PSP's 3.03 firmware decrypted

Posted Dec 24, 2006 at 3:33PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, News Tags: Booster, Christmas, DevHook, emulation, PlayStation Store
Ó


3.03 Dump!You guys sure are getting a lot of Christmas treats this year. We just talked about the upcoming rise of 3.02 OE-B and we're one step closer to getting 3.03 to complete hack-ability.

Team Create and Destroy, which everyone knows more as Team C+D, was able to pull off a full decryption of 3.03 and released their PSAR Dumper for it. For those of you who didn't hear of the 3.03 release, it adds new PlayStation titles that people can download from the PlayStation Store and play on their PSP. 3.03 also managed to add some new wrinkles in the code, which left encrypted modules and hindered DevHook emulation as a lovely parting gift.

While the PSAR dumper does work and decrypt all encrypted modules, reports from the forums show that it isn't emulating correctly with the current version of Booster that allows PSP users to use fw1.5 and fw2.71 on a single PSP.">Devhook. With all the recent and amazing updates who knows, we might see a updated Devhook which supports Firmware 3.03 soon. If you want to discuss this development check out the forum thread below.

Download: [3.03 PSAR Dump release]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

 
 
 

Comments

by - 2006-12-24 20:05:32
Amazing!

This is absolutely AMAZING!! SONY= OWNED!! Long live Homebrew!
by - 2006-12-24 20:10:32
Agreed

The more the better. This Christmas is getting more awesome everyday. Bring on the PS1 Emulator though Dark Alex for OE-B. Amazing stuff.
by jrfhoutx - 2006-12-24 20:10:35
A Very Merry Christmas Indeed!

Wow, the Homebrew community is cranking out the Christmas goodness like it's going outta style!
by - 2006-12-24 20:12:21
cool

this is really awesome!! how come no one ever jumpss these posts? i was the first, and i'm the fourth commenter...
by - 2006-12-24 20:13:12
OHH MAN

THIS IS TOO MUCH, I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DOWNLOAD FIRST
by - 2006-12-24 20:15:38
LATE......

...knew about this about 2 or more hrs ago...
by - 2006-12-24 20:18:58
7th!

7th!
by - 2006-12-24 20:21:04
This Is A Gift!

What a good christmas we have, so many upcoming goodies!
by - 2006-12-24 20:30:09
I knew about this as well

I found out about this news way more than 2 hours ago but I didn't bother informing QJ.net simply because they do not have the basic courtesy of crediting their news tippers or even the source. Way to go QJ.
by - 2006-12-24 20:41:50
LOL the guy who posted 7th

isnt even 7th
by - 2006-12-24 20:50:24
Anonymous Coward

That makes as much sense as not voting and then getting upset when the person gets into office. If we get a news tip we always try and thank the submitter. Login if you are going to constantly criticize, at least that would give you some creditability. Theres no way for the admins to compare your anonymous (aka non-username) with any email submitted tips to validate your complaints.
by - 2006-12-24 21:02:51
Re:7th!

im a *****
by - 2006-12-24 21:44:42
Wow

Maybe this could be implemented into OE-C? (After Dark_AleX has a well deserved rest that is!)
by - 2006-12-24 22:19:41
...

acually he is the 7th. But when other reply to other with the reply button the post get moved to the right and add it after
by - 2006-12-24 22:22:14
Me

who here has actually ran this program on their PSP
by Lucky_Bastard - 2006-12-24 22:51:22
Sony is stubborn

Endless Updates.. When will you learn to give UP SONY?
by akuma2099 - 2006-12-24 22:57:24
cool

Glad to see some one was able to do it but I don't see the advantage of it yet since there are no games that even use 3.0 yet. Also if Dark_Alex is able to get 3.02-OE-B to emulate any ps1 game, and I have all the confidence in the world that he can then there won't be any reason for the ps1 download store.
by BULL3TPR00F - 2006-12-24 23:41:52
wow

why are people so ignorant? Sony is NOT against homebrew! They are against pirating games, as everyone is (devs n such)!
by - 2006-12-25 00:55:23
Merry Homebrew Christmas!

