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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
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criesofthepast
Member
I already deleted the demoMejilan said:
I will try again later; resistance psp is calling my name. Haven't touched it in a few months and yet to finish it. Hopefully the online community is still alive as I haven't gotten to try it out much.
Does anyone know if you can change the plastic screen on the psp? I don't want to replace the LCD, that is fine. I am talking about the thin piece of plastic covering the LCD screen that is connected to the faceplate. Do they sell just the plastic alone or do I have to replace the whole faceplate? Can't find just the piece of plastic alone. Mine is a little bit scratched.
DarkUSS said:
Why didn't he use OFW 6.0 or CFW 5.00 m-33-6.
I also wonder if this messes up your popsloader, etc... as he says if you install OFW, you need to reinstall CFW, so I'd rather just got to 6.0 right away.
There is one cool thing with the psp-2000 and that it boots to OFW with a real battery, and CFW using a pandora battery, kinda cool.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
JaCy said:
yeah it'll work, my CFW PSP is the white Star Wars 2000.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
DarkUSS said:
So all I need is a second Pandora battery for this? Anyone know of any YouTube videos or something of this in action. I wonder how long it takes to switch back and forth, or is it as easy as pumping in another battery and there ya go?
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Alright I just noticed that Monsters Deleuxe is coming out this week, so screw it. I think that may be the tipping point for me and it's time to update.
... Could I still purchase a Pandora battery and revert back in the future? Or is it at the point now that once you go, you're gone? Do I need to create a Pandora Magic Memory Stick to have in storage should I need to revert, before I go OFW now?
... Could I still purchase a Pandora battery and revert back in the future? Or is it at the point now that once you go, you're gone? Do I need to create a Pandora Magic Memory Stick to have in storage should I need to revert, before I go OFW now?
riskVSreward
Member
As long as you have a model that can be pandora'd, you can always use a pandora to downgrade.Adam Prime said:
Erebus
Member
http://www.psp-hacks.com/2009/09/29...y-5-55-games-on-custom-firmware-5-035-50-gen/
Game Decrypter: Play 5.55 Games on Custom Firmware 5.03/5.50 GEN
Game Decrypter: Play 5.55 Games on Custom Firmware 5.03/5.50 GEN
Peronthious
Member
Very awesome, can't wait until this comes out.
3rdamention
Member
DarkUSS said:
I would assume/hope this plays 6.0 games as well?
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Of course a week after I am back on OFW.
Oh well, CFW wasn't useful to me anyway.
Oh well, CFW wasn't useful to me anyway.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
Why are they decrypting 5.50 stuff and not 6.00? Egh, severe lack of focus.
hmmm well i'll wait and see about that update until i buy motorstorm i guess. i'm seriously considering going back to ofw, there's a wealth of games i want to play soon/now.
speaking of psp advice, where's the best place to pick up a 16gb msduo? just amazon ($71.34) or ? i remember about 3 or 4 years ago i was foolishly duped into buying one of those slow counterfeit 2gb sticks for cheap off ebay and i've been on that since, but 16gb sounds great. or i guess if it's a lot cheaper i'd go with 2-8gb sticks. anyone?
speaking of psp advice, where's the best place to pick up a 16gb msduo? just amazon ($71.34) or ? i remember about 3 or 4 years ago i was foolishly duped into buying one of those slow counterfeit 2gb sticks for cheap off ebay and i've been on that since, but 16gb sounds great. or i guess if it's a lot cheaper i'd go with 2-8gb sticks. anyone?
SecretBonusPoint said:
5.50 UMD games are not encrypted. They're decrypting 5.55 games, because all of the recently released (and dumped) UMDs are 5.55 games. I'm not 100% sure, but I think even Gran Turismo is 5.55, not 6.00. I'll have to double-check that, though.
A bit more info, perhaps:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/Yoshihiro-...ng-new-games-on-old-firmware/pg/49/aid/134881
It's actually pretty exciting. Yoshihiro left the PSP like 3 years ago, but he was a pretty big figure back in the day. I believe he was working on what was then considered to be the best PSOne emulator (before Sony's own POPS was co-opted by the homebrew scene), contributed to the first applications that actually accessed and wrote to the PSP's flash, and worked on apps that predated and eventually led to Devhook and whatnot. He recently came back with a new emulator (DSonPSP), and to see him tackle encrypted UMDs is a nice, nice development.
Jas0nuk recently came back, and he used to contribute to decrypting OFWs, IIRC. If he's keen on working on 5.55 and 6.00 decryption, more power to him!
And it looks like it's out:
http://www.pspgen.com/game-decrypter-yoshihiro-backup-555-cfw-550genb-actualite-190006.html
Gonna screw with it later tonight.
I own the UMDs of Soul Calibur, Disgaea 2, Persona, and Ys VII (JP), all 5.55 games.
