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PSP Custom Firmware Thread

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xero273

Member
Mr. Wonderful said:
Is Gen A and Gen B just as good as M33-6? I want to play Persona but don't want to downgrade to a potentially worse custom firmware.
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Persona isn't going to work with the gen firmware. If Persona has the same checks as Tales of VS, you are going to need to wait until the gen team to release some kind of fix so that the game will work.
 
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red shoe paul

Banned
The Take Out Bandit said:
Do you have a link to quality tutorials on the procedure?

I don't want to leap without looking.

Thanks.
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"You're looking for a "TA-088v3" motherboard, then
check the boxcode, if it has the letter "G" or superior on it then it has the unhackable
motherboard. What you're looking for is this:

f0ryur.png
"

Tutorial:
http://www.pspiso.com/showthread.php?t=293246

Mr. Wonderful said:
Is Gen A and Gen B just as good as M33-6? I want to play Persona but don't want to downgrade to a potentially worse custom firmware.
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Don't worry, GEN-A & -B are far better & it's worth upgrading.
 
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BluWacky

Member
EGM92 said:
I want to make a 2 disc Eboot of a PSX game, as one file. What program would allow me to do that?
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Use RS-Gui PopStationMD v3.00 (Google a link for the package, I'm a bit iffy about linking to the main website for it). It's a fairly rudimentary GUI for the main PopStation program but it's fairly self-explanatory - you can put several discs in one eboot very easily using this (just pick Disc 1, Disc 2 etc. from the drop down menus offered). It's got the best compatibility of any of the GUIs I've tried (it's the only one I could get my Chrono Cross discs to work with) even if it's fairly barebones.

Don't go with PSX2PSP in my opinion, although it's fine for most things it has a habit of stuffing up on some more temperamental titles.
 
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Tideas

Banned
Mr. Wonderful said:
Is Gen A and Gen B just as good as M33-6? I want to play Persona but don't want to downgrade to a potentially worse custom firmware.
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why would you need a custom firmware to play a game?
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
neoxdonut said:
@RocketDarkness: 5.50GEN-B was released only as an update from 5.50GEN-A.

Changelog:
  • Bug fix: the VSH menu can now be disabled
  • Pressing Select can start the recovery, bring up the VSH recovery menu, or do nothing at all (for those who wish to use Remote Play between their PSP and PS3)
  • Update via Network (taken from M33)
  • Evangelion Jo (as UMD and ISO) can be launched & played now
  • Pandora (converting the battery to/from the Pandora-state) and Shutdown Device options added to the VSH menu
  • Flash1 format option adds a check that prevents a flash1 format if enabled
  • Access [remains open] to the PlayStation Store and Remote Play continues working
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Okay, and only firmware that updates a specific version (ie 5.50 A to 5.50 B) requires a specific version of CFW installed beforehand? So I can update from any other version to GEN-A? Specifically, 5.02 to 5.50?

And all I do is run it like any other application from the game menu?
 
Kccitystar

Kccitystar

Member
A quick question:

My girlfriend has a PSP-1000 with the GEN-B firmware and she's looking to run an SNES emulator on it. How would I go about doing this?
 
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NIN90

Member
I might be awfully rude to ask but jesus, this thread is huge and the OP is likely outdated.

Can anybody give me a rundown on:

1. What PSP I should buy? Jebus, there's billions of revisions/bundles.
2. What do I need to run a CFW to run my (legally bought) PSP games off the memory stick and to run emulators?

Thanks in advance.
 
riskVSreward

riskVSreward

Member
Kccitystar said:
A quick question:

My girlfriend has a PSP-1000 with the GEN-B firmware and she's looking to run an SNES emulator on it. How would I go about doing this?
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I had GEN B last night and couldn't find an emu that worked with it, supposedly any emu that works on 3.xx kernel will work with GEN B but I had no such luck. I'd downgrade to GEN A or 5.00 M33 and get SNESTYL (I think thats what its called.)

