Almost useless PSP[worst day ever]

[DarthPaul]

Hello everyone,

I swear I'm gonna cry..well,I just "almost" bricked my PSP. Well,it's not bricked but right now it's almost useless.It goes to the XMB,but I can't play anything!
What I did was,first I installed one of the themes which include the "vsh.prx" and that didn't let me run some games. Then I started looking and editing the Flash0 to see if I could find a way to fix that problem of the "vsh.prx" and guess what? I did something and now the Recovery Menu is not working. Nice job darth! Well,now I can't access the Flash0 from the Recovery Mode,neither I can run any application to access the Flash0 through it!!It freezes after the Gameboot. Do you guys know of anything I can do? Everything else is working,like the USB Mode,the music,the videos,pictures,etc.. But I can't run any game/umd/application and I can't access the Recovery Mode. I guess this is the end of the road,right?
Is there any other way to run the Flash0,or the Recovery Menu or an Eboot on 3.40 OE? Like for example..a prx or an exploit with a TIFF like the ones for eLoader or something else? Any help would be appreciated.

[Chameleon]

same happened to me, but i didnt lose recovery... and i just reinstalled 3.40OE

[Xiofire]

Couldnt you install 3.50 via eboot, and then use Lumines to downgrade and re-upgrade? Or does it freeze on everything after the game boot? Or can you update straight to 3.50 from 3.40OE A? i uno, just sugestions.
-Xiofire

[DarthPaul]

Couldnt you install 3.50 via eboot, and then use Lumines to downgrade and re-upgrade? Or does it freeze on everything after the game boot? Or can you update straight to 3.50 from 3.40OE A? i uno, just sugestions.
-Xiofire

I tried using the 3.50 Eboot to upgrade but I get the DADADADA error message when I try to do so. If only that error message wasn't there I could have made something...

[Chameleon]

Try a recovery booter via the xmb

http://dl.qj.net/index.php?pg=19&src=RECOVERY

[DarthPaul]

Try a recovery booter via the xmb

http://dl.qj.net/index.php?pg=19&src=RECOVERY

Ok thanks. I'll try some of those but I don't think that will help..I think I need something that makes me access the Flash0...

Edit: Those were Eboots. I can't run any eboot. xD

[BelmontSlayer]

Is there any other way to run the Flash0,or the Recovery Menu or an Eboot on 3.40 OE?

Indeed there is! Try using Recovery Boot 3.40 (Coded by marlon_ibz). I've attached it to this post.

EDIT: Damn...I didn't notice the part where you said eboots don't work. Hmm...

[Chameleon]

if that doesnt work use pspfiler and replace all the files you overwrote while installing the theme with the originals

[Chameleon]

Indeed there is! Try using Recovery Boot 3.40 (Coded by marlon_ibz). I've attached it to this post.

EDIT: Damn...I didn't notice the part where you said eboots don't work. Hmm...

Eboots work, but only a select few... which is very weird

[DarthPaul]

Eboots work, but only a select few... which is very weird

No,I can't run anything.:eek:

[Chameleon]

Let me guess you used PS3 Clone Xmb Icons, only some homebrew worked so you messed with flash0 without knowing what you were doing, and screwed everything up?

[DarthPaul]

Let me guess you used PS3 Clone Xmb Icons, only some homebrew worked so you messed with flash0 without knowing what you were doing, and screwed everything up?

Hahaha you almost got everything right. Except that it was another set of icons,but yeah,both have the same problem. A file that prevent some eboots to run,that's what I was trying to fix and then...this.

[Nicko01]

I know!
What you need to do is get a prx which will flash your psp with another firmware. Just name it the name of another prx that you have enabled (hopefully you have one enabled, or it wont work) and it will run.
I should be able to make a .PRX eboot loader if you need it.

[DarthPaul]

I know!
What you need to do is get a prx which will flash your psp with another firmware. Just name it the name of another prx that you have enabled (hopefully you have one enabled, or it wont work) and it will run.
I should be able to make a .PRX eboot loader if you need it.

Dude that's a freaking great idea. And yes,I have a plugin enabled ! It is the SCEP-XMB.prx,I thought that would help me because it accesses the Flash0 but it doesn't let me edit it...hmm... but I'll try that idea.
And that Prx eboot loader could come very handy...:o

[Nicko01]

do you need me to make you one? I can do it very easily if you want.

[DarthPaul]

do you need me to make you one? I can do it very easily if you want.

