PSP Custom Firmware Thread

Welp, it's still slow as fuck. Gonna buy a 4GB stick then and format it to FAT16.

Atleast now I have a dedicated stick for "adult" files.
:lol
 
DA needs to come back and soon :( I want to play FFVIII so bad I've almost considered buying a second PSP to keep up to date with current OFW :(

Scene just hasn't done much to do any advancing lately it seems. Guess that has to do with no real good games coming out for the PSP in the past few months :|
 
Heyy guys, ive not had my PSP on for ages but ive decided to start Portable Ops again before Peace Walker comes out, but i'd like to get my custom firmware up to date. At the moment its on 5.50 GEN-B [Full] so what do I need to update to, to get to the latest cfw.
 
You should be able to upgrade to Gen-D and then Gen-D3 without too many issues, I think...

rhfb said:
DA needs to come back and soon :( I want to play FFVIII so bad I've almost considered buying a second PSP to keep up to date with current OFW :(

Scene just hasn't done much to do any advancing lately it seems. Guess that has to do with no real good games coming out for the PSP in the past few months :|
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Well, most of the new games still work without a hitch. I recently picked up Lunar and Dante's Inferno and they both work excellently with D3's on-the-fly decryption.
 
Is there any site online that list which games don't work with D3? Just want to know so I can make sure I don't buy any newer games that I won't be able to play. For instance, I wanted to get Birth by Sleep but I've been told that it doesn't work on CFW.
 
Mejilan said:
Well, most of the new games still work without a hitch. I recently picked up Lunar and Dante's Inferno and they both work excellently with D3's on-the-fly decryption.
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:( I'm going to have to squirrel away 150$ over the next few months to buy a 3000 series then :(
 
If I update to 5.50 GEN-D3 from 5.00 M33-6 w/1.50 kernel update and memory stick patch, what will I have to update?

I understand there's no 1.50 kernel, so I'll have to update any emulators/applications I am using, correct?

Will I have to update POPS at all? I had a POPSloader custom set that I was using with 5.00 M33-6, and I was playing Grandia with it. Is that no longer going to work?
 
You'll lose the 1.50 kernel support, but almost every emulator and game under the sun has seen a 3.x kernel update over the years, so you should be fine in that respect. (And in the case of emulators, newer almost always = better in any event, so there's no reason to stick with janky 1.50 kernel versions). IIRC, Gen-D3 has some sort of memory stick speed up tweak built in, a reversed version of Dark-Alex's, if I'm not mistaken.

The Gen team released a 5.50 Gen version of POPSLoader long ago, and it continues to work fine with the newest versions of 5.50 Gen CFW. I can also vouch for Dark-Alex's final release (5.00 POPSLoader, IIRC). I'd just go ahead and update the core plugin files with the Gen versions, however. The PRXes that the POPSLoader plugin's been using for years haven't really changed. So whatever you had before will still work now, though if you're missing the most recent PRXes, you'll probably want to get them in order to beef up compatibility.

I'm hoping that someone will release a new version of POPSLoader that has support for the 6.x versions of POPS. It should be more or less trivial now that the 6.x POPS files can be properly decrypted (with the release of the newest PSARDumper). It just seems like no one's gone through the effort yet.
 
Sorry for the crosspost in a necrobumped thread but I figure people in this thread are actually likely to see this and help me.

I am having some trouble with Grandia. I recently bought it off PSN and played for a few hours on my PS3, then wanted to move the game and my save to the PSP. I hooked up the PSP and copied the game itself no problem, but when I went to transfer the save to the PSP and "convert" it only gives me a list of places on my PSP to copy it to, all with the names of PS1 games on my system. "Final Fantasy VII-1, Final Fantasy VII-2, Suikoden-1, Suikoden-2" etc. But no Grandia card to copy it to. So I tried just booting into the game on my PSP and then going back to see if maybe I had to boot it for it to make a card. But still no luck. No Grandia card showing up as being able to copy the save to.

So... do I need to copy the game to my PSP, play through to the first save point and then save the game to make a card, which I then will be able to transfer to? How do I get this save onto the system without straight up replaying the few hours of the game I've already done?
 
