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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 6:36am ^ All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Log in to remove this sponsored message In Progress: ________________________________ Update Guide to Custom Firmware 3.71M33 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. How can I get Homebrew on my PSP? ________________________________ Only certain firmwares can use homebrew. To check what firmware your PSP is... Turn on your PSP Go to Settings>System Settings>System Information Your "System Software:X.XX" is your firmware. These Firmwares easily support homebrew: 2.80 2.71 2.70 2.60 2.50 2.01 2.00 1.50 These Firmwares can support homebrew, but not easily:If you need to downgrade, Scroll down to the Downgraders Guide. 2.81 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.10 3.11 3.30 3.40 3.50 Once you have one of these firmwares, you must downgrade to firmware 1.50 (if not already there). How do I install Homebrew? Firmware 1.50 ________________________________ First download some homebrew you would like to play or use. You can download some great 100% legal homebrew here. Download the homebrew game you want on your PSP. For this tutorial, we will use SnakeSP v7 Click on the file you just downloaded and extract the folders "__SCE__snake" and "%__SCE__snake" to your desktop Connect your PSP to your computer by a USB cord. Turn on your PSP, go to Settings and start USB Mode. Your PC should automatically recognize your PSP. On your computer, go to "My Computer" and click on your PSP. You should see the folders "PSP" and MP_ROOT" Go into the PSP Folder, then into GAME. Drag and drop the "__SCE__snake" and "%__SCE__snake" folders into the GAME folder. Once your PC is done sending the folders to your PSP, press O on your PSP and disconnect your USB cable. On your PSP, go to Game, and scroll down to Memory stick. Go into that and you should see Snake ready to be ran on your PSP. How do I install Homebrew? Custom Firmware 3.XXOE and Custom Firmware 3.XX M33 ________________________________ Download the homebrew game you want on your PSP. For this tutorial, we will use SnakeSP v7 Click on the file you just downloaded and extract the folders "__SCE__snake" and "%__SCE__snake" to your desktop Connect your PSP to your computer by a USB cord. Turn on your PSP, go to Settings and start USB Mode. Your PC should automatically recognize your PSP. On your computer, go to "My Computer" and click on your PSP. You should see the folders "PSP" and MP_ROOT" You should see a "GAME" and "GAME150" folder, if you only see the GAME folder than create a new folder called GAME150. Now go into GAME150. Drag and drop the "__SCE__snake" and "%__SCE__snake" folders into the GAME150 folder. Once your PC is done sending the folders to your PSP, press O on your PSP and disconnect your USB cable. On your PSP, go to Game, and scroll down to Memory stick. Go into that and you should see Snake ready to be ran on your PSP. Note If you are trying to install a Playstion1 game or PSP Demo, it will go inside the GAME folder, NOT the GAME150 folder. Where can I download Homebrew? ________________________________ There are alot of different PSP Fansites, but some of them could possibly hold harmful or malicious software capable of damaging your PSP. Thus, make sure you only visit and download from trusted PSP Fansites. pspupdates.qj.net is by far the most safe and trusted PSP website. They have moderators to check what is put up on that website and do not hold any illegal or harmful software. They are also the #1 source for the latest PSP news and updates. -PSPupdates.qj.net Website -PSPupdates.qj.net Download Files -PSPupdates.qj.net Forums -Quick FAQ- Q:When I install homebrew, I get corrupted data under my memory stick. What do i do? A:Make sure all your homebrew is named like this, "__SCE__homebrew" and "%__SCE__homebrew". Replace the name Homebrew with the name of your Game or app. Once both folders are renamed, the corrupted data should be gone. Q:When I start my homebrew, it says "This game cannot be started (80000004). What do I do?" A:This could be caused by a number of factors... -Make sure you have both homebrew folders inside the GAME or GAME150 folder. -You have a firmware that is not able to run homebrew. Remember you must have firmware 1.50, Custom Firmware 2.71SE or any OE Firmware to run homebrew. -Make sure you have the homebrew installed in the right folder. GAME - Playstation1 games and PSP Demos GAME150 - Homebrew games\applications and Custom Firmware Updates Q: I want to change my Custom Firmware from OE to M33 (or Vise Versa), Do I need to downgrade first? A: No you don't unless the instructions of the Custom Firmware you want to go to say different. Going back down to Firmware 1.50 and then upgrading to a custom Firmware is acceptable as well, Do which ever is