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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 4:58pm ^ The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Log in to remove this sponsored message So, here we are, people. The old homebrew thread is pretty much outdated and we are also running out of space. I'm thinking of making a new thread with links to some other important homebrew threads/guides. It's also important that if you're having trouble using one of the guides, or you think anything should be added, you should post about it here or PM Ville _Valo. That way you get the help you need and future members can enjoy easier to use guides! quote Index Click on one of these to be taken down the page to where you want to go! >Downgrading from 2.00 to 1.50(Phats only) >Downgrading from 2.80 to 1.50(Phats only) >Downgrading from 3.03 to 1.50(Phats only) >Downgrading from 3.50 to 1.50(Phats only) >Downgrading from 5.03 to 5.00 M33(Phats and Slims) >Making a Pandora Battery >Recovery mode, and its features >Upgrading your CFW >Installing and using homebrew >Taking screenshots with your PSP >Switching discs with POPSLoader You will need WinRAR for many of the downloads in this thread. All You Need To Know : Homebrew Guide (A must read for anyone interested in going deeper into homebrew! But keep in mind that certain parts maybe obsolete now as this guide was written with 3.03 OE-C in mind.) Author : monkey_ninjas316 General PSP Exploit, Hardware & Glossary Guide Author : Entropy Pandora's Battery and Magic Memory Stick Guide Author : StarJet Think there are any other threads worth adding? PM Ville_Valo (moderator) and I'm sure he'll add it if it's good. Why PM him, you may ask? Simple. I won't be around. Now ain't that sad. Besides, he's online at least once everyday. NOTE : This thread contains several parts including the awesome downgrading guides that are excerpts out of the "All You Need To Know : Homebrew Guide". Credit to those should go to monkey_ninjas316. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to do that kind of a good job, so I figured I'd leave it alone. On to the show... DISCLAIMER : You are doing this at your own risk. This procedure may have a very small risk of bricking your PSP just like any other update. By following these instructions, you agree to the fact that If your PSP is bricked by any chance, I will not be held responsible. What is Homebrew? Homebrew is user made PSP games and Applications that can be ran on your PSP. Homebrew is not Officially supported by Sony, but homebrew will give you more options to do with your PSP then the official Sony firmwares could ever give out. What can Homebrew do that I can't already? Tons of things! Homebrew opens new possibilities and functions for your PSP, most of which Sony can never bring you. These programs can be as simple, like using your PSP as a Universal Remote control, or even more complicated like controlling your PC with your PSP via WiFi. Stream Music, videos, pictures and homebrew games to your PSP through WiFi, Set up a calender, play any MP3 while you play any game and EVEN MORE! The possibilities are literally endless. Which firmware do I need to run homebrew on my PSP? All firmwares can use homebrew. But certain firmwares have it pretty easy to get. To check what firmware your PSP is... 1. Turn on your PSP 2. Go to Settings>System Settings>System Information 3. Your "System Software:X.XX" is your firmware. Newer firmwares require you to have a Pandora's Battery with you to install homebrew. But some older firmwares can be given homebrew by downgrading to 1.50 using an exploit in the firmware itself. List of firmwares that can be used to install homebrew without a Pandora's Battery : 3.50 3.03 2.81 2.80 2.71 2.70 2.60 2.50 2.00 1.50 Anything above 3.50 requires a Pandora's Battery. As Slim PSPs have 3.60 or higher, Slim users will always have to use a Pandora's Battery. Important : I have heard that the new PSP-2000 model (TA-088) cannot use Pandora at all. Can someone please check this?) Downgrading a PSP with 3.50 or lower firmware : Nowadays, it's pretty hard to find a PSP with a firmware like 3.50 or lower. Unless the owner is using homebrew or they don't have internet access AND haven't bought any new games, then they will obviously have updated it beyond that. However, if you do get your hands on an old PSP and want to downgrade it, you would need to know how. NOTE : The following section is fot Phat PSPs only! You MIGHT need to know what type of motherboard your PSP has. quote How to identify your PSPs motherboard, Quick Tutorial 1. Open up your PSPs UMD tray as shown in this picture. 2. Look inside your PSP, If you see text on the right side of your PSP (like shown here) then you have a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP. If you don't have the text on the right side, you have a TA-079 PSP. 3. Close your UMD tray. Look for the downgrader below that works for your Firmware AND your motherboard. Using the wrong Downgrade can result in a brick! Downgrading Firmware 2.00 -> 1.50 - All phats You will need the following items First: -A PSP with Firmware 2.00 -MPH Downgrader -Sony Firmware 1.50 Connect your PSP to your PC via the USB cable. Next, go on your PSP, go to settings and start USB mode. Go to "My Computer" and go into your PSP. Now open up the .zip file the MPH downgrader came in, extract the 4 files on to your PSP. When it ask you if you would like to replace older folders, press yes. Now on your computer, go into the folders PSP>GAME. Create a folder named "UPDATE". Now, unzip the eboot.pbp from inside the EBOOT_1.50.zip and place it inside the UPDATE folder you created. Exit USB mode on your PSP by pressing O. On your PSP go into the Photo Section. Your PSP should automatically freeze for a second. If your PSP goes to a black screen and displays White text, the downgrade has been successful. If it just freezes, then hold your Power switch on your PSP up until it turns off. Then turn it back on and try going into the photo section again. Do this until you get the white text Once you get the White text, hold up the Power switch on your PSP until it fully shuts off. Now turn your PSP back on, your PSP thinks its Firmware 1.00 but this does not mean you can run homebrew. On your PSP, go to Game and your memory stick. Start the Firmware 1.50 update. Continue through the update At the end of the update, your PSP will give you an error saying the update failed. Once again, hold up your PSPs Power switch until it shuts off. When your PSP shuts off, you will get a blue screen saying your PSP needs to reset to factory settings. Press O to proceed, your PSP will do a quick restart. Once your PSP restarts, you will need to setup your PSP as if it was the first day you got it. But now, you have firmware 1.50 with homebrew support. Downgrading Firmware 2.80 -> 1.50 - All phats You will need the following items First: -A PSP with Firmware 2.80 -2.80 HEN-D -Improved 2.80 Downgrader -Sony Official 1.50 update Plug in your PSP to your Computer via your USB Cable. Now on your PSP, go to Settings and Start USB Mode. On your PSP you should see a folder called PSP. Drag it to your desktop, This will backup all your saved data, music and ect. On your PSP, go to Settings>System Settings, then go to Format Memory Stick. Press Yes and then yes again. Remember all your saved data is saved on your desktop. Open up the file "hen280.zip" you just downloaded. Open up the folder MS_ROOT and you should see a folder named PSP. Drag that PSP folder into the root of your memory stick, when it ask to overwrite previous folders\files, press yes. Next open up the "ta82downgrader.zip", go into the folder MS_ROOT and you should see the folder PSP. Drag that PSP folder onto your memory stick, when it ask to overwrite previous folders\files, press yes. Lastly, rename the 1.50 update to UPDATE.PBP, and move it to PSP>GAME>UPDATE. Now Exit USB mode by Pressing O on your PSP. Go into the Photo section of your PSP, enter the folder named "HEN_280". If your PSP simply Freezes, Hold the power switch on your PSP up until your PSP turns off, Then turn it back on. If your PSP doesn't freeze, you will get one of two colored screens Red: the files couldn't be written to the flash (it happens a few times). Just keep trying. Pale Blue: The files were written succesfully, and HEN is active. After that, the psp will be rebooted. Now you can run the downgrader If you do not have a TA-082 or TA-086 motherboard then skip this step. For TA-082 owners, on your PSP go to Game and then into your memory stick. Then select TA-082Patch, it will do a quick proccess and take you back to the PSP menu once its finished. Go back into Game and again into your Memory stick. Select the downgrader. Let the downgrader run and do its buisness. Once its finished, it will ask you to press X to restart. Go ahead and do so When the PSP reboots, you will get a blue screen telling you it needs to restore Default Settings. Press O and re-enter your settings like the first day you got your PSP. Now your PSP is firmware 1.50 and can be upgraded to 3.40OE Downgrading Firmware 3.03 -> 1.50 - All phats You will need the following items First: -A PSP with firmware 3.03 -UMD Game of Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories with a 2.00 Update on the UMD (Newer LCS games with different updates on the UMD won't work!) -3.03 Downgrader -1.50 Update eboot Update to firmware 3.03. If you already have this firmware then proceed to step 2. Open the 3.03 downgrade file you downloaded. Go into the MS_ROOT Folder and you should see the folder "PSP". Now, plug in your PSP to your PC via WiFi and you should see the folder on there called PSP. Drag then "PSP" folder from the downgrader next to the "PSP" folder on your PSP. When your PC ask to overwrite the files\folders, press yes. Now, open up the 1.50 update eboot file you just downloaded. Rename "eboot.pbp" to "update.pbp" .On your PSP, go into the folder PSP, and then into GAME. Now create a folder called UPDATE. Drag the update.pbp from the 1.50 update into the UPDATE folder you made. Load Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (unpatched) It should get to loading save game, clear the screen, the screen should fill with a light blue color and then reset the PSP. Check that HEN is running by going to system settings then System Information and it should show up as system version 303 HEN If it is showing up as 3.03 HEN then go to the Game section on your PSP, into your memory stick and run the x.yz update Before the downgrader does anything to your PSP it will ask for you to agree to what it is doing If you no longer want to continue press the Right Shoulder Button (R-TRIGGER). Once you have agreed to start the downgrade do not unplug the PSP from the AC adapter or turn off the PSP! Once finished the PSP will ask you to press O, after pressing it will reset it self. If it comes up saying that the settings are corrupt press X to continue. Enjoy your new shiny 1.5 PSP. Remember to delete the GTA LCS saved game and all other files you needed to downgrade because they are no longer