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kando
December 25th, 2006, 08:47
enjoy all! :D


Gameboot Redirector v. 1.0 for 3.02OE-A and B

Presented by Team FWI

Coding by kando (based on some code from Art and LordSturm)
-Based on the modification discovered by birdman.
Readme by kando

YOU MUST HAVE 3.02OE-A or B INSTALLED FOR THIS MOD TO WORK.

--What does this program do?

Your firmware is programmed to load your gameboot.pmf upon a game startup from directory:

"flash0:/vsh/resource/gameboot.pmf"

Which means whenever you want to change this, you must flash your psp, and you take up valuable flash0 space.

The firmware can be edited, however, to load the gameboot from your MEMORY STICK instead of flash0!

why is this good?
-You can easily swap gameboots through a memory card reader/usb or irshell, no flashing needed!
-Reduces the risk of bricking via flashing gameboots!
-Provides a much larger space to put gameboots, so they are not limited to flash0's small space!
-Save extra flash0 room by deleting flash0's gameboot! So in the future when i release my CIntro mod...

How is it done?
-In the opening_plugin.prx, there is a single line that tells the firmware where to load the gameboot.pmf. Simply put, properly changing this line to some other area will work as easily as it sounds! HOWEVER hex'ing this file by hand has alot of risks, as the parts of the original path that arent being used all need to be hex'ed to 0x00 or it will result in an error.

This program does all the hex work for you, as well as the flashing. AND it backs up all the originals for restoration!

Unfortunatly, you cannot edit the opening_plugin.prx that is already in the firmware as it is ENCRYPTED, so a DECRYPTED opening_plugin.prx will have to be used, however, it works just the same as the encrypted one.


--SO....how do i run this program?

1) You need to have a DECRYPTED 3.02 opening_plugin.prx inside MSROOT ( ms0:/ ), so it will look like:

ms0:/opening_plugin.prx

( To get a decrypted one, download the Sony 3.02 update eboot.pbp, use pbpunpacker to get the data.psar, put it in the root of your memory stick, and run PSAR Dumper for 3.02. Make sure to hit the option to DECRYPT all files. go to ms0:/f0/vsh/nodule/ to grab the opening_plugin.prx and put it in ms0:/ )

2) Extract this release and put it in whatever game folder is your 1.50 kernel (/PSP/GAME/ or /PSP/GAME150/

3) Run the program through the "games" menu of your PSP.

The program will backup your original opening_plugin.prx to ms0:/psp/opening_plugin.original
It will also backup your gameboot.pmf to ms0:/psp/gameboot.original and if there is no ms0:/gameboot.pmf, it will copy itself there as well.

If you have already installed and there are backups present, the program will restore them, and put the "edited" opening_plugin.prx back to ms0:/ to be ran again if wanted.

4) Find your favorite gameboot and put it at ms0:/gameboot.pmf and run any game/homebrew!


--but what if i dont have my memory card in? or what if i dont have a ms0:/gameboot.pmf?

answer: you will get a blank white gameboot :D

--how do i debrand my gameboot?

answer: use xflash :)

--can this brick my psp?

answer: 1 out of 9,999,999,999 psp's may brick.


Shoutouts to (in no order of importance except for the first one): Dark_AleX, deuce, brentp, FoG, Jordan, HellDragon, MikeDX, Train2335, FreePlay, NOPx86, x3sphere, cyanide, LordSturm, birdman, jamesbdx, busta, Feli, Fragtastic06, Nomo, MY MOM, MY DAD, jas0nuk, TheBuzzer, poohter, Fanjita, Ditlew, Team Noobz, Matheuith, Ell, mr_dank, vb_master, all who joined irc.toc2rta.com #psp, all my friends IRL, ColdBird, holmz, weltall, and anyone i happened to miss :)

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XioN980
December 25th, 2006, 10:14
3.02 OE-B isnt even released yet is it?

