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[Mejilan]

I was able to fully complete DQVII with either 3.71 or 3.72. I forget which, exactly. If you don't need it, then hold off, I suppose.

Keep in mind that if you have an older installation of POPSLoader, that works fine. Just update the plugin files with the newest version available from DAX's site. Whatever PRXes you had previously extracted are still relevant and viable.

Also, if you don't want to go through the hassle of dumping your own PRXes, you could always Google up a ready-made pack. Technically hosting and distributing such a pack is illegal, but... *shrugs*

Still, if you do decide to dump your own PRXes, then Red Squirrel's newest PSARDumper is the way to go. It consolidates the dumping process into basically a one-step executable, whereas the older versions requires a few different steps for each set of PRXes. It's still tedious, but not nearly as bad as it once was.

 

[Crazymoogle]

I was able to fully complete DQVII with either 3.71 or 3.72. I forget which, exactly. If you don't need it, then hold off, I suppose.

Keep in mind that if you have an older installation of POPSLoader, that works fine. Just update the plugin files with the newest version available from DAX's site. Whatever PRXes you had previously extracted are still relevant and viable.

Nah, I've never actually tried installing POPSLoader - only did some minor tinkering to try some old PS1 games I own. Now that I'd like to seriously complete DW7 someday, I'm a bit more focused about it, but the whole thing about PSARdumping and such just to install it seemed a bit tough. I will look up the Squirrel details. It's just the emulation though, right? Doesn't affect the save?

 

[Mejilan]

IIRC, really old versions of POPS (like perhaps 3.00 - 3.03 or 3.04) had a different save format. POPSLoader should be able to port a save from the old to the new format, and back. Old format existed back in the pre-PS3 days. Once PS3 support was added to the PSOne classics (and saves became PS3/PSP cross-compatible) this new save format was adopted.

Really, it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Ike]

so I have 3.90 M33-2, how do I upgrade to 4.01?

 

[Mejilan]

Network update.
Alternatively, download the 4.01 M33 update from DAX's website and follow the readme.

It isn't rocket science.

 

[vanguardian1]

Hmmm... I can get the Cwcheat program to work in PSP games, but not for older PSX games (one thing I want is for fast text in xenogears!), is there something I'm doing wrong? (4.01 M33-2, PSP Slim)

 

[Mejilan]

It's been a while since I've had to tinker with it, but you're making sure to enable both plugins? cwcheat.prx for regular games, cwcheatpops.prx for PSOne games?

Something like that, anyway...

 

[Kuran]

This thread should be locked until there's some actual news. Mejilan did such great work here that all the answers lie in the Search function.

 

[CTLance]

I got a barebones PSP slim&lite from my dad (who got it with a cellphone plan half a year ago). He's by far too old for these doohickeys so he gave it to his favourite son (paraphrased from his words).

The next few hours went by in a blur. Giggled like a girl, bought a memstick with my last money, read the op, used a Pandora battery I had from helping a friend, installed 4.01 M33-2 after flashing to 3.80 M33-5.

So awesome. Thanks for all the good work in this thread. I'm scared of catching up though. This was totally unexpected, I am more of a Nintendo guy... but who am I to complain.

Well, at least I have a copy of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 from a friend of mine lying about, so I can play something while I'm deciding how long exactly I'll need to abstain from eating and sleeping to scrounge together enough money for games (and time to play) to appreciate this little thumbprint magnet properly.

(Do UMDs always sound so scary-scratchy when they're read? *shudder* )

 

[Mejilan]

Navanman deserves more than half of the credit, and The Faceless Master, Schrade, and others are no slouches either.

And not ALL questions are redundant.

 

[Mejilan]

UMDs lol

 

[kassatsu]

Well, at least I have a copy of Monster Hunter Freedom 2 from a friend of mine lying about, so I can play something while I'm deciding how long exactly I'll need to abstain from eating and sleeping to scrounge together enough money for games (and time to play) to appreciate this little thumbprint magnet properly.

(Do UMDs always sound so scary-scratchy when they're read? *shudder* )

Just rip that umd to the memory stick and you wont have to hear it ;p

 

[Almyn]

Some really nice guides in the first post. I finally got some PSone games ripped to my psp with little hassle. So thank you for that Mejilan

 

[Mejilan]

Now that guide IS mine. I'm happy it worked for you. You're welcome!

 

[Mamesj]

My pandora battery will be here tomorrow according to UPS. Very excited


The world of CFW, emulators, and POP has gotten a lot more complicated since I last owned a PSP.

These questions have probably been answered, but can someone lay it out flat for me?

--It seems like certain PS1 games work better with certain CFWs...so Popsloader "emulates" the various CFWs? Does that make it the best POP emu?

