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How to upgrade your PSP to firmware 6.31
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 31/07/2010
Sony has released the new PSP’ firmware 6.31, which has reliability “improvements” in some titles. If you are interested in upgrading to official firmware 6.31 on your PSP, here you are the instructions…
Warning
This is an official upgrade, meaning that this procedure will revert anything you’ve done to your console, for instance, it will revert any hacking. In other words, You will NOT be able to play backup games from the memory stick, you will NOT be able to run homebrew, and you will NOT be able to downgrade your PSP to a lower version unless your PSP is 100% hackable. The Patapon 2 demo exploit has been patched, so the HBL by m0skit0 and Wololo won’t run either…
Do it at your own risk.
Upgrading to 6.31
- Download the official firmware 6.31.
- Copy the 631.PBP file into ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE on your MS. Create any folder if necessary.
- Rename 631.PBP file to EBOOT.PBP
- Remove your PSP safely.
- Now go to the XMB, go to game menu and run the update as is shown on the video.
How to upgrade your PSP to firmware 6.30
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 29/06/2010
Sony has released the new PSP’ firmware 6.30, which has the following improvements:
- Games grouping. Now games can be shown by groups using one of these formats: PSP, Minis, PlayStation(PS1), PCEngine or NEOGEO
- Support for PlayStation Plus paid service added.
- PlayStation Store expanded to Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia and India.
If you are interested in upgrading to official firmware 6.30 on your PSP, here you are the instructions…
Warning
This is an official upgrade, meaning that this procedure will revert anything you’ve done to your console, for instance, it will revert any hacking. In other words, You will NOT be able to play backup games from the memory stick, you will NOT be able to run homebrew, and you will NOT be able to downgrade your PSP to a lower version unless your PSP is 100% hackable. The Patapon 2 demo exploit has been patched, so the HBL by m0skit0 and Wololo won’t run either…
Do it at your own risk.
Upgrading to 6.31
- Download the official firmware 6.30.
- Copy the 630.PBP file into ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE on your MS. Create any folder if necessary.
- Rename 630.PBP file to EBOOT.PBP
- Remove your PSP safely.
- Now go to the XMB, go to game menu and run the update as is shown on the video.
Converting PSX games to PSP with Gtk Popstation
Posted by Luis Gallardo in Linux, PSP on 28/05/2010
If you miss your old PS1 games and they are just collecting dust in your room, you can convert them and play your favorites tiles on the go with your PSP, one more time. Gtk Popstation is a Front-end/GUI for Popstation that runs on GNU/Linux. This GUI application converts PlayStation games to PSP format (PBP), thus you can play your PSX games on your PSP. It was developed by LiraNuna and modified by Luis M. Gallardo D.
Installing Gtk Popstation
From the project’s homepage you can download the binary version and the sources as well. If you are running Debian you can install Gtk Popstation by downloading the debian file I packed:
- Download the debian file for Gtk Popstation
- Install the package with dpkg or gdebi
dpkg -i gtkpopstation_1.0-1.deb
Ripping the game
Before using Gtk Popstation you must have you PS1 game ripped. In order to do so, insert your PS1 cd into your cdrom unit and type the following command in a terminal:
cdrdao read-cd --read-raw --datafile tekken3.bin \ --device /dev/sr0 --driver generic-mmc-raw tekken3.toc
Replace /dev/sr0 with your cdrom unit device. When this ends up there will be two files: tekken3.bin and tekken3.toc.
Customizing the game’s menu icon
If you don’t say the contrary, Gtk Popstation will use the following default image for the game menu:
Defaul game menu
To use a custom image, you have to make a directory called gtkpopstation in your home directory:
mkdir ~/gtkpopstation
In my case, the latter command created the /home/lgallard/gtkpopstation directory. Now, you have to save the following files into that directory:
| File | Size | Format | Description |
| ICON0.PNG | 144×80 | PNG | Main icon when selecting the game. It is also used (and automatically copied) in the saved games management |
| PIC1.PNG | 480×272 | PNG | Background picture when the icon of your game is selected. |
| PIC0.PNG | 310×18 | PNG | White half-transparent rectangle with name and optional infos of the game. It’s also known as UNKNOWN.PNG. |
| ICON1.PMF | 44×80 | PMF | Animated icon version. PMF is a proprietary Sony format also used for animated background. |
| SND0.AT3 |
4 KHz. |
AT3 | The music played when you select a game. You can convert to AT3 using a music editor with this codec.