THis Christmas is a memorable one indeed. Thanks to all the great programmers out there that made this all possible.
by - 2006-12-25 03:51:38
?????

is sony even trying anymore? the devs have been able to hack the newer updates faster than the older ones hmmm it makes me wonder
by - 2006-12-25 06:02:00
devhook 4 3.02

y dnt Dark_aleX or booster com up wif a devhook that will work on 3.02? cnt u jus access it thru tha browser by puttin file:/common/dh or summin?? shurely tht cud work :S:S
by - 2006-12-25 07:24:43
jerk

You're probably a 12 year old girl. Don't post such stupid things that people have already thought of long ago.
by - 2006-12-25 08:36:31
SIIIIKKKK!!

wikid finally to coolio's have dun it again
by - 2006-12-25 09:09:17
this is gona be wicked

i only bought my psp for movies and music... but now its a killer gaming machine thanks to darkalex.
by - 2006-12-25 09:43:16
yea

so true, so true. remember when 2.71 was homebrewless? now like a week after 3.02 is out, its already hacked and turned into a custom firmware!
by - 2006-12-25 10:55:14
3.03 OE-B

I'm gonna hang in there till 3.03 OE-B, at this rate, that'll be tomorrow! :) Awesome updates lately guys, keep up the good work!
by - 2006-12-25 11:06:42
How to:

Can anyone be so kind to help me out: How, and what do I need to mod a 3.03 System. I am reading and reading, and get alittle of alot of information.
by - 2006-12-25 12:16:05
@Bulletproof

Why are YOU so ignorant? That is just sonys lies, they do want to stop homebrew, why else can't they leave a security hole for just usermode? usermode can't run ISOs
by - 2006-12-25 12:43:06
Good

Hopefully this hacking keeps going to the new year 2007. What is a psar dump?
by ENFORCER - 2006-12-25 14:17:11
HEY Annonymous Coward YOUR RIGHT

I have tipped qj twice and i have never gotten any credits at all....and yess im signed in also. hey Jamie M. (QJ. NET Staff) Learn how to spell too is actually "credibility "
by - 2006-12-25 15:15:10
TEAM C+D are kings!!!!

great work dudes, i hope all da psp developers find an exploit or sumat to mike 3.03 kernel access, dat wud be sweet!!!!!
by - 2006-12-25 17:18:48
Re: Anonymous Coward

LOL IRONY ALERT. Learn how to spell you're. Lolz.
by - 2006-12-25 19:14:04
to the legends team C+D + the PSP developers

PLEASE COULD U TRY TO HACK 3.03 INTO KERNEL ACCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE
by - 2006-12-25 19:41:56
not hacked yet

sry bud but 3.03 isnt able to be modded...yet. just wait and hopefully it will be hacked for homebrew in the future
by - 2006-12-25 19:44:02
psar dump is

taking the contents of an eboot and spitting them out into files... in this case, getting the fw files from an update
by - 2006-12-25 19:45:46
are u drunk or wasted?

what the hell r u talking about?
by - 2006-12-25 19:47:29
hey colin

we hav the same name
by - 2006-12-25 19:48:31
for what?

what would tht accomplish?
by - 2006-12-25 19:49:29
7? yay!

i like 7
by - 2006-12-25 21:20:37
PLZ

Dude thats the way he wrote his name....read before you post something........ ALL I DID was to copy and paste his name. not so smart, huh?
by - 2006-12-25 22:34:09
psp

so i now have 3.03.... just got it... can i get games???? i have not yet succeeded in playing an emulator on my psp
by - 2006-12-25 23:09:55
help with psp

hey i just baught my psp 1 week ago and updated it to v3.03 i have no clue on how to use this "hack" so can anyone please tell me how to use it :).... also if i dont like it, can i update my psp system to the new sony system release and erase this software out of the psp...? and do the games just work like normal games in the memorystick do or do u have to use a different program to hack the game first then u upload it into ur psp...thx alot:)
by - 2006-12-26 17:20:51
help

guys iam new, what does this v3.03 dycripter exactly do? cuz my psp is v 3.03 and will this help it downgrade to 1.50 so i can play homebrew and stuff?
by - 2006-12-29 22:43:31
HeopHELP

i cant install it, i did upgrade it from 2.71 to 3.03 "the game counld not be started" error code 8002014C what can i do now? HELP
by - 2006-12-30 00:39:52
HELP FOR 3.03

