Dark_Alex was debating whether or not to release an OE firmware with or without additional functionality. It looks like he chose the latter. Previous versions of Dark_Alex's homebrew-enabling firmware allowed users to watch full-resolution movies, remove region-encoding, and overclock their systems. The upcoming OE version of 3.30 will not feature any additional upgrades, because it appears that a major reprogramming is necessary for the increasingly unstable code. PSP Spot translates a forum post by the coder:"3.30 OE at first will not have any innovation except the fact of being 3.30. It will take time due to problems with the hardware. Right now the priority for the future is to radically change the core of OE, to eliminate the instability of the programming (that is especially evident in 3.10) and to gain some more space for the ram. But this probably will take several versions before it is finishing, due to the complexness of the process."
While homebrew users wait for the "next big thing," will Sony be able to provide a truly worthwhile feature in their upcoming official releases? Free wi-fi was just one step in this continuous battle between Sony and the homebrew community.
[Via PSP-Vault]
[Update: DCEmu reports that Dark_Alex may have broken his PSP. Whoops--he's purchased a new one and is going to continue working soon.]
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4-08-2007 @ 12:22PM
Alien said...
Wow , could Sony be for the first time faster than the homebrew scene ? lol
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4-08-2007 @ 12:23PM
PSPHardwareHelp said...
While homebrew users wait for the "next big thing," will Sony be able to provide a truly worthwhile feature in their upcoming official releases?
Answer: no, not in a thousand years.
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4-08-2007 @ 12:33PM
thatpspkid said...
lol @ 2
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4-08-2007 @ 12:56PM
Dreadhead541 said...
is that picture from reboot?
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4-08-2007 @ 1:06PM
merc25 said...
Yes, deadhead it is Hexadecimal.
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4-08-2007 @ 1:08PM
mahes said...
yup hexadecimal. man, i loved that show
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4-08-2007 @ 1:09PM
Saigon said...
On a unrelated topic. Why won't they end reboot??? I want closure dammit.
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4-08-2007 @ 1:43PM
Joel said...
What if they locked Beats to the last fw by making you prove it's legit? just like the T-Mobile Wi-Fi?
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4-08-2007 @ 2:31PM
nerdXcore said...
Wow, Sony's official update offers cool new features, while the homebrew community offers a useless update with no innovations whatsoever. The times they are a changing.
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4-08-2007 @ 7:10PM
TheGuy said...
@nerdXcore
Are you for real, or being paid as a shill for Sony. Homebrew has given great features to the PSP, and even Sony has said they've taken notice to what the Homebrew community has been doing to make the official firmware better. Dark_Alex may have hit a wall with the current firmware, but it just means the firmware needs to be reprogrammed to be more streamlined and simpler.
P.S. Wow, I guess by broke they mean Dark_Alex bricked his PSP. This further shows how his custom firmware needs to be reprogrammed to improve the coding, so there's less chance of PSP's bricking.
P.P.S. Yeah, I miss Reboot too. It was an awesome show. Too bad there was no real conclusion, and there probably never will be.
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4-08-2007 @ 9:51PM
x3sphere said...
Dark_AleX did not brick his PSP, it was merely a hardware failure on his UP unit which happened a couple weeks ago. So, he is waiting for a replacement which will arrive in a couple days.
OE development has already started though.
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4-08-2007 @ 10:47PM
nerdXcore said...
Yes, The Guy, it's true, you found me out. In fact, did you know that EVERYONE who says anything positive (even if tongue-in-cheek) about Sony has been paid by them to do so. As I write this, I am relaxing in a hammock on my beachfront property, all paid for by Sony for posting on bulletin boards.
Or, maybe I was just commenting on the irony of Sony apparently having caught up with the vibrant homebrew community in providing functionality to their own system.
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4-09-2007 @ 10:31PM
TwoLOUD said...
More hassle then worth...
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4-11-2007 @ 10:37AM
gullum said...
I flashed my PSP to OE fw and I'd hate to say it but I regret it. It seems to be kinda flaky and I would love to have free tmobile wifi. The main reason though was that of all the functionality, the only thing I wanted to do was download a bunch of ISOs and get my pirate on. I'm gonna go back to SE fw to rid myself of the temptation.
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