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Chaos Zero apologizes for dark_thug's downgrader

Posted Dec 18, 2006 at 1:15PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, News Tags: Christmas, downgrader, psp exploits, psp hacks, TA-082

Time to get rid of a lot more confusion, and to make amends. We all got into a frenzy over the news of a TA-082 downgrader for the PSP, though everyone was somewhat skeptical of it working. Like it or not, it's been pretty much confirmed as a hoax, so we've decided to post this little bit of news just in case anyone's still feeling agitated over the issue.

Chaos Zero posted an apology over at the PSP HaXors blog for the release of dark_thug's downgrader. According to his statement, he was holding onto it for a while because he didn't have a way to verify it himself. He managed to find three people to test the downgrader and they said it worked, so he took them on their word, releasing the app with all the necessary precautions in the article.

While we can't really verify the individual reports of people who said it either worked, did nothing, or bricked their units, we can verify that many sites, including ours, posted the news as soon as it came up. Until Dark_Alex and birdman said it was a hoax, however, we were all still hopeful. Of course, some of us might feel angry, hence, this post which hopes to smooth some ruffled feathers.

In any case, we'd like to thank Chaos Zero for what he's doing. It was definitely a tough decision to release something like that, especially since it would have been a great day for PSP hacking. Rest assured that QJ doesn't hold any hard feelings for the incident and, like you said, the best thing to do is to just move on.

Besides, it's Christmas. What Would Jesus Do, right? Here's to hoping someone actually makes all our firmware-fixing dreams come true. *holds up a bottle of Gatorade* Cheers.

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There's some stupid people (liars, flamers, brats) and some smart people (cautious, non-flamers, supporters)....

Seems like a few others and I are smart enough to wait until an official word from a respected person here at pspupdates.

Apology accepted Chaos_Zero! Next time, choose your friends carefully

# Christmas — Guest 2006-12-18 18:19

"Besides, it's Christmas. What Would Jesus Do, right?"

Probably fix all the PSP's that got bricked because of this program...

# You guys suck his *****.... — Guest 2006-12-18 18:37

wow.....

so many people from hacks just absolutely love Chaos Zero's *****.......

# THEY DO! — Guest 2006-12-18 19:24

Chaos isn't even a dev! He is some kid who thinks he's a hacker because he made a devhook installer. Big deal anybody can do that. Most people don't even need that gay a$$ installer!!! People like that chewy guy thinks chaos is the *****, when he is really just a piece of it. HAHAHA Thats what you get chaos for trying to take credit for something that wasn't even yours to begin with. HAHAHAHAHA!!

# CZ is a pretty good guy! — Guest 2006-12-18 19:27

It shows a lot of integrity for apologizing for something that wasn't completely his fault. He does a lot for the homebrew community, he has written some very good tutorials and has made some pretty good easy installers.

Dark thug is the bastard you should be mad at. As well as the bastard that hacked 0okm gmail account, and ruined the original TA-082 downgrader!

# ***** — Guest 2006-12-18 19:51

hope CZ learns from this and never does this again if so then i accept his apology and Dark_Thug suck my *****ing *****

# Hmmm, must be a slow news period.... — Guest 2006-12-18 21:58

Chaos who?

lol

# Ah.... Christianity at its finest. — Starayo 2006-12-18 23:05

Personally, I like the so-called "politically correct" holiday greetings. You see, it is indeed Holiday, and the frequent use of "Happy Holiday" as opposed to "Merry Christmas" just shows how fast Pastafarianism is growing.

^_^

# doh — Guest 2006-12-18 23:42

SO MANY KIDS that reply to this with crap! When will the hurting stop..

# MAGIC! — Guest 2006-12-19 00:00

Yeah? How u do it?

# Proof Video: by dark_thug — Guest 2006-12-19 00:02

WOOT!

Proof video that the downgrader works is now uploaded! Those who said it’s fake-YourE GonNa get OWNED!

