Biyernes, Abril 15, 2011

CFW 6.38 Minimum Edition for 01g, 02g model by neur0n

-- What is this?--
This is CFW work on PSP1000 and PSP2000.

The degree of stability is still unknown. 
Please test it on your own and refer to different people's test reports.

From 5.00M33 -> OK
From 5.50GEN -> OK(may need to edit version.txt)
From 5.50Prometheus -> OK(may need to edit version.txt)
From 6.20TN-D -> OK

--How to Install--
First, you need to install CFW or HEN in your PSP.

1. copy UPDATE folder at ms0:/PSP/GAME/.
2. Put 6.38 official update at ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE/638.PBP .
3. Run installer from xmb.


-- features --
Hold R trigger and turn on the psp, you can enter recovery menu.
Hold Home button and turn on the psp, you can Boot OFW.

-- Credit --
This CFW is based Dark_AleX's 5.00M33.
And usbdev.prx is his own.

--History--
v1
-- First release.
http://www.mediafire.com/?tw47ca37b44jafl
newWho work in the PRO series could you try here? non-compress-Release638Me
http://www.mediafire.com/?bxsj7pa6jts4ddc

Conclusion: From 6.20TN-D -> OK. From 6.20PRO -> error. From 5.50Gen-D3 -> OK.From 6.35PRO-B4 -> error. From 5.50Prometheus -> OK.

for the for the newbie users of ME..
*enable oppnsp.bin on recovery menu--- >to play newer games
*download 6.35 custom andget prometheus iso loader on sepugins...put it on your seplugins folder.
*delete your isocache.bin on your psp/system-------------> dont worry it will rebuild again
*you can use hrf 1.65
*some games must be decrypted: like neo geo games;baseball.patapon 3demo.
*use it with your own risk
Macbook Pro 13" & 15" 2011 Install DVD 10.6.6 



Macbook Pro 13" 2011 Install DVD 10.6.6 | MacOSX | 7.35 GB

This is an image of the Install DVD that is bundled with the new 2011 Macbook Pro's, These are the macbook pros which come with the new ATI 6750M graphics and thunderbolt port.

Features of MacBook Pro (MBP) 2011 Refresh:

* Next-generation Intel Sandy Bridge quad-core and dual-core CPU processors.
* Integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor with switchable graphics to AMD Radeon graphics processor on the 15-inch and 17-inch MacBook Pro.
* Thunderbolt port for plug-and-play performance with up to size Thunderbolt peripherals or devices, as well as with the Apple LED Cinema Display and other Mini DisplayPort peripherals. Adapters are available for HDMI, VGA, DVI, and DisplayPort compatible devices.
* FaceTime HD camera for 720p HD video calls from one new MacBook Pro to another, or to other Intel-based Mac computers,4 iPhone 4, or the new iPod touch.
* Multi-Touch trackpad.
* Longer lasting battery.
* 802.11n wireless and Bluetooth support.
* 8x SuperDrive DVD writer.
* New SDXC card slot on the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models supports up to 64GB cards.
* ExpressCard/34 slot on the 17-inch MacBook Pro for an eSATA adapter or a 3G wireless card.
* Two USB 2.0 ports (three on the 17-inch MacBook Pro) and a FireWire 800 port let you connect your iPad, iPod, iPhone, digital cameras, and external hard drives.

Macbook Pro 13-inch 2011 Install DVD - 10.6.6

Name: Macbook Pro 13" 2011 Install DVD
Version: - 10.6.6
Mac Platform: Intel
Includes: Only the application or game is included

Macbook Pro 15-inch 2011 Install DVD - 10.6.6



Name: Macbook Pro 15" 2011 Install DVD
Version: - 10.6.6
Build: 10J3210
Mac Platform: Intel
Includes: Only the application or game is included


Homepage:
Code:

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

Martes, Abril 12, 2011

How To Flash Custom Fonts, Icons, Gameboot, Volume Bars, Battery Icons Tutorial!

THIS CAN DAMAGE YOUR PSP AND IN SOME CASES BRICK PERMANENTLY I RECOMMEND ONLY USING THIS WITH CUSTOM FIRMWARE

WARNING: Flashing a bootsound on on 3.02 OE/3.03 OE on ANY revision will disable the ability to play PSX games! To avoid this, download the 3.02 OE popstation loader and put it in ms0:/seplugins/. DO NOT ENABLE IT UNTIL AFTER FLASHING YOUR BOOTSOUND! =) DIVERPAULO


CHECK BOTTOM OF TOPIC FOR CUSTOM PACKS

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EDIT : BOOTSOUND INSTRUCTIONS ADDED BY REQUEST

EDIT : GAMEBOOT PACK ADDED

EDIT : BIRDMAN FONTPACK v11 ADDED

EDIT : BOOTSOUNDS ADDED - rename to just opening_plugin.rco

EDIT : CODEC TO PLAY .PMF IN WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER

EDIT : THEMES/WAVES ADDED

EDIT : CUSTOM LOADING ICONS

EDIT : FLASH AGENT F2 ADDED THANKS DIVERPAULO!

