The OcUK PSP CFW Guide

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I don't think posting an in depth guide here will be a good idea. People will complain and it will get deleted.


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I can't see why.

There's already threads on how to Jailbreak and unlock the iPhone, and I can't see the difference between that or this. :)

I've no intention of promoting piracy or telling people where to download or play pirate copies.
 
no, your talking about custom firmware which is illegal lol. again i dont know the specifics of how jailbreaking the iphone works but even so, there's nothing you could actually pirate and get for free by jailbreaking it as far as i know.

Do you have any links proving the illegal status of CFW?

Reading my PSPs guarantee it states my warranty will be voided by using unauthorised software. That's all as far as I know.

As I said I've no intention of posting how to pirate games or run emulators.
 
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That can't be right. The PSP itself is just hardware. It's not illegal for you to change your TV firmware so why would it be illegal to change PSP firmware? :confused:

Precisely. I've not modified my PSP in any way.

Also I'm pretty sure that CFW is a patch installed alongside the OFW . When you install CFW, you are required to install the entire OFW along with it in it's entirety, Sony provide that for us and people mirror it, it's not downloaded from dodgy sources.

http://uk.playstation.com/help-support/psp/system-software/download/

Whether this patch was created by using reverse engineering to investigate the OFW or not I don't know.

I've not reverse engineered the Sony firmware, and I'm not downloading any files that contain parts of it (other than the entire OFW from sony).
 
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dont go making assumptions. as far as homebrew goes be realistic please, the amount of people worldwide who use CFW for homebrew only im sure could be counted on one hand. are you trying to tell me your one of them? pull the other one.

I can honestly say I have never pirated a game. I've no interest in doing it, and I know tons of other people with CFW enabled PSPs that haven't.

I think you're assuming that because something allows the option to do something, everyone does it. As said, I also think it's a very narrow minded view.


To be blunt, I still don't see any base in your argument for how CFW itself is illegal, and any reason why I shouldn't be allowed to post my guide here when it's finished (at least while the iPhone Jailbreak thread is allowed here).

I'm not doing it to wind you up, I just want to help all the people on the forum that are interested in using it on their PSP.

As far as I'm concered, the issue here is not the legality of piracy. I know it's illegal, I'm not remotely here to promote it.
 
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It's against the forum rules; what other reason do you need?

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OcUK has these sort of rules to avoid any nasty legal ramifications that might arise from users posting guides like your proposed one. Even if the legality of it is a grey area, the forum rules are designed so that you air on the side of caution.

E-mail a a Don and ask directly if you still take issue, otherwise you're guaranteed to be wasting your time.

Again, I mention that I'm not chipping or modifying my PSP in anyway, other than installing reinstalling the original OFW as well as additional pieces at the same time.

I'm not promoting warez or piracy in anyway shape or form.

As far as I'm concerned, this is no different to Jailbreaking an iPhone. Whilst there is a thread on that on the forums, I see no reason to not post my guide.

cfw is illegal because it reverse engineers sonys code thats why they have been to court to stop it along with that pandora battery that is being swapped around the forum

Links?

I don't think Dark-Alex has ever been to court with sony. As far as I know whilst Sony do not encourage it, they have taken no legal steps to actively stop it.
 
google is a good link
he stopped as he never had the bottle to face sonys court action
so how did they take no steps?
the magic memory stick is illegal also as it uses reverse engineered sony code

Google isn't a good link. If you want to sprout bull, at least be able to back it up. Dark Alex is still producing M33 CFW today, so I've no idea where you got any of this from.

A magic memory stick contains no reversed engineered code either, it contains an entire copy of the Sony Firmware, as well as additional files.



Clearly this has rubbed too many people up the wrong way. I've emailed a don asking for their opinion, but really I think even if I get the go-ahead from a don, the threads going to filled with rubbish from all the whiners that already exist in this thread. That said, I'm still going to post the guide on my own blog, and give the link to people that I know are interested.
 
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correct a change of name to put sony of the hunt
why? because he was afraid as stated on his website at the time
so go back to your homebrew /pirate

All I can say is lol.

