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PSPgo 6.20 kernel exploit found, but still no HEN release in sight |
Listed in: PSP Tags: Exploit, kernel exploit, psp go, pspgo, wololo

Some recent developments in the PSP homebrew scene has the community revving up again. Apparently a few coders now have access to a possible kernel exploit for newer PSP firmwares, two of which are coyotebean and Team Typhoon.
Coyotebean revealed on the lan.st forums a few days ago that he (or she) already has a confirmed kernel key for the 6.20 PSPgo. It seems he has one for the 5.70 PSP go as well.
While kernel exploits like this invariably raise the community's hopes for the release of a new custom firmware, coyotebean has so far said that "there will not be any 'enabler'".
Pretty much the only thing we can hope for right now is that one of the other teams with an exploit release their own HEN or CFW. The thing is, that may not even come to pass. Wagic coder Wololo explains:
There is an implicit agreement among hackers that these exploits should not be disclosed, because kernel exploits have become extremely rare since firmware 6.00 (it is believed a major cleanup of Sony’s code happened at that time to protect the psp go), so it is quite likely that these kernel exploits are actually one single exploit (so revealing it would ruin the efforts of other teams that try to keep it secret). Also, depending on the hacker, kernel exploits are kept secret for personal and/or ethical reasons .
Kudos to ThirstyCow for the tip!
Via [lan.st, wololo.net]
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EXACTLY! I've been saying this for years.
If they find it and not release it then thats classed as a fake.
Why tell everyone about an exploit that will never be released? Does it make them feel like a big man? Must be some sort of compensation for their small penis size.
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First of all, I and many of us understand you are frustrated that you will never see a release of these exploits. But try to understand this:
Hackers try to find an exploit, and once they found it they will ask themselves this question "If released, can sony fix it?".
If they can fix it, then they won't release it, because an active exploit gives them the chance to look deep inside the PSP. There they look for an even bigger exploit that can't be fixed so easily. Once they found that, then they will probably share it with you.
So you would release a hen or enabler? Fine, lets see what would happen:
- hen released today
- Sony disassembly hen and checks what it does.
- 1 week later Sony fixes the bug(exploit) in there fw and releases it with something extra.
- Many users, maybe even you will download that ofw because of some lame extra thats in it, and because they just can't wait to try it out.
- SHIT! we're blocked again :(
- No more exploit for the hackers to work with... because you wanted a week or two with a hen.
Sure, you could say, "no one forces the hackers to upgrade", true, but first of all... they did all the work, not you. And secondly... there might be something interesting in the new fw, that they would have checked out if they still had the exploit.
The bottom line is, this post is way too long, but sadly enough it is needed to make some people understand why they don't get a hen. And hopefully at least a few of the readers stop complaining.
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I can also understand their explanation/justification in for possibly not doing anything with it.
But then why make it known at all the first place?
Hackers are great!
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this means they can turn any usermode exploit into a kernel mode giving a proper inner look at the firmware.
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people have been telling what i said above for years, AND YOU DONT FREAKIN LISTEN.
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Now if they had 2 Kernel exploits and only talked about one that may have pushed sony to release an ofw "maybe" and then hope they didn't get both and release it so everyone. That way everyone would have at least HEN on the latest FW.
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the kernel exploit in 6.20 can lead to a new HEN, so no need to go back.
a downgrader would also mean to release the kernel exploit, so that it get patched in the next firmware.
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putting that aside, i'll believe when i see it.
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Aside from that; Coyotebean seems like the kind of hacker that helps out the scene by releasing keys and giving help on forums, not writing hens.
And everyone can blame Davee for getting everyones hopes up. The kid has had the kernel keys and a hen for months but has never bothered to release ether. He just trolls all day.
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that becasue curently a working version of psplink has not been released/ created for the public so any exploits found cannot be easily tested
and the benerfit of finding the pspgo's kernel keys wont help the average user
becasue they will only be usefull in reversing the prx's to find exploits, which im told is how most of the good ones are found
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I call Team Typhoon the "Kings of the Fakes" as they never release anything they talk about.
Release it or STFU!
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Use your mouth less, your common sense more.
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it is fucking fake..PSPgo 6.20 kernel maybe babe,but not by Teem Typhoon,s hands..stuped..
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It is up to them to do what they want with whatever they find.
If in the future they decide to build off of it, and it isn't different, then whoopie, we get something new and everyone who bitched and moaned will finally be able to shut the hell up, and if they DON'T release anything ever, oh well, it isn't the end of the world, it's nothing to get sand in your vagina over.
