Flashing Through: X-Flash Kerrang Build 5 |
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This application by Art, X-Flash Kerrang, could alter as well as create a custom firmware for your PSP. The original Dark_AleX Custom Firmware modification does not work under MPH firmware launcher. Now we all know that all great things come with some form of risk, and this cool tool is no different. As with all flash-related apps, there's a slim chance of ending up with a brick if you don't know what you're doing. So it's best to read a li'l of it's history and the notes included in the readme if you're new to it.
Changelog:
- Additional 'old school' screens added to the credits demo including equalizer style music visualization, media player style music visualization, fireworks effect, vector objects, and spinning circles.. all in ASCII!.
- Home and Start buttons can be used for program controlled exit.
- Select button is a shortcut to the XMB Menu Label Editor.
- Real time checking for activated USB mode. Program will not run if it is launched or resumed from a shell with USB mode activated.
- Startup checking of available RAM. Program will not start if over 2Kb of RAM is tied up by another application.
- New Easter Egg for this version has been given away in the thread.
- New Icon and accompanying AT3 loop.
- Programming optimization.
- Detection of iR Shell module (thanks to AhMan for the method). No possibility of launching X-Flash from within iR Shell.
Download: [X-Flash Kerrang Build 5]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]
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Comments
Awesome, I'm gonna try this!
if i apply da version 2.80 spoof with this..wil i b able 2 play the demos dat require 2.80 firmware ?? and also how safe is it ??
i have bricked my psp
I wouldn't worry about games requiring 2.80 until they are published. I don't think it is very safe for the average user. At least, there are so many more things that could go wrong than with the downgrader for example. Tinkering with the flash, unless reasonably well practised in the art, is likely to end with tears and a bricked PSP.
1.50 cant even run games that require 2.00, so no.
I like it! Not for newbies tho...
you guys always make it sound like this thing is gonna fry my psp if i copy to the mem stick... this app is awesome and solid. Unless you do something stupid, you aren\'t gonna brick your psp, and it has some excellent useful features - disable network update to prevent accidental update. - remove sony intro screen - change to a different gameboot (prince of persia blood gameboot is awesome, don\'t use some stupid filesize and you\'ll be good) - remove wave effect - custom fonts all changes are reversible, use it and enjoy! This along with custom firmware POC and irShell is just awesome.
"1.50 cant even run games that require 2.00, so no." What?
Original: Browse through QJ's other great articles that is not a potential threat to your PSP ending up bricked. Revised: Instead, browse through QJ's other great articles that aren't potential threats to having your beloved PSP end up bricked.
This thing contains an ICON1.PMF in the eboot seen in the XMB. Now the only way known to produce these is using illegal methods. So pspU is knowing hosting a homebrew that has a potential legal issues. It is one thing to ban and remove links to custom pmfs in the forums but to then approve it to be distributed in a homebrew may be the wrong message to send.
Or if the methods used to produce the ICON1.pmf is clearly described and reproducible by many independent persons without illegal methods then it should be fine. Else I'd consider this illegal hombrew.
do you guys not understand wat the xflash button mashing video was for it shows that even a kid could use it without a brik
[quote]If you don't have enough PSP technical know-how (mad skillz), back off. Now! Browse through QJ's other great articles that is not a potential threat to your PSP ending up bricked[/quote] Then don't post it on your front page, and I won't post it on your site. There are about two stories of bricked PSP units done wth my program that I find believeable at all. I have never asked for any of my programs to be front paged. It is fine if you chose to do so, but if you start out your article by shooting down my hard work, don't expect to be updated with anything I produce in future. Art.
I'm too lazy to check through the thread.
Yea, this can indeed brick your psp, but like 1 %
i was wondering if this thing is so safe...than how can someone brick it?like by using a big PMF file while only supposed to use small one?or by turning all the options that x-flash has on?what do you really have to do to brick it besides saying "unless you do something stupid" what kinda things are stupid?please explain......
you can brick your psp with x-flash if you have custom firmware...
They only way of bricking your PSP, is if your an IDIOT, YOU will ONLY brick your PSP while using xflash, IF you turn of your PSP while flashing OR YOU YOURSELF!!! Put a file that is corrupted. Xflash even checks the file size. THIS program is THE SAFEST flashing program, I even feel safe giving it to REAL people that I KNOW that are NOOBS to the PSP, and ALLOWING thin to flash.
"1.50 cant even run games that require 2.00, so no" Umm yea 1.5 can play games up to 2.71, although i think game now only require 2.6 but i may be wrong. DevHook ftw.
Its these so called "honest mistakes" which can discourage an author. Im glad you appologized, but please, for future reference, please review what you write and see what the possible outcome that can be brought from what you say! >:(
I read the article several times and didn't see any sort of negative connotation in it. Was it worded poorly? Maybe - but there was no "attack" intended in the post. If it came off as negative (as it obviously did to some, including Art), it was not meant to be so, and was misinterpretted.
In short you should only use the features that you know about. If you do that you'll stay safe :)
I have used xflash, theme psp, and psp personalize COUNTLESS times, used custom firmwares (atleast 5 different ones) AND downgraded and upgrading my psp to 1.0 and back to 1.5 again, and never bricked my psp. Infact, i've never even had to use the recovery console built into the custom firmware because of xflash or themepsp. Next time you use something, read the instructions, Jeff Richardson. Don't come crying to us just because your son couldn't take a few seconds to read a readme.
I think pspupdates should remove this application from their download section and forums until the legitimacy of ICON1.PMF is concluded. Unless you would like to invite trouble aka $ony here for a copyright visit.
I have used Xflash and ThemePSP many times and would say they are some of the most useful and safe applications made for the psp. The only way you can brick your psp with this is by turning the power off during a flash or using a bad gameboot. But even then you'd have to be trying to brick your psp because flashing takes seconds. I have bricked my psp once with themepsp (because of file corruption) but thanks to custom firmware i updated to 2.0 and downgraded to 1.5 again.If you are still worried about using this just install custom firmware first. Also #5 meant that the version spoof is only to play games that require below 2.0 on a 1.5. i.e. 1.51 and 1.52 games.
What I meant was if you don't have enough technical know-how, might as well move on to something that you're familiar with. I apologize if I offended anybody. I guess, it could have been better phrased. Your concerns are taken into consideration. Again, my apologies for the misunderstanding.
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