PSP Korea: now at FW 3.10?! *UPDATE*
UPDATE #2: Okay, something just might be a li’l fishy here. A lot of the decrypted files in fw 3.10 are identical to the 3.03 ones. And if you check the version.txt, you’ll find out that it still says “3.03”. Could it be that Sony just made a mistake? The Korean PlayStation site does include info and instructions on the said 3.10. While we dig deeper into this PSP tidbit, we advise everyone who has the PSP-1005K model to just hold on to your handhelds and do not update yet – rumors abound that updating to 3.10 may brick TA-082/86 downgraded PSPs. We’ll keep you posted.
The Rubicon has been crossed. Little notes left sent to us from someone simply named “reader,” from Vas, and from CatfishD have led us to visit the PlayStation Korean site to find something new for download. Somehow, before Japan or North America, Korea decided to make the jump from 3.03… to 3.10. Traditionally, touching the first decimal, the tenths, (3.10) is usually a big thing.
Before we go on, we need to make the point clear. This FW 3.10 is for KOREAN PSPs ONLY!!! That’s PSP-1005K models!!!
Okay, we don’t know if it means that Japan and North America get their tenths adjusted in the very very very near future. Maybe the reason why PS Korea jumped the tenths decimal was because it’s a Korea-specific thing (which could mean that the US/Japan firmware updates continue following the hundredths continuity, as in the next one’s 3.04). Or maybe not. Maybe the features introduced in this Korean firmware update will also be introduced ’round the world in the near future. Or maybe they’re specific to PSP-1005K.
The 3.03 downgrader sure came with good timing, come to think of it.
Do we smell a potential firmware update in the air? The tendency’s already historical. But is it going to be 3.10? We can’t tell. We just can’t tell. Perhaps a Korean reader can come and enlighten us on this, if there are any specifics we might have missed. 3.10 – for PSP-1005K – features capped below, text translated by Google Translate.
Thanks for the heads up, CatfishD, Vas, and reader!
Update: This changelog is making the rounds online. It’s probably a web translation:
GAME
It enjoyed PLAYSTATION Network tie frames and the function for was strengthened.
NETWORK
Function to record MPEG-4 AVC from LocationFree Player. Model LF-PK20 (Japan) or LF-B20 and LF-B10 (United States) LocationFree base stations are required for this.
Memory economy function added to Web Browser settings
SETTINGS
Dynamic normalizer function added in Sound settings.
MEMORY ECONOMY
When using the Web Browser, it uses less memory. However, picture quality decreases.
DYNAMIC VOLUMIZER
The volume level for playing music is regulated.
UPDATE #2: Okay, something just might be a li’l fishy here. A lot of the decrypted files in fw 3.10 are identical to the 3.03 ones. And if you check the version.txt, you’ll find out that it still says “3.03”. Could it be that Sony just made a mistake? The Korean PlayStation site does include info and instructions on the said 3.10. While we dig deeper into this PSP tidbit, we advise everyone who has the PSP-1005K model to just hold on to your handhelds and do not update yet – rumors abound that updating to 3.10 may brick TA-082/86 downgraded PSPs. We’ll keep you posted.
The Rubicon has been crossed. Little notes left sent to us from someone simply named “reader,” from Vas, and from CatfishD have led us to visit the PlayStation Korean site to find something new for download. Somehow, before Japan or North America, Korea decided to make the jump from 3.03… to 3.10. Traditionally, touching the first decimal, the tenths, (3.10) is usually a big thing.
Before we go on, we need to make the point clear. This FW 3.10 is for KOREAN PSPs ONLY!!! That’s PSP-1005K models!!!
Okay, we don’t know if it means that Japan and North America get their tenths adjusted in the very very very near future. Maybe the reason why PS Korea jumped the tenths decimal was because it’s a Korea-specific thing (which could mean that the US/Japan firmware updates continue following the hundredths continuity, as in the next one’s 3.04). Or maybe not. Maybe the features introduced in this Korean firmware update will also be introduced ’round the world in the near future. Or maybe they’re specific to PSP-1005K.
The 3.03 downgrader sure came with good timing, come to think of it.
Do we smell a potential firmware update in the air? The tendency’s already historical. But is it going to be 3.10? We can’t tell. We just can’t tell. Perhaps a Korean reader can come and enlighten us on this, if there are any specifics we might have missed. 3.10 – for PSP-1005K – features capped below, text translated by Google Translate.
Thanks for the heads up, CatfishD, Vas, and reader!
Update: This changelog is making the rounds online. It’s probably a web translation:
GAME
It enjoyed PLAYSTATION Network tie frames and the function for was strengthened.
NETWORK
Function to record MPEG-4 AVC from LocationFree Player. Model LF-PK20 (Japan) or LF-B20 and LF-B10 (United States) LocationFree base stations are required for this.
Memory economy function added to Web Browser settings
SETTINGS
Dynamic normalizer function added in Sound settings.
MEMORY ECONOMY
When using the Web Browser, it uses less memory. However, picture quality decreases.
DYNAMIC VOLUMIZER
The volume level for playing music is regulated.