--There are a ton of new emulators...what are the best emus for NES, SNES, Genesis, GBA, and mame?

--Should I jump straight to 4.01 M33-2? Any reason to choose an older CFW?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Mejilan]

4.01 M33-2 is damn nice. No real complaints so far.

POPSLoader is a plugin that adds support for versions of POPS (the Sony-developed PSOne emulator for the PSP) other than what's already included in your firmware.

Regarding emulators, here's what I have set up but don't really use:
NES - newest NesterJ (I forgot the version number)
Genesis - newest PicoDrive (1.51)
SNES - SNES9xTYL 5/27/08 build
GBA - gpSP (second newest unofficial test build; newest isn't stable)

 

[Kafel]

So I'm going to receive my new PSP soon (yay !) and I want to be sure to be ready.

I've read again the first message (thx Mejilan) but I've found out that now supposedly I don't need a friend with a CF'd PSP and that I can do a Pandora battery AND a "magic" MS all by myself.


Can anyone confirm this ? It would help a lot since I know noone with the tools and I'd be forced to buy everything.

 

[navanman]

You are correct. You can mod your PSP with CFW with just a Pandora battery. You can make the MS section without CFW PSP.

 

[Kafel]

Thank you.

 

[Mamesj]

Got my TOOL battery today, made the magic memory stick per navanman's steps, charged the TOOL battery to around 30%, powered everything down, put in the memory card, popped in the battery, and the green light comes on, but nothing comes up on the screen.

Did I screw something up? I'm going to try charging the battery all the way. I used a 1gb sandisk card...I may try making a new card out of another one of my ms pro duos.

any quick help would be much appreciated.

 

[navanman]

Got my TOOL battery today, made the magic memory stick per navanman's steps, charged the TOOL battery to around 30%, powered everything down, put in the memory card, popped in the battery, and the green light comes on, but nothing comes up on the screen.

Did I screw something up? I'm going to try charging the battery all the way. I used a 1gb sandisk card...I may try making a new card out of another one of my ms pro duos.

any quick help would be much appreciated.

Which program are you using to make the memory stick? I had an older guide with TotalNewbieEasyInstaller and it had no display support for Slim PSP.

If you are using this program and have Slim PSP, just press "X" to install CFW.

 

[iceatcs]

Got my TOOL battery today, made the magic memory stick per navanman's steps, charged the TOOL battery to around 30%, powered everything down, put in the memory card, popped in the battery, and the green light comes on, but nothing comes up on the screen.

Did I screw something up? I'm going to try charging the battery all the way. I used a 1gb sandisk card...I may try making a new card out of another one of my ms pro duos.

any quick help would be much appreciated.

You need over 70% charged to allow to install firmware/CFW but I think blank screen for while is normal if your memory stick still flashing, but it was long time ago last time I installed CFW for slim.
Anyone should able help you about the blank screen.

 

[Mamesj]

Which program are you using to make the memory stick? I had an older guide with TotalNewbieEasyInstaller and it had no display support for Slim PSP.

If you are using this program and have Slim PSP, just press "X" to install CFW.

catb50's from the "How to downgrade, install CFW on ANY PSP using TOOL (Pandora) Battery and Catb50 Installer" section in the OP.

so in 3- "3. DC V4 should load up giving option to flash to 3.80 M33-5, flash Sony 3.80FW or backup NAND." This isn't prompted on screen?

I should also mention, there was no light blinking on the MS side, so it didn't look like it was reading the MS. (I didn't try pressing any buttons.)

You need over 70% charged to allow to install firmware/CFW but I think blank screen for while is normal if your memory stick still flashing, but it was long time ago last time I installed CFW for slim.

the MS wasn't flashing...maybe I should just charge it up to 70% first.
Anyone should able help you about the blank screen.[/quote]

 

[navanman]

I would charge the battery some more, while thats charging I would try and make the catb50 section again.
It sounds to me like the mspformat part didn't complete successfully. Are you using XP?

 

[Mamesj]

I would charge the battery some more, while thats charging I would try and make the catb50 section again.
It sounds to me like the mspformat part didn't complete successfully. Are you using XP?

yep, XP. nothing unusual happened during that part that I can recall..I made sure to take the stick out before disconnecting the USB.

 

[iceatcs]

the MS wasn't flashing...maybe I should just charge it up to 70% first.

I remember I did under 70% and it will be prompted to charge more before install further. Maybe it is was display on the screen but it is no screen for some reasons if you are using magic MS.

Have you read the OP?