/rant
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Look at it this way, we don't want sony to notice it right? Why let them? It's obvious that some sony emplyee out there gets his kicks by finding these sorts of things and gets it fixed so that we can't do anything with it.
You just gotta give these things time, who knows, maybe someone else will do something with it...
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I've always admired hacking geeks, its cool to me.
Real anarchists.
But it seems like at least half of the best wizards can be petty little twits about it sometimes.
"Nick Burns, your company's computer guy.
YOUR WELCOME!"
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because we dont want to be sony's free debugger team to make their firmwares foolproof in the future
so all you 12 year olds that cant program or hack and dont know a fucking thing about the scene: stfu
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dont say they are jurks or something because there not!
Let say you have found something super awesome but if you make it public then sony patch that kexploit so soon as possible... sorry for bad english
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There might even be a new PSP before another CFW really becomes necessary.
I'm pretty much okay with the one we have now. They keep finding ways to patch 6.20 games to make them playable.
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want homebrew? lrn2hbl
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look you guys caused flame wars lol.
anyway I think its great that a kernel was found. but if your not going to do anything with it I think you should just keep it to yourselfs, because no one cares for it if its useless. not whining for a release or anything, just sayen.
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And if they really do have it, what's the point of having it?
psp2 can not be the reason, as the hardware, and thus the firmware, will be different...
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my psp's are m33 compatible so the hell with their phony baloney xploit...
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Sony is going to create updates regardless, fortunately for us, they're "optional". If the info on an exploit is released and Sony does send out an update to kill it, don't update. That's how it used to be.
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its not thatt hard to understand
if you have only one way in, you keep it secret.
when you have two or three completely different ways in, you can safely give away the one thats easiest to patch.
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it has nothing to do with sharing thier work.
its a hobby, plain and simple.
if you get in, whether you share or not is up to you, but why not brag about it anyway.
coyotebean is indeed a skilled and known dev, if he says he has kmode, i for one beleive him.
he is the one who released psardumper with the Go keys.
by the way
what did geohott say when sony blocked otherOS from PS3?
dont update i will release a fix.
he showcased it, where still waiting for the fix.
theres no denying he does have 3.21 with otherOS, butt he pisses me off more than guys that keep kmodes to themselves.
dont say you'll release something and dont.
if they tell you to expect something, they put themselves under obligation to release something
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Thats what they're always complaining about and thats where the revenue stream is at.
You need to get people on the platform first.
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I'd really like some ScummVM on the go. but my psp 2k will have to do for now.
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Oh well. Not really a big deal anymore.
The PSP scene is on it's last legs anyway.
And for the record:
No release = Never happened in my book... ;)
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Meanwhile, PSP 1k/2k/3k owners just rely on patching ISOS.
"You brought this on yourselves"... not so much. The Go was targeted at people who didn't have a PSP and that model won't even run Birth By Sleep... so... why punish them even more??
My conclusion is... these guys are sadistic and don't have something better to do with their lives than bragging.
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Is this really what the PSP scene has come down to.
Fine with me, I guess I will have to take up the mantle since the others are gone.
If and when I do find something I will make use of it and release it and not be such dickheads about it.
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1. They are either threatened with legal crap or
2. Sony pays them to keep their warez to themselves in exchange for a considerable amount, instead of just relying on measly Paypal donations after releasing said exploit.
At least that's what I'm gonna do if I'm Sony
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Yeeeears ago when some friends and I graduated uni, they made a nice earning by hacking the original Xbox. They were really smart and all that. Anyways one day they got a letter (not email!) from some lawyers working on behalf of Microsoft.
The choice was to attend some meeting or face a fine. At the meeting they were basically bought out and were employed by MS for a while.
All they did was crack software that MS sent to them and they were paid a fortune.
It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if any of the popular PSP hackers are now working for Sony developing rock solid anti-piracy techniques.
As someone who despises people who steal games I hope they do a good job too. That way we'd see more developers jumping to the PSP2, more games for us :D.
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Anyways most hackers just want to keep that one "final" kernel exploit for the day the PSP goes out of sale and Sony stops supporting it. Since Kernel exploits are rare, that's the main reason. That and concerns for piracy.
No hacker wants to be responsible for the discontinuation of the console they like.
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Sony?
Is that you?
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PLEASE let this one work cuz I am DYING to try Birth By Sleep, lol.
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Looks like you might die... lol.