I'll report back later tonight.
Early reports is that some games will NOT work even after being decrypted.
But if these games are being truly decrypted, then patches and hex edits should follow very quickly! Beating the encryption has been the barrier to producing patches and ripkits thus far!
http://www.pspgen.com/game-decrypter-yoshihiro-backup-555-cfw-550genb-actualite-190006.html
Gonna screw with it later tonight.
I own the UMDs of Soul Calibur, Disgaea 2, Persona, and Ys VII (JP), all 5.55 games.
I'll report back later tonight.
Early reports is that some games will NOT work even after being decrypted.
But if these games are being truly decrypted, then patches and hex edits should follow very quickly! Beating the encryption has been the barrier to producing patches and ripkits thus far!
Mejilan said:
Just a detail for people who can't read french:
It will for work on the CFW 5.50GEN-B and on PSP 2000-v3 and 3000 with 5.03GEN installed.
Great news by the way!
EDIT : They already mention some games won't work after this treatment and will need another patch. A list of those games should be coming soon.
That's fine. It's my understanding that ALL this app does is decrypt the encrypted eboot.bin file on each 5.55 UMD ISO. Once that encryption is peeled away, game-specific patches to allow these games to load on older CFWs should be a hop, skip, and a jump away!
For the most part! Most exciting! Patching games to get them to run is a bit of a regression when compared to a modern CFW solution, but it beats downgrading to OFW 6.00!
For the most part! Most exciting! Patching games to get them to run is a bit of a regression when compared to a modern CFW solution, but it beats downgrading to OFW 6.00!
Erebus
Member
Any English translations of the guide? I don't understand anything
EDIT:
Never mind, I found this:
http://www.psp-hacks.com/2009/09/29/yoshihiros-5-55-6-00-games-decrypter-released/
The wait is over!
EDIT:
Never mind, I found this:
http://www.psp-hacks.com/2009/09/29/yoshihiros-5-55-6-00-games-decrypter-released/
The wait is over!
Peronthious
Member
Very nice, now I have an excuse to pick up GT Wonder if Persona works as well.
Wonder if Persona works as well.Mr. Wonderful
Member
Any solution if I'm on Mac? Otherwise, have to borrow my friends Windows PC and I'm not too sure how he would feel about me installing something.
DownLikeBCPowder
Member
So.. guys..
I've been trying to play CC for ages with my PSP - mostly because it looks so damn good on PSP (looks almost refinished to me! PSX looks great on PSP!). I just got another copy of CC in, since I can't find my other one, and I really can't dig it on my HDTV. Just looks terrible.. same with my old SD TV (might be because it got struck my lightning and has been knocked over several times.. etc). So I really hate to play it when I know it looks so great on PSP..
But is CC fixed yet? I've never been able to get past Momma Komodo .. I've tried different POPS, diferent game ID, and ever since 3.something I've tried through occasional updaets. I'm CFW 5. M33-6 or something along those lines.
Did anyone have any luck fixing that problem? I've read it works, but I can't seem t oget mine to work even following said directions.
I've been trying to play CC for ages with my PSP - mostly because it looks so damn good on PSP (looks almost refinished to me! PSX looks great on PSP!). I just got another copy of CC in, since I can't find my other one, and I really can't dig it on my HDTV. Just looks terrible.. same with my old SD TV (might be because it got struck my lightning and has been knocked over several times.. etc). So I really hate to play it when I know it looks so great on PSP..
But is CC fixed yet? I've never been able to get past Momma Komodo .. I've tried different POPS, diferent game ID, and ever since 3.something I've tried through occasional updaets. I'm CFW 5. M33-6 or something along those lines.
Did anyone have any luck fixing that problem? I've read it works, but I can't seem t oget mine to work even following said directions.
3rdamention
Member
Ok does anyone know if this fix works with 5.00 M33-6? That is what I have. I am going to give it a shot and get back to you guys.
I gave it a shot with Persona, but it doesn't seem to work. It gets past the error message, but sits on a black screen. I might have done something wrong, but the steps are fairly simple and I tried three separate times just in case. Very nice to see this though, at least it will open up some games that were blocked.
I assume it means similar to what happened with Persona (assuming I didn't mess a step up), it decrypted it, but it has additional safeguards to stop it from running properly.
B.K. said:
I assume it means similar to what happened with Persona (assuming I didn't mess a step up), it decrypted it, but it has additional safeguards to stop it from running properly.
Aeana has tracked down a method that seems to be working even on those games reported as "not working" on some forums.
Here are the basic steps, consolidated in a semi-comprehensive manner:
1) Open the untouched ISO in UMDGen 4.00.
2) Click on File -> File List -> Export in order to save the virgin ISO's file structure to your PC somewhere.
