[GUIDE] Installing Despertar del Cementerio v8 - Full Nand/IDstorage Recovery

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Installing Desperator del Cementerio 8

As promised, I made a DDC8 guide. Enjoy

This is a detailed guide on how to do a full IDstorage recovery (plus reflashing firmware) for your PSP. It includes the usage of the latest DDC from Dark-Alex, which is Desperator del Cementerio 8, and ofcourse, a Pandora battery.

You have a problem on your PSP, and you want to post it on the Quick Jump forums. Whatever is the problem (software wise) you are facing on the PSP, the best thing to do is to make the NAND and the IDstorage of your PSP clean. Let cut in short, and start the instruction and requirements.

Requirements:

- A CFW (or HEN) PSP Fat/Slim which can be hackable VIA Pandora, but not a slim with a TA-88v3 motherboard nor a PSP-3000. I warn you. Check this image for further clarifications.

- A Pandora battery.

- Desperator del Cementerio 8.

- A memory stick. Don't worry if it is a fake, because they still work (except if it has a really bad writing/reading speed).

If you want to see if you have a problem in the IDstorage, you can use Chilly Willy's Keycleaner 1.4 to check/recover some keys. I recommend using this app just to check if there are faulty keys, then proceed to use the more beneficial option, which is recovering the whole IDstorage.

The first thing you need to consider is to provide a Pandora battery. Check the bottom of this guide for help in getting a Pandora battery.

Remarks If you have a PSP which can be hackable VIA Pandora, and has an OFW firmware less than 5.03, then use ChickHen R2 to make an MMS, and a Pandora battery. Here, you can check this guide for instruction to make your PSP homebrew-enabled.

Instruction For Preparing a MMS (Magic Memory Stick) Using DDC 8

1 - Download Desperator del Cementerio 8, and 5.00 EBOOT.

2 - Extract "25335_dc8.zip" , and place the "DC8" folder in the "GAME" folder inside ms0:/PSP/.

3 - Extract 5.00 EBOOT, and place it in the root of the memorystick X:/ (X being the letter of the device) after renamed to exactly "500.PBP" without the quotes.

4 - Create ms0:/TM/config.txt, and leave it blank.

5 - Disconnect your PSP from the computer.

6 - If you have a PTF/CTF theme, disable the CXMB plugin, or quit the PTF theme.

7 - Make sure that you placed the kernel in the recovery menu to 5.XX/4.XX/3.XX. Any version prior to 3.03 OE isn't compatible with the program.

8 - Run DDC 8 installation from XMB--Game menu.

9 - Press X to start installation of DDC 8 files on the memory stick.

10 - Choose which button you wish to boot DDC 8 menu later.

Note You can edit this later if you wish by going to ms0:/TM/config.txt.

11 - Press X to continue installation.

12 - If the process finished successfully, then continue to step 13 without reading the NOTE beneath.

Note If installation freezes on 99%. Format your memory stick using Hellcat's Pandora Installer revision 4. Back up your data to not lose them while formatting. Enter "Memstick and MS-IPL options" and choose "Repartition and format MemStick". Press L+R+X to start the process. Restore your backup if you wish to, and repeat from step one.

13 - Now you have a magic memory stick compatible with a Pandora battery. Good work.

Booting into DDC 8 menu

Remove the memory stick and the Pandora battery. First, place the magic memory stick inside the PSP, hold the button you chose to boot to DDC 8 , then place back in the Pandora battery. The PSP will auto-boot to the DDC8 menu.

Note If you didn't place any button, then don't press anything. The PSP will boot to the menu by itself when the Pandora battery is placed.

The Available Options

• Install 5.00 M33.

• Install 5.00 OFW.

• Test M33: This will make DDC 8 boot 5.00m33-6 directly from the memory stick without it being installed in the NAND.

• Hardware Info: It displays various hardware info of your PSP. Such as Model, Tachyon, Pommel, Duse ID, Motherboard, Baryon, and Nand size.

• NAND Operations:
• Dump NAND
• RESTORE NAND
• Format Lflash
  • IDstorage tools:
    • Create New IDStorage
    • Fix Mac address
    • Change region. This let's you play games from an another region. Check spoiler for PSP versions.

Spoiler for Regions:

PSP-X000 - Japan
PSP-X00(1) - USA
PSP-X00(2) - Australien
PSP-X00(3) - Großbritannien
PSP-X00(4) - Europa, Mittlerer Osten & Afrika
PSP-X00(5) - Korea
PSP-X00(6) - Hong Kong
PSP-X00(7) - Taiwan
PSP-X00(8) - Russland
PSP-X00(9) - China

Note If you encounter any error on the psp such as Error assigning flashX, psp not booting after installing 5.00 M33, etc. Then you should format Lflash. If you don't encounter such problems, then skip this step.

Formatting Lflash:

This option makes a logical and physical format to all 4 partitions of the NAND, by default sizes, or the sizes that the user chooses. This can also benefit many users that want to make their flash0 capacity bigger.

Recovering the IDstorage

1 - Enter NAND Operations->IDstorage tools->Create new IDstorage.

2 - Select your region. If your region is not included, then choose whatever region you desire. This affects UMD/Videos/Audios.

3 - Press "Find real Mac address"

4 - Press enter, and the IDstorage will be created.

Installing CFW (5.00m33-4)

1 - Boot up DDC 8 menu. Choose Install 5.00 M33.

2 - It will now install 5.00m33-4 on your PSP. If the PSP freezes at any point during installation. Then I suggest formatting Lflash. When installation finishes successfully, the PSP will reboot to the firmware found in the NAND.

Note Ofcourse, you want to update to the latest CFW. If you want to update to the latest M33 CFW, then continue reading the following section. If you want to update to the latest GEN firmware, then check this guide. Section "For CFW PSP users to update to 5.50 GEN-B2 (NEW METHOD)".

Installing 5.00 M33-6

1 - Download 5.00m33-6, and extract it.

2 - Connect your PSP to the PC.

3 - Copy the UPDATE folder to the GAME folder inside the PSP folder.

4 - Make sure again that the kernel inside the Recovery menu is placed to 5.XX.

5 - Run it from XMB->Game menu, and press X to install the files. When the installation ends, the PSP will reboot by itself in the given time.

Note You can now delete the UPDATE folder from the memory stick.

Thank you for reading my guide.

Credits:

• The admins of QJ.
• Dark-alex for creating DDC8.
• Hellcat for creating Hellcat's Pandora Installer revision 4.
• Me for writing the guide.
• You for just reading it.