For Slim: (MS and Battery removed)

1. Turn off PSP and insert Pandora MS.
2. Slide PSP power switch to Hold Position with yellow dot showing.
3. Hold down L-Trigger.
4. Insert Pandora Battery.
5. Keep L-Trigger pressed. PSP will boot up (no display), then shut down.
6. Remove battery and move PSP power switch to normal position.
7. Hold down L-Trigger and insert Pandora Battery.
8. When MS access light starts flashing orange, release L-Trigger
9. UPMS Cuatro Menu should appear giving the option to use DC V3 for 3.71 M33-2 or DC V4 for 3.80 M33-5.
10. Make your choice of which FW to install. 3.71 M33 is stable, bug free, works with all released UMD games, 3.80, 3.90 M33 is brand new, has a few issues but has auto-update feature.
11. Backup NAND with square [ ] and it will write NAND to your MS, you will need 64MB of free space for this. When this is finished your PSP will power off.
12. Repeat steps 6-8 and you will be presented with UPMS Cuatro Menu again.
13. Press X this time to install your CFW of choice.

"No display" in bold, which it is normal but if you are follow after the step 5 then you should be fine to replace the normal battery.

 

[Mamesj]

I remember I did under 70% and it will be prompted to charge more before install further. Maybe it is was display on the screen but it is no screen for some reasons if you are using magic MS.

Have you read the OP?



"No display" in bold, which it is normal but if you are follow after the step 5 then you should be fine to replace the normal battery.

yes. I didn't use that set of instructions, it has nothing to do with my problem. Like I said, I used "How to downgrade, install CFW on ANY PSP using TOOL (Pandora) Battery and Catb50 Installer."


I don't know what's going on, but I followed the steps perfectly, made two different memory sticks perfectly, followed the directions perfectly, and it won't read the memory stick when I boot up the PSP with a tool battery in it.

 

[sca2511]

is there a way to play .avi divx or xvid files on the PSP without converting currently? Last time I checked (3.71 m33) there was no way other way, instead i would have to stream from PMPstreamer.

If there is currently no way to do it, can someone point me to a guide that converts video files to a format that is of small file size and PSP ready? When I did this before, the video files would convert to a smaller resolution(for the PSP) but the file size would change only slightly.

 

[Mamesj]

AWESOME. Totally wrestled with this shit for the past few hours.

Finally, this guy's prog did the trick: http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=122340

edit: whoops, wrong link

 

[Ike]

The 4.01 firmware update makes it so I can't play my Genesis and SNES emulators. What do I do?

 

[Mejilan]

Find updated emulators?
My emus from 3.71 M33 and 3.90 M33 work just fine on 4.01 M33.

 

[Ike]

Find updated emulators?
My emus from 3.71 M33 and 3.90 M33 work just fine on 4.01 M33.

Which ones are you running? I have dgen and SNES9x both in my PSP 150 folder. And if you can be so kind to link me to updated emulators.

 

[Mejilan]

I'm too tired and going to bed.
But check out PicoDrive 1.51 and SNES9xTYL 5/27/2008 build.
They should both go in PSP\GAME, not PSP\GAME150.

Sounds like you have some ancient-as-fuck 1.50 kernel emulators. Drop them obsolete shits.

If you're on a Phat that just ugpraded to 4.01 M33, then you'll need to install the 4.01 M33 version of the 1.50 Kernel patch to get ANY 1.50 kernel support on that thing. That's why your emulators died. So you can go ahead and install the patch if you want to continue using those emulators, but I would advise against that. Genny and SNES emulation have both gotten quite a bit better than they were in the 1.50 days.

 

[Ike]

I'm too tired and going to bed.
But check out PicoDrive 1.51 and SNES9xTYL 5/27/2008 build.
They should both go in PSP\GAME, not PSP\GAME150.

Sounds like you have some ancient-as-fuck 1.50 kernel emulators. Drop them obsolete shits.

If you're on a Phat that just ugpraded to 4.01 M33, then you'll need to install the 4.01 M33 version of the 1.50 Kernel patch to get ANY 1.50 kernel support on that thing. That's why your emulators died. So you can go ahead and install the patch if you want to continue using those emulators, but I would advise against that. Genny and SNES emulation have both gotten quite a bit better than they were in the 1.50 days.

Thank You <3

 

[Mejilan]

Changed my mind. Emulators:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/PicoDrive-PSP-v1-51-includes-bugfixes/pg/49/aid/122341
PicoDrive 1.51 (get the regular version, not the kxploit version)

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Snes9xTYLsmcm-Test-5-27-05-08/pg/49/aid/120593
SNES9xTYL 05/27/2008

Finally, if you truly must:
http://exophase.com/files/psp/150k_addon401.rar
1.50 kernel patch for PSP 1000s (Phats) running 4.01 M33.

Now, good night!

Edit - BTW, PicoDrive is better than DGen in the sense that it also runs Sega CD games...

