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PSP Custom Firmware Thread

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Marty Chinn

Member
drizzle said:
Before posting this, let me say that:

I don't care about the media capabilities of the PSP. I want a portable console to play games, not to listen to music of watch videos on a tiny screen. I can do both of these on my cellphone, which is not of the "i" variety. I don't see the point of an iPod touch either.

With that out of the way, the PSP Go looks and sounds more and more like a portable media device that just so happens to play games. Like, Sony's answer to the iPod touch. Specially if you take into consideration that Sony's answer to the "UMD Good-will program" is "meh, we won't do anything".

Which, in turn, just makes me happier that I bought a PSP2000 instead.
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That's just silly to me. I don't see it being any more or less a game machine than a PSP Slim. Plus I like using the PSP as a video player as it has a great screen, a large screen for a portable device and it's not going to kill my phone battery which I want to have for you know, phone usage.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Nothing to do with CFW, folks. Please get that old 2005 debate over to the PSP Go Hype thread, or some shit.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
You don't need IRShell to take screenshots. There are any number of older stand-alone screen-taking plugins available. QJ.net probably has at least a handful of them.

Don't be shy about using ones created for older CFWs. Most seem to work just fine.
Barring that, you can always use the ones built into the various cheat plugins, such as CWCheat, Cheat Fusion, CoderPR, etc. Not sure if every cheat plugin has a screenshot tool, but I am sure that at least CWCheat does.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
The decryptor will get the game to load, but it won't work around the anti-piracy measures the game features. There's a different hacking method involved to get Soul Cal to work. The process differs depending on your region version of the game. USA one seems to be the trickiest one to figure out. The EU version ripkit is a step in the right direction though.
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
Man, it really feels like an arms race now. I'd buy some of the NIS stuff that'll be on sale this week, but if it won't even work on CFW, there probably isn't any point. I have to imagine that all the new PSN PSP releases will require 6.10.
 
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discoalucard

i am a butthurt babby that can only drool in wonder at shiney objects
After some mucking around, I found that Custom Firmware Extender suited my needs just perfectly. Thanks all, once again!
 
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Silent Death

lemme get one or two licks
Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered but I can't read through a ton of pages to get the answer so I'll ask anew. I'm on the last update for the M33, and from what I've heard Dark Alex has exited the scene. I assume 5.50 Gen is the new standard for CFW. My question is how hard is it to move from M33 to Gen and how good is this Gen CFW? I've heard that emulators don't work and have seen Gen only rips of games. Will I have to re-rip all my games to play them on Gen or does it work with all the old rips? Thanks for the help.
 
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TheChewyWaffles

Member
Silent Death said:
Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered but I can't read through a ton of pages to get the answer so I'll ask anew. I'm on the last update for the M33, and from what I've heard Dark Alex has exited the scene. I assume 5.50 Gen is the new standard for CFW. My question is how hard is it to move from M33 to Gen and how good is this Gen CFW? I've heard that emulators don't work and have seen Gen only rips of games. Will I have to re-rip all my games to play them on Gen or does it work with all the old rips? Thanks for the help.
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It's very easy to move to 5.50 Gen-B2. Google for it. And it looks and feels just like any of the M33 stuff.
 
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bigswords

Member
Mejilan said:
I vaguely recall that problem, but it hasn't been an issue in years. If it's still a problem, it's likely only to be a problem on those very old games. I've gone online with Resistance, Killzone, Syphon Filter, and Phantasy Star Portable without issue.
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Thanks Mejilan! Awesome, I can't live without 333 mhz, Phantasy Star portable and MHFU seems a lot smoother for some reason.
 
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Marty Chinn

Member
Silent Death said:
Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered but I can't read through a ton of pages to get the answer so I'll ask anew. I'm on the last update for the M33, and from what I've heard Dark Alex has exited the scene. I assume 5.50 Gen is the new standard for CFW. My question is how hard is it to move from M33 to Gen and how good is this Gen CFW? I've heard that emulators don't work and have seen Gen only rips of games. Will I have to re-rip all my games to play them on Gen or does it work with all the old rips? Thanks for the help.
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It's pretty easily to go from m33 to GEN. Beware if you use the PSP as a video player, it breaks compatibility with some video encodes. Otherwise most things seem to work.
 
