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[Fuzzy]

Well it depends on how much you actually want pre-loaded at any one time. I mean, there are some games that just aren't worth the time to convert to ISO...

I'm pretty sure he already has every one of his games converted and sitting on a HDD for backup.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I'm pretty sure he already has every one of his games converted and sitting on a HDD for backup.

That's how all mine are.

 

[SonOfABeep]

Well after some amount of searching, it seems that a program called

PSP Filer 6.6

will allow you to make dumps of your UMD games on a 6.31 pro psp with UMD drive to play on PSP go. Or 6.35. This makes it possible to take these UMD games over to PSP go without going the illegal route.

Took some searching but I found it.

 

[Fuzzy]

That's how all mine are.

I did it also.

 

[Phatcorns]

Just got back on custom firmware because I wanted to play some PS1 games on the go instead of on my ps3. A few questions.

So I'm using 5.00 M33-6 and I want to play a PS1 game I bought from the PSN store. How do I go about doing this? Currently I am getting this error: CA000006

My next question is, how do I update the PS1 emulator that this custom firmware uses? I was on the latest official PSP firmware version 6.35 before this and I distinctly remember there were more options in the PS1 emulation including controller mapping and setting custom screen sizes. I have heard of popsloader, but from what I can tell that is not updated anymore and most likely won't have the latest version.

Thanks for any help!

 

[the androgyne]

I've got a PSP-1000 (OFW 5.55) that hasn't been hacked at all, but now is that time. Is this guide on pspslimhacks the way to go? I've never even been to that site before, so the fact that it's called psp "slim" hacks has me questioning whether my ol' fatty will survive!

 

[Omikaru]

I've got a PSP-1000 (OFW 5.55) that hasn't been hacked at all, but now is that time. Is this guide on pspslimhacks the way to go? I've never even been to that site before, so the fact that it's called psp "slim" hacks has me questioning whether my ol' fatty will survive!

I would advise you don't follow that specific hack, as your PSP's OFW is low enough that you can get more homebrew than that solution allows, whether it's temporary or permanent CFW.

That one you linked to is really for people who upgraded their PSPs and are stuck on the 6.31 and 6.35 OFW and now want to run homebrew. It doesn't run all homebrew yet, and won't play ripped PSone eboots. You can get a lot more out of your PSP than that, so don't upgrade to run that exploit.

Which begs the question: what do you want out of your PSP-1000? Do you want temporary CFW, ala HEN, which a lot of people are using on their PSP go right now, or would you prefer to have a complete and more permanent CFW solution on your PSP?

The temporary CFW requires you to run an exploit on OFW every time you want to run homebrew. The advantage is that you have a clean OFW installed.
The more permanent CFW enables your PSP to run unsigned code whenever. Just boot it up and run your homebrew. Of course, this isn't official firmware so you may have trouble running the latest games on your system.

Last week I opted for a permanent CFW on my PSP-1000 (but then I have a PSP Go too, so I use my CFW'd 1000 as my UMD ripper), and I was able to downgrade my unit from OFW 6.20 without a Pandora battery to 5.03 OFW, and then put 5.50 GEN D3 on it using the eggsploit TIFF security hole.

I should emphasise that this specific solution only works on certain PSPs (but if you have a 1000, you should be good), so don't go rushing to try this on any old unit, especially not a PSP Go; you will brick it!

Before you start this tutorial, you should upgrade to OFW 6.20. You'll be able to find that easily through Google. I should remind you that following the next two tutorials exactly as they're shown in the video will install a more permanent CFW on your PSP. In otherwords, you won't have to run an exploit every time you want to play homebrew.

After installing CFW, I don't know how you'd upgrade back to OFW, but I believe it's as simple as running the 6.20 OFW update again. You may want to check on upgrading from 5.50 GEN D3 to OFW 6.20 before proceeding, though, just in case you find that permanent CFW isn't for you and you wish to use HEN with OFW.

Here's the tutorial to downgrade without a Pandora battery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1007hhMyiA

Once you have OFW 5.03, you can update to CFW 5.50 GEN D3 by following this tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guGwRLb-k94

If you don't want permanent CFW then another GAF'er can help you with getting one of the many HEN exploits running on your system. Considering you have OFW 5.55 you may be able to get something even better than the 6.20 version of HEN running, so in that instance hold off on upgrading until someone else advises you on what to do. I know next to nothing about HEN.

