As previously promised, a new LivePatch has been made to check the content installed on the user's PSP against the HomebrewStore database to determine if content is out of date.
This new LivePatch is LivePatch 12270958. Its official changelog is as follows:
-- Checks for Outdated Content
-- Visual Changes to Queue Downloader
Users will notice a message that says "Inspecting Installed Content" during the startup of the HomebrewStore from this point onward. This message shows after "Checking for Updates" but before "Preparing Storefront".
Changes have been made to the HomebrewStore Terms of Service to accomodate the inspection of installed content. For those with privacy concerns, know that the HomebrewStore client only sends a list of detected content IDs and version numbers to the HomebrewStore servers after inspecting the storage device, no other information from the inspection is sent.
HomebrewStore can only provide version checking against content installed from this point onward. Previously installed content cannot be version checked due to content installed before this update not having version data. Content may be redownloaded from the HomebrewStore to get valid version data(deletion of the content before redownloading should not be necessary).
Other caveats include:
- HomebrewStore can only provide version checking for content installed using HomebrewStore formatting (/PSP/GAME/HBRW10XXXX/ where XXXX is a HomebrewStore ID number). This is not a problem for any content installed using the HomebrewStore. However, this means that most manually installed homebrew will not be version checked.
- Content installed using the HomebrewStore Downloader for PC will not have version data installed with it. There will be an update to the HomebrewStore Downloader in the near future to remedy this.
- HomebrewStore will only provide version checking for content installed in the /PSP/GAME/ directory. Content installed in other directories such as /PICTURE/ will not be version checked.
Enjoy the (hopefully
) last LivePatch of the year!