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PSP Custom Firmware Thread

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Aru

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Cronen said:
I just dug out my old PSP1000 and it is on 5.00 M33-6. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of upgrading to the newest stable firmware. I had a look around and there's CFW that once the console is switched off reverts back to the original firmware or something? I'm a little confused by it all. Many thanks, GAF!
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Yeah, LCFW that revert back to OFW when switched off are: 6.20 TN/PRO and 6.35 PRO.
If you want a permanent CFW, you can apply a patch to 6.20 TN to make it so. Also, there is 6.38 ME-2 which is a true CFW and allows you to boot OFW if you press home while switching on the PSP.
 
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darkjedi187

Member
I know this has been asked a million times. I just go a go and don't know if I should go with 6.20 or 6.35. Is their one that's better than the other. I was using 6.35 on my psp-3000. Thanks
 
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darkjedi187

Member
I tried tn and wasn't very happy, seems you have to do a few more step/need additional apps for it to work right. Went back to pro and works great.

Is their anyway to log into psn (when it's back) while on CFW? found my answer
 
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btkadams

Member
my go finally came. the batt was completely dead and its running os 5.7. i want to play ff4 so i'm assuming i need to be at 6.35.

EDIT: had a question but it's been answered
 
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Zep

Banned
Is there a way to trick sites like realgm into thinking I'm not using a mobile device? I just hate the interface and lack of options given. Im on 6.35 Pro B4, btw.
 
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Sagitario

Member
Can someone tell me what exactly a "Prometheus" firmware implies?

I have read "5.50 Prometheus", "Prometheus-3", "Prome-4", "5.50 GEN-D3 with Prometheus add-on or modules"...
It just got confusing.

I'm pretty sure my PSP was once 5.50 GEN-D3 (long time ago, it was Prometheus). I don't remember when (or how :p) I changed to "5.50 Prome-3", at least that's what the system said... so, a few weeks ago I upgraded to "5.50 Prome-4" [which caused some problems with the Game Categories plug-in].

I wanted to play a game tonight (PoP:TFS) which worked fine on Prome-3 but doesn't work on Prome-4 (didn't realize until now cause I've been playing on my Go and using the 2000 to rip the games). So, Prome-4 broke the compatibility with that title and I would like to go back to Prome-3 if possible, but what exactly is "5.50 Prome-4/3"? Is it a GEND3 with a Prometheus add-on? Is it 5.50 Prometheus-#?
 
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Abylim

Member
Ok, picked up FF4 before psn went down, I'm playing it on my 5.00 m33-6 psp, it plays fine until the leviathan part. Then it goes black and doesnt respond. I left it alone for 30 mins, and nothing. Any idea what the go is here? It works fine on my OFW psp ofcourse, but I figured if it wasnt compatible with m33-6 it wouldnt have loaded?
 
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zerokoolpsx

Member
Sagitario said:
Can someone tell me what exactly a "Prometheus" firmware implies?
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Prometheus is a patch to 5.50 Gen and 5.00 M33. It's meant to decrypt umd's that have the newer encryption on fw 6.20. Prome-4 supports more titles than 3. Try disabling other addons and try booting that game. If it still doesn't work, downgrade with pandora's and mms.
 
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Abylim

Member
Holy shit, I had no idea about Prometheus! Should I try using that on my m33-6 CFW?

EDIT Turns out I was using te m33 6.20.prx plugin, is this better than Prom-3 or 4?

Just looking for advice here!
 
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Sagitario

Member
I get it. Thanks.

I downloaded and installed 5.50 Prometheus-3 v4, PSP says "5.50 Prome-3" :) .
PoP:TFS runs fine again.

From what I read, apparently 5.50 Prometheus-4 wasn't an official release from Liquidzigong [he quit the scene] but from an anonymous source and it's full of bugs, causing some games to freeze (or in my case, not run at all).
 
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Jarate

Banned
hey guys, got a psp that came with 6.20, best option for ripping games onto a stick, and also emulatin

AKA what do I do to make psp games not have stupid loads, and also allow me to play emulators
 
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Flib

Member
Quick question: I recently upgraded to a pspgo, and grabbed a 16gb m2 card as well. I've been slowly using my psp to rip the ISOs of my UMDs, and finally ran out of room on the internal memory. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't seem to make the games on the memory card show up. Do I have to make a special directory for them or something?
 