EDIT : CUSTOM BATTERY ICONS AND TUTORIAL cheers matt13

EDIT : CUSTOM VOLUME INDICATORS

EDIT : SUBMENU ICON INJECTOR V3 TUTORIAL
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Whats a font?
A font is the writing style used in the PSP.



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Whats a gameboot?
A gameboot is the small video that is played when you load homebrew or a game. The default is a white screen with the letter PSP coming up. Below is an example of a gameboot.



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Whats an Icon?
The icons are the small pictures in the middle of your screen which depict a toolbox, camera, music, video, game and network. Below is an example of custom XMB! This is not mine!



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Whats a bootsound?
A bootsound is the sound that plays after a hard reboot. A bootsound is the sound you hear when this screen is displayed.



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Whats a wave?
A theme/wave is the wavey background that you see when you turn you psp on or when sometimes default background.



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Whats a Volume Indicator
The volume indicator is the bars that appear when you lower or increase the sound volume of your PSP.



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What the submenu icons?
The submenu icons are the icons that are in sub categorys below GAME VIDEO etc. such as Internet Browser, RSS and Video Settings!



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1.Â* Â*Hard boot your PSP by holding up the POWER button until the unit turns off. Press the power button up again and hold the R button.
2.Â* Â*You should now reach a blue screen called the Recovery Menu. Now go to Advanced>Toggle USB (flash0). YOU WILL NEED YOUR USB CABLE PLUGGED IN
3.Â* Â*Now a pop-up should come up on your PC. If not go to My Computer>Removable Disc (that represents your PSP). Access the files in the Explorer.
4.Â* Â*Now you should have 6 folders come up in the Explorer (data, dic,font,kd,kn,vsh) Select all of the folders and copy and paste them into a folder on your PC called ‘Flash0 Backup’
5.Â* Â*To Install a font double click the ‘font’ folder and you may either have one font file (ltn0.pgf) or a set of files. Either way copy and paste the files into the ‘font’ folder and overwrite the ones already there. On your PSP press back and then exit and your PSP should boot with the new font.
6.Â* Â*To Install a gameboot double click the ‘VSH’ folder and then ‘resource’ now find your file called ‘gameboot.pmf’ that you have acquire from a site and copy it into VSH/resource it will ask you to overwrite click yes. Now press back and then exit on your PSP and your PSP will boot up. Open a homebrew or ISO and your gameboot should have changed.
7.Â* Â*To Install Custom Icons either use the Topmenu generator or acquire a pre-made topmenu_plugin.rco. Copy your topmenu_plugin.rco and paste it into VSH/resource. Then press back and then exit the recovery menu and you should have a new set of PSP icons. THESE DO NOT WORK ON 3.10OE-A or A2
8.Â* Â*To Install a bootsound acquire an opening_plugin.rco and copy and paste it into VSH/resource. If you don't have any opening_plugin.rco either reply or PM me and I will host some that I have! FOR THE BOOTSOUND TO WORK YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE THE 'SKIP SCE LOGO' disabled in the recovery menu.
9.Â* Â*To Install a theme/wave background take your new 01-12.bmp and paste it into vsh/resource.
10. To install Custom Loading Icons paste a game_plugin.rco into vsh/resource.
11. To install custom battery icons rename your battery file to system_plugin_fg.rco and paste into vsh/resource in flash0. See bottom of topic for some examples.
12. To install custom volume bars copy impose_plugin.rco and paste into vsh/resource in flash0! For impose_plugin.rco's download the pack I have hosted at the bottom of the tutorial!

Submenu Icons Tutorial

1.Â* Download Submenu Icon Injector v3.0

2.Â* Open the archive and extract the root folder to a easy accessible location on you computer, inside the folder open the PSP Submenu Icon Injector.exe.

3.Â* When the program opens browse the ‘plugin file Location’. Select the topmenu_plugin.rco that you want with the correct default or customised XMB icons you wish for.

4.Â* Now go down the list and edit the icons using the browse facility to select the bitmap that you want to replace the default with. Once you have changed all the icons you wish for.