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Can someone tell me if a theme says it requires cfw 3.9 if it'll work on 5.00? Here's the theme in question.
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
NIN90 said:
I might be awfully rude to ask but jesus, this thread is huge and the OP is likely outdated.

Can anybody give me a rundown on:

1. What PSP I should buy? Jebus, there's billions of revisions/bundles.
2. What do I need to run a CFW to run my (legally bought) PSP games off the memory stick and to run emulators?

Thanks in advance.
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1. A Phatty, or a Slim, you decide. If you go with a Slim make sure you read my last post here and find one with the certain motherboard. PSP 3000's can run CFW, but it's so bad and it's not fully developed yet. You could wait it out, but I'm not sure how long that will be.

2. If you go with a Slim, you'll need to use a Pandora battery and magic memory stick to be able to run CFW. Read my last post here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17269237&postcount=5978

riskVSreward said:
Can someone tell me if a theme says it requires cfw 3.9 if it'll work on 5.00? Here's the theme in question.
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No, it won't work. Unless it's ported to the new FW, it will fuck some stuff up most of the time.

Kccitystar said:
A quick question:

My girlfriend has a PSP-1000 with the GEN-B firmware and she's looking to run an SNES emulator on it. How would I go about doing this?
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EBOOT in the GAME folder, .prx files in the PLUGINS folder and then you need to enable them from the recovery menu.
 
riskVSreward

riskVSreward

Member
red shoe paul said:
No, it won't work. Unless it's ported to the new FW, it will fuck some stuff up most of the time.
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Thanks, I guess I shouldn't mess with the 20+ themes I just downloaded since they don't specify a firmware. Can you recommend a theme site that lists if they work in 5.00 m33-4? Does any 5.00 theme work in m33-4 or is it specific to that? Thanks again for the help.
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
riskVSreward said:
Thanks, I guess I shouldn't mess with the 20+ themes I just downloaded since they don't specify a firmware. Can you recommend a theme site that lists if they work in 5.00 m33-4? Does any 5.00 theme work in m33-4 or is it specific to that? Thanks again for the help.
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http://www.pspthemecentral.com/PSP/categories/PSP-XMB-CTF-themes.aspx?DSitemlist_currentPage=13
http://pspiso.com/showpost.php?p=3334311&postcount=2

Just Google search CTF or PTF themes, most should let you know what FW they're running on. I'm sure anything 5.00 - current is fine.

RocketDarkness said:
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So, when I get home I'm going to run 5.50 GEN-A on my friend's PSP (which currently has 5.02 GEN-A) I SURE HOPE IT DOESN'T BRICK!!!!
103a6h1.jpg
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Anything below 3.00 will brick, you should be fine if you do everything right.
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
red shoe paul said:
http://www.pspthemecentral.com/PSP/categories/PSP-XMB-CTF-themes.aspx?DSitemlist_currentPage=13
http://pspiso.com/showpost.php?p=3334311&postcount=2

Just Google search CTF or PTF themes, most should let you know what FW they're running on. I'm sure anything 5.00 - current is fine.



Anything below 3.00 will brick, you should be fine if you do everything right.
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Okay. Since it already has CFW, all I have to do is run the 5.50 installer and follow the instructions?
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
RocketDarkness said:
Okay. Since it already has CFW, all I have to do is run the 5.50 installer and follow the instructions?
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Yes sir. :D Then update to GEN-A THEN GEN-B. If you go directly to GEN-B you WILL have a brick.

Kccitystar, I don't know 100% to be honest, since it's a semi-new FW. I'm almost positively sure you will need to Pandora it though.
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
Awesome, thanks for the assistance, Paul.

A couple of general PSP questions, since this is the only major PSP thread in existence. I've been using one of those camera USB cables (plugs into the top of the PSP) and the USB Connect option in the menu to move these programs to the memory stick. Is this option something that came about due to firmware, or is it standard on all PSPs?

