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HOWTO: DevHook 0.51 Installation

DevHook 0.51 has been released, and now emulates firmware 3.01! There are 2 different Ultimate Installers available for this release, Ultimate Installer v1.5.2 for firmware 1.50 and Ultimate Installer v1.5.2 for 2.71se firmware.

The installation is almost the same as the DevHook 0.50 installation however a couple of the steps are different. For instance, the supplied .bat file didn’t do its job properly so each step will be explained here.

Connect your PSP to your computer using the USB port and initiate the USB file transfer mode. I recommend making a backup of your memory stick first. I went as far as backing up my memory stick then formatting it to install DevHook 0.51 on a fresh stick. Follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to choose which version to install. I chose the Full Install.

Accept the license agreement, then select whichever drive your PSP is. The files will now be copied to your PSP.

The files are now copied to your PSP, you can hit the circle button on your PSP and exit out of USB file transfer mode. Now head over to the GAME menu, and select the PSAR Dumper. This will load a program that decrypts everything that is needed. Once the dumper loads, press the X button.

Once everything is complete, fully turn off your PSP. Don’t just put it into power saver mode, turn it right off.

Okay, you can now turn your PSP back on. Once again go and initiate the USB file transfer mode. Access your PSP through My Computer, you will see alot of files and directories. Some of these files and directories your going to move, or delete, some you won’t touch at all.

The first thing you want to do is access the folder labeled “f0″ and you will then find a folder labeled “kd” go inside of this folder aswell. Once you are inside of the folder labeled “kd” delete the file “audio.prx”

Now copy audio.prx from the “x:\temp” folder and put it back inside of “kd” folder inside of the “f0″ folder.

Now access the folder labeled “dh” and create a folder labeled “301″. Now move select the “f0″ folder and completely move it to the newly created “301″ folder, inside of the “dh” folder.

Now go back into the “temp” folder and move everything inside of it to “x:\dh\301\f0\kd”.

Now access the folder in “x:\dh\301\” labeled “f1″ and create the following folders: “dic”, “gps”, “net”, “net\http”, “vsh”, and “vsh\theme”.

You can now go back to the root folder and delete the “temp” folder, the “DH_README” folder, and the file labeled “DevHook Setup.bat”. Also while you are deleting stuff, you may go into the “x:\psp\game” folder and delete the PSAR dumper, as it is no longer needed.

Turn off USB file transfer mode and go back into the GAME menu. Now you can Launch DevHook 0.51.

Once you are inside of DevHook 0.51 go to the “FIRMWARE” menu and select the 3.01 firmware. You can now start DevHook 0.51 and watch your PSP boot into the 3.01 firmware.

Enjoy :)

HOWTO: Install DevHook 0.50

DevHook 5.0 has been released and it now supports up to firmware 2.82! I have created a simple tutorial on how to get DevHook 5.0 running on your PSP.

The first thing you will want to do is download the Ultimate Installer 1.5.1 file. This is the DevHook files and the firmware files.

Now connect your PSP to your computer using the USB port and initiate the USB file transfer mode. I recommend making a backup of your memory stick first. I went as far as backing up my memory stick then formatting it to install DevHook 0.50 on a fresh stick. Follow the on-screen instructions. You will be prompted to choose which version to install. I chose the Full Install.

Accept the license agreement, then select whichever drive your PSP is. The files will now be copied to your PSP.

The files are now copied to your PSP, you can hit the circle button on your PSP and exit out of USB file transfer mode. Now head over to the GAME menu, and select the PSAR Dumper. This will load a program that decrypts everything that is needed. Once the dumper loads, press the X button.

Once everything is complete, fully turn off your PSP. Don’t just put it into power saver mode, turn it right off.

Now hook up the USB cable, turn your PSP on, and initiate USB file transfer mode again. Now access your PSP through My Computer on your computer and run the DevHook Setup.bat. After this whole process completes you may delete DevHook Setup.bat.

Turn off USB file transfer mode and go back into the GAME menu. Now you can Launch DevHook 0.50.

Once you are inside of DevHook 0.50 go to the “FIRMWARE” menu and select the 2.82 firmware. You can now start DevHook 0.50 and watch your PSP boot into the 2.82 firmware.

DevHook, probably the only utility you will use

So you have downgraded your psp to version 1.5 firmware and now you are wondering what you can do. First thing you should download is a utility called DevHook. I have found a link to the Ultimate Installer which includes some patches and extras. The current version as of the writing of this post is DevHook 0.46.

What is DevHook?

DevHook is a way of emulating different firmwares ontop of the 1.5 firmware. So you don’t have to upgrade your firmware to play a game, then re-downgrade it. DevHook also provides ways to modify and run a modified firmware. With certain mods you can take screenshots of games, load game iso’s from the USB port etc.

You can download DevHook by downloading the Ultimate Installer which will install DevHook 0.46 with the 2.71 firmware. There are also a couple mods included in this installer which include: the usb loader, Naruto Icon Set and Background, and Bleach Icon Set, Gameboot, and Background, X5 Web Portal, and the CISO Tools for compressing iso’s into cso’s.

Features

DevHook has some pretty amazing features. Aside from running the 2.71 firmware ontop of the 1.5 firmware, it allows you to:

- run homebrew apps/games on 2.71 firmware.
- change the clock speed of your PSP cpu from 133MHz to 333Mhz.
- boot into multiple firmwares (aslong as you have them installed)
- play UMD backups in .iso and .cso format

Installation

Installation is easy, once you download the Ultimate Installer hook up your PSP to the USB port of your computer and initiate the USB file transfer mode on your PSP. You will want to check “My Computer” to see what drive your PSP has been assigned to. Once you know this information, run the Ultimate Installer. Obviously the first thing you are going to install is “DevHook 0.46 with 2.71 Firmware” so choose this option and click on Next. Agree to the terms and conditions and then choose the drive letter of your PSP, and then click next.

The files will now be copied to your PSPs memory stick. You will have to exit the installer. Realistically you are done at this point, you can boot into DevHook 0.46 and play your games and your homebrew. However, you should at least install the USB Mod. This will allow you to mount isos on your computer over the USB cable.

Note: I had issues with DevHook crashing while loading alot of isos over the USB cable until I formatted my memory card and re-installed everything.

Another mod I downloaded was the Devhook Launcher/VSHEX Mod. I use this launcher all the time. It works for me, it should work for you.

Installation of this is easy, once again connect your PSP to the computer using the USB port, and initiate file transfer mode. If you are running 1.5 firmware copy the files from ms_root to your PSP memory stick. Just copy both directories from within the ms_root folder and paste right into the root folder of the PSP drive. When it asks if you want to overwrite files, says yes to all.

DevHook is a great utility for all PSP enthusiasts. It gives a whole new level of flexibility to your favorite handheld console.

Attention!
This is a brief outline of what to do, I followed the directions step by step. All of the instructions are included. Your pretty safe with this app as long as you don’t go changing any of the firmware settings in the last couple of menus.