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[Dragona Akehi]

Once you make a battery Pandora style, can you switch it back easily?

Modern Pandoras now work as regular batteries too: as long as you have the Memstick you paired with it inside the PSP. I use my regular 4GB stick and Stamina Pack battery as a Pandora, and it's my everyday battery too.

On a side note, I'm wondering if/when D_A is going to fix the Sony Loader problem? I acquired (for an insanely low price) a Slim and I put 3.90 M33-2 on it, patching the memstick reader. While there is nothing amiss, so far, I also haven't tested my entire library on it (my phat PSP is still my main unit).

 

[bathala]

so upgrade to 3.90-2 is stable?

 

[spermatic cord]

What's the best GBA emulator for PSP?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Modern Pandoras now work as regular batteries too: as long as you have the Memstick you paired with it inside the PSP. I use my regular 4GB stick and Stamina Pack battery as a Pandora, and it's my everyday battery too.

On a side note, I'm wondering if/when D_A is going to fix the Sony Loader problem? I acquired (for an insanely low price) a Slim and I put 3.90 M33-2 on it, patching the memstick reader. While there is nothing amiss, so far, I also haven't tested my entire library on it (my phat PSP is still my main unit).

wouldn't sony have to fix the sony loader problem?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

wouldn't sony have to fix the sony loader problem?

Not necessarily, since the fatmspatch driver from 3.71 works just fine on 3.90. Ostensibly, D_A could do the same thing: port over the 3.71 loader to 3.90. That is from my limited (and possibly incorrect) understanding.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Not necessarily, since the fatmspatch driver from 3.71 works just fine on 3.90. Ostensibly, D_A could do the same thing: port over the 3.71 loader to 3.90. That is from my limited (and possibly incorrect) understanding.

oh, i was thinking you meant actually *fixing* it and not just porting the 3.71 version.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Just bought a PSP Slim: Star Wars Edition. Also bought GTA:VCS. Firmware: 3.60. 4GB Memory stick. Time to use custom firmware

Beside software, do i need anything physical?

 

[Danj]

Just bought a PSP Slim: Star Wars Edition. Also bought GTA:VCS. Firmware: 3.60. 4GB Memory stick. Time to use custom firmware

Beside software, do i need anything physical?

Yes, you need a Pandora Battery or a Datel TOOL battery. I believe there's a utility called UPMS which you can use to create your magic memory stick so you no longer need a friend with a hacked PSP.

 

[Numbers]

Modern Pandoras now work as regular batteries too: as long as you have the Memstick you paired with it inside the PSP. I use my regular 4GB stick and Stamina Pack battery as a Pandora, and it's my everyday battery too.

Is it possible to revert a Pandora to a regular battery?

Yes, you need a Pandora Battery or a Datel TOOL battery. I believe there's a utility called UPMS which you can use to create your magic memory stick so you no longer need a friend with a hacked PSP.

What's a good site that sells the TOOL battery?

 

[Kryten]

Retarded question time - has anyone been able to use the Playstation Store and Sony downloader while being on CFW? I'd like to think I could get access to legit demos and addons (Wipeout packs anyone?) without having to either a) jump through hoops or b) risk a firmware "issue" with the official downloader.

 

[spineduke]

Retarded question time - has anyone been able to use the Playstation Store and Sony downloader while being on CFW? I'd like to think I could get access to legit demos and addons (Wipeout packs anyone?) without having to either a) jump through hoops or b) risk a firmware "issue" with the official downloader.

I bought beats and loaded it fine through the PC store. Running 3.90 m33.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Is it possible to revert a Pandora to a regular battery?

Yes, but I'm not sure why you would want to.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Yes, you need a Pandora Battery or a Datel TOOL battery. I believe there's a utility called UPMS which you can use to create your magic memory stick so you no longer need a friend with a hacked PSP.

Thanks! So after using the Datel TOOL battery, can i use my original battery and still have the custom firmware, or do i have to stick with Datel?

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Are there Mac OSX apps for ripping PSone discs to machine? How about one to convert these rips to PSP format?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Are there Mac OSX apps for ripping PSone discs to machine? How about one to convert these rips to PSP format?

