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RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:42:30 GMT

[quote][b]Munkoms (25/05/2008)[/b][hr]Modding options are excellent. Any recommendations on interesting things to do now that I've fulfilled my need to hack into it?[/quote]

Depends on what you want to do. Have a look [url=http://www.psp-homebrew.eu/homebrew.php]here[/url] for a list of all types of homebrew. There are emulators, ports of games, self made games, utilities etc.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:53:23 GMT

Thanks to everyone for thier help. Got a Pandora's Battery from Ebay. Arrived yesterday and within a couple of hours my PSP was running M33 3.90.

Modding options are excellent. Any recommendations on interesting things to do now that I've fulfilled my need to hack into it?

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:57:37 GMT

Tried out a Datel PSP Wifi Max - got all the internet features running after a lot of playing around. Eventually managed to get the bundled media server software to show up on the PSP - but I couldn't download anything to my MS without hanging my PC. Can't recommend this as an option for PSP wifi.....

I'm going to revert back to my original plan of wireless router and IRShell, dunno when I'll get around to it though......

RE: PSP & Wifi

Tippon — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:33:41 GMT

Nope, wasn't me. I've got the original 'fat' PSP, bought a few hours before launch ;)

I might start playing around with homebrew again though, seeing as a few of the guys in work have just got PSPs :)

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:15:26 GMT

You'll need a Pandora Battery and Magic Memory Stick (not sure if what you have found on ebay is a kit or something). Once you have them you can downgrade your PSP.

I think it might have been Tippon (might be wrong) that created their own Pandora Battery.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:12:00 GMT

Well I couldn't wait and thought I have a go at downgrading using the link posted earlier:

http://forums.noobz.eu/downgrader-support/pandoras-battery-jigkick-battery-and-magic-memory-stick-tutorial-guide/0/

Got to step 14 without any hitches and then realised that I need a downgraded PSP to create the Pandora's Battery. A bit chicken and egg!

I'm assuming that once I get a Pandora's Battery (found one on Ebay) that I can then use my PSP and downgrade it to 1.50FW?

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:50:51 GMT

Could be, but we know where to find it :)

I can't really help with Pandoras battery, except to find you guides as I've never done it myself.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:01:37 GMT

Thanks for your help. As this threat has moved away from it's initial wifi focus is it worth moving it to the gaming forum?

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:46:41 GMT

No worries on all the questions. Yes that is what you need to do.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:20:28 GMT

I know you're going to get fed up with my questions buy if you don't ask you don't know.

It seems that my first move is to downgrade my FW to 1.50 and because my current FW is 3.93 I need to use the Pandora's battery trick.

Is this right?

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:45:57 GMT

[url]http://freeplay.ircdotcom.com/fw/[/url]

Simplest guide I have found. I'll be upgrading to 3.90M33 to see if it is fixed.

As long as you follow the instructions carefully it's absolutely fine. I've up/downgraded several times and haven't had a brick once.

I think the Pandora Battry and Magic Memory Stick you can unbrick a PSP if it does go wrong.

Just follow the instructions and you'll be fine :)

They're all made by the same coder (Dark_Alex) but the M33s are different as they have to also work on the Slim. I've just asked on a PSP forum and it seems the resume/stand-by is fixed, so I will be checking the latest CFW out.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:50:38 GMT

I knew this might start a bit a discussion about which CFW is best.

Presumabley if it all goes wrong I can restore the PSP to it's native state somehow? Nothing worse than trying to explain that his PSP is now a shinny brick because Dad got bored and needed some way to get through arainy Sunday.

Both the CFW mentioned seem to do the same things so for an absolute beginner (with PSP hacking not PC's) which is easiest to follow?

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:42:44 GMT

Can't speak for any other M33 firmware but if you get 3.90M33-3 it has full standby and sleep support.

You can use sleep when playing either UMD's or ISO's (although I've yet to try PSX emulation), and if your battery runs out it'll keep the point you were playing at in memory until you can get to a charger and plug-in. You can also set the sleep options to power down the system when not in use.

