Here's your big bang: new PSP Custom Firmware 5.02 GEN-A, 1.50 Kernel included

Posted Jan 2, 2009 at 8:28AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Applications Tags: Bubbletune, Custom Firmware, Dark AleX, memory stick, PSPGen

A happy new year indeed to all you readers! Well, what better way to usher in 2009 with a brand spanking new custom firmware, eh? I hear some of you guys are looking forward to even more PSP Updates for the next twelve months, so let's kick off this year with a b-b-b-baaaaang!

This new PSP Custom Firmware 5.02 GEN-A comes from Miriam, over at PSPGen. It's got quite a lot of features on its own, heck, even Bubbletune's very own Game Categories plugin was incorporated!

Requirements:

A PSP with 3.52 M33-3 or higher.

Features:

Suspend, Reset and Pandora options added in the recovery.
Hide MAC Address can be enabled via configuration in recovery.
VSH Recovery can now be opened with an option in the vshmenu.
You can quickly exit the recovery by pressing the Select button.
Game Categories Plugin by Bubbletune integrated (enabled by default, can be disabled in recovery).
Option to reboot in to official firmware in the recovery, it will remain like this until the next cold reset.
(Slim Only, support for the Phat PSP might be added later)
Slim Colors Patch by Bubbletune integrated, enable in the recovery and flash 13-27.bmp to your flash0.
This will allow you to use the Slim Colors on your Phat PSP.
Higher homebrew compatibility compared to other 5.02 custom firmwares.
Functional 5.02 pops (keep pops compatibility in mind)

The 1.50 Kernel Add-on for PSP Phat units is also included below.

There are more notes and instructions in the readme. It's in English, so there's no excuse not reading it - y'know, you should make that a new year's resolution: go through readme files for anything and everything you download! Since Dark AleX's CFW is required for this, we've also included a link to it below.

Let the wine flow, we're thanking our tipsters! Biig Biscuit, Michael D, MozyMan, and Fadil!

Download: PSP Custom Firmware 5.02 GEN-A
Download: PSP Kernel 1.50 Add-on for CFW 5.02 GEN-A

Via PSPGen

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Comments

# Cool! — dragon92 2009-01-02 03:18

Nice!Trying it now!

# - — pleek 2009-01-02 04:38

so, by pandora options does that mean you can make a pandora better strait from the menu?

# woah — jimftr 2009-01-02 05:05

this is way better than previous dark alex cfw. because it has tons of features. most dark alex updates just include updates so. well why would i want to stay on 5.00m33-4? 5.02 GEN has more cool stuff in.

# said it once — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-02 05:10

i'll say again

this is purely cosmetic

this is if you want to see 5.02 in system settings instead of 5.01m33-4

m33-4 has it all covered already

this is not needed

# WHAT?? — 1337-Scruffy 2009-01-02 06:30

ok this makes no sence too me? maybe anyone else caught this?:

"(Slim Only, support for the Phat PSP might be added later)"

ok, it wont support fat psp until you read this?:

"This will allow you to use the Slim Colors on your Phat PSP."

WHAT?? so it wont support fat psp, but the slim colors support it? maybe its a screw up on QJ's part? or the dev?

o yea and this just made it REALLY funny:

The 1.50 Kernel Add-on for PSP Phat units is also included below.

lmao, support the 150K add-on, but dont support the fat PSP(the only psp that can use it).......terrible changelog

# @Ace — fidel4prez 2009-01-02 07:01

you don't know what your talking about.

Being able to make a pandora battery from the recovery menu isn't cometic.

Being able to go back and forth from the offical firmware and the custome one isn't cosmetic.

Being able to go back to your recovery menu from the xmb and back without resetting isn't cosmetic.

This video is in french by you can see for yourself the features at work

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7vtq7_custom-firmware-502-gena_videogames

# - — chiefo030693 2009-01-02 07:10

I think it means this is for the slim only "Option to reboot in to official firmware in the recovery, it will remain like this until the next cold reset."

# Woot! — DarkXCloud 2009-01-02 07:15

Another great PSP Custom firmware! by GEN!

# qj is so slow on posting news — dbzking 2009-01-02 07:34

and this update is bull***** i dont see anything good for updating is 1.50 kernel however was emulated or ***** on slim than i would have beside dont reply with ***** like i dont know about time machine im not a *****ing noob

# awesome! — majorbb100 2009-01-02 08:29

amazing, the features list is very good. but i think i might stay on 5.00 M33-4 until im sure this is as stable.

# @dbzking — nyr2k2 2009-01-02 08:33

Uhhh...what?

And if QJ is too slow for you, don't come here.

# yes — AssassinWarrior 2009-01-02 10:38

yeah, make soft mod Pandora from Recovery Menu

# agreed — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-02 11:23

its nice

but c'mon

what else does it have over 5.01m33-4

nothing

i have pandora maker

so for me

this is cosmetic

i would only get this if i wanted to see 5.02 in my system settings

nuff said

# not nuff said — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-02 11:27

look all i'm saying is.

it's not a new firmware.

it's the same as 5.01m33-4 with fluff.

a few extras that for most part, aren't needed.

# oh and — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-02 11:37

» @Ace

you don't know what your talking about

i been using PSP exploits to hack PSPs for a very long time

since 2.xx when we relied on games like gta-liberty city stories to put us in hen.

dont say i dont know what i'm talking about,

the new hacking method i thought was fully due to battery until pre-IPL thing came to light

but now i know.

constantly learning.

and who knew, all i had to do was read what was going on.