I NEED HELP WITH MY PSP I NEED TO DOWNGRADE IT AND IT"S 3.03 I NEED TO DOWNGRADE IT TO 2.03 OR LESS E-MAIL ME K9P90@HOTMAIL.COM
by - 2006-12-30 02:29:17
help

how and where do you put this program on your psp?
by - 2006-12-31 11:11:51
none

i need help i want to play homebrew but im worried even if there is a downgrader for 3.03 will it screw up my psp
by - 2006-12-31 12:00:56
t

t
by - 2006-12-31 12:18:06
HOW TO INSTAL

Please tell ME Pete How to INSTALL THIS PSAR DUMPER FOR 3.03.
by - 2006-12-31 13:45:45
Viva va wha

Where do i pu tit it once downloaded please reply to Jdawnin@gmail.com
by - 2007-01-02 18:11:10
I need heelllpppp

Yeah, I just got a PSP for Christmas, I knew nothing about it, so I upgraded to 3.03, now I find out that it wasn't a good thing... I want to play PS1 games on it like mad, someone keep me updated please!!! aim: xfuneral4myhartx msn and email: manatees.suck.18@hotmail.com : ]
by - 2007-01-02 20:41:43
3.03 active

i just did all of this and i now have the 3.03 version. the thing is when i put a psx eboot on the GAME file it appears"to use this content you must activate this system!" what does this mean?? what do i do??
by - 2007-01-03 13:55:23
gawd -_-

a) YOU CANT RUN ANY TYPE OF HOMEBREW ON 2.81 OR ABOVE b) THIS PROGRAM WILL NOT WORK ON 3.03 IF U HAVE UPGRADED FROM 2.8 OR BELOW TO 3.03 U ARE ONE DUMBO c)THIS PROGRAM DECRYPTS THE FILES IN THE 3.03 EBOOT SO IT CAN BE EMULATED WITH DEVHOOK OR HOPEFULLY TURNED INTO A CUSTOM FIRMWARE. d) YOU CANT PLAY PSX GAMES CONVERTED BY "POPSTATION" ON OFFICIAL 3.0+ FIRMWARE ONLY ON 3.02 OE-B THEY ARE PLAYABLE.YOU MUST BUY A GAME FROM SONY STORE IF YOUR ON 3.0+ e) YOU CAN ONLY UPGRADE TO 3.02 OE FROM 1.5 OR 2.71 SE
by - 2007-01-03 14:58:02
V3.03 downgrade

I wait that one day we can make downgrade to 1.5 I must not have done the update I was donkey
by - 2007-01-03 15:14:19
i got a psp for christmas and....

i did the update as well. right afterwards i realized sony's bad intention; to stop homebrew ):
by - 2007-01-04 09:00:50
Indeed

I've got the same problem, help!!!
by - 2007-01-05 12:24:28
how to

how do i install this on my psp!!!!!
by - 2007-01-06 02:12:22
...what 'ti' said

I'm on 1.50 and I'm running DevHook 0.52 with FW3.03. Popstation converted my TEKKEN3.ISO that I ISO'ed from my PS1 CD. I copied all the files across and when I go to run Tekken 3, I get that error too: To use this content, you must activate the system. Is this because DevHook is unable to emulate the PSX games?
by - 2007-01-08 22:08:56
3.03

same things what happen to me when i update to 3.03. all my games in MS don't start anymore!. What should i do. please help how to install the games into MS. Tnx
by - 2007-01-08 22:10:14
3.03

same things what happen to me when i update to 3.03. all my games in MS don't start anymore!. What should i do. please help how to install the games into MS. Tnx
by - 2007-01-09 02:27:22
chris