needed. Downgrading Firmware 3.50 -> 1.50 - All phats You will need the following items First: -A PSP with firmware 3.50 -UMD Game of Lumines (not Lumines 2) -3.50 Downgrader -1.50 Update eboot Go to Settings on your PSP and start a USB connection. Once connected, open up the "350dg.zip" file you downloaded and extract the PSP folder to your desktop with Winrar. Next, open up "163_EBOOT_1.50.zip" and extract the eboot.pbp to your desktop. Rename eboot.pbp to update.pbp Go to "My Computer" on your PC and open the Drive your PSP is. Go into PSP>GAME and create a folder named UPDATE, drag the update.pbp into this folder. Go back into My computer and into your PSP once again. Drag the PSP folder you extracted from "350dg.zip" and drag it next to the PSP folder on your memory stick. When Windows Ask to Overwrite, Press Yes. Press O on your PSP to exit USB mode, go to Game on your PSP and start your Lumines UMD. Once loaded The screen will clear to black and fill with a light blue colour, then the PSP will reset itself. Once the PSP is started, Go into your System Settings and check your "System Information" Your Firmware should be set to 3.50 HEN Go back to Game on your PSP and into your memory stick. Start the "x.yz update" If you have a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP motherboard, you will be prompted to allow the downgrader to patch your motherboard so it can be safely downgraded. The downgrader will not let you proceed without patching, if your motherboard requires it. Plug in your AC adapter to the PSP, your PSP should already have atleast 75% of a battery . If you don't have your PSP atleast 75% charged, the downgrade will not continue. Read the agreement, Press X to accept or R to cancel the downgrading process. Once X is pressed, DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PSP! Once finished the PSP will ask you to press X, and reset itself When the PSP starts, it may say your settings are corrupt, press x to continue. You know have a PSP with firmware 1.50 Remember to delete the Lumines saved game and all other files you needed to downgrade because they are no longer needed. Downgrading Firmware 5.03 -> Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 - All phats and slims This portion of the guide was written by Xhizors and amended by Ville_Valo with the help of Sonic Chao. You will need the following items First: -A PSP 1000 or 2000 with firmware 5.03 or less -Firmware update 5.03 -ChickHEN R2 -Hellcat's Recovery Flasher -5.00 firmware update If you don't have 5.03, start here. If you already have 5.03 installed on your PSP, start at step 3. Copy the EBOOT.PBP from the firmware update 5.03 download to X:\PSP\GAME\UPDATE (assuming your PSP MS drive is X:). If you don't have a folder called UPDATE, make one in X:\PSP\GAME. Upgrade to firmware 5.03, by running the update from your memory stick, on your PSP If you have a Phat (1000) PSP, make a folder called ChickHEN in X:/PSP/PHOTO, and copy the eggsploit.tiff file from the ChickHEN R2 download into it. This file should now be in X:/PSP/PHOTO/ChickHEN. If you have a Slim (2000) PSP, make a folder called ChickHEN in X:/PSP/PHOTO, and copy the slim.tiff file from the ChickHEN R2 download into it. This file should now be in X:/PSP/PHOTO/ChickHEN. Copy the "h.bin" file from the ChickHEN R2 download to the root of the memory stick (X:/). Now go into Photo using your PSP's menu, and go to the ChickHEN folder. You will an image which will start to load a thumbnail. Do NOT open the image, just wait for the thumbnail to load. Your PSP may freeze and reset. If so, try again. Eventually you should see some colors, and your PSP will reboot into ChickHEN. Put the files from the RECOVERY folder in Hellcat's Recovery Flasher download in the /PSP/GAME folder. You should now have X:/PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP. Rename the 5.00 firmware update download from EBOOT.PBP to 500.PBP, and copy it to the RECOVERY folder from the Hellcat's Recovery Flasher download. Charge your battery until it is full (you can skip this, but it's highly unadvisable), run Hellcat's Recovery Flasher from the XMB menu, choose to agree, and choose to make a NAND dump. After this, in Hellcat's Recovery Flasher, select 'Install CFW (of version selected above)'. It will then proceed to format your flash and install the firmware. If it doesn't work, try again, by re-activating the ChickHEN exploit using the Photo folder and selecting Install CFW from Hellcat's Recovery Flasher again. You can choose to back up your settings, or to not, but be sure to read the warning, that if you're going from one firmware to another (eg. 3.00 to 5.00 M33) it might not let you keep your settings. The safest option is to lose your settings, it's nothing too important. Please notify me or Ville_Valo if any links aren't working. Mod Edit: Jul 15, 09 by Ville_Valo -------------------
