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How to Install Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D
What’s up fellow PSP gamers and homebrewers out there. The latest custom firmware by Team GEN, Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-D has been released. It lets you play back-up UMDs, or ISOs as most of you know, that require firmware 5.55 or 6.00 without having to patch the eboot. It means no more dirty work for you and your happy, lazy pirate friends. Of course that’s a joke — and a fact. We are all pirates. We’ve done it at least once in our life. What, you ask? Something illegal, that is. Peeping toms out there? Sorry for the rant.
You should thank GENyUS and Yoshihiro for this great custom firmware. The bad news is, it does not yet work for PSP-3000 and the PSP Go. But it should work on the PSP Phat a.k.a PSP-1000 and the PSP Slim (PSP-2000).
Here’s what’s new:
- All features of 5.50GEN-B2 are available
- Ability to run 5.51 + games without having to patch it (UMD or ISO)
- Possibility to launch PSN demos requiring 5.51 + without having to patch them (as MGS for example)
- Possibility to connect to the Playstation Store by the using of MEDIAGO, to retrieve games and goodies without having to install Fake USB or other complicated stuff
- Possibility to use the XGEN Updater to install the official firmware 6.10 (use it only if you have a Pandora XGEN to be able to return later in Custom firmware)
- 480×272 AVC Videos ere supported
An option to accelerate reading of the memory stick (the fatmsmod, I presume) is also in the process of getting ported to the 5.50GEN releases
You can download the custom firmware by clicking on this link.
Source: QJ.net
How to convert videos for your iPhone and iPods
I have read this very common question in iPhone and iPod forums a thousand times before: How do I convert my videos for the iPhone/iPod? And I’ve also read a million of different answers. All of their answers might be right but some may be suggesting the use of expensive video converters. In reality the best video converters out there are free. Let’s take for example, Handbrake – this is one of the best video converter tools and did I say it’s free? Handbrake does the job and does it well and it’s what we’re gonna use for this tutorial.
What you need
- Handbrake – Download
- An hour or less. It depends really on how long your movie is and how fast your machine goes.
Here’s what you need to do
- If you haven’t installed HandBrake yet, you may download the installer here and install it on your computer. After the installation open HandBrake and a window will appear.
- Click on Source and a dropdown menu will appear. Choose Video File option and then look for the file that you are going to convert. If you are converting a DVD, then choose the DVD Drive or if you have your DVD copied to your computer’s hard drive, choose the DVD/VIDEO_TS Folder option.
- After choosing the source, choose iPhone & iPod Touch on one of the available Presets panel on the right side of the Handbrake Window. The Output Settings panel will change to the Preset you have chosen. You can change the output format if you prefer to but if you are not sure, leave it as is.
- Don’t forget to choose your destination folder. Just click the Browse button on the Destination panel and name your destination file.
- You are now good to go! Press the Start button on top and a window will appear showing you the Encoding task. You’ll also see the remaining time left (ETA). Sit back and relax while waiting for it to finish. The window will automatically close after the encoding process and an Encoding Finished message on the bottom left of the window will appear.
- You’re done! Now you can transfer the converted video to your iPhone or iPod Touch device. Watch it later on the bus or while you are doing nothing at school or at the office.
If you’re wondering on how to transfer your videos to your iPhone, just add the new video to your iTunes library and sync it to your device. If you want for a tutorial on that, let us know in the comments and we’ll be happy to write one for you.
iPhone Internet Settings for Philippine Users
For iPhone users in the Philippines, internet settings are preconfigured by Globe once you get your units from them.
Tap on Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network
Speed up your slow PCs with ReadyBoost
Are you having problems with your PC being so slow all the time? Or is it being too slow that it crawls like a turtle and you just want to throw it away already? Before you do that, you might want to consider reading this:
With Windows ReadyBoost, you can use non-volatile flash memory, such as that on a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, to improve performance without having to add additional memory “under the hood.”
The flash memory device serves as an additional memory cache—that is, memory that the computer can access much more quickly than it can access data on the hard drive. Windows ReadyBoost relies on the intelligent memory management of Windows SuperFetch and can significantly improve system responsiveness.
