Hacking How To Softmod (Hack) Your PSP

[Snailface]

Can a Mystic Silver Gran Turismo Edition PSP-3000 be proCFW 6.20 perma modded if it's on 6.20 OFW? Alternatively can it be downgraded to 6.20 OFW just in case it was already updated to 6.60 OFW and then it can be proCFW 6.20 perma modded?

Yes to everything.

 

[kupo3000]

Thanks, just wanted to be really sure.

 

[lukands]

If i`m on 5.50 GEN-D2, do I use (reflash) with 5.50 OFW before moving onto 6.20. Because I see on the 1st page the download is for 5.00 OFW

 

[s4mid4re]

If i`m on 5.50 GEN-D2, do I use (reflash) with 5.50 OFW before moving onto 6.20. Because I see on the 1st page the download is for 5.00 OFW

5.00 OFW is fine. Either way, you'll be able to update to 6.20 OFW.

 

[kupo3000]

Same question as before but for a God of War: Ghost of Sparta special edition Black and Red Two-Toned PSP-3000.
Can if be proCFW 6.20 perma modded if it's on 6.20 OFW? Alternatively can it be downgraded to 6.20 OFW just in case it was already updated to 6.60 OFW and then it can be proCFW 6.20 perma modded?

 

[Rydian]

Any PSP that's on OFW 6.20 can use the 6.20 permanent patch because it works a different way than the older permanent methods.

IF the PSP has had 6.20 (or less) on it before, then it can be downgraded.

 

[xist]

Rydian it may be an idea to edit your Filetrip firmware downloads and remove the US region specificity. So for instance it's the 6.60 OFW update rather than the 6.60 US OFW update....

 

[Rydian]

Ah, okay.

 

[<<ReMeDy&g]

Question: I installed "6.20 Pro-B10" successfully with my PSP-1000. When I go to run the test inside the Permanent patch, it does not reboot as it should. It just brings me back to the main menu screen. Is this normal? The patcher warns me not to use it unless the test is successful.

Also, I should mention despite 6.20 Pro-B10, my main screen interface hasn't changed whatsoever. It looks just like a normal PSP interface.

 

[Rydian]

Yeah the menu screen is what it should go to.

CFWs are not totally alternate things, the main interface is unchanged.

 

[s4mid4re]

Question: I installed "6.20 Pro-B10" successfully with my PSP-1000. When I go to run the test inside the Permanent patch, it does not reboot as it should. It just brings me back to the main menu screen. Is this normal? The patcher warns me not to use it unless the test is successful, so I don't want to test the actual permanent patch unless it works.

Also, I should mention despite 6.20 Pro-B10, my main screen interface hasn't changed whatsoever. It looks just like a normal PSP interface.

The interface won't change, unless you install CXMB plugin and use a custom theme (ctf). Press select to bring up the VSH menu (which is only active when the hack is active) or go to System > System Settings > System Information to see if it says 6.20 Pro-B10.

 

[<<ReMeDy&g]

Ahh okay, got it. I was just confused by the sample pics of other users with their custom wallpaper backgrounds, thinking that was part of the hack. Thanks for the info.

 

[Rydian]

Wallpapers can be customized, CFW or not.

 

[VIIth]

Ah, I have some doubts I hope someone can help me with.

I got a PSP 2001 with CFW 5.00 M33-6. I want to upgrade to a permanent 6.20 PRO. I understand that I need to return to OFW 5.00, then upgrade to OFW 6.20, run the Updater to PRO 6.20. My questions are... How safe is this? I mean, what are the chances of "bricking" my PSP. Also, will I need to update something else? I mean, if I have a save of a game, will it run in this new CFW or I'll need to start over?

Thank you...

 

[s4mid4re]

Ah, I have some doubts I hope someone can help me with.

I got a PSP 2001 with CFW 5.00 M33-6. I want to upgrade to a permanent 6.20 PRO. I understand that I need to return to OFW 5.00, then upgrade to OFW 6.20, run the Updater to PRO 6.20. My questions are... How safe is this? I mean, what are the chances of "bricking" my PSP. Also, will I need to update something else? I mean, if I have a save of a game, will it run in this new CFW or I'll need to start over?

Thank you...

Since you have a cfw (not an lcfw like pro) installed, your psp2000 is fully hackable; if, by any chance, your psp bricks, you can easily recover it with a pandora battery. Besides, you won't brick it.

There are a few ways to recover corrupted save files (which happens to some, but not others...), but I am not sure what the programs are, out of the top of my head. It'd be nice if somebody else could help you on that.

 

[ivobhz]

hey guys, my friend's got a PSP with a CFW 6.35 HEN or something, it needs a prometeus ISO loader to run games... can the 6.20 PRO be installed as described in the first post? it can load ISOs directly from the XMB? where can i see the features of this CFW? thanks in advance!

 

[Rydian]

Yes, yes, and the PRO site lists some of the main ones, I don't think anybody's bothered making a full list since CFWs are extensible.
http://code.google.com/p/procfw/

 

[ivobhz]

Awesome. And how this "PSX emulator unlock" works? It runs psx iso's without the needing of any conversion?

 

[Rydian]

No, it's referring to the fact that you can convert your own.

Remember, on native OFW you can't.

 

[ivobhz]

Oh, good enough. I think i'll tell him to switch