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Project PSPdualBoot - Preview |
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Placasoft from Team Emergency Exit has been working on his project “PSPdualBoot” for a long time. Did he just stop? The answer is NO. Yesterday, Placa gave me a chance to actually test the current progress – very impressive.
The original objective of this project is to automatically launch a homebrew when turning on your PSP. But still, the users should have the ability to choose not to load the homebrew on startup and hit the original XMB interface. The users should be able to select which homebrew they want to launch.
As we can imagine, the project needs to modify our firmware to take effect. Currently Placa is working on an installer for installing and customizing the Auto-Start service, so I had to test it under MPHÂ’s Firmware Launcher. I downloaded the decrypted 1.50 firmware and installed it properly on my memory stick, then applied PlacaÂ’s patch on it. After that, I started the firmware launcher. When seeing the prompt of the launcher, I turned on my WiFi switch and then pressed X button to start the emulation.
The launcher started to load the system, as the memory stick access light was blinking. Then the PSP startup video was played, the background with wavy lines was shown. But I never had a chance to see the old XMB interface before the screen went black after 2 seconds. Then, the access light continued to blinkÂ… and blink. After several seconds, PSP-OSS was loaded (Yay!).
The homebrew worked fine, but I got bored very soon. I just quitted PSP-OSS and modified the settings to load another homebrew. This time I picked PSIX, maybe the very first one you want to load on startup. And yeah, it loaded perfectly.
Placa told me he didnÂ’t think there was anything that PSPdualBoot couldnÂ’t load. Any homebrew you have in your mind that works on 1.50 can be started automatically with PSPdualBoot.
Placa is now working on an installer. This installer will enable you to customize which homebrew you want to load on startup, and then apply the patch to your firmware. He will focus especially on safety, to make sure you wonÂ’t brick your PSP with it (as long as you donÂ’t cut the power of the PSP by yourself).
I also discussed with Placa about something else, like if this can be used to penetrate the parental control of some PSP games. He said very likely. Maybe I was too curious, this function sounds really redundant. :P
The release date is still unknown according to Placa. Maybe just like the famous Carmark said “It’s done, when it’s done.”
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This program is going to be the first homebrew program to not only write to the firmware but also be executed from it, meaning there is the possibility of one of these shell programs being eventually developed into a separate operating system, or at the very least it brings those who are interested in hacking the PSP's firmware one step closer to their goal. Also, when shell programs can be started automatically when turning the PSP on, there will be greater interest in developing them to make them more stable and functional.
At any rate I will definitely look forward to what develops next, at any rate things can only get better from here. That is, until SONY releases their next firmware update and half of the people who have not updated yet will do so to try out the shiny new features.
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anyways...this app seems great...sounds like a great idea to load up any homebrew on start up...sadly i dont use psp oss and other shells mainly cuz non is good enough to my liking...but once a shell is out that is to my taste...i can't wait for this to be out too!
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Great way to start the month!
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Wow your gay as **** he was jk. Goddamn
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Hey its already easy shyt to pass parental locks, just get into IR Shell and hit left, to load inserted UMD, or use FlashMod... ETC.
As for the dual boot, we need to confirm if it prevents XMB bricking...
For example when testing the dual boot, with MPH fw loader, corrupt the xmb file, topmenu_plugins .prx , somehow. See if hte homebrew still loads.
Also corrupt various files such as the asura effect. And the gameboot.
If this prevents bricking, its gunna be teh awesomest!
( All u need is it to load a special flash repairing system... )
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anyway, I would be hesitant to use this, but I cant wait to see it.
Now all we need is a PSP Shell that works well enough to be used as the main OS
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could this app mean that you can have 2 firmwares? it would be nice to have a 2.6 version and a 1.5 on the same psp. or is this all just a way to get psix to load a little faster?
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psp linux that will have the capabilities of loading any umd and homebrew.
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@alan, I havent heard much about the psplinux project recently...
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But i'm just dreaming i think
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I might be wrong about this, but its just a thought.
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