Custom Firmware 3.93 - comes with in-XMB recovery

Posted Apr 26, 2008 at 5:03PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: Custom Firmware, Dark AleX, Hellcat, Mathieulh, Team M33

Custom Firmware 3.93 screenshot - Image 1

While waiting for the next custom firmware coming from Dark AleX and Team M33, there's one based on the official Sony PlayStation Portable firmware 3.93 that surfaced which appears to be a functional alternative. Only known as CFW 3.93, it's said to be rooted in M33's work and gives credit to usual CFW contributors.

To kick things off, here's the changelog provided for CFW 3.93

Uses the 3.93 kernel
Implemented all the original custom firmware features.
Ability to use the normal recovery inside the XMB by pressing the HOME button:

When in the recovery, the system is suspended, and you can change all options directly.

All options work immediately, there is no need to reboot (even the Slim's USB charging option)

Ability to make a Pandora battery from the recovery, read and restore the EEPROM, etc. Providing that the motherboard supports it.

Ability to hide the MAC address in System Information, if you do so, the MAC will show visually as all 0's.
Ability to save the savegames in normal format, rather then encrypted (only functions in March33 and Sony NP9960 mode).
The native 3.93 pops isn't as good as the previous pops, therefor I hope the popsloader will get updated to support 3.93.

We're yet to get a hold of any confirmation pertaining to who made this particular custom firmware, but Dark AleX and Team M33 received recognition together with Hellcat's Saveplain plug-in. Mathieulh also supposedly agreed to publish this CFW 3.93.

With that out of the way, if you're still wondering what this custom firmware is all about, here's a video demonstrating its features:

Thanks to Moose Island and Seven Points for the tip!

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Comments

# cool — digicron 2008-04-26 14:11

anyone try this out yet? away from my psp so havent had a chance myself. guessing you cannot update via network update as its not m33? can anyone confirm

# eh? — jik131 2008-04-26 14:35

"We're yet to get a hold of any confirmation pertaining to who made this particular custom firmware, but Dark AleX and Team M33 received recognition together with Hellcat's Saveplain plug-in. Mathieulh also supposedly agreed to publish this CFW 3.93."

-so whats the meaning of this?

DAX and team m33 didnt officially made this?

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lol will wait for some feedbacks b4 upgrading.

# yea — Metal Jody 2008-04-26 15:13

I'm gonna wait for some feedbacks too

# If its made by somebody else. — Binary 2008-04-26 15:47

I'll pass.

# No. — Binary 2008-04-26 15:57

DAX nor the M33 Team did not made this.

probably somebody from Team Wildcard or theketchupman.

If I was all you guys, I skip this, you don't want homo recovery mode.

# Not dax... — Bob Joe 2008-04-26 16:36

dax always puts the new m33 on network update immediatly. Network update says i have the newest update, so i'm not updating until the creator is clearly confirmed.

# ....... — aLiEn_wArE 2008-04-26 19:37

i already tried it on my other PSP....it works perfectly and no bugs....al plugins works as normal except Custom firmware Extender...but yah its good....the recovery is awesome....try it guys..

# favor — rakizta77 2008-04-26 21:14

could you upload your flash0 file... i just want to check the files in this custom firmware if you dont mind...

about the video... i didnt see the user access the recovery menu by pressing home button(which is one of the said features).. did he? and about the colorful recovery... that is so easy to do... that's why i am pretty much unconvinced in upgrading my psp... so if anyone already tried it... can you confirm if you could really access the recovery by pressing the home button... or am i missing something here? please upload the flash0 files... any help would be appreciated...

# ????? — aLiEn_wArE 2008-04-26 21:57

no! not the Home Button....im accessing the VSH Revocery menu by Pressing Select Button not the home Button...and i have no such enough time to upload my flash0....but this CFW is cool..but i dont want to install this on my primary PSP...

# this is nice — naruto0191 2008-04-26 23:06

this works fine but you must press select to go to recovery

# HAHA — JaXeRiR 2008-04-26 23:35

"If I was all you guys, I skip this, you don't want homo recovery mode."

I'm so gonna laugh at you if something happens (e.g. DAX quits and everyone starts using these CFWs, or if this guy is really DAX).. Haha good luck.

# ... — Binary 2008-04-27 00:57

I saying skip this version of a unkown custom firmware person.

I not going to update my psp to this and wake up the next morning with a Brick XMB and a Brick Recovery mode. Then I really screw because I don't got a *****ing extra psp to do Pandora.

# huh? — pspfreedomfighter 2008-04-27 01:44

u dont need another psp to create a pandora. you can use ur pc and hardware mod ur battery by opening it up

# This was made by "PSPGen" — ajnauron 2008-04-27 02:56

His site is at http://www.pspgen.com/, its in French though. Not DAX, as said before he puts it on the M33 network update. I'm gonna pass on this one.

