SchmilK Wrote:In my hopes that some random dude on the internet actually managed to make a 5.55 custom firmware, I have come across a few foreign web pages with people who SAY they have created a 5.55 custom firmware.  Of course, none of them are real, and here is the round up...To my surprise I have now found 4 and I wouldn't expect to find more, but then again, after I found the first one, I didn't think I would find 2!  So here's what I have found so far and some notes I have posted about them.

Spoiler for 5.55 TXM:

HOLY poo poo APPLES THIS IS FAKE!!!  I am trying this now...but it seems the installer only put on the following files to a 5.00m33 installation

-vsh\etc
--cptbl.dat
--index_01g.dat
--index_02g.dat
--index_03g.dat
--MyProg.exe
--unins000.dat
--unins000.exe

Poor Translation Wrote:Please ask them to support us by clicking on the AdSense blog so wee can buy new PSP and continue to develop CF

Wee note this is just a Beta, the final version is still in development.

This package installs 5.55 firmware components at various points in the flash0 of your PSP and has only been tested on a PSP 1000 with CF M33.

Wee recommend you do one dumpee of the nand of the PSP system or a direct copy of flash0 somewhere safe on your PC.

To conduct a proper installation place your PSP with the USB on flash0 and proceed to the installation of this package.

Due to lack depruebas PSP systems of other models wee are not responsible for any total or partial damage to your PSP, install this package at your own risk.

Spoiler for 5.55UoM33:

I have been translating japanese, chinese, and korean web pages all week and found a 5.55uom33-6.rar that was not password protected, but the eboot.pbp in hex eidtor was random 14010104404010401010401001010404401404014014014

The other thing that is proving to me to be fake is the fact that the encrypted/password protected rar files all over the asian boards is 191kb packed, 1.1mb unpacked per the rar details. No way a custom firmware would be that large and compress that small.

I don't understand why these people find it so fun to make fake rumors regarding custom firmware, but the lies seems to be the worst ever in the 4 years I have been a part of the psp scene. :-/

Here's some details
http://psp.tgbus.com/news/200908/20090831092323.shtml

http://forum.tgbus.com/viewthread.php?tid=477081

Spoiler for 5.55 T for 3:

5.55 T for 3 (by team three) has also been proven to be fake. Its the entire flash0 in an incorrectly decompressed/decrypted form. upon copying all files to flash0 on the slim there is not enough space for them, until I removed the dic, skype, and lftv files. After that powering on gave a green light and black screen, with no recovery menu on r trigger.  Luckily pandora was around to save me

Fake Release Thread Wrote:Dear PSP owners,
Wee are just 3 Coders who want to show our CFW 5.55, wee named it Custom Firmware 5.55 T BETA (T for 3)
Yes, its a BETA!

First:
Its no Fake, Why wee used Copy, Paste? because you can return to Recovery Menu and flash your old flash0 files back , if anything goes Wrong! (Just Test, Wee don't know about that, wee just programming C/C++, i think you guys should give it a try, wee are trieng to make a cfw since 3 Weeks, now its here!)


1.) Just go to PSP Recovery (Press R at Start)
2.) Toggle USB to flash 0
3.) Copy all folders to flash 0 (Copy, Paste, yes to all, don't worry, your
psp will start if you exit the recovery)
4.) Test, give feedback for bugs, and wee want to Release a better Version soon! (If wee have more Bugfounds, with your help!)

Note:
You must have a PSP with Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 -6!!!
You Can't flash from GEN, to 5.55 T!!!
BACKUP YOUR flash0 files! (Read above why!)

Download: [LINK REMOVED]


Annie, Dark_Manny and Jack from Germany!


Contact: Write us at pspiso.com or Team3@live.de

This CFW was tested on PSP FAT, and Slim, not PSP3000 !
On both there were CFW 5.00 M33 -6 before!

Its Important for us to know what Bugs are in the CFW, to make a better Fullversion of it, wee tested Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days, and it worked Perfect (The Problem was, OFW 5.55 readed the .prx from flash0, so noone can play a 5.55 Game on CFW PSP´s, either, the Patches for Dissidia EUR, or Soul Calibur: BD, the boot.bin and Eboot.bin wasn't safely enough...ok im Finished with writing)

Please send this News to other News sites like pspupdates.qj.net, so everybody have Fun using this CFW!