5.Â* Select ‘Inject Topmenu’ and the topmenu_plugin.rco that you selected in ‘plugin file location’ will have submenu icons within it.

6.Â* Flash the edited topmenu_plugin.rco to flash0:/vsh/resource.

And restart your PSP and you should have edited submenu icons.


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If you do not wish to flash your PSP you can redirect the gameboot.pmf and fonts to your memory stick. Below is the guide to this.

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Changing flash paths
You can change the PSP's font path to your memory stick, by doing this you can save space in your Flash0. Please note that if you remove your memory stick and then start your PSP from a hard boot you will not brick your PSP, but instead your PSP will tell you to restore your Flash1 features. To change the PSP's font path:

1. Download the Font Hack application for 1.50.
2. Copy the PSP folder to the root of your memory stick.
3. Copy the Fontmod folder to the root of your memory stick.
4. Run the Font Hack program.
5. Transfer any 1nt0.pgf font file to the fontmod folder in the root of your memory stick to use a custom font.

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By changing the Gameboot Path you can save space in the Flash0. If there is no Gameboot in the path your specified the PSP will display a white empty screen. Once you change the Gameboot path you can delete the Gameboot from the Flash0. The advantages of having the Gameboot path on the memory stick is that your Gameboot can be of any size that you want. To change the gameboot path:

1. Make a folder on the root of your memory stick called gameboot and inside put a gameboot.pmf of your choice.
2. Download Flash Agent F2 and extract the PSP folder to the root of your memory stick and say Yes to overwrite the other files. DON̢۪T WORRY NO FILES WILL BE DELETED!
3. Go to the GAME menu on your XMB and run the flash agent F1
4. Flash Agent will do all the required checks and an excruciating sound. It will ask you to agree, agree to this. Then go to ‘Firmware Hacks’ then redirect ‘gameboot.pmf to ms0:/gameboot/gameboot.pmf’ Now when ever you change the gameboot.pmf in the ms0:/gameboot folder will change your gameboot without the need of flashing!

FLASH AGENT CAN BE DELETED ONCE THE REDIRECTION IS FINISHED!

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If something goes wrong and your PSP won̢۪t start. Access the recovery menu and go to advanced>toggle USB(flash0). And I recommend replacing the specific file that you flashed which made the PSP go wrong. If you are not sure paste the whole contents flash0 backup into the root of your flash0.

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Downloads
Gameboot Pack (not mine)

Birdmans Fontpack With Previews

Bootsound Pack

Codec For Windows Media Player to play .pmf files

Custom Loading Icons




Custom Battery Icons



Custom Volume Indicators

Create Pandora Battery & Magic Memory Stick to Install Custom firmware on your PSP

This guide will show you how to create a 'Pandora battery' that can be used to unbrick a PSP
or Install Custom Firmware onto your Original or Slim PSP.

Pandora Motherboard Compatibility List (thanks to assassinwarrior for this pic)


* If 'Creates Pandora' is NO, then your PSP cannot convert a normal battery into a 'Pandora Battery'

You can check your PSP Firmware version by turning on your PSP going to the settings section on the left,
then scrolling down to 'System Settings' and pressing the 'Confirm' button.
then scrolling down to 'System Information' and pressing the confirm button again.
(The confirm button is the 'X (Cross)' button on USA and Europe PSPs and the 'O (Circle)' button on a Japanese PSP),

You should see three lines of text on the screen, the firmware version is the number listed in 'System Software'.
If you see ANY letters after the System Software number (e.g 2.71 SE-B, 3.40 OE-A, 5.00 M33-1), then you have a hacked PSP already.
If you just have numbers and no letters after the system software, then you PSP has not been hacked.
You can exit the System Information by pressing the 'Cancel' button (see the bottom of your PSP screen)

If your PSP has firmware 3.95 or lower or came from the factory / out of the box with 3.95 or lower,
then there is a 99.9% chance that your PSP is hackable using the 'Pandora Battery + Magic Memory Stick'.


If your PSP came from the factory with version 4.00 or higher system software
installed there is a very high chance it is a new model that cannot be 'hacked' at the moment.

All the newer PSP-2000 models and ALL PSP-3000 models cannot be hacked yet, but there are people working on hacking it.
If 'Pandora' doesn't start on your PSP and you just get a green light then you have the newer model slim which cannot be hacked yet.