LegatoB said:
Couldn't you just copy the save to one of the memory cards you've already made, then switch the card in the emulator?
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This sounds so reasonable that it will probably actually work! I guess the only problem being that I don't know how to actually make a new Memory Card for PS1 on my PSP. Do I do that within emulation of a PS1 game? I don't know if I will be able to remember to switch to some random game's card to load Grandia's save.

edit// As it turns out, I just wasn't waiting long enough for the PS3 to find all my PS1 memory cards. I would have been able to transfer the save to a different card, load Grandia, and copy the save from the other card to the Grandia one though. Arf.
 
I'm on D3 and I copied over Castlevania Chronicles from my PS3 to my PSP, but it won't boot up. Everytime I go to start it all I get is the initial PSP Warning screen then just black until the system shuts off. What can I do to fix this?
 
I need help ripping Lunar 2. I was reading how the game just doesn't work with some popsloader but there's the 5.00 m33 one and they used different ripping programs for the iso and all that. but anyways. I need some steps to ripping the game and turning it into a Multi disk Eboot file.
 
whitehawk said:
Alright, since there doesn't seem to been any guides out there for complete NOOBS, I have another question.

I eventually want to install the CFW, but I also want to try out remote play with my new PS3. I'm on versiom 1.5. If I want to use remote play, but still want to install CFW, what version should I update to? I know not the most recent one, so what's the most recent version that's easily hackable?
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Can anyone answer this? I want to update so I can have remote play etc, but stilll have the ability to install custom firmware later if I want to. What should I update to?
 
whitehawk said:
Can anyone answer this? I want to update so I can have remote play etc, but stilll have the ability to install custom firmware later if I want to. What should I update to?
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Don't bother remote play only works on a handful of games, and no other developers that I'm aware of are making games that work with it. It's really not worth the effort.
 
Silent Death said:
Don't bother remote play only works on a handful of games, and no other developers that I'm aware of are making games that work with it. It's really not worth the effort.
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Well I was thinking of using it for the internet browser and such. I don't even own any PS3 games.

Are you saying it's better to stay at 1.5?
 
just to be sure, I have a 3000, I cant put the D3 right?
 
DMPrince said:
I need help ripping Lunar 2. I was reading how the game just doesn't work with some popsloader but there's the 5.00 m33 one and they used different ripping programs for the iso and all that. but anyways. I need some steps to ripping the game and turning it into a Multi disk Eboot file.
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Use psx2psp. It'll convert the isos, even multi isos to a single eboot file. I'm at work, so just google it. I ripped Lunar 2, and played it on Gen D3. I'm not that far, but everything works fine, I'm surprised.
 
zerokoolpsx said:
Can't install CFW on that model.........
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HOWEVER: You CAN run HEN on 3000's.

AdawgDaFAB said:
I'm on D3 and I copied over Castlevania Chronicles from my PS3 to my PSP, but it won't boot up. Everytime I go to start it all I get is the initial PSP Warning screen then just black until the system shuts off. What can I do to fix this?
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Cry. Because PSN store purchases can't be played until GEN gets off their ass and gives us 6.00 or there about.

Go find an iso or rip someones UMD copy and play it that way. The UMD doesn't require a higher firmware, but Sony can make a higher than the UMD firmware check for ANY PSN release.
 
whitehawk said:
Well I was thinking of using it for the internet browser and such. I don't even own any PS3 games.

Are you saying it's better to stay at 1.5?
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The browser on the PS3? Why don't you just use the browser on the PSP? As far as your 1.5 question, I still use 1.5 as I wasn't aware you could run emulators on a Fat without it.
 
Silent Death said:
The browser on the PS3? Why don't you just use the browser on the PSP? As far as your 1.5 question, I still use 1.5 as I wasn't aware you could run emulators on a Fat without it.
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The browser on the PSP sucks. PS3 isn't great either but its still much better.
 
whitehawk said:
Ya, but I don't know how to install CFW. I think I have to update my FW anyway before I do that, so i want to do that.
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What FW are you using at the moment and which version of PSP do you have?
 
zerokoolpsx said:
Damn a phat psp, never updated. :D Get or make a pandora's battery and a mms. There are so many tutorials out there, it's not even funny.
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Or he could simply just downgrade to 1.0 (with an OLD OLD OLD OLD OLD method) and install a CFW that way.

The pandora is only needed for backup and above 3.0 firmware for the most part.
 
zerokoolpsx said:
Damn a phat psp, never updated. :D Get or make a pandora's battery and a mms. There are so many tutorials out there, it's not even funny.
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I dunno, I've searched, and it's all so confusing to me. Any good tutorials for noobs out there?
 
whitehawk said:
I have a launch PSP from march 2005. Still version 1.5, never been updated.
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Jesus Christ, a PSP still running on 1.5FW! I take you haven't used it in a long time.