Also, in a similar vein, would I be able to simply move a save file off of the memory stick and on to another one? I want to use my friend's memory stick for the time being, and when I give it back to him, buy my own memory stick and move those files over to my own stick. Is this an option?
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
RocketDarkness said:
Awesome, thanks for the assistance, Paul.

A couple of general PSP questions, since this is the only major PSP thread in existence. I've been using one of those camera USB cables (plugs into the top of the PSP) and the USB Connect option in the menu to move these programs to the memory stick. Is this option something that came about due to firmware, or is it standard on all PSPs?
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First off you're very welcome. :D
It's standard for all PSP's.

RocketDarkness said:
Also, in a similar vein, would I be able to simply move a save file off of the memory stick and on to another one? I want to use my friend's memory stick for the time being, and when I give it back to him, buy my own memory stick and move those files over to my own stick. Is this an option?
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Yeah you'll be able to drag your save folder off the PSP to the computer, then when you plug in his PSP, you just copy the save to his. Then delete the save when you give it back. :D
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
red shoe paul said:
First off you're very welcome. :D
It's standard for all PSP's.



Yeah you'll be able to drag your save folder off the PSP to the computer, then when you plug in his PSP, you just copy the save to his. Then delete the save when you give it back. :D
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I am now (assuming no freak accidents with the CFW update) ready to rock Dissidia tomorrow. I might pick it up before school tomorrow and play it on the train. :lol
 
riskVSreward

riskVSreward

Member
Is there anyway to open a ctf file and mix and match themes? I really like this theme but I really like the boot sequence that this theme provides. It plays this red wave-like clip when you boot a game and it's much better than the other themes plain white screen. Is there anyway I can take the boot sequence from Divinorium's theme and add it to the Project 7 theme?
 
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red shoe paul

Banned
riskVSreward said:
Is there anyway to open a ctf file and mix and match themes? I really like this theme but I really like the boot sequence that this theme provides. It plays this red wave-like clip when you boot a game and it's much better than the other themes plain white screen. Is there anyway I can take the boot sequence from Divinorium's theme and add it to the Project 7 theme?
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CTF Manager 1.0: http://www.sendspace.com/file/77fj9u

The only thing I can think of. It's used to build CTF themes, so I'm guessing you can edit them in that as well.
 
guggnichso

guggnichso

Banned
Ok guys, I need help here :)

I want to play policenauts on my PSP.

I have:

- PSP slim with original Firmware 5.55 (it's a flashable PSP, had it running CFW before)
- A pandora battery
- 2gig memstick

Can I downgrade to dark alex' firmware and then upgrade to GEN-A and then GEN-B?
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
guggnichso said:
Ok guys, I need help here :)

I want to play policenauts on my PSP.

I have:

- PSP slim with original Firmware 5.55 (it's a flashable PSP, had it running CFW before)
- A pandora battery
- 2gig memstick

Can I downgrade to dark alex' firmware and then upgrade to GEN-A and then GEN-B?
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You're out of luck for now until a method on downgrading becomes available..
 
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shouamabane

Member
How does m33 firmware handle a UMD based firmware update? I put 5.00 m33-6 on my cousins 1000.

If he tries to update to 5.55 via a UMD game what will happen?

edit: I'm mainly concerned with the retail version of Dissidia working for him.
 
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xero273

Member
red shoe paul said:
There is a dump of 5.55, and now it's just waiting time until CFW of it is released.

RocketDarkness, enjoy it!
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A dev on pspgen said 5.55 kernel is the same as 5.50. so we need another workaround.
 
The Faceless Master

The Faceless Master

Member
guggnichso said:
Ok guys, I need help here :)

I want to play policenauts on my PSP.

