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**Slasher** · 07-10-2006, 01:00 PM

Well, not to leave out the people with a TA-082 mother board, I've made this. A simple gameboot.pmf flasher for 2.6ers(there's confirms of this working on 2.5 as well)! based off the work of hitchikr, neural, DarK_AleX, Yoshihiro, and Mathieulh.

Just simply put the gameboot.pmf in the root of your memorystick, run the program, and it'll flash it directly to your flash0:/vsh/resources/ folder.

Incase you're wondering what a gameboot.pmf is, well it's basically that little start up video whenever you run a UMD. You can use this program to change that little video to be something else.

Some people may have noticed an opening_plugin.rco flasher and a topmenu_plugin.rco flasher; well those were based off my program here, I just didn't have a chance to release the original yet

NOTES:
* There's always a risk of bricking your psp while flashing something. Although this has been tested and confirmed working; you are using this at your own risk. I am not the one to be held responsible if infact you do brick your psp while using this software.
* I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I believe the MAX gameboot.pmf size is 1mb. Please avoid flashing gameboots that are any larger. If you flash anything larger than 1 mb, you may end up with a brick.
* Thanks to TMK for the idea, and for helping me test it

So here you have it,

- Slasher

07-10-2006, 01:16 PM

I can confirm this works as i've been testing it since it's early stages.

**muratcan** · 07-10-2006, 01:17 PM

Nice, it seems TA-082 users are going to be hit with a nice and juicy bombshell of kernel homebrew soon.

**mannymix03** · 07-10-2006, 02:35 PM

i can also confirm this working.

**BBundy** · 07-10-2006, 02:43 PM

Is there a way to customize the topmenu plugin on 2.6 with devhook?

**PSPHax0r9** · 07-10-2006, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slasher

* I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I believe the MAX gameboot.pmf size is 1mb. Please avoid flashing gameboots that are any larger. If you flash anything larger than 1 mb, you may end up with a brick.

X-Flash's current limit is 1.13 MB, but Art said he would be increasing it all the wa to 2.5 MB. So you're 100% safe with a file under 1.13 MB, and most likely safe with a file under 2 MB.

ManelScout4Life · 07-10-2006, 07:09 PM

i used it with ta-082 and it works.... its pretty scary at first becuase it just shuts off and restarts your psp. also when my psp was restarted it said disk could not be read untill i shut it off and then back on

07-10-2006, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManelScout4Life

i used it with ta-082 and it works.... its pretty scary at first becuase it just shuts off and restarts your psp. also when my psp was restarted it said disk could not be read untill i shut it off and then back on

Yes, because it's based off the downgrader code. That's exactly what the downgrader did.

What gameboot did you use?

**Slasher** · 07-10-2006, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManelScout4Life

i used it with ta-082 and it works.... its pretty scary at first becuase it just shuts off and restarts your psp. also when my psp was restarted it said disk could not be read untill i shut it off and then back on

Which version psp do you have? 2.6 or 2.5? I'm just curious

**p0p5ux** · 07-10-2006, 07:20 PM

Yup, its working!!!! w00t!

ManelScout4Life · 07-10-2006, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slasher

Which version psp do you have? 2.6 or 2.5? I'm just curious

2.6 so i can play daxter

**Slasher** · 07-10-2006, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ManelScout4Life

2.6 so i can play daxter

nice! glad I can make you TA peoples firmware life a little funner

Quote:

Originally Posted by p0p5ux

Yup, its working!!!! w00t!

which version do you have? 2.5/2.6?

**Shadox75** · 07-10-2006, 07:55 PM

Would It be possible to make a background flasher that changes the color of one of the month's?

07-10-2006, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shadox75

Would It be possible to make a background flasher that changes the color of one of the month's?

Sure, it's possible. Just change the file and the path. I bet you want a black one?

**Shadox75** · 07-10-2006, 09:10 PM

Yes. I dont know how to change the file path though.

**mannymix03** · 07-10-2006, 09:19 PM

cant you just do it from the photo menu?

