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[rollingstart]

I'm gonna buy a PSP 3000 tomorrow and am wondering if there is a guide to getting cfw on it. Or can you not do that yet?

 

[spineduke]

Much appreciated! I'll give it a shot tomorrow. It is a newer game (Class of Heroes) that wanted to upgrade my firmware when I ran it from the UMD but I didn't do it.

Edit - Well I just tried using this and was able to get it to create a plain save on my fat but unfortunately it doesn't look like there's any way to currently enable plugins under Hen on my slim so I don't think there's any way to use the save deemer plugin on my slim to load the save.

I'm wondering if I upgrade my psp1000 to the 5.03M33 level will I then be able to use the encrypted save on my slim since the are both at the same level?

Yes, if you load your un-encrypted saves on the 1000 which has been updated to 5.00m33, and convert them there, the saves will work fine on your other PSP.

 

[Mejilan]

For those of you actually updating to 5.50 Gen-A (Build 4 recommended), there are two new developments to look in to.

First: They've finally released a 5.50 Gen-A version of POPSLoader.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=217946

It 'was finally released from the coder GENyUS new Popsloader compatible with the latest Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-A. I remember that Popsloader is a plugin for Custom Firmware that allows the emulator to load POPS (PSX) firmware versions prior to greatly increase the compatibility of the games converted with the appropriate tool.
More to follow.

Installation:

Quote:

- Copy the file popsloader.prx in ms0: / Seplugins
- Add the string ms0: / seplugins / popsloader.prx file POPS.txt
- Activate the plugin from Recovery

Notes for use:
- It 's necessary for the proper functioning of the plugin file impose.prx of fw 4:01

Second: Some other party seems to be attempting to patch back in certain elements of M33 CFWs surprisingly excluded from the Gen CFW, amongst other tweaks.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=217948

U3-Robot has released his own Custom Firmware (and then updated it) which adds onto the recent 5.50 Custom firmware released last week, heres both news items:

First, I think about making Fix Flasher 1.0 with many fixes, but I made an own firmware called 5.50 U3R.

Changes from 5.50 GEN:
VSH Menu has SHUTDOWN DEVICE option.
Recovery Menu has SPEEDUP MS options.

Installation:
1) You must install first 5.50 GEN as a shell (framework).
2) Copy u3rloader folder from a zip file to /PSP/GAME
3) Start 5.50U3R Installer from Game - Memory stick.
4) Click X to install firmware.
5) Enjoy!

Heres the info from the 2nd version released:

Changes from 5.50 U3R:
Fixed PSX Games - they are now working. (tested on Gran Turismo)
Fixed exit with O button - now working.
Added built-in plugins: (only for psp-2000, and still under construction)
LEDControl 0.2 (not working on my 2000)
Hold+ 3.7 (working on my 2000)
MusicPRX 390 (not working on my 2000)

Installation:
1) You must install first 5.50 GEN or 5.50 U3R as a shell (framework).
2) Delete u3rloader folder from /PSP/GAME if it is.
3) Copy u3rloader folder from a zip file to /PSP/GAME
4) Start 5.50U3R Installer from Game - Memory stick.
5) Click X to install firmware or Up with plugins.
6) Enjoy!

Like any firmware or app that uses the Flash area, there is a risk of bricking, so please use with care. If in doubt wait to see what the veterans of any community do.

 

[vag 2.0]

I have a few ps1 games purchased from PSN on my 5.00 m33-6 phat; FFVII and Castlevania Chronicles both give me "The game could nto be started. (CA000007)" but Gunner's Heaven starts fine. Any ideas? I have versions.txt enabled and with an appropriate 5.50 one, so it's not that - FFVII gets to the warning screen before it quits out.

 

[linkboy]

MGS PSN is, for me, having the same audio problems that a user created version has.

I'm starting to lean towards there being something with the CFW that the game just doesn't like. It works perfectly fine on my PS3.

The issue is that the audio skips and just bounces around.

 

[HMC]

I won't bother you fine folks with any of my stoopid CFW questions, but where can I go to get this broken down for beginners? Unfortunately, I'm extremely LTTP on updating stuff, and making heads or tails of these abbreviations and instructions is like deciphering ancient mermaid scrolls.

Is there an "Firmwarez for dumbasses" link? Just dusted off my PSP (2.60), and I have absolutely no clue whats going on in here. I just bought Tactics: WotL, and its telling me I have to upgrade to 3.51...but I definitely shouldn't do that, right?

 

[Crazymoogle]

I just bought Tactics: WotL, and its telling me I have to upgrade to 3.51...but I definitely shouldn't do that, right?