I will update this guide as soon as a working "Pandora" program comes out for the new Slim PSP and the Slim and Brite PSP



You will need:
  • Windows Operating system on your PC and a user account with 'Admin' rights
  • A 64mb or higher Memory Stick PRO DUO (The total size of the Magic Memory Stick files is about 50mbytes)
  • A pre-made Pandora Battery (or a custom firmware PSP that can convert a battery and an original PSP battery)


How to Identify your PSP Motherboard Model
This program is here for the people who don't know if their slim PSP can convert a battery or not.
If you are not sure what motherboard your custom firmware PSP has you can use PSPIdent.
PSPIdent can show you the motherboard model number, then you can look on the table above
to find out if your PSP can convert a normal battery into a Pandora Battery (and back again)

NOTE: This program will only work on 'Custom Firmware' PSP, it will not start on official sony firmware.

PSPIdent 0.4 (36kb)
Download Link 1 (Mediafire): http://www.mediafire.com/?jwnggotznxt
Download Link 2 (iFile): http://ifile.it/zma6s2u
Download Link 3 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/60715760ba98e64f/
Download Link 4 (SendSpace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/6yd5te
Download Link 5 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A3EC6UEM

After downloading the ZIP file, extract it and copy the PSPIdent folder into PSP \ GAME folder and start the program from the 'Game > Memory Stick' Menu.
You should see your 'Motherboard' model displayed on the screen. (example screenshot)
In the example screenshot, the PSP has a TA-081 motherboard, according to the table above, this PSP is able to convert a battery into a Pandora.

(You can also check the Motherboard version by using the 'Pandora Battery + Memory Stick' and choosing the 'Hardware Info' option on the Pandora menu.)



Making the 'Magic Memory Stick'

Making a 'Magic Memory Stick' will ERASE all files on your memory stick
Make sure you have copied the files from your memory stick to your computer.

You can make the 'Magic Memory Stick' with ANY official or custom firmware versions.

Required Files:

Pandora files to install 5.00 M33-4 (46.63mb)
Download Link 1 (Mediafire): http://www.mediafire.com/?idnddcwzezz
Download Link 2 (iFile): Dead Link... can't access ifile.it site to reupload...
Download Link 3 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/53433116815a1905/
Download Link 4 (SendSpace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/eq2of0
Download Link 5 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S52IT520


Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 Update #6:
Extract and copy the 'UPDATE' folder to the 'PSP \ GAME' folder after the magic memory stick has been created.
You will find the update program on the Game > Memory Stick menu, It should have a black M33-6' icon.
Run it after you have installed custom firmware on the PSP using Pandora to update the custom firmware.
Download 1 (iFile.it): http://ifile.it/5szhmqu
Download 2 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/5440315783948b3c/
Download 3 (SendSpace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/yn8nke
Download 4 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=W2WE1EQC

-- OR -- (The Older Versions of Pandora can be found here)

Pandora files to install 4.01 M33-2 (44.47mb)
Download Link 1 (iFile): http://ifile.it/r1j6izh
Download Link 2 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/52857756211f6312/
Download Link 3 (SendSpace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/opi78h
Download Link 4 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6NEM2U4

Install Instructions:
1. Unzip the downloaded file to your computer.
2. Connect your PSP to your computer.
3. Make a USB connection using your PSP.
4. Run the "RainUltraLiteMMS" program
(Windows Vista users will need to right click the program and choose "Run As Administrator".
If you don't, you will be unable to inject the IPL and format the memory stick)

5. Choose the 'Drive Letter' of your memory stick.
6. Tick the "Format Memory Stick" box.



7. Click the "Make MMS" button.
8. Confirm you want to format the memory stick (all files on the memory stick will be erased)
If you get an the error message "IPL Write failed, do you want to continue?", click 'No' and go to the
"Re-partitioning your memory stick" section of this guide. (or re-try using a different memory stick)

9. Wait as your magic memory stick is created, this might take a few minutes.
(It might look like the program has frozen, but it hasn't, just let it run for a few minutes, If the memory
stick light on your PSP is flashing on and off, the program is writing the files to the memory stick)



10. Once the program has finished, you will see "Make MMS Finished".



You are done making the 'Magic Memory Stick' and can close the Program :)
Now you can go to the "Converting a 'Normal battery' <-> 'Pandora Battery' section or to the
'Installing Custom Firmware using the Pandora Battery & Magic Memory Stick" section if you have a Pandora Battery already.)

To turn your 'Magic Memory Stick' into a 'Normal Memory Stick':
(Do this if you don't need your 'Magic Memory Stick' anymore and want it back to normal)
1. Insert a 'Normal' Battery and the 'Magic Memory Stick' into your PSP
2. Turn on your PSP and select to the "Settings > System Settings > Format Memory Stick" option
3. Press 'X' and choose 'Yes' to format the memory stick.
4. Your 'Magic' memory stick will be fully erased and will work as a normal memory stick again.


