Another option: Custom Firmware 1.53

Posted Feb 19, 2007 at 2:10AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Firmware, Homebrew Applications Tags: Custom Firmware, Dark-AleX, eiffel56, homebrew community, XMB
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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]

Via Portable News

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Captain Planet Summoner - 2007-02-18 21:36
» Let's Summon Captain Planet

EARTH!

by Ray - 2007-02-18 21:40
» not he ^^

Quote:
Well, eiffel56 informed us (thanks for the tip!) that HE has released




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

by Captain Planet Summoner the 2nd - 2007-02-18 21:43
» Let's Summon Captain Planet

FIRE!

by bebble - 2007-02-18 21:52
» male?

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



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

by Muhu - 2007-02-18 22:08
» lol

Gender has nothing to do with it.

by espi - 2007-02-18 22:17
» hello

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

by uhhh - 2007-02-18 22:18
» yeah wtf

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

by depends - 2007-02-18 22:20
» yourchoice

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

by l!3k $TFU B!+$h! - 2007-02-18 22:21
» l@wL

U r 4 F \_/ C K ! N G N00B~~!!!!!!1110n3l3v3n!!!!!11l4wl



Shut The **** Up

by 3rd capitan planet summoner - 2007-02-18 22:28
» Let's Summon Capitan Planet

WATER!

by Linka - 2007-02-18 22:46
» 4th capitan planet summoner

WIND!

by `Jeroen - 2007-02-18 22:58
» You momma

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



This is a psp hacking site..

by 5th Captain Planet Summoner - 2007-02-18 23:02
» Now

HEART!

by STFU B!+$h - 2007-02-18 23:05
» 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!

by Snarg - 2007-02-18 23:05
» .

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.

by Captain Planet - 2007-02-18 23:14
» "By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!!!"

"GO!! PLANET!!"

by Well - 2007-02-18 23:30
» Hey...

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

by Bored - 2007-02-19 00:35
» 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. :)

by manaox2 - 2007-02-19 00:39
» 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.

by Schizoid - 2007-02-19 00:42
» -

Nothing! It's just an option... not a warning!

by AGDhGd - 2007-02-19 00:47
» Wow!

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



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

by s00pcan - 2007-02-19 00:52
» .

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

by MickMog - 2007-02-19 01:11
» 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 01:24
» 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 - 2007-02-19 02:03
» 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 :)

by GmDude66 - 2007-02-19 02:08
» ..

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



MANY more features

by GameShark - 2007-02-19 02:11
» Hey

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



Wow, 2005 dont i feel old

by coolguy5678 - 2007-02-19 02:12
» 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.

by aiexbadboy - 2007-02-19 02:39
» ^^

homebrew OWNS sony for sure

by muratcan - 2007-02-19 02:58
» 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.

by FreePlay - 2007-02-19 02:58
» Um...

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

by FreePlay - 2007-02-19 03:00
» 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 03:01
» 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.

by Crisper - 2007-02-19 03:22
» 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.

by Crisper - 2007-02-19 03:27
» 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 - 2007-02-19 03:32
» haha

Captain Planet he's our hero...

by Shinto - 2007-02-19 03:59
» Release

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

by Mentality - 2007-02-19 03:59
» 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.

by JohnnyBoy - 2007-02-19 04:14
» O..k..

_-_

by Mentality - 2007-02-19 04:27
» ....

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

by TheNameless - 2007-02-19 04:27
» -.-

...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* -.-

by Amirul - 2007-02-19 04:29
» custom fimeware

why don't you make a custom fimeware 3.12

by Ultimax - 2007-02-19 04:44
» Well said freeplay...

But don't forget the UMD's!

by Ultimax - 2007-02-19 04:46
» o.o

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

by eiffel56 - 2007-02-19 04:47
» 1.5 rulez

I am a man. I am an anchorman!

by Ultimax - 2007-02-19 04:48
» Because...

Isn't it a bit obvious that a particular someone else will probably do that first?

by 3.10OE back to 1.5???? - 2007-02-19 04:49
» 3.10OE back to 1.5???