# stability — AssassinWarrior 2009-01-02 12:01

its pretty stable, the only bug i know of is the inability to format flash1 setting in Recovery Menu, thats it..maybe

# good at reading arent ya — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-02 12:22

hes saying that its slim only

yet alot of features are clearly fat only

# @Ace — fidel4prez 2009-01-02 13:58

This CFW is good for alot of people who don't want to have a bunch of plugins and rather have the features in one nice and neat package, which this is.

For the record I'm sticking with DAX myself, I just hope he implements some of the features used here in his next release.

# WOW — KylBlz 2009-01-02 16:24

DaX would be jealous

but i think hes concentrating on crackin the 3000 right now. gotta give cudos to these ppl. definitely gonna be the very first thing i download when DaX cracks my PSP Brite

# Thanks — Binary 2009-01-02 16:37

but no thanks

# wow — Metal Jody 2009-01-02 16:50

this cfw freakin' has a vsh recovery and can hide the mac address. very nice. what's with game categories, though?

# .... — Stinky_1 2009-01-03 04:34

I am still trying to figure out why you need to hide your mac address?

This adds some cool features, but nothing that I would use every day. Use it once just to make sure I really can, then just play my psp. This is good for the guys who are always messing around with the psp. Not so much for the guys who just turn it on, run some homebrew and play a few umd's or isos

# hide mac addy — MMPSP 2009-01-03 04:47

lol for what? I'll stick with Dark Alex. I use a hard mod pandora battery and DC8 magic memory stick. Everything works fine for me. When Dark Alex puts a new one out it always has worked flawless. I hope he comes out with something for the TA 088's soon!

# hmm — Metal Jody 2009-01-03 10:18

hiding mac address isn't really useful, now that i think about it. but i have noticed when running cxmb, the vsh recovery goes to the M33 recovery instead of GEN. exiting it will crash and leave me to re-put in my battery. don't use vsh recovery if you have cxmb enabled.

# mac addy — MMPSP 2009-01-03 16:59

The only thing I've seen people hide their mac addy for was when you are creating videos on youtube. I think it might be so people don't spoof your mac addy. Although it would be rare for them to knock you off from spoffing your mac addy. I don't use my psp for online use anyway.. meh... thats what I have pc's for ... my psp is for gaming...

# ah i see — Aces In The Palm 2009-01-04 00:39

option to reboot into official firmware in the recovery is slim only

# I Like this CFW — KrAYzIeReYStA 2009-01-04 11:14

I actually like this CFW, its stable and has the recovery menu without rebooting. i was a lil iffy about installing it but id say its as good as 5.00M33...props to both dark_alex and GEN

i installed this for a coworker who has a phat psp and i was wondering how are you able to put slim colors in with the intergated plugin

# phat psp — qverny 2009-01-05 08:54

Ok,

It must be dumb part of me for not reading that it doesn't work with phat psp. My psp is showing nothing so what can I do to fix it. Can a pandora fix my brick phat psp?

# Help — db29 2009-01-07 02:18

Can someone help me? I'm anoob and on psp sim n lite software version 5.02. Wanna be able to play home brew games - snes emulator etc.

Can anyone give me an idiots guide to downgrading to the right firmware and how to get emulators on and start playin games? With out pandor AND MAGIC STICK.

I know it's a big ask but I'm totally clueless. Email probably best deanbasnett@hot mail.com

Please help.

# :O — sonicroxs 2009-01-08 22:25

Yay GEN is back! Weeeeeee!

# uhh theres currently no other way — mikal_rokz 2009-01-12 14:34

until the grip shift exploit is finished

# This is not his — tcraw7813 2009-01-13 09:24

The "creator" of this stole it from DAX. If you don't believe me read it for yourself http://pspupdates.qj.net/Dark-AleX-credit-for-GripShift-homebrew-enabler-stolen-UPDATE-/pg/49/aid/127953

# I agree with Ace — Djhg2000 2009-01-13 14:08

I've been around since you could use a TIFF exploit to use the golden firmware.

Anyone who understood that properly should know GEN CFWs are useless compared to the DA releases.

# QJ short stop hosting this fake CFW!!! — locobrown 2009-01-13 19:53

I'm removing this fake imitation of CFW, I'm flashing back to M33. I flashed this CFW because of its built in XMB recovery menu access. I only hope that DAX would implement some or all on the extra features, in future releases, that were part of the 3.03-3.40 OE firmwares. I miss those firmwares very much and it saddens me remembering the good ol' OE days.

# omg! — squintin 2009-01-14 10:24

why would you buy a slim + lite psp then expect to join the home brew community? That's like buying a 28 pronged toaster then being surprised you can't plug it in to make toast. You're smart enough to know about home brew and sites like qj but too dumb to research the playability of your 3000? Those units are *****... my sister (who is dumb) has a friend who wanted their psp modded (the friend is dumb too), those idiots brought me a 3000 like it was modifiable the thing looks pathetic and the browser wouldn't connect either. it appears that you share their dumbness. heres's a hint for you: the day you come to quick jump and the entire site has been renamed PSP 3000 cfw 5.XX m33! then you'll get some *****in help dumbass!

# @ db29 — squintin 2009-01-14 10:27

I wanna meet you and throw rocks at you.

# re:the guy above — SifJar 2009-01-18 03:52

he didnt ask about the 3000. his question is about the slim and lite. dont go calling people names when u are so stupid.

# Too bad — DCX6000 2009-01-24 17:07

GEN FW SUX!!

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