LCFW 6.20/6.35/6.39/6.60 Pro B9 Released
Posted by dimy93 August 25, 2011
Categories: PSP Custom Firmware, PSP News
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What is LCFW ? LCFW a.k.a Light Custom Firmware is a custom firmware that is stored in the RAM as well as in the Flash0 and when the PSP is completely turned off it gets erased(only from the RAM). It’s the only CFW available for PSP 3000/GO/E1000 and PSP 2000 with TA088v3. It enables you to play PS1 games, PSP iso/cso games and to run homebrews and plugins.
Is there a way to make this LCFW permanent? If your PSP supports 6.20 OFW there is so called Permanent Patch that can make the 6.20 Pro b9 permanent and it’s supported by any PSP that supports 6.20 OFW. If you have PSP 1000 or PSP 2000 with non-TA088v3 motherboard you can also install 6.39 Pro B9 or 6.60 Pro B9 and install CIPL. This will make the LCFW full CFW.
What is Fast Recovery? After the initial installation of the LCFW there is easier way to turn it on. It’s to run the Fast Recovery.
Can I delete the files after the installation? If you have installed 6.20 Pro B9 with a permanent patch or CIPL you can delete everything. If not than you can delete everything except the Fast Recovery.
What PSPs are supported?
6.20 Pro B9 – 1g,2g,3g,4g,5g,6g
6.35 Pro B9 – 1g,2g,3g,4g,5g,6g,7g,9g
6.39 Pro B9 – 1g,2g,3g,4g,5g,6g,7g,9g
6.60 Pro B9 - 1g,2g,3g,4g,5g,6g,7g,9g,11g a.k.a PSP E1000( not yet tested )
I installed 6.20 Permanent Patch and got a file called vshorig.prx. What to do it? This is file that will help you if something with your PSP went wrong. Copy it somewhere save – on your computer for example.
So How to install 6.XX Pro B9:
Install the some of these OFW : 6.20,6.35,6.39,6.60 ( No matter if you downgrade or upgrade or you are on one of them already )
Download the version of the LCFW that corresponds to your OFW
Unrar both FastRecovery and PROUPDATE folders in PSP/GAME
Run the 6.XX PRO UPDATE Icon from Game – Memory Stick
You will see black screen like the one below. Hit the X button. When the installation completes hit the X button again.
You are now back to the menu with 6.XX Pro B9 installed.
How to install 6.20 Permanent Patch( This works only on 6.20 Pro B9 already installed and enabled) :
In the 6.20 Pro B9 archive you will find folder called “620PRO_Permanent”. Copy it in PSP/GAME
Run it from Game – Memory Stick on your PSP.( See below )
You will see a black screen. Press X on it. Then you will be asked if you want to test the patch. Press X again. ( See below )
If your PSP doesn’t crash and goes to the XMB you can proceed with the installation. Otherwise your PSP is not compatible with it and should stop trying to install it.
Run the permanent patch again. Hit X again on the first question but this time hit O on the second.
Your 6.20 Pro B9 is now permanent. You Will find out that you got a file vshorig.prx in your root directory of the PSP. Copy it somewhere save – for example on your computer. It can help in some cases of brick.
Installing 6.39/6.60 CIPL( This must be installed on 6.39/6.60 Pro B9 and only on PSP 1000 and PSP 2000 with non -TA088v3 motherboard. Otherwise this will cause a brick that can not be fixed.) :
You will find a CIPL_Flasher folder in the 6.39/6.60 Pro B9 archives. Place it in PSP/GAME
Run it from Game – Memory Stick ( See Below ).
You will see a black screen as the one below. Hit X and wait the psp to reboot.
You now have a permanent 6.39/6.60 PRO B9.
Last but not least here is the changelog :
Some bugfixes and code optimization
Support for PSP Go Video mount
Fixed a bug in Inferno/SonyNP9660 when enter sleep mode
Updated decryption component, 6.20/6.3x add future support for encryption type PRX version 6.60
Added compatibility to future game requiring 6.60fw
Added 6.60 version (theorically sopports 11g module)
Added option 166/83 frequency of CPU
Download 6.60 pro nightly (9) [others are unavaillable due to CIPL Flasher]
It’s now possible to play custom PSX EBOOT games – which marks one of two remaining big offline themed features we intend to implement into the PRO series custom firmware.
At the time of writing this article we are still ironing out a few remaining bugs which occur while playing Multi-Disc PSX EBOOT games, other than that though the implementation of PSX support is now complete.
I wish to use this chance to inform you all of the future plans we have for 6.35 PRO. There is one big remaining offline feature we wish to implement after PSX gaming, which we will include into a PRO-B subversion, like we did for A to A4, namely the often-requested recovery menu to enable plugins, etc. on the fly right on the PSP.
PRO-B will mark the last offline related version change for a while, after this it’s all about bugfixing problems you guys report and online themed programming for PRO-C.
PRO-C in turn, will be the last closed source release we intend to do for the PRO series custom firmware, all followup versions will be released including FULL gpl licensed sourcecode and documentation.
This marks our last and final attempt to rescue the PSP scene which became corrupted and despicable a long time ago… people flame each other over stupid shit everywhere (no PRO is better, NO TN IS BETTER, OMG how dare you dont use GEN, its stupid guys, stop it…), developers, instead of sharing their knowledge, hinder scene development by keeping their code under a lock, in terms of development that is… good examples of this behaviour are those of Total_Noob, Dark_Alex, Team Gen, etc…
Before someone tries to flame me for that statement please try to think about it yourself, we would have had a 6.X based custom firmware a long time ago, way earlier… if we had access to a working custom firmware sourcecode a long time ago… the way it currently is, every new iteration of custom firmware required a full reinventing of the wheel… instead of minor modifications of existing code.
And to ensure that the PSP remains alive, even after Sony drops it in favor of the NGP, we should work together on one good and stable codebase and improve it together, instead of fighting for something stupid like eFame which many developers obviously do.
The reason for our set time of opensourcing the PRO components is easily explained aswell: we intend to hand in 6.35 PRO-C as a Genesis Competition entry so we can get back the money we have invested in the scene so far… (3 PSPs of mine died in the progress of developing PRO for you guys… may they rest in peace), cause unlike Total_Noob, etc. we never cashed donation money from you guys for required Hardware making it quite a expensive task to develope PRO.
In fact it’s not a secret, we only got a total of 5$ donation – WORLDWIDE – by far not enough to cover our existing costs of development, so I think it’s just fair that we keep the source under lock till then so we can participate in the Genesis competition without someone hexediting our code to display a different version string (watch out for the m33_user faker who distributes our cfw under M33 label…).
Well, that sums up our current status and future plans for now guys, I will see you around the neighborhood, for latest builds check out http://pro.coldbird.co.cc – who knows, 6.35 PRO-B might be on there sometime soon…
Change-log:
- [!] PSP Go can now resume paused PS1 EBOOTs
- [+] New Recovery Menu Option to prevent PSP Go Savestate Deletion
- [+] New Recovery Menu Option to disable Analog Stick (to prevent broken Analog Sticks from ruining your game)
- [+] Heavily improved Plugin Compatiblity (give your previously unworking stuff a try)
- [+] Added Recovery Menu Entry to XMB Menu
- 51 Xtra MMS Space
Download Section:
•6.35 PRO B 2 UPDATER:
•6.35 PRO Fast recovery