IamAbe
December 25th, 2006, 10:18
sounds kool, does it change the bootstrap or watever too? does this mean i'll never have to flash anything again, ever?

appie01
December 25th, 2006, 10:40
wow thats nice but how can he tell it works
on 3.02 oe-B when it isn't even out yet

but anywayz MERRY XMAS every body on dc emu
:D :thumbup: :D :thumbup: :D :thumbup: :D

Gene
December 25th, 2006, 10:50
wow thats nice but how can he tell it works
on 3.02 oe-B when it isn't even out yet

but anywayz MERRY XMAS every body on dc emu
:D :thumbup: :D :thumbup: :D :thumbup: :D

i think, because it will be the same 3.02 firmware. But i'm going off of speculation here so i really couldn't tell you.

the_eternal_dark
December 25th, 2006, 11:29
Works just like you said kando. Great job!

Any more news on your team's custom firmware project?

D0N
December 25th, 2006, 11:34
Just tried this and it works fantastically! Thanks Team FWI! :)

kando
December 25th, 2006, 11:49
pleasure all :)

we are currently not working on a custom firmware as dark_alex has done a much better job of it :P but we will continue to find other modifications and continue to try and make any small contributions we can to the homebrew community.

and this will work in OE-B as there would be no reason for D_A to modify opening_plugin.prx.

kiore
December 25th, 2006, 12:12
Premature ejac=========== opps sorry bout that . no good shooting off good will . show us 3.02 OE-b and let us put it to the test

joesnose
December 25th, 2006, 12:18
nice work, does this affect the pops emulator? i flashed a different opening rco before and it broke the ps1 emu.

kando
December 25th, 2006, 12:41
nice work, does this affect the pops emulator? i flashed a different opening rco before and it broke the ps1 emu.

this only touches the prx :)

doesnt break it!

dejkirkby
December 25th, 2006, 12:43
Merry Christmas Kando and team. thanks for this gift.

zidanerick
December 25th, 2006, 14:00
Good Stuff!!, It will save me reflashing my psp every 2 days because i am sick of my gameboot :P

Gold Line
December 25th, 2006, 14:11
dose this mean that i can have that cool prince of persia boot when i go to play homebrew

dejkirkby
December 25th, 2006, 14:19
dose this mean that i can have that cool prince of persia boot when i go to play homebrew

You can, even if you don't use this program. You can apply it using X-Flash.

Gold Line
December 25th, 2006, 14:22
You can, even if you don't use this program. You can apply it using X-Flash.

can you tell me more about this X Flash i love the prince of persia boot

xcjzerox
December 25th, 2006, 14:35
Merry Christmas to all of you
well this work on TA82 ja

kando
December 25th, 2006, 14:49
yes, you can now have your prince of persia gameboot.

xflash cannot let you have that gameboot...as of the latest firmware, the largest gameboot is <300kb so the 500+kb prince of persia one cant be flashed.

but w/ this mod, u can still have it :D

and confirmed - it DOES work w/ OE-B as expected. :)

to the poster above, this says REQUIRES 3.02OE-A/B can a ta-082 run those? answer your own question.

AlphAcossX
December 25th, 2006, 15:55
Thanks Merry X Mas

eatnooM
December 25th, 2006, 17:46
Argh, I've attempted decrypting 3.02 multiple times and I have yet to have a directory ms0:/f0/vsh/nodule/ come out of it. I did indeed choose to decrypt all, too. This happened to anyone else? :x

siulmagic
December 25th, 2006, 17:50
great wen i het back home ima try this for shure

Gold Line
December 25th, 2006, 19:11
yes, you can now have your prince of persia gameboot.

xflash cannot let you have that gameboot...as of the latest firmware, the largest gameboot is <300kb so the 500+kb prince of persia one cant be flashed.

but w/ this mod, u can still have it :D

and confirmed - it DOES work w/ OE-B as expected. :)

to the poster above, this says REQUIRES 3.02OE-A/B can a ta-082 run those? answer your own question.

