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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
- Thread starter Mejilan
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Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
:lol
They are basically admitting they can't hope to move the CFW scene forward, can't access PSN and will do their best to retroactively patch outdated CFW to enable basic playability in newer games.
Don't care, never use PSN to buy games and I can always buy them through my PS3 anyway.
Just hurry up and update so I can play Tekken 6 on my CFW 2000 instead of on my ugly ol' 1000!
At "worst," I will just buy a 3000 and finally dump my 1000 if they are never able to move forward. No big deal to me.
Just hurry up and update so I can play Tekken 6 on my CFW 2000 instead of on my ugly ol' 1000!
At "worst," I will just buy a 3000 and finally dump my 1000 if they are never able to move forward. No big deal to me.
navanman said:
I thought I read that they have already gotten 6.10 (not sure about 6.20) already or are almost finished getting it decrypted.
Everyone always worries about this stuff, then they either release the new CFW, or someone else comes along and takes over.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
navanman said:
With this latest statement, I'm finally loosing confidence in Team GEN to deliver proper CFW.
DAX really is needed. I know his releases had their fair share of issues, but I can't recall DAX ever being in such a position that GEN is in now.
B.K. said:
I'm assuming English isn't your first language, as it's been explained completely and with the firmware where it started, dude/dudette.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18621088&postcount=7907 said:
Again: If your custom eboot icon is NOT 80x80, you get Dracula to avoid this bug. To get around this/have your eboot icon show up, IT MUST BE 80x80 like Sony's.
So yes, your current eboots are fucked. I dunno if you can change the save file icon like you can PSP games to your custom icon0, but as it stands you want to make sure they're 80x80 if it bothers you that bad from now on.
Varth said:
B2->D->D2.
D2 is a patch, it isn't a full flash.
From what I've read (jas0nuk, reliable scener), 6.00 and 6.10 were fully decrypted.
It seems to me that Team Gen is just not up to making a brand new CFW.
From what I understand, 5.50 Gen was reverse-engineered from DAX's own 5.00 M33, and adding in the new features wasn't too complicated because the updates introduced by Sony into 5.03, 5.50, etc., were fairly basic. 6.00 and higher, however, seem to have thrown in updates that Team Gen are not capable of figuring out.
Long story short, Team Gen seems to be sticking with 5.50 because that's all they know.
They've got some decent members (such as Yoshihiro), but no one quite up to Dark-Alex's level.
That's what I'm getting out of all of this, in any event.
It seems to me that Team Gen is just not up to making a brand new CFW.
From what I understand, 5.50 Gen was reverse-engineered from DAX's own 5.00 M33, and adding in the new features wasn't too complicated because the updates introduced by Sony into 5.03, 5.50, etc., were fairly basic. 6.00 and higher, however, seem to have thrown in updates that Team Gen are not capable of figuring out.
Long story short, Team Gen seems to be sticking with 5.50 because that's all they know.
They've got some decent members (such as Yoshihiro), but no one quite up to Dark-Alex's level.
That's what I'm getting out of all of this, in any event.
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.'
i'd like to think that even dark alex would have trouble with the new firmwares, and that's why it's not happening. but from what i've heard, he's like jesus and einstein combined into one form. it'd be a shame if he's the only one who could figure this out.
im running a psp phat with 5.50 gen-d at the moment but i considering getting a psp 3000 for size and better screen, was just wondering though, what can/cant be done with the 3000 version of the latest cfw for them? if worst comes to worst ill just use it for my UMD's which have decent loading times, but playing gtacw from umd was pretty bad and id rather not :/
aryies said:
I'm in the same boat. I've a launch PSP-1000 and compared to 2009 LCD screens its terrible with horrible black smearing with fast motion.
If you are looking to pick up a PSP-3000 and still run some form of CFW on it, it has to have Sony 5.03FW or below. The problem for buyers is that the sellers on eBay, Craiglist know this and have priced these PSP-3000 accordingly.
criesofthepast
Member
Mejilan, is it possible to update the OP with everything that is current in the CFW scene today? It hasn't been updated in close to a year and I know a lot of people ask the same questions over and over because it's kind of a drag to search this thread for the answer you are looking for.
I think mostly just covering the current GEN firmware and the links/instructions to download/install the firmware would be very helpful.
This is a suggestion, not criticism.
I think mostly just covering the current GEN firmware and the links/instructions to download/install the firmware would be very helpful.
This is a suggestion, not criticism.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00297IPUY/?tag=neogaf0e-20
2 of these + a adapter = $70 32gb pro duo stick
gotta love sales
2 of these + a adapter = $70 32gb pro duo stick
gotta love sales
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
amrod said:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00297IPUY/?tag=neogaf0e-20
2 of these + a adapter = $70 32gb pro duo stick
gotta love sales
No. No. Nonononono.
Don't ever buy Dane-Elec stuff. It's horribly low quality and just...ugh.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
Yeah, CFW is screwed unless a more talented team than GEN appears. Being content to just jury-rig 5.50 still after a year is pathetic, and if I read that translation right the fastest they can estimate getting new games working is January?
Also I assume that the ability to patch a game is something added in newer firmwares, since reports of LBP not being patchable on CFW means I'm holding right off until I can pickup a Pandora battery in the new year possibly. What kind of process is it to go to OFW and then back to CFW through Pandora-ing? I assume its an annoyingly long process, and wish someone would work on a quicker way to do it now that CFW is clearly fucked, but turning our backs on great homebrew programs, emulators, personal UMD rips and such is an impossible choice.