If you can,then yes please. Because I have no idea how to make one.

[Nicko01]

ok. I'll make one to load an eboot from ms0:/psp/game/recovery/eboot.pbp.
Should be done in a few minutes.

[DarthPaul]

Thanks!! I hope that works..:(

[Nicko01]

here it is.
i didn't test it, but it should work on boot.

[acn010]

recover it on recovery

[Nicko01]

he already said recover doesn't work

It would be lucky if it would work.
I've never done a prx, nor have i done anything that loads an external eboot before.
lol

[DarthPaul]

here it is.
i didn't test it, but it should work on boot.

Thanks!!:thumbup:

But how do I run that...?


recover it on recovery

And yeah,Recovery doesn't work. :(

[Nicko01]

it should be automatic.
if not, ill try again.


make sure you have something in ms0:/psp/game/recovery/eboot.pbp

[DarthPaul]

Ok,so where I put the file? In the same place where the original SCEP-XMB is?

And yes,I have something in that folder.

[Nicko01]

yeah. just replace the old prx with the new one.

[DarthPaul]

Oh well...it didn't work. :(

[Nicko01]

my parents are making me get off soon.....
I have 8 minutes left.

[DarthPaul]

It's ok man. Thanks for everything you have done so far. It wasn't succesful but I least you tried and help me..:)

[Nicko01]

This code should work....



#include <pspkernel.h>
#include <pspctrl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pspmodulemgr.h>

PSP_MODULE_INFO("Test PRX", 0x1000, 1, 1);

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
SceCtrlData pad;
while(1)
{
sceCtrlPeekBufferPositive(&pad, 1);
if(pad.Buttons & PSP_CTRL_RTRIGGER)
{
if(pad.Buttons & PSP_CTRL_TRIANGLE)
{
sceKernelLoadExec("ms0:/eboot.pbp",NULL);
}
}
sceKernelDelayThread(1000);
}
return 0;
}

/* Exported function returns the address of module_info */
void* getModuleInfo(void)
{
return (void *) &module_info;
}


i'm just not sure how to make a makefile



Sorry, i gotta go for now.

[skater9269]

If you are on a firmware that has the tiff exploit unpatched then use a tiff loader to load a downgrader.

[VampDude]

Even I tried to help (with my 3.40oe+RECOVERY), but failed... :(

...But suggested possibly the best idea yet, sell the partially-BRICKED motherboard (on eBay as people love buying BRICKED motherboards) and buy a new one (from HongKong/China) :D

[Chameleon]

his plugin may or may have not worked with any other plugin you had enabled, but the way scep is setup it wont allow you to just replace it, since the conf. tells scep how to act in the first place.

Basically with scep you are screwed :(

[DarthPaul]

This code should work....

i'm just not sure how to make a makefile

Sorry, i gotta go for now.

Thanks a lot,see you later and take care.


If you are on a firmware that has the tiff exploit unpatched then use a tiff loader to load a downgrader.

3.40 OE.


his plugin may or may have not worked with any other plugin you had enabled, but the way scep is setup it wont allow you to just replace it, since the conf. tells scep how to act in the first place.

Basically with scep you are screwed :(

$#!t

[Nicko01]

back now, on my psp.

[Nicko01]

no, i know its possible

that other prx didnt work on my psp either.

[Chameleon]

with scep you can copy files from your ms to your flash0, somebody correct me if im wrong since its still a beta feature

[DarthPaul]

with scep you can copy files from your ms to your flash0, somebody correct me if im wrong since its still a beta feature

But what I need to do is erase something from the Flash0. xD

And I can't do that with SCEP...

[Chameleon]

what?
even so you can do that!!!

press left trigger while viewing the flash0

[Nicko01]

cool. i hope this solves the prob

[Chameleon]

me too :)

[DarthPaul]

what?
even so you can do that!!!

press left trigger while viewing the flash0

Yes I know that the menu is there but how can I move/copy a file? :confused:

[Chameleon]

set the first menu to the ms, and the second to flash0 and move the file you already have put on the ms into the flash0 directory that you deleted it from.

sorry, if that sounds lame... but theirs not much to it

[zeritooverride]

If Im not mistaken you have to select the file with triangle and then press the left trigger and select what to do with it. To move it, select the file in one of the windows and on the other go to the folder where you want to place it and select move on the menu. Someone correct me if Im wrong :S

[DarthPaul]

But when I press the button to Delete it or Move it and I check back again the file stills there.. :confused:



If Im not mistaken you have to select the file with triangle and then press the left trigger and select what to do with it. To move it, select the file in one of the windows and on the other go to the folder where you want to place it and select move on the menu. Someone correct me if Im wrong :S

Otro boricua aquí!! :D

[Chameleon]

just a sec ill sample it out and get back to you

[zeritooverride]

I just tried moving a file from one folder to the other using SCEP and I couldnt see the change till I restarted the PSP. Maybe its the same with moving and deleting files from Flash0??