Note: The maximun size is 490 kb = 50 sec |
Not all files are needed. For example, in this tutorial I going to use these images:
PIC1.PNG
ICON0.PNG
Running Gtk postation
You can go to Applications > Games > Gtk Popstation as shown below:
Menu entry for Gtk Popstation
If you’ve installed the tar.gz version you have to run it in a terminal, from the directory you extracted the file, by typing:
./gtkpopstation
Converting the PS1 game to PSP
You will see the following application by running Gtk Popstation:
Now you are ready to convert your PS1 game, just do the following:
- Select you PS1 ripped file in the CD Image File input field. For example, the tekkeen3.bin file generated previously.
- Define the Compression Rate, between 0 and 9. The higher this value is, the most compressed the file will be. You have to choose a value in the middle to have a good compression level and performance.
- Choose the game’s title or Name. The game Code is provided as well to void confusion among different versions.
- Define the Output directory where to put the converted files .
- Press the Convert button and wait until it converts your game. When the progress bar stops moving and the Convert button is available again it had finished. Gtk Popstation will create a folder using the game’s code in the output directory:
Game folder
- Copy the generated directory to the PSP. In this example, I had to copy the /home/lgallard/SLUS00402 folder to /PSP/GAME directory.
- Go to the game menu on your PSP. You will see something like this:
XMB menu game
- Play!!
References
Accessing PSP’s recovery menu
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 18/04/2010
If you jailbroke/hacked your PSP, now you can access to a hidden menu called the recovery menu. From there you can change some settings, format the flash memory, or enable plugins installed on your PSP. In order to access to that menu just press the right trigger while booting the PSP, as is shown on the above video.
Recovery Menu
Once there a black windows will show you the following options:
- Toggle USB: This option let you mount or unmount your PSP as an USB device.
- Configuration: By selecting this option you will be able to change some settings on your PSP (for instance, the UMD mode or to skip the PSP logo, among other options)
- Run program at: This option launches a eboot program at boot time. This is an advanced option which I’m sure you’ll never use (I’ve never used it)
- CPU Speed: From here you can chance the PSP’s clock speed. Please, don’t play around with this setting.
- Plugins: This option shows the PSP’s plugins list. From there you can enable or disable the plugins installed on your PSP.
- Registry hacks: Here you can enable or disable the WMA and Flash player support. You can also change the accept button to [X] or [O].
- Exit: Reboot PSP.
There are several options. Take your time to get used to them…
PSP versions
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 13/03/2010
Sometimes people get confused about PSP version numbering. For instance, PSP 2000 vs. PSP 2002…are they different? PSP 2002 is newer than PSP 2000?
The answer
There’s no difference, it just is a version numbering according to regions, aimed to handle movie’s releases (no video games). If you want to know which region your psp belongs to, check the following table:
Note: PSP Go! has no such numbering scheme.
References
- how do i know what series my psp is?????? (supplied by beto)
- Model numbers
Remotejoy for Linux using iRShell 5
Posted by Luis Gallardo in Linux, PSP on 15/02/2010
I’ve already explained how to build remotejoy and usbhostfs for Linux, but I have to admit it could be a little tedious because you have to download and compile the PSP’s SDK, and after all these its performance is not the best one (in deed some games don’t even start). But hang in there, you still have another option: remotejoy and usbhostfs for Linux using iRShell 5
Requisites
- You must install iRShell 5 on your PSP first. If you don’t have it yet, check out the Installing iRShell 5 post
- You must set the Display Redirect to PC via usbhost0 option in iRShell5
- You might need the following package to display remotejoy properly:
aptitude install libsdl-sge
Installing and usage of RemoteJoy
- Download usbhostfs18 and RemoteJoy archives (alternative links usbhostfs1.8 and RemoteJoy)
- Extract them on your PC, for instance, into your home directory
- Now open a terminal as root and go to the folder you’ve extracted the files, for instance your home directory. Once there type this:
./usbhostfs18
- Open another terminal as a normal user (no root) and go to the folder you’ve extracted the files, for instance your home directory. Once there, type the following:
./rj_resize_mod -c -d
- Connect your PSP to the PC’s USB port.
