Hello world: PSP Go hacked, proof of concept video released |
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The one responsible for this hack is FreePlay, who you may know for his work on the Sparta SDK and his recent run-ins with Team Mack. Before you go out an buy a Go thinking it's wide open to homebrew, here are a few disclaimers from the dev:
- This was a known exploit that was abandoned because better prospects came along. I did not discover it; I just figured out how to make it work properly. Better hackers than I likely figured it out way before I did; they just never used it for anything I know of.
- I won't be releasing this or divulging the name of the game involved. It's a proof-of-concept, and it may become more developed privately, but until there's a worthwhile reason to release it it'll stay private. I'd prefer that Sony not patch it before it becomes really useful.
- It's user-mode only, meaning no flash modification, no piracy, no advanced custom themes, no plugins - none of that. I wouldn't expect anything else to come from it, unless I get some help.
There's no telling if this exploit will eventually be made public, but at least now we have definite proof that the Go isn't homebrew-proof after all. Kudos to FreePlay for a job well done (also, thanks for telling us about it)!
- by Karl B.
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FreePlay is the man.
still think FreePlay has to set you up to get peoples respect erique555?
he's had our respect for a long time
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by xavis75211 - 2009-09-20 [I like this comment] [I dislike this comment]
» GET A LIFE FREEPLAY
framing someone isent gonna bring any good to anybody. just framing him prove you have NO *****ING LIFE.
look familiar.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+wTDh3Kye5fY
It cannot be a video. Sorry.
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» you guys are just haters
cuase da isent making one, doest mean you have to ***** at the people who are trying to make one, really look at the ALL the fetures before saying its fake, minor issue on the xmb doesent nessasrly mean it fake, just means you spend a lot of time studing something instad of look at the bigger issue here .
you are obviously erique555
team mack posts a fake and you think its great
FreePlay posts something real and he's a dikhead.
we know who you are.
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Aces exposed you enough. Stare down and stfu noob.
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its what you did last time to defend your other fake names
signed in as erique555 and to the defense you leapt.
give it up, you're fooling nobody
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he's just a bit slow
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which is unfounded.
i know he's not you.
seriously m3rox though, its freeplay
he has never released fake in the 4 years i been following homebrew.
he deserves our trust, so i know this is real.
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PIPHUS/PiccoloXD/ERIQUE555 are my only youtube account names, your not framing anyone Pain in the Asses
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thats how we keep figuring you out.
same as if you look at tranceheads posts at maxconsole, you'll know its me.
style of communication is like a signature.
we got you pegged.
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I picked up a Go and it had 2 rows of dead pixels out of the box, so that has to go back tomorrow. Balls.
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got alot of annoyed people
but was clearly a joke
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full kernel mode
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Instead of course buying it for an extravagant price on ebay like some of community did. (GTA:LCS, Wipeout, Lumines, etc...) :-/
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bout 3 to 4 minutes
you fail
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maybe all you guy how have the same thought that freeplay is "the man" maybe your the same guy too....ever think of that you ucking duche bags
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Anyway, I'm still holding onto my 1000 for now, as I hate SCEA for not allowing us to import our old games. Give us reason that we could transfer .cso's onto the 16GB Memory and I may be convinced to shell out or one and keep my old one as a UMD Drive for cheap UMD alternatives.
Peace!
~Charza~
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(And by "he", you know who I'm talking about)
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your an idiot.
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this may never see a public release
why?
you need a game
that has to be downed from PSN (remember you need latest firmware to do this)
the game will have to be known.
this game is not UMD since its for Go.
sony will pull the game from download and patch it.
you need to be hoping for another tiff exploit.
game exploits on the Go just are not reliable because they can be patched to easy.
there will not be unpatched copies on shelves you can buy.
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you reply in unison for phuck sake.
give it up
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you reply in unison for phuck sake.
give it up"
yes they where posted at the same time, cant do that on the same computer can you? that right there is proof we are not the same guy
you are a major dumbass
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IF I HAD MULTIPLE QJ NAMES
GIVE IT UP
JEEZ
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1. Yes, a non-game-based exploit would be better.