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 4:59pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Now, onto the next part. This part is for Slim PSP users or those unlucky Phat users who upgraded their PSPs to a FW above 3.50. I already have a seperate guide for this, but I figured I might as well include the guide here so anyone can get much information as possible from this thread itself. A quick bit of information : What is a Pandora's Battery? A Pandora's Battery is a special battery that can be used to switch the PSP into Service Mode which can be used to unbrick any PSP or install homebrew on any PSP. A normal battery can be made into a Pandora either by software modification or hardware modification. Creating a Pandora's Battery using a CFW installed PSP. Items required : A genuine PSP battery. (Many cheap fakes do not work for this.) A Custom Firmware installed phat PSP or first generation (TA-085) slim PSP. A Pandora's Battery app. Get one here. NOTE on slim PSPs : To check whether a slim PSP is first generation or second generation, run this app on the PSP and check the PSP motherboard model. Model TA-085 : First generation slim PSP. Can make a Pandora's Battery. Model TA-085v2 : Second generation slim PSP. CANNOT make a Pandora's Battery. Creating the battery : Run the Pandora's Battery app. NOTE : The app provided in this guide is for the 3.xx kernel, so that it would work on slims. It will NOT work from the GAME150 folder of a phat. If it doesn't work from GAME folder as well on a phat, set the recovery menu kernel setting to 3.xx kernel. Select the option to backup the EEPROM. If the app quits afterwards, start it again. Select the option to convert the battery to Service Mode. Congratulations. You are now in possession of a Pandora's Battery. Guide to converting a Pandora's Battery back to a normal one. Take off battery. Connect AC adapter and turn on PSP. Now insert Pandora's battery while PSP is on. Run the Pandora's battery tool from the DCv8 MS. If you backed up the EEPROM first, select the option to restore it. Otherwise, select the option to convert battery to Normal Mode. Done. NOTE : If you turn off the PSP now, you won't be able to turn it back on with this battery. You will need another battery to turn it on. If you don't have another battery, take out this battery and plug in the AC adapter. Now turn on the PSP. Creating the Despertar del Cementerio Memory Stick using a CFW installed PSP : Items required : A Memory Stick PRO Duo. An ordinary duo will NOT work. ANY Custom Firmware installed PSP. Despertar del Cementerio installer : Here. Sony Official 5.00 EBOOT : Here. Sony Official 1.50 EBOOT : Here. Time Machine IPL loader to create the MS without formatting it first. : Here. Creating the MS : Rename the update EBOOTs to 500.PBP and 150.PBP respectively and copy them to the Memory Stick root. Open the 25335_dc8.zip archive. Copy the folder DC8 to MemoryStick:/PSP/GAME folder. Now run the DCv8 installer from the PSP's menu. It'll ask you to choose a button to use to boot it up, use UP on the d-pad. Hold UP for a few seconds until it's recognised. It should place the folders kd and registry and the file msipl.bin in the MS. Once it is done, you can safely delete 150.PBP. NOTE : 500.PBP MUST remain. Next, open up the timemachine_0.1.rar archive. Copy the TIMEMACHINE folder to MemoryStick:/PSP/GAME folder. Run the Time Machine installer and select install IPLloader to MS. Then, quit the app. This should place the folder TM in your Memory Stick. Bravo! Now you have a Despertar del Cementerio Memory Stick in your hands. "MS Creation by PC" guide (Use this method if you can't find a PSP with CFW. Note that you'll have to buy a Pandora's Battery or use an existing one, as the Battery cannot be created with the PC.) Items needed : A Memory Stick PRO Duo. (An ordinary Duo will not work.) A PC running Microsoft Windows XP or lower. Windows Vista will not work. (Linux can also be used, but I'm unsure of the command required to write the IPL to the MS.) Any PSP or Memory Stick Duo reader. The DCv8 files. : Here. IPL installer. : Here. Sony official 5.00 EBOOT : Here. Creating the MS : NOTE : The MS will be formatted during this process unlike creating the MS with CFW. Be sure to backup all your files before continuing. Open the Pandora_IPL.rar archive and extract all 3 files to the root of your drive C:\. (Any path can be used, but to avoid unnecessary difficulties, we'll use C:\. ) Connect Memory Stick to PC. (Use a PSP or Memory Stick reader. Even a Sony Ericsson phone would do.) Now open the command prompt. (Start -> Run -> CMD.EXE -> OK.) Now type C:\mspformat.exe <drive letter of the Memory Stick> and press Enter. (Example : If your MS drive is L:\, then enter C:\mspformat.exe L) At the warning, type Y and press Enter. You should get a message like "Drive formatted. Partition moved." Now type C:\msinst.exe <drive letter of the Memory Stick> C:\msipl.bin and press Enter. (Example : If your MS drive is L:\, then enter C:\msinst.exe L C:\msipl.bin) You should get a message asking whether to write the IPL. Type Y and press Enter. You should see the "WRITE MS BOOT CODE" message. Now disconnect USB and take out the MS from PSP or other device. Then reinsert it and reconnect USB. Next, open the 25335_dc8.zip. Copy the folders in it to the root of your MS. Rename the 5.00 EBOOT to 500.PBP and copy that to the MS root as well. Done. Installing CFW (Yay! ) : Turn off PSP completely. Insert the DCv8 Memory Stick. Now hold UP on the D-Pad and insert the Pandora's Battery (assuming you designated UP as your boot button when using the DCv8 installer). Keep holding the UP button until the PSP boots into the Pandora menu. (If you used the "Creating MS by PC" method, you don't need to hold D-Pad UP.) [NOTE : This Pandora's Battery can be anything. It doesn't have to be actually made by the above method. You can even use a Pandora's Battery that you had before or even bought from somewhere. All Pandora's Batteries are the same.] Now press X to install 5.00 M33. BINGO! Note on PSN games : quote Dark_AleX Note: If you are gonna use the memory stick to restore a psp other than the one that created it, check if the file /registry/act.dat exists in