I've been told that the latest M33 firmware has all the features of official sony firmware but I've never used a PSP without M33, so it maybe that Freakshow is talking about a feature I've never even seen...........

I think the biggest drawback of M33 is that it is updated fairly regularly and this can caused compatibility issues with other applications (hence some of the issues I've had with IRShell).

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:36:01 GMT

Play homebrew. That includes home made games, emulators and backup ISOs (including PSX titles).

You can also customise the PSP to change the title screen and fonts.

I'd just like to say that I would rather stick to 3.40 OE-A as the M33 firmwares don't seem to support standby. So you'll be playing away and then will ahve to quit the app before putting to sleep.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:57:58 GMT

Looks like I'm in for some tinkering.

I'm interested in doing it but once it's done what can I do that I can't do now (apart from switching the X\O buttons)?

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:26:27 GMT

Okay - you've two problems here, PSP firmware is regularly updated and therefore so is custom firmware. As a result any guides to installing custom firmware are usually slightly out of date.

Your second problem is that you can only update to custom firmware from the official v1.5 firmware.

Due to your PSP's firmware you are going to need a Pandora's battery (Google it or check ebay) to downgrade your current firmware to v1.5 so you can install the latest m33 version.

Here's a guide;

http://forums.noobz.eu/downgrader-support/pandoras-battery-jigkick-battery-and-magic-memory-stick-tutorial-guide/0/

Personally, I just borrowed the kit (battery and a setup memory stick), so I haven't tried to use this guide. You should find everything you need on the web for under £30 if you don't want to try yourself.

EDIT -- Ooops - should mention that you need to be careful when creating a Pandora battery as if not done correctly you will not be able to go back to using the battery as normal in your PSP.

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:14:51 GMT

I think I've got a PSP 1000. At least that's what it says on the bottom and the Firmware is 3.93. I'm really looking for an idiots guide if there is such a thing.

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:26:14 GMT

@Freakshow - thanks for your tips on setting up the virtual memory card - I wish I'd read your post sooner it took me a while to figure that out!

I've since learned that video files need to be in PMP format to be streamed from the PC (either via USB or WiFi) - the IRShell devs would have to use some sony code to stream the files in the PSP format. You then need a PMP plugin for IRShell and you should turn off no-UMD mode in your recovery menu AND IRShell.

You also need to set some other config options in IRShell - Non-MS Media Access and Redirect APP View to Host need to be enabled.

Once I have the PMP plugin and conversion software I'll report back. It looks like only audio, video and some homebrew will run this way though - streaming ISO is asking a bit much, it'll work but not to a playable standard.

@Munkoms - As for picking up some tips on PSP homebrew - it really does depend on what PSP model and firmware you are currently running, it sounds like Freakshow has more experience than me with this, I'm mainly getting by on what I've read at

http://www.psphacks.com/

AND

http://www.pspmod.com

I've never posted there though - they don't seem like the most friendly or tolerant bunch (unlike here!).......

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:06:59 GMT

What firmware are you using? If you install one of the Custom Firmwares you can switch the X/O arrangement, aswell as opening up all sorts of extras. If you post what firmware I'll try and find you a few links for downgrading upgrading.

raoulduke, atm I don't have time with exams, but in a week or two I'll give it a go. I've never done it before so I can't really offer much help. My only thinking is make sure that the folder structure is the same on the virtual memory stick as on the real memory stick.

Set the fodler/drive you will use and then have an ISO folder for ISOs and then the normal GAME folders for your PSX ones (I can't remember how PSX games were structured, but do it the same, if you understand what I mean).

Hope that helps :)

RE: PSP & Wifi

Munkoms — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:49:04 GMT

This is probably not the right forum for this but as we're on the subject of PSPs.

I've got a PSP that's a couple of years old that I picked up in Singapore. I've been really happy with it, apart from the X and O buttons being swapped.

However I think it's now time to start experimenting with it and trying a homebrew.

Any pointers to a really easy guide and what does and doesn't work.