easier and safer for you. Q: I went from Custom Firmware OE to Custom Firmware M33 (Or Vise-versa) and now my Recovery Menu Configuration crashes and ISO\CSO's don't work. A: This is caused by a corruption in your Flash1, this problem is easily solved by formatting your Flash1. To do so... -Enter Recovery mode -Go into Advanced -Start a USB FLASH1 Connection, NOT FLASH 0! -Delete all Folders in your Flash1, its safe don't worry -Exit Recovery mode and your done. Network Settings, Parental Control and Misc settings will need to be reset. Q: I downloaded and installed an XMB theme and now some of my Homebrew Doesn't work A: This is a problem caused by accident by the Theme Makers and not properly patching the vsh.prx in the theme you downloaded, Its a common mistake and a simple Fix. -First Download Patch SFO for 3.XX. This works for both OE and M33 Custom Firmware. -Open the file with Winrar and drag the "PatchSFO (GAME150 Version)" Folder into "PSP>GAME150" or PSP>GAME" on your PSPs memory stick. -On your PSP, Go to Game>Memory Stick and Start PatchSFO. It will quickly patch your homebrew that doesn't already have a patched .sfo file. This is a one time process that must be done to all your Homebrew. If you add a new Homebrew game then you must re-run Patch SFO. -You may delete Patch SFO once your done using it. Any errors in this post? Anything you think needs to be added? Send me a Private Message and I will look into it. This message was edited by monkey_ninjas316 on Jan 03 2008.
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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 6:36am ^ All you need to know: Downgraders Guide
	Why Downgrade? ________________________________ Downgrading is an almost essential step in running homebrew for your PSP. Downgrading is needed because Sony blocks Homebrew on its latest firmwares, and to run homebrew you must be at at least firmware 1.50. So downgrading will basically, bring you from a higher firmware to a lower firmware. Can I Downgrade? ________________________________ Only certain firmwares are able to downgrade at the moment. 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. These firmwares that can downgrade include: 3.50 3.03 2.80 2.71 2.60 2.50 2.00 Note If your firmware is not listed, updating to one of these firmwares will allow you to downgrade. Is downgrading safe? ________________________________ Downgrading is not a very complicated process, but if not done correctly can result in a brick(broken PSP). Make sure you follow the directions for downgrading carefully and follow them step by step. All downgraders will alert you if you may have not done a step in the downgrade process, so don't get to worried about it. It may seem complicated for some people, but its really a simple process that deserves all your time and attention. What do I need before I downgrade? Required knowledge for ALL firmwares ________________________________ To make sure your downgrader works as best as it can, it requires a few things... -A PSP to PC USB Connection (USB to Mini USB Cord) -A battery charged ATLEAST 75% -Make sure you have ATLEAST 50mbs Free on your memory stick -Completely Shut off your PSP before you downgrade, then turn it back on. This is suggested to clear your PSPs RAM. -Plug in your PSP to your AC adapter while downgrading -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 PSP's ________________________________ 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 PSP's ________________________________ 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. 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 PSP's ________________________________ 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 PSP's ________________________________ 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. Set-up Magic Memory Stick & Jigkick Battery - All PSP's ________________________________ Important Info to know: -A "Jigkick" battery is a battery that once inserted into the PSP, will boot the PSP into the Restore Screen. A Jigkick battery will NOT be able to boot the PSP normally unless converted back. -A "Magic Memory Stick" is a regular Pro Duo memory stick which contains the files that are required to boot into the Restore screen. -If you decide to convert your battery back, plug your PSP into your AC adapter to turn it on. Only reinsert the battery when you have the option to convert the battery back. You will need the following items First: -A PSP with any firmware -A second PSP Battery is recommended but not required -Magic Memory and Battery Setup -1.50 Update eboot First we are going to setup your Magic Memory Stick, Plug in your PSP to your PC and start a USB Connection. Right click on your desktop, go to New>Folder to create a new folder. Go into your PSP's memory stick on your PC and go to View>Select All. Now go to View>Cut, go into the new folder you created on