PrometeusPro is your friend: it does everything from rip the actual disc, converting it into an eboot (along with letting you customise the look) to editing and compressing PSP ISOs.

(A word of warning: in order to rip your UMDs you'll need Dax Dumper and then use PrometeusPro to hook up your PSP to USB. For some reason OSX will say that the UMD drive is "an unreadable volume".)

 

[Danj]

Thanks! So after using the Datel TOOL battery, can i use my original battery and still have the custom firmware, or do i have to stick with Datel?

After using the Datel battery you will need to return to using a regular battery, yes. I highly recommend getting the Stamina Battery Pack for the Slim if you don't already have it.

 

[JudgeN]

Noob question, the last official Sony firmware was 3.71 i need 3.80 to play the papaton demo. So I need to update to 3.80-M33 or do I just update the PSP normally to the official 3.80 and use my battery to put customer firmware back on?

Edit: Shagg i was got this http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Battery-Service-Tool__EF000530.aspx, works great can change my slim battery to service mode and back with 1 button. Was GAF recommended

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Noob question, the last official Sony firmware was 3.71 i need 3.80 to play the papaton demo. So I need to update to 3.80-M33 or do I just update the PSP normally to the official 3.80 and use my battery to put customer firmware back on?

Er.. I played the patapon demo just fine on 3.71 M33-4. And no you don't have to go from CFW to Offical. The whole point of CFW is that it IS Official firmware -- except it is 'cracked' in order to run homebrew.

 

[oneHeero]

Yes, you need a Pandora Battery or a Datel TOOL battery. I believe there's a utility called UPMS which you can use to create your magic memory stick so you no longer need a friend with a hacked PSP.

Cant you hack the psp w/o the battery? I've read a guide that has you open up your slim battery in order to hack it.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Cant you hack the psp w/o the battery? I've read a guide that has you open up your slim battery in order to hack it.

Why on earth would you want to do that? Pandora is simple, easy, and if god forbid something is wrong with your PSP, does not void the warranty.

 

[oneHeero]

Why on earth would you want to do that? Pandora is simple, easy, and if god forbid something is wrong with your PSP, does not void the warranty.

Some people may not want to have to purchase a tool battery for 30-40 bucks :\ I would be one of them I hate waiting on something to ship to me. :lol

I dont know someone with a phatty or slim, I also dont wanna pay for someone to hack my psp for me

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Some people may not want to have to purchase a tool battery for 30-40 bucks :\ I would be one of them I hate waiting on something to ship to me. :lol

I dont know someone with a phatty or slim, I also dont wanna pay for someone to hack my psp for me

Just eat the cost and get the TOOL battery. It's always good to have a spare battery (it can be used as a regular one too), and you'll have a pandora just in case something bricks your PSP (official firmware updates have been known to do this, even).

 

[Danj]

Cant you hack the psp w/o the battery? I've read a guide that has you open up your slim battery in order to hack it.

Yes, you can physically modify your battery in order to hack it, but this means that a) you're very likely to destroy the battery or at least render it unusable as a normal battery and b) your warranty is voided.

 

[Datrio]

PrometeusPro is your friend: it does everything from rip the actual disc, converting it into an eboot (along with letting you customise the look) to editing and compressing PSP ISOs.

(A word of warning: in order to rip your UMDs you'll need Dax Dumper and then use PrometeusPro to hook up your PSP to USB. For some reason OSX will say that the UMD drive is "an unreadable volume".)

Holy, I love you, just what I was looking for. And in time for my train ride tomorrow, too!

FFIX, here I come!

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Many, many thanks for that Dragona. The link you provided to DAX doesn't work, but I downloaded it from the D-A site (UMD DAX Dumber beta 0.2). Oddly though, it doesn't work. I copied the two DAX folders to the GAME folder in my PSP, ran DAX and get the following:

The game could not be started (8002014C)

Any ideas as to what could be up? I bought Patapon today and really want to rip so I can play

I have 3.80 M33-5, BTW.

