How to install cheat device Custom firmware PSP

3 more days left for the igizmore contest . For those of you with custom firmware here's how to take screen captures of GTA : VCS using cheat device for the IGIZMORE CONTEST .

1) For those of you with 3.71 m33 and higher Download this file. If you are on a lower version see the cheat device homepage . Its doesn't matter if your PSP version is PSP 1000 or 2000 as long as its hacked with custom firmware cheat device will work.

2) Extract "GTA VCS cheat device CFW .rar" with Winrar and copy the folders to the root of the (see pic here)

3) Next go to recovery mode > Plugins > and enable vcscheatdevice371.prx

4) Run gta vcs iso or umd.

5) The cheat device should pop up about 3 secs after the game starts. Mess around with cheat device and capture the most entertaining moments (choose screenshot under cheatdevice) , caption it and send it to igizmorecontest@gmail and win a chance to get a PSP camera or $50 worth of products from play-asia.com . Adios . Good luck . Don't forget to tell your friends . Note: For those of you without CFW use a digital camera .Read the contest information for more details here

Trouble shooting : Cheat device still doesn't pop up ? Go to recovery mode > advance > advance configuration and enable "Plain modules in UMD/ISO"

PSP 1.5 kernel addon for 3.90 M33 , 3.93 M33 , 3.71 M33 and higher

1.5 Kernel add on enables you to play homebrews on your PSP. This is only for the Phat / Fat PSP (series 1000) and cannot be installed on the Slim . This add on is for fat PSP's with custom firmware higher than 3.52 m33-7 ( viz. 3.71 M33 , 3.80 M33 , 3.90 M33 , 3.93 M33 etc. )

If you want to install 3.90 M33 on your PSP look at this tutorial here

Tutorial :

1) Download this pack here. or alternate torrent link open with utorrent or similar program

2) Open it with WinRAR ( not winzip) if you don’t have WinRar download it from here

3) Connect the PSP to the PC. Open with winrar and Copy the PSP folder as well as the 150.PBP file to the Root of your PSP. If it asks you whether it can over write click on “YES”. Note: the Root of the memory stick is the drive that pops up when you connect your PSP to your PC eg removable hard disk (H:) , (I:) etc, its the place that contains the PSP , ISO , MP_ROOT folder , if you still don't get it see the picture here.

4) Scroll to game and click on the blue green "1.50 kernel Addon for 3.90" click on it accept the agreement and thats it done . Enjoy.
NOTE: Remember to go to your recovery mode > Choose configuration > Game folder homebrew and set to 1.50 kernel .

FAQ :

1) I have a 1.5 Kernel addon Problem , I have a fat psp and every time I press X to install it says that 150.PBP or 1.5 PBP firmware was not found ?
Answer: Downlaod My Pack again , and make sure you follow the step (3) of this guide correctly . You have to copy both 150.PBP and the PSP folder.

2) Dark Alex has 2 versions of 1.50 kernel , which one is this ?
Answer : This is the latest one (v.2) and works great ... no problems.

3) My PSP shuts off , The installation goes back to the XMB after I click on the Icon?
Answer : You either have a PSP Slim or the files are nor correctly place or you might not be having custom firmware on your PSP.

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PSP 3.52 M33 custom firmware installation

3.90 M33 is the latest and best custom firmware be sure to upgrade to that one you have 3.52 m33-4. See the tutorial here

This is a tutorial for installing 3.52 M33 which is kinda like 3.52 OE CFW (custom firmware) , this firmware is made by Team M33 (a big thanks to them) instead of Dark alex , though the firmwares are pretty much similar .

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3.52 M33-4 installation guide :

For installing this you need a 1.5 firmware psp or a psp with an older version of custom firmware - M33 or OE it doesn't matter.This cannot be installed on a PSP slim . To make your psp to 1.5 see this guide


NOTE: FOLLOW THESE STEPS CAREFULLY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK.

1) Format your psp (make sure you back up your files first) go to system settings and choose format memorystick and connect it to your PC . Formatting is not compulsory but recommended. Make sure your battery is 100% full

2) Download the 3.52 M33 easy installation (compiled by me) from here

3) Open it with WinRAR if you don’t have WinRar download it from here

4) So open with Winrar and copy the PSP folder to the root of your memorystick, If it asks you whether it can over write click on “YES”

5) IF you have a custom firmware psp make sure you have 1.5 kernel see tutorial here (recommended) OR just change the ''GAME'' folder to ''GAME150''

6) Disconnect the psp from the PC , scroll to the game menu > memory stick and :
i) If you have a 1.5 firmware psp click on ''KXploit Patcher'' icon if you have custom firmware psp skip this step. After you patched your 1.5 firmware psp follow step ii)

ii) click on ''3.52 M33 Creator'' icon and wait , it will take like 2 mins.