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larvi

Member
Flib said:
Quick question: I recently upgraded to a pspgo, and grabbed a 16gb m2 card as well. I've been slowly using my psp to rip the ISOs of my UMDs, and finally ran out of room on the internal memory. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't seem to make the games on the memory card show up. Do I have to make a special directory for them or something?
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Under the game option in the XMB there are 2 icons, one for system storage and one for memory stick, the memory card games should show up under the memory stick option
 
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Flib

Member
larvi said:
Under the game option in the XMB there are 2 icons, one for system storage and one for memory stick, the memory card games should show up under the memory stick option
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I know, they aren't for some reason. I tried making an ISO folder and just leaving it in the root, but it's not working.
 
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larvi

Member
Flib said:
I know, they aren't for some reason. I tried making an ISO folder and just leaving it in the root, but it's not working.
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Hmm...did you format the card in the Go with the CFW running? That's what I did and seems to work for me, I didn't have to create any additional sub-directories, the ISO folder was already there. When I connect my GO via USB I get 2 drives mapped, one for the stick and one for the internal memory.
 
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btkadams

Member
hey guys, when my isos show up in the menu, there's also a bunch of "corrupted file" icons. all the isos i put on still show up so these are like extra files for some reason. does everyone get those? or should i just delete them in the menu? i'm running 6.35 pro b-4 btw. i honestly don't know what they could be because there doesn't appear to be extra files in there on my psp when i look on the computer.
 
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Flib

Member
larvi said:
Hmm...did you format the card in the Go with the CFW running? That's what I did and seems to work for me, I didn't have to create any additional sub-directories, the ISO folder was already there. When I connect my GO via USB I get 2 drives mapped, one for the stick and one for the internal memory.
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Ah, no I didn't. I'll try that, thanks.
 
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teiresias

Member
So I'm thinking of going with the latest 6.35 Pro-B (4 or 5?) on my Go. That's a light, non-perm cfw right? It should also let me put ripped PS1 games (converted to eboots) on the unit, and then run them right?
 
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Oyashiro

Member
teiresias said:
So I'm thinking of going with the latest 6.35 Pro-B (4 or 5?) on my Go. That's a light, non-perm cfw right? It should also let me put ripped PS1 games (converted to eboots) on the unit, and then run them right?
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Yes to both.
 
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btkadams

Member
damn i got put on the bottom of the last page. reposting.

"hey guys, when my isos show up in the menu, there's also a bunch of "corrupted file" icons. all the isos i put on still show up so these are like extra files for some reason. does everyone get those? or should i just delete them in the menu? i'm running 6.35 pro b-4 btw. i honestly don't know what they could be because there doesn't appear to be extra files in there on my psp when i look on the computer."

also, i didn't know there was a pro b5. i may have to check that out.
 
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teiresias

Member
darkjedi187 said:
Am I able to get on psn while on CFW? If so does 6.35 pro work? Guess I need to login to get all my free games from Sony.
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If you're using a non-permanent one you can always restart the PSPand log on, do your business, and log off before you restart the CFW? Does the PSP force you to be on the latest firmware to log-in though?
 
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darkjedi187

Member
teiresias said:
If you're using a non-permanent one you can always restart the PSPand log on, do your business, and log off before you restart the CFW? Does the PSP force you to be on the latest firmware to log-in though?
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The psn forces you to update your firmware. I want to stay on 6.35.
 
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Oyashiro

Member
btkadams said:
damn i got put on the bottom of the last page. reposting.

"hey guys, when my isos show up in the menu, there's also a bunch of "corrupted file" icons. all the isos i put on still show up so these are like extra files for some reason. does everyone get those? or should i just delete them in the menu? i'm running 6.35 pro b-4 btw. i honestly don't know what they could be because there doesn't appear to be extra files in there on my psp when i look on the computer."

also, i didn't know there was a pro b5. i may have to check that out.
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I used to have that problem when I was on TN. Pretty sure you can just delete the corrupted icons. Or just ignore them, it's not that big of a deal.
 
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btkadams

Member
darkjedi187 said:
Am I able to get on psn while on CFW? If so does 6.35 pro work? Guess I need to login to get all my free games from Sony.
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i believe you can access the playstation store on pc using the mediago program without having the current ofw. that's what i've come to understand at least. i only just got mine though so i havent tried yet.

Oyashiro said:
I used to have that problem when I was on TN. Pretty sure you can just delete the corrupted icons. Or just ignore them, it's not that big of a deal.
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alright cool. i'll delete them since there's literally ten corrupted icons lol.
 
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teiresias

Member
btkadams said:
i believe you can access the playstation store on pc using the mediago program without having the current ofw. that's what i've come to understand at least. i only just got mine though so i havent tried yet.
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But to get the code for the free games when you purchase a PSP Go don't you have to go onto PSN with the PSP Go to "activate" it or something? Or you can you simply pair it with your PS3 or something?
 