Wee posted this News here, because, wee don't have Time all day, and from PSPiso.com the must news go everywhere, are am right?!

Spoiler for 5.55PSL:

I have just found another probably fake firmware

Quote:Wee are working for the future of 6.00, the 5:55 is a flasher!
Have you read clearly, is not a typo, but wee are thinking of doing 6:00 PSL, it's useless to the 5.55, so wee decided to release a flasher, where flash some files to the operation of games that use the 5:55 and then , as in the noise, if 6:00 will be released tomorrow, wee will work on that, stay tuned to the channel PSL, hello Andrea1234567890

5.55PSL
http://teampsl.blogspot.com/

There was no actual files released, but of course, 99.999999999999999999% fake :(

Spoiler for Fake Proof 09/10/09:

Fake Proof! Wrote:Wee are not lazy lamer creators of fake or otherwise, wee are working and I need to postpone postponed again because Brikko if you want this time you can try eccoveli REMEMBER THAT STILL Brikko, trying to solve the problem RPIMA POSSIBLE.

Source

So i made my pandora, and looked at the files...supposedly this will flash the following files

data\cert
-CA_LIST.CER

\VSH\ETC
-cptbl.dat
-index_01g.dat
-version.txt

\VSH\MODULE
-game_install_plugin.prx
-game_plugin.prx
-paf.prx
-pafmini.prx
-recovery.prx (from m33)
-rss_browser.prx
-rss_common.prx
-rss_downloader.prx
-rss_main_plugin.prx
-rss_reader.prx
-rss_subscriber.prx
-satelite.prx (from m33)
-store_browser_plugin.prx
-store_checkout_plugin.prx
-store_checkout_utility.prx
-vshmain.prx

\vsh\resource
-content_browser_plugin.rco
-game_install_plugin.rco
-game_plugin.rco
-psn_plugin.rco
-rss_browser_plugin.rco
-rss_downoader_plugin.rco
-rss_subscriber.rco
-store_browser_plugin.rco
-store_checkout_plugin.rco
-topmenu_icon.rco
-topmenu_plugin.rco

upon doinig so on 5.50gen, it made no difference launching a 5.55 game ... obviously *but I did not brick my slim when on 5.50gen*...so now I flash to 5.00m33 and see what happens :P  and it bricks :-/  big surprise LOL

Spoiler for 5.55 LDX:

No download link yet and they claim to run 6.00 games :-/  hrmmmmmm
ErikPshat sticks it to them

Readme Wrote:ENG

LDX Team proudly presents 5.55 CFW. It's beta for now, but later will be full version.

Wee plan release it 1 week later.

So, the new features of our CFW:

+5.55 and 6.00 games can be played.
+New LDX VSH menu.
+Plugins.
+New LDX recovery menu.
+PSX game can be played.

Authors:
Team LDX
Dikk@T
MASTERHERO
LordOfThePsp
PSPQWİN

Source
Blog

Spoiler for 6.00 MAC-B:

This is beyond fake
Simply using rcoedit, hexworkshop, and version spoofer, ..they are such 1337 bastards!

-What proof does clicking a 5.50 update.pbp show that you have 6.00?
-Where are the 3 new 01-12 colors that sony added?
-System Update screen poorly edited with incorrect text changes
Freeplay's *debunking*
[yotube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5gEExmZRQo[/youtube]

Spoiler for 6.00 SA-1:

Quote:it has started with my friends that computer programma' s make and I had to a psp therefore I asked if but them hacked software experience savage I heel of course for my first version Sa-1 go naa the tablad download

Source

Spoiler for readme.txt:

Sa-theme WARNING

PLACE THE DIR UPDATE IN THE MAP GAME
ms0:/psp/game/UPDATE/eboot.pbp

6.00Sa-2 coming soon




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READ!!


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Icon has changed via pbpunpacker, all the rest is standard 6.00 update, nothing else custom about it :( :(