Re-partitioning your memory stick
Sometimes your memory stick won't be able to write the IPL for pandora,
because there is not enough 'reserved' space on your memory stick boot sector.
In this case, you will need to reformat and repartition the memory stick.

Using the 'HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool', you can repartition and
re-format the memory stick and reserve enough space for the IPL.
(The program reserved 20kb of space on my 1gb memory stick, the IPL for pandora is 12kbytes)

Required Files:

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool (369kb)
Download Link 1 (iFile): http://ifile.it/gv1e6nw
Download Link 2 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/5595319152078a92/
Download Link 3 (SendSpace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/vsx38m
Download Link 4 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TN0SFBCE

How to Repartition your Memory stick:

1. Connect your PSP to your computer and make a USB connection
2. Download and extract the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool"
3. Run the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" program (filename: HPUSBFW.EXE)
(Note: Vista users will need to 'right click' the program and select "Run as Administrator"
If you don't run as Administrator you will get an "Permission Denied" error message.)

4. In the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool" Select your PSP in the Device (first) drop-down box.
5. In file system choose NTFS (The Program crashed for me when I tried FAT and FAT32)
(Note: It doesn't really matter which Filesystem you format with, it will get changed when you make the magic memory stick later)

6. Tick the 'Quick Format' box (or untick it if you want to format the entire memory stick this will take longer)
7. Make sure that "Enable Compression" option is OFF (Only enabled when formatting using the NTFS filesystem)
8. Make sure that "DOS Startup Disk" option is OFF (Only enabled when formatting using the FAT/FAT32 filesystems)



9. Click "Start" and you will get a message asking if you want to format, click "Yes"
(Note: Formatting will erase all data from the memory stick, make sure you backup the files on your memory stick)



10. Wait while your memory stick is repartitioned and formatted... this may take a few minutes...
11. When you see the results message, click 'OK' then close the "HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool"
12. Try making the memory stick again, (but press the Inject IPL button first, before pressing the "Make MMS" button)
If it is still unsuccessful injecting the IPL then you will need to use another memory stick...


Converting a 'Normal battery' <-> 'Pandora Battery'

If you have a pre-made pandora battery you can skip to the next section

You can only convert a Normal Battery to Pandora Battery with
  • Any Custom Firmware Original Fat PSP
  • Any Custom Firmware 'TA-085v1' Motherboard Slim.
    (If your PSP Slim came with 3.60 firmware then you most likely have a Ta-085v1 Slim PSP)
Sony 'Removed' the 'Battery EEPROM Writing' hardware on the motherboards of all other PSP systems.
PSPs Slims that have the "TA085v2" and newer motherboards will fail when trying to convert a battery.

If your PSP has official firmware you CANNOT convert a battery with it.
(If you try and run the 'Battery Converter' program you will get a "Game Cannot Be Started" error message)

If you don't have a Custom Firmware PSP available, or cannot convert a battery then you will need to buy a pre-made Pandora Battery.
(Tip: Google search "Dealextreme Pandora", they have a $7usd Pandora Battery, but you need Paypal to buy from them)

Required Files:

'Hellcat's Pandora Installer v4b' (Re-uploaded as the files were deleted)
Download 1 (iFile.it): http://ifile.it/rj1ctnk
Download 2 (zShare): http://www.zshare.net/download/63405705e35f3555/
Download 3 (Sendspace): http://www.sendspace.com/file/zkpq8i
Download 4 (Megaupload): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KEY955GU


Installing 'Hellcats Pandora Installer v4b':
1. Unzip the downloaded file to your computer
2. Connect your PSP to your computer and make a USB connection,
3. Copy the "pan3xx" folder to your memory stick in the PSP > GAME folder.
4. Close the USB Connection and disconnect the USB Cable.

Converting a 'Normal battery' to a 'Pandora Battery':
1. Insert the Battery you want to convert into your PSP and turn your PSP on.
2. Go to the Game menu, then run the "Pandora Installer for 3.xx+ -R4b-"


3. Once the program starts, you may get a message saying that "This program has detected a PSP slim&lite TA085v2 or newer board"
If you get this message you will not be able to convert a normal battery to a pandora battery and should exit the program.
If you don't get this message you should be able to convert a battery, press "X" to go to the main menu.

