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[mattiewheels]

"This will never be released to the general public or anyone else at all whether you are a dev or not, this is Team Typhoon internal material, we have no reason whatsoever to waste a perfectly good exploit."

From the youtube.

Meaning if they expose the exploit it'll just get fixed?

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

Your problem is probably either 1) CFW or 2) GPS hardware problem. It's been a long time since I used my PSP GPS so I can't say if the latest CFW properly supports the GPS, but back then, there were definitely times when CFW not working with GPS. You may consider trying out the homebrew MapThis! to see if it recognizes the GPS or not to narrow down the issue.

Thanks for the tip. Before I posted my question on NeoGaf I did try to figure out how to use MapThis but it seems to have a lot of hoops to jump through and I got confused really quick. Is there just a simple pre-configured pack you can direct me to so I can just drag and drop the stuff I need into their corresponding folders? Also, would MapThis work with Japan maps? It seems created for non-Japanese users. I really want to get this to work because I want to start using my PSP as my gps car navigation this winter break.

Thanks!

 

[Anony]

CFW on pspgo?
looks like pspgo might be worth getting now, down the line, when the price drops

 

[kassatsu]

Meaning if they expose the exploit it'll just get fixed?

Yep.

 

[Phreak47]

I have a V2, is there a way for me without using a pandora battery? I don't have one and last time I just used that Chicken thing, but I'm on OFW 6.00 now, so that won't work right?

TA-088V1/V2 are indistinguishable from one another, but anyway... you're going to need a Pandora now because chickhen only works on 5.03OFW. Dealextreme is your friend.

 

[Phreak47]

AFAIK its applicable to all CFW variants, GEN & M33.
Basically anything that uses or runs through PSN is locked out for CFW users.

True, but just to clarify, they didn't really attack CFW, they just upped the requirement to 6.10 to sign in. And since they've also circumvented version.txt, there's no way around it for now.

Someone will need to actually release a 6.xx CFW before this will all work again.

 

[Slightly Live]

No one will release a new CFW for a bunch of demoes.

Also, LBP works with the existing CFW's, apparently it's been leaked and works fine.

Assassins Creed also apparently works fine. *sigh*

 

[Mairu]

Okay, I'm a little confused and need some help. Currently I'm on 5.00 M33-6 and I want to update to the latest custom firmware. Where do I go and how do I update to 5.50 GEN-B or GEN-D? Thanks in advance for your help

 

[Slightly Live]

Okay, I'm a little confused and need some help. Currently I'm on 5.00 M33-6 and I want to update to the latest custom firmware. Where do I go and how do I update to 5.50 GEN-B or GEN-D? Thanks in advance for your help

5.00m33-6 -> 5.50GEN-D -> 5.50GEN-D2

 

[RuGalz]

Thanks for the tip. Before I posted my question on NeoGaf I did try to figure out how to use MapThis but it seems to have a lot of hoops to jump through and I got confused really quick. Is there just a simple pre-configured pack you can direct me to so I can just drag and drop the stuff I need into their corresponding folders? Also, would MapThis work with Japan maps? It seems created for non-Japanese users. I really want to get this to work because I want to start using my PSP as my gps car navigation this winter break.

The confusing part about using MapThis probably falls into 2 areas, 1) you need to extract a couple prx files from the firmware and put them in the app's dir and 2) download map for the app. There should be a couple faqs on author's form you can follow to get it working. I'm not aware of any pre-packaged MapThis. It's been over a year since I have used it so I haven't been following the development.

You have to download your own map so as long as you can get it from online sites like google map it will work in any region.

 

[Dilbert]

5.00m33-6 -> 5.50GEN-D -> 5.50GEN-D2

A couple of follow-up questions:

1) Confirmed? You don't need to jump to an earlier GEN firmware first?

2) My main reason for upgrading would be to purchase Thexder Neo from PSN. My understanding is that I'd have to buy and download the game from the PC application, then transfer to the GEN-D2 PSP. Are there any other steps that I'm missing?

3) What is the best place to download the needed files?

