New 3.52 CFW from Team AoP

I didn't see any news of this here but I found this article on maxconsole and thought some of you might like to have a look.
here is the direct link to the forum where it is discussed.

Team AoP Custom Firmware


This thread is designed to update people intrested of our 3.52 Custom Firmware. We would love to accept suggestions and if there are any concernes and/or question please make a post or PM either Yanko693 or myself.

Our Custom Firmware will include:

* Password protection on psp startup disabled and enabled in recovery (memory stick required)
* Sexy new XMB
* Easy make Panodra Battery option
* Use XMBs gameboots etc. without flashing (memory stick required)



Current updates:

* Plugins stored in Flash1 not memorystick in a folder called AoPaddons
* New Recovery nearly finished
* Password protection finished and is in the testing phase
* Sexy new XMB nearly completed



Regards,

-Team AoP (Yanko693, Nephron, Wetwili357)

I might actually use this one, it looks very interesting. If you are registered at maxconsole scroll down the forum page a bit. Someone has posted screenshots from the new CFW.

[BKFraiders7]

they are actually taking suggestions too. On pspcrazy i beleive. I was one of the first 8. I said a MUCH better music section would be nice.

I would like to have sub-folders in the music and video menu for sure.

[BKFraiders7]

I meant like a TRUE ipod style music section. Big album art and and use the analog stick as the flick think like the ipod touch

im unshure about his one....

this ones looks pretty nice i like the password option now my bros wont mess with my psp.yeahh ill get this once it hits pspbrew's front page and if i see some screenshots

"Password" eh? I like the sound of that, wasn't there a password security option on early custom firmware versions?

[DarkPacMan77]

I could make that custom firmware myself. It's nothing special. All they have done is taken the password plugin that was released a long time ago, and put it in the firmware. Also, the "sexy xmb" is a mix of two themes that have been released for quite some time now (applecor and .... um, can't remember the other right now). The "easy Pandora's Battery" thing has already been released, and the easy XMB mods have been made available by CXMB.

Really, all those guys are doing is ripping other developers' projects off.

"* Plugins stored in Flash1 not memorystick in a folder called AoPaddons" - there's not even that much room there for future plugin updates, but more than that, I bet that if you dissected their firmware, when it's out, you'd see that the plugins aren't even their own original work.

-DarkPacMan77-

[BKFraiders7]

Whos are you not sure of blackmaze? I just want a better music section since the one on them now is kinda crappy and the ipod homebrew app always freezes. So i just want one like that (better!) on the xmb instead of having to go through homembrew.

hey darkpacman could u send me the password thing so i can stick it in and could u tell me how to use it?

[BKFraiders7]

post it on here cause i want it to please.

I could make that custom firmware myself. It's nothing special. All they have done is taken the password plugin that was released a long time ago, and put it in the firmware. Also, the "sexy xmb" is a mix of two themes that have been released for quite some time now (applecor and .... um, can't remember the other right now). The "easy Pandora's Battery" thing has already been released, and the easy XMB mods have been made available by CXMB.

Really, all those guys are doing is ripping other developers' projects off.

"* Plugins stored in Flash1 not memorystick in a folder called AoPaddons" - there's not even that much room there for future plugin updates, but more than that, I bet that if you dissected their firmware, when it's out, you'd see that the plugins aren't even their own original work.

-DarkPacMan77-

It's a bit more complicated than that...you cant just go and change the name to a firmware with a homebrew program because it will only show the changes on your psp...to change the firmwares name you would have to decompress the files then hex edit it and compress it again. And even then, thats just making it sound easy and simplifying it because the files are encoded a certain way that if broken...well lets just leave it at you better know what your doing because if not you'll end up with a bricker firmware. If it was all stolen coding then the developers would be all over that thread and every other website they post their stuff on. Trust me i've witnessed that happen a few times and it was mostly the well known devs that aired the people out...the threads ended up being deleted in the end.

[DarkPacMan77]

1. I know you have to decompile / recompile the code. That's not a problem.
2. Adding in plugins and what not are easy.
3. They haven't officially released any specific info about their firmware in terms of sources used or anything. As soon as someone decompiles it and checks the code of the plugins, I'm nearly sure it will be 99% someone else's work - besides maybe a bug fix.

Now, normally, the more devs on the scene, the merrier - but idk about these guys. I just hope they spot people credit where it is due.

-DarkPacMan77-

lol i told you i didnt like them