2. You actually can convert from one game's exploit to another, sort of. The code for this Hello World and the code for the GripShift Hello World are essentially the same. Once you've got your foot in the door, and you can load a binary file, it won't typically take a lot of tweaking to get the binary working with a new game.
In fact, I think all I had to do was edit two or three lines of text...
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not all games are exploitable the same way.
probably the type of person who hex edits a save, gets a crash and thinks its an exploit.
the crash has to create a buffer error that allow arbituary code to run.
not all games do this.
and ones that do need to be exploited in different ways.
you truly know nothing bout this stuff do you
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dont you think CFW would be running on 3000 if this wasnt the case.
seriously
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i have 3 different youtube accounts as i have admitted yet expect you to beleive i only have one QJ account
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chickhen and Go exploit cant be compared.
chickhen runs from memstick
when was the last time (or the first) you saw 5.50GEN running on a 3000
and why do you think that is
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Also, I did an experiment with PSN content. I bought a game and loaded it on two PSPs. I then copied the game folder from one PSP to another, but left the license files. The game ran, which tells me the game isn't PSP specific. I haven't been able to try it with a game purchased on another account. But is it possible, that if someone were to upload the unpatched game, then Sony patched it, one could buy the patched one for the license file, but replace the game folder with a downloaded unpatched one?
Let me down easy if I'm being idiotic, I don't have much experience downloading PSN content or anything.
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i dont think i am though.
the fact both of you love team mack but hate FreePlay is too coincedental
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you spend too much time being fake.
mr LDX
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@erique - thats why your truth about freeplay vid had bought to you by team LDX
idiot
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....
here we go agian, lot more ass kissing then last time
OK
now team mack
you guys are just haters
cuase da isent making one, doest mean you have to ***** at the people who are trying to make one, really look at the ALL the fetures before saying its fake, minor issue on the xmb doesent nessasrly mean it fake, just means you spend a lot of time studing something instad of look at the bigger issue here .
you honestly cant see?
you get fakes and you want to wait to see
however when its freeplay and its a real thing, you act like people are praising him for nothing.
cmon
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Wow at the fact I knew the GO would be hacked in the first week and was telling people it for months. You can't stop progression and you can't stop Homebrew which is the precursor to progression.
Kudos Freeplay, Kudos indeed.
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I said that in the retarded language, or your primary language, hope you understood that
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your word means nothing.
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@Aces- u dont need 2 pc's to comment at the same time, all u need is firefox and internet explorer and u can login in the same page with 2 different accounts.
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1 is john2, the other is mary5,
ok, so you also have firefox and internet,
so you have John on Fire, and Mary on internet, how can 1 human both type on mary and john, and have them enter at the same time, impossible, IM NOT XAVIAS, YOU STUPID PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE ACES/ME, because i AM ACES MUWHAHAAHAHA
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and that comment wasnt directed at xavis
it was directed at erique555
but i guess if you are the same entity, it dont matter
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i suffer from a heritary disease that causes sleep deprivation so i'll see you in 3 to 4 hours
night
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now just to wait and see what will happen now
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wow, you just hate and hate.
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dont even know the basics
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would be nice if that worked
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also, why is my screen name in quotation?
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goddam that was such a rip off! ($100 for 1 gb mem)
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Don't listen to any of these haters on here, I couldn't create a program for my psp if I was staking something valuable for it. I respect any and all developers/programmers who design for the psp no matter the function or purpose.
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and how awesome is that
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Erique555 - The biggest FAIL of all, his existance is FAIL
Who else goes?
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Then if Sony does patch it, people can still buy it regardless than just replace the patched one with the unpatched on their memsticks?
Or is the game encrypted in some manner to the PSN account and not just the license?
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Fighting back is only gonna make it worse and at least if you ignore them the mods will take notice and deal with it accordingly.
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it wouldnt be that simple
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means hello welcome to the conspiracy...I speak both Spanish and English
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i can just imagine future QJ.
10 people making up 250 members.
everyday a conspiracy.
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you crack me up sage3k.
lol
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You're learning, welcome to the mature world.
.:: ON TOPIC
I'm glad Freeplay did this and no one else because he understands the severity of non-disclosure when it comes to hacking the PSP.