# Bull***** parallel — Guest 2006-12-19 01:36

Why don't you post an actual video with your comment you *****turd

# . — Guest 2006-12-19 02:14

Who the ***** stole a like? He said it was emailed to him!

# Christmas/Holidays — Guest 2006-12-19 02:50

They say holidays because of several reasons, here in Holland we've got another christmas equivelant called Sinterklaas. Then we get Christmas, wich is basically world-wide and then we get new-year, wich is also a celebration.

So holidays is more at its place.

But anyways, i think christmas is kinda gay.. so i dont really mind what you call it :)

# Ehh.. — Guest 2006-12-19 02:51

your gay! Even though chewy might be jumpin *****, your the real gay noob!

# Ehh Yep!: — Guest 2006-12-19 02:56

He never took credit, plus that installer helped ALOT of people!

Not everybody is super smart, and not everybody knows his way with computers and stuff.

You probably couldn't even do a hello world yourself for firmware 1.5 so go f yaself for flaming someone who's trying to be helpful, while you don't even try to be helpful to anyone at all!

You simply suck for being so ignorant :)

# *****in bull***** — Guest 2006-12-19 03:10

where the ***** is the video not saying it does not exist but show some *****ing proof. post a link jackass to your own link or youtube.com

# Yeah — Shyez 2006-12-19 03:24

Same here, that episode was great.

# mother*****er — Guest 2006-12-19 03:49

racer x are gay

# we're just getting ready! — Guest 2006-12-19 04:07

just wait! and also prepare yourselves cos ur ol going to eat your words!

# ***** — Guest 2006-12-19 05:14

you had five in each censored wod-_-

# GAY! — Guest 2006-12-19 05:32

Chaos from psp hoaxers can't even do a hello world on a 1.5, he is no dev he is a kid who tried to take credit for getting out the ta082 downgrader. heshould have left it alone instead of trying to take a link then saying it was emailed to him. Why n the hell would somebody email him a downgrader? He is no known dev in psp world, HE IS A WANNA BE!!!!!

# username, subject and comment required — isti 2006-12-19 05:35

since Chaos Zero bricked his PSP,

he is a noob for me..

not trusted anymore..

(never been btw.. :D)

if you're disabled, don't try to help other disabled, cause it's gonna be a disaster..

as we see..

and QJ should think twice before throwing the meat to the hungry!!

you must understand! none of the noobs will read the bold red text for sure!!

# WTF people — Guest 2006-12-19 05:36

Everyone is so busy yelling about CZ posting news he got from what he thought were reliable sources, almost no one here is mentioning the guys who actually lied about it! Without a ta-082 mobo, CZ was stuck with the work of two or three people who decided it'd be fun to screw around with people and lie to everyone about it. Yeah, I am a bit disappointed he posted it without video evidence, but I'm sure it's the last time he does that. Now go after the ones behind all of this, dark_thug and the rest.

# Still... — Guest 2006-12-19 05:38

And who the ***** are you? What have YOU done? *****.

# Stick up! — Guest 2006-12-19 06:44

You all come here trying to stick up for him. HAHAHAHA He can't fight his own battles. ALL YOU RIDE D!CK LIKE HE"S A DEV!! HE IS NOT A DEV BUT A PSP BRICKING NOOB!!!

# Selling My PSP — CharlieT 2006-12-19 06:51

Anyone Interested Buying A SonyPSP Firmware1.5...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=330063867545&rd=1&rd=

# STFU — Guest 2006-12-19 07:33

I love how these cowardly *****es run in here and post their ***** anonymously then run. If you ain't got the balls to post an identifyer, don't *****ing bother.

I'm here because I know the guy, I know how much work goes setting up the installers he makes so noobs like you can use your PSP, *****tard.

# Umm.... — Guest 2006-12-19 08:01

Have you read anything? The program didn't mess around with the flash at all.

# ... — Guest 2006-12-19 08:04

No.