your Desktop and go to View>Paste. This will transfer your Memory stick files to your PC, this is only temporary but required. Once the files are done transfering, we are going to extract the four folders inside pandora.zip. Go to My Computer and go into your Main Hard Drive, its usually (C:). Create a New folder and name it Pandora. Extract the four folders "Battery, Installer, msinst and mspformat" into the Pandora Folder. Now we are going to format your PSP's Memory stick but using your PC and not the PSP. On your PC go to Start>Run and type in cmd. A Command prompt will appear, type in c: and press enter. Next, type in cd c:\pandora\mspformat and press Enter. Type mspformat X, X is your PSP's Drive Letter. Check your PSP's drive letter by going to My Computer. If you are asked if you want to continue, press y for Yes and press enter. Once finished, exit USB mode with your PSP by pressing O. Turn off your PSP and take out the memory stick. Next, reinsert your memory stick and turn on your PSP. This is just a pre-caution that shouldn't take more than a minute to do. Start a USB connection again Go to My Computer and into your PSP's memory stick. Create a folder named PSP, next create a folder named GAME (or it may be GAME150 depending on CFW) Go to My Computer and go into C:/Pandora, go into the battery folder and copy both "pandora_battery" and "pandora_battery%" on to your PSP's memory stick in PSP>GAME. Now go back into C:/Pandora and into the Installer folder, copy both "pbfirm_install" and "pbfirm_install%" folders into PSP>GAME Get the 1.50 update you downloaded and extract the eboot.pbp onto your PSP's memory stick. It should be right next to the PSP folder, not inside it. Right-click on eboot.pbp and go to rename. Name it UPDATE.pbp Exit the USB Connection on the PSP. Go to Game and into your memory stick. Start "Pandora�s Battery Firm. Installer". Once its done, completely shut off your PSP. Take out your memory stick and battery, now reinsert the memory stick and battery and turn your PSP back on. This is another pre-caution. Once completed, start a USB Connection once again. Go to My Computer and into your PSP's memory stick. Locate the file msipl.bin, right click on it and go to Cut. Go to c:\pandora\msinst and go to View>Paste. On your PC, go to Start>Run and type in cmd. Type in cd c:\pandora\msinst and press enter. Next type msinst W msipl.bin and press enter. Once its done, completely shut off your PSP. Take out your memory stick and battery, now reinsert the memory stick and battery and turn your PSP back on. This is another pre-caution. On your PSP go to Game and into your memory stick. Start "Pandora's Battery Creator". Select the option to backup your batterys eeprom to your memory stick. The program will exit back to the XMB when finished. Once again, start "Pandora's Battery Creator" but this time choose the option to convert your battery. Once completed, you now own a "Jigkick" battery which can be used to get you into the Restore Screen. The "Jigkick" battery can not normally start the PSP, it will only bring it into the Restore screen. You must convert the battery back to normal for it to work as a regular battery. Go to your desktop and into the folder that you pasted all the contents of your memory stick, Go to View>Select All. Now start a USB Connection with your PSP and in your memory stick, press View>Paste to re-add all your original Memory stick files and still use your memory stick as a "Magic Memory Stick" Using Magic Memory Stick & Jigkick Battery - All PSP's ________________________________ You will need the following items First: -A Bricked PSP or a PSP with any Firmware -A "Jigkick" Battery and a "Magic Memory stick" If you are using a working PSP with official Firmware, completely shut off the PSP first. Remove the battery and Memory stick from the PSP, just put them to the side for now. Insert the "Magic Memory stick" first, Now insert your "Jigkick" battery. As soon as the battery is noticed by the PSP, your PSP's will automatically boot into service mode. Press X to use the option to downgrade a PSP with Official Firmware or Re-Flash a Bricked PSP, if you do not wish to continue simply hold the power switch on your PSP up for 2-4 seconds until it shuts off. It may take a while, but when your PSP boots you will have Firmware 1.50 and go through the original settings setup. You may have to take out your "Jigkick" battery and use the AC adapter to keep the PSP powered while going through the setup. If your PSP is not a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP, then its recommended you use the Official Sony 2.00 Update and then downgrade to 1.50. For info on downgrading 2.00 to 1.50, use my tutorial above. Any errors in this post? Anything you think needs to be added? Send me a Private Message and I will look into it. This message was edited by Monkey_ninjas316 on Aug 24 2007.