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Crisis

Banned
Mejilan said:
:lol

Sounds like it actually includes new features. Arguably, this probably should have been 6.00, and the current 6.00 should have been 5.80 or something.

What with the PSP Go's launch tomorrow, and the upcoming PSN/MediaGo relaunch, I wouldn't be surprised if PSN access REQUIRES an update to 6.10.

Definitely not good for us CFW 5.50 Gen users.
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I think that either 5.50 or 5.51 OFW made it possible to browse the PSN Store without having current firmware but to purchase anything you'll have to have the newest one.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Silent Death said:
Sorry, I'm sure this has been answered but I can't read through a ton of pages to get the answer so I'll ask anew. I'm on the last update for the M33, and from what I've heard Dark Alex has exited the scene. I assume 5.50 Gen is the new standard for CFW. My question is how hard is it to move from M33 to Gen and how good is this Gen CFW? I've heard that emulators don't work and have seen Gen only rips of games. Will I have to re-rip all my games to play them on Gen or does it work with all the old rips? Thanks for the help.
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Well, if you're too lazy to read through the last few pages, then I'm too lazy to help you! Joking, but in all seriousness, you aren't the first, or even the third, to ask these questions what with all of the recent activity of the past few days.

That said, to upgrade to 5.50 Gen, you need to be at at least 3.52 M33-3 or higher.
You can find pretty much all of the downloads you'll need to upgrade over at psp-hacks.com (or hit up the links I posted a few pages back). Your upgrade path should be to go from your current CFW to 5.50 Gen-A to 5.50 Gen-B to 5.50 Gen-B2.

Gen CFW is a bit rough around the edges in certain respects, and is missing one or two potentially minor M33 features, but it's certainly a viable alternative to 5.00 M33; which sadly, is quite obsolete these days. Upgrading it to the B2 iteration, in particularly, restores it to 5.00 M33-like homebrew/emulator compatibility levels, and allows you to play more PSP games than any CFW that came before. Not to mention that you'll have PSN access (for now), and full PSOne support as well. Or, as full as that support has ever been. Seems like some video encodes are still broken, so if you heavily use your PSP as a video player, you'll likely be affected by the upgrade.

Emulators work fine on 5.50 Gen-B2 (not so much earlier versions of 5.50 Gen), and no, your old game rips (PSP or PSOne) do not become obsolete. There are, however, brand-spanking new games who's (patched) rips will only work on 5.50 Gen CFW, and not on 5.00 M33. A quick scan of the last couple of pages, with a focus on posts discussing Yoshihiro's new 5.55/6.00 UMD Game Decryptor app, will net you full details.
 
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andy_lhc

Member
@Mejilan - Perhaps you can add the relevant guides (from 5.00 M33 to 5.50 GEN-B) in the 1st post... And when the next person asks it again, just point them to the 1st post....:D
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
All day at work, I was considering doing just that for tonight.
Then I got home and said, "fuck it, I wanna play FFXII!" so I did that instead.
Indeed, I'm still doing that.

Definitely a project for the weekend, though.
 
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nolookjones

Member
drizzle said:
Before posting this, let me say that:

I don't care about the media capabilities of the PSP. I want a portable console to play games, not to listen to music of watch videos on a tiny screen. I can do both of these on my cellphone, which is not of the "i" variety. I don't see the point of an iPod touch either.

With that out of the way, the PSP Go looks and sounds more and more like a portable media device that just so happens to play games. Like, Sony's answer to the iPod touch. Specially if you take into consideration that Sony's answer to the "UMD Good-will program" is "meh, we won't do anything".

Which, in turn, just makes me happier that I recently bought a PSP2000 instead.
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seems like a justification for your purchase....the psp go is just as much a game machine as the other models and even looks to be better for playing for longer periods of time (read reviews)
 
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sotodefonk

Member
A friend of mine told me there was a new application to hack newer games, to be playable with 5.50 CFW... the name was Game Decrypter.

