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_twopoint · 03-06-2007, 09:12 PM

FULL FLASH0 BACKUP W/ RECOVERY MODE

Today you will learn how to get the original .rcos from your Sony PSP using Recovery Mode. Yes, thats right, FULL flash0 backups.

Things You NEED:

1) PBP Unpacker
2) 2.50 Update, 3.03 Update or 3.10 Update or 3.30 Update or
3.40 update, or the 3.71 update, or 3.90 update.
3) RSPSAR Dumper

Use the EBOOT you need.

How To Get It Done!

Download the PBP Unpacker and open it up, then load the any of the eboots. After you have done that, place the files in a file where you can access it easily. I recommend a new folder on your desktop to store everything.

Recovery Mode Part...

Once thats done and done, activate Recovery Mode by holding R upon start up of your PSP system. Open up the EBOOT.PBP from the PSPFWDumper to ms0:/psp/game/recovery. If there happens to not be a folder there, create one. Get the DATA.PSAR from the eboot you have just unpacked and move it to the root of your memory stick. That is the top f your memory stick that has PSP and MP_ROOT. So, once you move it you should have:

PSP
MP_ROOT
DATA.PSAR

Getting The Backup!

Once you got all that done *whew*, scroll down to "Run Program at /PSP/Game/Recovery/EBOOT.PBP". Then it will bring up a prompt that you would normally have to read. But in this case...press square. It will decompress the firmware to a "f0" file in your memory stick root.

Once you "Enable USB" you will now have a complete back-up of flash0.

This is a revision of oni8245's guide. This guide WAS written by me ( Sycketion ).

**oni8245** · 03-06-2007, 09:16 PM

lol yeh that look's better lol thx... lol

_twopoint · 03-06-2007, 09:17 PM

I'm here to help....

....and spam.

**Deturbanator** · 03-06-2007, 09:19 PM

sweet... good job

**ValiX** · 03-06-2007, 09:25 PM

Great. This should put a stop to some of those topics.

xploren · 03-06-2007, 09:30 PM

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* Good job! Now people don't have to ask about these thins anymore.

**Tooplex** · 03-06-2007, 11:41 PM

or you can just access flash0 and copy and paste your files much easier

_twopoint · 03-07-2007, 04:37 AM

They're not the original ones if you do that.

AngryStudent · 03-07-2007, 05:35 AM

Nice guide; although can't you just copy it all?

Quote:

Originally Posted by xploren

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* Good job! Now people don't have to ask about these thins anymore.

You know people are still going to keep asking you for the Gameboots even if you put a big sign on there forehead that leads them to CapnFuffy.

**oni8245** · 03-07-2007, 08:31 AM

thanks guys..this is for the peole that semi brick there psp's so there flash is screwed up and need orginal files to get it back working..

**Adiuvo** · 03-07-2007, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycketion

They're not the original ones if you do that.

That's only if you modded your files previously.

_twopoint · 03-07-2007, 04:47 PM

Yeah, I know that but, most people HAVE modded theirs.

**oni8245** · 03-07-2007, 08:28 PM

agreed hence how they semi bricked it lol

**KRaCKAPSP** · 03-22-2007, 08:34 PM

Thank you

I was a noob when i started to edit my .rcos and stuff. I didn't back them up. Now i can do this yay! I AM THE WINNER!

**rogerfederer** · 04-05-2007, 04:04 AM

i think reflasing is clearer and safer way of fixing the semi-brick

luckyone · 04-05-2007, 08:28 AM

Could this be use to unbrick a psp? Great job.

**El Xando** · 04-05-2007, 08:53 AM

This can't be used to recovery a fully bricked PSP.

**ring_wraith** · 04-17-2007, 10:45 AM

Hey I have never touched my flash0.... but am goin 2 now...

so i can just copy everythin right.... and put it back if summat screwa up...

**shuaib000** · 04-24-2007, 06:42 AM

dudes can any of u guyz give me an uncorrupt recovery mode??? i need that because i have a meesed up recovery mode

**|-Anubis-|** · 04-24-2007, 07:15 AM

How is your recovery mode messed up?

