Dragona Akehi
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DaCocoBrova said:
Dude your hardware is borked.
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PSP Custom Firmware Thread
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Dude your hardware is borked.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Things just don't die like that. I thought as much two days ago, but managed to resurrect it again. Was going to re-Pandora it, but I ended up not having to.
Should I just do that?
Should I just do that?
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
You've been constantly resurrecting the damn thing for six months now. There's got to be something mechanically wrong with the hardware, causing the flash to recorrupt.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
I only did the Pandora thing once. But I get your point. I just would feel better knowing someone else on this planet experienced the same behavior before I throw the thing in the trash.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
You're the only person I've read about. What about contacting Sony and see if they'll do something? You can just pandora it afterwards again.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Welp, it just came back on. I just got the latest UPMS. I'm going to do all that I can w/ that (keycleaner etc.) and see what happens. Holding 'HOME' seemed to allow it to come back on...
Sonofabitch! Exiting recovery just took me to a black screen...again!
Argh!
Sonofabitch! Exiting recovery just took me to a black screen...again!
Argh!
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
Dude, I don't normally say this (because I have no money) but: just buy another one. It isn't worth the trouble.
See?
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Think that's what I'm going to have to do... I just hate giving up is all.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
You could sell it with the disclaimer that there's something wrong with the flash. That way some nice little hacker can go and tinker with it and you won't feel it's wasted.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
It ain't over!
Fly Pelican, FLY!
Fixed!
O' Ye of lil' faith!
Fly Pelican, FLY!
Fixed!
O' Ye of lil' faith!
alright, NOW i have no idea what I'm doing.
I've downloaded IsoBuster and apparently ripped a couple of games, but I ran into a problem ripping FF7: All the discs apparently have the same data. I ripped disc 1, and it worked fine, the files are on my computer now. But when I put disc 2 in and attempt to extract, i get about a thousand "THIS FILE ALREADY EXISTS" messages. do i need to rip the 2 remaining discs? How do I do so?
Once I get the discs extracted, what exactly do i do to get them on my PSP? I've got RS-GUI PopStation MD, but the README doesn't help at all. I don't know what the "compression level" means, I don't know how to put any of this on my PSP...
somebody halp
I've downloaded IsoBuster and apparently ripped a couple of games, but I ran into a problem ripping FF7: All the discs apparently have the same data. I ripped disc 1, and it worked fine, the files are on my computer now. But when I put disc 2 in and attempt to extract, i get about a thousand "THIS FILE ALREADY EXISTS" messages. do i need to rip the 2 remaining discs? How do I do so?
Once I get the discs extracted, what exactly do i do to get them on my PSP? I've got RS-GUI PopStation MD, but the README doesn't help at all. I don't know what the "compression level" means, I don't know how to put any of this on my PSP...
somebody halp
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
I feel sorry for you.
The Faceless Master
Member
^this^Dragona Akehi said:
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Well it works now. Ran Key Cleaner and all that. The fuck would be the point of selling it and getting another fat...that's prolly just as used? I'm supposed to trash a working PSP now?
Even if I had to do what I did today every 6 months, it'd be worth it.
Even if I had to do what I did today every 6 months, it'd be worth it.
Dragona Akehi
Retired
DaCocoBrova said:
For now, it's working.
I've had a US launch system and I've never had any problems with it ever. You've got naff hardware, face it.
Like I said, sell it to some nice hacker bloke and get yourself another one.
The Faceless Master
Member
yeah, i also have a USA launch PSP and have no issues like the ones you describe, nor have i heard of anyone with them.
Jswanko said:
I think it's the Neon theme and I grabbed it from one of the sites in the PSP theme thread. Unfortunately this theme's 3.71 but that's OK for the most part. (no special 'skype' logo).
No, you can't run xvid/divx/rvmb on PSP. Try using Xvid4PSP to convert the files into something the PSP likes (h.264/AVC)
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
That's not the neon theme...
Callo Merlose
Banned
It's the LED theme. It goes hand in hand with the Neon one. Also, is after noticing your screenshot, I'm guessing I'm no the only one who's date/time thing is messed up. I get that I'm using 33-3, but come on, I can't change it.
I think I might've killed my PSP. So I finally got a Datel Tool Battery today as suggested and performed navaman's Total Newbie Installer Instructions. Everything went smoothly on the first part, formatting the card and installing the firmware.
After I finished that part I took the SLIM battery out and replaced it with the Datel one. I turned on the PSP but I wasn't given an option to flash to 3.71 M33. I saw some installer files under the games section but then I noticed that my battery had I bar of life on it. So I thought it would be wise to turn off my system and let it charge for a bit. Now when I turn it on all I get is a blank screen! I tried replacing the battery with the old one and I get the same thing as well.
