My recovery works even with the MS inserted. >_>Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
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My recovery works even with the MS inserted. >_>Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
I'm not sure about that, but I know if you make a nand image of your previous firmware, that will get flashed fine for you to go back to it. Most likely Dark_AleX will address that problem in his updated pandora and next update.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
The release does seem kind of rushed. As I said before, I'd wait for the updated pandora and 1.50 addon :)Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
That is actually a mistake... The problem is that the recovery is vsh mode, which means that plugin's also get loaded in the recovery - and as many of the nid's have changed, many plugin's don't work.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
However, if you remove the memory stick, it can't read seplugins or the plugins, so doesn't load them.[/quote]
I think that's rather unfair. I believe these are all just honest mistakes due to un-thorough testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
Cloudy
Oh, the bugs or new features, whatever you want to call them, I don't mind in the least. In fact I expect them in a major release like this. What I don't think is too much to ask is that these things are at least documented.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cloudhunter
I mean, I'm not stupid! I have kept up with most of the developments in the scene as much as I can, but if I have to come here and ask whether Pandora will work for downgrading, or how I'm supposed to do it ... this info should be with the release, not buried in the comment threads of a dozen different websites.
It means that if you're not following things 24/7 you completely lose track and end up in the situation I am in now, which is that I just have no idea about half of this stuff!
Maybe it's our own faults, here. Maybe we should be documenting this stuff better rather than relying on Dark_Alex and n00bz to do it for us. I don't know.
I would just like to point out that you CAN go back o 3.52 m33 with a Pandora battery, but you will need to have the 3.52 m33 update on your memory stick and have the extended pandora bootmenu from Hellcat, I have done this myself purely to see if it works, and it does.
Warning this must be done BEFORE you run the 3.71 update as the pandora extender runs under 1.50 ipl, if you already updated you will need to ask around for the pre-made files, I dont think I can share them legally here (If a mod could clear that up maybe?)
1) make sure you have M33 3.52 update in the psp/game folder
2) download the pandora boot menu exender from Here . Put the 2 files into GAME150 and then run from the XMB.
3) If you havent made a pandora battery do so now.... :
4)go to the pandora menu by putting memory stick in the psp and then inserting pandora battery
5)go down to "Launch CFW installer (o or [] to choose path" press "o" to open then choose the "m33 52" by pressing "X".
6) Back on the main screen press the triangle button on the "Launch CFW...." position again, this will now set up the battery/ MS to start the CFW installation if the WiFi switch it in the up position.
you can now remove the battery, next time you want to down grade just put the MS in then the battery with the WiFi swith in up position.
it will go straight to a screen that wil ask if you want to install cfw or not, if you want to go to the pandora menu you MUST put the WiFi switch back in the down position BEFORE you press "o" to "draw back" if not it makes it just boot up as normal.
Hope this helps a few of you, im off to go sit in a corner.
Mike..
All this stuff with Pandora seems confusing, I shall stay on 3.52 M33 for now.
Does an already made pandora battery + magic memory stick works normaly to revert to 1.50 firmware ?
man i dont need to upgrade......... but why didnt he stay lying if he was going to lie........ i had hope in the m33 now thats gone?! is there any other coders out there? (not including dax and his many names) i wish i could learn coding now.......
People what is your problem please help me, I tried changing my topmenu_plugin.RCO to get my platnium icons and now I can't get my PSP to boot up because of the incompatability. I need an original topmenu_plugin.RCO from the flash0/vsh/resource folder! I couldn't make a backup before trying to test my platnium icons because it said there was one ther but it wasn't visable so I just went for it. Please if any of you could just take 5min and upload a copy of the topmenu_plugin.RCO file so I can have my PSP back, SOMEONE PLEASE!
woah, I just read through most of these comments and it seems that this is causing nothing but problems indeed... dax should have waited to release the psp-1001 version of this cfw.
CaptainMorgan4: do you have a pandora battery and memory stick by any chance?
is anyone else haveing a problem w/ mapthis not working
MikeBeaver no I do not but don't you just make Pandora batteries and memory sticks? I never got into the whole Pandora thing because I've never bricked and have always been on 1.5 or a custom firmware. Anyway yeah I have a spare battery and my original 32mb stick, what can I do with those to make them Pandora? Also after I'm done can I return them to they're normal state?
You need an Pro Duo Mem Stick... the 32 MB Stick is only Duo. with Pandora you can play around with your PSP and firmwares. Only dont lose or mess with the IDStorage keys !Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainMorgan4
Anyway, in the last sunday my CFW stoped to run anything with 1.50 kernel (including recovery,CFW updaters, downgraders,etc...) and DAX blocked the update of any Official Sony firmware update... without Pandora my PSP will be stucked forever in an semi-bricked 3.40 OE-A. If you have an MS Pro Duo and another battery make it an Pandora Kit without delay,You cant predict the future.
Dont ask me why my PSP stopped run 1.50 Eboots because i never used custom XMB,flashed plugins or anything which changes flash0 !
