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[DonMigs85]

hey guys. i'm totally new to the cfw stuff. i'm buying a psp go tonight. i have a few noob questions:

1) how long will it take me to get a cfw on my psp go? is it a long process?
2) is it hard to do?
3) if i have a cfw, can i still connect to ps store and buy games? what are the boundaries and restrictions laid upon me that i should be aware of?
4) what CFW should i be putting on it?

It's very simple if you have either OFW 6.20 or 6.35 on it. Just run the applicable Pro-B4 package. Probably less than 5-10 minutes to get it all set up.

 

[Sagitario]

hey guys. i'm totally new to the cfw stuff. i'm buying a psp go tonight. i have a few noob questions:

1) how long will it take me to get a cfw on my psp go? is it a long process?
2) is it hard to do?
3) if i have a cfw, can i still connect to ps store and buy games? what are the boundaries and restrictions laid upon me that i should be aware of?
4) what CFW should i be putting on it?

Follow this: http://wololo.net/wagic/cfw-for-dummies-psp3000-pspgo-and-psp2000-ta88v3/

Yes, you can connect to the PS Store... but in the case you can't or it asks you to upgrade to a newer official firmware, there is always the Media Go software.

 

[EvanTheGamer]

Any CFW support for PSP Go?

 

[Chemo]

so that's why my PE1 eboot would crash before the PS screen ? still the same with TN-E? that's sad to hear :\

Honest question: Why do people choose TN-X over PRO-BX? The Pro line has an integrated ISO loader and better compatibility for both PSP and PSX isos... I've wondered for a while, really, and I can't figure out why people are attached to the TN line of LCFW.

And EvanTheGamer, yes... both 6.20 TN-E and 6.20/6.35 Pro-B4.

 

[Gvaz]

So I'm a bit overwhelmed and confused right now with the state of PSP homebrew.

I have a psp1000 with um...

5.50 Prometheus

I don't know if there are any other designations to it. Do I need to upgrade to play recent games? I haven't touched this thing since P3P came out...

 

[Truespeed]

Just installed TN-E. What a great update.

 

[Cruzader]

So I'm a bit overwhelmed and confused right now with the state of PSP homebrew.

I have a psp1000 with um...

5.50 Prometheus

I don't know if there are any other designations to it. Do I need to upgrade to play recent games? I haven't touched this thing since P3P came out...

I bought a PSPgo with FW 6.20 since I was in your position. Well I have a PSP1000 with CFW 5.50 Prom4 and couldnt boot my games.

I think you are better off installing OFW 6.20 and either using TN-E (Temp homebrew enabler) or install CFW 6.20 Pro-B which is a permanent CFW ala 5.50 Prome-x thats on your PSP. I would do some research on those choices.

 

[B.K.]

Just installed TN-E. What a great update.

Really? I can't tell any difference from TN-D.

 

[linkboy]

So I'm a bit overwhelmed and confused right now with the state of PSP homebrew.

I have a psp1000 with um...

5.50 Prometheus

I don't know if there are any other designations to it. Do I need to upgrade to play recent games? I haven't touched this thing since P3P came out...

Which version of Prometheus are you running (it will be under the system info option in your settings).

I'm running 5.50 Prome v4 on my 2k and I'm currently playing through FFIV and The 3rd Birthday (as ISOs) just fine.

 

[Chris R]

I just loaded TN-E. It still won't play my Final Fantasy VIII and Parasite Eve Eboots.

I just came in to check to see what the status of FFVIII was So sad this still isn't an option for CFW folk. Well I'll just keep enjoying my other PS1 eboots and wait some more to get my FFVIII on.

 

[Truespeed]

Really? I can't tell any difference from TN-D.

The most obvious difference is a new option in the XMB - TN Configuration. Not to mention better PS1 support.

 

[btkadams]

It's very simple if you have either OFW 6.20 or 6.35 on it. Just run the applicable Pro-B4 package. Probably less than 5-10 minutes to get it all set up.