Any suggestions on what to do or am I screwed?
EDIT: Apparently not just yet. So after playing around with the PSP I noticed that everytime I hit a button the orange light on the PSP would flicker. So I thought to just try pressing the square button a couple of times (following navaman's directions) and see where that would get me. I replaced the battery with the original again and turned it on. It actually worked! Checked the firmware and I now have 3.71 M33! A happy camper I is!
After I finished that part I took the SLIM battery out and replaced it with the Datel one. I turned on the PSP but I wasn't given an option to flash to 3.71 M33. I saw some installer files under the games section but then I noticed that my battery had I bar of life on it. So I thought it would be wise to turn off my system and let it charge for a bit. Now when I turn it on all I get is a blank screen! I tried replacing the battery with the old one and I get the same thing as well.
Any suggestions on what to do or am I screwed?
EDIT: Apparently not just yet. So after playing around with the PSP I noticed that everytime I hit a button the orange light on the PSP would flicker. So I thought to just try pressing the square button a couple of times (following navaman's directions) and see where that would get me. I replaced the battery with the original again and turned it on. It actually worked! Checked the firmware and I now have 3.71 M33! A happy camper I is!
NekoFever
Member
I forgot to post how I converted my PS1 saves for use on the PSP and I've had a couple of requests, so here's a fairly quick and dirty guide. It's a bit convoluted but the process is fairly easy, and I'll write an expanded one if anyone needs it.
You need some way to get PS1 saves to your computer in an open format (meaning copying them from the PS3 hard drive won't work for now, and as far as I can tell neither will the PS3 memory card adaptor). The way I did it was through my modded PS2, but things like a DexDrive or recent Action Replays with USB access should also be fine. If you're not going the modded PS2 route just copy the saves to your computer and skip straight to step three.
I should also note that I did this on Windows XP so I can't say whether all the little apps will work on Vista. Other than that, you just need a USB drive. Don't worry too much about space because PS1 saves are tiny (a full memory card is only 128kb).
One of the apps was quite hard to find, so I got all three of them and packaged them up here. If you're doing this with a modded PS2 you'll also need a homebrew file browser called uLaunchELF, which you can download as an ISO and burn to a CD here.
1. Copy saves - Boot up uLaunchELF in the PS2 and press circle to go into the file browser. Choose the MC slot with the save that you want (mc0 = slot 1; mc1 = slot 2), and in there press L1 and choose the view option that shows you the save titles. Press X on each of the ones you want to copy to mark them up, then press R1 and choose 'Copy'. Navigate back to the list of devices and go to your USB drive (mass), press R1 and choose 'Paste'. Let it copy the saves and move them over to your computer.
2. Convert raw save to .mcs - The raw saves you have at the moment are pretty much useless, so you need to convert them to a usable format. Just take the save files and drop them onto PSXRC.exe, which will pump them out in .mcs format.
3. Add saves to .mc image - Now to turn the saves into a virtual memory card image. Even if you have saves for multiple different PS1 games, you can save them into one image and convert them to the PSP, up to the standard 15 (?) blocks of an official card. Load up PSXGameEdit and go to File - New MC Image. Click the top slot and go to File - Open Single Game Save, and choose one of the saves. Repeat for each save that you want to add (obviously on a different slot each time), and when you're done go to File - Save MemCard Image, which should give you a .mc file.
4. .mc image to ePSXe image - Now you need to convert that image into ePSXe's (a PSX emulator) native memory card format, which is supported by CWCheat on the PSP. Open up PSXMemTool and load the .mc image, then just go to save it and choose ePSXe as the save format in the drop-down box. That should give you a .mcr image, which means you're finally ready to move over to the PSP.
5. CWCheat - You need to install the latest version of CWCheat, a PSP custom firmware plugin. There are guides to installing plugins in this thread if you need help, but I found it easiest just to back up my existing plugins folder to my computer and copy over the ready-made CWCheat folder (remember to activate the pops version). Depending on the game being run on the PSP, you may also need the popsloader plugin to get the game running in the first place.
The following part is what you'll have to repeat for every game that you want to convert the save from:
When CWCheat is installed, load the game on the PSP, and when the actual game has started (after the PlayStation splash screen) hold select for three seconds to bring up the menu. Go down to 'Manage memory cards' and choose to save memory card 1 to the Memory Stick. Now quit the game and connect your PSP to your computer through USB, and go to \seplugins\cwcheat\mc\, where you should find an .mcr file. Copy its name and use it to rename the .mcr file that you made from your PS1 saves, and overwrite the one on the Memory Stick with your one.
Now go back into the game and back to the CWCheat memory card menu, where you should choose to load memory card 1 from the Memory Stick. What this essentially does is overwrite the virtual memory card that the PSP uses when emulating PS1 games with the one that you created.
