∑/Divergence

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.

Team Typhoon has managed a pretty impressive feat recently - they successfully hacked the PSP-3000 courtesy of team member Davee’s ChickHEN Homebrew Enabler. In order to provide proof necessary to stake this claim to fame, a Team Typhoon member has already posted a video of ChickHEN at work on YouTube, proudly claiming that “this proves that the code survives a reboot and the system software and MAC address can be changed.” The exploit is still under works and does have limited functionality, and PSP-3000 owners are still unable to play backups of PSP or PSX games in .ISO and .CSO formats, load plugins or even be remotely near the flash of a PSP.