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like Aces said there is some sort of MD5 check between the game file and the license file that would prevent the license swapping idea
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So, I would like to thank Freeplay. This is awesome and if the exploit ever comes out I'm going to actually seriously consider getting a GO.
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Lovely little unit though.
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I was hoping to find a way to dispel fear of Sony patching exploitable games by still buying it and then just using the unpatched game data. Guess a game based exploit just won't be good enough on a PSP go with instant patching.
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on another note:
to all you flaming children ...
posting at the same time from 2 accounts is simple. load firefox and ie, sign in on 2 accounts, type your response but don't post it, switch browsers and repeat, then hit send, swap browsers and hit send.
2 messages sent within seconds of each other from 1 person, with 1 computer, and 2 accounts. (i personally have 4 computers in my house though. id assume most households have a desktop and a laptop). Sorry, but i have a hard time not pointing out obvious things to stupid people.
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that skype xbox customer service prank had me in stitches
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lol. the fact that I have the contents of files from flash0 means it could not be anything *but* real.
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Ahh.... good times back then. The community wasn't flooded with total idiots like erique555 or Team Mack. The scene was still very grateful and helped everybody who needed it.
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THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY!!! Just read the article and talk on the forums, there you won't find people like Erique555
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2. I seem to get respect regardless of whether I'm making things people want or not.
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You say you have the contents of flash0? On another site you said you could also read and write the flash1, yes? Have you done a dump of both after pausing a game and seeing if the paused game data is stored in either one? Also I saw you dumped the version.txt file, can you write that back or not? If you could I would love to fake my version to 6.1 so I don't have to update my 5.7 PSP go to use the PSN.
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The version.txt file is posted in full on QJ's page about the 6.10 update :)
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The problem with the Go at the moment is that even if I wanted to pay for my games again, I couldn't because half of them aren't on PSN, US or UK - Pangya, Dissidia etc are still not on there. I'd also like to play my import games.
That said, I kept my older PSP for that very reason, and I can play my ISO's on that for now. I'd just like to be able to sell a couple of my spare units and keep just the 2000 and the Go, otherwise the Go unit is just a very shiny gadget with Motorstorm and GT to keep me company.
The main reason I picked it up was so I could take advantage of the US store and lower my game import costs (I need something capable of going on the store because my CFW PSP can't).
If only Sony had made good on a UMD legacy program...
So whatever Freeplay decides to do, I'm grateful to him (and others like Team GEN and DaX) for taking some time out to play with the device and keep us updated - torn as I am, I'm fascinated by all this hacking which usually results in a better device - God knows I couldn't do it!
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was what his topic was focused on
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do you realise that there is NO Pandora section on QJ?
wanna know why?
150 units this year
maybe another couple 1000 next year
its hardly a product that alot of will be able to get, or even wanna get, or even care about.
yes it might be great for homebrew, but if its too expensive, with no big names making AAA or even A or B grade games for it, it's likely to turn into a lack lustre unit.
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i dont like team mac they can go to hell, but they made me laugh with their fake ass video and hilarious fake updates.
freeplay used to ring a bell in my mind during the liberty city stories hack era but im just not interested anymore due to the recent fight with which makes him as childish as the ones he verbally fought with.
kudos to freeplay for bringing this exploit up, it will sure bring those slackers back to being hackers, and those pirates hopeful.
and yeah good thinking on part of freeplay not giving this exploit to everyone just to get recognized, hopes this can eventually lead to full blown iso loader.
but until then dark alex is still the best hacker/psp programmer i have been ever be grateful with, shoutouts to others who helped.
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1. You "both" post consecutively. BTW consecutively means one after another, not at the same time. This is what really gave you away. You should've atleast allowed Aces to reply before you had your second account post.
For it to happen once or twice ok maybe. But throughout almost the entire convo? No.
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were not the same guy, what the hell gave you the first "clue that we were?
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LOL
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For the record : ace its you're not your. when will people F*CKING LEARN TO BE F*CKING LITERATE?! you're is like you and are! the "r" in "your" shows ownership!!! go back to 3rd grade for everyones sakes. go go! dont skip to your ged you are NOT ready. now xavis/enrique just ignore people insulting you. it makes for a more peaceful community everywhere its practiced.
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