 

[M3wThr33]

Go to 3.90

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Many, many thanks for that Dragona. The link you provided to DAX doesn't work, but I downloaded it from the D-A site (UMD DAX Dumber beta 0.2). Oddly though, it doesn't work. I copied the two DAX folders to the GAME folder in my PSP, ran DAX and get the following:

The game could not be started (8002014C)

Any ideas as to what could be up? I bought Patapon today and really want to rip so I can play

I have 3.80 M33-5, BTW.

Shit. You have a slim right?

Daxdumper is 1.50 homebrew only. If you have a Slim, you're gonna have to find a Windows box to dump your UMDs...

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Phat.

I tried it again and it seems to work now, thanks. Another problem. I just tried to open PrometeusPro and the icon shows up on my dock for a split second and disappears :-/ It won't open.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Phat.

I tried it again and it seems to work now, thanks. Another problem. I just tried to open PrometeusPro and the icon shows up on my dock for a split second and disappears :-/ It won't open.

I'm not sure what that is, though I've had PrometeusPro crash on me (when making PSX to PSP eboots, you have to shut it down and restart, or it'll crash anyway).

You're probably missing some libraries or something.

 

[badcrumble]

I am having a lot of trouble working with my PSX eboots. I just made some for FF7 disc 1 and 3 (Disc 1 to create virtual mem sticks, disc 3 so i could bring over my save from my PS3). The disc 3 eboot doesn't seem to recognize the disc 1 eboot's memory sticks/saves - is there something I'm doing wrong here? Do I need to make a multidisc eboot for it to recognize that different save files belong to the same game? I just want to CWCheat the hell out of my old FF7 save and I'm hoping that once I figure out how to do this I can apply that knowledge to FF8 and 9.

 

[SleazyC]

Make sure the disc 3 save ID matches the disc 3 eboot game ID or you'll have problems with the memory card being recognized.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Ugh. I will try a reboot in a bit to see if it'll work. If not, hopefully I find out what's up.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Ugh. I will try a reboot in a bit to see if it'll work. If not, hopefully I find out what's up.

Check the readme to see if there's external libraries required.

 

[badcrumble]

Make sure the disc 3 save ID matches the disc 3 eboot game ID or you'll have problems with the memory card being recognized.

Er, do I have to change that manually? Don't the different discs automatically have different game IDs?

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Check the readme to see if there's external libraries required.

I had to download libusb. Many, many thanks for your help and advice - it is very much appreciated. I'm sure I'll be back with another issue or two. Glad to know there's a fellow OSX user to help out.

 

[SleazyC]

Er, do I have to change that manually? Don't the different discs automatically have different game IDs?

Well depending on your region and how you created the ISO used to make the eboot, you either have to input a game ID or the program will detect it for you. So the possibility exists that you could have conflicting ID's. That's the simplest interpretation of the problem but I'm sure you could get conflicts in other ways as well.

 

[Dragona Akehi]

I had to download libusb. Many, many thanks for your help and advice - it is very much appreciated. I'm sure I'll be back with another issue or two. Glad to know there's a fellow OSX user to help out.

I was pretty sure it was libsub, but I didn't want to say because I'm not on the Mac that has Prometeus installed on it right now.

I've pretty much figured everything out regarding PSP/OSX issues, so if you have more questions, I'm happy to help.

 

[Diseased Yak]

Ok, I'm getting ready to jump back into CFW on my PSP, and I want to make double sure I'm understanding things correctly so that I don't screw something up. If I'm understanding right, this is what I need to do:

1) I have a PSP Slim with official fw of 3.80 currently.
2) I'm going to buy this: http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Battery-Service-Tool__EF000530.aspx
3) I'll use it to make a Pandora battery.
4) I'll boot the PSP with the battery and use the memory card cooker program (UPMS?) to turn my 4gb stick into what it needs to be.
5) This will allow me to make my firmware into 3.90-M33.

Does that all sound correct, or am I missing something here? Thanks guys!