How quickly do you want to update your PSP? If you can wait a bit, order a Pandora Battery from DealExtreme and update/flash the PSP that way. Its the easiest method.

If you want it done now, there is another method.
 
whitehawk said:
I dunno, I've searched, and it's all so confusing to me. Any good tutorials for noobs out there?
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I could give you a message board address that deals with psp hacking, but I'm not sure it won't get me banned.
 
whitehawk said:
Naw I guess I don't need it right away. I'll take the route that is the easiest
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Pandora Battery.
Magic Memory Stick.

Google.com, go there and put those terms in.

It doesn't matter where you buy for the pandora, so long as you get one. I bought a "Datel Tool" battery that is basically a Pandora so you can look for one of those as well.

Tutorials for these are ALL OVER THE PLACE. You simply have to read the tutorials and go step-by-step. Take a deep breath as it flashes the PSP (and hope it doesn't screw up, but thankfully the Pandora Battery is there as a backup if it does). And you should get CFW easy.

It isn't hugely hard. Simply google around and read up before you do it, though.
 
TheSeks said:
Cry. Because PSN store purchases can't be played until GEN gets off their ass and gives us 6.00 or there about.

Go find an iso or rip someones UMD copy and play it that way. The UMD doesn't require a higher firmware, but Sony can make a higher than the UMD firmware check for ANY PSN release.
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Huh? I'm on D3 and have been playing both DJ Max Fever (PSP) and Grandia (PS1) transferred over from my PS3 on my PSP with no problems.
 
Yep, I can vouch for PSN downloads working just fine on CFW.
Might need one-time pass with NPDecryptor, but that's not big deal.
 
lobdale said:
Huh? I'm on D3 and have been playing both DJ Max Fever (PSP) and Grandia (PS1) transferred over from my PS3 on my PSP with no problems.
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PS1 games are a total crap shoot. Biohazard 2/Resident Evil 2 and 3 won't work for me because they want a higher POPs than I have. So annoying.
 
I'm sure they're tinkering away at something, but their D3 update had some very nice long-term functionality improvements. So for now, there's no real need for a new CFW.
 
TheSeks said:
PS1 games are a total crap shoot. Biohazard 2/Resident Evil 2 and 3 won't work for me because they want a higher POPs than I have. So annoying.
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You can always use Popsloader to at least be able to pick an older version to boot to. If they are actually looking for like a 6.00+ pops and hanging because it isn't that, that's totally new to me. Any compatibility issues you run into on PS1 games from PSN should be just the same as if you ripped your own discs and tried to run them.
 
SecretBonusPoint said:
Is there a specific reason the newer Popsloader files have never been hacked out to slide into CFW?
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They were only recently fully decrypted. It's been a while since we've seen an updated PSARDumper app, but now one exists that can fully decrypt everything up to 6.20, IIRC. With the new POPS files that are available, a new version of POPSLoader is very possible. Someone just needs to go ahead and do it, though.
 
lobdale said:
You can always use Popsloader to at least be able to pick an older version to boot to. If they are actually looking for like a 6.00+ pops and hanging because it isn't that, that's totally new to me. Any compatibility issues you run into on PS1 games from PSN should be just the same as if you ripped your own discs and tried to run them.
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Doesn't FF8 require POPS 6 to work?
 
TheSeks said:
Cry. Because PSN store purchases can't be played until GEN gets off their ass and gives us 6.00 or there about.

Go find an iso or rip someones UMD copy and play it that way. The UMD doesn't require a higher firmware, but Sony can make a higher than the UMD firmware check for ANY PSN release.
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Well that sucks, lol. If I convert a PSX copy of the game, will I be able to use the same save that I started on my PS3? If not that blows, as the whole reason I got it was to be able to play on the go when I'm out and on TV when I'm back home w/ free time. At least I found out about this before getting Grandia and some other RPGs I was thinking about, lol.

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lobdale said:
You can always use Popsloader to at least be able to pick an older version to boot to. If they are actually looking for like a 6.00+ pops and hanging because it isn't that, that's totally new to me. Any compatibility issues you run into on PS1 games from PSN should be just the same as if you ripped your own discs and tried to run them.
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Wait, now I'm just confused.
 
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