# agree — supersteve64 2008-04-27 03:08

I guess its theketchupman too.

1. Obv the nickname

2. theketchupman created the xmb recovery menus for many other custom firmwares, so he might have fancied creating his own.

# Nothing short of Awesome — NdR23 2008-04-27 05:34

I had my doubt's at first seeing as how it wasn't released by DAX nor M33, but after playing around with it, it's rock solid, everything that worked for 3.90m33-3, works on here so far.It has more options (Create Pandora Battery, Recovery by pressing the HOME button, PSX Eboots now work again!!). I highly recommended it, If you scared, then your missing out.

# vsh — ForteZeroExcell 2008-04-27 05:37

If u press select to go to recovery how do you go to vsh menu??? Or can u not

# Select for recovery? — billylee8 2008-04-27 06:44

Thanks, now I know for sure I won't be using this CFW. Select is the button to take pics + vids with the Chotto Shot camera.

And it's not even 3.95...

# The one thing I'm concerned about... — billylee8 2008-04-27 06:46

...is whether or not upgrading to this CFW will interfere with upgrading to an actual M33 release.

I mean, how many people had trouble upgrading to 3.80 M33 from those "HX" CFWs?

# I agree — NdR23 2008-04-27 07:42

Yeah I agree with you billylee8 , it may be difficult upgrading to the next M33 release, but personally, I think I'm gonna stick with this 3.93 release.It carries a tad bit more features as opposed to 3.90m33-3 ,personally I don't think I'll update to the next m33 update unless it's 4.00 or something.

# strange — xLinkinwormx 2008-04-27 10:29

with this installed i was able to network download m33 3.90 even this im on 3.93 kernal, glitch, should be fixed. nice additions to this tho with the recovory menu, also its press select not home, well it is on my psp

# incorrect — rakizta77 2008-04-27 10:36

that means that the changelog is incorect since you press the select button not the homebutton... i've already seen it in action... its pretty cool... but i'm still stickin with my m33... i have heard reports from our site that some of them got bricked after 13hrs or so... dunno why...

# Re: pspfreedomfight er — Binary 2008-04-27 11:08

now hell, I did not know that hmmm.

# meh — xLinkinwormx 2008-04-27 11:22

o well if i get a brick i have pandora ready to downgrade me to 3.90-3 i wouldnt trust this other wise

# Three errors already? — ajnauron 2008-04-27 12:04

So it's select for the recovery NOT home, you can download 3.90 M33-3 from the Network Update even though its a 3.93 kernel, and it gets bricks after 13 hours? This is what happens when it's not made by the master.

# m33 — Z3R0mod 2008-04-27 16:38

pfft just another bite off of DaX you should be ashamed for trying to fo sumthing with other ppls work. you are guna piss sum1 off if you kep doing this. y not just a plugin or sumthing else maby.

# ? — xLinkinwormx 2008-04-28 00:26

im not sure what this 13 hour brick is tho, mine seems fine now. is it 13 hours play or something? cos my psp will last forever if thats the case. i only ever use it to get the latest kernal lol

# Don't Follow Read Me Directions — SlickWilly440 2008-04-29 02:04

SOB, I followed the readme directions and ended upgrading to the Official 3.93 Firmware...SOB

Just extract that entire .zip/.rar file into the root of the memory stick and run the CFW Installer.

I followed the instructions and copied the 3.93.PBP into the PSP/Game/UPDATE Folder and put the official update in the root folder! Then booted up what I though was the CFW program.

Now my PSP is totally worthless to me.

To the Person Who uploaded the CFW 3.93, "If you are going to make some changes to the release, at least change the readme file so people don't end up upgrading to the real 3.93 firmware.

# lol — animebuster 2008-04-29 08:14

so you didnt put the eboot in the update folder its quite easy you just had to drag the psp folder that is in the zip to the root and click yes to overright then put the 393.pbp on the root

this is what the readme says

Create a folder called UPDATE in /PSP/GAME and copy the EBOOT.PBP there included in this package.

Copy the original Sony 3.93 update to the root of the memory stick with the name 393.PBP

Launch app, and follow the instructions.

and it is right

press select just to make sure you are on ofw

# slickwilly440 — Nikolaos 2008-04-29 08:14

You are a *****ing idiot if you updated to OFW 3.93, the update is named 3.93.PBP, the only way possible for you to update using that is by renaming 3.93 PBP to EBOOT.PBP, that isn't in the readme, therefore you are an idiot and probably thought you knew what you were doing. Fool.

# ? — SlickWilly440 2008-04-29 09:06

Well the PSP folder already had the necessary folders and the EBOOT.PBP, so creating a folder called UPDATE was not necessary.