 

[Sophia]

Hmm... Question. I have the 6.31 HEN exploit running currently on my PSP-1000, but as this unit is old and I'll probably replace it soon, I'd like to put a more permanent solution on there. Is there any way to downgrade and/or put CFW on it without using a Pandora's Battery or hardware exploit?

 

[Omikaru]

I don't believe you can downgrade or put a CFW on 6.31 OFW PSP-1000 without a Pandora battery, sorry! I ran a quick search for tutorials on it, but all I can find are ways to downgrade with a Pandora battery. Might be worth your while picking one up.

 

[Sophia]

Meh, not willing to spend a dime on this. I already spent too much replacing the analog nub. Ah well, guess I'll have to keep hoping that a software solution comes up.

 

[Superblatt]

Just got back on custom firmware because I wanted to play some PS1 games on the go instead of on my ps3. A few questions.

So I'm using 5.00 M33-6 and I want to play a PS1 game I bought from the PSN store. How do I go about doing this? Currently I am getting this error: CA000006

My next question is, how do I update the PS1 emulator that this custom firmware uses? I was on the latest official PSP firmware version 6.35 before this and I distinctly remember there were more options in the PS1 emulation including controller mapping and setting custom screen sizes. I have heard of popsloader, but from what I can tell that is not updated anymore and most likely won't have the latest version.

Thanks for any help!

There is still no exploit to play PSOne games on the Go. People keep asking, but HEN just doesn't cut it. We may need the recently released keys to result in full custom firmware for it to happen. Only time will tell.

 

[Phatcorns]

There is still no exploit to play PSOne games on the Go. People keep asking, but HEN just doesn't cut it. We may need the recently released keys to result in full custom firmware for it to happen. Only time will tell.

Oh, I actually am using a PSP-2000 and I've already got my own self converted iso's working. I just can't get my official PSOne classics bought from the PSN store working. It's no big deal, I'll probably just switch back to official firmware once I'm done playing the current game I converted, but I wondered if it was possible to get them to work on CFW.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Oh, I actually am using a PSP-2000 and I've already got my own self converted iso's working. I just can't get my official PSOne classics bought from the PSN store working. It's no big deal, I'll probably just switch back to official firmware once I'm done playing the current game I converted, but I wondered if it was possible to get them to work on CFW.

What classics are you having trouble with? How did you move them to your psp? All my classics work but I remember some like FF7 having trouble. I don't know if they ever fixed it though.

 

[brain_stew]

Anyone have a list of the best emulators that are Hen 6.20 compatible? This is my first "CFW" since M33, so I'm a bit out of the loop when it comes to homebrew apps.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401927

That was based on Half Byte Loader but it will all work with HEN.

 

[Phatcorns]

What classics are you having trouble with? How did you move them to your psp? All my classics work but I remember some like FF7 having trouble. I don't know if they ever fixed it though.

Currently having trouble with FF9. But you know, I just realized that I had it working on the offical 6.35 firmware, and THEN switched to M33 5.00-6 and I never RE-transferred it to my PSP from my PS3, I just tried to run it.

I guess I have to re-transfer it from my PS3 to my PSP again? Seems like an obvious solution, not sure why I didn't just do that from the get go if so.

EDIT: Yup, that was it, just had to re-transfer it to my psp. Works just fine.

 

[YagizY]

2 Questions:

On a PSP-3000

1. Does Prometheus ISO loader work with PS1 games?

2. If I bought a 8 or 16gb microsd card with a pro duo adapter, would I be able to run the .iso's of of that? Is their an issue where the data transfer times or something are too slow?

 

[Massa]

Hmm... Question. I have the 6.31 HEN exploit running currently on my PSP-1000, but as this unit is old and I'll probably replace it soon, I'd like to put a more permanent solution on there. Is there any way to downgrade and/or put CFW on it without using a Pandora's Battery or hardware exploit?

I think you can downgrade with 6.20 HEN, maybe soon it'll also be possible with 6.31/6.35.

