PSP Custom Firmware 3.95 undergoing test phase, release soon

Posted May 13, 2008 at 12:26PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications, Homebrew Development Tags: Custom Firmware, CWCheat, homebrew community, Team M33, XMB

With the release of the official 3.95 PSP firmware, it was only a matter a time before the PlayStation Portable homebrew community followed suite. It was recently announced that custom firmware 3.95 is currently undergoing its test phase, with an official release to follow soon.

For most of the part, the new custom firmware was reverse engineered from Team M33's work (or at least the 3.93 parts). The team's "fetish programmer"" then coded in the rest of the 3.95 portions into the CFW based on this. On the down side, CFW 3.95 will not support Popsloader since this is an exclusive plug-in from Dark AleX and the current developer has no plans of using it at this time.

Anyway, here are the details of what the next custom firmware will contain since our coverage of the previously released custom firmware 3.93:

Launch ISO / homebrew 3.xx
Adding a name to differentiate firmware for PSP to 3.95 standard ones FC (general request in the forums).
POPS 3.95
IRShell functional functional except ISO Launch
PSP 5.0 Filer functional
Plug-in Capture.prx tested ok
Plug-in cwcheat.prx tested ok
Plug-in Recovery LE (Ketchup) and tested ok (except for displaying the version number blocked on 3.90M33 - Update plug-in planned)
The USB Host is always buggy but works perfectly with a small tip.
The recovery is still accessible directly via the XMB with the L key
CXMB does not currently works but we updating the plug-in is underway (just a problem of addresses to settle)
Popsloader not working. Only Dark_Alex can update its plug-in. Is not planned at this time.
Taking screenshots should be added. Still under discussion.

When exactly will the new custom firmware 3.95 come out? To quote the source site: "no release date has yet been set." Their main goal right now is to address all the major bugs before its projected release for this weekend. In the meantime, stay tuned for more updates regarding the upcoming CFW from MaGiXieN.

Thanks to MaGiXieN for the hot tip!

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Comments

# Cool — Triompf 2008-05-13 08:45

It's get bigger and bigger

# no popsloader support? meh — kameko 2008-05-13 09:01

i don't even see the point of this psp cfw if you can't even run popsloader on it.

# i'll — Binary 2008-05-13 11:15

pass

# ok? — darkfroggy 2008-05-13 11:27

well for me sony will need 2 come out with something big for me to update cause ,i`m at 3.90 m3-3 and works like charm,got screenshot,mp3 in game,radio etc and irshell works as the shiznit! So i would take i while updating my psp to that crap firware 3.95 for just ps3 function,(sux) so i hope u guys wont even update to this crap firmware

# Would this work on psp official 3.93??? — oscarbpt 2008-05-13 11:30

I just want to make sure that if i am on OFFICIAL 3.93 (NOT THE ONE THAT DARK ALEX HAS DONE) but the offical psp update, could i still be able to use this custom firmware if i am still on 3.93...and will i be able to upload to other custom firmwares?????

~Thank you

# meh — shrimpdude 2008-05-13 12:10

3.95 is useless. Even if it had full plugin support, it wouldn't be worth the trouble of upgrading.

# meh thinks this — Binary 2008-05-13 12:32

worthless!

The End

# aaa my mind — gameking21 2008-05-13 13:08

i will wait for 4.00 from dax. i am sorry these little updates are not worth it. everything i use works on 3.90 m33-3. don't upgrade if everything works just to upgrade.

# true — fabianv2 2008-05-13 13:10

plus it will make it difficult to update to DAX 4.00

if you update to these ones. Maybe?

# umm — xLinkinwormx 2008-05-13 13:50

no it wont, thats the thing with CFW you can go from one persons to someone elses i went from 3.93(whoever did it) to 3.90 m33-3.

# Oh 3.95?! no prob! — sergeidragunov 2008-05-13 14:19

i will upgrade to this cfw! im looking forward to it! i will install this to my psp asap! ill post a message again if this cfw works rock solid.

# Sorry you gotta use... — zoogr2 2008-05-13 14:19

No you cant you gotta get 1.5 or a cfw first in order to upgrade. I recomend using pandoras battery

# The only reason people use these CFWs — ajnauron 2008-05-13 14:56

is that DAX doesn't have one for the same FW. If he did, nobody would care about these guys.

# 3.95 — dave425 2008-05-13 15:15

i think this is good but theres to many negitives in to getting this so i think im just gunna stick with 3.90m33-3

# I think.. — Advertising 2008-05-13 17:33

You are mistaking "popsloader" with "pops". This firmware DOES support "pops" which gives the ability to run PS1 PBPs (converted PS1 games). "Popsloader" is the plugin that DaX made, that's why it's not even surprising it doesn't work on this FW.

Note that there have been a number of "Popsloader" releases for the different firmwares. Even when Dax made the firmware, broken a "popsloader" plugin was not rare.

So YES there is a point to having a custom firmware without "popsloader" (as long as it has "pops" support).

Also for all the flamers below me. The author of this firmware is updating it because he WANTS and also to prove (most likely to himself) that he CAN and is willing to spend time to learn and improve his coding avilites.

-Peace out

# I'll Pass, Sorry. — NarooN 2008-05-13 18:25

3.95 is pretty useless. All of my PSN games work anyway so I still don't see much point in the cfw for this ver. at all.