EDIT: To move a file, move the windows to the left to where the files are. Move the one on the right to were you want to copy the files. Then return to the window on the left, select the file with the triangle and then press the L button and select move. That seemed to work for me :)

To delete the file, just place either window (i think) in the location of the file, then select with triangle and press L select delete and presto :)

And yes a boricua living on the island :)
Hope I could have been of any aid my fellow boricua friend :)

[Chameleon]

^^^^ no dude... i tried everything it doesnt work :(

[zeritooverride]

Damn and I tough I was helping :( gotta keep looking into it then ... sorry

[Chameleon]

no... you were looking in the right direction, its more than what alot of people can say :)

[DarthPaul]

Oh god what am I gonna do!? :'(

I just noticed that I have the capture.prx enabled too...will that help on anything at all?

[Chameleon]

The end of darthpaul...?

I hope not :(

[Chameleon]

Oh god what am I gonna do!? :'(

I just noticed that I have the capture.prx enabled too...will that help on anything at all?

replace the capture prx with nick's

[DarthPaul]

replace the capture prx with nick's

...Is it supposed to load automatically? :(

[Chameleon]

an autoboot function i believe just make sure you have everything in the directory he gave you earlier, or it wont work( cant guarantee anything anyways)

[Nicko01]

I told you, that one wont work. you need to get someone to make a makefile for the new source code and compile it. that code will work.
The old one didn't even work on mine.

[DarthPaul]

Ooh cr@p...

[Chameleon]

http://dl.qj.net/3.03-OE-AutoBoot-Plugin-v0.2-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/12387/catid/151

this may work who knows?

[cataphrax]

Maybe just send it to who you bought it from? Or maybe sony?

[Nicko01]

no, it is unbrickable, no point to send it back.

That plugin should work. Just make it autoboot recovery.

[DarthPaul]

Maybe just send it to who you bought it from? Or maybe sony?

I bought my baby the same day it came out.:p
So I don't think the store will accept it back now..
And about Sony....it's customized to the limit! They won't accept it neither.


http://dl.qj.net/3.03-OE-AutoBoot-Plugin-v0.2-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/12387/catid/151

this may work who knows?

Thanks again but that didn't work..I need the Recovery or PSPFiler to use that..

I don't want to buy a Modchip now!! I need all the money for the PS3!! :'( lol

[Nicko01]

chicagogamewerks.com has cheap modchip installations...
woah. i just checked the site. they lowered the price even more.
$65 installation + $70 chip = $135 total + Shipping ($5-10)
not too bad...

[DarthPaul]

Omg I thought they were like $30! Haha that's outrageous,with that money I could buy a new PSP.
Well,to fix that I guess I'll have to wait for a new version of SCEP-XMB or if noobz release a new eLoader for 3.XX,and I doubt that..

[Nicko01]

actually, with UP, you can have 2 firmwares and you can unbrick it.

devolution is $75, but you might be able to do that yourself.

[DarthPaul]

Ok. Well,as I can say there's no possible solution to this[currently]. I'll just listen to my music..I'll think about what can I do.
Nicko01,Chameleon,zerito,acn10,bravestar,Vamp Dude,and everyone else that helped me here..Thank a lot for all of this!! I knew I could count on you guys from DC Emu. I really love this site,and love you all members from here. You're already part of my family. :)
I'll be back later. I'm going to bed now,I've been awake for more than 24 hours now..See you all later and thanks again!

[DarthPaul]

Ok,I'm back. If someone is willing to help I will appreaciate it.


Edit: If I change the motherboard to another PSP's,and then change the options through the other motherboard,and then change it back,could it work? o_O

[Cloudhunter]

Try running patchsfo from www.noobz.eu - it may work.

And do any 3.40 homebrew work?


Ok,I'm back. If someone is willing to help I will appreaciate it.