Warning Message you get if you use a PSP with a TA085v2 or newer motherboard:


4. Scroll down to "Battery Options" and press "X"
5. Scroll down to "Dump Battery Serial to File" and press "X"
(this will backup the battery serial to the batser file on your memory stick)

6. Select "Make Battery Pandora" and press "X"
7. The Battery serial in the top left should change to "0xffffffff"
(If the battery serial doesn't change then your psp can't write to the battery or the battery is not compatible)

8. If the battery serial is "0xffffffff" then your Normal Battery is now a Pandora Battery.
9. Scroll down to "Back to mainmenu" and press "X"
10. Choose "Quit" and press "X" and the program will exit
11. Turn off your PSP and remove the battery (which is now a Pandora battery)

Converting a 'Pandora Battery' to a 'Normal Battery':
1. Insert the Pandora Battery into your PSP, your PSP will turn on automatically.
2. Go to the Game menu, then run the "Pandora Installer for 3.xx+ -R4b-"
3. Once the program starts, press "X" to go to the main menu.
4. Scroll down to "Battery Options" and press "X"
5. Scroll down to "Set Battery Serial from File" and press "X"
6. Scroll down to "Back to Mainmenu" and press "X"
7. Choose "Quit" and press "X" and the program will exit.
8. Turn off your PSP and remove the battery (which is now a Normal Battery)



Making a Backup of your PSP NAND Chip (optional)

The NAND chip is the place where the PSP stores all its firmware files and other settings
like region codes, Wifi MAC Address and other Security Keys.
I recommend to make a Backup of the NAND in case something happens to these settings.

1. Insert the 'Pandora Memory Stick' into your PSP
2. Insert the 'Pandora Battery' into PSP while holding the 'L' button
(You will need to keep the 'L' button pressed until you see the menu below)

3. Your PSP should automatically turn itself on.
4. In a few seconds you should see a few options on the PSP screen if you have a compatible PSP.

If your PSP just stays on a black screen then you probably have a PSP Brite (PSP-3000)
-OR- one of the newer model PSP Slims (PSP-2000) that Pandora is not compatible with,
this means your PSP can't have custom firmware installed on it at the moment.




5. Select the "NAND Operations" options and press 'X'
6. Select the "Dump NAND" option and press 'X'
7. Wait for the PSP NAND memory to be saved to your memory stick.
8. After the dump has finished, press "O" to go back to the NAND Operations Menu.
9. Press 'O' again to go back to the main menu.
(you can now choose to install the custom firmware, and once its installed come back to step 12 and copy the nand-dump file to your computer)

10. Choose "Shutdown" from the main menu and press 'X'
11. Insert your normal battery and turn on your PSP.
12. Go to the Settings menu and make a USB connection.
13. Open your memory stick (using My Computer > Memory Stick Drive Letter)
14. Right click the "nand-dump.bin" file and choose 'Cut'
15. Make a folder on your computer and paste the "nand-dump.bin" file into the folder.
(I recommend to name the folder using the serial number of the PSP which can be found in the battery compartment)
16. Close the USB Connection and shutdown the PSP.

Keep the "nand-dump.bin" somewhere safe, as you can use it to restore your PSP back to the way it was when you did the NAND-DUMP.
(Warning: only restore the NAND-Dump to the PSP the made it, using a different PSPs NAND-dump on
your PSP will make your PSP unable to read UMD Discs, unable to use WiFi, and all sorts of other problems)


Installing Custom Firmware using the Pandora Battery & Magic Memory Stick

1. Insert the 'Magic Memory Stick' into your PSP
2. Insert the 'Pandora Battery' into PSP while holding the 'L' button
(You will need to keep the 'L' button pressed until you see the main menu)

3. Your PSP should automatically turn itself on.
4. If you have a compatible PSP, you should see a few options on the PSP screen In a few seconds...

If your PSP just stays on a black screen then you probably have a PSP Brite (PSP-3000)
-OR- one of the newer model PSP Slims (PSP-2000) that Pandora is not compatible with,
this means your PSP can't have custom firmware installed on it at the moment.


5a. Choose "Install x.xx M33" to install the M33 Custom Firmware.
5b. OR choose "Install x.xx OFW" to install the Official Sony Firmware.

6. A installation progress bar should appear on the screen, When it gets to 100%, Press "O" to shutdown.



7. Your PSP now has custom firmware installed.
8. Remove the Pandora's Battery and insert your normal PSP battery and turn on your PSP.
9. Update to the latest custom firmware version if one is available.

NOTE: Installing ANY official firmware update will 'undo' this hack and overwrite the custom firmware with official firmware.