# why 3.95?? — 3laiwy 2008-05-13 21:04

problem is that they dont understand that we need a popsloader, the only thing that made me upgrade to CFW 3.93 was yellow rains stupid plugin, now i have to wait 4.00 M33

# ... — Silver-Tiger 2008-05-13 23:44

Hey guys, you should give him(or Her? =p) a chance, I think reassigning the buttons for PSone is a good feature.

And if you don't support her or him, we will loose a talented programmer for the PSP, DaX also started with little steps, think about that.

# f'n fanboys — Ron Overdrive 2008-05-14 02:01

The nay sayers really need to learn to shut their traps. What are you going to do WHEN (not if) DaX leaves the scene? Oh wait.. we did that before.. we b*tched and moaned then jumped on the next dev which was M33 before it was revealed it was DaX & Co.

So what if people reverse engineer DaX's code so long as its not just a hex edit? If its a true reversal of his code they're good programmers and the last group that legitimately reversed his code he gave them his praise, good graces, and a copy of the source code to work from (aka Team Wildcard).

Team M33 has been complimenting and praising people like Ketchup and this guy for a job well done. Unless the code proves to be a hex edit don't be sitting there shooting it down because it's not made by DaX.

# No — akadewboy 2008-05-14 02:32

I don't think he's confusing anything. He's right if it doesn't support popsloader that's a huge deal. Many games require a certain version of pops, I bet 3.95 can't even play FF7!

# @ silver tiger — 3laiwy 2008-05-14 03:16

your right, i think we need more firmware devs. These people are talented, but the problem is that this dev started off at the wrong CFW, he /she shouldve waited to write fw 4.00, but oh anyway good luck :)

# I Agree — amdlabs 2008-05-14 09:42

Hey , people, we need more FW dev's, they keep PSP Alive, please support them. have you ever see a firmware code??? looks like hell.

Keep going , good job, we need you.

# ?!?!?!? — DiscoStew592 2008-05-14 13:18

*****ING RETARD!!! its a custom firmware not a official release of sony's!!!!!!!?!?!? people like you anger me for attempting not to be retarted and failing

# Confused — gr8tlegend 2008-05-15 08:55

I'm a little confused I thought that a lot of the new firmwares like even the official ones were supposed 2 be able 2 play ps-one games? does this mean they can't ??? if they can then y do we need popsloader? I'm one of the guy's who upgrades and naturally assumes the next version will be better. I didn't have a problem until my last upgrade. I'm on 3.90m33-2 . it seems a little slower and made it hard to do a lot of things. my ps-one games stopped working and I was unsuccessful with running popsloader, man I wish I knew how 2 work pop's ( gr8tlegend@yaho o.com- needs tips) I'm also not sure how to downgrade this specific firmware.

# Gah...Pandora — Gh0st_Xer0 2008-05-15 10:01

Yknow, i hate Pandora. Tell me if i'm just confused here, but i saw on Wiki the only non-dangerous way to make a pandoras battery is to have a PSP with homebrew. But wtf, if I HAD a PSP with homebrew, i wouldn't be trying to downgrade my PSP. It's all just one retarded cycle.

# 1.50 Kernel Add-on for 3.95 — maqyboi 2008-05-16 13:30

pls make a 1.50 kernel add-on for 3.95... tnx....

# Re: Confused — Ron Overdrive 2008-05-16 16:18

This firmware can play PSOne games. The built in emulator is called POPS, POPSLoader is a plugin written by Dark Alex for the OE/M33 firmwares that allows you to choose which version of POPS you want to use in case you have compatibility issues with a game a previous POPS didn't have. No one has really looked at reverse engineering DaX's POPSLoader plugin so this firmware isn't compatible with it.

Also keep in mind that PSOne games on the PSP are considered ISO's and due to QJ's policies no one here can help you with POPS related issues. You'll just have to find another board for that.

# Thank u — gr8tlegend 2008-05-17 06:02

Thank u overdrive, that helped a little bit, but can I ask are the compatibility issues with this firmware? why does everyone say this one sucks it just looks ordinary 2 me nothing special but nothing 2 bad either , I'm mean i can't make my psp any worse seeing as I have some compatibility issues already ...maybe because I tried to run the loader and didn't know what it was? I thought is was an emulator itself. in addition 2 the question I've already asked here is another one is there an easy way 2 reset my pop's back 2 the way it was?

# oh men! — pug 2008-05-17 06:16

guys if you don't wanna say a good things about this cfirmware please dont be so harsh, think that what if someday team m33 and dax stop making a custom firmware, then you force to stop making these developers too because of your non-sense comments. what's gonna happen to our psp,^^,

-peace!!!!

just support not to torch.

# wtf — Binary 2008-05-17 09:48

who da fack keeps jumping?

# huh — Rickey123 2008-05-20 04:11

im not bothered

# lol — sickofitall 2008-05-20 04:15

The point is if you knew someone who had a psp with homebrew, then he could make a pandory battery for you to use.

# - — RJ 2008-05-20 23:09

me.

And I'm also going through giving adding and taking stars to try and get them all as close to 2.5 stars as possible. You're going to hate that!

# DAT D*MB ONE BELOW ME — Khan_1989 2008-05-21 07:29

looooool, i could not stop laughing....

above darkfroggy" i`m at 3.90 m3-3 and works like charm"

below DiscoStew " *****ING RETARD!!! its a custom firmware not a official release of sony's!!!!!!!?!?"

whos the retard.... hahahhaahaha

# . — Binary 2008-05-21 08:10

Really who gives a flying ***** about stars, you need a life and stop jumping old *****

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