Dark AleX working on 3.80 M33 CFW

Here's some good news for those of us looking forward to a new custom firmware for our Sony PlayStation Portables, after the coming of the official 3.80 firmware beast from Sony itself: it seems that none other than Dark AleX himself is working on it, with the official firmware itself already dumped and decrypted. Awesome.

This comes from a forum post from the Sony PlayStation Portable developer himself, in a thread that talks about the official firmware being ripe for the picking. The post, verbatim:

Well, I will not be updating psar dumper until 3.80 M33, as for decompression it needs the 3.80 sysmem function for the new algorithm, but sysmem is also compressed with it. I'll be using the ipl function for internal decryption.

[Via :Q.J.]

Official external battery charger found

It looks like Sony's releasing an official external battery charger. At least, that's according to photos unearthed from SCEA's press site. An external charging solution is great for those that have more than one battery -- quite possibly because of the purchase of a new extended-life battery. No official details on price or release date yet, but we're sure that Sony isn't really rushing to get this peripheral out into the wild.

[Update: The only difference between this and a previously released charger is that this Sony official peripheral is also compatible with the PSP-2000 series. At least, according to the packaging.The old battery chargers do not work with the PSP-2000.]

[via : PSPfanboy]

3.71M33-4 available

3.71 M33-4

Requeriments:
- Previous version of 3.71 M33

Instructions:
- Copy the UPDATE directory to /PSP/GAME and execute it.

Changelog:

- Bugfix: Multidisc psx games bought in the psn store would not work due to the format being different
and M33 treating them as decrypted games.

- Added support for decrypted multidisc psx games created with popstation_md (supplied with this release).


Included in the package is a new version of popsloader.
Changelog in popsloader:

- Bugfix: Games without compression had sound issues when using 3.72 pops. Fixed.
- Added support for multidisc px games created with popstation_md. Note: multi disc games will
only work in 3.71 and 3.72 pops. Previous pops will exit to the xmb with generic error 0x80000004
when attempting to run multidisc games.

Download HERE

Tricked out two-in-one PSP mod by F00 f00

AcidMods site member F00 f00 isn't called the veritable god of PSP customization for nothing. His latest PSP mod puts together not one, but actually two mods into one handheld.The rig consists of carefully adding additional LED points from the original, with the note key
switching the indicator from mem to power to WiFi. A second mode changes the LED scheme to a light blue with a variation for a pulsing effect tied in with the headphone amp.The color switching itself is handled by a PIC microcontroller embedded into the handheld.
But enough technical jargon - simply put, this mod turns your PSP into a wicked handheld complete with all the mood lights and effects that you could ever look
for.F00 f00 mentioned that he will be putting the unit on sale through
coolmods.co.uk some time next week, so people who want to get their hands on this hot item should keep their eyes out for it. In the meantime, why not tide yourselves over with the video of this tricked out PSP we have below.