Follow this: http://wololo.net/wagic/cfw-for-dummies-psp3000-pspgo-and-psp2000-ta88v3/

Yes, you can connect to the PS Store... but in the case you can't or it asks you to upgrade to a newer official firmware, there is always the Media Go software.

thanks guys! you're awesome.

 

[Chemo]

The most obvious difference is a new option in the XMB - TN Configuration. Not to mention better PS1 support.

But still not as good as Pro-B4. Which is why I reiterate my earlier question: What is the main draw people have to the TN software over the Pro line?

 

[btkadams]

question: are game saves affected at all by having a cfw? like if i play games i bought off psn but i'm running a cfw, are the save files at all different? or would the corruption of save files not possibly occur from upgrading cfw.

 

[DonMigs85]

question: are game saves affected at all by having a cfw? like if i play games i bought off psn but i'm running a cfw, are the save files at all different? or would the corruption of save files not possibly occur from upgrading cfw.

As far as I know it won't affect saves you already have or new ones created by the games.
By the way, you can also manually increase the CPU clockspeed for games to improve performance (most noticeable in Daxter and other 3D games limited to 222MHz in the past).

 

[btkadams]

As far as I know it won't affect saves you already have or new ones created by the games.
By the way, you can also manually increase the CPU clockspeed for games to improve performance (most noticeable in Daxter and other 3D games limited to 222MHz in the past).

will that harm the system? or is the clock speed sony set actually below the safe levels the manufacturers regularly allow?

 

[ScrabbleDude]

But still not as good as Pro-B4. Which is why I reiterate my earlier question: What is the main draw people have to the TN software over the Pro line?

For me, it's the fact that I don't need to overwrite flash0.

question: are game saves affected at all by having a cfw? like if i play games i bought off psn but i'm running a cfw, are the save files at all different? or would the corruption of save files not possibly occur from upgrading cfw.

M33 doesn't play nice with save files. Everything else is okay.

 

[charlequin]

will that harm the system? or is the clock speed sony set actually below the safe levels the manufacturers regularly allow?

New games actually run at 333 by default; the 222 limit was something the PSP had at launch to try to maintain a decent battery life that Sony lifted later on.

 

[btkadams]

New games actually run at 333 by default; the 222 limit was something the PSP had at launch to try to maintain a decent battery life that Sony lifted later on.

oh so i can just set it to 333 then so older games run at that speed as well? interesting

For me, it's the fact that I don't need to overwrite flash0.
M33 doesn't play nice with save files. Everything else is okay.

M33? fuck this is already confusing me haha. there's way too much to know about cfw stuff. i couldn't find the go in stock at costco so i ordered it online. you guys should probably expect me to harass you more in a bout a week when it gets here.

 

[Truespeed]

But still not as good as Pro-B4. Which is why I reiterate my earlier question: What is the main draw people have to the TN software over the Pro line?

I really don't care for permanent firmware since my PSP is always in sleep mode when it's closed and when I do need to reboot (which hasn't been in a long time) it only takes seconds to reactivate it. So it's the best of both worlds, OFW and CFW on the fly. Feature wise, TN-E is good enough for me. I've never used Pro-Bx so I can't really comment on it. It looks like you have so why do you think Pro-B4 is better than TN-E? You have used TN-E, right?

 

[Truespeed]

oh so i can just set it to 333 then so older games run at that speed as well? interesting


M33? fuck this is already confusing me haha. there's way too much to know about cfw stuff. i couldn't find the go in stock at costco so i ordered it online. you guys should probably expect me to harass you more in a bout a week when it gets here.

Did you order it from .com or .ca? I didn't see it on their .com site. Their .ca has it for $150 in white only.

 

[btkadams]

Did you order it from .com or .ca? I didn't see it on their .com site. Their .ca has it for $150 in white only.

I ordered from .ca and I chose white. Sorry!

