Hacking How To Softmod (Hack) Your PSP

[Izzy]

Thanks a lot, then I'm pretty sure I understand everything!
Awesome guide, awesome help, keep up the awesome work.
Just awesome. : )

 

[Arm73]

This is great, I really love this simple, easy to follow guide.
With it, I managed to effortlessly hack 2 PSP so far ( 1000 and 3000 ).
But I was thinking ( and suggesting ) why not add a paragraph about updating your CFW like for example from 6.20 B5 to B7 and so on ?
New CWF seem to pop up all the time, and I see a lot of confusion around.
The solution can be found in the tread, but why not add it to the guide ?

 

[CaptainKishimoto]

I have a PSP-3000 using an ancient/terrible CFW (i.e. CFWe), and I was wondering if I needed to use Hellcat's recovery flasher. CFWe has an option to uninstall, but I'm not sure if that alone will be fine or will I still need to use the recovery flasher. Thanks =s

 

[Rydian]

Thanks a lot, then I'm pretty sure I understand everything!
Awesome guide, awesome help, keep up the awesome work.
Just awesome. : )D'aww, thanks.

But I was thinking ( and suggesting ) why not add a paragraph about updating your CFW like for example from 6.20 B5 to B7 and so on ?
New CWF seem to pop up all the time, and I see a lot of confusion around.
The solution can be found in the tread, but why not add it to the guide ?

Good point, I'll do that.

QUOTE(CaptainKishimoto @ Jun 27 2011, 02:20 PM)

I have a PSP-3000 using an ancient/terrible CFW (i.e. CFWe), and I was wondering if I needed to use Hellcat's recovery flasher. CFWe has an option to uninstall, but I'm not sure if that alone will be fine or will I still need to use the recovery flasher. Thanks =s

From what I see that's just a HEN, so if you use the uninstall option and then do a normal firmware update you should be clean.

 

[xist]

I actually asked about the Update procedure and even Codestation seemed to agree that instructions seem hazy on it....he's updated a 6.20 perm PRO installation without any form on uninstall. It's why we really need PRO team to work on their readme's/wiki.

 

[VLinh]

So if im at the permanent of 6.20 PRO, id use the latest updater/installer of the PRO firmware to update? Want to make sure before doing it so.

Or is 6.20 the latest, kind of confusing on the updating there

Thanks!

 

[xist]

PRO B7 (of whichever base is the latest). It depends which B version you're currently running whether you have the most recent release.

 

[benbop1992]

i use the ME Cfw on my 1000, it has online system updates, that are useful.

 

[prowler]

If Rydian doesn't return, I'll (or someone else (MY VOTE IS XIST)) will have to take over the guide once it gets too out-dated.

But for now, it doesn't look like it needs updating for a long time.

 

[xist]

Whenever i see you make a post like this Dean i always remember the old days where you were "OK this topic is done. Can we get a mod to lock it."

Plus i don't think that the old you would ever have recommended this.

 

[Pong20302000]

did you wanna add Pro-B8 Nightly?

then it means people can use the POP's loader

6.20 nightly
6.35 nightly
6.39 nightly

The following links get updated automatically every day at 23 'o clock UTC time by Coldbird's server.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! NIGHTLY BUILDS ARE IN NO WAY SUPPORTED!
they work fine but may have more crashing (i havnt yet experienced one tho, PS1 games load loverly with new POPS)

 

[xist]

Which is why an FAQ shouldn't really use nightly builds as a basis for recommendation.

 

[Nathan Drake]

Nightly builds aren't for everybody. It will be better to wait for PRO-B8 for everybody to enjoy Popsloader support, as nightly builds might be a bit of trouble for the average user. Gotta figure, pops will be out of the testing stage before too terribly long, and once it is, everybody can enjoy it anyways.

Edit: Oh, I see what you mean. Use nightly builds as an idea of what's to come as for recommendations. It's late, I appear to be all derpy.

 

[shadow100z]

tryed 2 .cso games, and both are real really slow loading tekken 6 takes 3 min to load between each round. after loading gameplay is great though. using the temp hack.




converted to .iso and ran smooth.

tried to convert to .cso again and with the lowest compression possible and still lags like crazy.

 

[madeirabhoy]

sorry if I'm being really thick here but I'm finding the guide confusing.

okay, i have a 5.51 psp 1000.

do i do every step here i.e.
1. downgrade from any firmware up to 6.39
2. 6.20 pro b7 permanent installation
3. updating pro to the latest version

 

[Nathan Drake]

I assume it is just plain 'ol 5.51 OFW?

If so, go straight to the spoiler labeled 6.20 PRO-B7 permanent installation. I suggest getting the latest version of the PRO firmware from elsewhere (just google 6.20 PRO-B8, it should appear as the first link). Once you have the latest version of it, start from step 1 at the top of it (installing 6.20 OFW), and go down. Starting PRO-B8 is as simple as clicking on the icon for it from where all of your games are on the memory stick. Follow the guide to a tee, and you should have no problems. It is very noob friendly if you have never had CFW installed before.

 

[shadow100z]

question for ya guys, do anyone know what .cso files (compressed at low compression and high compression) loads very very slow. i mean it loads so slow that it is unbearable. now if i uncompressed to an .iso file it runs perfect. running 6.39 pro-b8 light.

 

[Nathan Drake]

No one can say. It's on a per game basis, and can differ just based on the memory you use, or your system in general.

 

[shadow100z]

aww, ic, guess i'll guess i'll try every to compress every game and try it out. If not i'll get a bigger memory stick. Scandisk 4gb is what i'm using now.

 

[shadow100z]

ok i just downgraded to 6.20. everything works fine on my psp 3001.

from the first post. is 6.20 PRO-B7 (permanent) the latest build?