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Sagitario

Member
teiresias said:
But to get the code for the free games when you purchase a PSP Go don't you have to go onto PSN with the PSP Go to "activate" it or something? Or you can you simply pair it with your PS3 or something?
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Are you in Europe? Cause the free games (3) promotion ended on March 31 in America.

And yes, you have to sign into the PSN with your PSPgo and you should receive the codes for the games in a few days.
 
demigod

demigod

Member
Sagitario said:
Are you in Europe? Cause the free games (3) promotion ended on March 31 in America.

And yes, you have to sign into the PSN with your PSPgo and you should receive the codes for the games in a few days.
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For the USA version you don't have to. All I did was register my product, waited to get the codes via email and downloaded the games on my PS3.
 
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darkjedi187

Member
Sagitario said:
Are you in Europe? Cause the free games (3) promotion ended on March 31 in America.

And yes, you have to sign into the PSN with your PSPgo and you should receive the codes for the games in a few days.
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I talked to a Sony rep and was told it actually doesn't expire till end of July.
 
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ronito

Member
so time has come to dust off the PSP. I'm currently on 5.50 GEN D3. What CFW should I upgrade to? Keep in mind I wanna keep the PS1 games I got on there as well. Suggestions?
 
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Sagitario

Member
darkjedi187 said:
I talked to a Sony rep and was told it actually doesn't expire till end of July.
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That's nice for the people getting a Go now (which on GAF, are many apparently).

ronito said:
so time has come to dust off the PSP. I'm currently on 5.50 GEN D3. What CFW should I upgrade to? Keep in mind I wanna keep the PS1 games I got on there as well. Suggestions?
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5.50 Prometheus-3 v4.
 
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nny

Member
Sagitario said:
Are you in Europe? Cause the free games (3) promotion ended on March 31 in America.

And yes, you have to sign into the PSN with your PSPgo and you should receive the codes for the games in a few days.
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In Europe the promotion is still running and it's 10 games, not 3; I got a Go a couple of weeks ago and have received the code for my games. Now all I need is PSN to get back online...

However, to get the code, you need to download a (free) theme for the PSP; I got it through the PSP, but maybe you can do it from a PS3 or Media Go, not sure.
 
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noirebanana

Member
Hey all, I just got a PSP go today and the firmware on it is OFW 6.38. This custom firmware stuff is rather new for me on the Go and I have one particular question I would appreciate answered. Do I have any options for playing PSX ISOs in any fashion (either burned directly from the original discs or downloaded from the Internet)?
 
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Big Papa Husker

Member
DoctorWho said:
Just grabbed a PSP Go. What is the best CFW to run on this thing to get the most out of it?
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I was going to ask the same thing. Is there one where I can load images of my UMDs AND use the store? I'm assuming this is what the non-permanent CFW can do...run the official FW, but still use CFW to load up my UMD images?
 
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demonkaze

Member
Just a quick question, I'm on 6.35 PRO-A2 and I've had no problems up until now. All of a sudden my start button has just stopped working. It's not stuck or anything, the system just doesn't recognize me as pushing the button. Is this due to the CFW or something else?
 
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Oyashiro

Member
demonkaze said:
Just a quick question, I'm on 6.35 PRO-A2 and I've had no problems up until now. All of a sudden my start button has just stopped working. It's not stuck or anything, the system just doesn't recognize me as pushing the button. Is this due to the CFW or something else?
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I really doubt it's the custom firmware, but you can always try updating to the latest PRO.
 
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demonkaze

Member
I've been looking up and some people suggested that it could be a problem with the button itself. Some people suggested a plugin where you can change what each button does but is it possible to use plugins on PRO?
 
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Onion_Relish

Member
Anyone have advice on which Micro SD I should purchase for my psp go?
looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...6&cm_re=16_gb_micro_sd-_-20-171-386-_-Product
or
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...4&cm_re=16_gb_micro_sd-_-20-220-524-_-Product

i just plan to store my ps one games on it, apparently the sandisk reads and writes much faster than a class 2 normally does, im just not sure about how fast the read speed would need to be in order to play a typical final fantasy game for example.
 
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lolez2matt

Member
Onion_Relish said:
Anyone have advice on which Micro SD I should purchase for my psp go?
looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...6&cm_re=16_gb_micro_sd-_-20-171-386-_-Product
or
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...4&cm_re=16_gb_micro_sd-_-20-220-524-_-Product

i just plan to store my ps one games on it, apparently the sandisk reads and writes much faster than a class 2 normally does, im just not sure about how fast the read speed would need to be in order to play a typical final fantasy game for example.
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but the psp go doesnt use micro sd....
they are m2 (micro memory stick)
 
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