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:18:51 GMT

Well - my weekends work only got me to the point where I have a working copy of IRShell on PSP and I can stream MP3 files from my PC via USB.

I should also be able to get video and ISO to run in this way but I've had no success there (the PSP insists on booting a UMD instead of the selected file!). Until I get this side of things working, I'm not going to move on to the wireless transfer.

This really is a great idea for the PSP (if it works properly with my firmware that is); setting up a virtual memory stick on your PC for the PSP to access wirelessly allows you to add loads of functionality that would normally be restricted by memory card size.

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:24:51 GMT

Thanks Freakshow - I'll give this a trial run over the weekend and report back as to success or failure!

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:06:21 GMT

Well if your doing it via the USB dongle, you'll have to play with the options there to set it to WPA (if it supports it). If your using a wireless router then again mess with the settings there to set it to WPA.

On the PSP go to the Network Settings and scan for the Access Point. It ought to be able to auto pick up the security being used, or you can manually set it. (Not got my PSP with me atm, so can't be specific on this).

RE: PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:57:08 GMT

@ picknmix - Official Sony firmwares will not let you transfer files from a PC by Wifi, but with a custom firmware and a program called IRShell you can use your PC as a virtual memory card as Freakshow mentions. At the moment this is all theory for me as I've yet to try it out.......The reason I am reluctant are the security implications of a wireless WEP connection.

@ Freakshow - any idea how I can tell whether I'm setup for WPA on my PSP? I have custom firmware 3.90M33-3 which supposedly carries all the features of the Sony firmware.

Although Alex3410 is right and USB transfer is quicker - it'd be nice to be able to access MP3, music videos, photos and PSX isos without having them on a memory card (although I'm not certain that this will work for games).

Sounds like I'm being over-cautious with the security risks - I'll have a play this weekend and let you know the results.

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:47:28 GMT

Officially I'm not sure. You can transfer files from PSP to PSP officially though.

Using homebrew though it is possible to (via USB or WiFi) create an external "memory card" that the PSP can use to load data, whether it be pictures, videos, homebrew or even backup games (including converted PSX games). It's very useful when you can't fit everything on to the memory cards available.

RE: PSP & Wifi

picknmix — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:16:45 GMT

I could be wrong but I don't think you can transfer files using a wireless connection to the PSP. The PSP doesn't generate shares and it can't navigate the ones on the PC side using Sony firmwares. The ability is purely to allow the PSP access to the internet. Or am I wrong on this?

RE: PSP & Wifi

alex3410 — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:07:19 GMT

just a quick Q but what do you want to transfer? and wont it be faster to do it via USB/ card reader?

RE: PSP & Wifi

FreakShow! — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:46 GMT

The PSP can support WPA protection aswell (can't remember which firmwares, probably something like 2.00+).

The 802.11b network is compatible with g. b simply means that it is restricted to an 11MBps connection (which unless your transferring large files you won't really notice).

If you have a wireless router you can simply connect via that.

Using WEP is more of a deterrent to a casual piggybacker. It can be hacked quite quickly. WPA is the most secure and very difficult to crack. I'm not sure if the dongle allows you to set up wireless protection, but unless you have nosy hacker neighbours you shouldn't worry I;d have thought.

PSP & Wifi

raoulduke — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:24:35 GMT

I've recently picked up a PSP and, despite having no experience with wireless networks, some of the possible functions for the PSP are too good to ignore (mainly wireless file transfer from PC), so I've been considering giving it a try.

Unfortunately, I have "heard" that the PSP uses the older WEP format and 802.11b for a wifi connection and that this is far from secure (supposedly can be cracked in around 60secs).

My question is this - if I setup a wireless network for my PSP using one of these online gaming dongles;

(http://www.saverstore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=20009668&pid=9&tid=5)

am I basically opening a backdoor in my PC security that anyone could take advantage of? If so, can I prevent this in anyway?

Apologies if my question is a real can of worms but I really haven't been able to find any good advice on this issue.