the ms. If it exists, remove it, otherwise the restored psp may not be able to buy psn games until the user doesn't delete from flash2 the act.dat of the other psp. (act.dat files are unique for each psp). Note that act.dat will be restored to the moment of the MS creation. If you have bought other PSN game later, the act.dat file may have changed and if you restore the old one, you may loose the latest bought game. Backup flash2:/act.dat each time after you buy something from the PSN! Have fun! So, I guess that's it for the Pandora section. NOTE : From here onwards in the guide, you may come across unfamiliar terms. If so, please refer to Entropy's glossary. (Link at the top post.) Recovery Menu One of the main features of any Custom Firmware is the Recovery Menu. It gives access to many hidden features of the PSP like increasing/decreasing CPU speed. (That's a pretty handy feature, trust me. I got like 2 1/2 hours of music with 16% battery thanks to that. ) How do I access the Recovery Menu? Simple. Turn off the PSP completely. (Hold the Power switch up until the green light stops blinking and the screen powers down.) Now hold the R-trigger and turn on the PSP. Keep holding it until you have entered the Recovery Menu. Recovery Menu Options : Toggle USB : Pretty self explanatory, huh? In short, it's just like the Settings -> USB Connection, but better. Better as in, you can use it like an MS reader. Let's say you have a corrupt MS that the PSP doesn't detect. You need to format it with a PC. If you insert the MS and connect to the PC from here, you can easily achieve your goal. Group : Configuration : Skip Sony logo : Skips the SCE sequence and the PSP directly boots into the XMB. Hide corrupt icons : Hides any "Corrupted Data" icons in the XMB. Game folder homebrew : Phat PSP with 1.5 kernel only. (1.5 kernel will be explained later.) Allows you to switch the kernel of the GAME folder to 1.5 to allow old 1.5 homebrew to be run from it. Autorun program at /PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP : Allows you to run an application automatically at boot. UMD Mode : Let's you select a No-UMD mode that will allow you to play ISO games without a UMD disc inserted. Fake region : Allows you to make the PSP think that it is of a different region than it really is. I frankly don't see much use to it, other than getting region based features like Go!Messenger. Free UMD region : Looks obvious, huh? Wrong! I really don't know why this option is here. People may think it lets you watch region coded UMD movies on any PSP, but sadly it doesn't work that way. Believe me, I tried. I think this option is required to watch an ISO of a UMD movie of a different region. I'm not sure coz I've never been a fan of UMD movies. Hard Reset on homebrew : When enabled, resets the PSP when switching to 1.5 kernel for homebrew. Use VshMenu : Enables you to get access to a menu that lets you change CPU speed, Toggle USB (UMD, f0, f1, f2, f3, MS), load movie/audio ISOs and reset the PSP by pressing SELECT (3.71 M33 or higher) or HOME (3.52 M33 or 3.60 M33) button in the XMB. XMB USB Device : Lets you switch the medium that the USB Connection option in Settings connects you to, between UMD, f0, f1, f2, f3 or MS. Use M33 network update : Enable this option to easily update your Custom Firmware using the Network Update option in Settings. Hide PIC0.PNG and PIC1.PNG in game menu : Enable this option to stop loading background pics of items in the GAME -> Memory Stick menu. Advantage = Faster scrolling. End Group : Configuration Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP : Let's you run a CFW installer in case you have a semibrick and cannot boot up the XMB. (This was the main purpose of the Recovery Menu at first. Hence the name "Recovery" menu.) Group : Advanced : Group : Advanced configuration : Plain modules in UMD/ISO : Allows loading of certain plugins. It's safe to keep this option enabled. Execute BOOT.BIN in UMD/ISO : Any PSP game (UMD or ISO) consists of two executable BIN files. Those are BOOT.BIN and EBOOT.BIN. Now, don't ask me what their differences are, coz I have no idea. The default executable program is EBOOT.BIN. If you enable this option, it'll load BOOT.BIN as the default executable program instead. I recommend keeping this option disabled because most ISOs that you may... um... cough acquire cough come with the BOOT.BIN file ripped to save space. End Group : Advanced configuration Toggle USB (flash0) : Gives you full access to the flash0 partition (System partition) of the PSP's NAND via USB. Be very careful as you may get a brick by messing up this. Toggle USB (flash1) : Gives you full access to the flash1 partition (Settings partition) of the PSP's NAND via USB. Messing this partition up will cause a settings corruption. Toggle USB (flash2) : Gives you full access to the flash2 partition of the PSP's NAND via USB. Toggle USB (flash3) : Gives you full access to the flash3 partition of the PSP's NAND via USB. Format flash1 and reset settings : In case of a settings corruption, select this option. It'll allow you to set everything up from the beginning. (Kinda a pain in the butt, huh? ) End Group : Advanced Mod Edit: Jul 15, 09 by Ville_Valo -------------------