# isti — CheWu 2006-12-19 08:19

what the hell.. did you read.. he couldnt test it himself he doesnt have a TA-082 and he only released it because the 3 other people who tested it for him said it worked! he is not a n00b! god! oh and to ***** you, your either lying or you've got it modded.. but im not sure if the mod-chip works on 3.02.

# I suck balls — Guest 2006-12-19 09:20

I should of never of released this downgrader as I didn't even verified it myself. I just released it to try to claim all the glory and attention that I can get. I am nothing more than a "N00B" and I don't deserve to even be posting my crap at pspupdates anymore. I am a loser and I suck at life and I suck @ss to.

# . — Guest 2006-12-19 09:33

Yes V1ct0r 8. your statement is totally void, because

1) point one made in post above mine

2) a fictitious character couldn't do anything with a PSP. Might as well ask what Santa Clause or the Tooth Fairy would do.

# To the guy imitating Chaos Zero — Guest 2006-12-19 09:57

Dude, you're one sad little ****. Trying to imitate him and make him say I'm a noob? You're one BIG noob for taking the cowards way, instead of trying to actually insult someone. Nice one noob. A truly honorable person talking **** about someone else. You're sad.

# i know you suck your balls — Guest 2006-12-19 09:58

just shut the **** up....

# SHUT UP ALL OF YOU — Guest 2006-12-19 10:15

to anyone flaming at This chaos fellow, there is no reason to be mad at him if u have 1.5

so clearly u went and f'ed up ur psp by upgrading or buying a ta082 so its ur own fault STOP WHINING!!!!!!!! !! HE DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG

# ***** The JEWS! — Guest 2006-12-19 10:31

damn all of u jews go back to Israel were u belong and take ur cheapness with you. We dont need no big ass noses over in America.

To bad hitler didnt just finish with all of you~!@

# Nah... — Guest 2006-12-19 10:35

...No worries Chaos Zero, alls well mate. ;)

# jack ass — Guest 2006-12-19 10:47

the guy is r NOOB he should never have posted it without trying it himself thats why he's r NOOB.....

# U F-ING NOOB — Guest 2006-12-19 11:01

agreed u r a NOOB u should have try it your self before posting it NOOB......

# ... — Guest 2006-12-19 11:37

Thank God someone gave us a serious answer to a rhetorical question.

# . — Guest 2006-12-19 11:44

w00t. go GlaG.

# . — Guest 2006-12-19 11:47

It said he had no TA-082! If anything, it's not chaos's fault, it's dark thug's!

# . — Guest 2006-12-19 11:51

***** yourself, it says right there he didin't have a TA-082 board! It's dark_thug's downgrader, why blame chaos?

# pie? — Guest 2006-12-19 14:22

HAPPY HAUNUKKAH!

Just thought i'd put that out there. LOL

and Chaos, thank you for apologizing, although i didn't believe it anyway. Some random dev suddenly coming up with this, and not talking with dark_alex or booster or any prominent devs? Nah. If the prominent ones say nay, it's crap.

# Oh yea.... — Guest 2006-12-19 15:09

I have 1.5 Devhook emulating 3.02 w/ metal gear ops on 4gb stick and I can run any homebrew games!!

BEAT THAT [***** you (Unregistered)] -person few lines above

# Hi I am Anthony Green — Guest 2006-12-19 15:12

Former singer of Saosin

# I would love to buy a Firmware 1.5 — Guest 2006-12-19 15:16

i just dont want yours because you are a gay spammer.

# Thank you. — Guest 2006-12-19 15:36

i apologise for everything. thank you guys for flaming me

# cz — Guest 2006-12-19 15:38

you suck

# stupid mutha *****ers — Guest 2006-12-19 15:41

stop flaming me you ***** ass no lifers... go suck yourself for believeing me... you guys are pathetic. you think im so famous because of hardwork?

bull*****!!! its cause i suck up to many people, thats why im so famous...

stupid idiots

# jesus *****ing christ — Guest 2006-12-19 16:15

dude, take your pig nose and smell the decaying corpse of your crucified false god.