 

[milkham]

i played around with mapthis! before, i totally think its not worth the work

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

I was about to return Maplus3 and the GPS reciever today but decided to stick it out and try a different approach. I just decided to start from 5.00m33 6 and rolled it back and then reinstalled each update till 5.55d2 and it seems to have solved all my problems. I also got Map This! to work and it's alright but kind of a pita to set-up. I'm glad I have official software I can use here. Sincee most streets in Japan have no names, GPS is a survival tool here. Finally I can use GPS in my car now. Sweet.

 

[Minamu]

A couple of follow-up questions:

1) Confirmed? You don't need to jump to an earlier GEN firmware first?

3) What is the best place to download the needed files?

I wanna know this as well

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

I was about to return Maplus3 and the GPS reciever today but decided to stick it out and try a different approach. I just decided to start from 5.00m33 6 and rolled it back and then reinstalled each update till 5.55d2 and it seems to have solved all my problems. I also got Map This! to work and it's alright but kind of a pita to set-up. I'm glad I have official software I can use here. Sincee most streets in Japan have no names, GPS is a survival tool here. Finally I can use GPS in my car now. Sweet.

Say whaaa?

 

[fatty]

I'm still on 5.00 m33-6 and it has been fine for me so far but decided to check into some of the differences between it and GEN-D2. From searching on Google to find the differences, I found this on another forum:

5.50 gen-d2 is better.
5.50 gen-d2 will play most of the latest games ( without manual decrypting )
5.00 m33-6 will require you to manually decrypt a game.
Thats the main difference.

No...not better at all. Different is a better word.

Yes, D2 is *easier* to play games since it has the decrypter built in, but there are also a few bugs that make it a little less reliable than m33-6. Sound issues on occasion (no sound to be exact), some serious VSH menu tv-out issues (it's buggy as hell...you can tell it was an obvious m33 vsh menu hack), as well as some issues with mounting video ISOs (sometimes it does not see them) and of course no memory card speedup...which is useful for CSO playback.

So, in my personal opinion, m33-6 is still better overall.....as long as you invest the time to manually decrypt your games. You have two choices:

1. Use D2 and deal with the issues. You can play all of your games without intervention which is the plus.

2. Use m33-6 and have no issues except for dealing with decrypting your games manually.

I use option 2, because decrypting takes literally a minute and it is done and working. I'd rather do that than deal with the various issues I mentioned. Don't get me wrong, D2 is a good firmware. Just isn't up to par still with m33-6. Maybe Gen-E will have me think otherwise

Anything else missing that is worth mentioning? Right now, I think I will stick with M33 since I don't purchase a bunch of games off of PSN. I'll use NPDecrypter for the ones that I do get (it has worked great for Prinny and Disgaea, next I'm looking at using it for Super Stardust and Pixeljunk Monsters).

AFAIK its applicable to all CFW variants, GEN & M33.
Basically anything that uses or runs through PSN is locked out for CFW users.

Ahh, I was misread the initial question. Yeah, remote play doesn't work through the internet (through PSN) but is still fine by connecting through your local network (at least for 5.00 M33).

 

[Minamu]

I found this guide which might help getting to GEN-D2: http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f133/videotutorial-how-to-play-games-that-require-5-t247791/

However, in the second video you can watch where you're supposed to be at 5.00 m33-6 so you can go to D2, the video shows the psp as an actual GEN-B (full) which is a little bit confusing for me :S

 

[Anony]

i'm still on m33
there isnt any new psp game i want to play anyways, no need to decrypt or anything
if nothing is wrong, no need to update

and i'm happy with my custom firmware extender plugin and the computer monitor output plugin
not sure if those work on gen

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

Say whaaa?

It's true. Outside of Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and a few other larger metropolitain areas. Most cities don't have street names. Just main artery roads. So good luck finding grandma's house if you aren't familiar with the city layout. This stems from Japan's past village mentality, where locals knew the area best by land marks and ward numbering. Streets just got left out.

Addresses are another matter. Japan has a proper address system. That's basically what the GPS goes by, paired with terrestrial data.

 

[mrklaw]

"This will never be released to the general public or anyone else at all whether you are a dev or not, this is Team Typhoon internal material, we have no reason whatsoever to waste a perfectly good exploit."