Edit: If I change the motherboard to another PSP's,and then change the options through the other motherboard,and then change it back,could it work? o_O

Nah, as it would be changing it from that PSP's nand... not your nand.

Do you have any custom firmware plugins enabled?

Cloudy

[VampDude]

Edit: If I change the motherboard to another PSP's,and then change the options through the other motherboard,and then change it back,could it work? o_O

If you change your motherboard, the PSP would be of the same as the one the motherboard originally came from... So yeah, it could work, whatever it is you are trying to do? :confused:

[DarthPaul]

Do you have any custom firmware plugins enabled?

Cloudy

Yes,I have SCEP-XMB and capture.



If you change your motherboard, the PSP would be of the same as the one the motherboard originally came from... So yeah, it could work, whatever it is you are trying to do? :confused:

I thought of changing the configuration through another PSP or something...

[Man]

If you change the MOBO, it would work, if i had a motherboard over at my site http://freepspparts.co.nr/ i would give it to you, but i dont have any psps to give away right now, if your feeling really desperate, i could use a bricked PSP to part out and send away, by the way this is all non-for-profit, so your not getting ripped off.

[mcdougall57]

maybe you could get something to boot through tiff? just a thought.
does the tiff exploit work for 3.40 oe as it allows homebrew

also changing your motherboard then changing it back would not work it would also be too much hassle.

maybe you could find a cheap ass psp on ebay with a broken screen, umd drive ect. then just replace the broken screen with your working one and then downgrade the psp you put it in

[Safari Al]

Man i hate this for you. Is there no way at all??? AN exploit or something mabye??

[Cokemusic]

http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-speculation-24/t-idea-to-unbrick-a-semi-brick-113606/page2.html

Have a look @ this I have no idea if it'll help lol but it seems Fanjita is gonan create something that can update semi-bricks to downgradable firmware versions.

[Goemon4]

if you have access to the flash0 why not try to replace all the custom files with the default ones? if ya need them pm me (idk if that would help, but i had a similar problem and replacing the custom files with the original ones fixed it)

[Chameleon]

the only problem is he doesnt have access to flash0

[mcdougall57]

have you tried putting in a legitimate 3.50 game and updating using the umd as it does not execute a .pbp i think it uses a .bin

[mike_jmg]

Hey, there is an updated version of the autoboot plugin, and it doesn't require using psp filer or anything like that
http://dl.qj.net/CFW-AutoBoot-Plugin-v0.3.5-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/12575/catid/151

Hope this can work

[mike_jmg]

and another one from becus, but I did't understand if you need to run an eboot

http://dl.qj.net/Autoboots-and-two-recovery-for-CF-3.30-OE-A-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/13550/catid/151

[DarthPaul]

have you tried putting in a legitimate 3.50 game and updating using the umd as it does not execute a .pbp i think it uses a .bin

No. Remember that you can't upgrade on Open Edition firmwares. I'm getting the DADADADA error.


and another one from becus, but I did't understand if you need to run an eboot

http://dl.qj.net/Autoboots-and-two-recovery-for-CF-3.30-OE-A-PSP-Homebrew-Applications/pg/12/fid/13550/catid/151

Thanks man. I'll try this.

[Safari Al]

did it work darthpaul?

[palyons]

Here's a very long shot for you... While you may not be able to run any umd's, or eboots, would it be at all possible you could run iso images of umd's? If so, try an iso of Lumines, if you know where to obtain one. While Illuminati exploit is present on every firmware, excluding 3.51, perhaps someone who is smart enough could write an app from that exploit to allow access to Flash0?

My only concern about this would be, when the GTA: LCS exploit was found, I had tried to run exploit/3.03 HEN on 3.03 OE, the exploit worked; but unfortunately. HEN did not load as it would on normal 3.03 firmware. It caused a semi-brick on my PSP. Thankfully I was able to recover from it.

Anyhow, I don't know if this would work, but it may be worth looking into, if you're still able to run umd iso's.

[mike_jmg]

If he can run UMD ISO, it might really work, also there was a previous post saying Fanjita was working on something to help people with semi-bricks through lumines exploit, lets hope he releases it soon.

Don't try to use HEN!

Yours bricked because the HEN puts a patch on 3.03, and you were on 3.03OE, so it might have been some sort of incompatibility = Brick

[palyons]

Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking back then when I tried it, but I certainly wouldn't risk it a second time. :p

My only other concern about the ability to run iso's they do contain eboots too. So there's a 50/50 chance he'll be able to run it without problems.