GYS I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP I GOT A PSP FOR CHRISTMAS AND UPGRADED IT TO 3.03 AND NOW I CANT HACK ANYTHING ON IT !! AAAHH!! ALL IT SES IS THE GAME COULD NOT START AND A BUNCH OF NUMBERS WHEN I TRY TO LOAD DEVISE HOOK OR CHEAT HACK OR A DOWNGRADE .. THX.
by - 2007-01-09 18:51:54
can u answer me this?

why does it keep saying game could not be started after I try n start PSAR dumper even tho I followed the installation process over 50 times?
by - 2007-01-10 23:39:20
psp

okay, how do you uprade it to 3,03 it is a .rar and my psp does not support such files so what do i do and what are the good things about 3.03?? thank you very much, kind people
by - 2007-01-12 18:42:26
Usermode?

" ยป @Bulletproof Why are YOU so ignorant? That is just sonys lies, they do want to stop homebrew, why else can't they leave a security hole for just usermode? usermode can't run ISOs " what's usermode?
by - 2007-01-12 18:48:15
What?

" ยป yea so true, so true. remember when 2.71 was homebrewless? now like a week after 3.02 is out, its already hacked and turned into a custom firmware! " so i shouldnt have updated to 3.03? sonofadammit
by - 2007-01-14 21:59:40
seriously...

enforcer gets a biggest douche of the year award? """I have tipped qj twice and i have never gotten any credits at all....and yess im signed in also.""" its (yes not yess, i have never gotten...should be i have never recieved, im +'s I am) """hey Jamie M. (QJ. NET Staff) Learn how to spell too is actually "credibility """" romotherfugginlmao seriously.. if you are going to attack someones ability to type in correct english, atleast have the decency to be able to do so yourself, moron oh and it is ( learn how to spell too, it is actually "yaddayaddaramblingmoron0384753")
by - 2007-01-15 10:23:07
downgrade???

someone help! i got psp for xmas and upgraded before i new what the old ones could do... plz help i really need downgrade!!!!!!!! fo anyone who checks this a lot if u ever see something email me at istupid500@aim.com or so i see on psp istupid500@gmail.com
by - 2007-01-15 12:21:26
ta-082

Will this brick for Ta-082 users?
by - 2007-01-17 00:02:32
me myself and i....ROCK THE WORLD

ok i got a spar dumper 2.80 how do i use it if its forr 3.0x??? ive got downloaded 2.80 so ... how doi use the PsarDumperV2B PLZ NEED HELP BEFORE I DIE""""" thx
by - 2007-01-17 10:42:31
please help

please,somebody help me , I didn't know about this homebrew games until a few days ago.......the problem is i updated my psp to version 3.03 , and I don't know how to DOWNGRADE , can someone PLEASE tell me??? or at least give me a URL to the tutorial site? sorry for being a noob...:(
by - 2007-01-17 10:51:00
if you have non custom 3.03 NO CHANCE

People read the other posts before posting dont just post 'omg i just upgraded to 3.03 please help' as you CANNOT do homebrew (that means all non sony applications) on 3.03 it DOESNT work at the moment stop asking for help it will only work if you have a custom 3.03 firmware and you CANNOT upgrade to that from a 3.03 firmware. this is all at the moment so things may change so for now non custom 3.03ers SHUT IT
by - 2007-01-17 10:55:39
downgrading

sorry for double posting but you CANNOT down grade from 3.03 (at the moment) soz for being patronizing and rude in these posts but i have had enough of people having no idea
by - 2007-01-17 11:04:04
more help please

OK! i understand that if I want to play homebrew games I need to DOWNGRADE my PSP and the UPGRADE with hacked versions of the update.... , but where in the hell must I put the files I get when i download a game???and what's with the ISO , the DH and TA-082................. can somebody explain me? sorry abou my english and sorry because i am a noob............. please DON'T IGNORE ME !!!
by - 2007-01-17 16:15:28
v3.03

Ive got a PSP v3.03 and i cant get any emulators such as Snes and Genesis to work as it says "it could not be started due to (some code)" is there any updated emulators for this version?? Thanx
by - 2007-01-18 12:28:11
Dont Work

it dnt work (sarcastically) GREAT WORK GUYS!!!
by - 2007-01-18 13:21:00
IT DONT WORK!!!!!