I have:

- PSP slim with original Firmware 5.55 (it's a flashable PSP, had it running CFW before)
- A pandora battery
- 2gig memstick

Can I downgrade to dark alex' firmware and then upgrade to GEN-A and then GEN-B?
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just make a magic memory stick with your 2GB stick, and put Despertar del Cementerio v8 on there...

shouamabane said:
How does m33 firmware handle a UMD based firmware update? I put 5.00 m33-6 on my cousins 1000.

If he tries to update to 5.55 via a UMD game what will happen?
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it would update. the 'DADADADA' error that blocks updates was removed
 
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Phreak47

Member
riskVSreward said:
I had GEN B last night and couldn't find an emu that worked with it, supposedly any emu that works on 3.xx kernel will work with GEN B but I had no such luck. I'd downgrade to GEN A or 5.00 M33 and get SNESTYL (I think thats what its called.)

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Can someone tell me if a theme says it requires cfw 3.9 if it'll work on 5.00? Here's the theme in question.
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"SNES9xTYL 0.4.2mecm" is on my slim right now and continues to run fine on GEN-B 5.50.


Just about every question getting asked here can be answered here: http://pspslimhacks.com/psp-tutorials/ , here: http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f133/ , or in this very thread.
 
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MoxManiac

Member
So m33 is still only up to 5.00? I'm not so sure about this GEN-A GEN-B business. I want to get Warriors Orochi 2 this week but i'm pretty sure it's a 5.55 game. Is there a chance t'll work on 5.00?
 
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Phreak47

Member
MoxManiac said:
So m33 is still only up to 5.00? I'm not so sure about this GEN-A GEN-B business. I want to get Warriors Orochi 2 this week but i'm pretty sure it's a 5.55 game. Is there a chance t'll work on 5.00?
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I didn't want to switch from M33 either, but trust me, 5.50 GEN-B is better right now. It's built from M33 so it is almost exactly the same.. plugins, recovery menu, VSH menu, etc. The only thing really missing is the memory stick speed hack.

Don't listen to people saying it breaks all kinds of homebrew/emus. There's an updated working version for 99% of everything out there.
 
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RocketDarkness

Member
red shoe paul said:
5.50 > 5.50 GEN-A > 5.50 GEN-B. If you want to be sure, update to 5.00, then 5.50, etc. etc.
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So wait, there's a 5.50 I should install before installing 5.50 GEN-A and GEN-B? Can I get a link? (Again, updating from 5.02)
 
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Phreak47

Member
Blu_LED said:
Why would you need one?
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Just the small handful of new games that are requiring 5.55, but the old version spoofing tricks aren't working anymore. There is no solution for this as of yet.

Like I've said before, don't expect any new firmwares/solutions for the next several weeks, until after the Go launches. Such is this life of the cat and mouse game.
 
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overthehill99

Member
Phreak47 said:
Just the small handful of new games that are requiring 5.55, but the old version spoofing tricks aren't working anymore. There is no solution for this as of yet.

Like I've said before, don't expect any new firmwares/solutions for the next several weeks, until after the Go launches. Such is this life of the cat and mouse game.
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Oh shit I didn't even know there was a 5.55.
 
A

Anony

Member
according to other sites, 5.7 was on the pspgo or whatever psp was displayed at gamescom

why patiently wait, there's not killer game for psp releasing yet
 
R

red shoe paul

Banned
RocketDarkness said:
So wait, there's a 5.50 I should install before installing 5.50 GEN-A and GEN-B? Can I get a link? (Again, updating from 5.02)
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No, you can go right to 5.50 GEN-A, then GEN-B.

guggnichso said:
So Pandora Battery and magic mem stick don't work anymore? Or what?
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Nobody is sure right now. It more or less will work, but it's always good to wait until something official is released from devs.
 
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Zombie James

Banned
red shoe paul said:
5.50 > 5.50 GEN-A > 5.50 GEN-B. If you want to be sure, update to 5.00, then 5.50, etc. etc.
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After I install 5.50 GEN-A, can I use Network Update to get the latest version or do I have to manually download and install GEN-B?
 
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