I took the 393.PBP file and put it in the UPDATE folder int the GAME folder, and renamed the 393.PBP file to EBOOT.PBP. Then I downloaded the offical 3.93 firmware and put it in the root folder and renamed it to 393.PBP. Then I launched the program (turned out to be offical PSP Firmware) and followed the instructions.

The next thing I knew, I couldn't run any homebrew programs and my psp become completely worthless.

A proper readme would say: "Copy the PSP folder and 393.PHP file to the root of the memory stick and click Yes All to over write the files. Then launch the application and follow the instructions."

# Okay..... — SlickWilly440 2008-04-29 09:11

Well if you are going to call me names, then at least post a solution to the problem.

The problem is the person who setup all the folders and everything in the .zip/.rar file, didn't even care to edit the readme file.

# this is the best.. — maqyboi 2008-04-29 14:22

i've tried it... it really works,... first.. i thought that it only a joke... but iv tried it... it works.. i have 11 games on my psp all works... it's not HOME button when going to normal recovery in xmb its SELECT... after that i realize that there is no 1.50 addon for this CFW then i downgrade it to 3.90m33-3 again... then when im looking here for some updates i read that there is 1.50 add-on for 3.93.. then there i love it... try these 1.... this is the best...

# OMG — animebuster 2008-04-29 16:33

why did you do that? the zip came with the OFW update so why did you download it again it says CLEARLY what to do it came with a EBOOT.pbp so thats the EBOOT.pbp you needed cos thats the custom firmware update and the OFW gos on the root didnt you know if you put an OFW update in psp/game/update and name it EBOOT.pbp it will update it to OFW

# pandora — animebuster 2008-04-29 16:36

if you want to get back to Custom firmware research pandora

# pandora battery — animebuster 2008-04-29 18:44

Battery

# Researched — SlickWilly440 2008-04-30 01:03

Yeah I've researched the pandora battery thing.

I could:

1. Buy one on eBay.

2. Buy an Datel Tool Battery (puts psp into service mod)

3. Convert the current psp battery to pandora by taking it apart and desolder one leg of a surface mount chip and create the magic memory stick.

# it's cool... — sage3k 2008-04-30 07:27

I will admit the Recovery from the XMB is awesome. but side grading to this has caused an issue that I didn't expect. I lost POPs Support so my PSX Eboots do not work anymore. :(

I'm side grading back to M33. But it's pretty sweet if you don't want POP's Support.

# pandora battery — animebuster 2008-04-30 09:34

but if you have a friend with a psp with custom firmware on it you can create it on his/hers and turn you battery back after if you want

# Thanks — SlickWilly440 2008-05-01 01:07

Thanks for the idea, but I don't have any friends who have CFW on their PSP's, they all seem to like buying their games and stay current with the OFW.

# Just a thought. — HxcoredinosXXX 2008-05-01 09:03

I'm not sure if this is the same exact one, but it probably is. A guy that goes by Kratosjohn lays claim to a 3.93 cfw. Just thought I would say this.

http://www.consolespot.net/forums/psp-news/7758-release-3-93-cfw.html

# opps! — HxcoredinosXXX 2008-05-01 09:08

Actually I'm sorry he only knows/works with the person who made it, this is also the pre-version.

# ... — PS2GT 2008-05-01 23:00

actual u dont need to desolder anything when making a pandora battery, a finger nail clipper will do just fine and u need tape also so the case stays closed and it only works on the old 18 and 22 batteries btw.

# i upgraded to 3.93 cfw 1 week ago. — sergeidragunov 2008-05-03 02:55

had no problems so far. all my homebrew apps r working fine!after installing t 1.50 kernel for 3.93. thanks to the one who made it! btw... will there be no problems when upgrading to 4.00 M33 when ver. 4 comes. i ask the psp experts out there. any elp will surely help hehehe ;)

# >> — Mentality 2008-05-11 23:08

Not touching this until I can do it officially from Dark-Alex network update, I don't want any dodgey custom firmware on my PSP when we don't even know who actually made it, let alone weather it might mess up future updates to custom firmwares, I had problems in the past when I used another custom firmware not of Dark-Alex's.

# Show some support! — Zeqro 2008-05-13 06:43

For all those idiots complaining about this CFW, how about you try and make something like this huh??

Show support for upcoming devs and stop being so naggy.

I mean even DAX started from the bottom of the ladder and some ppl here are criticising the person who made this for being a rip-off whereas he clearly recognised all those who made M33.

Show some support for *****'s sake. All you guys do is nag....

# Help downgrading — behemothzero 2008-05-20 16:03

Can anyone please teach me how to downgrade from this to 3.90 M33 if possible? My Popsloader is borked. Damn.

# xmb recovery menu is disabled — n.nimbu 2008-05-20 17:26

In custom firmware 3.93 i accidently selected the disable option in the XMB menu and now i cannot open the xmb recovery menu .please help i really want to

tryout that menu .

waiting for ur response guys... . .

psp

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