contributing to the homebrew scene! You guys always work on what is most important,, and always pull through with very stable and trust worthy final products!~

Brad

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » .

guys.. thanks to an underground group of coders, WE CAN NOW UNBRICK ANY PSP. it should be on qj soon (you know qj is always late with the news) or if you cant wait, exophase has it.. which is cooler than qj anyway
   by DarkGhost (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Tks Fanjita and Noobz

Thank you so much guys. u're awesome.

   by Me (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Great job

Although talented, M33 really are silly children. Thanks for trying to undo their bricks.


   Re: Redbeard46 - 2007-08-22
 » Great job - by Me(Unregistered)

" Although talented, M33 really are silly children. Thanks for trying to undo their bricks."

Unless you actually READ the main article just STFU. it's WASN'T M33's fault. It plainly stated it was a "broken version of the latest M33 custom firmware, deliberately distributed by a certain disreputable piracy site."

Learn to read.

   Re: henry (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » it wasnt m33's fault

read the article

   Re: idiots (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » children

, deliberately distributed by a certain disreputable piracy site."
yeah that's why they're silly children.

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   Re: Eric (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » it was

Actually, it was m33's fault. They put the encryption in there in the first place. The issue didn't exist until they put the code in. They knew someone was changing things and purposefully added code that would cause the issue. They knew what it would do. They are unprofessional tools. Devs that act as Fanjita and team n00bz are shows real professionalism.

If this was a Sony firmware that caused bricks if it was downloaded from alt sites, Sony would have had it's butt sued multiple times over. Heck, the first batch of XBox owners got quite a few free games , free repairs, and free warrenties due to poor video cards and bad dvd drives (I was one of them).

   Re: daniel's fault (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » daniel's fault

daniel's fault
   by dontmove (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » w00t!!

i will give much respect if they can undo the brick ^_^ hope it works

   by Bogard (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Hmm...

Well, this is good, but it won't fix mine, most likely.

   by Keith K (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Respect

Love live Fanjita and Noobz. Guardian Angels of the Homebew scene and our little black boxes of love.

   by mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » ...

yes noobz you saved me from the evil wrath of 3.03. I hope you can help these bricked people. I wonder how though?

   by W00fer (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » hmm

That would be the best NOOBZ in ages !

Now if they could fix all bricks, that would be perfect ;)
But i guess that will never happen.

So people STILL watch out.

I'm on m33-4 btw, just download the updates from QJ and nothing will happen to your psp !

If you download from a bull***** source, it's your own fault !

   by but how? (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » -

but how is thar possible? how do they want to recover a full brick?
how can they execute any code on a full bricked psp?

btw:
"Although talented, M33 really are silly children."
it was not m33's fault that so many people bricked their psps. the official installer from their site did't brick a single psp.
but some idiots edited the installer and put it online without further testing. and that hex edited installer was a bricker. not the official one from m33.


   Re: hey (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » you

"the official installer from their site did't brick a single psp."

prove it

   Re: Jx1 - 2007-08-22
 » it's a fact.

Have you even read the news?! M33 put a protection on the FW. If someone edited the code, the FW itself would in a way "self-brick". therefor, stop whining, and do some research.

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   Re: Jin (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » ...

Ohhh, so now it's protection.

"Wahhh, you changed my icon0.... BRICK."

   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » actually...

believe it or not, there were some reports that the m33 installer bricked some PSPs. But that is most likely the psp owner's fault (didn't read the readme.txt)

   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » You know the dev chip or mod chips?

They can unbrick a psp. I guess it will be something similar.

   Re: Jin suckzzz (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » ..?

you idiots have to read the article

"that algorithm was tied to the contents of the installer program, which had the side effect that if the installer was modified in any way, then the data being flashed to the PSP would be corrupt, and so a brick would result"

so its not m33 fault that some idiots destroyed the original flasher...

   Re: daniel's fault (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » daniel's fault

daniel's fault

   Re: Snarg (Unregistered) - 2007-08-23
 » .

Jin is one of the only people here that have clue.
There are a couple others as well, but not many.

M33 knew that the installer would be altered, and they knew that an altered installer would brick PSPs, and they released it anyways, knowing that innocent people would end up bricking their PSPs.
They're no better than the people they where trying to get revenge on. And they're just as much at fault.
   by .. (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » ..

they deserve a great deal of respect for putting time towards this.

   by LinkinParkOz (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » awesome

it'll be awesome to be able to fix bricked coz u can buy bricked ones on ebay, fix them and make money, lol, btw M33 are actually coders who work for Sony to try get rid of the homebrew scene with bricks and Dark_AleX didn't "quit" Sony had something to do with it, long live Dark_AleX CFW, screw M33


   Re: anonymous (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » .

Its people like you who don't understand anything! It wasn't M33 that caused the brick. Their version was legit. Its users who go to this certain "lame" site and download their revised version which caused the bricks. Get your facts straight before you say anything.

   Re: Ninja2507 (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Hmm

Interesting, a recovery from a certain kind of brick... truly amazing, I am once again impressed by the noobz team. Good Job!

   Re: noob (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » please tell me...

can somebody plz tel me where to get psx games from for psp (homebrew) for free. thanks in advance

   Re: Keith K (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Reply to LickinCrackOz

That is the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time. Someone write that down. That should be recorded in the "Great Book of Human Lows"..

If there isnt such a book, there ought to be.

PS: You're an idiot. I dont know if I made that clear.

   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » Yeah...

Sure. M33 sucks! They work for SONY!

Yeah right. I personally think that the M33 team should spend more time testing the CF but it is still not M33's fault for the bricks. The real reason is that the stupid noob doesn't read the readme. And if M33 worked for sony you wouldn't be able to play isos or csos. Also, sony would never dare to brick their own system.

And about DA being related to sony, Sony had nothing to do with DA leaving. Sony is only talking to DA about future things and ideas. DA only chose to leave on his own.

   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » to noob....

I know where they are.



































They are at YOU ARE AT THE WRONG PLACE TO ASK FOR THOSE THINGS! THIS IS A COMMENTS SECTION FOR THE ABOVE ARTICLE!

   Re: LinkinParkOz (Unregistered) - 2007-08-23
 » @ DJ, as if i bricked my psp

you really think i bricked my PSP? there's only a 1 in a 1 000 000 cahnce of that happening if you do everything right
   by UNREGISTRED MAN (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » good news

I still am in love with M33, but this two nice kids are getting points day after days. I just do not know how they can do such a magical thing, but I just want to see where psp-scene skills can arrive. I am more and more proud to participate to this scene, the best ever afaik, although only as a watcher. Thank you people!

   by RIk (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » My Band

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   by BATSU (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » CRAKHEADS

linkin wat exactly are u smokin and if it is weed plz share lol but wat u said is dum m33 didnt do nothing there not to blame all they did was make their program unhexable so it only works in its original format

   by yessssssssssssss (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » the best

i idnt brick my psp updating to 3.52 m33-3 or m33-4 but this will make me feel alot less scared when falshing but this is outstanding too good to be true noobz u have proved to be the best of the best i have no idea how but this is too good. u will be legendary even higher than DA probably i still cant beleive this.


   Re: DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » um...

DA and the NOOBZ team work together (used to actually.) They both have the same rep.
   by Highsight (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » idk why my name was set to highsight..but..it's Deltido

I always thought that the oe firmwares were the most stable/brick-safe.

   by rock (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » cause they

m33 sucks! don't use their BS. go back to 3.40OE no games require anything over it at this time.

   by Bob (Unregistered) - 2007-08-22
 » psp luver

if this guys can fix my psp i will donate 50 bucks. for sa