From the youtube.

but if they don't release it, nobody can ever use it? Isn't that a bit odd?

 

[ChackanKun]

Is it normal that games like Half-Minute Hero, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Vempire, Zombie Tycoon etc, won't work (error 8XXXXXXX)?

Will this be fixed soon? :|

 

[Minamu]

I just went from 5.00 m33-6 to GEN-D2 in just a few steps & it seems to work great so far. Haven't tried any games or nything but at least it didn't brick :lol I used this guide: http://www.atmaxplorer.com/2009/10/upgrade-gen-cfw-with-xgen-updater/. So I can confirm that you don't need to go to GEN-A through B2 first. 5.00 m33-6 directly to GEN-D plus an additional D2 file with a size of 87kB is very much possible.

 

[Slightly Live]

Is it normal that games like Half-Minute Hero, GTA: Chinatown Wars, Vempire, Zombie Tycoon etc, won't work (error 8XXXXXXX)?

Will this be fixed soon? :|

All of those games work.

Try changing your UMD mode to M33 in the Recovery Menu.

 

[ChackanKun]

All of those games work.

Try changing your UMD mode to M33 in the Recovery Menu.

Done that and still won't work :|

Is it because I have a UMD in the drive?

 

[Slightly Live]

Done that and still won't work :|

Is it because I have a UMD in the drive?

UMD's wouldn't matter. What CFW are you on?

 

[ChackanKun]

UMD's wouldn't matter. What CFW are you on?

5.50 GEN-D2

 

[daemonarch]

Done that and still won't work :|

Is it because I have a UMD in the drive?

try changing UMD mode to Sony NP9660 on the recovery menu

 

[Slightly Live]

5.50 GEN-D2

Have you tried the Sony driver? If it still doesn't work, try some others games.

The worst case sceanario is a reflash of the CFW.

 

[ChackanKun]

Works with GTPSP (original, UMD) and with PSX games :|

Darn, will try to reflash.

Edit: Just tried with a Phat PSP, also won't work! wtf?!

 

[Slightly Live]

Works with GTPSP (original, UMD) and with PSX games :|

Darn, will try to reflash.

Use this method and google for the files, it's the fastest for reflashing;

1 - Download XGEN UPDATER V4.

2 - Extract the XGEN UPDATER V4, place the UPDATE folder into the GAME folder inside the memory stick, and 5.50.PBP in the root of the memory stick.
NoteRoot : The first directory in the memory stick


3 - Run the updater VIA XMB Game menu.

4 - Click on "Flash Install CFW 5.50 GEN-D". This will then format the Flashs, load all modules of the updater, and then install it.

5 - When finished, press X to reboot, or O to shutdown.

6 - Download 5.50 GEN-D2 quick Patch.

7 - Copy the folder named "GEN-D2" extracted from 5.50 GEN-D2 to the GAME folder in the memory stick.

8 - Launch it. When it finishes, press X to reboot to XMB.

Could be an issue with the game rips themselves if they also don't work on the Phat.

 

[ChackanKun]

Use this method and google for the files, it's the fastest for reflashing;



Could be an issue with the game rips themselves if they also don't work on the Phat.

Dont that, still won't work.

The games aren't rip's, they are all originals.

 

[nny]

Done that and still won't work :|

Is it because I have a UMD in the drive?

Try disabling some of the plugins in the recovery menu.

 

[ChackanKun]

Try disabling some of the plugins in the recovery menu.

Nuffin lol

Last time this happened I went back to OFW. Then I regretted it and came back again to CFW.

Now I'm just confused lol..

Edit: Think I maybe have found what the problem is.

Every time I try ti copy a PSP game from my PS3, I get some error and it doesn't copy. Maybe the games won't run because the thing isn't activated?

Anyway to bypass this?

 

[colinp]

I am sure I missed this earlier in the thread, but is it possible to sign onto the playstation store with 5.50 GEN-D2?

 

[navanman]

I am sure I missed this earlier in the thread, but is it possible to sign onto the playstation store with 5.50 GEN-D2?

