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PSP Custom Firmware Thread

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SmokyDave

Member
Dani said:
I like to pretend DA is sitting in his room, surrounded by a huge cluster of machines slowly cracking away at the PS3, 3000 and GO. Him biding his time, with a little countdown clock ticking away until the release of mother of all releases.

:lol

See, this is why dreams are better than real life.
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I actually do wonder about the bolded. Seems funny that he's not come out with 6.00M33. Especially with GEN barely filling the gap. Suggests to me either he can't, or he's busy doing something else. If that something else is a PS3 firmware, that'll be very exciting.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Sword Familiar said:
Rule of thumb: Always wait for impressions before "upgrading" ;)
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MiniBossman said:
I think a good rule of thumb is not to install new custom firmware the day it comes out. Give it a few days for the bugs to be squashed.
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Yep. That's why we have the forums at GBATemp, QJ, and Maxconsole!

Minamu said:
Well, weren't most of those just minor updates though? It's not like the psp could explode in your face if you didn't update, iirc :)

Edit: To me, minor is when maybe one or two minor functions stop working or are a bit glitchy. Major is when you need to go out & buy new hardware due to bricking or something.
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This IS a minor update.
5.50 Gen-A is analogous to 5.00 M33.
5.50 Gen-B is analogous to 5.00 M33-2.
5.50 Gen-B2 is analogous to 5.00 M33-3.
5.50 Gen-C is analogous to 5.00 M33-4.
Etc.

5.50 Gen-C looks to make things easier by phasing out the need to independently decrypt the newer games before being able to play them on CFW. They're not quite there yet, which is why they've pulled the current 5.50 Gen-C updater and are asking us to standby for a new version. I've always said that Gen lacked M33's polish, but this is what we've got to work with now that Team M33 is disbanded and Dark-Alex is on hiatus.

SecretBonusPoint said:
Except his new firmwares normally came with everything from the latest Sony ones, with some minor glitches quickly fixed within 24 hours.

Gen remains stuck in sub 6.0 firmware, barely inching forwards and when it does its buggy and not as good as the firmware we've had for years now. The only reason this firmware is even coming out is because Yoshihiro came back on board with his game decryption stuff to build into their current setup. That means theyve made no actual progress in bringing anything over from 6.0 at all.

Its back to CFW being jury-rigged to just about letting you play the latest games as compared to the glory age of every single new OFW feature being featured within like 48 hours of release.
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Not quite. In the cases when later OFWs were basically minor updates, then yes, Dark-Alex was able to turnaround a CFW release relatively quickly. However, whenever there were lots of changes done under the hood, it took him quite a bit longer to "catch up" with the OFW releases. By all reports, 6.00 and 6.10 are not simple updates. And no one's arguing that Team Gen is of the same caliber as Team M33. They're not. So it'll take 'em longer. Or another team will come about. It sucks, but it is what it is.

Team Gen's getting there though. They're working on porting Dark-Alex's improved memory stick drivers to their CFW. And on-the-fly decryption of encrypted games is certainly a new trick. Whatever work-around they've got going to let us regain access to MediaGo seems new as well, and since they still consider it a "beta" here's hoping it gets developed further. They're also working on back-porting some of this functionality to the version of 5.03 Gen used by newer 2000s and 3000s, so that'll be a nice development for folks not capable of flashing permanent CFW.

Harping about M33 is pointless at this point. The team's disbanded and on hiatus. But prospects are anything but grim! That 48 hour comment is pretty laughable. This certainly isn't the first time we have to wait a few months for CFWs to catch up to OFWs.
 
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SecretBonusPoint

Banned
I don't expect to see a Gen 6.00 this year, if ever, let me put it that way. Maybe a new more competent team will rise up, m33 remnants or whatever, but I just don't think Gen have the know-how to crack firmwares wide open like DA and co did.

My current worry is going to be LittleBigPlanet PSP. Will it run on CFW, will it allow you to upload levels from CFW? Its going to be a real headache I think, as with CFW and all the hacks you could break LBP with and then upload, the whole sharing aspect would be a mess due to CFW users, but I just can't bring myself to say goodbye to my homebrew apps.
 
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Kuran

Banned
Is 5.50 GEN-B supposed to work with AD HOC PARTY on ps3? I can't seem to get it to recognize my PSP.