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Copy a UMD to your computer using a USB Cable (For Slim and Fat PSPs)

Copy a UMD to your computer using a USB Cable.


If you have 'Custom Firmware 3.52 M33-4 or higher' there is a UMD Copier feature built into the custom firmware.
For older custom firmware you will need to follow the instructions in the 'Custom Firmware 3.52 and lower' section.

The dumping process should be similar on Macintosh and Linux computers as well as its just a basic 'file copy'
Its probably best to plug in your AC Adaptor because copying a UMD Disc will use a bit of battery power.

Copying a 1.42gb UMD Disc with the AC Adaptor plugged in took me about 20 minutes.
The transfer rate started at ~1.3 Megabytes per second at the start and increased to ~1.7 mbytes per second towards the end.
(The PSP UMD drive is 'CLV' drive', this means its slower to read data
at the start of the UMD disc and it gets faster near end of the UMD disc)


To copy a UMD using Custom Firmware '3.52 M33-4' and higher:
(This copying method will work on both the PSP Slim and PSP FAT as long as you have 3.52 M33-4 or higher custom firmware)

Setup - Using VSHMenu:
1. Turn on your PSP and go to the VSH Menu (the main menu)
2. Insert the UMD Disc you want to copy.
3. Press Select and on the VSHMenu change "USB Device" to "UMD Disc"
4. Go to "Copying the UMD section" below.


Setup - Using Recovery mode: (if you have the VSHMenu disabled.)
1. Turn off your PSP by holding the power button for 4 seconds.
2. Turn on the PSP while holding the 'R' button to access recovery mode.
3. Select 'Configuration' and press 'X'
4. Scroll down to 'XMB USB Device' and press 'X' until you see "UMD Disc"
(It scrolls through 'Memory stick -> Flash 0 -> Flash 1 -> Flash 2 -> Flash 3 -> UMD Disc)
5. Scroll up to the 'back' option and press 'X'
6. scroll to the 'Exit' option and press 'X', the PSP will load the XMB menu.
7. Insert the UMD Disc you want to copy.
8. Go to "Copying the UMD" section below.


Copying the UMD:
1. Connect your PSP to your computer using a USB cable and activate a USB connection.
2. You should see a new 'Removable Drive' appear in 'My Computer',
inside that new drive is a file called 'UMD9660.ISO'

3. Copy this file and paste it to a folder on your computer and the UMD Disc will start copying to your computer.
The copying process may take up to 15 minutes, It depends on the size of the game...

4. Once the UMD has finished copying to your computer, you can close the USB connection.
5. Rename the file you copied to your computer from 'UMD9660.ISO' to the name of the game you just copied.
(you might need to go to the properties of the ISO file and remove the 'read only' attribute so you can rename the file)

6. To copy another UMD, insert the new UMD Disc and repeat steps 1 -> 5
If you have finished, change the USB Device back to "Memory Stick".
(see the setup section above for instructions)


You can now copy this ISO into the ISO folder on your memory stick or you can compress it to CSO using a program like UMDGEN.



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To copy a UMD using Custom Firmware '3.52 M33-3' and lower:
(FAT PSPs + 1.50 Addon files only)
This method will not work on the Slim PSP the 'USBSSS' program is not compatible with the Slim PSP.

Required files: USB Special System Storage 1.00
Download from:
zShare: http://www.zshare.net/download/usbsss1-0-rar.html
Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/m8dp7k
Rapidshare: http://rapidshare.com/files/11905995/USBSSS1.0.rar.html
Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0EJUQ8M3
Divshare: http://www.divshare.com/download/50240-857

This dumping program is really small and uses less then 96kb on your memory stick.


Installing the program to your memory stick:
1. Connect your PSP to your computer via USB cable.
2. Extract the Rar file to your memory stick:
  • Custom Firmware Users: Extract the RAR file to your PSP \ GAME150 folder.
  • Firmware 1.50 Users: Extract the RAR file to your PSP \ GAME folder.
3. Close USB connection


Copying the UMD:
1. Insert the UMD into your PSP and plug in the USB cable.
2. Go to your PSP 'Game' -> 'Memory stick' menu and start the 'USB Special System Storage' program.
3. When the program starts press "X" on the 'Virtual FAT16 . UMD ISO-9660' option.
4. Your will now have a new drive letter in 'My Computer', open the new drive letter.
5. You will see an ISO file called 'UMD9660.ISO'.
6. Copy the 'UMD9660.ISO' file to your hard disk, you can view the dumping progress on your PSP.

