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HEN TIFF Exploit Cracks PSP-3000 Open For Homebrew

Posted by Soulskill on from the finding-a-way dept.

indrora writes "The PSP community was rocked this weekend by the Homebrew Enabler (HEN) from developers Davee and Bubbletune. One of their friends on the Team Typhoon development team posted a YouTube video showing proof of the TIFF Exploit running on Firmware 5.03, changing the firmware version and MAC address for a reboot. This comes after a picture of gpSP running on a PSP-3000 via the HEN exploit. From the QJ.net article: 'First [things] first: No, Davee hasn't finished the HEN yet. Which means it isn't out yet. What we do have today is some visual confirmation that the HEN can indeed run emulators, in this case the GBA emulator gpSP.' And from the more recent article showing the exploit demo video: 'Be patient, everyone. Davee's HEN Kernel exploit will eventually arrive, given time. "This is a demo of the 5.03 firmware running the tiff exploit and booting into a HEN environment on a PSP 2003 (3000 Support also) on 5.03 Official Firmware. This proves that the code survives a reboot and the system software and MAC address can be changed. This is something that only can be done with a kernel exploit. A video launching homebrew will be posted later."' Hopefully, we'll soon have PSP-3000s playing homebrew games and running PSP uCLinux."

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  1. Cool by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 4, Funny

    All 27 remaining PSP users must be thrilled with this!

    1. Re:Cool by vux984 · · Score: 3, Informative

      50m is still bigger than all the next-gen (PSWii60) consoles combined.

      Say what now? Wii has 50M pretty much all by itself.

  2. Why.... by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why even include TIFF support in the PSP if you were trying to lock people out of homebrew? TIFF, by nature, will contain more exploitable code then other image formats (based on how the image is stored and other technical specs of the TIFF format), and is much lesser used compared to JPEG, PNG, GIF, and the dozens of other image formats we use on a daily basis. But the inclusion of TIFF seems puzzling, unless by default various Sony products save things as TIFF, there doesn't seem to be any need for it.

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    1. Re:Why.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Digital cameras produce TIFFs.

    2. Re:Why.... by fireman+sam · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "Why I would want an uncompressed image from my 2-megapixel POS camera with a crappy lens, I have no idea."

      Because it uses the super crappy jpeg compression code which will give even worse results. At least if you can capture in raw you can do post processing with you crappy computer without the jpeg artifacts.

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  3. Just admit you're not making new homebrew games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Hopefully, we'll soon have PSP-3000s playing emulators and running the same goddamn games you've all been emulating since the first emulators came out for PCs.

    There. Fixed that for you.

    Unless someone can show me a decent amount of actual, fairly good, unique homebrew games, that is. You know, not the piece of shit "proof of concept that we can homebrew" game clones we see on every iteration of homebrew hacks, but the groundbreaking games that all the proponents of homebrew keep bragging about and assuring us will result from it?

  4. Novel idea by Goffee71 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If all these homebrew guys are such loyal PSP fans and great coders, why don't they release their cracks with a block on running PSP ripped games, thereby protecting the success of the console they enjoy playing on?

    That'd be a decent thing to see (right up there with alien motherships, flying pigs and world peace)

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