Last time I tried was with the M33 CFW, and it worked fine.
 
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TheSeks

Blinded by the luminous glory that is David Bowie's physical manifestation.
Dani said:
m33-1
m33-2
m33-3 ...
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5.00-M33-6?

Your point?

Dude has had 4-6 bug fix releases as well as GEN. Everyone ridings Dark_Alex's crotch needs to get off it a little and realize he's been blown by with the GEN firmwares. Until he brings something out I don't give two shits what he's doing.
 
lowrider007

lowrider007

Licorice-flavoured booze?
nolookjones said:
im glad i read first before installing gen-c...im ok with patching games until the bugs get worked out...
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What specific problems are people having with Gen-C then ?, I've not really came across any glaring issues ?, My Gen-C PSP connects to the store fine vis MediaGo, I've tested a load of new games and they all seem to be working fine.
 
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Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
MaGiXieN apologizes for 5.50GEN-C problems, announces 5.50GEN-D

The much-awaited 5.50GEN-C custom firmware had its share of problems upon launch. There were reports of freezes, although they seemed to be dependent on the PSP model. PSPGEN's MaGiXieN has moved to address these issues as well as announce that work is proceeding on CFW 5.50GEN-D.

Here's what Google Translate spit out:

Firstly, the original version that was being posted was well prepared for this announcement and we had given 24 hours of additional testing to verify that everything worked well. This first release does not launch the protected games but all games 5.55 +. In the process, Yoshihiro out how to counter the protections we have decided to announce and release in the edit function. So this is where we fished for if everything worked in our tests, it is found that certain protections of our CFW have come to panic under certain conditions and also depending on the model of PSP. Moreover, to avoid (too much) delay the release, we dropped the baby without giving her a test period of time. Accept our apologies for this.

MaGiXieN also pointed out some errors that are "not attributable" to the CFW such as semi-bricks ("You had left a personalized theme and therefore it was enough to format the flash1 via Recovery menu") and actual full-on bricks ("The installer of 5.50GEN has no CFW our bug and can not be directly responsible for that.").

Last, but not least, is news that GENyUS and Yoshihiro are hard at work on the next revision, 5.50GEN-D. The release shouldn't take long and will be announced when everything has been checked and double checked. Stick around for further updates.
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Best news here is that they won't be trying that 5.50 Gen-C2 nonsense and will be skipping right up to 5.50 Gen-D.
 
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Mana Sin

Member
This is totally unrelated to the topic at hand, but the talk of DA working on PS3 firmware reminded me of something that rather bothers me. My old launch-era PS3 bit the dust (no idea why) about a year ago. This had backwards compatibility with all my PS and PS2 games. My new Ps3 does not.

Is there a way to fix this? :( I hate having to reconnect my old fat PS2 just to play DMC3 or FFVII. I need my backwards compatibility.
 
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Crazymoogle

Member
Mana Sin said:
Pity.
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Your old PS3 has miniaturized PS2 hardware on the actual motherboard. They stripped out the important bits for something simpler in order to cut costs, which is why the newer PS3s don't do backwards compatibility with PS2 titles.

The core PS1 hardware is still there though, so all PS3s can play PS1 games.

There's sound speculation that some PS2 games will eventually make it to the PSN store with custom emulation (think Virtual Console), but without the original PS2 chipset it would have to be a on a very specific title-by-title basis.
 
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Mana Sin

Member
Crazymoogle said:
Your old PS3 has miniaturized PS2 hardware on the actual motherboard. They stripped out the important bits for something simpler in order to cut costs, which is why the newer PS3s don't do backwards compatibility with PS2 titles.

The core PS1 hardware is still there though, so all PS3s can play PS1 games.

There's sound speculation that some PS2 games will eventually make it to the PSN store with custom emulation (think Virtual Console), but without the original PS2 chipset it would have to be a on a very specific title-by-title basis.
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It also rather annoys me that they removed the memory stick ports. Those were handy.

Thanks for the info.
 
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mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Dani said:
I couldn't get online with Pixel Junk Monsters with Gen B2, I hope they fix that.
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I want to buy for online play...i guess that problem hasn't been fixed yet? I'm on gen-c.
 
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batbeg

Member
So... LocoRoco Midnight Carnival comes out next week in NA; I'm kind of hoping it will this week or next here in PAL lands as well, though I don't know. Should I just update to official firmware? I'm not particularly taking advantage of this CFW stuff, anyway, though I did enjoy the ability to play my games off the memory stick.