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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 6:37am ^ re: All you need to know: Custom Firmware and Flashing Guide
	What is Custom Firmware? ________________________________ Custom Firmware is based off Sony's Original firmware, but with modified files to benefit the homebrew community. Custom firmwares give you the support of homebrew, with the features of Sony's official Firmware at the same time with no need for devhook or other firmware emulating homebrew applications. Custom Firmware also includes a Recovery Menu which can save a PSP from becoming bricked (broken) so a custom firmware is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to have before flashing your PSP. What are the Features of Custom Firmware? OE & M33 Firmware ________________________________ What mainly sets Custom firmware aside from the official Sony firmwares are the features that benefit homebrew. But Custom firmware has a few more tricks up its sleeve. To access the options below, you must get into the Recovery menu. Recovery menu - This can be accessed by your PSP at anytime, whether your PSP is semi-bricked or not, this menu WILL pop up. From this menu, you can set many homebrew related settings, enter your PSP's internal memory and you can start a PSP update if you corrupt your Internal Flash memory. Starting the update will write new flash files to your PSP, thus fixing the brick. Access Recovery mode by Completely shutting off your PSP, and holding R while you turn your PSP back on. PRX\Plugin loading - From here, you can load files called PRX's. These files\plugins can send special commands to be used with the PSPs flash enabling some unique features. The most popular PRXs include playing music anywhere on the PSP menu, enabling a 4th lighter backlight brightness, taking snapshots off your PSP with the touch of a button and recording videos of your games in .gif format. quote How to load PRXs, quick tutorial 1.Create a folder on the root of your PSPs memorystick called "seplugins" 2.Find a PRX you like, download it and place it inside the "seplugins" folder on your PSPs Memory Stick. 3.Create 2 .txt files inside the "seplugins" folder. Name one of them "Game" and the other "vsh". Inside both .txt files, type "ms0:/seplugins/INSERT_NAME_OF_YOUR_PRX.PRX" and then save the files. 4.Completely shut off your PSP, hold the R button and turn the PSP back on 5.The purple recovery menu should come up, go to Advanced>Advanced Configuration. Enable "Plain Modules in UMD\ISO" 6.Press Back twice, then go to Plugins and enable both the [vsh] and [game] PRX's. Press back and then go to Exit 7.Your PRX has now been successfully enabled, follow the directions of the PRX file to use it. Registry Hacks - These allows you to enable Flash player and .wma (Windows Media Audio) support without the need of an Internet Connection. To access these, you must enter the Recovery menu, you can enter the Registry Hacks menu and enable these options from there. CPU Speed - The options available are Default (266Mhz), 222MHz, 266MHz, 300MHz and 333MHz. This controls the speed of the PSP's CPU clock. Settings to 300MHz or 333MHz will speed up load times and help slow down in games, but it will consume more battery power faster. This option can be accessed from the Recovery Menu Eboot Auto-Run - This option tells the PSP to Automatically run the eboot.pbp from a specified directory. This can be accessed by going to the Recovery Menu>Configuration Misc Options - The following options may be accessed by going into the Recovery Menu>configuration. Skip SCE logo - Enabled will skip the "Sony Computer Entertainment" screen upon Full restart. Hide Corrupt Icons - If enabled, This will hide Corrupt Icons on the PSP menu, under the Game>memory stick section. Game Folder Homebrew - 3.XXKernal means the GAME folder on your memory stick is for 3.XX eboots (e.g. PS1 games) and that the GAME150 folder must be used for 1.50 eboots (e.g. Homebrew). Switching the kernal to 1.50Kernal means the GAME folder is used for 1.50 eboots and a folder named GAME3XX (XX being your firmware) is for your 3.XX eboots. Free UMD Region - Setting to Enabled will