Recovery Mode should be the recovery.prx found in either kd or kd folder (I forget which one...)

I'm certain its legal to distribute that file because its hand made by Dark_Alex.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to my PSP right now so I can't give it to you...

**shuaib000** · 04-25-2007, 04:11 AM

well i messed it up by bricking 4 times in 2 days and flashing a new firmware and reflashing 3.40 OE-A it does make sense to me but when i reflashed it . It should work properly

>>>EDIT<<<

well i can randomly access configuration in recvery mode and it enables everything in recovery mode everytime i enter it

**|-Anubis-|** · 04-25-2007, 11:02 AM

try deleting the recovery mode configuration file.

Its stored on flash1, I forget what its called but it should be obvious.

**El Xando** · 04-25-2007, 11:05 AM

Just delete your whole flash1, the PSP will re-create it.

**shuaib000** · 04-26-2007, 05:18 AM

dude Adiuvo said da same and it worked but what is config.se???

**El Xando** · 04-26-2007, 05:20 AM

Just the PSPs settings. Delete everything from flash1 and you will get a BSOD then have to re-enter your settings, then it should all be good.

_twopoint · 05-03-2007, 02:37 PM

Bumped, due to the request of people looking for help with the subject.

**Adiuvo** · 05-03-2007, 04:04 PM

How bout an update?

LiquidBlood510 · 05-09-2007, 05:26 PM

Thank you I hope this fixes my PSP. I really do appreciate it a lot. =]

wahseh · 05-16-2007, 12:26 AM

I flashed 3.10OE RCOs over my 3.40RCOs. Now some parts get screwy and my PSP hangs, eg. Wrong Logo (Game logo @ Network).

If I dump the flash0 again using 3.40 Official Firmware, will I get the screwed ones I flashed or new RCOs. I read that you get the 3.40 RCOs back? Just to reconfirm.

**Fzero** · 05-16-2007, 12:27 AM

You'll get your 3.40 Working ones back

03-06-2007, 09:12 PM	#1
_twopoint No longer a community member. Join Date: Apr 2007 Real First Name: Jae-won Posts: 3,700 Trader Feedback: 0	[GUIDE] Full Flash0 Dump With Recovery Mode FULL FLASH0 BACKUP W/ RECOVERY MODE Today you will learn how to get the original .rcos from your Sony PSP using Recovery Mode. Yes, thats right, FULL flash0 backups. Things You NEED: 1) PBP Unpacker 2) 2.50 Update, 3.03 Update or 3.10 Update or 3.30 Update or 3.40 update, or the 3.71 update, or 3.90 update. 3) RSPSAR Dumper Use the EBOOT you need. How To Get It Done! Download the PBP Unpacker and open it up, then load the any of the eboots. After you have done that, place the files in a file where you can access it easily. I recommend a new folder on your desktop to store everything. Recovery Mode Part... Once thats done and done, activate Recovery Mode by holding R upon start up of your PSP system. Open up the EBOOT.PBP from the PSPFWDumper to ms0:/psp/game/recovery. If there happens to not be a folder there, create one. Get the DATA.PSAR from the eboot you have just unpacked and move it to the root of your memory stick. That is the top f your memory stick that has PSP and MP_ROOT. So, once you move it you should have: PSP MP_ROOT DATA.PSAR Getting The Backup! Once you got all that done whew, scroll down to "Run Program at /PSP/Game/Recovery/EBOOT.PBP". Then it will bring up a prompt that you would normally have to read. But in this case...press square. It will decompress the firmware to a "f0" file in your memory stick root. Once you "Enable USB" you will now have a complete back-up of flash0. This is a revision of oni8245's guide. This guide WAS written by me ( Sycketion ). Last edited by Adiuvo; 05-09-2008 at 03:42 PM..