How you proceed from here depends on the game. Some games (Final Fantasy VII, for example) only load the memory card when you go to load a game, in which case you can go straight into the game, find your save, load it, and then immediately save in the game so that a proper save file will be created by the PSP. Others (Metal Gear Solid does this) load the memory card in the background so that there's no delay when you go to load your save, and trying to load a save other than the one that it has already cached will cause the PSP to crash (if this happens, just hold the power switch up for ten seconds). With these games all you need to do is use CWCheat to load your memory card and then use the Home button menu on the PSP to reset the game. It'll restart with your memory card loaded from the start, allowing you to go through the same procedure: load the save and then save your game so that the PSP can create its own proper save file.
Congratulations, you've done it. You can now delete CWCheat (unless you want to keep it, of course) and put back your old plugins, as well as delete all of the files you made during the process.
Wow, that ended up being way longer than I anticipated. Hope it helps.
You need some way to get PS1 saves to your computer in an open format (meaning copying them from the PS3 hard drive won't work for now, and as far as I can tell neither will the PS3 memory card adaptor). The way I did it was through my modded PS2, but things like a DexDrive or recent Action Replays with USB access should also be fine. If you're not going the modded PS2 route just copy the saves to your computer and skip straight to step three.
I should also note that I did this on Windows XP so I can't say whether all the little apps will work on Vista. Other than that, you just need a USB drive. Don't worry too much about space because PS1 saves are tiny (a full memory card is only 128kb).
One of the apps was quite hard to find, so I got all three of them and packaged them up here. If you're doing this with a modded PS2 you'll also need a homebrew file browser called uLaunchELF, which you can download as an ISO and burn to a CD here.
1. Copy saves - Boot up uLaunchELF in the PS2 and press circle to go into the file browser. Choose the MC slot with the save that you want (mc0 = slot 1; mc1 = slot 2), and in there press L1 and choose the view option that shows you the save titles. Press X on each of the ones you want to copy to mark them up, then press R1 and choose 'Copy'. Navigate back to the list of devices and go to your USB drive (mass), press R1 and choose 'Paste'. Let it copy the saves and move them over to your computer.
2. Convert raw save to .mcs - The raw saves you have at the moment are pretty much useless, so you need to convert them to a usable format. Just take the save files and drop them onto PSXRC.exe, which will pump them out in .mcs format.
3. Add saves to .mc image - Now to turn the saves into a virtual memory card image. Even if you have saves for multiple different PS1 games, you can save them into one image and convert them to the PSP, up to the standard 15 (?) blocks of an official card. Load up PSXGameEdit and go to File - New MC Image. Click the top slot and go to File - Open Single Game Save, and choose one of the saves. Repeat for each save that you want to add (obviously on a different slot each time), and when you're done go to File - Save MemCard Image, which should give you a .mc file.
4. .mc image to ePSXe image - Now you need to convert that image into ePSXe's (a PSX emulator) native memory card format, which is supported by CWCheat on the PSP. Open up PSXMemTool and load the .mc image, then just go to save it and choose ePSXe as the save format in the drop-down box. That should give you a .mcr image, which means you're finally ready to move over to the PSP.
5. CWCheat - You need to install the latest version of CWCheat, a PSP custom firmware plugin. There are guides to installing plugins in this thread if you need help, but I found it easiest just to back up my existing plugins folder to my computer and copy over the ready-made CWCheat folder (remember to activate the pops version). Depending on the game being run on the PSP, you may also need the popsloader plugin to get the game running in the first place.
The following part is what you'll have to repeat for every game that you want to convert the save from:
When CWCheat is installed, load the game on the PSP, and when the actual game has started (after the PlayStation splash screen) hold select for three seconds to bring up the menu. Go down to 'Manage memory cards' and choose to save memory card 1 to the Memory Stick. Now quit the game and connect your PSP to your computer through USB, and go to \seplugins\cwcheat\mc\, where you should find an .mcr file. Copy its name and use it to rename the .mcr file that you made from your PS1 saves, and overwrite the one on the Memory Stick with your one.
Now go back into the game and back to the CWCheat memory card menu, where you should choose to load memory card 1 from the Memory Stick. What this essentially does is overwrite the virtual memory card that the PSP uses when emulating PS1 games with the one that you created.
How you proceed from here depends on the game. Some games (Final Fantasy VII, for example) only load the memory card when you go to load a game, in which case you can go straight into the game, find your save, load it, and then immediately save in the game so that a proper save file will be created by the PSP. Others (Metal Gear Solid does this) load the memory card in the background so that there's no delay when you go to load your save, and trying to load a save other than the one that it has already cached will cause the PSP to crash (if this happens, just hold the power switch up for ten seconds). With these games all you need to do is use CWCheat to load your memory card and then use the Home button menu on the PSP to reset the game. It'll restart with your memory card loaded from the start, allowing you to go through the same procedure: load the save and then save your game so that the PSP can create its own proper save file.