IT DONT WORK!!!!!
by - 2007-01-19 06:38:30
i updated my psp

aup lads (or lass's) i got my psp as a crimbo prezzi and i wntd to play need for speed carbon which i got with it so i updated to 2.71 and then as i have wirless where i am i went on network update to go on internet with my psp (just for a laff and the novelty as it was) not knowin network update pdates the firmware now im running v3.03 and my question is how long till the downgrader comes out cuz im gaggin to play homebrew and stuff so can sum1 plz get bk to me hotmail and msn = shread2004@hotmail.com skype = th34v4t4r
by - 2007-01-19 15:36:02
ooh crap

I accidentally upgraded my psp to 3.03 and now I can not play any of my beautifull homebrew games! please tell me how to downgrade at tslimerman@yahoo.com
by - 2007-01-20 22:41:36
wtf c&d

i upgraded my psp to 3.03 without doing any reasearch like a total idiot now i hate my psp and to get a new one ill lose money someone help me email: i_love_buttertoast@yahoo.com ive been searching for 3 months for a promising dumper but no go (but since i found this it might work) but im such a noob so i dont know where to put the damn thing and keep getting "the game counld not be started" error code 8002014C or at least tell me where to put the psar dumper sheesh plz email me i_love_buttertoast@yahoo.com
by - 2007-01-21 06:00:03
where do i

where do i put the src files for the decrypter to work on fw 3.03
by - 2007-01-21 14:29:12
3.03

plz if their a good lord u guys will make something for me my psp is 3.03 i wish i could get some hackedge on it
by - 2007-01-22 00:14:45
in

your ass
by - 2007-01-22 08:00:15
psp 3.03

ok i recently updated to 3.03 by accident and i really want to downgrade... is there any possible way to do this because 3.03 F**king sux... sony is so frustrating
by - 2007-01-22 14:00:23
RAAAAAAARGH

ยป if you have non custom 3.03 NO CHANCE People read the other posts before posting dont just post 'omg i just upgraded to 3.03 please help' as you CANNOT do homebrew (that means all non sony applications) on 3.03 it DOESNT work at the moment stop asking for help it will only work if you have a custom 3.03 firmware and you CANNOT upgrade to that from a 3.03 firmware downgraders do NOT work either. this is all at the moment so things may change so for now non custom 3.03ers SHUT IT
by - 2007-01-22 14:02:44
RAAAAAAARGH

please read the post and tell others about it to stop them continually asking
by - 2007-01-23 05:00:02
unfortuanate

i am one of those uninformed idiots who offically upgraded also..... "Sony" is a *****.... -Better get ready to meet some angry *****s...
by - 2007-01-23 05:06:10
Patiently Waiting for non-custom 3.03 downgrade

PROGRAMMERS EVERYWHERE..... would you like to have the money I would have given sony for new games? a much appreciated non-custom 3.03 downgrade PLZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!
by - 2007-01-23 05:27:42
f*ed over

that problem occurs to anyone who has a 3.03 firmware that is non-custom. all the homebrew software will not work until an updated "3.03 non-custom" file is released. don't upgrade anymore, although still f^ed anyway.

Add New Comment




You must be logged in to post comments




Add QJ.NET
Add to My Yahoo!
Google Reader Subscribe with Bloglines
Add  to your Kinja digest Subscribe in NewsGator Online
Subscribe with Pluck RSS reader Add 'www.qj.net' to Newsburst from CNET News.com
Subscribe with SearchFox RSS del.icio.us www.qj.net
Add to Technorati Favorite! Add to My AOL
furl! it Stumble for Treehugger!