03-06-2007, 09:19 PM	#4
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03-06-2007, 11:41 PM	#7
Tooplex Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mansfield ,England Posts: 1,770 Trader Feedback: 0	or you can just access flash0 and copy and paste your files much easier __________________ Im now a City of Heroes/Villians player. Wah Hey!

04-05-2007, 04:04 AM	#15
rogerfederer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 149 Trader Feedback: 0	my opinion i think reflasing is clearer and safer way of fixing the semi-brick

04-05-2007, 08:53 AM	#17
El Xando El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	This can't be used to recovery a fully bricked PSP. __________________ [CENTER][URL=http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=El Xando][IMG]http://www.bungie.net/card/halo3/El Xando.ashx[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

03-06-2007, 09:16 PM	#2
oni8245 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the PLANET Pluto! Posts: 724 Trader Feedback: 0	lol yeh that look's better lol thx... lol

03-06-2007, 09:17 PM	#3
_twopoint No longer a community member. Join Date: Apr 2007 Real First Name: Jae-won Posts: 3,700 Trader Feedback: 0	I'm here to help.... ....and spam.

03-06-2007, 09:25 PM	#5
ValiX Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Dreadzone Posts: 163 Trader Feedback: 0	Great. This should put a stop to some of those topics.

03-06-2007, 09:30 PM	#6
xploren No longer a community member. Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2 Trader Feedback: 0	Clap Clap Clap Good job! Now people don't have to ask about these thins anymore.

03-07-2007, 04:37 AM	#8
_twopoint No longer a community member. Join Date: Apr 2007 Real First Name: Jae-won Posts: 3,700 Trader Feedback: 0	They're not the original ones if you do that.

03-07-2007, 08:31 AM	#10
oni8245 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the PLANET Pluto! Posts: 724 Trader Feedback: 0	thanks guys..this is for the peole that semi brick there psp's so there flash is screwed up and need orginal files to get it back working..

03-07-2007, 04:47 PM	#12
_twopoint No longer a community member. Join Date: Apr 2007 Real First Name: Jae-won Posts: 3,700 Trader Feedback: 0	Yeah, I know that but, most people HAVE modded theirs.

03-07-2007, 08:28 PM	#13
oni8245 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: On the PLANET Pluto! Posts: 724 Trader Feedback: 0	agreed hence how they semi bricked it lol

03-22-2007, 08:34 PM	#14
KRaCKAPSP KRaCKA360 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: California Posts: 50 Trader Feedback: 0	Thank you I was a noob when i started to edit my .rcos and stuff. I didn't back them up. Now i can do this yay! I AM THE WINNER!

04-05-2007, 08:28 AM	#16
luckyone Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26 Trader Feedback: 0	Could this be use to unbrick a psp? Great job.

04-17-2007, 10:45 AM	#18
ring_wraith Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 610 Trader Feedback: 0	Hey I have never touched my flash0.... but am goin 2 now... so i can just copy everythin right.... and put it back if summat screwa up... __________________ [U][I][LEFT][CENTER]And from the ashes of Sauron, the Wraith rose....[/CENTER][/LEFT][/I][/U]

04-24-2007, 06:42 AM	#19
shuaib000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UnkowN Posts: 688 Trader Feedback: 0	dudes can any of u guyz give me an uncorrupt recovery mode??? i need that because i have a meesed up recovery mode __________________ [FONT="Courier New"][COLOR="teal"]MsHarsed[/COLOR][/FONT]

04-24-2007, 07:15 AM	#20
\|-Anubis-\| Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,294 Trader Feedback: 0	How is your recovery mode messed up? Recovery Mode should be the recovery.prx found in either kd or kd folder (I forget which one...) I'm certain its legal to distribute that file because its hand made by Dark_Alex. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my PSP right now so I can't give it to you... __________________ [fieldset=Interesting Links][url=http://qjwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Random][COLOR="Red"] Random Page from the QJ.NET Wiki![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/home][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Decompressed RCOs[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=167&pid=1764#pid1764][COLOR="Orange"]RCO Editor 1.15C PNG SUPPORT![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=90916][COLOR="green"]Ultimate Downgrader Guide[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=92230][COLOR="SlateGray"]Recovery Menu FAQ[/COLOR][/url] [url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm][COLOR="YellowGreen"]Anime Laws[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/3.71conversion][COLOR="Green"]3.71 Theme Conversion Guide[/COLOR][/url][/fieldset]