Congratulations, you've done it. You can now delete CWCheat (unless you want to keep it, of course) and put back your old plugins, as well as delete all of the files you made during the process.
Wow, that ended up being way longer than I anticipated. Hope it helps.
okay, this is DEFINITELY my last question, assuming it gets solved.
i've worked out everything pretty much on my own so far, but i've hit a snag.
I'm using alcohol 52% to extract my ISOs and redsquirrel's popstation MD to make my eboots. I got FFT on my PSP and it works successfully.
I got FF7 and SO2 on my PSP and the icon0 and pic0's show up, but the games do not work. I choose them from the GAME menu, it shows the "this game has been modified blah bla bla" screen, then it goes black and nothing happens. No PSX logo splash, no Squaresoft/Enix screen, nothing after the pre-boot "warning."
what should I do? re-make my eboot files and try again?
i've worked out everything pretty much on my own so far, but i've hit a snag.
I'm using alcohol 52% to extract my ISOs and redsquirrel's popstation MD to make my eboots. I got FFT on my PSP and it works successfully.
I got FF7 and SO2 on my PSP and the icon0 and pic0's show up, but the games do not work. I choose them from the GAME menu, it shows the "this game has been modified blah bla bla" screen, then it goes black and nothing happens. No PSX logo splash, no Squaresoft/Enix screen, nothing after the pre-boot "warning."
what should I do? re-make my eboot files and try again?
Verboten said:
It was an Easter egg, eg. 2 April = 33rd March, and you know how D_A likes his things in threes ;p. It was never an issue as the 33/3 date only showed in the XMB - if you saved a game in-game or pressed the Home button to quit the date was correct (2/4), so no changes there.
Anyway today it's OK (XMB says 3/4).
Mejilan said:
After some Maxconsole digging - and I'm ashamed I did not remember this, the spoof extended to the System Info screen where the MAC Address and username were spoofed into threes. And why not? Yesterday was the 1st birthday of M33 (or March 33)! (Yeah, time flies after numerous firmware update love)
So to M33 and D_A, happy birthday! Love your work on CFW
Peronthious
Member
Willenium said:Okay, got them both working, but the problem is I can only have one disc on at a time, despite popstation MD's promise of multi-disc eboots
Multi-disc eboots are single files made by compiling all of the discs into a single eboot. Your problem sounds like you were using the wrong POPS version, in which case you just need to check for the required version on one of the various links in the bottom of the OP and extract the necessary files from the firmware of POPS that you need.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Guys, I have a new slim with official 3.71 FW.
I also have a phat with M33 FW.
I need help to put custom firmware on my new slim. Any links to guides?
I also have a phat with M33 FW.
I need help to put custom firmware on my new slim. Any links to guides?
Nester
Member
Dani said:
Sure, hit up this thread right here.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9271274&postcount=1
I hear it's a helpful thread with an excellent updated frequently first post:
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
SpeedRazor said:
Thank you, good sir.
Question, can I return my Phat battery to normal after I use it to put M33 on my slim?
NekoFever
Member
My FFVII is compressed to the maximum setting and I've noticed no performance problems. I can't say how close to the original it is because I honestly can't remember, but it's not been an issue. In fact I've been fully compressing PS1 games since the first Popstation release and it's never led to extra performance degradation that I've noticed.Ronok said:Is FFVII one of them?
Bear in mind that when you download a PS1 game from the PSN Store, that's compressed already. The emulator built into the PSP is designed to handle compressed games.
Pachael said:
yes you can play divx/xvid nativly on psp (when modded). there is a player that does just that, but it does not accept files that have width/height > 480x272. Some Korean team made it, but halted development due to a beta leak i believe. anyway, a translated version is here : http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=62101 (PDVX)
also instead of converting files to MP4 you could resize your avis to 480x272 and play those as that can be done faster.
personally i stream my avis using pimpstreamer (http://www.pimpware.org/) which converts any file format on your PC to a native PSP format on the fly
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.'
custom network update is a beautiful thing
belvedere said:
No you can't follow the guide in the OP.
You have 3 options to modify your PSP:
1. Find somebody with CFW PSP to make UPMS (in the OP) for you.
2. Hard-mod your battery, not as difficult as it seems, to make the Pandora Battery and then use a program like TotalNewbieEasyInstaller to make the Pandora Memory Stick.
3. Buy a pre-modded battery by Datel called TOOL and make the MS part yourself.