2 Questions:

On a PSP-3000

1. Does Prometheus ISO loader work with PS1 games?

2. If I bought a 8 or 16gb microsd card with a pro duo adapter, would I be able to run the .iso's of of that? Is their an issue where the data transfer times or something are too slow?

1. No.

2. Depends on the quality of the stuff you buy, but it should be possible.

 

[Quixzlizx]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=401927

That was based on Half Byte Loader but it will all work with HEN.

Cool, that's a nice comprehensive list. I guess I should look for the upgraded versions of all of those.

2 Questions:

On a PSP-3000

1. Does Prometheus ISO loader work with PS1 games?

2. If I bought a 8 or 16gb microsd card with a pro duo adapter, would I be able to run the .iso's of of that? Is their an issue where the data transfer times or something are too slow?

1. I believe you can only run PSN-bought versions of PS1 games for now.

2. I was able to run games off of a memory stick no problem with my 1000. I don't know if the microsd --> pro duo adapter slows things down any, however.

 

[Mejilan]

What memory stick do you have for each psp? Do brands still matter a lot?

My PSP 2000 is sporting a Photofast microSD to MSPD adapter with two 16gb Sandisk microSDHCs. My PSP Go will have its 16GB of internal flash buffered by a 16GB Sandisk M2 MSM, once the M2 arrives early next week.

I'm pretty sure he already has every one of his games converted and sitting on a HDD for backup.

Two HDDs, but yes. Slowly working on both ripping and then eboot converting my remaining PSOne games, and keeping both sets (rips and conversions) archived to two HDDs as well. That's much less of a priority for me though, even though I've long since finished ripping all of my Wii and PS2 games to HDD.

What classics are you having trouble with? How did you move them to your psp? All my classics work but I remember some like FF7 having trouble. I don't know if they ever fixed it though.

I played through my own conversion of FF7 (well before the PSN version hit) on my PSP 2000 without ANY issue a year or two ago. Whatever issues may have existed with that game in the early days of homebrew conversions were long since defeated. Works fine with a Photofast adapter solution, or a traditional memory stick.

 

[asdad123]

Alright so Im breaking down (again) and buying a PSP go. I bought one at launch but once I learned I cant play BBS on it, I sold it and bought a 3000.

How hard is it to do the HEN hack? Im going to pick up a used one from gamestop in 15 minutes.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

My PSP 2000 is sporting a Photofast microSD to MSPD adapter with two 16gb Sandisk microSDHCs. My PSP Go will have its 16GB of internal flash buffered by a 16GB Sandisk M2 MSM, once the M2 arrives early next week.



Two HDDs, but yes. Slowly working on both ripping and then eboot converting my remaining PSOne games, and keeping both sets (rips and conversions) archived to two HDDs as well. That's much less of a priority for me though, even though I've long since finished ripping all of my Wii and PS2 games to HDD.



I played through my own conversion of FF7 (well before the PSN version hit) on my PSP 2000 without ANY issue a year or two ago. Whatever issues may have existed with that game in the early days of homebrew conversions were long since defeated. Works fine with a Photofast adapter solution, or a traditional memory stick.

I didn't mean the disk version, I meant the PSN version would keep giving an error code when booting. Like I said it may have been fixed ages ago, I just remember people saying the PSN version wasn't working on CFW.

 

[phosphor112]

I tried reading the past few pages, but I'm getting confused. Has the recent Key leak started to allow homebrew on the Go and 3000? Or is another method being used? I'm thinking about getting a Go and keeping it OFW, but I also want homebrew if that's possible.

 

[Borman]

Another method. But it does not modify your firmware, as you have to use the exploit every time you reboot your system.

 

[phosphor112]

Another method. But it does not modify your firmware, as you have to use the exploit every time you reboot your system.

Ah, ok. What are the current risks if any, and is there a link or explanation that can help me understand what the method does?

 

[YagizY]

My PSP 2000 is sporting a Photofast microSD to MSPD adapter with two 16gb Sandisk microSDHCs. My PSP Go will have its 16GB of internal flash buffered by a 16GB Sandisk M2 MSM, once the M2 arrives early next week.