It’s easy to use Windows ReadyBoost. When a removable memory device such as a USB flash drive or a secure digital (SD) memory card is first inserted into a port, Windows Vista checks to see if its performance is fast enough to work with Windows ReadyBoost. If so, you are asked if you want to use this device to speed up system performance. You can choose to allocate part of a USB drive’s memory to speed up performance and use the remainder to store files.
How to Install 5.00 M33-6 Custom Firmware on your PSP
Hey fella PSP gamers out there. It’s nice to be back again. Sorry if I haven’t updated this site in 3 months. There were problems with my cheap web hosting and I’ve been busy with work. The recession on the states has affected me so I need to work my ass off to pay my mobile phone bills and other expenses..
I know this post is very much too late but it’s like obligatory to post the instructions on how to install the latest update. We’ll here it is (taken from DA’s instructions):
This update is a try to fix memory stick low speed since 3.80.
Instructions: Copy UPDATE folder /PSP/GAME/ and run.
If you come from a version prior to 5.00 M33, put sony update as 500.PBP in same folder, or let the program download it for you using a wifi connection.
Changes in 5.00 M33-5:
- A setting has been added to recovery, that, when enabled it may increase memory stick reading speed. (only on the psp, not in the pc).
By default it is disabled. If you installed 3.71 fatmsmod, do not use this setting, as its perfomance with 3.71 driver has not been tested.
Instead, reinstall 5.00 m33-4 using dc8 and update to 5.00 m33-5Changes in 5.00 M33-6:
- Fixed a bug that made unbootable psp without memory stick or with a bad one.
The included file fat_comparison.html contains a comparison of perfomance between the 5.00 fat driver, the 3.71 one, and the 5.00 one with the speed up hack during the read of an iso.
The test was done on the game Valkyrie Profile in cso format in march33 mode. Other games, modes and applications different than iso reading showed similar results.
Download update: http://rapidshare.com/files/186553068/500m33_6.zip
How to Install 5.00 M33-3 Custom Firmware on your PSP
We’re skipping the 5.00 M33-2 update and going straight to 5.00 M33-3. According to Dark Alex, here are the changes:
- A bug was introduced in 5.00 M33-2 that made some games and homebrew not to work
- PSN version check is now automatically bypassed without need of touching any setting
So basically, 5.00 M33-3 is better and less buggy. And now onto the very easy installation guide. Continue Reading
Save your game whenever you want with PSPStates
There comes a point in every game when you need to save it in an exact state where you want it to be and when you want it to be. For example you are playing this cool RPG game and you are in the middle of the desert map and you need to save your game because you badly need to go to the bathroom but you just can’t because there’s no near save point around the map you are in. What do you do? You switch your PSP into sleep mode and leave it on the couch. But is that really the best thing to do? Sometimes putting your PSP into sleep mode isn’t enough. You really want to know why? Read on. Continue Reading
How to Install 1.50 Kernel Add-on for 5.00 M33 Custom Firmware
Good news for all fat PSP a.k.a. PSP-1000 owners out there. Dark Alex has just released the latest 1.50 add-on for the latest custom firmware. Now, what does this add-on really do? The 1.50 kernel add-on brings out the full homebrew capability of your PSP. It lets you run lots of cool programs created by great hackers and programmers out there. One application is the infrared remote application which lets you control any TV, VCR and even the tiny havoc helicopter.
5.00 M33 + 1.50 Kernel = Killing Machine, illustration by DL
Enough with the introduction. Read the guide after the jump. Continue Reading
How to Install PSP Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 on your PSP
This may be a little late but like I always say, it’s better late than never. Before we install this latest custom firmware, I’d like to give out a few notes on what joy you’ll be getting from this.
- PlayStation Network
- Sleep Timer
- USB Auto-Connect
- New theme
- Full-Screen keyboard has been added
- Full screen and interlaced TV-out option for PSX games on the PSP Slim and PSP 3000
Read the guide after the jump. Continue Reading
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