...CAN YOU GO BACK FROM 3.10OE back to 1.5 BY JUST SWITCHING THE POWER OFF ??? ... THAT IS MY MAIN CONCERN ... THANK YOU ...

by LOLOLOLOL - 2007-02-19 04:56
» 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

by another moron - 2007-02-19 04:58
» .....

the custom firmwares almost as good as 1.5 and it has hella better features

by crazzy - 2007-02-19 05:10
» Useless

Useless piece of s**t.

by Dude - 2007-02-19 05:32
» Chuck Norris...

...Can hack a PSP just by threatening to drop-kick its BIOS!

by Vincent - 2007-02-19 05:58
» 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.

by doesn't matter....... - 2007-02-19 06:12
» anyways...

like i said to mentality, he should keep his ideas to himself untill he learns how to do this stuff....



because everytime sum1 thinks of an idea that works and another coded didn't think of it 1st.. then they gunna code it and say it's ther own work..... kinda reminds me of yoshi...



so the downgraded was his idea he told me about it, 2nd he had the idea for the CF 1.5x for awhile now and he doesn't get any cred wot so ever so in the future i reckon you start thinkin of ya own ideas instead of taking other people and makin it yaself with out giving the credit to the guy who thought of it.....



who and lan.sh there was no need to delete his post on the custom firmware idea even though he ain't been on there long i read through everypost in the thread and all of you guys were aggreing with mentality about the recovery menu and things like that sayin that it would work and stuff like that.... and now that sumone else has made it you delete it without saying that mentality thought of the idea and that he ain't got nothing to go on becuase he never posted it on your site....kinda dodgy when he got 10 posts and sum are missing when ya check all of his posts on his profile.....



anyways thats my 2 cents....



P.S... i hope this was a good read lol

by . - 2007-02-19 06:31
» hmmmmm

sometimes i think why people have the need of take the easy way out of some stuff. at least mentality tries and get some ideas. no one is perfect but ignoring people or taking their work and saying its theirs is not the way to do it also.

by Mentality - 2007-02-19 06:54
» meh

Thanks guys, but yano at the end of the day I can't proove it can I, the fact I made the post on lan.sh must just be a coinsidence - although that doesn't explain why they would delete my thread where it was being disgussed. - W.e no point arguing about it is there.



At the end of the day, I'm glad that people who choose to stick at 1.50 now have the recovery option and all the other features.

by Mentality - 2007-02-19 07:02
» ha! -

http://lan.sh/showthread.php?p+4596#post4596 there it is - thanks guys.



Like no body else wants creds for ideas they came up with.



w.e

by NeonLightning - 2007-02-19 07:13
» rockin

personally i use 3.10 oe but thats purely because of ps1 i've removed the prx's and rco's from it so i have more room in my flash but other then the ps1 emu i'ed rather have this (altho the backup loading from xmb with even newer games is nice and all)



but this is pretty rockin i say keep goin eiffel

by chepu - 2007-02-19 07:40
» simon que si ese!

im with u vincent... i hate when women drive...

anyways is it worth upgrading to this fw?

by manaox2 - 2007-02-19 07:45
» 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.

by kila tony - 2007-02-19 07:48
» 1st captain planet summoner

EARTH!

by manaox2 - 2007-02-19 07:52
» 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 manaox2 - 2007-02-19 07:53
» yeah, goes away...

Its different, but it is still annoying.

by Dave - 2007-02-19 07:56
» -.-

hell *****ing no, its nowhere as good as 3.03 OE

Cmon, *****ING PS1 GAMES BABY

WhAT U SMOKIN

by V1c0r 8. - 2007-02-19 07:56
» lolol

This made me laugh.

by manaox2 - 2007-02-19 07:56
» 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.

by seven - 2007-02-19 08:31
» ...

WATER!

by LAME - 2007-02-19 08:36
» no point when there is 3.10 oe-a

Why would you download this when you can get all the same features of 1.5 and get the new features of 3.1.

by CP - 2007-02-19 08:40
» ...