Yeah, don't do that if you want custom firmware. Mejilan has a post in here somewhere to hook you up with what you need.

 

[HMC]

Thanks, bro. Found a pretty good tut for newbs...

http://www.blastprocessing.net/?page_id=20

 

[vag 2.0]

MGS PSN is, for me, having the same audio problems that a user created version has.

I'm starting to lean towards there being something with the CFW that the game just doesn't like. It works perfectly fine on my PS3.

The issue is that the audio skips and just bounces around.

Weird - I played through the Japanese PSN version on CFW and it was perfect.

 

[StuBurns]

This thread is so epic, I can't really read thru to find out, quick question. I've been putting off installing a CFW for years, but I'm probably going to buy the Go this holiday season, so I don't really care anymore about keeping my current PSP legit. So, I have a PSP 2000, do I still need to rip apart the battery to install a CFW? I haven't seen anything about this stuff in a while.

 

[The Faceless Master]

This thread is so epic, I can't really read thru to find out, quick question. I've been putting off installing a CFW for years, but I'm probably going to buy the Go this holiday season, so I don't really care anymore about keeping my current PSP legit. So, I have a PSP 2000, do I still need to rip apart the battery to install a CFW? I haven't seen anything about this stuff in a while.

that depends on two things

1) do you have 5.03 or lower?
2) is your PSP-2000 a TA-088 v3?

 

[StuBurns]

that depends on two things

1) do you have 5.03 or lower?
2) is your PSP-2000 a TA-088 v3?

1) Yeah, I believe so, it says 5.00
2) I have no idea, how do I tell?

 

[The Faceless Master]

1) Yeah, I believe so, it says 5.00

well, at minimum, you can upgrade to 5.03 and run ChickHEN, then use it to run CFWEnabler. And if you don't have a v3, you can use ChickHEN to install CFW 5.00 M33.

2) I have no idea, how do I tell?

well, do you have the box still, or remember what version firmware came on the PSP?

 

[StuBurns]

well, at minimum, you can upgrade to 5.03 and run ChickHEN, then use it to run CFWEnabler. And if you don't have a v3, you can use ChickHEN to install CFW 5.00 M33.

well, do you have the box still, or remember what version firmware came on the PSP?

Nop, however, I found on some site that if the serial number starts with HB like mine does, that it's not v3.

Does that mean I can put a CFW on there?

What's my next step? Is there a tutorial you could link me to please?

Thanks for the help, and sorry for the newb questions. The world of CFW seems to be incredible complicated.

 

[StuBurns]

Installed the CFW, 5.00 M33.

I had a TA-088v2 in the end. Used the chickHEN thing to install the CFW, worked great.

Any suggestions on cool things to check out now?

 

[neorej]

I've got 4.01 M33 on my PSP right now. Never had the need to updat my firmware up untill now (decided to give Harmonix some monay and get Rock Band UNplugged). IIRC the guy that installed the CFW said I could update to the latest CFW by going to the Settings-part of the XMB and hit Network Update. Is this correct?

If not, how can I update my CFW?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Installed the CFW, 5.00 M33.

I had a TA-088v2 in the end. Used the chickHEN thing to install the CFW, worked great.

Any suggestions on cool things to check out now?

PSP Radio!

so, did you just run the normal 5.00 m33 flasher, or use Hellcat's recovery installer?

 

[riskVSreward]

Can someone enlighten me to the state of CFW on the 3000? That sexy screen beckons me.

 

[StuBurns]

PSP Radio!

so, did you just run the normal 5.00 m33 flasher, or use Hellcat's recovery installer?

I used the Hellcat thing. Very slick.
Thanks for the help man, I'll check out PSP Radio.

Can someone enlighten me to the state of CFW on the 3000? That sexy screen beckons me.

Doesn't really exist at the moment, you can use chickHEN, but you can't install a full CFW, depending on what you want to so, it might be enough.

 

[The Faceless Master]

I've got 4.01 M33 on my PSP right now. Never had the need to updat my firmware up untill now (decided to give Harmonix some monay and get Rock Band UNplugged). IIRC the guy that installed the CFW said I could update to the latest CFW by going to the Settings-part of the XMB and hit Network Update. Is this correct?

If not, how can I update my CFW?

that's correct, the network update will update to the latest m33 firmware.

you can doublecheck that the network update is set to m33 updates and not sony updates in the recovery menu (power on the psp while holding the R trigger)

 

[HMC]

Ive read that there are some Trojan downgraders out there, could somone recommend a safe program for downgrading 2.60?