Can anyone please post a copy of the topmenu_plugin.RCO file PLEASE!!! All you need to do is go into the recovery menu on your 3.71 M33 PSP and hook the USB cable into it, then go to advanced config. From there click Flash0, on your pc open up the folder from the memory stick (from my computer or whatever) and click on the vsh folder, then click into the resources folder. Inside there look for a file called "topmenu_plugin.rco" and copy and paste a copy of it to your desktop or whatever. Then upload it on a site or however you want to do it and give me a link please. It will only take 2min and you will be saving my PSP, please someone take this short amount of time and HELP me out please.
Have you tried using the flash1 formatter? I experienced weird problems with recovery and other errors due to a corrupt flash1.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracchini
Thats the problem... flash1 formatter requires 1.50 kernel modules. USB mode in recovery too. My PSP rebooted when i tried run in or activate the USB connection in Recovery menu. In XMB the same thing ocuured with 1.50 eboots... only 3.XX eboots worked .Quote:
Originally Posted by SpooForBrains
Guys MikeBeaver was nice enough to send me his VSH folder from flash0 and I deleted mine out of the flash0 and replaced it with his but I still am not getting my PSP to boot. I only messed with the topmenu_plugin.rco in the resources folder so I'm really confused to why this didn't work. Anyone here know what I can do to get my PSP working again???????????
What is CFE 1.4? Is that kinda like Remotejoy or were you making a joke?Quote:
Originally Posted by PSPdemon
any news on the 1.50 "plugin"?
Anyone here that can help me unbrick my PSP!???
Just wondering , i have a psp slim and no access to a psp phat... cant somone just upload the stuff needed in the memory stick so i can do the pandoras box thing with the necessary files?
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I thought I would update to this but it seems to be causing too many problems. I guess I'll wait for a new firmware or just wait to find out why everyone is bricking. I don't really feel like learning the pandora process even though I'm sure it will only take about 10 minutes.
I bricked by changing my topmenu_plugin so don't worry about that. HELP ME SOMEONE!!!
I' ve bricked the same way, and that was 3 weeks ago. 2 days after I bought the Slim. I didn't even had a chance to try the cables to connect to the tv. I'm waiting for the new version of the Pandora battery.
Yeah but I'm on a PSP 1000 so I think I can get it fixed faster than the Slim but I'm not sure, can anyone tell me how to fix my PSP PLEASE!
Pandora is your answer. If you cant make one. just keep askingQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainMorgan4
i,v downloaded it from 2 places and it still freezes up or gives errors
noooooooooo no 1.50 kernel for now =( i stay3.52-4 must have my 1.5 kernel !D
Yeah, the pandora battery will fix the Phat PSP no problem. I've done it. But the Slim is the problem.
Can anyone here tell me exactly what I need and what I need to do to make a Pandora? I'll be back on later to try to fix my PSP, so hopefully someone here will help explain to me what I need. If I don't have the supplies to make a pandora can I just wait until the 3.71 unbricker from Dark Alex to come out? And if that comes out how will it work will it just be an updated Recovery folder?
DA's umbricker will be an new version of the Pandora for the slim only. The pandora we have now works for the Phat PSP. There's an easy pandora maker, I don't rememrer where I got it.
wat it is,well in other words wut up
when upgrading there is always a chance a bricking, but in this new m33 3.71 there seems to be many bricks been reported on different forums, just wait for the M33 3.71 - 1 or 3.71 - 2,,,,,,, DAX made four updates in 3.51 because of bugs and thats quite alot, i would stick with OE for now psp lovers!;)
LOL you got short term memory loss?? :confused: (joke)Quote:
Originally Posted by jurkevicz
search PANDORA'S BOX GUI for the best one i used it!! ;)
since this fixes your idstorage keys, when the next ofw comes out, will you be able to go straight to official?
Ok guys I'm going to give this Pandora battery thing a try, I have a Sandisk 4gb (ruby red) memory stick and the standard 32MB stick. I have 2 batteries, the Mega 2600mah battery and then the Sony 2200mah STAMINA battery. Then finally a bricked 3.71 M33 PSP Phat (PSP1000). So do I have the appropriate supplies or am I screwed for now. If I can't do this Pandora procedure do you think Dark Alex will release a RECOVERY folder (like in 3.02OE) that will work on 3.71 M33 or what will he release to unbrick us 3.71 M33 brickers?
unless you have a homebrew enabled psp, your screwed. and your ms has to be a pro duo, so i dont think the 32 mb will work.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainMorgan4
People have only bricked because they messed around with the flash. Don't mess around with the flash, no problem :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lwiggy
Cloudy
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Originally Posted by mike_jmg
I just tried the mp3 plugin and it did the same thing to me. very scary. thanks for saying how you fixed it!
Will the sandisk 4gb ruby red one work for pandora? Can I use the battery and stick normally after this thing?