Hacking How To Softmod (Hack) Your PSP

[xist]

You've got the ntbridge.prx next to the nandtool eboot?

 

[jayminer]

I would think so, I dragged the nandTool folder from the .zip-file to the PSP and tried starting it, and it exited with that message. I will check that the file is there when I get home tonight just to be sure, but since hellcat also said alot about it being unable to load .prx-files I just figured their are included in the binary, but I see now that ntbridge is a seperate file.

Is it hard to use a Pandora-battery and restore it to an original firmware?

 

[mixinluv2u]

for the PRO-B7 hack on a PSP Go, which one is better? Permanent or temporary? Is there any drawbacks to permanent? Can I flash back to stock firmware if I need to?

 

[Nujui]

Nope, Permanent is just like temp, it's just that you don't have to start it up each time.


And yes you can flash back to stock fw if you wanted.

 

[xist]

To flesh that out somewhat...

It depends what firmware you're on now...you don't say.

If you're in 6.35 or 6.39 then you have to use a Downgrader and downgrade to get to a Permanent version of PRO that you can use on your Go. The permanent version has nothing over the temporary version other than it doesn't have to be restarted when you fully power off, but then again if you're running 6.39 PRO temporarily you don't need to spoof your firmware for use with something like Media Go.

Updating your firmware will overwrite the files that PRO adds to flash0, but of course since there's no firmware above 6.39 at the moment you'd need to downgrade to 6.20 to remove the PRO additions. Of course if you run the temp version you're effectively running stock official firmware when you power up.

 

[Terminator02]

and download PRO B8, there should be a green box on the PRO B7 download page linking to PRO B8, you install it using the exact same method

 

[mixinluv2u]

Nope, Permanent is just like temp, it's just that you don't have to start it up each time.


And yes you can flash back to stock fw if you wanted.

so what's the point of even doing the temp method? Is that only for people who got a PSP that came with 6.39 and cannot downgrade for the permanent version?

 

[Terminator02]

temp is the only CFW that allows u to be on the latest firmware version with previously unhackable psps (GO & 300x & some 200xs)

 

[mixinluv2u]

do all GO's come with 3.69 and higher?

 

[ars25]

do all GO's come with 3.69 and higher?

they come with 5.71 and still do

 

[mixinluv2u]

yea so then I am confused, what's the point of the temp method? seems like all psp can now be hacked with permanent method, which is superior.

 

[nryn99]

yea so then I am confused, what's the point of the temp method? seems like all psp can now be hacked with permanent method, which is superior.

AFAIK only 6.20 has a perma hack, and 6.35 and 6.39 only has temporary. so if you want to run 6.35/9, you can only do a temp hack.

 

[mixinluv2u]

sorry I am pretty noob at this. Is it because 6.35/9 allows you to play newer games?

I guess I got confused because I thought PRO-B7 is a replacement firmware, so I figured once you loaded that on either with permanent or temporary, your compatibility would've been the same. But I guess not, huh?

 

[Terminator02]

compatibility is the same, they both use the inferno engine to load up PSP isos

 

[mixinluv2u]

I feel like I am running in circles here... So what's the benefit of using temporary method with 6.35/9? Instead of the permanent method with 6.20? Are there any benefits?

 

[nryn99]

i don't think there's any. probably just the numbers. and the plugins compatibility.

it's really up to you. any of the three is still good.

 

[xist]

I feel like I am running in circles here... So what's the benefit of using temporary method with 6.35/9? Instead of the permanent method with 6.20? Are there any benefits?

Not having it permanently enabled. I opt for the temporary version so that the only things on my game menu when i power on are the PSN games i have. It takes seconds to activate the PRO firmware so i'd much rather be on Official firmware for all intents and purposes and CFW when i need it on the PSP Go. Plus i'm not so confident on the way this activates compared to the Custom IPL of older firmwares.

 

[chartube12]

My psp 3001 turns out to have a 4g mother board. I see pro 6.39 b8 only temps installs. Since it's cleared with every restart getting into the recover menu doesn't work. no recovery means no plugins, no plugins means no pops.

I wish my 1001 was stolen. Hacking it was so much better!

 

[Terminator02]

there are plugins, there is popsloader (assuming that's what you meant)

and i'm pretty sure you can get into the recovery menu (i think it's just if you press select while in PRO XMB)

 

[RoMee]

My psp 3001 turns out to have a 4g mother board. I see pro 6.39 b8 only temps installs. Since it's cleared with every restart getting into the recover menu doesn't work. no recovery means no plugins, no plugins means no pops.

I wish my 1001 was stolen. Hacking it was so much better!

PSP 3001 with 04g can be downgraded to 6.20 and use permanent hack