Thanks for the info:thumbup:

PS:where can i get the PSAR Dumper for 3.02

kalhalla
December 26th, 2006, 01:24
Amazing, Thanks again!

Zimon
December 27th, 2006, 05:08
So I don't understand the 2nd step "extract" what?

JD/
December 27th, 2006, 06:53
Psar dumper for 3.00 works on 3.02 at least it does for me anyway.

Mr. Shizzy
December 27th, 2006, 16:26
The Buzzer released something like this. but it plays gameboots randomly from the "gboot" folder.

Gold Line
December 27th, 2006, 16:31
Psar dumper for 3.00 works on 3.02 at least it does for me anyway.

my prince of persia boot is sooooo cool :cool:

Zimon
December 27th, 2006, 17:02
pscar dumper works just fine but I don't understant the step 2 & 3
2) Extract this release and put it in whatever game folder is your 1.50 kernel (/PSP/GAME/ or /PSP/GAME150/
Extract what?
3) Run the program through the "games" menu of your PSP.
What program & where is this program?

dj2005
December 31st, 2006, 08:37
Just wanted to say thanks for this release!

obazavil
January 6th, 2007, 03:09
hi!

this modification works for 3.03?

obazavil
January 6th, 2007, 04:35
ok, i can confirm IT WORKS for 3.03 :)

dofkex
January 14th, 2007, 13:12
my 3.03OE-B doesn't have opening_plugin.prx in flash0 for some reason

GoM33
January 14th, 2007, 20:52
How do I get a Sony 3.02 update eboot.pbp?

Scorchiolio
January 23rd, 2007, 03:17
I believe psp-hacks.com has some official update Eboots.

Baboon
January 24th, 2007, 20:55
I got this working on my 3.03oeb so I'm v happy! :)

The prince of persia boot rocks! :)

Zion
January 27th, 2007, 04:02
tested and confirmed working on 3.03oec :D

nice work

XioN980
January 31st, 2007, 09:49
Cheers Zion!

Darkness3m0
February 3rd, 2007, 16:56
It wont work for me, I don't have opening_plugin.prx in mah flash0 for some reason either! Plz, tell me how to fix this...

Shrygue
February 3rd, 2007, 20:17
You must have opening_plugin.rco on your PSP's flash memory or it won't load the XMB when you start it up. Get another unmodified one and then put it back by following the instructions below.

1 - Connect your PSP to your PC with a USB cable.

2 - In recovery mode, select Advenced and then Toggle USB (flash0). A Windows Explorer window should appear, displaying the contents of flash0.

3 - Go to VSH\RESOURCE. Drag and drop your replacement opening_plugin.rco there.

That's it, now you'll be able to use your PSP again.

BadLTD
February 10th, 2007, 22:45
Will this work with 3.03 OE-C

D0N
February 10th, 2007, 23:02
yes it works on 3.03 OE-C, it even works on 3.10 OE-A and 3.10 OE-A2..tested and confirmed working by me! ;)

satin666
February 12th, 2007, 21:31
wait, how'd you get it working on 3.10 OE-A? i can't find a PSAR Dumper for it...

i mean yeah you can just toggle the flash0 usb and get the opening_plugin.prx from there but that's not decrypted, is it?

edit: nevermind, found it here :)
http://psp3d.com/homepage-news/13260-firmware-3-10-decrypter-released.html

D0N
February 13th, 2007, 00:08
I just dumped the 3.02 Firmware and then got the decrypted opening_plugin.prx from it and then used this program to flash it on 3.10 OE. Works like a charm! :)

satin666
February 14th, 2007, 02:29
yeah it's great!

kalhalla
April 28th, 2007, 01:18
Ive used this on every custom firmware that Ive tried so far, and I just tried it on 3.40 OE A and it bricked, so I'm working on recovery now I'll give it another go later.

darkgundamz
December 9th, 2008, 06:31
does this work on 5.m33-3?

Art
December 9th, 2008, 10:04
Lol, let's bump two yr old threads
and hope someone else can try stuff for us.