I have a question, on that Micro SD to MSPD adapter, can you leave one of the slots without a micro sd card? Meaning can I have one slot with a 16gb microsd card while the other slot is empty? Does the PSP have any issues reading that?

 

[Minsc]

1. I believe you can only run PSN-bought versions of PS1 games for now.

You'd have to convert the PS1 games you rip yourself to eboots, they should work fine though once you do, right?

2. If I bought a 8 or 16gb microsd card with a pro duo adapter, would I be able to run the .iso's of of that? Is their an issue where the data transfer times or something are too slow?

I have Class 3 8GBs in a pro duo adapter and it's plenty fast (about 4x the speed of the UMD drive), no issues at all, even as CSOs.

I didn't mean the disk version, I meant the PSN version would keep giving an error code when booting. Like I said it may have been fixed ages ago, I just remember people saying the PSN version wasn't working on CFW.

FFIX works great for me from PSN, I'll give loading FFVII from PSN a shot and update in a little bit.

Edit: PSN FFVII works great on CFW as well.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Just a heads-up for Go users who are getting Memory Stick Micros-- unless I missed something, it appears that the there is no way for the ISO Loader app to recognize games you put on a memory stick. You can just put the ISO Loader onto the memory stick and load from there, but if you're like me and are ripping your own games to both the Go's internal memory and to a memory stick, you're going to have to use two loaders for the time being.

Do any versions of the CPS2 and Neo-Geo emulators work on HEN? I tried the same Neo-Geo one I have on my 2000, but it wouldn't work on the Go.

 

[phosphor112]

Just a heads-up for Go users who are getting Memory Stick Micros-- unless I missed something, it appears that the there is no way for the ISO Loader app to recognize games you put on a memory stick. You can just put the ISO Loader onto the memory stick and load from there, but if you're like me and are ripping your own games to both the Go's internal memory and to a memory stick, you're going to have to use two loaders for the time being.

Do any versions of the CPS2 and Neo-Geo emulators work on HEN? I tried the same Neo-Geo one I have on my 2000, but it wouldn't work on the Go.

Hmmm, this might change my purchasing plans.. Maybe I'll wait for a little.

 

[Lyte Edge]

Hmmm, this might change my purchasing plans.. Maybe I'll wait for a little.

It's not a big deal, really. I have five games I ripped to the Go's memory and plenty of space on the 16GB memory stick, for example, so I could just copy everything onto the memory stick and just load ISOs from there. It's just if you want to load from both that this is an "issue," and an extremely minor one at that.

What I don't like is that some games don't seem to work on the Go. I just tried Tenchu Kurenai and it froze up on me when it started loading. :/

 

[Mejilan]

I have a question, on that Micro SD to MSPD adapter, can you leave one of the slots without a micro sd card? Meaning can I have one slot with a 16gb microsd card while the other slot is empty? Does the PSP have any issues reading that?

I believe it doesn't care whether you use one slot or two.
But you can't just hot-swap microSDs either.
Any time you change your configuration, you'll have to perform a reformat.
So, for example, if you're using one 16GB SD card, and then switch up to two SD cards, you'll need to pop the two in and reformat them as one 32GB block.

 

[Alex]

Do you need one of those Micro Memory Sticks to get custom fare on the PSPGo, or can you just do it with the internal or whatever?

 

[phosphor112]

It's not a big deal, really. I have five games I ripped to the Go's memory and plenty of space on the 16GB memory stick, for example, so I could just copy everything onto the memory stick and just load ISOs from there. It's just if you want to load from both that this is an "issue," and an extremely minor one at that.

What I don't like is that some games don't seem to work on the Go. I just tried Tenchu Kurenai and it froze up on me when it started loading. :/

As long as I can have my legit games on my Go's internal and the Emu's on a memory stick then I should be fine. I'm not gonna be buying too many PSP games, to be honest, I mainly just want my music and maybe a small internet browser for when I don't want to lug around my laptop.

 

[asdad123]

Got one for 100 from gamesop.