remove the UMD Movie Region code. You may watch any UMD movie now, regardless of region location. Playstation 1 game loading - You can now load all your own favorite Playstation 1 games on your PSP. Make sure your Playstation 1 games go inside the GAME folder of your memory stick and NOT GAME150. If you have your Kernal set to 3.XX kernal then Playstation 1 games will go into the GAME3XX folder. quote Convert Playstation .ISO\.BIN\.IMG to .pbp, quick tutorial Download and load "PSX2PSP.exe" Under where it says "ISO\PBP folder", go to the "..." button and locate your ISO that you want to covert to .pbp format. You can also convert .bin and .img files to .pbp format. Output PBP folder is where you want the .pbp file to go once its converted. Putting this on your desktop is recommended most so its easy to find later. Under "Game Title:", put the name of your game. Do the same for "Save title:". Under "Game ID:", go to the drop down menu and select "PBPX". Now type in "00001" in the box next to it. It is essential that all the games you convert are set to "PBPX" and have a different number for there ID, if they don't then your games will try to use the same save slot as another game since the PSP recognizes them by ID and not title. The rest of the options are optional. You can basically make pictures and set them to show up when you are looking at all your homebrew. The only 2 you really might want are PIC1.PNG and ICON0.PNG. This is the basic layout of how they look. Once you put pictures in, it looks more like this. Once you got your pictures the way you want them, you can press Preview to show you how it will look on the PSP. Check the box that says "PAL to NTSC" only if the ISO you have is a PAL region. PAL PS1 games give off more graphical glitches compared to NTSC for some reason so you should check the box to convert it. Press convert, once its done your eboot.pbp file should be where you told the program to put it. Put the eboot.pbp inside a folder. Now make sure you put this on your PSP via USB cable. The folder with the eboot.pbp should go inside your PSP like so X:\PSP\GAME so make sure once its in there, its like this X:\PSP\GAME\MYgame How can I get Custom Firmware on my PSP?? ________________________________ Now that you have that downgraded PSP with 1.50 Firmware, you are going to want to install a custom firmware for Homebrew support and the latest Sony Updates. Installing these custom firmwares is simple but be sure to take your time because it may get confusing to new users. The most popular Custom Firmwares are OE (Open Edition) and M33. Both have their perks over the other but are actually very similar to each other. I recommend M33 Firmware because it supports homebrew and is based off a later Firmware then OE is but its really up to you in the end. ~Under Construction~ Installing OE Custom Firmware: Latest OE Firmware: 3.40OE LE Tutorial Under Construction a b c d e f Installing M33 Custom Firmware: Latest M33 Firmware: 3.52 M33-4 Tutorial Under Construction a b c d e f ___________________________FLASHING_________________________ ____________________________________________________________ REMEMBER Always back-up files on your Flash IMPORTANT REMEMBER Always back-up files on your Flash IMPORTANT REMEMBER Always back-up files on your Flash IMPORTANT What is Flashing and what can it do? Are there risk involved? ________________________________ Inside your PSP there is built in memory, this is known as the Flash. The Flash memory holds your firmware files, without the flash your PSP could not function. "Flashing" your PSP is basically adding or modifying firmware files in your PSPs flash. Flashing your PSP will give you the ability to completely customize your PSPs XMB (menu). Now your Fonts, Gameboot, sounds, Icons and much more can be changed. The risk involved from flashing are non-existant if you use a Custom Firmware such as 3.40OE or 3.XX M33. If you are not using a Custom Firmware, its possible your PSP could Brick. How do I Flash my PSP? ________________________________ Your PSP can be flashed via the Recovery Menu of your Custom Firmware. You can access the Recovery Menu by going into the Recovery menu, go to Advanced and