7) After it creates Press ''X'' to exit it will go back to the PSP's XMB. Then click on the ''3.52 M33 update'' icon (battery has to be full) press ''X'' to install and wait... when its done press ''X'' to exit and turn on the psp after a min.

8) You will be welcomed with the psp ''blue screen of death'' press circle and reboot your psp apply you personal settings like time and all... Congrats you now have a 3.52 M33 but wait now for the update.

UPDATE:

1) Format your PSP . ( recommended)

2) download the update from here.

3) Copy the psp folder to the root of the psp

4) scroll to the game menu and click on the icon that has 3:33:33 written on it .

5) press X to patch and you done . Read on :

Its Recommended that you read the 3.52 M33 users guide , FAQ from here

Pandora Downgrade unbrick Any PSP firmware

Ok , Now i assume that you have made the pandora battery , if you havent - learn how to make one from here .
Once you have the pandora battery unbricking or downgrading will be a breeze , and the best part is , it's 100% safe.

NOTE : this is for people who have made the pandora battery in my method

GUIDE:

1) Now what you do is take the bricked PSP or the psp you want to downgrade to 1.5 , it doesn't matter which firmware it is , and yes this works for all modchips (inculding TA-082) . I recommend taking out the UMD (this is not compulsory i just recommend it)

2) Make sure the Pandora-unbricking-service battery is charged , then put it in the PSP , The psp should turn on automatically .

3) After that insert the " magic memorystick " in it .

4) The wifi and memorystick lights will flash for a moment and a white Text will appear .

5) Press X to downgrade , the battery should be 50% charged at this point if not it will prompt you to charge it.

6) Just agree to the terms and press X ... the downgrading will begin .

7) It will flash into the kernel (don't worry this is the safest any downgrader has ever been) , wait for a couple of minutes and it will tell you that its done (press X) and it will then turn off.

8) Take out the "magic memorystick" and the "pandora battery" and insert the the normal battery and memorystick and turn the PSP on. It will show you a crazy Blue screen (a sign that it is downgraded) and Congrats thats it you done , it was pretty simple wasn't it ??? . Apply your personal settings like date , time and stuff .

EXTRAS:

How to make magic memorystick into a normal one:

Format it and use it without the pandora battery (use a normal one) , though i don't recommend it .

How to make a pandora battery into a normal one :
Again i don't recommend this , coz when your psp is bricked or upgraded to a new firmware this battery will be the only one that can save you .

Next I Hope you backed it up . If you did :
1) Put in the magic memorystick and Take out normal battery.

2) Power the PSP with the AC charger only .

3)Turn it on , after its on insert the pandora battery .

4) Go to Pandora Battery Maker ... Press L+R to restore you pandora battery into a normal one from the eeprom.bin (that is if you backed it up ) , If you did not back it up and yet want it to become a normal one press square , it will turn into a normal battery ,but you will face problems (like take's too much time to charge and stuff) just don't blame me for it , like i said i don't recommend turning a pandora battery back a normal one (whats the use of making it in the first place ???) .

5) NOTE : Don't keep turning you battery into pandora and normal, this will only spoil the battery .

Now you got your 1.5 PSP upgrade it to the 3.40 OE-A one of the best custom firmware from see 3.40 oe custom firmware installation . Please Tell your friends about www.igizmore.uni.cc or http://igizmore.blogspot.com

P.S : Please share your battery with others , let everyone have the the joy of homebrew on their PSP's .

If you need more details please see the Noobz! team's readme.txt from here

3.40 oe - A users guide

3.40 OE-A is old update to 3.52 M33 from here

ITS BEST TO USE YOUR 1.5 Kernel for running stuff see HOW TO RUN HOMEBREWS BELOW :

NOTE : I recommend having 1.5 recovery on custom firmware in case something goes wrong download it from here

How to play iso's , cso's :
1) Connect your PSP to your PC via USB .
2) In the root (the root has psp , mp_root folder and stuff) of the memory stick create a folder called ISO and place your iso's , cso's there
3) Disconnect , scroll to game menu and choose memory stick and simply choose the game .
4) If some iso's , cso's dont work use devhook see Devhook 0.52 tutorial