# Really! — Guest 2006-12-19 18:06

I have never made anything except an installer and a few gameboots, so in reality I am just a normal kid who is not a dev or even that useful to the psp community. I do like to make people think I am a dev and have done a lot of hard work, but in reality I have just done normal everyday psp stuff like all others in the psp playing scene. Noobs always stick up for me cause they do not know any better, but hey I need love too.

Someday I will find a downgrader link that is real and i hopefully won't have to steal the link like I tried to do from a guy that posted a day earlier than me on psp-hacks. You see I'm a mod there, so I feal I have every right to steal links - take credit for others work and ban people because they discover the truth about me. I will ban anybody that gets in the way of me and my hard work and easy to steal links. If you guys ever need help with a new dev installer or a tutorial don't hesitate to ask me at psp-hacks, cause I can do those without flaws. I know alot of others can do the same work in half the time, but hey I am Chaos Zero!

So from here on out if you want to flam me just give me a shout on www.psp-hacks.com/forums and I will be glad to reply and lock the thread after talking smack that you can't reply to cause I'm a mod and your not.

Also I would appreciate it if you imposter's would stop imitating me on here cause you will never be "The real Chaos Zero!"

# Really! — Guest 2006-12-19 18:09

I have never made anything except an installer and a few gameboots, so in reality I am just a normal kid who is not a dev or even that useful to the psp community. I do like to make people think I am a dev and have done a lot of hard work, but in reality I have just done normal everyday psp stuff like all others in the psp playing scene. Noobs always stick up for me cause they do not know any better, but hey I need love too.

Someday I will find a downgrader link that is real and I hopefully won't have to steal the link like I tried to do from a guy that posted a day earlier than me on psp-hacks. You see I'm a mod there, so I feal I have every right to steal links - take credit for others work and ban people because they discover the truth about me. I will ban anybody that gets in the way of me and my hard work and easy to steal links. If you guys ever need help with a new dev installer or a tutorial don't hesitate to ask me at psp-hacks, cause I can do those without flaws. I know alot of others can do the same work in half the time, but hey I am Chaos Zero!

So from here on out if you want to flame me just give me a shout on www.psp-hacks.com/forums and I will be glad to reply and lock the thread after talking smack that you can't reply to cause I'm a mod and your not.

Also I would appreciate it if you imposter's would stop imitating me on here cause you will never be "The real Chaos Zero!"

# worked — Guest 2006-12-19 20:27

yea dude mine worked no prob 2.71 se-c on ta

# DONT WANNA HEAR IT — Guest 2006-12-19 22:05

YO CZ UR A FAWKIN LAME NEWB WHO BRICKS HIS PSP IF I WANTED TO HEAR UR LIP ID RATTLE MAH ZIPPER BISH!

# ??? — Guest 2006-12-19 22:36

can't u see that what i am getting at!! so why post it if he's does not have TA-082 MOBO try + explain to all of them how do have TA-082 board trying to downgrade....

# "noob" — Guest 2006-12-20 05:55

wow.. you people really need a day job and to leave your parents' cellar... regardless of whether he is a dev or not he is still doing something for the PSP scene. That being said I dont know him or like/dislike him but it just cracks me up reading people whine like little girls with skinned knees about a subject they dont know sh1t all about. What's funnier is half these dumb a55es cant even write in english... cooooooooome ooooooooooon... its not THAT hard.... cheat if you need to! www.dictionary.com ..................... Idiots....

# 2.80 — jeff_rey27 2006-12-20 07:15

man...i am getting bored with my ta-02 2.80...wen will be the downgrader be released..

# lol — Guest 2006-12-26 01:34

agree with you pirate jack

plus i figured Chaos Zero would maybe be a registered member

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