FIRE!

by NINJA - 2007-02-19 08:54
» 5th capitan planet summoner

WATER!

by tailslol - 2007-02-19 08:56
» grafical instaler?

is this firmware has a grafical installer?

it wil be cool if dax firmware has a real graphical installer like the oficial ones (from sony :p)

by Jesus - 2007-02-19 08:56
» ghj

WIND!

by Landon - 2007-02-19 08:57
» give credit!

Ment deserves credit! Dont take that away you poop!

by PSPZorZ - 2007-02-19 09:05
» f

This is great that more developers are starting custom firmwares. It seems like DAX (or any custom firmware developer) might be more motivated to make their CFW the best if there's some real competition! However, I don't think a 1.50 CFW will be too much competition for a 3.XX one, as 3.00+ has PSX, Browser, you can load higher FW games, and a lot more icons (which you can use to make do a custom action) I hope someone else makes a 3.XX CFW with DAX files support... in my opinion, one thing 3.10 OE is missing that it really needs is DAX support!

by pablo - 2007-02-19 09:25
» ...

*****

by Bib Fortuna - 2007-02-19 09:28
» um....

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

by Sketch_Hater - 2007-02-19 10:01
» 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.

by Get over - 2007-02-19 10:09
» yourself

You do realize that just because you came up with an idea, it doesn't mean that nobody else came up with the same idea? I've seen many people post before, saying that they wished there was a recovery menu in 1.5

LONG before you made that post.

by brendan - 2007-02-19 10:26
» THUNDERCAT

THUNDER CAT ASSEMBLE!!!!

by will - 2007-02-19 10:30
» homebrew

its for people who have a 1.5 original firmware psp or any one elese plus remeber there is full hombrew support 1.5

by .. - 2007-02-19 10:45
» ..

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

by .. - 2007-02-19 10:47
» ..

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

by will - 2007-02-19 10:47
» dax support

if you really wanted dax support get iso compressor because it converts all your dax files int csos playable on custom firmwares

by .. - 2007-02-19 10:50
» ..

Heh, funny, kind of reminds me of you...

by JohnnyBoy - 2007-02-19 10:51
» Erm...

Brendan, you're a HOOOOOOOOOMO!!!

by jayo83 - 2007-02-19 11:48
» 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...............

by PSPZorZ - 2007-02-19 11:52
» fg

I want DAX support because sometimes they are smaller than ISO/CSOs.

by Jimbo the jimmy jimster of jimmerialeriavillianage - 2007-02-19 12:13
» ...

MONKEY

by chepu - 2007-02-19 12:28
» eye luv me gal

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

by john - 2007-02-19 12:37
» UPATCHED GTA!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Grand-Theft-Auto-Liberty-Cities-UNPATCHED-2-0_W0QQitemZ140086941804QQihZ004QQcategoryZ127748QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

by Captain Planet - 2007-02-19 13:16
» woo

HEART!!



WHEN YOUR POWERS COMBINE, I BECOME CAPTAIN PLANET!!

by Unregistered - 2007-02-19 13:18
» haha

Go Planet!

by cazzy - 2007-02-19 13:34
» ..

To .. go f**k you mother.

by doesn't matter....... - 2007-02-19 13:35
» well

common who really uses this for homebrew... 90% of people use there psp's to play Back up games or Pirate games simple as no questions asks

by Captain Planet - 2007-02-19 14:05
» What the hell?

No, really dammit, I'm freakin' busy.



What the hell is it you people want from me?!?

by Crow - 2007-02-19 14:08
» 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.

by crazzy - 2007-02-19 14:20
» stfu

stfu,*****.

by crazzy - 2007-02-19 14:22
» hkh

stfu

by FreePlay - 2007-02-19 14:44
» SHUT UP.

You suck, attention whore.

by manaox2 - 2007-02-19 15:24
» 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.

by Harp - 2007-02-19 16:30
» ...

You're calling others idiot after you said "thang"?

by Kraiden - 2007-02-19 16:39
» Yeah!

Captain Planet!

He's our Hero!

gonna take pollution down to Zero!



Heh, used to love that show

by Kraiden - 2007-02-19 16:41
» .

meh, already been done!

by >.< - 2007-02-19 19:19
» WTF?

