Use Network Update to upgrade your homebrew
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Feb 14th 2007 at 5:00PM }
This is quite a novel idea. Dark_Alex has been following Sony every step of the way, releasing a new version of his Open Edition firmware almost immediately after Sony releases their official update. Now, homebrew users have a pretty ingenious way of finding out if there's a new version of Dark_Alex's homebrew-enabled firmware: use Network Update! Long considered vile by homebrew users, Xandu and Team 280 have created a plugin that allows you to use PSP's firmware checker to download Dark_Alex's latest. Ironic, no?
Check out installation details at DCEmu. Of course, be warned: tampering with the BIOS of your system can lead to a brick. Also, the general success rate of this app hasn't been too high: only about 2/3 of users seem to be able to successfully connect to the Updater.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
otaku @ Feb 14th 2007 5:15PM
Ironic, but I LOVE IT ^^
daniel-kun @ Feb 14th 2007 6:08PM
It'd be easier if they simply wrote a normal homebrew app instead of messing with the Firmware, IMHO.
Really nice work (if it actually works), though.
miguelwmonteiro @ Feb 14th 2007 9:43PM
LOL....
moosey @ Feb 15th 2007 5:46AM
id use it if it installed the firmware, but that might take too much
Bored @ Feb 15th 2007 6:47PM
Ok... having read the take from top hackers in a forum where Dark_Alex contributes a lot, it seems unlikely that this would become a reality...
The problem is that in order to automate the update process through anything resembling "Network Update", someone would have to place the data.dxar (or whatever it's called, I don't remember correctly) for distribution on a server. Now, this file consists of repacked decrypted portions of Sony's official 1.50 firmware along with a more recent one. This is HEAVILY ILLEGAL and could even get the person in jail. I don't think anybody needs to take that heat.
The current process, in which we still use the standard network update to retrieve the latest official firmware, is the best choice. It may not be noob-friendly, but it works fine.