Also I assume that the ability to patch a game is something added in newer firmwares, since reports of LBP not being patchable on CFW means I'm holding right off until I can pickup a Pandora battery in the new year possibly. What kind of process is it to go to OFW and then back to CFW through Pandora-ing? I assume its an annoyingly long process, and wish someone would work on a quicker way to do it now that CFW is clearly fucked, but turning our backs on great homebrew programs, emulators, personal UMD rips and such is an impossible choice.
Agent Unknown
Member
I grabbed the Madden Blue Slim 1 gig/game/Beats/NFL UMD movie bundle from Best Buy last Feb '09, they were clearing them out at just $159.99, my jaw dropped. It was $10 cheaper than the bare bones packs they were selling. :lol Anyways, I bought it for its Gradius friendly tight Dpad and in the hopes I could eventually install CFW on it and sell my phat (which has the last DA CFW release on it) but it doesn't look like that will be happening. I almost sprang for a pandora battery/16 gb mem stick bundle from some online site.
But if it's true CFW is dead I think I'll just keep both and use my phat for emu obviously and my slim for new official goods like LBP. I'd love to have my emulators on my slim but I'm tired of the waiting and endless file management hassles/brick worries. So unless something changes between now and next month when I plan on buying LBP, it looks like my blue will be getting its first dreaded official download in the near future. 4 1/2 years of CFW fun on one system, it was a good ride.
But if it's true CFW is dead I think I'll just keep both and use my phat for emu obviously and my slim for new official goods like LBP. I'd love to have my emulators on my slim but I'm tired of the waiting and endless file management hassles/brick worries. So unless something changes between now and next month when I plan on buying LBP, it looks like my blue will be getting its first dreaded official download in the near future.
4 1/2 years of CFW fun on one system, it was a good ride.Unknown One
Member
It'll probably go away. My PSP 1000 use to squeak, but now I got a cracked analog, it's all over the place. I can't play games that requires analog use.
Agent Unknown said:But if it's true CFW is dead I think I'll just keep both and use my phat for emu obviously and my slim for new official goods like LBP. I'd love to have my emulators on my slim but I'm tired of the waiting and endless file management hassles/brick worries. So unless something changes between now and next month when I plan on buying LBP, it looks like my blue will be getting its first dreaded official download in the near future.
What is with all the doom and gloom? Give these guys some time to update or see if someone else pops up and takes over. Everyone was freaking out when Dark Alex retired, too.
If anything, I'd buy a new system, keep your 2000 modded with CFW, and dump your phat. This is exactly what I might do if things don't work out, actually. But I wanted to play Tekken 6 on my CFW 2000, and they got it cracked and working two days after release. The UMD is in its case and my unmodded 1000 is back on the shelf. All is right with the world again.
How long has ofw 6.0 been out? Ive ran out of patience for cfw.Lyte Edge said:What is with all the doom and gloom? Give these guys some time to update or see if someone else pops up and takes over. Everyone was freaking out when Dark Alex retired, too.
If anything, I'd buy a new system, keep your 2000 modded with CFW, and dump your phat. This is exactly what I might do if things don't work out, actually. But I wanted to play Tekken 6 on my CFW 2000, and they got it cracked and working two days after release. The UMD is in its case and my unmodded 1000 is back on the shelf. All is right with the world again.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
I cannot afford 2 PSP's as if its some kind of novelty. And now is the time to start questioning CFW, since no other group than GEN has risen since DA's absence for what must be close to a year now, and theyre not very good either, with no current plans to go beyond 5.50 firmware.
Sony has pretty much "won" now, so good on them I guess. Wanting to play games like LBP and PSP2 online is going to be a bitter pill to swallow indeed. If third parties wanted to be smart and completely destroy the piracy scene (briefly or for ages, who knows), they'd do the unthinkable and have a "must sign in to PSN account" part of the title screen.
Sony has pretty much "won" now, so good on them I guess. Wanting to play games like LBP and PSP2 online is going to be a bitter pill to swallow indeed. If third parties wanted to be smart and completely destroy the piracy scene (briefly or for ages, who knows), they'd do the unthinkable and have a "must sign in to PSN account" part of the title screen.
SecretBonusPoint
Banned
PSP Go owners I'd imagine :lol
But yeah, a heavier focus on PSN online stuff such as LBP, PSP2 and so forth will make CFW users really feel like theyre missing out. I already feel that way.
But yeah, a heavier focus on PSN online stuff such as LBP, PSP2 and so forth will make CFW users really feel like theyre missing out. I already feel that way.
scotcheggz
Member
I'm thinking of finally updating my PSP phat to GEN CFW, but I have one issue, I seem to recall someone saying you have to have all the orignal sounds etc before you update from M33 to GEN. When I turn my PSP on, I've got a differnt start up screen and sound, is this going to cause problems? Will it turn it back to the normal sounds if I do update?
I can't remember where I read that, so not sure. I hope it's not true as I have no idea where I saved the backups of the original files to. I remember it was a "safe place"... :lol
EDIT: No worries, I found where I read that before and it said "custom themes", so I just went for it. It worked fine and getting to D2 was simple, it did change my startup sound but I'm not really bothered about that anyways.
I can't remember where I read that, so not sure. I hope it's not true as I have no idea where I saved the backups of the original files to. I remember it was a "safe place"... :lol
EDIT: No worries, I found where I read that before and it said "custom themes", so I just went for it. It worked fine and getting to D2 was simple, it did change my startup sound but I'm not really bothered about that anyways.