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 4:59pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Recovery Menu Continued Group : CPU Speed : Speed in XMB : Let's you set the speed at which the processor works when the PSP is in XMB mode. I recommend you to keep this at "Default". Speed in UMB/ISO : Let's you set the speed at which the processor works when the PSP is in GAME mode. I recommend you to set this to 333 for maximum performance and lesser load times. But keep in mind that this will drain the battery a bit faster. End Group : CPU Speed Group : Plugins : Allows you to enable or disable any plugins that you may have installed. Plugins will be explained in a later part. End Group : Plugins Group : Registry Hacks : Button assign : Let's you switch between X and O as the main button of your PSP. Activate WMA : Enables the WMA codec without a WiFi internet connection. Activate Flash Player : Phat PSP only. Slim PSP has this feature already activated. Enables the Flash plugin of the Web Browser without a WiFi internet connection. End Group : Registry Hacks Exit : Saves changes and exits to the XMB. So, that's it for the Recovery menu section. Now that you know how to install homebrew and to use the Recovery Menu, let's look at how you can upgrade your Custom Firmware. Upgrading your current CFW Method 1 : (Only applicable if you have a WiFi internet connection and/or your current CFW is 3.80 M33-4 or higher.) 1. Hold R during boot to enter the Recovery Menu. 2. Go to Configuration. 3. Enable M33 Network Update. 4. Exit Recovery Menu. 5. Go to Settings -> Network Update. 6. Connect your WiFi connection and sit back and relax as your update is downloaded and then installed. Method 2 : (Use if you don't have a WiFi internet connection or you have a lower CFW version.) Important! : If your PSP is a hard-modded TA-082/6 at 3.52 M33-4 or lower, please use Chilly Willy's idStorage Manager to rewrite any missing keys to avoid a full brick and make sure to keep a Pandora's Battery and Magic Memory Stick ready anyway. Rewriting idStorage keys is an extremely complicated procedure that is best left to people who are sure of what they're doing. I will not try to explain that procedure here as even I have done it only once when a friend of mine bricked his hard-modded TA-082 when trying to install 3.71 M33. Now that you've read my rambling, let's get on with it. 1. Download the latest version of Dark_Alex's Custom Firmware (as of today, 5th December 2008, version 5.00 M33-3) from here. 3. Now find the official Firmware of the same version here, and download it. (In this case, 5.00.) 4. Rename the EBOOT.PBP of the X.XX Sony FW to XXX.PBP. (In this case, EBOOT.PBP to 500.PBP.) As it's firmware 5.00, we name it 500.pbp. If it were 4.01, we'd name it 401.pbp. 5. Place that in the same folder as the CFW installer and copy that folder to /PSP/GAME. 6. For good measure, visit the Recovery Menu and make sure that the Game Folder Homebrew kernel is NOT set to 1.5. 7. Go to GAME -> Memory Stick menu and select the installer. 8. Voila! Enjoy the new CFW. Yawn G'night people. I guess I'll continue this tomorrow. Mod Edit: Dec 04, 08 by Ville_Valo -------------------
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 4:59pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Installing and using homebrew There are 4 types of homebrew applications: 1.5 kernel format homebrew 1.0 kernel format homebrew Universal format homebrew Plugins 1.5 kernel format homebrew Also known as K-Xploited homebrew, this format of homebrew uses two EBOOT.PBP files in two folders. The two folders are either named %___SCE___<appname> and ___SCE___<appname> or <appname>% and <appname>. The EBOOT.PBP file in the % folder is a dummy file that is used to load the proper EBOOT.PBP in the other folder, bypassing the anti-homebrew security check in FW 1.5. NOTE : Using the %___SCE___<appname> and ___SCE___<appname> naming format prevents one folder from being detected as "Corrupted Data" even if the "Hide Corrupted Icons" setting in Recovery Menu is disabled. This format of homebrew will only work on either Firmware 1.5 or any Custom Firmware. Using 1.5 kernel homebrew in FW 1.5: 1. Copy the two folders to /PSP/GAME. 2. Go to GAME -> Memory Stick and select your app. Using 1.5 kernel homebrew in 3.52 M33-4 or lower: 1. Copy the two folders to /PSP/GAME and set "Game folder homebrew" setting in the Recovery Menu to 1.50, OR copy the two folders to /PSP/GAME150. 2. Go to GAME -> Memory Stick and select your app. Using 1.5 kernel homebrew in 3.71 M33 or higher in a Phat PSP. quote StarJet NOTE : Requires the 1.5 kernel addon. How to install the 1.5 kernel addon: 1. Download the appropriate 1.5 kernel from here. 2. Download the 1.5 EBOOT.PBP from here. 3. Rename the 1.5 EBOOT.PBP to 150.PBP and copy it to the 1.5 kernel installer folder. 4. Copy the 1.5 kernel installer folder to /PSP/GAME. 5. Run the installer from GAME -> Memory Stick. 1. Copy the two folders to /PSP/GAME and set "Game folder homebrew" setting in the Recovery Menu to 1.50, OR copy the two folders to /PSP/GAME150. 2. Go to GAME -> Memory Stick and select your app. Using 1.5 kernel homebrew in 3.60 M33 or higher in a Slim PSP. Important! A Slim PSP does NOT support 1.5 kernel homebrew. Thus, it is required that you use DAX's Time Machine to install the 1.50/3.40 hybrid firmware on your Memory Stick and run your 1.5 homebrew from there. Read the readme file to learn how to install 1.50/3.40 hybrid. (I don't think I have time for an in-depth Time Machine guide. ) Note that Time Machine requires a Pandora's Battery to boot. To be continued... Mod Edit: Nov 14, 08 by Ville_Valo -------------------