What is the best firmware to do hen on? I'm on 6.20

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

If you're looking for an SNES emulator that runs full speed/has a lot of features..
Check out SNES Euphoria R2.1
I've tried a handful and this was the only one that i could run full speed.
LINK
(remove if not allowed)

 

[phosphor112]

If you're looking for an SNES emulator that runs full speed/has a lot of features..
Check out SNES Euphoria R2.1
I've tried a handful and this was the only one that i could run full speed.
LINK
(remove if not allowed)

Emu links should be allowed. Emu's aren't illegal, it's illegally obtained software that's used on emu's that's illegal. Just like how homebrew and jailbreaking is legal, it's just the piracy that isn't allowed. That's what I understand at least.

 

[Varth]

So, I received a Tactics Ogre code on a CD. Hate when they do that, since I usually playtest these on the train home, not on the damn debug.

So I took the main file from CD, renamed it to .iso, and put it on my CF'd PSP (5.50 Prome 3).

After enabling Execute BOOT.BIN in UMD/ISO i got it to work, but it freezes loading after the character creation.

Any clue? Should I do something with the iso file? Any other option I should activate?

 

[BeEatNU]

a bit confused, thread is a bit overwhelming but

currently have PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-6

How do I upgrade to any of the other firmware stuff? Did I miss something in the OP

anyone?

 

[deim0s]

Unless you really need something with the new hacks, 5.00 m33 is still usable. I still have two machines on it and could still play my copy of MHP3rd.

 

[the_painted_bird]

Does using HEN limit PSN access on the Go? Even so, I'll still be able to download PSN content on my computer/PS3, correct?

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

http://pspslimhacks.com/hen-for-firmware-6-36-vflames-6-36-alpha-v3-hen-released/

HEN FOR ALL

 

[kadotsu]

Has there been any progress in creating a CFW using the Kirk keys or signing your dumped isos?

 

[Hex]

Ok ready to pull my PSP out from the shadows again, I have a 2000 and I think it is running Dark alex's last Pandora offering from way back.
Was never able to get Final Fantasy VII and other games that I bought from the PSN to work and had some issues with newer games but loved my mame and classic game fixes.

Now time has passed, what is the best (and hopefully most painless) firmware to go with?

 

[DR2K]

Ok ready to pull my PSP out from the shadows again, I have a 2000 and I think it is running Dark alex's last Pandora offering from way back.
Was never able to get Final Fantasy VII and other games that I bought from the PSN to work and had some issues with newer games but loved my mame and classic game fixes.

Now time has passed, what is the best (and hopefully most painless) firmware to go with?

6.20. Install bought PS1 games via mediago or PS3.

 

[mollipen]

It's not a big deal, really. I have five games I ripped to the Go's memory and plenty of space on the 16GB memory stick, for example, so I could just copy everything onto the memory stick and just load ISOs from there. It's just if you want to load from both that this is an "issue," and an extremely minor one at that.

What I don't like is that some games don't seem to work on the Go. I just tried Tenchu Kurenai and it froze up on me when it started loading. :/

You could also just convert the games to EBOOTs using the OpenIdea thing, and they'd show up directly without the need for the ISO loader, couldn't you?

 

[onken]

If you're looking for an SNES emulator that runs full speed/has a lot of features..
Check out SNES Euphoria R2.1
I've tried a handful and this was the only one that i could run full speed.
LINK
(remove if not allowed)

I think R4 has been out for a while now.

e~ http://dl.qj.net/psp/homebrew-applications/snes9x-euphoria-r4.html

 

[deim0s]

Too bad doesn't work with HBL@6.36 ofw, returns back to HBL menu. Probably needs an update by the author.

snes9xTYL works fine for me.

 

[TheSeks]

HEN FOR ALL

Meh. Call me when it's full blown firmware and not just a bypass.

 

[ConradCervantes]

Ugh, I've been ignoring the scene in a while, so I'm a bit rusty on things. What is the best way to get purchased PSN content to run on a CFW PSP? I'm running 5.50 Prom-2 right now, and I bought Gravity Crash and Hot Shot Shorties, but I'm blanking on how to make them work.

 

[TheSeks]

Are you using PSNFucker/Lover? I run that and run M33-D3 or whatever the last one is, and most of my PSN purchases are running fine with it.

 

[ConradCervantes]

Yep, just checked, and they're enabled and everything, but error code 80010087 keeps popping up.