5.03 ChickHEN Exploit Released for TA-088v3 PSP2000 and PSP3000 Series

[Gandalf]

5.03 ChickHEN Exploit Released for TA-088v3 PSP2000 and PSP3000 Series

Now homebrew can actually run on the TA-088v3 Slims and the PSP3000. Yes that means your beloved emulatiors will now function on the previously unhackable PSP models.

Now PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS, it does not mean that they can run custom firmware, only the Homebrew Enabler to run homebrew. Game ISO's will not run. PSX Games will not run.

PSP HAS to be running 5.03 firmware for this to work. This is like the old days before there was custom firmware. Possibly in the future someone will create a DevHook homebrew to be able to run Game ISO's much like we did in the beginning with 1.50 but for now only homebrews and emulators are working.

I have not tried this out as I don't have one to test it on but it has been solidly confirmed that it is working.

I have attached the ChickHEN exploit to this post. The attachment has been changed to the version 2 that fixes some issues.

From the Readme:

5.03 ChickHEN Homebrew Enabler - Team Typhoon (Article by Granite) So comes the release of the highly anticipated ChickHEN homebrew enabler by Team Typhoon. After 1800 Lines of code, 4 weeks of stressful developing and countless amounts of tests the dawn of a new homebrew era for all the 3000, 2000 and 1000 users is on the horizon. What was said to be impossible by many is now a reality, all styles homebrew are now running on the "unhackable" T88v3 and TA-090 motherboards rolled out by Sony.

What does the ChickHEN do?
ChickHEN as a Homebrew Enabler that allows the execution of homebrew via the PSP XMB. Running via a vulnerability in the lib TIFF the launcher takes advantage of the system by performing a kernel exploit and rebooting into a homebrew enabled enviroment. The ChickHEN remains active until the PSP is fully reset in which case official firmware loads from the flash. ChickHEN unlike other HEN's doesn't touch the flash0 and resides completely in memory. The h.bin supplied in this download consists of a loader and systemex, which is a inversed order of systemctrl and rebootex

What ChickHEN does NOT do?
-Run ISO, CSO or any other form of UMD backup.
-Run PSX Games
-Touch The Flash of your beloved PSP
-Magically allow the use of Custom Firmware
-Load plugins

How do i get the HEN to run on my PSP?

1. First off use the supplied TIFF image and place it in the PSP>PHOTO Directory.
2. Copy h.bin over to the MS ROOT and safely remove device.
2. Scroll over to the PHOTO icon on the XMB and click the ChickHEN folder and wait. (This will not work the first time, you may have to just use a method of loading that works for you but this is what we have found most efficient)
3. If all goes well the screen should blank out and flash green showing that the HEN is loaded and all is well.
4. Wait for your PSP to reboot and check your PSP's system software. It should now display: "5.03 ChickHEN".
5. Scroll on over to GAME and enjoy some Homebrew!

Disclaimer:
This software should not be used in conjunction with software which can enable the usage or disable the protections of copyrighted content. We will not be held responsible for any damage to your PSP system. This software comes with no warrenty.

Credits:
Team Typhoon: ChickHEN
MaTiAz: TIFF Eggsploit
Lawrence Jackson (LCJ14) – PSP 3000
MforMature staff: For everything
Everyone else who gave help during the development

SHA-1 of h.bin: 39339DF6D67DA88BDFF78261222AAADAEBCD9203
http://davee.x-fusion.co.uk

[Dilemina]

Cool. Now I don't have to wait too long to buy another new PSP. Looks like everything is falling into place.....

[Pfft]

...and by homebrews you mean emulators (eg gba emulator) or games that people have made?...

[Gandalf]

Yes, that is correct.

[Pfft]

...isnt there something like a 5.03 gen-a CFW or something for the psp 3000 to run iso's and cso's?...

[samoss]

Yes there is,but best is to Upgrade your psp to M33-6 from ChickHen,ChickHEn is fantastic i done with this 3 psp - 1004,2004,3004 but on 3004 i made HEN but there is still not CFW.
Pfft if you dont have PSP 3004 than you can upgrade to 5.03 GEN-A
all other 3000 ones can run CFW.

[Pfft]

...so to update to 5.03 fw im guessing you create a folder called UPDATE in the ms0: PSP/GAME directory and rename the 503.pbp to eboot.pbp?....

EDIt: ...nevermind..when it says PHAT or SLIM what category does the psp 3000 go into?...

[Gandalf]

The slim category.

[Pfft]

...still doesnt work...the instructions for the chickHEN r2 is very vague and its seems that only a handful of people have my problem...its like my 25th attempt on this psp3000 using the tiff picture...5 times as PHAT (ms0:PSP/PHOTO/), 5 times (2 times as PHAT 3 times as SLIM) in the ms0:PICTURES directory, 5 times as PHAT in the ms0:PSP/PHOTO/chickHEN directory, 5 times as SLIM (ms0:PSP/PHOTO/) and 5 times as SLIM in the directory of ms0:PSP/PHOTO/chickHEN/ (because i thought
"2. Scroll over to the PHOTO icon on the XMB and click the ChickHEN folder and wait."
meant creating a folder with the eggploit within the PHOTO directory)...am i missing something or do i need to try it more than 25 times?...

EDIT: ...smileys in the way...

[Dezolate]

finally gota psp 3000, im new to this custom firmware stuff can u tell me if its okay to update to the official US 5.03 firmware from AU 5.02? or should i find the AU 5.03 first