 

[navanman]

You nearly have it right. UPMS will not run on a non-CFW PSP but if you get the Datel TOOL battery or Service Tool you can use this other tutorial I posted earlier.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9484190&postcount=729

 

[Diseased Yak]

You nearly have it right. UPMS will not run on a non-CFW PSP but if you get the Datel TOOL battery or Service Tool you can use this other tutorial I posted earlier.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9484190&postcount=729

Got it, thanks man! I assume that instead of 3.71 I could substitute 3.90 instead, right? Realizing, of course, that bugs may apply.

 

[TwinsDad]

Any ideas as to what could be up? I bought Patapon today and really want to rip so I can play

I have 3.80 M33-5, BTW.

Does Patapon require 3.80? I was going to pick this up too.

I'm at 3.71M33-4 and don't want to goto 3.90 for fear of the slower memory sticks. But I do want to play patapon badly.

 

[NekoFever]

Does Patapon require 3.80? I was going to pick this up too.

I'm at 3.71M33-4 and don't want to goto 3.90 for fear of the slower memory sticks. But I do want to play patapon badly.

Patapon works fine on 3.71 M33, even though it has the 3.73 update on the disc.

 

[badcrumble]

Well depending on your region and how you created the ISO used to make the eboot, you either have to input a game ID or the program will detect it for you. So the possibility exists that you could have conflicting ID's. That's the simplest interpretation of the problem but I'm sure you could get conflicts in other ways as well.

I'm on a Mac, but if I start up in Windows and rip my discs/create a multidisc eboot there instead of making separate eboots for each disc, should it work just fine? I mean, there's no way it'd have incorrect game/save IDs, right?

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Just had a Slim related question. I understand you can only play games on a proscan tele over component cables, but is there a workaround with CFW? A mate of mine who likes to record speed runs acquired a Slim and would like to know (his recording method only takes SVid at the highest).

 

[SleazyC]

I'm on a Mac, but if I start up in Windows and rip my discs/create a multidisc eboot there instead of making separate eboots for each disc, should it work just fine? I mean, there's no way it'd have incorrect game/save IDs, right?

Well if the save ID is from disc 3 when you were actually playing on a PS1(or PS2 or PS3) then it should have the game ID for disc 3. What I think could have happened is that the game ID fro a different region of the disc was used during the eboot creation process. Not sure on your options when making eboots with a mac but using PSX2PSP it will autogenerate a game ID for you if it detects what game it is but you can manually change it.

 

[bathala]

Ok, I'm getting ready to jump back into CFW on my PSP, and I want to make double sure I'm understanding things correctly so that I don't screw something up. If I'm understanding right, this is what I need to do:

1) I have a PSP Slim with official fw of 3.80 currently.
2) I'm going to buy this: http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Battery-Service-Tool__EF000530.aspx
3) I'll use it to make a Pandora battery.
4) I'll boot the PSP with the battery and use the memory card cooker program (UPMS?) to turn my 4gb stick into what it needs to be.
5) This will allow me to make my firmware into 3.90-M33.

Does that all sound correct, or am I missing something here? Thanks guys!

I used the PSP Battery Service too (excellent product) with Total Newbie Toolz. Simple as Pie

 

[Askia47]

EDIT: Scratch that, i updated to 3.52 M33-4, yet i cannot play a ripped ISO, how do i go about doing this?

 

[spineduke]

Just had a Slim related question. I understand you can only play games on a proscan tele over component cables, but is there a workaround with CFW? A mate of mine who likes to record speed runs acquired a Slim and would like to know (his recording method only takes SVid at the highest).

Only CFW alternative is to use Remotejoy plugin, which requires a semi-decent PC, a USB cable, and some recording software. This doesnt account for audio either, they'll need a seperate line and sync it up to the recorded video.

 

[The Faceless Master]

EDIT: Scratch that, i updated to 3.52 M33-4, yet i cannot play a ripped ISO, how do i go about doing this?

you managed to rip an iso, but miss what folder to put it in?

/ISO/

 

[Ephemeris]

you managed to rip an iso, but miss what folder to put it in?

:lol :lol