 

[neorej]

that's correct, the network update will update to the latest m33 firmware.

you can doublecheck that the network update is set to m33 updates and not sony updates in the recovery menu (power on the psp while holding the R trigger)

Thanks, will check it out.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Ive read that there are some Trojan downgraders out there, could somone recommend a safe program for downgrading 2.60?

you don't want to downgrade, you want to upgrade to 5.00 m33-6.

since you have 2.60 you can use the a multitude of different options to get to that point, but the latest is the 5.03 tiff exploit. you need to update to 5.03, then use ChickHEN R2 to be able to run homebrew.

considering you're running 2.60, this means you have a PSP-1000 and can easily make a pandora battery and magic memory stick combo if you want to, using Cory149's Open Source Pandora Battery Creator and Despertar del Cementerio v8 and the Sony Official 5.00 Firmware.

or you could just use Hellcat's Recovery Installer and the Sony Official 5.00 Firmware if you don't want to make a pandora battery.

 

[FatalT]

Can someone enlighten me to the state of CFW on the 3000? That sexy screen beckons me.

Doesn't really exist at the moment, you can use chickHEN, but you can't install a full CFW, depending on what you want to so, it might be enough.

Yes you can, it just resets back to normal after you completely turn off your PSP. Putting it into sleep mode, however, does not.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Hello NeoGAF, i want to use custom firmware to run PSP Homebrew and run my games off a memory stick for faster loading and longer battery life and run games at a higher clock speed for smoother framerates, help me out please!

Previously, if you have a PSP-1000 (any and all) or PSP-2000 (that isn't a TA-088 v3), you cold use a Pandora Battery and Magic Memory Stick combo to achieve this, though creating the battery was an issue for people who didn't have had an already CFW'd PSP available and didn't have the guts to open one up and do some surgery. buying a pandora battery online quickly became an option for many people.

With the tiff exploit in 5.03, now anyone who has 5.03 or lower can run a custom firmware to varying degrees of success, and PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 (but not v3) owners can flash a custom firmware, and with a compatible PSP, make a pandora battery (not all PSP-2000's can make a pandora battery).

1) The first thing you needs to do is upgrade to the Sony Official 5.03 Firmware so you can get your tiff on!
put the EBOOT.PBP file in \PSP\GAME\UPDATE\


2) Next, if you have a PSP-1000 or PSP-3000 you'll want to get ChickHEN R2 to be able to run homebrew. Many people with PSP-2000 report much more success with ChickHEN mod2, a modified version of R2.
triggering the exploit is not a 100% thing, some people have to try a dozen times, some people get it on the first try. if the exploit is succesful, you'll see a green screen flash, then the PSP will restart, and you can confirm that it worked because if you go to system info in the system settings menu, it will say 5.03 HEN-A. if the exploit fails, the PSP will freeze, then shut down in a few moments, and you have to try again.

3) once ChickHEN is running, you have several options depending on your PSP version.

3a) if you have a PSP-1000, you can (and should) make a pandora battery and magic memory stick combo if you want to, using Cory149's Open Source Pandora Battery Creator 0.60 and Despertar del Cementerio v8 with the Sony Official 5.00 Firmware. then when you're done, creating both, you simply remove the PSP's battery, then re-insert it, and the DCv8 menu will pop up, allowing you to flash 5.00 m33 to your PSP.

3b) if you have a PSP-2000 (except v3) (or a PSP-1000 and just don't feel like making a pandora battery), you can try to do the same, but some PSP-2000 models are unable to create a pandora battery, even though they will still boot to recovery mode when one is inserted. if Cory149's tool fails to create a pandora battery, or if you'd rather just not bother, you can just use Hellcat's Recovery Flasher 1.60 and the Sony Official 5.00 Firmware and be good to go.

3c) if you have a TA-088 v3 PSP-2000 or a PSP-3000, then you can't currently flash a full custom firmware on your PSP, but you can run a memory resident custom firmware. the latest and greatest so far is CFWEnabler 3.50. this type of CFW will still function if you use sleep mode , but goes away when you power off the PSP. so, if you turn off your PSP, you have to trigger the tiff exploit and re-run the firmware homebrew app again. better than nothing, though, amirite?

 

[riskVSreward]

Hey, I have 3.52 M33-4 on my PSP 1000, can I use network updates to update as well? I haven't bothered updating in sooo long, I remember there were two different versions of all the emulators (1.5 and 3.x IIRC) I also remember getting the 1.5 or older versions for one reason or another. If I update, am I gonna have to start finding all new emus?

