What's the point of Homebrew% folder?

[parkermauney]

Just wondering. I figured it was some kind of backup file, why doesn't 1.00 need it?

[Cloudhunter]

It's basically the exploit that lets homebrew run on a PSP version 1.50.

Cloudy

[parkermauney]

OK, simple. Thanks. So is every Homebrew% folder basically the same thing with a different name?

[SpooForBrains]

No, they're different. I don't understand exactly how it works but it's created with a tool called kxploit.

[parkermauney]

Ok, thanks.

[-Xandu-]

This was used to KXploit EBOOTs on 1.50.

The Homebrew folder contained the program code EBOOT
The Homebrew% folder contained the ICON and PARAM.

This was because the PSP would only see the program that had a PARAM file in it, the file inside the % folder. The file with just the program data would be seen as corrupted.

[parkermauney]

OK, so that's where the corrupted icons come from.

[xg917]

yea, if ur on an OE firmware, just get the 1.00 version of homebrew so you wont have to deal with a lot of folders

[404 Error]

I actually never knew that. I suppose without these the homebrew would not be possible.

[parkermauney]

Yeah, I prefer to use 1.00 eboots with oe, less corrupted icons and folders to deal with.