Merry Christmas with X-Flash v18 *UPDATED TO v18b*

Well, yee-doggie! We got X-Flash for Christmas!With the pace of custom/emulated firmware picking up steam, those devs who follow in the wake of Booster and Dark_Alex have to step up the pace of their own work. A few days ago, Art came out with X-Flash v17f, which was only a few days after X-Flash v17d, to add dual firmware support. A few days after that – er, that would be today –  Art now releases X-Flash v18, this time supporting 3.02 OE.

Like we said: every time the top of the chain steps it up, the entire field has to bring it one notch higher.

Anyway, here’s the list of firmware-specific disabled features for X-Flash provided for in the Readme:

Features currently disabled for firmware versions 2.71 SE and 3.02 OE:

  • XMB Menu Label editor, and custom label options.
  • Firmware Version Spoofers.
  • Plain Black PSP About Screens.
  • XMB System Sounds *
  • Some Easter Eggs won’t work because they rely on version spoofs, detailed name plate picture, etc.

* Implemented for 2.71 SE, but not implemented for 3.02 OE yet.

And here’s what’s new:

  • Multi Firmware Version implementation. Supports three versions including 3.02 OE unofficial hybrid.
  • Esitmated free space on flash0 is more accurate.
  • Program terminates if any firmware installation on flash0 is greater than 20.2 Megabytes (all firmware versions).
  • Gameboot movies for 3.02 SE must be no greater in size than the original gameboot movie.
  • Added a Christmas theme for the X-Flash menu

Download: [X-Flash v18]



Update: We did say that Art, along with other devs, has been stepping up the pace of their work. This really active dev has just released v18b of his X-Flash app. Here’s what’s new in this latest version:

  • Changes to plain black background, and custom background routines to write all twelve backgrounds instead of just one.
  • Program checks the background.bmp file is exactly 60×34 resolution at startup when running under 3.02 OE to ensure it remains compatible with the consolidated background file for 3.02.

Download: [X-Flash v18b]

Well, yee-doggie! We got X-Flash for Christmas!With the pace of custom/emulated firmware picking up steam, those devs who follow in the wake of Booster and Dark_Alex have to step up the pace of their own work. A few days ago, Art came out with X-Flash v17f, which was only a few days after X-Flash v17d, to add dual firmware support. A few days after that – er, that would be today –  Art now releases X-Flash v18, this time supporting 3.02 OE.

Like we said: every time the top of the chain steps it up, the entire field has to bring it one notch higher.

Anyway, here’s the list of firmware-specific disabled features for X-Flash provided for in the Readme:

Features currently disabled for firmware versions 2.71 SE and 3.02 OE:

  • XMB Menu Label editor, and custom label options.
  • Firmware Version Spoofers.
  • Plain Black PSP About Screens.
  • XMB System Sounds *
  • Some Easter Eggs won’t work because they rely on version spoofs, detailed name plate picture, etc.

* Implemented for 2.71 SE, but not implemented for 3.02 OE yet.

And here’s what’s new:

  • Multi Firmware Version implementation. Supports three versions including 3.02 OE unofficial hybrid.
  • Esitmated free space on flash0 is more accurate.
  • Program terminates if any firmware installation on flash0 is greater than 20.2 Megabytes (all firmware versions).
  • Gameboot movies for 3.02 SE must be no greater in size than the original gameboot movie.
  • Added a Christmas theme for the X-Flash menu

Download: [X-Flash v18]



Update: We did say that Art, along with other devs, has been stepping up the pace of their work. This really active dev has just released v18b of his X-Flash app. Here’s what’s new in this latest version:

  • Changes to plain black background, and custom background routines to write all twelve backgrounds instead of just one.
  • Program checks the background.bmp file is exactly 60×34 resolution at startup when running under 3.02 OE to ensure it remains compatible with the consolidated background file for 3.02.

Download: [X-Flash v18b]

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