7. Once the copy has finished, Press 'X' on your PSP to close the USB connection to your computer.
8. Remove the 'Read-only' attribute on the ISO by going to the File properties and unchecking the "read only" checkbox.
(Windows copies the "read-only" attribute on the copied file because the UMD drive is read only.)

9. Rename the ISO file you copied to your hard disk to the name of the game you dumped.
10. You can now now insert another UMD and start from step 3 or choose the 'Exit to XMB' option to exit the program.

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Note: you can also view the files stored in Flash0, Flash1, Flash2, Flash3 and your memory stick to your computer.
Your PSP Flash memory is 'READ ONLY', So the Flash memory and system data are safely protected.
You cannot write to flash so you cannot brick your PSP using this program.

Menu Option = What It does
Virtual FAT16 . UMD ISO-9660 = Access the UMD Drive of your PSP as an ISO file
Virtual FAT16 . IntFlash & Sysmem = View IMG Files of your PSP flash memory and system memory.
FAT Filesystem . lflash:0,0 = View Flash0. This is where your firmware is installed. (23.9mb)
FAT Filesystem . lflash:0,1 = View Flash1. This is where your PSP Settings are stored. (3.92mb)
FAT Filesystem . lflash:0,2 = View Flash2. This space is currently unused (944kb)
FAT Filesystem . lflash:0,3 = View Flash3. This space is currently unused (880kb)
Normal . Memorystick = Access your memory stick. This is the same as making a USB connection in the XMB.

SAMSUNG GALAXY TABLET PC reset

Resetting your Samsung Galaxy Tab back to its Factory settings is not as complicated as you think it is. The factory reset option is the simplest way to revert your tablet PC to its original settings, just before you bought it. If your Samsung Galaxy Tab device is working fine on Android OS, the using the factory reset option will complete the task. However, what are you going to do if your device will not go ON? Need not worry, there’s a way for everything all the time. Before you even begin with the reset process, first save all the important files that you have in your tablet PC as resetting your device will erase everything that you have stored. There are two ways to reset you Galaxy Tab to factory settings, just follow these instructions below:

Reset Samsung Galaxy Tab to Factory Settings from Its Android OS Options

  • Navigate your Galaxy tab to Menu > Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset
  • You will be asked if you want to reset your device, tap on the Reset Phone option
  • Tap on the Option Erase Everything once you are asked regarding cleaning its memory
You have successfully reset your Samsung Galaxy Tab device to its factory settings, what you need to do next is wait.
There are instances wherein your tablet PC freezes or does not respond because of an application, try discarding the application. If it doesn’t help, try rebooting your Galaxy Tab by pressing old the “Power” button for 10 seconds, this should reboot your tablet PC immediately.
Reset Samsung Galaxy Tab to Factory Settings Using Its Keys
If you are having some problem with your Samsung Galaxy tab and you cannot switch it ON, then you can hard reset your device using the hardware keys. Another way of resetting your Galaxy Tab using its keys, here’s how:
  • Although your Galaxy tab is not working, still make sure that it is OFF
  • Now, press the Volume Up and Power button simultaneously and hold them for few seconds
  • Soon, you will see the logo appearing on the display screen, then release the Power button (keep holding the Volume Up button)
  • The menu will then be displayed where you can use your Volume Up and Volume Down buttons to navigate across. Check with the menu and easily reset your Samsung Galaxy tab to factory settings by selecting the option labeled as Wipe Data / Factory Reset using the Power button.
There you have the two different procedures on reverting your Samsung Galaxy Tab back to factory settings.

How to hard reset the Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC (Anzu/X12).


the step by step instruction on how to Hard Reset the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc Also known as Sony Ericsson Anzu, Sony Ericsson X12, to restore its original factory default settings.Note: Doing a hard reset is only applicable if your Sony Ericsson Xperia arc experiencing a hang-up, unresponsive or frozen when opening or using some application installed.Just make a back copy of all your important data before poceeding
Here's the following step by step instructions:


Soft Reset- Factory Reset on Menu Settings

   1. From the main home screen, select Menu
   2. Select Settings, then Privacy
   3. Select Factory Data Reset
   4. Select Reset phone
   5. Just enter the Password if prompted, then confirm by selecting Erase Everything

If your Sony Ericsson Xperia arc  is frozen, hang-up or unresponsive,

   1. Turn it off, remove the battery out and reinsert it back again
   2. Hold the Home and Volume Down button
   3. Press and hold the Power button until it turns on again
   4. Just follow the on-screen procedures to reset the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc

Once the restoring process completes, the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc  will then reboot, and then it will restore back to its original default state setting again like when you bought it way back th