If I do update, is there any danger in doing that, or can I go straight from 5.50 GEN-B to 6.10 or whatever? Or is there a simple enough workaround to get PSN games working?
 
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Kuran

Banned
Ill ask again since I guess nobody noticed my earlier post.. but is the Gen firmware supposed to be compatible with ADHOC PARTY on PS3?
 
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AgentOtaku

Member
Could someone kindly point me in the direction of the most recent steps of setting up CFW on a PSP2000Slim?
Don't know if the OP is still up to date

Thanks kindly!
 
A

Aru

Member
Crazymoogle said:
Your old PS3 has miniaturized PS2 hardware on the actual motherboard. They stripped out the important bits for something simpler in order to cut costs, which is why the newer PS3s don't do backwards compatibility with PS2 titles.

The core PS1 hardware is still there though, so all PS3s can play PS1 games.

There's sound speculation that some PS2 games will eventually make it to the PSN store with custom emulation (think Virtual Console), but without the original PS2 chipset it would have to be a on a very specific title-by-title basis.
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There's no PS1 hardware in the PS3, nor in the PStwo (slim).
PS1 BC is full software on both consoles.
 
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SecretBonusPoint

Banned
Kuran said:
Ill ask again since I guess nobody noticed my earlier post.. but is the Gen firmware supposed to be compatible with ADHOC PARTY on PS3?
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Should be. I played co-op with GAF peeps in the Peace Walker demo which could only be played on Gen firmware, and Adhoc seems fine since?

Make sure your WiFi channel is set to 1, and the switch hasnt been toggled up.
 
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linkboy

Member
The only thing I want is an update to the PS1 emulator to support the newer PS1 emulators from 6.00 and 6.10.

Mainly just for Final Fantasy VIII. My PSP is pretty much just a portable PS1 machine (don't really use it for anything else). Came in real handy on my last deployment to Iraq. Was great playing FF7 and leaving my discs back home (I'm not taking games like that to Iraq), they wouldn't have made it back).
 
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firehawk12

Subete no aware
AgentOtaku said:
Could someone kindly point me in the direction of the most recent steps of setting up CFW on a PSP2000Slim?
Don't know if the OP is still up to date

Thanks kindly!
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If you have a pandora, then the steps are generally the same as before. Flash and upgrade to either 5.00/5.03 M-33 or do the 5.50 GEN-A -> GEN-B -> GEN-B2 path (although there is apparently a direct upgrade path now).
 
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RickA238

Member
Hey, is it possible to downgrade a PSP-2000 with OFW 6.10 to CFW, or am I out of luck? I do not currently have a Pandora battery, but I will buy one if it is possible for me to switch to CFW. Also, where is the best place to buy a Pandora battery? I was told pandorasales.com is a good site. Thanks!
 
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Jefklak

Member
AgentOtaku: I have a PSP2000Slim and didn't use a pandora.
You can use the chickHEN TIFF exploit, but I think you need Official Firmware 5.03 or lower.
 
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Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D done, coming tomorrow

The recently released Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-C didn't fare well with the PSP community because of various system freezes and other bug reports, but now it seems everything has been fixed and the new update is ready for upload.

Custom Firmware 5.50GEN-D is indeed complete and if everything goes on as planned, it will be released tomorrow, 21st October 2009, around 8 pm (French Time).

The latest update will include:

* All features of 5.50GEN-B2 are available.
* Compatibility with games requiring firmware 5.51 with no additional handling (now, you don't need Game Decrypter)
* Compatibility with most of games normally protected and refusing to be ran on a Custom Firmware (Full Metal Alchemist, Soul Calibur, etc). Yoshihiro has created a system to run them and he succeed to make this system more stable and it's now compatible with all PSP, unlike the 5.50 GEN-C.
* Possibility to connect at the Playstation Store via MEDIAGO, to retrieve game and goodies without having to install Fake USB or other complicated stuff.
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Link

Video
 
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Jefklak

Member
You can go from B2 to D, according to pspslimhacks.com

If you get a blackscreen when you start the installer, that’s because you are in 5.50 GEN-B(1) and not in 5.50 GEN-B2. So update to B2, and install the custom firmware 5.50 GEN-D.
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SmokyDave

Member
Are you guys aware that you can make a Pandora battery from a 2000 battery easily? It's a risky process but I managed it pissed at 3 in the morning. You just cut one trace on the PCB and then when you wish to revert to normal battery, draw the trace back in with a graphite pencil. I did this about 2 years ago and my battery has been fine ever since.