07-10-2006, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mannymix03

cant you just do it from the photo menu?

Yeah, but he wants a black background with wavy lines, I think.

**Delirium Trigger** · 07-10-2006, 10:01 PM

It's pretty fun to edit the things in the firmware dump in Devhook. My emulated 2.6 has a custom font, backgrounds with the wavy lines, and a custom gameboot. =]

HawkEyeTS · 07-11-2006, 01:55 AM

Perhaps I'll be seen as a noob for asking, but what exactly does this do, or give access to? Owning a TA-082, I can't make use of the downgrader, so does this provide some kind of similar functionality to a 1.5 on a 2.6? Or am I completely off the mark and this is just test software of something else using the kernel exploit?

**SG57** · 07-11-2006, 02:09 AM

sort of... this will let you change that gay arse 'PSP' game boot 'video'/'animation' to whatever you want, as long as the one you want is a PMF file. 1.5 users have been able to do this for a very long time. This is just hittin 2.5-.6 PSPs so its a pretty big deal i suppose...

PSPW · 07-11-2006, 02:35 AM

Nice! I wondered what this did, now I know. Now to find a nice custom gameboot

Zak · 07-11-2006, 03:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SG57

sort of... this will let you change that gay arse 'PSP' game boot 'video'/'animation' to whatever you want, as long as the one you want is a PMF file. 1.5 users have been able to do this for a very long time. This is just hittin 2.5-.6 PSPs so its a pretty big deal i suppose...

A big deal? Please, a custom gameboot is only cosmetics.
This is just another use of the custom flash utitly that is the downgrader.

Not to diss the developer, its great that you do something for those poor TA-082 to play around with. However its in no way "a big deal".

chengyee · 07-11-2006, 04:01 AM

may i know how to put the file in memory stick
MS/PSP/GAME/2.6Gameboot/EBOOT.PBP
Lgameboot.pmf

Then after that,this program need the Eloader and Downgrader Final?
then the opening_plugin.rco and topmenu_plugin.rco put which folder?

**SG57** · 07-11-2006, 04:03 AM

uhh, reading/writing to flash on a 2.6 is a very big deal. And with this not being the downgrader (or dater or w/e the gayly named thing is) this may lead to that permenant patch for hte Kernel Loader for 2.5-2.6. So yes, id suppose this is a pretty bid deal seeing as how i rally rather have full kernel plus 2.6 codecs/features then 1.5 and full kernel and no codecs/features without having to hall around an extra 20 some odd megabytes.

lplover2k · 07-11-2006, 04:04 AM

what does this do??? i have 2.01?? this means having kernel access without downgrading???

**SG57** · 07-11-2006, 04:09 AM

Upgrade your 2.01 to either 2.6 or 2.5 and you can run this to change you PSPs XMB menu names of icons, fonts (fonts will come im sure), and just about anything now.

Or do the right thing and downgrade from 2.5/2.6 to 1.5 then to 2.0 and back to 1.5 (to fix mess with regions and crud) and enjoy homebrew to the fullest. Oh and get to see my 3d PSPGL Robot example/demo i made only after 3 days of learning GL

gotta advertise a little :[

**Glynnder** · 07-11-2006, 04:41 AM

fontmod has been around for ages cos that could be done in flash1
this is a big deal btw, it wont be long until 2.6FlashEdit, or something like that will appear, think flashmod all over again!

**JoshuaC** · 07-11-2006, 05:59 AM

Great work! Hopefully we will start seeing more 2.6 kernal homebrew.

**altunozara** · 07-11-2006, 06:38 AM

What really is this ???