3) Navigate to PSP_GAME\SYSDIR and extract the (encrypted) eboot.bin file, saving it somewhere on your PC. Close UMDGen 4.00.
4) Move the eboot.bin to the root of your memory stick.
5) Run Yoshihiro's 5.55/6.00 Decryptor program and hit X to decrypt. (The folder containing his program should go in X:\PSP\GAME like any other homebrew app).
6) Find the (now decrypted) eboot.bin in the X:\Decryptor folder and save it somewhere on your PC.
7) Open the untouched ISO in UMDGen 4.00.
8) Click on File -> File List -> Import and insert the original file structure file you exported. Confirm that you want to force the file positions to match.
9) Navigate to PSP_GAME\SYSDIR and delete the (encrypted) eboot.bin file. Right click where it used to be, click on Add -> Existing file(s), browse to the decrypted eboot.bin, and insert it.
10) Save the new ISO as an uncompressed ISO file (I'd give it a different name/location so as to not overwrite the clean ISO). It should result in a tweaked ISO that's ALMOST (but not quite) exactly the same size as the clean ISO.
You should be able to load this new "patched" ISO. I have NOT yet confirmed this process for all games, and some of these steps might now be necessarily at all for games that only require the decrypted eboot.bin. I'll revise post accordingly.
Using this method, some forums have confirmed that Persona DOES work, despite initial reports that it was not working. Ys VII was also "confirmed" as not working, yet Aeana reports success.
I'll spend the next 30 or so minutes following these steps on my Soul Calibur, Persona, Ys VII, and Disgaea 2 ISOs, and report back.
Here are the basic steps, consolidated in a semi-comprehensive manner:
1) Open the untouched ISO in UMDGen 4.00.
2) Click on File -> File List -> Export in order to save the virgin ISO's file structure to your PC somewhere.
3) Navigate to PSP_GAME\SYSDIR and extract the (encrypted) eboot.bin file, saving it somewhere on your PC. Close UMDGen 4.00.
4) Move the eboot.bin to the root of your memory stick.
5) Run Yoshihiro's 5.55/6.00 Decryptor program and hit X to decrypt. (The folder containing his program should go in X:\PSP\GAME like any other homebrew app).
6) Find the (now decrypted) eboot.bin in the X:\Decryptor folder and save it somewhere on your PC.
7) Open the untouched ISO in UMDGen 4.00.
8) Click on File -> File List -> Import and insert the original file structure file you exported. Confirm that you want to force the file positions to match.
9) Navigate to PSP_GAME\SYSDIR and delete the (encrypted) eboot.bin file. Right click where it used to be, click on Add -> Existing file(s), browse to the decrypted eboot.bin, and insert it.
10) Save the new ISO as an uncompressed ISO file (I'd give it a different name/location so as to not overwrite the clean ISO). It should result in a tweaked ISO that's ALMOST (but not quite) exactly the same size as the clean ISO.
You should be able to load this new "patched" ISO. I have NOT yet confirmed this process for all games, and some of these steps might now be necessarily at all for games that only require the decrypted eboot.bin. I'll revise post accordingly.
Using this method, some forums have confirmed that Persona DOES work, despite initial reports that it was not working. Ys VII was also "confirmed" as not working, yet Aeana reports success.
I'll spend the next 30 or so minutes following these steps on my Soul Calibur, Persona, Ys VII, and Disgaea 2 ISOs, and report back.
Rummy Bunnz
Member
Ah damn. I wish I'd seen that guide before booting back into OSX. I also made a failed attempt at getting Persona working and came in here to cry about it. Good to see there may be a workaround though. Game's been sitting on my shelf for almost a week and I'm itching to play it!
YES! Thanks for confirming. I'm copying over Ys VII, Persona, Soul Calibur, and Disgaea 2 as I type this. So I hope to post back shorty with good (or bad) news!
Edit - When confirming games, please make sure to get at least as far as creating and loading a save file. Those can be... tricky.
Persona and Ys VII seem to be games that require that the LBAs line up, so the extra steps in my mini-tutorial (not included in Yoshihiro's decryptor readme) are required. This tutorial might also work for games that do NOT require the extra LBA steps, in which case these 10 steps would be a viable all-in-one solution. I only have access to four 5.55 games, so those are the only four I plan on testing.
Edit - When confirming games, please make sure to get at least as far as creating and loading a save file. Those can be... tricky.
Rummy Bunnz said:
Persona and Ys VII seem to be games that require that the LBAs line up, so the extra steps in my mini-tutorial (not included in Yoshihiro's decryptor readme) are required. This tutorial might also work for games that do NOT require the extra LBA steps, in which case these 10 steps would be a viable all-in-one solution. I only have access to four 5.55 games, so those are the only four I plan on testing.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
Hey.... my copy of Persona just came in the post today. This was fated.