PSP Firmware History

*hyedipin* · 01-06-07, 10:07 PM

3.80 December 17, 2007

Streaming internet radio player
Added music visualization effects
Video scene search
RSS now supports OPML and pictures
PlayStation Spot now available at BB Mobile Point (Japan only)
Added ability to play PlayStation games from disc or hard drive via Remote Play with the PlayStation 3 system

Slim-only features:

One-segment broadcasting recordings

3.73 November 29, 2007

Improved system stability by fixing problems where the UMD drive would occasionally suspend and then fail to reload data.

3.72 October 30, 2007

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.
Remote Start now available under Remote Play. Remote Start requires a Playstation 3 system with system software version 2.00.

3.71 September 13, 2007

Revisions to strengthen security have been added.
Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.
A correction has been made to the settings for some regions (i.e., the PlayStation Spot icon was removed for regions other than Japan)

3.70 September 11, 2007

Custom themes
Support has been added for assigning buttons in [Remote Play]
A scene search feature has been added under [Video]
Sequential playback is now supported under [Video]
Simultaneous playback of content under [Music] and [Photo] is now supported
PlayStation Spot icon added under [Network] for regions other than Japan
Video bitrate limit raised to 2Mbps from 768kbps

3.60 September 10, 2007 Initial Firmware for the Sony PSP Slim & Lite

Slim-only features:

TV output added
Support for the 1-Seg Tuner
UMD cache support
USB Charge option
Additional color themes for XMB

3.52 July 24, 2007

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.

3.51 June 29, 2007

Illuminati exploit has been patched

3.50 May 31, 2007

Allows Remote Play to be used via an internet connection.
"RSS Channel Guide" has been added as a feature under "RSS Channel".
CPU speed limit removed, allowing CPU to run at 333MHz rather than 266MHz.

3.40 April 20, 2007

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.[citation needed].
"Certificate Utility" option erased. (Can still be accessed by pressing triangle on the selected game)
Saved data from PlayStation format software can be used on both PSP and PS3 systems.

3.30 March 28, 2007

Support for thumbnail images within RSS channel and in video folder.
MPEG-4/H.264 support for 720×480, 352×480, and 480×272 (native resolution).
"Wireless Hotspot" added (6 months of free T-Mobile Hotspot wireless internet access was added for US users)

3.11 February 8, 2007

Added:
- Reset option for PlayStation Network games.
- "Portable TV™" menu under "Network". [Japanese version only]

3.10 January 30, 2007

Added:
- Dynamic normalizer.
- Conserve memory option.
- "PlayStation®Spot" menu under "Network". [Japanese version only]
Secret patching of sceRegOpenRegistry and GTA exploits.

3.03 December 20, 2006

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.
Added:
- Support for taking photos and videos using the camera.

3.02 Dec 6, 2006

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.

3.01 Nov 22, 2006

Support for PlayStation Network titles expanded.

3.00 November 21, 2006

Support for:
- PlayStation 3 Remote Play.
- Classic PSone games.
Added a music visualizer.

2.82 October 26, 2006

Revisions to strengthen security have been added.

2.81 September 7, 2006

Support for memory sticks with a capacity of greater than 4GB.
Security update to fix libtiff exploit.

2.80 July 27, 2006

Support for Video RSS feeds.
Update for LocationFree Player to support AVC video codec.
Secret patching of sceKernelLoadExec bug, but opening sceRegOpenRegistry exploit.

2.71 May 30, 2006

Support to download Demos from the Web Browser.

2.70 April 25, 2006

Support for Adobe Flash player.

2.60 November 29, 2005

Support for Audio RSS feeds.

2.50 October 13, 2005

Network
- LocationFree™ Player] added.
- [Auto-Select] and [Unicode (UTF-8)] added to the browser.
- Settings for [Text Size] and [Display Mode] and the input history of online forms accessed can now saved in the browser.
Video
- Copyright-protected video can now be played.
Settings
- [Set via Internet] has been added to [Date and Time] in [Date & Time Settings].
- [WPA-PSK (AES)] has been added as a security method under [Network Settings].
Other
- Korean input mode has been added to the on-screen keyboard.

2.01 October 3, 2005

Security update to patch TIFF exploit. Security update was later found not to work correctly in every version through 3.03 (Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories exploit).

2.00 September 1, 2005

Internet browser added
Video
- 4:3 Screen Mode has been added (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
- Go To feature has been added (for UMD™VIDEO and UMD™MUSIC).
- A-B Repeat feature has been added (for UMD™VIDEO, UMD™MUSIC and video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
- Audio options have been added (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
- MP4 (AVC) has been added as a playable file format (for video saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
Music
- The combination of SonicStage™ version 3.2 (or later) and PSP® system software 2.00 (or later) has made it possible for music files in ATRAC3 plus format to be transferred to a Memory Stick PRO Duo™
- MP4 (the audio codec for MP4 format audio files is MPEG-4 AAC) and WAV (Linear PCM) have been added as playable file formats (for music saved on Memory Stick Duo™ media).
Photo
- Wallpaper feature has been added.
- Image transfer feature has been added.
- TIFF, GIF, PNG and BMP have been added as viewable file formats.
Settings
- Korean has been added as a system language in [System Settings].
- [Character Set] has been added in [System Settings].
- [Theme Settings] has been added.
- [Internet Browser Start Control] has been added as a security mode in [Security Settings].
- WPA-PSK (TKIP) has been added as a security mode in [Network Settings].
- Web address shortcut feature has been added as an input mode for the on-screen keyboard.