04-25-2007, 04:11 AM	#21
shuaib000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UnkowN Posts: 688 Trader Feedback: 0	well i messed it up by bricking 4 times in 2 days and flashing a new firmware and reflashing 3.40 OE-A it does make sense to me but when i reflashed it . It should work properly >>>EDIT<<< well i can randomly access configuration in recvery mode and it enables everything in recovery mode everytime i enter it __________________ [FONT="Courier New"][COLOR="teal"]MsHarsed[/COLOR][/FONT]

04-25-2007, 11:02 AM	#22
\|-Anubis-\| Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,294 Trader Feedback: 0	try deleting the recovery mode configuration file. Its stored on flash1, I forget what its called but it should be obvious. __________________ [fieldset=Interesting Links][url=http://qjwiki.net/index.php?title=Special:Random][COLOR="Red"] Random Page from the QJ.NET Wiki![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/home][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Decompressed RCOs[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=167&pid=1764#pid1764][COLOR="Orange"]RCO Editor 1.15C PNG SUPPORT![/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=90916][COLOR="green"]Ultimate Downgrader Guide[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://forums.qj.net/showthread.php?t=92230][COLOR="SlateGray"]Recovery Menu FAQ[/COLOR][/url] [url=http://www.cs.utah.edu/~duongsaa/more_htm/jk_100animeRules.htm][COLOR="YellowGreen"]Anime Laws[/COLOR][/url]---[url=http://blackanduril.googlepages.com/3.71conversion][COLOR="Green"]3.71 Theme Conversion Guide[/COLOR][/url][/fieldset]

04-25-2007, 11:05 AM	#23
El Xando El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	Just delete your whole flash1, the PSP will re-create it. __________________ [CENTER][URL=http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=El Xando][IMG]http://www.bungie.net/card/halo3/El Xando.ashx[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

04-26-2007, 05:18 AM	#24
shuaib000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: UnkowN Posts: 688 Trader Feedback: 0	dude Adiuvo said da same and it worked but what is config.se??? __________________ [FONT="Courier New"][COLOR="teal"]MsHarsed[/COLOR][/FONT]

04-26-2007, 05:20 AM	#25
El Xando El Xando Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Reading, England Posts: 3,403 Trader Feedback: 0	Just the PSPs settings. Delete everything from flash1 and you will get a BSOD then have to re-enter your settings, then it should all be good. __________________ [CENTER][URL=http://www.bungie.net/stats/halo3/default.aspx?player=El Xando][IMG]http://www.bungie.net/card/halo3/El Xando.ashx[/IMG][/URL][/CENTER]

05-03-2007, 02:37 PM	#26
_twopoint No longer a community member. Join Date: Apr 2007 Real First Name: Jae-won Posts: 3,700 Trader Feedback: 0	Bumped, due to the request of people looking for help with the subject.

05-03-2007, 04:04 PM	#27
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05-09-2007, 05:26 PM	#28
LiquidBlood510 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1 Trader Feedback: 0	Thank you I hope this fixes my PSP. I really do appreciate it a lot. =]

05-16-2007, 12:26 AM	#29
wahseh Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 8 Trader Feedback: 0	I flashed 3.10OE RCOs over my 3.40RCOs. Now some parts get screwy and my PSP hangs, eg. Wrong Logo (Game logo @ Network). If I dump the flash0 again using 3.40 Official Firmware, will I get the screwed ones I flashed or new RCOs. I read that you get the 3.40 RCOs back? Just to reconfirm.

05-16-2007, 12:27 AM	#30
Fzero Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,097 Trader Feedback: 0	You'll get your 3.40 Working ones back