MPH Firmware Loader 1.4.0 Released

[Mustang]

I spent FAR too much time last night trying to get this working : no joy, best I can manage is a long pause then power off when launching the two test FW - 2 and 2.5, the software seems to think the firmware is installed ok, clearly it isnt.

I only used auto-install as I cant find any clear instructions on manually breaking up the extracted files anywhere (I tried this before < 1.4) : there is one but no matter how precisely I follow the instructions I can't seem to get it working.

I'll give this another try @ 1.5.0 lol

[Mustang]

Got it working !

I couldnt give up and wanted the browser real bad lol

Here's what i did :

Stuffed the 2.5 eboot in the root of my stick -

Reset PSP settings to default and setup the PSP name, local time again etc - but changed nothing else.

Load up the 1.4.0 launcher, install firmware : pointed it at the eboot and let it get on with it.

Launched firmware straight away without any other messing about and this time it was a lot more promising !! The memory stick access light flashed like mad and it loaded !

My WI-FI dongle arrives tomorrow so will test functionality then, but the browser sure as heck loads !!

Good luck guys.

[Madonion]

Ok im getting abit peed off at the mph dude. I know of three ways of getting this thing to work.
Firstly the mph way which NO ONE can get to work. Then the dude above me, which i dont know if he is lying :P.

and then the way i normally do it. Follow the link.http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?p=311617#post311617

[Mustang]

Kick ass man : wish I had instructions like that pre-1.3.0 and maybe i could have got it working before now....I wasted in total about three evenings bashing away at it (oo-err)

I'm honestly not lying - i'm amazed I got it working at all, had more or less gave up on it, then spotted a couple of nice pointers over at pspupdates : people who had been using the fake updater method.

Just out of interest people try the first method (it is only resetting your locale and suchlike, nothing major) if that fails try Mr Onions method : looks almost bang on and just from reading these instructions I think I can see why mine might have fell on it's ass

[Madonion]

Haha mustang . Im gona try your way quickly. Can you also just press L + R + start to quit the firmware to go back to firmware 1.5?

Ok i just tried your method and it works. With the older mph fake firmware loader that woudnt have worked . I dont have wiferless internet so i cant test the internet.
Great job.

[MadMonkee]

WTF Browser on this is even worse than the MPH u5 release. The older ones at least just froze on two occasions;

Clicking on text boxes
Re-entering the address bar again on the same page


This one freezes no matter what you do. You click you freeze, you wait you freeze, you enter an address you freeze.. I'll recommend the old firmware launcher's u5 version still.

[geise69]

Yeah I was excited about this release till i tried it. I eventually got it to work, but it really does nothing except load the firmware. I tried 2.0 and 2.5 firmware. They all loaded, but you can't really do much but try the web browser which really doesn't work. The older releases were better. I'm happy he's still working on this though. This does not load UMD's either. You'll have to wait and see if Miemt11 or someone does and unofficial release to add that support.

[Mustang]

L + R + Start quits the firmware ? err (scuttles off to try this new found knowledge out - long pause..sound of footsteps banging back to the pc ...) just L + R seems to do it for now.

Sorry to hear of the problems - i'll see how mine performs and if it's rubbish then it's back to the drawing board as i try and manually get this working....

At least it does sorta work and I hear the next version has more actual changes to the engine rather than just the frontend / GUI....

[alphonzo]

In FW 2.0 Video work, Music Not Work, Photo not Work, Browser can't save bookmark
In FW 2.5 Video not work (only sound play), others same like above.
I think I'll wait another update then.

[lowride]

Does the browser work? Can you surf the net?