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nothing was released only information
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Really, just take a look at the X360 scene, the hackers MOCK M$ and keep creating better cracks, everyday, and I don't see M$ discontinuing their console.
The scene is just filled with that, scene kids. I want to be the badass and won't release my exploit, because someone might take credit for it.
Don't be stupid, you actually think Sony is suing these guys? If that was the case, then the main X360 hackers would be in jail for a couple of years, this is just a fucking drama show.
Why go through all the pain of finding a Kernel exploit and keep for yourself? Or rather, tell the world you've found it? Just fucking grow-up and stop crying over stolen material, gosh, this is so childish.
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Team Typhoon is another story they r just behaving like little kids, dont brag if ur not planning to release it!
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Hackers hack because they have a working brain and know how to use it for more than whining like little babies and spelling like morons. The attention- seeking little kids are YOU!
I blame the parents for not giving you a few more slaps around the face when you were mouthing off when you were younger.
Anyway, hackers hack, discuss things on forums for 'Grown Ups' (not you) where they share ideas and clues in a language that kiddies don't understand. However, some kiddies sit on the stairs when the grown ups are having their meetings and listen at the keyhole and then leak some of the smaller words (that they can understand) to show how 'big' (pathetically small) they are.
Hackers owe you nothing and will carry on hacking for their own amusement, and others like them. They are in fact not even aware of the ant-like little whiners shouting up at them to give them something, so go suck your thumb or learn how to spell or something useful.
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They act like 2 year olds.
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that is not in the nature of hacking, its not the spirit of hacking. get a clue.
im sick of idiot psp homebrew fags not explaining how to run homebrew, apparently no one can give instrutions on the patapon 2 exploit, fucking morons.
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The psp scene (read: users, not hackers) are the most spoiled bunch ever, you all cry when you don't have exploits, but at the same time you put zero effort into supporting the system (just look at software figures, you're all just pirates who are angry because you have to pay for games).
AS someone who has actually purchased psp games (I prefer them to be on my memory card, and I rip them myself), you make the legitimate users look really bad.
Have fun pissing and moaning about this, cause you all look like 10 year olds.
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They probably dont know what the UMD drive is for. "Whats a UMD?"
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I have bought every on of my 25 PSP games.
I just recently bought Peace Walker UMD (got the limited edition)
I also prefer to have them on my memory stick and I have been ripping and patching the games myself.
So not all of use who use CFW are pirates.
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What I have a problem with, if you have a moral issue with releasing this, then what was the point of doing it previously? At most, if you want to keep this a secret then why make it public. Keep it to yourself through private emails and messages. No need to ever mention it where any internet junky can access this info. or at best QJ.net. Mentioning this will only cause a shit storm as it did.
I wish I could hack my own PSP, but I don't know shit about software code. I do want to start college this next semester do get a crack at it. Maybe with time I can do it too. If you are making public advertisements of your achievement...you are only slapping the face of PSP users that have enjoyed the possibilities. I think on the most case, the psp homebrew days is rather dead. When the Fat PSP was still the only model out and a plethora of homebrew and indie game maker's coded these apps/games for the PSP users, it was great. Now the homebrew "scene" is been dead for about a year or so.
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No way we're ever gonna get anything better since Dark_Alex left the hackingscene.
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thing.(The title proves it)I wouldn't take it as anything but.
Yep and Dark Alex is the man. i don't think we will ever see a cfw unless he writes a new one for 6.00 and beyond, at this point I just don't think anyone else is capable.Really "diss" appointed in the PSP scene right now FOR SHAME
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And I want send a massege for hacker : ''u hackers r stupid if u dont disclosed the exploit because in this case u will give sony what he want, and u hackers will become friends for the sony company and this shame on u ''. thats my messege for the pirates.
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And I want send a massege for hacker : ''u hackers r stupid if u dont disclosed the exploit because in this case u will give sony what he want, and then u hackers will become friends for the sony company and this shame on u ''. thats my messege for the pirates.
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I want to say a word for all hackers(pirates ) : '' u Hackers r stupid enough if u dont disclosed the exploit , because u will give sony what he want, and the war between u(pirates) and sony company will end and sony will win, u hackers will not become danger for the Sony company anymore and u will become useless and friends for the sony company and this is shame on u hackers , and I'm glad to say sony win the war and the hackers lose it ''
Am I right guys?????
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can i plz have the exploit? i am dying to play alundra =(
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is this real or fake?? please watch it.
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