Well I’ll be darned, Fanjita has come back with a hack for firmwares up to 3.03. Seems as if the GTA exploit was not fully patched. Right now it is just a proof of concept showing some text. Fanjita is going to wait a while and let us soak this in before he works on it more, he also wants to give Sony time to smack their heads and say “Doh!”

The remaining question, is there venerability to kernel mode? Here is what Fanjita had to say, “It’s a bit tricky, but yes, ther kernel mode found by Team C+D still works from the Goofy exploit. The down grader will use this to perform its magic.” The problem is you will need a copy of the original, unpatched, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (No Vice City). The new UMDs in stores are patched, so look for used or a friend who has one.

Here are the instructions

• You need an original, unpatched GTA:LCS game. The new copies that you find in the shops now will not work.
• This only works for Liberty City Stories, not Vice City Stories.
• Extract the files from the ZIP into the /PSP/SAVEDATA folder on your memory stick.
• Start the GTA game, and enjoy the feeling of freshly-minted homebrew

Enjoy, hopefully we wont get any more people asking for hacks for some of those newer official Sony updates.

[ "Goofy" Exploit ]