Recovery Flasher v1.50

[wraggster]

News/release from hellcat (http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=143300)


H E L L C A T s R e c o v e r y F l a s h e r

* recover semi-bricks * up-/downgrade your CFW *
* flash *ANY* CFW directely to almost any other *
* backup/restore firmware flash (not NAND dump) *
* make and restore NAND dumps *
>> all without Pandora <<

What is this? And why?
========================= ===============

Short version:
--------------------
Flashes a fresh M33 CFW (everyone from 3.71 up) for recovering semi-bricks or to up-/downgrade CFW
does not use Pandora, runns from the recovery menu or the XMB
does not use (as in launch) the original Sony Updater (only extracts all required files from the original .PBP)
runns fine on CFWs lower than 3.52-M33-3 - handy for upgrading older FWs w/o the "need to go 3.52, then 3.52-3, then higher" odyssey :-)
runns fine from TimeMachine (3.40-OE on Fat and 3.60-M33 on Slim)
can backup the FW flash and restore selected parts (XMB theme, settings, PSN activation, complete firmware)
can make and restore full NAND dumps

Long version:
--------------------
Can be found the the README!


Latest Update:
--------------------
v1.50
Updated 5.00-M33 installation to revision 4
Introduced "Advanced Mode" of operations - potentially dangerous functions (some of the new ones might be) are usually completely hidden and are only available when "Advanced Mode" is triggered. Those functions are meant for the more experienced users that know what they are doing quite well....
Added support for installing 3.80-M33 and 3.90-M33
Added support for installing a fresh 1.50 OFW on classic PSPs (a.k.a. Fat PSP) without having made a backup of a running 1.50 first. (Actually it first creates a new "backup" set containing a fresh 1.50 OFW that you can then use to install/restore it to your PSP)
Changed the menu a bit. Due to the ammount of FW versions now supported there's no longer one item for each FW but one menu option for selecting the desired version and one to engage the installation.
Added: Creation of NAND-Dump (fully compatible to DDC dumps)
Added: [Advamced Mode] Writing back of NAND images. Complete dump, IPL only or LFlash only
Added: [Advanced Mode] Installing selected firmware version as ORIGINAL firmware
Added: ressurection.prx replacement - with that you can run Recovery Flasher directly instead of of the original DDC menu when booting up a DDC magic stick. WORKS ONLY FOR DDCv7!!!
When running either as DDC main menu replacement (ressurection.prx) OR launched from a DDC booted FW (from memstick) you have the option to either boot up / exit to the XMB or to jump into the original DDC menu. So when using the ressurection.prx replacement you are still able to use the DDC features.
Fixed: App-Launcher display mess up when more additional apps/games were available than fitted on screen

Download and Give Feedback Via Comments

[strikingeuphony]

Thank you soooooo much for this app. It is VERY handy. Just a small suggestion. Can we name our flash backups so we won't be confused when we restore them? :thumbup:

With this app, you can easily test another firmware and jump right back to your old one if you don't like something.

[hotashes02]

Thanks :D

[wiredforpower]

awesome. Absolutely well done.

[Epyx]

I have the original 1.50 PS100X that i upgraded to Custom Firmware 5.00 M33-4.

Can I use this utility to downgrade it back to 1.50?

Thanks in advance!