- On your PSP, launch iRShell and choose the Toggle USBHost option
- Enjoy !!
How to update your PSP to 5.00 M33-6 firmware
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 05/02/2010
After jailbraking your PSP using the pandora battery method or using the method without a pandora battery, your PSP will end up with 5.00 M33-4 firmware. If you want to update it to the last firmware developed for this console by Dark-Alex and take advantage of memory stick’s speed enhancement, you have to install the 5.00 M33-6 update as is explained next.
Requisites
- Unlocked PSP with 5.00 M33-4 firmware
- A Memory Stick greater than or equal to 256 MB
- Battery charged at least 78%
Updating to 5.00 M33-6
- Download firmware update 5.00 M33-6
- Copy the EBOOT.PBP file into ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE on your MS. Create any folder if necessary.
- Remove your PSP safely.
- Go to XMB’ s game menu and run the update
- Enjoy
How to jailbreak / hack a PSP without a pandora battery
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 04/01/2010
If you have a hackable PSP, I mean, a PSP 1000 Fat or PSP 200 Slim with a motherboard other than TA-88v3) there’s a method that lets you jailbreak your PSP without a pandora battery. Let’s see how to accomplished that…
Requisites
- A PSP 100% hackable. This method does not work and should not try on PSP 2000 Slim with motherboard TA-88v3, PSP 3000 or PSPGo! because your PSP can end unusable (brick risk)
- To have installed Sony’s official firmware 5.03.
- To have installed ChickHEN
- A Memory Stick greater than or equal to 256 MB
- Battery charged to at least 78%
Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher
The program that lets jailbreak a PSP is called Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher, which can be run by loading ChickHEN first in the PSP. The procedure to install and run it is explained here:
- Download Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher
- Extract the downloaded file.
- Copy the 500.PBP firmware file into the memory stick’s root
- Copy the RECOVERY directory into the /PSP/GAME/ folder of the memory stick
- Turn on the PSP and load ChickHEN
- Go to the game menu and select Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher as shown next:
- Once Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher is loaded, select the Install M33 CF (of version selected above) option. See the following picture:
- Once the process had finished, you have to press any button to shutdown the PSP
- Turn the PSP on and set all parameters (name, date, time, etc)
- Enjoy
What if I have a newer firmware, for instance the 5.50 OFW?
The firmware 5.50 fixes the exploit that lets ChickHEN to load on your PSP. If you already updated to that firmware or any other firmware higher than 5.03, then you won’t be able to run homebrews because you can’t install a inferior official firmware, Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher included 
The only way to hack your PSP is by using the pandora battery method, by your PSP has to be 100% hackable.
Cleaning the PSP’s analog stick
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 28/12/2009
Analog stick...before and after
My nephew complained about his PSP, he said characters moved to one side during game play without touching the stick. Even though my nephew cleans up his PSP regularly I knew what the problem was: dust inside the PSP. Following my previous post Opening the PSP Slim, I removed the PSP’s casing and cleaned the analog stick and all buttons….Problem solved!!
How to upgrade your PSP with 6.20 OFW
Posted by Luis Gallardo in PSP on 21/12/2009
If you are interested in upgrading to official firmware 6.20 on your PSP, here you are the instructions…
Warning
This is an official upgrade, meaning, if you’ve already hacked your PSP this procedure will revert anything you’ve done to your consoles. In other words, You will NOT be able to play backup games from the memory stick, you will NOT be able to run homebrew, and you will NOT be able to downgrade your PSP to a lower version unless your PSP is hackable 100%. Do it at your own risk.
Upgrading to 6.20
- Download the official firmware 6.20.
- Copy the 620.PBP file into ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE on your MS. Create any folder if necessary.
- Rename 620.PBP file to EBOOT.PBP
- Remove your PSP safely.
Now go to the XMB, game menu and run the update as shown on this video:
Can I play backups games or run homebrews with this firmware?
No, you can’t play backup games or run homebrews with this firmware because this is an official firmware provided by Sony. In fact, if you want to do so you must not upgrade to this version. You should stay with the 5.03 firmware to be able to run CFE with ChickHEN.
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