O.o

by Neegro Please~! - 2007-02-19 19:30
» You gotta be kiddin me

1.53.....pffftttthhhhaha hhhahahahahahah ahah.....lmfao to tears...hahahahahaha

by Audio_Fade - 2007-02-19 19:50
» lol

Now let's summon Jessica Simpson!



STUPIDITY!

by fr@nk - 2007-02-19 20:46
» 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 LOLOLOLOLOLOL - 2007-02-19 22:43
» 1.5 is the ORGINAL Golden Firmware

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

by endlessrain - 2007-02-19 22:45
» grr

fúck off, dont be such a sheuvanist

by FreePlay - 2007-02-19 23:23
» vb

cbvgbvvbfsf

by this sucks - 2007-02-19 23:59
» awful

It cant be good since a female coded it, as females are only good for 1 thing.



I could code better crap than this, off to the scrap heap

by xche78x - 2007-02-20 00:21
» tnx

i had a very nice laugh

i kinda watched this when i was a kid.

nostalgia.



Go Planet

by Alexis - 2007-02-20 00:45
» France

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

by ........ - 2007-02-20 01:32
» .........

URMOM

by lol - 2007-02-20 03:08
» lol

*****

by fff - 2007-02-20 03:34
» ffff

this is just a copy of da custom firmwares accept has only a crappy 1.53. why not have all the newest features and homebrew +iso and ps1 loading.

by eiffel56 - 2007-02-20 03:34
» btw

I´m 16 years old and female, right ;). Also i come from germany(not france).



I haven´t stolen your idea Mentality. I have an account at lan.st, right. But did you ever seen a post by me? No :P. Also i was a long time online at lan.st.



I only developed 1.50 EE-A because i was very bored. And it was a good chance to understand the PSP better. Some people liked it, so i continued my work to 1.53.



Dark_Alex Custom Firmwares are MUCH better because he is a professional developer. I´m just new to PSP and C. Also 1.53 isn´t all my work, it´s only a refined compilation. The ISO/DAX loader is 99% by Dark_Alex. The only thing that is 100% by me is the uxMB.

by KAWW - 2007-02-20 05:23
» A

WITH YOUR POWERS COMBINED I AM CAPTAIN PLANET !!!

by fgh - 2007-02-20 07:11
» fghfghfg

FIRE!

by fds - 2007-02-20 08:01
» ds

i love masterbating, just pulling my ***** up and down.. then ughhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhh

by female - 2007-02-20 18:36
» yeah baby

sex !

by lol - 2007-02-20 18:38
» lol

ppl sometime just forget their root... sad

by joeso - 2007-02-21 08:03
» Crazy thing happened

Has anyone else tried this 1.53 firmware and got what happened to my psp. First i was on 3.10 oe and done the recovery to get back to 1.50 so i could try this new 1.53. so im in 1.50 and i use the CF and it all seems to be working ok then when it restarts i got an error screen saying it couldnt fing some eeconfig file or something and it took me back to the 1.53 recovery menu, then i clicked on the recovery XMB option and my psp started as normal and it appeared as if it was in 1.50 but when i checked the system settings the firmware said my psp was a version 1.00. I then put 3.10 oe back on but does anyone know why this happened.

by joe - 2007-02-26 03:19
» Crazy thing happened

this happened when i tried this 1.53 firmware on my psp. First i was on 3.10 oe and done the recovery to get back to 1.50 so i could try this new 1.53. so im in 1.50 and i use the CF and it all seems to be working ok then when it restarts i got an error screen saying it couldnt fing some eeconfig file or something and it took me back to the 1.53 recovery menu, then i clicked on the recovery XMB option and my psp started as normal and it appeared as if it was in 1.50 but when i checked the system settings the firmware said my psp was a version 1.00. I then put 3.10 oe back on but does anyone know why this happened.

by keng89 - 2007-03-06 15:03
» 2.5 factory psp

i have a psp tat was already version 2.5 when i bought it from the store and i was just wondering if it is possible to downgrade it because i heard tat it is not possible to downgrade factory made 2.5 psp. is it possible to upgrade it to 3.03 then downgrade it to 1.5 n then use the custom filmware? cause im kinda tired of loading the GTA n then playing my games from there. ok tats all, tks for ur help.

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