Highlight "Toggle USB (Flash0)". Now, plug in your PSP to your PC through your USB cable, Press X to start USB mode. Instead of your PC showing you whats on your PSP's memory stick, You will see 6 new folders. These folders make up your PSP's flash0. Where can I download Files to Flash? ________________________________ Here are some good links to download files to easily Flash to your PSP. -Custom Gameboots -Custom Fonts -Custom XMB Icons -Custom XMB Waves or Here. -Custom Bootsounds -Full themes -More Full themes How do I Flash my Custom ______? ________________________________ Once you have established a USB connection from your PC to your PSP's Flash0 and downloaded or made a custom file, do the following depending on which you wish to install. Flashing Gameboots: Changes the intro movie when you start a game/application. On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your Original Gameboot.pmf Once backed up, delete the Gameboot.pmf in your PSPs Flash Add your new Gameboot.pmf Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu Flashing Fonts: Changes your PSPs menu font. On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\font" Backup your Original ltn0.pgf Once backed up, delete the ltn0.pgf in your PSPs Flash Add your new ltn0.pgf Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu Flashing XMB Icons: Changes the Icons on your PSPs main menu. On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your Original topmenu_plugin.rco Once backed up, delete the topmenu_plugin.rco in your PSPs Flash Add your new topmenu_plugin.rco Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu Flashing XMB Waves: Change the waves in the background of your menu. On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your Original system_plugin_bg.rco Once backed up, delete the system_plugin_bg.rco in your PSPs Flash Add your new system_plugin_bg.rco Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu Flashing Boot Sounds: For 3.02OE-B and lower. Installing on 3.03OE-C or higher will disable PS1 game loading at the moment. Change the opening sound when your PSP first boots up. On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your opening_plugin.rco Now Download Custom Bootsound Creation Open up PSPMenuEdit.exe and load the opening_plugin.rco that came with the package. Press Import New audio' and navigate to your Coldboot.vag file. It must be named Coldboot.vag! delete the opening_plugin.rco in your PSPs Flash Add your new opening_plugin.rco Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu. You can also convert to .vag format using "MFAudio.exe". Remember, your .wav must be 16bit and MUST be NO MORE than 4 seconds long, and NO LESS than 1 second long Create Custom Coldboot Text: All credit to Entropy! Change your PSPs Text on Startup You need: a decrypted opening_plugin.rco, RCO editor, photo editing software capable of showing RGB-channels. I used RCO Editor 1.13 and Photoshop CS2. You can download my decrypted 3.03 OE-C opening_plugin.rco right [HERE] and you can get RCO editor 1.13 [HERE]. Open the decrypted opening_plugin.rco using RCO editor. Select [MIG]text_logo and click extract, save it somewhere were you'll easily find, for instance your desktop. As for the name, it doesn't really matter, I chose coldboottext.bmp. Open the .BMP file in your photo editing program. I'm using Photoshop CS2, so it might be somewhat different if you use a different program. Go to the Layer window, but instead of 'Layers', select 'Channels'. Now, click on the Alpha channel and make it black (use a black brush or press Shift+F5 and choose black as the color). Type whatever text you want, as long as it fits in the space provided you're fine. Any font will do, but I'm not sure if any colors apart from white work, but I'm sure they will. The Alpha layer will turn red once your start typing, this is normal. It will show up as black on the PSP. Save it and go back to RCO editor with your opening_plugin.rco. Once again, go to [MIG]tex_logo and click 'Replace', now select the .BMP file you have just created. RCO editor will automatically save your progress. Time to flash! Enter recovery mode, go to Advanced > Toggle USB (flash0). Now, drag your new