X and O button swap :
1) Go to your recovery menu , hold R button while powering up (hold up in power + R shoulder button) the psp . See the video of how you can access the recovery on top of the page.
2) scroll to registry hack and press X
3) Choose the button assign as X or O
4) go back and exit

Activate flash / wma :
1) Go to recovery menu ,( see how to access the recovery menu on top of the page)
2) scroll to registry hacks and press X .
3) press X on activate flash/wma
4)Go back and choose exit

How to run homebrews :
Well there are two ways of doing it I prefer the first one (recommended)
1) Go to recovery menu.
2)Choose configuration > Game folder homebrew and set to 1.50 kernel (highly recommended)
3) Reboot or go back and exit
4) Connect your psp and put your 1.5 f/w homebrews in the PSP > GAME folder
5) Start homebrews as normal from the memorystick via game menu.

YOU CAN SKIP LOGO , HIDE CORRUPT ICONS , RUN WITHOUT UMD ,FAKE REGION etc from the recovery mode > configuration

3.40 oe custom firmware installation

3.40 OE-A is old update to 3.52 M33 from here

I guarantee you this is the easiest and safest 3.40 oe-A installation guide on the net . 3.40 oe –A is a custom firmware by dark alex that is basically like a 1.5 psp with 3.40 compatibility . You can run psp iso’s , cso’s (upto 3.40 compatibility) , psx games , homebrews , and even devhook etc. This installation requires flashing so use at your own risk . It really safe , If you follow the instructions you wont have any problems . See If this video helps .

3.40 oe – A installation

For installing this you need a 1.5 psp or a psp with older version of custom firmware from 2.71 SE-A to 3.30 OE-A (if u have custom firmware make sure you are on 1.5 kernel mode , need help see here .)

1) Format your psp (go to system settings and choose format memorystick) and connect it to your PC . Make sure your battery is 100% full

2) Download the 3.40 oe-A easy installation (compiled by me) from here (34 MB) or torrent link , torrent link needs utorrent or similar software (please seed)

3) Open it with WinRAR if you don’t have WinRar download it from here

4) So open with Winrar and copy the PSP folder to the root of your memory stick , If it asks you whether it can over write click on “YES”

5) Disconnect the psp from the PC , scroll to the game menu > memory stick and start the OE UpdateMaker

6) Some white text will come up , it will take about 3 minutes if you are using memory stick duo pro and it will return to the XMB home . Reconnect your psp to the PC.

7) There will now be a new file in PSP/GAME/OEUPDATEMAKER, named "DATA.DXAR". If it has the size of zero bytes, then format the psp and redo it .

8) Go to PSP/GAME/OEUPDATEMAKER, and move the newly created DATA.DXAR into: X:\PSP\GAME\340oeflasher . Then disconnect the psp from the PC .

9) Here comes the flashing part MAKE SURE THERE IS NO UMD IN YOUR PSP REMOVE IT IF THERE IS .

10) Make sure your battery is at least 75% (100% recommended) a. scroll to the Game menu > memory stick and start the application named 3.40 OE Firmware install.

11) It will display some pink text, press X, and it will start flashing your psp. When it finishes, you will be prompted to manually restart your PSP. And your done you now have a 3.40 0e custom firmware . It has replaced your 1.5 / older custom firmware so you can FORMAT the psp or delete the files .I recommend having 1.5 recovery on custom firmware download it from here

ALSO SEE 3.40 custom firmware users guide to know how to play iso's , cso's , homebrews etc from here . Here is a video of how you can access the recovery menu click here .

If you have any doubts see the FAQ here before emailing me (see homepage)


Stumble It!

HOW DO I PLAY ISO's ON MY 1.5 FIRMWARE PSP

ITS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU INSTALL CUSTOM FIRMWARE INSTEAD SEE MY POST 3.40 oe custom firmware installation

Here's a guide how to play iso's on your 1.5 firmware psp . Note you need atleast 512mb to play an iso best buy 2GB , 4GB or 8GB memory stick ...

PLAY ISO's WITH DEVHOOK 0.46 ultimate installer :

1) Just download the 0.46 ultimate installer from here.

2) Connect your 1.5 firmware psp via usb , make sure the memory card is formated.

3) Run the devhook ultimate installer ,click on next , next , next and of course get em done

4) choose the root drive of your psp and it will automatically load devhook on you psp .

5) After that put an iso to the iso folder in the root of you memory stick

6) Go to GAME > Memory stick and choose devhook (it's blue square logo with music :P).