 

[Truespeed]

I ordered from .ca and I chose white. Sorry!

Be sure to pick up the cradle and any cases or cables you need before they're all gone. They're all $4.99 at Best Buy, FS and RCSS.

 

[DonMigs85]

oh so i can just set it to 333 then so older games run at that speed as well? interesting


M33? fuck this is already confusing me haha. there's way too much to know about cfw stuff. i couldn't find the go in stock at costco so i ordered it online. you guys should probably expect me to harass you more in a bout a week when it gets here.

Don't worry about M33 since that's really only applicable to the PSP 1000/2000.
As for the 333MHz bump, Daxter and Jeanne D'Arc definitely run smoother with less screen tearing or stuttering. It does drain battery life a bit faster, though.

 

[Gvaz]

Which version of Prometheus are you running (it will be under the system info option in your settings).

I'm running 5.50 Prome v4 on my 2k and I'm currently playing through FFIV and The 3rd Birthday (as ISOs) just fine.

I don't remember. I think I updated it around the same time P3P came out.

 

[Sagitario]

Something odd happened last night with the Game Categories plug-in while I was updating my PSP2000 from Prome-3 to 4.

After updating to Prome-4, all the games icons in the Game category (X:\ISO\CAT_Games) became just standard PS gray icons [each one with its corresponding name, though].
When trying to start them all I got was a blank screen, so I had to turn the console off.

I disabled the Game Categories plugin and 3 broken icons with the legend "Corrupted data" appeared.

I enabled it again but then I got a "There are no games" message in the Game section of the XMB.

The weird thing is: everything else worked just fine [emulators, apps, etc] in their respective category.

I spent 2 hours looking for a solution on Google. No luck! [Apparently Rock Band erases the Game folder... who knew?]

I was going to give up and ask here tomorrow [today] and it occurred me: maybe the problem is just the name of the category. Changed the category name and still got the same no game message.

Then I thought: what if I don't use a category in/for the ISO folder (just the files on X:\ISO instead of X:\ISO\CAT_Games)

That's what I did and BINGO!

The games appeared again, although on an "Uncategorized" section of the XMB.
If I create a category inside the ISO again, the issue reappears and all starts from square one once more (and everything can be repeated exactly as I described).

So... anyone who uses the Game Categories plug-in has had the same problem? When I was in Prome-3, eveything worked normally and without any issues, so I am guessing there is something specific about Prome-4 and the ISO folder, maybe?

Anyone?

 

[spineduke]

Check what version of Game_Categories you're running. Sounds like it's incompatible with Prom4

 

[B.K.]

Not to mention better PS1 support.

TN's PS1 support still sucks. It still won't load dual disc Eboots.

 

[Chemo]

TN's PS1 support still sucks. It still won't load dual disc Eboots.

Any of them?!

Why the hell would anyone use that shit then

 

[Hitoribhoshi]

TN-E on a PSP Go here, my plugins stopped working with any [GAME] apps, still working in [VSH] though. (yes, they ARE enabled in the TN plugin config)

got the TN-E FW freezing on me a few times while hilighting the TN icon in settings too.

TN-E is more of a downgrade than an upgrade if you ask me :\

EditChemo> switch discs in games that don't saves between discs, maybe? (or use the same on ps3 too?(just guessing I dunno if you can do that or how it'll work with GameIDs)

 

[Crazymoogle]

1. Somebody was asking...anyway, FFIV needs 6.35, fyi

2. I need to read quite a few pages back, but I thought there was a trickle of emu type apps that came out without the need for CFW...did that not happen?

 

[Aru]

It's good that most recent games require only 6.35 I can dump my UMDs and play them fine with HEN.

 

[ScrabbleDude]

TN's PS1 support still sucks. It still won't load dual disc Eboots.

FF VII runs fine for me. And that eboot has 3 discs.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Be sure to pick up the cradle and any cases or cables you need before they're all gone. They're all $4.99 at Best Buy, FS and RCSS.