opening_plugin.rco to vsh > resource. Be sure to back your old opening_plugin.rco up, just to be sure. Reboot your PSP and enjoy your new cold boot, mine turned out like this: Note: I can confirm this works for 3.03 OE-C, however, be sure the firmware you're currently on supports coldboots. I believe it'll work on 3.30 OE-A' _(A2) and 3.40 OE-A, but I can't say for sure. Furthermore, flash at your own risk. Be sure your PSP is at least 75% charged. DO NOT USE MY 3.03 OE-C OPENING_PLUGIN.RCO ON ANY FIRMWARE BUT 3.03 OE-C, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT A (SEMI-)BRICK. Flashing Custom Background Themes: Change your colored themes for your PSPs background On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your Original 1-12.bmp Once backed up, delete the 1-12.bmp in your PSPs Flash Add your new 1-12.bmp Exit USB mode with your Flash0, then exit the Recovery Menu Create Custom Background Themes: Learn to create your own custom colored themes. Download the "1-12.bmp Split/Merger" program here Place the program in its own folder on your desktop On your PC, go into your PSPs Flash via USB. Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" and copy your 1-12.bmp file into the folder with the Split\Merger program. Start the Split\Merger program, Under the Split section, click the browse button. Locate your 1-12.bmp and press Open. Now press Split, the Program will tell you "Success!" if the split was successful. A new folder was created inside the folder you have the program in, it contains all the different themes. Edit your Themes as you wish and save them. Go back on the Split/Merger program. Under the Merge Section, press Browse and select the folder all 12 themese are in. Now press Merge Your new 1-12.bmp was created and can be found inside the folder that contained all 12 themes. To flash this theme to your PSP, view my "Flashing Custom Themes" guide above. XMB Label Changer: Change the menu titles and labels. Download this file, Dump the contents of the .rar file into a empty folder. Enter your PSPs Flash0 via a USB cable in Recovery mode Go into "X:\vsh\resource" Right click on your topmenu_plugin.rco file, press Copy and Paste it into the folder you dumped the contents of the .rar file into. Start "RCOEdit.exe" inside the folder. Press "Open RCO" and locate the topmenu_plugin.rco, Once loaded, Press "Text Resources. Scroll through the Options and find a label\name you want to change. Type in the new lable\name you want for that text on the right side in the text box. Once satisfied, Press Change. Once finished, close the program. Re-enter your PSPs Flash0 if not already still inside Now go into "X:\vsh\resource" Backup your Original topmenu_plugin.rco Once backed up, delete the topmenu_plugin.rco in your PSPs Flash Add your edited topmenu_plugin.rco from the folder you placed the .rar contents in. After you Press the "Change" button in the program, it edits and saves the file Exit your Flash0 and recovery mode. Your Finished! Network Icon launches Recovery mode: All credit to Entropy! Not CFW M33 Friendly Press your Network update icon to launch Recovery mode. Backing up your Flash0 files is always recommended, especially when flashing your PSP like you will be in this tutorial. Download this and extract all of the files to the root of your memory stick. Press "Yes" when your PC ask if you want to replace already existing files. Exit USB mode and completely shut off your PSP (hold the power switch up for 10 secs). Hold R and turn on your PSP to enter Recovery mode. Go To the Configuration menu and change "Game folder Homebrew" to "1.50 kernel". Press back and Exit Recovery mode. Go into the Game tab on your PSP and into your Memory stick. Run the flasher and it will flash and change your PSPs Recovery menu information so it will take you to recovery mode. Go to the Settings tab and enter USB mode, delete any files that you have left over EXCEPT the "GOTORECOV" folder. If you delete this folder and press the Network Icon, your PSP will reboot. Any errors in this post? Anything you think needs to be added? Send me a Private Message and I will look into it. This message was edited by Monkey_ninjas316 on Aug 24 2007.