7) In Devhook, go to 'UMD Select'. Choose your ISO or UMD Disc to load the UMD instead of a copy. (You need to have a umd in your psp any one will do )

8)Then choose 'Start'. The PSP will restart and load your iso or UMD disc or choose the UMD icon .

9)To quick change iso's on 2.71 emulated firmware go to the main menu and hold home+L or home +R to change iso's

10) To go back to 1.5 go to GAME > memory stick and click on 2.xx to 1.5 (the white logo)Happy gaming ^_^

You can also play homebrew games or application on your 1.5 psp, see my site for cool homebrews

Note: You can download a free unzipper software here

How to Downgrade a 2.71 ,2.7. 2.6 , 2.5 or lower psp to 1.5

I have personally tried this downgrader 5 times and all resulting in a complete success. I do not guarantee you that you shall be successful as me . Please try this AT YOUR OWN RISK. I will give you 99% success chance if you do EXACTLY WHAT I SAY. But I say let's get it done , it worked for me 5 times and I doubt you will have any problems (hopefully) if you do what i say
: D (trust me).

NOTE: If you have a TA-082 psp , to check click here (your UMD tray will be green in colour) do not attempt this downgrading . Instead do this how to play games on psp without downgrading . I repeat do not attempt this if you have a TA-082 modchip (rare)


REQUIRMENTS:

1) You will need WinRaR for extracting download it from here

2)Your PSP must be 100% charged , you will also need a psp USB cable and a FORMATED memory stick which is atleast more than 32 MB.

To check whats your f/w (firmware) version go to "system settings " on the main menu > choose "system information" > and see the system software

3) If your firmware is 2.71 skip this step , if its lower than that download this here

4)Download the DOWNGRADER from here

5)Download the DOWNDATER file from here

OK LET'S GET EM DONE

Downgrading to 1.5


1)If you are on 2.71 Skip this step . If you're on a lower one then go into PSP > GAME and create a new folder called UPDATE. Put the EBOOT.PBP file from STEP (3)in there. Restart your PSP and update it as normal via the GAME menu (Just click on the update icon on the folder and follow the instructions). Delete the data when you're done.

2) Open up the zipped Downgrader file from step (4) . Click on MS_ROOT and you will see the following: PSP , d.bin , LEEME.TXT , README.TXT Copy these onto you PSP's root (the first screen you see when you go into it in USB mode eg removable disk (H:) or (I:) or (J:). If it tells you 'there's already a folder called PSP' or something overwrite it - Just click on "OK".

3) Take the unzipped DOWNDATER folder from STEP (5) and put it in the same place, your PSP's root. your psp should have these things


PSP (folder) <- very important DOWNDATER (folder) <- very important d.bin <- you should have this MP_ROOT (folder) <- it's not important that you have this . LEEME.TXT <- it's not important that you have this README.TXT <- it's not important that you have this MEMSTICK.IND and MSTK_PRO.IND <- Not important that you have this your psp should look like this





then RECHECK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE again and again

4) SEE that your psp is full charged , Remove the UMD disk (if any) and Recheck the steps .

5) See this video before doing it here or here (alt. link) it helps alot.

6) Disconnect your psp fom the PC , restart it and go to photos (A small trick that always works for me is switch on your psp scrool to settings then scrool back to photos and click on it as fast as you can .) If it gets stuck just hold the power till it switches off or remove the battery (seriously chill don't worry this is normal ) . After a few attempts your whole screen will turn red (just like the video ) just leave it. It took me 7 attempts for the first time to turn the whole screen red , after about 2 minutes the psp will automatically switch off just leave it alone.

7) Wait for about 1 minute before switching your psp back on. If everything has gone well you will see a crazy blue screen (like the one below) , just press circle . CONGRATS YOU SUCCESSFULY DOWNGRADED YOUR PSP (woo-hoo!) (read below)

YAAAA... See I told you so :D works every time. It will ask you for date and time and stuff after which you can go to system settings and check your 1.5 f/w on your system information . FORMAT YOUR PSP AFTER THIS .

TO PLAY ISO's ON YOU 1.5 PSP :) click here

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How to play games via the PSP memory stick

(my 1.5 psp with devhook 0.52)

READ THE WHOLE POST:

You can play psp games off your memory stick pro duo .

All you need to do is download an iso or make a back up of your UMD in the form of an iso.

You then have to put the iso on your memory stick and play it of on your psp with a UMD emulator i recommend devhook download it from here. But here's the catch you need 1.5 firmware PSP to play games .

