Torch has updated his app for the PSP:

Hold+ is the ultimate companion to the PSP's music player. It adds useful features and gives you TWICE the battery life when used properly.

It does the following when the Hold switch is enabled:
* Switches off the LCD screen and backlight.
* Underclocks the CPU to 60MHz
* Fixes malfunctioning Hold switch
* The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored only when the Hold switch is released fully to the power off position
* Prevents the PSP from going into suspend mode if you accidently push the power switch too far when turning off Hold mode.
* Turns off LEDs in hold mode.
* While in hold mode, allows the use of Left, Right, LTrigger, RTrigger, Volume and Start buttons, if you hold the Select button first. Useful to skip songs, pause etc.

Additional Features:
* Enables the 5th brightness level on PSP Slim.
* Increases the vertical scrolling speed of Music player by around 50% (scroll 300 songs in 10 seconds).

Usage:
Turn on the Hold switch to automatically disable the display and underclock the CPU. Release the Hold switch fully to the power off position to return the CPU to normal speed and enable the display.

If you push the ANALOG UP button when turning on the Hold switch, it will only lock the keypad like normal hold mode. The display and CPU speed will not be changed, so that you can watch videos etc. with the keypad locked. Release the Hold switch fully to the power off position to unlock the keypad.

While the PSP is in hold mode, if you first hold down the Select button, you can use the following buttons: Left, Right, LTrigger, RTrigger, Vol+, Vol-, Start.

Installation:
You can install it in the seplugins folder, and make an entry in VSH.txt. Thus it will be active in the XMB. Its also possible to use it in games by adding it to GAME.txt, but some games may crash etc., if the CPU is underclocked to such a low value.

Optionally, its also possible to install it in your PSP's flash0 so that it will work without a Memory Stick. For this you can use FreePlay's "NewBTCFNedit" and enable it for VSH mode in the all the PSPBT?NF.bin files. Add it before vshmain.prx.

Advanced:
If you want to change the clock speed to your own values, you can use a hex editor to change them. The offsets in the file for v4.0 are
0x1154 - CPU
0x1158 - Bus (Should be half the CPU speed or less)

The values should be entered in hexadecimal. The default value for CPU is 3C (60 MHz in decimal) and the default value for Bus is 1E (30 MHz in decimal).

Note that simply using any arbitrary value will not work. You will have to test and see which values for CPU and Bus speed work.

Credits:
Thanks to adrahil for helping with preventing the suspend mode.

Thanks to Booster for the SysCon Hook sample, based on which Hold+ v3.0 was updated.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Changelog
Changelog v4.0
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This is a fix for people with broken Hold switches that keep randomly switching on and off while in Hold mode.

Now when the Hold switch is enabled, the PSP remains in hold mode permanently until the switch is fully pushed to the power off position. This will prevent a malfunctioning Hold switch from randomly interfering.

Removed Display Off mode (hold ANALOG UP while releasing Hold) since holding Select is sufficient for most users.

http://sites.google.com/site/torchddl/hold

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News via http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=1853

Brandon Wilson has launched its porting PSGroove calculators for Texas Instruments 84 Plus and SE, which lets you turn your calculator into Jailbreak for PS3 .


The exploit only works on the two models listed and does not launch backups yet.

Use:

- Make a backup of important things on your calculator to avoid any loss in case of reset of the RAM.
- Then transfer the application " PS3JB.8XK " on your TI -84 Plus or TI - 84 Plus Silver Edition through the appropriate software for your platform :

* Mac OS X : Connect IT
* Windows : TI Connect or TiLP
* Linux : TiLP

Under Windows, for example, you can use " IT DeviceExplorer " then perform a drag and drop the file or right click and choose "send to IT Device . "

- Once the application is transferred, you should see " PS3JB "in the menu of your applications ( by pressing the [ APPS ]) .
- Run the application.
- After the start screen, press a button to display the menu:

A ) PS3 Jailbreak
2 ) View Log
3 ) About
4) Quit

- To launch the exploit , select option 1.
- You can then follow the usual.

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Heres some news from the official site regarding the PSP Emulator for Windows

Hello, Hykem here!

Since the last news update there have been some major fixes and upgrades to JPCSP, which haven't been posted here.
However, following the forum moving, jpcsp.org will finally undergo some big changes, starting with the more regular news briefing.

So, let's start with a new game report: "Harvest Moon: Hero of the Leaf Valley".
In the latest revisions, this 6.20 firmware game is now fully playable with just a small graphical bug (misplaced character's shadow) and lack of background music (undecodable AT3+ audio).

http://www.jpcsp.org/

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News via http://ps3.gx-mod.com/modules/news/a...p?storyid=1837

Despite the clones significantly less expensive and alternatives , PS jailbreak developers do not seem to give up and expect to sell their product .

However, the date of delivery to dealers , already delayed several days ( originally scheduled on August 27 and on 30/31 August) will be further amended, as an authorized dealer , with delivery expected this time between 7 and 10 September.

The reason for this further delay would be a modification of the modchip to respond to the request of Sony but also an update to make it more difficult to copy the chip , thereby limiting the clones .

Also note that the retailer in question, who wishes to remain anonymous , said he now apply a cancellation fee of around 10% , probably to limit the damage created by commercial clones and standard solutions PSFreedom or PSGroove .

Thats if Sony doesnt stop the sellling if it altogether

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