Is this Canada-only? I don't see this on the US Best Buy website.

 

[btkadams]

Is this Canada-only? I don't see this on the US Best Buy website.

well he said futureshop so he'd be talking canada-only. i'm not really sure was rcss is though.

 

[BoobPhysics101]

Oops... forgot about this thread. I asked the question in the Pspgo thread, but does anyone know if I can play my old UMD's if I rip them and make iso's out of them on the PSPgo's internal memory? Or do I have to use a Memory stick pro duo?

Also, can I use a MicroSDHC-to-ProDuo adapter to get cheap storage? Or do only certain Memory Stick pro duo's fit in the PSPgo?

 

[B.K.]

Oops... forgot about this thread. I asked the question in the Pspgo thread, but does anyone know if I can play my old UMD's if I rip them and make iso's out of them on the PSPgo's internal memory? Or do I have to use a Memory stick pro duo?

Also, can I use a MicroSDHC-to-ProDuo adapter to get cheap storage? Or do only certain Memory Stick pro duo's fit in the PSPgo?

I don't know about running it from a memory card. I run ISOs from the internal storage with an ISO loader.

The Go doesn't use Pro Duos. It uses another format called M2.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HZ8942/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Gvaz]

I don't know about running it from a memory card. I run ISOs from the internal storage with an ISO loader.

The Go doesn't use Pro Duos. It uses another format called M2.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HZ8942/?tag=neogaf0e-20

Cool, going from one barely used format to another instead of a popular one. Why sony?

 

[GodfatherX]

so whats the word on running emulators on PSP Go, 6.35, I have heard various reports that they dont run nearly as well as my psp 1000 runs them on m33

 

[Black Republican]

dumb question but does the psp 3000 take anything other than pro duo cards? i currently use an m2 16gb adapter for mine, maybe micro sdhc?

 

[B.K.]

dumb question but does the psp 3000 take anything other than pro duo cards? i currently use an m2 16gb adapter for mine, maybe micro sdhc?

If you want to use Micro sdhcs, buy a Photofast.

 

[Sagitario]

Check what version of Game_Categories you're running. Sounds like it's incompatible with Prom4

The weird thing, all the other categories in other folders are working just fine.
I guess I will search if there is a new version or something.
Anyone now if it's compatible with the Go?

 

[ScrabbleDude]

The weird thing, all the other categories in other folders are working just fine.
I guess I will search if there is a new version or something.
Anyone now if it's compatible with the Go?

I use Game Categories Light on my Go. Works perfectly. Check to see if you're using Light.

so whats the word on running emulators on PSP Go, 6.35, I have heard various reports that they dont run nearly as well as my psp 1000 runs them on m33

I'm on 6.20 TN-E and they work quite well.

Cool, going from one barely used format to another instead of a popular one. Why sony?

The memory cards and formats Sony uses seem to always be proprietary.

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

why is Pro-x better than TN-E???

I've always used the TN-E line.

 

[TheSeks]

TN's PS1 support still sucks. It still won't load dual disc Eboots.

What?

I'll load FF9 onto my PSP tomorrow if you want me to check. But the PSX emulation has been flawless to me otherwise.

 

[ScrabbleDude]

why is Pro-x better than TN-E???

I've always used the TN-E line.

The only reason I see for people preferring PRO-B is that it has a built in ISO loader and a higher ISO compatibility rate.

 

[Sagitario]

I use Game Categories Light on my Go. Works perfectly. Check to see if you're using Light.

I don't think I am using Light. I will definitely check that version, thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Gvaz]

Which recent CFW isn't a HEN but a perma firmware?

 

[ScrabbleDude]

Which recent CFW isn't a HEN but a perma firmware?

6.38 ME. It's only for 1000, and 2000 with the original motherboard.

 

[Gvaz]

Looks that's what I'm getting then. My psp1000 doesnt even have the ta-85 board