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 5:00pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	quote Ville_Valo Taking Screenshots Me and StarJet have decided that a quick quide on how to take screenshots of games is necessary, and that he doesn't have the time to make it. So it's up to me! Note, this also works with any plugin. Note2 also that the plugin I'm using is called FuSa screenShoot! v1.1. I renamed it to Screenshot.prx to make life easier. It's, simply, the best screenshot plugin there is. 1. First thing's first. You need custom firmware of just about any version. Even the new ones work. 2. Now, download this archive. This is the plugin itself, and it's what will be taking your screenshots. It also includes a file called config.key and a configurator, but we'll get to that.. You'll want to get the file screenshot.prx and the file config.key (right click on the archive, click 'Extract Here'), and put them in the folder Removable Disk:\PSP\SEPlugins. 3. This part's a little hard to understand, but if you get it you've got it forever. You have to tell the PSP when and how to use the plugin. This is done via a couple of text documents. If you have the folder SEPlugins, there should be at least two .txt files in there, one called VSH.txt, one called GAME.txt. These tell the PSP where the plugin is. VSH.txt is for the XMB, GAME.txt is for plugins in games. If you don't have these, create two text documents and save them with those names. What's in them tells the PSP where the plugin is. You want them to say this: quote ms0:/seplugins/screenshot.prx So copy it into the documents. If you want to be able to take screenshots of your XMB menu, put it in VSH.txt. If you want to take screenshots of games, put it in GAME.txt. 4. You'll need to now enable the plugin with the recovery menu. Go to the option 'plugins', and make sure it's enabled for VSH, or GAME, or both. Whichever you put it in. And now you're done! To take screenshots, press the music note button. It takes a little while, (you can speed it up by upping your CPU speed in recovery mode, but your battery will last less time), and they save in PSP/PHOTO/Screenshots. Configurating: If you want to change where to save screenshots or what button you press to take them, use the configurator file. Double click on it, it will open, check the box or boxes for buttons you want to use for screenshots, and change the saving directory in the box up the top. Click 'Save', it will create a new config.key. Put that file in SEPlugins, replace the old one. Note that there are two configurator files. The 'alt' one is for if the first one doesn't work. If neither of them work, you could try right clicking on the original configurator, going to 'summary', and changing which compatibility mode you want to run it in. It's currently on Windows 2000. What's more, this works with any plugin. Just change the .txt documents to include the name of the plugin. And that's that. StarJet, I've taken one of your reserved threads. I guess we can move it if you want, it's up to you. But it's here for the moment. Written by Ville_Valo. quote Ste Guitar Switching Discs with POPSLoader. This guide will use Final Fantasy VII as an example. So you've got a copy/iso of FF7. Don't feel like playing the game confined to your couch/bed/floor? Don't fret! Because YOU have(or will have) POPStation GUI!! Though you may ask, "Whoa, there! This game has three whole discs! How will I be able to switch them when the time comes?" Well don't fear, little one. Because YOU have this guide. Most games that require Disc Switching ask you to Save at the end of the disc, this is because there is ALWAYS a chance that the discs you have don't have matching PROMPT ID's. Asking us to save is very fortunate for us, because this means we can complete the game on our PSP! Now, there are a few different ways to do this. 1:When you generate your EBOOT files with POPStation, check the Save ID that the game has. Write this number down in Notepad or something, or, create a new number(Just make sure you don't change the Game ID). Final Fantasy VII(US) has the ID SCUS00987. Now when you're generating the EBOOT of Disc 2.Go to the Save ID, it should be only one number off, make that number the EXACT SAME AS THE FIRST DISC. So change the digits from SCUS00988 to SCUS00987.(US) Do the exact same thing for the 3rd Disc. 2:This is my personal preference because it doesn't take as much time, but this REQUIRES you to save at the end of the Disc. Generate the EBOOTS without changing the Save ID's, as it's unnecessary, Now, when you get to the end of the Disc, SAVE, THIS IS MANDATORY, YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO DO THIS. Exit the game from the Home menu, now, put your PSP into USB Mode, or Put your Memory Stick in the computer. Open up your Memory Stick.(You must know how to do this or you wouldn't have the game on it in the first place.) Now, go into the 'PSP' folder, from here, go into the folder that says SAVEDATA. You have to remember the Save ID you gave this game to do this. So if you left it the way it is and didn't change a thing, and don't remember, just open up the EBOOT in POPStation again and you can see it. Anyways, now, in the SAVEDATA folder, open up the game's folder.(Save ID Digits.) You'll see Five files, there's only two necessary ones that we need, and those are SCEVMC0, and SCEVMC1. COPY these files and Paste them whereever you want. Now, put the next Disc to the game on your PSP, exit USB mode and start the game, wait for the PS logo to appear, then exit the game. Go back to USB Mode, and back to your SAVEDATA folder. There should be another folder now, it should be one digit off of the other disc of your game. Open up this folder, remember those SCEVMC files you copied? Well copy them both into this folder, and make sure to 'Copy and Replace'. You can also copy the CONFIG file into this new folder if you want your Screen Mode and Controller data on this new one. Now, if you've done this correctly, it'll work without you having to change any ID's. ~~ This is how I completed FF7. Written by Ste Guitar Mod Edit: Aug 22, 08 by Ville_Valo -------------------