Afraid not, CFW is locked out. You can either use your PS3 or MediaGo software.

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

Nope. This is still 5.50 firmware so is miles behind OFW currently at 6.10. This means you wont be able to access online modes in games either that require PSN sign-in, such as LBP PSP.

Are Gen not even bothering to make 6.xx firmware, just content on coasting with 5.50 and work arounds until they all fail? I don't want to have to buy a pandora battery and shit around with countless upgrades and downgrades in between wanting to play games online on the damn thing.

 

[colinp]

Thanks for the quick responses. Definitely looking forward to the day when cfw catches up to ofw again.

 

[SecretBonusPoint]

I don't think it will. Its been behind since DA's last release in like January, now? At best you can hope for continued jury-rigged workarounds to actually still be able to play new games on it, but never their new features or online modes.

 

[edgefusion]

Is it time for me to go OFW? I've been hanging out with CFW 5.00 for a long time now and there doesn't seem to be any sign of a 6.00 coming from Dark Alex anytime soon either, or ever in fact. Jumping ships to this other CFW is just too confusing for my meager brain to figure out and it hardly seems worth it as they haven't even got 6.00 out the door.

 

[Epic Tier 3 Engineer]

Is it time for me to go OFW? I've been hanging out with CFW 5.00 for a long time now and there doesn't seem to be any sign of a 6.00 coming from Dark Alex anytime soon either, or ever in fact. Jumping ships to this other CFW is just too confusing for my meager brain to figure out and it hardly seems worth it as they haven't even got 6.00 out the door.

It;s mind-numbingly easy to switch to Gen-D from M33, though. :\

 

[Phreak47]

There will be a 6.xx eventually from someone. Maybe LBP will help encourage that, because people are definitely going to want to play user-created content.

 

[Adam Prime]

So does anyone know if LBP UMD works on 5.50-GEN-D or tried ripping the ISO yet?

 

[Hcoregamer00]

Is it time for me to go OFW? I've been hanging out with CFW 5.00 for a long time now and there doesn't seem to be any sign of a 6.00 coming from Dark Alex anytime soon either, or ever in fact. Jumping ships to this other CFW is just too confusing for my meager brain to figure out and it hardly seems worth it as they haven't even got 6.00 out the door.

:/

5.00 M33 ---> 5.50 Gen D

Not that hard.

 

[Mejilan]

So does anyone know if LBP UMD works on 5.50-GEN-D or tried ripping the ISO yet?

I've ripped both LBP and Assassin's Creed. I can get the latter to auto-decrypt and run with 5.50 Gen-D2, but LBP fails with an error code.

Edit - NVM, LBP works too. Didn't like one of my plugins, apparently.

 

[ronito]

Just tried upgrading my POPS it's not showing the new ones. (IE: It only goes to 3.72 and Original from Flash)

I'm debating whether to go 5.50 however. But since my main reason for having a PSP is emulation (SNES, NES and PSX) do all those work well on GEN-D?

 

[Bebpo]

Is there anywhere to buy a PSP 3000 that's 5.03 firmware or lower for not crazy $$$? I want to upgrade from my PSP 1000 CFW to a PSP 3000, but I don't want to pay over $150-170.

 

[Adam Prime]

I've ripped both LBP and Assassin's Creed. I can get the latter to auto-decrypt and run with 5.50 Gen-D2, but LBP fails with an error code.

Edit - NVM, LBP works too. Didn't like one of my plugins, apparently.

Can you do any of the online stuff with LBP? I'm assuming that's an obvious no... but what online stuff is there in LBP? Downloading levels and uploading?

 

[LegoDad]

seems every week we keep falling farther and father back from OFW... 6.2 was just released...

 

[edgefusion]

:/

5.00 M33 ---> 5.50 Gen D

Not that hard.

Oh really? I just type a cute arrow and it's done? Man if I'd known that I would've done it ages ago.

 

[Snacks]

Hi guys,

I've read all the tutorials in Mejilan's first post, but am just wondering about the practical use of CFWs, specifically, once I have carried out the various steps required to downgrade and install one (using a TOOL battery) will I then be able to run it using my regular battery?