The trace is illustrated below. I absolutely would not advise doing this unless A; you know what you're doing or B; you have a spare battery lying around. Make a fairly deep but narrow cut through that trace line (Pandora'd) and then scribble a graphite pencil into that groove and blow off the excess after (Normal'd).

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AgentOtaku

Member
RickA238 said:
Hey, is it possible to downgrade a PSP-2000 with OFW 6.10 to CFW, or am I out of luck? I do not currently have a Pandora battery, but I will buy one if it is possible for me to switch to CFW. Also, where is the best place to buy a Pandora battery? I was told pandorasales.com is a good site. Thanks!
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AgentOtaku: I have a PSP2000Slim and didn't use a pandora.
You can use the chickHEN TIFF exploit, but I think you need Official Firmware 5.03 or lower.
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Thanks guys. It wasn't for me, it was for a friend and I think he's screwed as his PSP has the latest FW
 
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Jefklak

Member
Cool, I was about to post "fuck it, I can't login to the store with 5.50-genb it says I need a firmware update..."
Installing D now...

Edit: nice the installation procedure seems to have changed

This tool let you installing the 5.50 GEN-B2 Full directly without any patch
and on any psp so PSP fat and psp slim TA-79 > TA-88V2 from any custom firmware or kernel exploit .
for the firmware 5.50 put your 5.50 updater on root of your memory stick renamed 550.PBP .
you can use it to restore any official firmware too on slim and fat upto 6.00!!!!
you can use it to install install any TT's firmware on fat psp upto 6.00!! you'll need to put your eboot.pbp
on roots of your memory stick like that X:/EBOOT.PBP .
you can also converter your old DC8 magic memorystick in shiny 5.50GEN B-2.
just select in the XGEN option Install XGEN pandora and restart your psp dont forget
to put the 5.50 eboot.pbp updater on root of your ms renamed in 550.pbp.
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Still a shame Sony banned CFW from the store...
Stupid fucks, I was going to buy PJM... Argh!

check out www.pspslimhacks.com for a highspeed mirror.
 
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randomlyrossy

Member
I tried the store, you can access it without logging into PSN (not sure if that was possible before?) but once you sign into PSN it just says you need to update and you can't get to the store.
 
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RiverBed

Banned
Hasn't Dark Alex released anything new? I have his CFW and used to simply go to Network Update on the XMB and viola. I can't use automatic updating anymore? I am on CFW 5.00 M33-6
 
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Tony Rocky Horror

Member
Jefklak said:
Cool, I was about to post "fuck it, I can't login to the store with 5.50-genb it says I need a firmware update..."
Installing D now...

Edit: nice the installation procedure seems to have changed



Still a shame Sony banned CFW from the store...
Stupid fucks, I was going to buy PJM... Argh!

check out www.pspslimhacks.com for a highspeed mirror.
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I still don't get it. I have b2, but how do I upgrade? I'm afraid I'll brick my psp if I do it wrong.. I already put the 550.pbp in the root of my memorystick. (2000 btw)

EDIT: Never mind, found a dutch tutorial. http://www.psp-media.nl/tutorials/29640-5-50-a.html

It's alive!:D
 
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xero273

Member
RiverBed said:
Hasn't Dark Alex released anything new? I have his CFW and used to simply go to Network Update on the XMB and viola. I can't use automatic updating anymore? I am on CFW 5.00 M33-6
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DA hasn't released anything in a long time. If you want new CFW, you need to switch to Gen FW.
 
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RiverBed

Banned
xero273 said:
DA hasn't released anything in a long time. If you want new CFW, you need to switch to Gen FW.
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Ah, thanks for that.

I am a complete noob when it comes to installing CFWs. Is there a noob-proof Gen FW where I just start the application and it takes care of itself?

I am not familiar with Gen FWs. Do they- or any other current team- offer something like that?

Thanks for the hepl.
 
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Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Going to update tonight. A quick scan of the usual forums seems to suggest that this is everything 5.50 Gen-C should have been, and then some.
 
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