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judaspriest steyoyoke Still Seekin' total posts: 3971 since: Dec 2005	Jan 15, 07 at 7:34am ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is going to come in very handy for me, cheers and ty for the share. <3 Ps. That heart isn't gay -------------------
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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 9:08am ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Glad you like it, I'm hoping this can be a sticky. If not, I can just link to it when someone ask about such stuff. I do need some help though, if anyone has had any experience with the Tif exploit E-loader. I want to put up an E-loader tutorial along with the 1.50\3.03OE homebrew tutorial but I'm not completely familiar with the menu or how it works. Also, I dont mind if people post here. Good or bad comments, suggestions or even if they just have questions. Fill free to reply ------------------- {Musicians Profile}
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Beginna The one who shall not take a leak mad messenger total posts: 331 since: Mar 2006	Jan 15, 07 at 1:17pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Im just posting to say thanks and thumbs up on making this sticky. Wery nice indeed
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xpronic What is this? I don't even... Neoholic total posts: 10589 since: Nov 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 5:10pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Great guide monkey_ninjas316, will definitely help out the newbies. -------------------
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Beginna The one who shall not take a leak mad messenger total posts: 331 since: Mar 2006	Jan 15, 07 at 5:21pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Due to recovery menu all the bricks can be fixed now ?
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megatron That's Mamma Luigi to you! s-e-e-k-e-r total posts: 1963 since: Jun 2004	Jan 15, 07 at 7:01pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	what? isnt this illegal in the forums? But i dont care i like homebrew sony ignores its faithful psp users by prohibiting homebrew. ------------------- banner by me.
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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 15, 07 at 7:25pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	quote Beginna Due to recovery menu all the bricks can be fixed now ? Pretty much, Anything you do with X-flash or PSPFiler can be fixed with the recovery menu easily I've been flashing my PSP like crazy (fonts, gameboots, icons ect) and I know I won't end up with a full brick quote megatron what? isnt this illegal in the forums? But i dont care i like homebrew sony ignores its faithful psp users by prohibiting homebrew. Xpronic is allowing it now as long as its nothing illegal like pirating Roms and ISOs. ------------------- {Musicians Profile}
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Dark Angel Exe My sword is yours! Two much Neo total posts: 2413 since: Sep 2004	Jan 15, 07 at 11:07pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	quote monkey_ninjas316 I do need some help though, if anyone has had any experience with the Tif exploit E-loader. I want to put up an E-loader tutorial along with the 1.50\3.03OE homebrew tutorial but I'm not completely familiar with the menu or how it works. I can help with that, I've used the tiff eloader for a few months when I was stuck with 2.80. ------------------- General PSP DS General: PS3 Wii
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judaspriest steyoyoke Still Seekin' total posts: 3971 since: Dec 2005	Jan 16, 07 at 7:56am ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	quote xpronic Great guide monkey_ninjas316, will definitely help out the newbies. Dam straight! -------------------
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o_snuffles_o ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Still Seekin' neopoints: 118 since: Jun 2005	Jan 16, 07 at 10:02am ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	I already have 1.50 but I think its about time we had this discussion here on Neo. Thanks for the guide, I wrote some Homebrew guides and I must say that is an exellent guide. ------------------- Skobo
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Swish Sony for President true seeker total posts: 1109 since: Apr 2006	Jan 16, 07 at 12:24pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Whoa i leave Neoseeker for awhile and miss the grand entrance of homebrew That's an awesome guide monkey ninjas -------------------
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monkey_ninjas316 VIVA LA REVOLUCÍÓN! Neolithic since: Sep 2002	Jan 16, 07 at 8:20pm ^ re: All you need to know: Homebrew Guide
	Thank you for all the comments I just finished the 2.80 -> 1.50 Downgrader Guide and I finished up the Custom Firmware Features. Next is probably 3.03OE-A installation and then XMB\menu Customizing with Flashing. At the same time I will be (slowly) working on the 2.71 Downgrader ------------------- {Musicians Profile}
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