To check whats your f/w (firmware) version go to "system settings " on the main menu > choose "system information" > and see the system software

YOU CAN NOW DOWNGRADE ANY PSP SEE HERE

If your system software is 1.00 , 1.5 or 2.00 YOU ARE LUCKY. You have to upgrade your psp from 1.00 to 1.5 from here . If you are on 2.00 you can downgrade the psp to 1.5 (very safe) from here. If you are 1.5 go to the end of the text

So what you have to do if you are above 2.00 and want to play iso's ? You have to downgrade them . Downgraders are software's which make the psp's f/w from 2.xx or 3.xx to 1.5. but they are kinda risky. (but i say you do it :P i did it , it worked )

If its between 2.00 and 2.71 again you are kinda lucky . You just have to downgrade your psp to 1.5 (with little risk) and play the games . To downgrade look at my previous post here

If you have TA-082 PSP ,check click here and if your are between 2.00-2.71 all have to do is install a software see my previous post here .

If you are between 2.8 and 3.03 you are again kinda luck . TO downgrade look here

NEW : you can now downgrade any psp with firmware 3.50 or below see my post PSP 3.50 downgrader / downgrading guide - for 3.50 and below

But What the downgrader fails ?Sorry your PSP is dead you can either change the mod chip or throw the psp away or use it as a paper weight. : (

SO IF YOU ARE ON A 1.5 psp SEE here

How to put more songs in your ipod / mobile phone/ mp3 players

Here's how you can put more songs on your ipod or mobile phone . Alot of people think that Mp3 is the only best format for audio on these devices. This is not true , there are other formats such as ACC and WAV for ipod and mobile phones .

I feel ACC is one of the best formats for ipod , it takes almost half the size and gives the same quality . Nokia phones is said to convert mp3 into ACC when you transfer the data via Nokia pc suite .

You can compress mp3 . Read my previous article about this from here

Want to run Windows and Linux on the Sony PSP?

Yes i have heard lots of claims that this is possible . Though i have not personally tried it myself . Any of you pros who would like to try this can go to http://www.hacker.co.il/psp/bochs/ .

I found another good guide here http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1906807,00.asp

Please try this at your own risk , I am not responsible for any damage that may occur due to this (though i have heard loads of claims saying it is possible).

E-Messenger for mobiles , psp , computer and more

Want to use msn , AIM (aol) , yahoo without downloading the software or how to use messengers on your psp , cell phone or school computer blocked behind a firewall ?

E-messenger is all you need .Online messaging from eBuddy is a web messenger application which supports MSN, Yahoo and AIM (AOL). When your school or office has blocked IM you can use the web version of eBuddy with any standard JavaScript enabled browser, even behind a firewall.

SO now you can chat on your psp , mobile phone or even a computer that has been blocked by a fire wall . All you you need to do is go to http://www.ebuddy.com/ on a computer or any hand held that supports Internet.

Where to download movies , music , games , ebooks etc for free

DISCLAIMER: I am not responsible for the content downloaded by these software's, hence this post is not illegal. Please use these at your own risk. It is a MUST to use ANTI VIRUS while downloading content from p2p's. There can be viruses on P2P's so check the content you are downloading .Please don't misuse these softwares ... STOP ANTI-PIRACY. You are personally responsible for your actions .

For a long time millions of users have been downloading stuff for free. But how or where to download them ?. So here's a guide for all noobs (new comer's) where to download movies , games , music and all for 100% Free . READ DISCLAIMER

All this is thanks to peer-to-peer (p2p) , P2p ain't illegal though much of the content on them are, ''What are some p2p software's that help to download music , games and all ?'' , here they are:

Limewire:

Its one of the most used peer to peer in the world today. It work on the Gnutella network and has its rules. Its very user friendly and easy to use. The basic version of it is free and can be downloaded here. I recommend you download this software , but be careful of the content you download there could be viruses .

Soulseek:

Soulseek is a beta software. Its is a p2p that hardly takes any space. And is said to be an upcoming p2p that would replace all other's ,it can be downloaded here

Imesh:

A clean an popular software , used mostly for music . It has thousands of legal mp3's too and can be downloaded here .

Bearshare:

Another popular software that work's on the huge Gnutella network and can be downloaded here

TORRENTS:

Torrents are p2p's that are used to download large files(usually) like movies and games . You just have to download a torrent client , then search a torrent (movie,game,software etc) from a torrent site and download the torrent . for more details check my previous posts torrent clients and torrent sites.