Is this true? Im on OFW playing disgaea 2, but if I can still play it with 5.50 then it will be better for me
 
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Crisis

Banned
SenseMe is actually really nicely done guys. Really beautiful. But they didn't localize it. It still uses UK/Canadian spelling (i.e. "favourites").
 
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bigswords

Member
sotodefonk said:
A friend of mine told me there was a new application to hack newer games, to be playable with 5.50 CFW... the name was Game Decrypter.

Is this true? Im on OFW playing disgaea 2, but if I can still play it with 5.50 then it will be better for me
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Yes Disgaea 2 works for me on 5.50 GEN B
 
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Dragona Akehi

Retired
nolookjones said:
seems like a justification for your purchase....the psp go is just as much a game machine as the other models and even looks to be better for playing for longer periods of time (read reviews)
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Except for the fact that 90% of the PSP library is unavailable to even repurchase and the battery appears to have even less life than the PSP2000.
 
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Dirk Shmiggler

Neo Member
gonna post my update.. even though this be my first post in this thread...

I went from 5.00 m33-6 to 5.50 GEN B-2. easy as pie,,, easier than i ever remember for any other CFW switch. 3 steps, and all just like running homebrew from a game folder, it doesn't get easier.

I got GT working perfect right now.. Used the Decrypter and UMD Gen... it really is easier than it sounds... worked first try, and the ISO isn't even 1 gig worth, so that's cool (i like mine in ISO so it's nice and fast).. Haven't really gotten into it too far,, WTF moment was to find no career mode, but there is a training session, so i'm doing that for nostalgia.. so far so good, saves fine, etc... I gotta figure out how to get it out of right hand drive though b/c that is throwing me off right now..

Also got Motorstorm Artic Drift running on it. I tried UMD Gen and Decrypter with that,, but only after a few beers and flying through it, so i'm sure i missed a step... still though,,,,,,,no dice, even w/ m-33 UMD driver, no dice... Found a nice ripkit manager/auto patch, which patched and CSO'd the game for me... nice little 500meg'ish CSO which works perfect..

after that,,, smooth as butter...

I'd say anyone hanging on to M-33 should just let go... I never got too into homebrew after my first jaunt w/ 1.50 and IRSHELL years ago... i don't miss it..

enjoying PSN on it.. I think m-33 is about done these days... GEN doesn't seem half bad.
 
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Crisis

Banned
SenseMe has exactly the same menu system as Life with PlayStation on PS3 does. Really gorgeous. I wish this were on PS3 as well.
 
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Dirk Shmiggler

Neo Member
i'd be willing to bet there's a patch, just like what i found for Motorstorm...
least that's what i saw in my quick perusal of CFW tonight, i was cramped for time though.

*edit* a quick google confirms.
 
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Basileus777

Member
Dirk Shmiggler said:
i'd be willing to bet there's a patch, just like what i found for Motorstorm...
least that's what i saw in my quick perusal of CFW tonight, i was cramped for time though.

*edit* a quick google confirms.
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Found it and I got it working.

So are Motorstorm and Soul Calibur the only games that require a patch right now?
 
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Rummy Bunnz

Member
Crisis said:
I think that either 5.50 or 5.51 OFW made it possible to browse the PSN Store without having current firmware but to purchase anything you'll have to have the newest one.
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I love this. It happened to me with Badman. I was all ready to give them money but Sony wasn't interested in taking it unless I was using OFW. So retarded.

I was able to download the 30 Second Hero demos with 5.50 GEN-B today though.
 
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Peronthious

Member
Rummy Bunnz said:
I love this. It happened to me with Badman. I was all ready to give them money but Sony wasn't interested in taking it unless I was using OFW. So retarded.

I was able to download the 30 Second Hero demos with 5.50 GEN-B today though.
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I actually did that as well last week, but I took the next step and purchased the game before I found out it wouldn't work :lol Hopefully eventually.
 