 

[Jazzy Network]

Anyone having success using the Multi disc Popstation? I'm having trouble getting it to work. It converts it fine, but when I put it in the folders, it doesn't start up. The single disc Popstations still work fine though.

 

[colinp]

This has likely been answered and I'll look again to find it, but does anyone know of a reputable place to buy a pandora battery for my slim?

NEVERMIND! I see the TOOL battery links on the main op, gosh Mejilan really did cover just about everything

 

[shouamabane]

Are NJ's CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo emulators compatible with 4.01 M33-2?

 

[Lyte Edge]

Are NJ's CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo emulators compatible with 4.01 M33-2?

Yes, his latest releases seem to work fine.

 

[suikodan]

Speaking of emulators, anyone was able to get a TG16 emu working on CFW 4.XX?

I tried both emus (PCEP and HuCard something) and while one will freeze on the PSP splash screen, the other will load a menu and display a black screen when a ROM is selected.

If anyone has it working, can you PM me the content (just the emu files) of your TG16 folder please?

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Any updates as to whether or not the new PSP motherboard revisions have gotten the workaround for CFW working yet?

I ask only out of interest in the 3000, which I would think would be using at least the newest motherboard revision.

 

[yurinka]

BTW I was looking for the latest version of PSPUAE (the Amiga emulator), but I only can find very old builds. Does anyone know if the emulator was discontinued? And AGA was emulated?

 

[NekoFever]

Any updates as to whether or not the new PSP motherboard revisions have gotten the workaround for CFW working yet?

I ask only out of interest in the 3000, which I would think would be using at least the newest motherboard revision.

No public progress yet. The latest revision won't load IPLs based on battery settings at all, so Pandora is useless on it for now, and I'd assume that the 3000s will be the same.

I guess the only way forward is to work out what method Sony uses to re-flash the newer PSP models if they're bricked and sent in for repairs and make a homebrew implementation, which is basically what the hacking teams did with Pandora - it's the same technique as Sony's official JigKick batteries.

 

[MiloFoxburr]

No public progress yet. The latest revision won't load IPLs based on battery settings at all, so Pandora is useless on it for now, and I'd assume that the 3000s will be the same.

I guess the only way forward is to work out what method Sony uses to re-flash the newer PSP models if they're bricked and sent in for repairs and make a homebrew implementation, which is basically what the hacking teams did with Pandora - it's the same technique as Sony's official JigKick batteries.

I can't imagine Sony making the same mistake again it'll probably need a separate device plugged into the PSP to activate the Service Mode.

Will probably go back to the days of finding exploits in the firmware which got harder and harder to find as time went on

 

[Kammie]

Thanks for those emulator links, mejilan. I hadn't tried any emulators since two years ago. It's amazing how far they've come.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Someone recommend me a screenshot capture program compatible with the newer CFWs please.

 

[linkboy]

Here is what DAX said about the new boards

About non-pandorizable 088 mobos

As you might have already seen, there are some mobos (TA-088 ones, slim models) in where the IPL used for Despertar del Cementerio, Pandora and Time Machine therefore, doesn't work.

IPL can be still run from the Memory Stick, but just those that are signed by Sony, and not the ones that contain a different signature; a problem that will probably block the actual way of running your cfw's, as you couldn't even load on this NANDs the custom IPLs with different signature.

Even though, IPL is not the problem, but probably the mixed kernel of 1.50&&3.40, and it will be the best option to use a new kernel on Despertar del Cementerio future versions.

How I understand this is that Service Mode is still activated the same way, its just the IPL has to be signed by Sony. The battery is still booting the PSP up, it just won't install anything due to the IPL not being signed.

 

[itxaka]

BTW I was looking for the latest version of PSPUAE (the Amiga emulator), but I only can find very old builds. Does anyone know if the emulator was discontinued? And AGA was emulated?

http://pspuae.condor.serverpro3.com/index.php

Official page.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

Here is what DAX said about the new boards

About non-pandorizable 088 mobos



How I understand this is that Service Mode is still activated the same way, its just the IPL has to be signed by Sony. The battery is still booting the PSP up, it just won't install anything due to the IPL not being signed.

Ugh. Why must the PSP 3000's be coming out right before Star Ocean? Now I have to make a choice between 333mhz and loading off a memory stick, or a brighter, better colored screen with a better response time, running off a UMD.

Or the third option: Buying Star Ocean, my most anticipated RPG (on a system I own ) this season, and waiting until the 3000's are cracked before I play it, which would be absolute torture.

 

[Ike]

I tried getting Sega CD ISOs to work last night with PicoDrive but it was a pain in the ass to do and in the end I couldn't even get them running. I do, however, want to know what the best N64 emulator would be for PSP the Dedalus on pspupdates really isn't working for me. Can anyone help?