His official web page is still dark-alex.org

so if im trolling then surely you good guys will rtm again? (shift)
or is that not in the agenda now since you all know its breaking the rules

Okey Dokey. Done.
 
i can't wait to see the op's guide and kudos to him for making a guide to help people get the most out of their hardware :)

Thanks for the nice comments. :)

I've decided not to post the actual guide on the forum until I get the permission of a Don at the moment.

However it is available on my own blog here.

I'm more than happy to add anything that people want to see in it. Just comment and I'll stick it in.
 
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Fiannly figured out how to rip PSX discs and store them onto a stick. Playing Resi 2 on the PSP is amazing. The psp screen is perfect for PSX games. Graphics look so sharp and vibrant, they don't even look 10+ years old.

I agree. When I decided to play FFVII on my PSP I was worried that the text would be too small to read, but it's like it was made for it.

Question: Would I be able to buy an 8gb stick and use that to store games? Would I just copy the folders over from the MM stick?

By MM stick do you mean the Magic Memory Stick?

Once you've installed CFW you don't need to keep any special files on the Memory Stick so you can take all the installation files off or format.

You should be able to stick any Pro duo card in and use it normally. :)
 
Is there a way to compress PSX games?

How are you making them?

Using "Simple Popstation GUI" there's an option for compression.

i don't think you can use a 16gb stick, 4gb or 8gb is the maximum iirc.

I've a feeling the limit was upped to 16gb in a recent firmware.

I still find it cheaper to buy multiple 4gb sticks, than one huge capacity one. Sure you have to swap them, but they're only tiny to carry around. :)
 
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Thanks very much. :)

As far as I know, my guide should work the same for both phat and slim PSPs. I have personally only tried it with my slim as I am unable to test it on a phat. (If someone with a phat was willing to try it out, I'd be very greatful).

As for the differences with the guide you've used, I'm not entirely sure as I've not run that guide. The differences may be to do with different steps that the tools used to make the magic memory stick require.

I've written the guide using an installer with as few steps as possible, so that it's as simple as I can make it. ;)

the psp slim requires you to hold down the X button before inserting the pandoras battry iirc, the phat doesnt.

This depends on the installer you use, not the version of PSP as far as I know. The installer I've used in my guide lets you pick between, none, Triangle, or Left Shoulder to be held down when the installer launches.

Been following this thread for a while - some great stuff posted here, keep it coming! Let the naysayers go elsewhere...

One thing I'm after is about updating CFW. I'm on 3.52 m-33 at the moment and would like to go up to 3.90 or 4.01. Is it just a case of downloading and running it? Or do I need to get a battery again?

What version of 3.52 M33 are you running, there's a few patches available for it. I'm guessing this is on a phat PSP because of the age of the version?

While you can do it with the pandoras battery, you don't need to, you can do it another way.

If you are on 3.52 M33-3 or later, I've added a step on how to update the other way at the bottom of my guide here.

As far as I know, updating 3.52 M33 to 3.52 M33-3 is done in a similar method to the guide. It's before I started using CFW so don't take that as given, but I still think the method is the same.
 
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Thanks for all the nice comments. :)

I've still not heard back from a don at the moment. If I hear nothing I'll email another one at the end of the week.

Who would be best to ask?

might want to add to guide if you use a slim one you might have to mess about with the hold switch to get pandora to boot.

I tested my guide with my slim and I didn't need to touch the hold switch? what's the issue with this?

Cheers.
 

I've had a play arround with the hold switch while trying to launch the installer and I've not run into anything so far. :confused: Might be specific to a certain model.

I've added both your other points though, their deffo one's to watch for. ;)

EDIT: OK, just tried my UMD game from the memory stick. Got an error "game could not be started" so, changed UMD ISO MODE to Sony NP9660 as directed in my guide. Loaded perfectly afterwards.

Yep that setting allows you to trick the PSP into thinking there's a disk in the UMD drive as far as I know (otherwise the psp checks the drive and gets confused). You need it set to either the M33 or Sony setting.

I've got mine set to the M33 one, but I don't think there's much difference to be honest. The Video one I presume is the same, but for Video UMDs, I've not used any. so I can't confirm this completely.

As for overclocking the PSP. I don't, I know many people that have without issue.

My thinking is, why overclock when all the games will run fine anyway? Personal preference again. :)
 
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