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 5:03pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Sigh I've been to the countryside and I'm pretty exhausted. It's like 11.00 pm here, so I'm gonna call it a night. I'll carry on tomorrow, guys. -------------------
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Ville_Valo Welcome to the Blood Machine Permanently Plugged In since: Dec 2005	Aug 10, 08 at 9:52pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Oh, it's so beautiful! Keep up the good work StarJet, it's very much appreciated. I'll have to glance over it and see what's there and everything when I get a chance, I'll add it to the sticky when I can do that. You're my hero. ------------------- TES: Skyrim \|\| PM \|\| General PS Vita \|\| GB \|\| Playstation 3
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The Don Neo: Essential since: Aug 2007	Aug 10, 08 at 11:21pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Starjet makes a return with this huge ass thread. Awesome. Good work man! You've done so much for this forum. ------------------- blog \| gallery \| last.fm
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Ville_Valo Welcome to the Blood Machine Permanently Plugged In since: Dec 2005	Aug 11, 08 at 11:23am ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Quick note: Could you bold the bit that says 'This is for phats only'? It's very important that people don't start Ooh, and could you include a quick section about using the screenshot.prx plugin? That gets requested so much. I know this one works, I use it. So you can include that link rather than having to find a good one. Edit: Aug 11, 08 ------------------- TES: Skyrim \|\| PM \|\| General PS Vita \|\| GB \|\| Playstation 3
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 11, 08 at 2:33pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	quote Ville_Valo You're my hero. quote Ville_Valo Quick note: Could you bold the bit that says 'This is for phats only'? It's very important that people don't start Ooh, and could you include a quick section about using the screenshot.prx plugin? That gets requested so much. I know this one works, I use it. So you can include that link rather than having to find a good one. Bolding : done. Screenshot.prx guide : Queued. (Though I'm not sure whether I'll have time to do this. Our vacation is over in one more week, so I'll be gone once again. ) So feel free to edit this thread as you like. quote The_Don Starjet makes a return with this huge ass thread. Awesome. Good work man! You've done so much for this forum. Sadly, it's not exactly a comeback. I'll be gone with the wind in like one more week. Anyway, I'm hoping to finish the Recovery Mode section by tonight. EDIT: Shit, no such luck. I'll try to go over it tomorrow. ~StarJet Edit: Aug 11, 08 -------------------
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Ville_Valo Welcome to the Blood Machine Permanently Plugged In since: Dec 2005	Aug 11, 08 at 9:48pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	I can do the .prx guide, easy as pie. Oh it just doubled in size! ! Thanks StarJet, keep it up! and don't disappear on us again =[ ------------------- TES: Skyrim \|\| PM \|\| General PS Vita \|\| GB \|\| Playstation 3
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 12, 08 at 6:07am ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	quote Ville_Valo I can do the .prx guide, easy as pie. Oh it just doubled in size! ! Thanks StarJet, keep it up! and don't disappear on us again =[ It's great if you can do the guide. And sorry, I have to disappear. Vacation doesn't stay long. I've finished the Recovery Menu section. I'll plan the next bit for tonight. Oh, and Scott, you should unsticky the other 50 page homebrew thread and my Pandora guide. Both have links in this thread. -------------------
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Ville_Valo Welcome to the Blood Machine Permanently Plugged In since: Dec 2005	Aug 12, 08 at 12:04pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	I was just about to do that, it's a good idea. Do you mind if I edit this? I might add a bit at the start eventually, with those links that take you down the page to the section you're after. I won't change anything major. I may also add something or reword something if I get people complaining they don't understand. If that's okay. ------------------- TES: Skyrim \|\| PM \|\| General PS Vita \|\| GB \|\| Playstation 3
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StarJet Still Seekin' total posts: 3668 GameGrep pts: 4610 since: Apr 2007	Aug 12, 08 at 2:06pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	No problem. Seeing as I won't be around, you should take care of any problems and add anything that you think is necessary. -------------------
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Ville_Valo Welcome to the Blood Machine Permanently Plugged In since: Dec 2005	Aug 12, 08 at 9:43pm ^ re: The Ultimate Homebrew Thread ;)
	Thanks. ------------------- TES: Skyrim \|\| PM \|\| General PS Vita \|\| GB \|\| Playstation 3
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