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duckroll

Member
nolookjones said:
seems like a justification for your purchase....the psp go is just as much a game machine as the other models and even looks to be better for playing for longer periods of time (read reviews)
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Okay, so let's see. I play both US and Japanese games. I own both the Asian and the US Persona PSP. My Crisis Core and Dissidia are both Japanese, my Metal Gear Portable Ops is US, etc. I've had a PSP since the Japanese launch, and I have say 20 or so PSP games. How is the PSP Go going to benefit me? I will not be able to use any of my PSP games on the Go, and I will not be able to buy both US and Japanese games on the PSP Go because you can only have one PSN account on the system. That's not even taking into account having to get overpriced point cards shipped to me just to buy games from those regions.

What now? I don't even use CFW on my PSP-1000, I just buy retail games, use the latest official firmware, and as far as I'm concerned, if I "upgrade" to the PSP Go, I will not be able to buy and play games as easily as I am able to now. :)
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Odious Tea said:
Is there any way to get the 5.50 Gen-B to bring up the menu that would come up if you pressed "Select" on the XMB in M33?
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Yes. Simply boot into the recovery menu and re-enable it. 5.50 Gen has it off by default for some odd reason.
 
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Fuzzy

I would bang a hot farmer!
Odious Tea said:
Is there any way to get the 5.50 Gen-B to bring up the menu that would come up if you pressed "Select" on the XMB in M33?
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Hold R when you start your PSP to enter the Recovery Menu.
Configuration->
Use VshMenu (currently: VSHMENU)
Back
Exit
 
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Rummy Bunnz

Member
Whoa. I was able to buy Thexder! And it's playable! I take back the mean things I said, Sony! I love you right now.

Peronthious said:
I actually did that as well last week, but I took the next step and purchased the game before I found out it wouldn't work :lol Hopefully eventually.
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Are you on 5.50 GEN-B and have you messed with the version.txt?
 
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nolookjones

Member
duckroll said:
What now? I don't even use CFW on my PSP-1000, I just buy retail games, use the latest official firmware, and as far as I'm concerned, if I "upgrade" to the PSP Go, I will not be able to buy and play games as easily as I am able to now. :)
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well your a special case for sure...and im personally only thinking about getting a psp go to get a better but smaller screen and more comfy controls (supposedly?)...also there is a promo to get $100 off with sony credit card that im thinking about doing...of course CFW would be the real dealmaker...
 
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Callibretto

Member
Rummy Bunnz said:
Whoa. I was able to buy Thexder! And it's playable! I take back the mean things I said, Sony! I love you right now.


Are you on 5.50 GEN-B and have you messed with the version.txt?
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that's cool. so it works? I really want to get PJ Monsters deluxe

edit: what fw are you using and are you using that version.txt?
 
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A Twisty Fluken

Member
Dragona Akehi said:
Except for the fact that 90% of the PSP library is unavailable to even repurchase and the battery appears to have even less life than the PSP2000.
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I called it, way less than half my UMD games are even available for DL. LOLZ
 
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Rummy Bunnz

Member
Yeah, I think about half of my UMD games are available too. Even worse than I expected. It would be way under half had I not sold off a bunch of imports last year.

Callibretto said:
that's cool. so it works? I really want to get PJ Monsters deluxe

edit: what fw are you using and are you using that version.txt?
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I'm on 5.50 GEN-B (or whatever the most recent version is) and yeah, I updated my version.txt today so I could play the MGS demo. This is the one I used:

release:5.55:
build:3230,0,3,1,0:builder@vsh-build6
system:52556@release_555,0x05050510:
vsh6434@release_555,v52629@release_555,20090608:
target:1:WorldWide
 
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theDonutking

Neo Member
Thanks to all the helpful post, I was finally able to update to 5.50GEN-B2. But I stil cant get either Persona or GT to run on my fat psp. I keep getting an error code. I've switch to Sony NP(something), and there were no plugins to disable on the recovery screen, and still no luck.

Any ideas?
 
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Rummy Bunnz

Member
Did you copy the decrypted EBOOT.BIN from the Decrypter folder? I got the error code a few times cuz I misread the directions and the eboot.bin from the root instead.
 
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RJT

Member
Lastly, they tell us about "Tethering," which lets us use a bluetooth mobile device, like a mobile phone, as a modem to connect your PSP to the Internet.
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This is the one good feature about the PSP Go...
 
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