**RocafellazThug** · 07-11-2006, 06:46 AM

i was gunna post this is retarted because it is probably more dangerous than downgrading but i forgot alot of people still cant downgrade

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07-11-2006, 02:09 AM	#20
SG57 ...in a dream... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,957 Trader Feedback: 0	sort of... this will let you change that gay arse 'PSP' game boot 'video'/'animation' to whatever you want, as long as the one you want is a PMF file. 1.5 users have been able to do this for a very long time. This is just hittin 2.5-.6 PSPs so its a pretty big deal i suppose... __________________ ...you'll never know what it's like... spending your whole life in a dream... Launch a Kitten out of a Cannon and win real cash! Checkout my newly updated site for all my projects (Kitten Cannon, BOXHEAD, Light Cycle 3D)

07-10-2006, 01:16 PM	#2
TheMarioKarters Guest Posts: n/a	I can confirm this works as i've been testing it since it's early stages.

07-10-2006, 07:09 PM	#7
ManelScout4Life Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 27 Trader Feedback: 0	i used it with ta-082 and it works.... its pretty scary at first becuase it just shuts off and restarts your psp. also when my psp was restarted it said disk could not be read untill i shut it off and then back on

07-10-2006, 07:55 PM	#13
Shadox75 Shadox75 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 120 Trader Feedback: 0	Would It be possible to make a background flasher that changes the color of one of the month's?

07-10-2006, 09:10 PM	#15
Shadox75 Shadox75 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 120 Trader Feedback: 0	Yes. I dont know how to change the file path though.

07-11-2006, 01:55 AM	#19
HawkEyeTS Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Trader Feedback: 0	Perhaps I'll be seen as a noob for asking, but what exactly does this do, or give access to? Owning a TA-082, I can't make use of the downgrader, so does this provide some kind of similar functionality to a 1.5 on a 2.6? Or am I completely off the mark and this is just test software of something else using the kernel exploit?

07-11-2006, 02:35 AM	#21
PSPW Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 23 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice! I wondered what this did, now I know. Now to find a nice custom gameboot

07-11-2006, 04:01 AM	#23
chengyee Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Trader Feedback: 0	may i know how to put the file in memory stick MS/PSP/GAME/2.6Gameboot/EBOOT.PBP Lgameboot.pmf Then after that,this program need the Eloader and Downgrader Final? then the opening_plugin.rco and topmenu_plugin.rco put which folder?

07-11-2006, 04:03 AM	#24
SG57 ...in a dream... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,957 Trader Feedback: 0	uhh, reading/writing to flash on a 2.6 is a very big deal. And with this not being the downgrader (or dater or w/e the gayly named thing is) this may lead to that permenant patch for hte Kernel Loader for 2.5-2.6. So yes, id suppose this is a pretty bid deal seeing as how i rally rather have full kernel plus 2.6 codecs/features then 1.5 and full kernel and no codecs/features without having to hall around an extra 20 some odd megabytes. __________________ ...you'll never know what it's like... spending your whole life in a dream... Launch a Kitten out of a Cannon and win real cash! Checkout my newly updated site for all my projects (Kitten Cannon, BOXHEAD, Light Cycle 3D)

07-11-2006, 04:04 AM	#25
lplover2k Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 39 Trader Feedback: 0	what does this do??? i have 2.01?? this means having kernel access without downgrading???

07-11-2006, 04:09 AM	#26
SG57 ...in a dream... Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,957 Trader Feedback: 0	Upgrade your 2.01 to either 2.6 or 2.5 and you can run this to change you PSPs XMB menu names of icons, fonts (fonts will come im sure), and just about anything now. Or do the right thing and downgrade from 2.5/2.6 to 1.5 then to 2.0 and back to 1.5 (to fix mess with regions and crud) and enjoy homebrew to the fullest. Oh and get to see my 3d PSPGL Robot example/demo i made only after 3 days of learning GL gotta advertise a little :[ __________________ ...you'll never know what it's like... spending your whole life in a dream... Launch a Kitten out of a Cannon and win real cash! Checkout my newly updated site for all my projects (Kitten Cannon, BOXHEAD, Light Cycle 3D)

07-11-2006, 05:59 AM	#28
JoshuaC Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 85 Trader Feedback: 0	Great work! Hopefully we will start seeing more 2.6 kernal homebrew.

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