And since I'll probably be updating in a few minutes, are there any good music players with visualizers? The default psp sucks balls.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Hey, I have 3.52 M33-4 on my PSP 1000, can I use network updates to update as well? I haven't bothered updating in sooo long, I remember there were two different versions of all the emulators (1.5 and 3.x IIRC) I also remember getting the 1.5 or older versions for one reason or another. If I update, am I gonna have to start finding all new emus?

And since I'll probably be updating in a few minutes, are there any good music players with visualizers? The default psp sucks balls.

network update was added in 3.90 m33 iirc, it's definitely not in 3.52. there's a 1.50 kernel addon for the PSP-1000, which is good for the few emulators that weren't updated to run under '3.x', but for many emulators, you're better off just getting the latest and greatest updates.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Ugh..I'm so confused, can somebody help me out?

Is there a legit way to put CFW on the 3000 now? I see this new thing that lets you run emulators without flashing the firmware but it doesn't appear to support ps1 games. Can you now flash the 3000? If so, what do I need? Suicide battery?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Ugh..I'm so confused, can somebody help me out?

Is there a legit way to put CFW on the 3000 now? I see this new thing that lets you run emulators without flashing the firmware but it doesn't appear to support ps1 games. Can you now flash the 3000? If so, what do I need? Suicide battery?

No, you still cannot flash a full custom firmware to the 3000 or TA-088 v3 PSP 2000. Also, while 5.03 GEN-A didn't support PS1 games via pops, CFWEnabler does support PS1/pops.

 

[linkboy]

MGS PSN is, for me, having the same audio problems that a user created version has.

I'm starting to lean towards there being something with the CFW that the game just doesn't like. It works perfectly fine on my PS3.

The issue is that the audio skips and just bounces around.

Update on this.

I got the game working by switching from M33-6 to 5.50 GEN-A. Audio is working perfectly fine and the game controls perfectly fine if you use the custom control setup.

 

[Corran Horn]

Quick question: Is it safe to use my PS3 PSN login on my PSP while using CFW? Or should I create a new one?

 

[overthehill99]

Quick question: Is it safe to use my PS3 PSN login on my PSP while using CFW? Or should I create a new one?

Your fine.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Does anyone know what a good video player for PSP is? Is there one which natively supports playback of mkv files?

 

[Callibretto]

Update on this.

I got the game working by switching from M33-6 to 5.50 GEN-A. Audio is working perfectly fine and the game controls perfectly fine if you use the custom control setup.

is it worth upgrading? how's the homebrew compatibility? I'm talking more about emulator, ps1 games (which I assume is better since it fix mgs audio problem) and IRShell?

 

[Slightly Live]

is it worth upgrading? how's the homebrew compatibility? I'm talking more about emulator, ps1 games (which I assume is better since it fix mgs audio problem) and IRShell?

You should really wait for Dark Alex's next release for the most complete and broad support on all those features.

 

[Xater]

Can someone help me out how tot ake screenshots with the PSP? I downloaded a plugin but I could not get it to work. I have a PSP 3000.

If it's not possible it wuld be awesome if someone who has Patapon 2 could help me out. I need some very specific screenshots for a game studies seminar.

 

[linkboy]

is it worth upgrading? how's the homebrew compatibility? I'm talking more about emulator, ps1 games (which I assume is better since it fix mgs audio problem) and IRShell?

IR Shell I don't use, so I'm not going to comment on that.

As for GEN firmware, its working perfectly fine for now. The PS1 emulator is fixed with MGS because Sony fixed it in 5.50 (which the game requires to run), DAX or the makers of GEN had nothing to do with that. Popsloader is out for it so that works.

Dani, the problem is that nobody knows when Dax is going to make another release. I don't even know if anyone's heard anything from him.

People can't keep relying on Dark Alex for everything.

Lastly, if anyone wants the best control setup I've got for MGS, here it is.

D-pad Up: Up
D-Pad Down: Down
D-Pad Left: L2
D-Pad Right: R2
Analog Up: Up
Analog Down: Down
Analog Right: Right
Analog Left: Left
L: L2
R: R2

All the face buttons remain the same. This allows you to bring up the item menus using the shoulder buttons and navigate them with the d-pad or analog stick. The L1\R1 buttons in MGS are quick select buttons, so a quick tap on the d-pad will enable that.

 

[Psy-Phi]

Dani, the problem is that nobody knows when Dax is going to make another release. I don't even know if anyone's heard anything from him.

People can't keep relying on Dark Alex for everything.

I was under the impression that Dax already said he would not be updating his CFW to 5.50, because the difference is negligible (aka not worth his time/effort).

 

[linkboy]

I was under the impression that Dax already said he would not be updating his CFW to 5.50, because the difference is negligible (aka not worth his time/effort).

That's nothing new, its been his stance for a while now.

5.50 isn't the first Sony firmware he's skipped

 

[Xater]

Can someone help me out how tot ake screenshots with the PSP? I downloaded a plugin but I could not get it to work. I have a PSP 3000.

If it's not possible it wuld be awesome if someone who has Patapon 2 could help me out. I need some very specific screenshots for a game studies seminar.

Can no one help me out?

 

[Jefklak]

I'm trying to figure out what the heck to do but a lot of people really helped there, so thanks to everyone who provided some kind of info!
Especially the tutorial link on the previous page.

But I'm confused with that chickhen thing. Does this mean you don't have to do the pandora battery step anymore? I have a PSP Slim (2000) and I'd like to install custom firmware, since I'm pretty tired of waiting "loading loading loading". Faceless Master, if I follow your steps explained in the previous page, can I install CFW without using a battery?

Edit: great, I need to try this as soon as I get home

 

[Unknown One]

Yup I can confirm you don't need a battery anymore if you have OFW 5.03 and under.

 

[Jefklak]

if the exploit fails, the PSP will freeze, then shut down in a few moments, and you have to try again.

So I tried that about 20+ times, and no luck.
PSP2004 here.
Installed official 3.05 firmware, downloaded chickHEN mod2.

Edit: lol I was at the 34th time, it works now, cool!
Edit2: 5.03 M33-6 up and running
Farewell, fucking castlevania UMD loading times!

 

[larvi]

So I tried that about 20+ times, and no luck.
PSP2004 here.
Installed official 3.05 firmware, downloaded chickHEN mod2.

Edit: lol I was at the 34th time, it works now, cool!
Edit2: 5.03 M33-6 up and running
Farewell, fucking castlevania UMD loading times!

Sounds like you got it to work finall, but if you need to do it in the future it may help to disable UMD cache in UMD autostart in the system menu. I found that tip in one of the guides and it seemed to help for me.

 

[nny]

So I tried that about 20+ times, and no luck.
PSP2004 here.
Installed official 3.05 firmware, downloaded chickHEN mod2.

Edit: lol I was at the 34th time, it works now, cool!
Edit2: 5.03 M33-6 up and running
Farewell, fucking castlevania UMD loading times!

I decided to try the "battery-less" method as well and got the exploit to work on the 4th try, guess I got lucky P

 

[The Faceless Master]

So I tried that about 20+ times, and no luck.
PSP2004 here.
Installed official 3.05 firmware, downloaded chickHEN mod2.

Edit: lol I was at the 34th time, it works now, cool!
Edit2: 5.03 M33-6 up and running
Farewell, fucking castlevania UMD loading times!

I decided to try the "battery-less" method as well and got the exploit to work on the 4th try, guess I got lucky P

yep, it's pretty random, it takes some people one try and some people fifty tries.

 

[Jefklak]

Has anyone been able to run crazyc's DOSBox eboot with some Apogee games?
When I saw dosbox was "available" on the PSP I was like wahzahaierhezriagh

But after that brief moment of joy, I realized it's a pain in the ass to configure and get some stuff to actually play well.
I'd love to get my floppy disk of Hocus Pocus on the PSP...

 

[Unknown Soldier]

The TIFF exploit that ChickHEN R2 relies on seems to be very timing based. Well, the libtiff code that PSP uses isn't exactly time-consuming to execute, so what else could affect the timing? That's right: it's the speed of your Memory Stick Pro Duo. I picked up an 8GB Mark 2 for my PSP, so for me, the timing has to be almost immediately, I have to choose Photos and then right when the ChickHEN folder shows up, I have to choose it to get it to work. Depending on how fast yours is, your timing will vary. Once you've figured out the exact timing, it's just a rhythm action game, if you can repeat the timing perfectly, you'll be able to get it on the first try every time from that point on.

 

[RotBot]

I'm looking for an RSS reader for the PSP that lets me save feeds to the PSP and read them offline.

Is PReSS the best one to get? Looks like you have to pay 3 Euros to access feeds not in its list though.

Then there's MioMediaBox, which downloads everything to the PC first, converts text to images, and requires manual transfer to PSP via USB or memory stick. No CFW is needed for this one.

Any recommendations?

 

[ChackanKun]

One quick question:

Can I use one of these on my PSP?

Because they are really much cheaper than the normal Memory Stick Pro Duo, and i'd like to buy a 8Gb MC now that everything is going to be launched in DD.

8Gb is the max that the PSP 2000 supports right?