iR Shell v2.2 FINAL Released
greg | September 12, 2006
It’s a sad gloomy day; - AhMan, responsible for the most fascinating & fully featured piece of homebrew to ever hit your 1.50 PSP, is now bidding farewell to iR Shell with one final version released mere hours ago. iR Shell will certainly not be forgotten as it continues to be used on PSPs world-wide.

iR Shell v2.2 changes:
- The Homebrew directory can be customized under iR Configurator. You can change it from original /PSP/GAME to anything you like. Pls note if you relocate the homebrew directory, XMB won’t be able to launch them.
- You can now organize your homebrews into various sub-folders, such as:
- Emulators
- Games
- General Utilities
- WiFi Applications
This will help to organize your homebrews and make it easier to locate a specific one easier. It also helps to speed up the APP view. The sub-folder must be in the syntax of “$name$”. The 2 dollar signs are used to signify this is a folder which contains various homebrews.
- The File Manipulation has been updated for the APP view, so that you can create, rename, delete directories as usual. Pls note when you create directory under APP view, you don’t need to put dollar signs and the system will add them automatically.
- A new PMP Mod AVC 1.02M plugin by Magelo is included. In order to avoid conflicts with the original PMP Mod 2.02. This new AVC plugin will use extension name “AVC” which means you’ll have to rename your pmp avc files to name.avc. The original PMP movie files will still be name.pmp.
- A new beautiful skin “Vista Clarity” by PSPHax0r9.
Bug Fixes:
- Fix a bug which cause the inability to launch a 1.5 UMD game from iR Shell.
- There was a bug in the previous public release which caused “hide splash screen” under iR Configurator not working. It’s now fixed.
- A log file “debug.txt” in the root directory has been accidentally left in the previous public release. You can manually remove it.
You read it right, this is the final release of iR Shell. As in nature, everything has a begin & an end, iR Shell is no exception. I’ve been working on this project since January this year and it’s now the time for me to move on and say goodbye to you all. I won’t be doing any other PSP homebrew projects and I will probably find some other non programming hobbies for my spare time. I may pick up those radio control airplanes again which I had given up a few years back after a couple of crashes.
Many thanks AhMan for your hard work over the last year, much respect and good luck!
If you’re not sure what this shell replacement is capable of - read previous iR Shell coverage.
Download: iR Shell v2.2
- source: AhMan
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nice
A sad day indeed, but a last release well worth it.
Thanks for such an awesome program :)
It’s too bad you’ll be leaving the programming scene, but hey, have fun doing what you want to do.
Sweet!
Thjis better be good!!!
=( how sad
I can see quitting one kind of homebrew, but quitting homebrew altogether? That’s a lot to think about considering how many people like this app. But, very nice man. Great job in all.
you’ll be missed, but not forgoten–i’ll have my fingers crossed for the xmas special v3.0 :)
Why do u have to quit :( I like these updates
wow the actual minute i finish installing 2.1 i press back and final version wtf.
Another dev leaves the scene… A sad day indeed.
It’s not open source yet so hopefully he will return one day to perfect his ‘child’ or open it to the dev’s so someone else will continue ‘raising’ it.
But everybody needs his free time so let’s just wish him a lot of fun with his planes or whatever hobby he might dig up to entertain himself.
Au revoir AhMan! Enjoy your Life!
May the source be with you! (^_^)/~
Awsome tool. Very much enjpoy it. Was hoping thought that one day IRshell would allow you to play wirelessly from Devhook, similar to how USB works.
Enjoy your newest venture.
is there a way to have this load instead of the XMB? like with a prx or something?
@11 i tried using the cfw and loading irshell.prx but it just freezes. if anybody can help , that would be great
its a sad day to see irshell go.. good work ahman . hopefully you will return. im sure you will once you get bored of those planes again..
im sure you inspired someone else though . more program like irshell will be on there way .. just have patience.
Goodbye Ahman ;_;
can someone maybe help me out on getting this app setup right…cause the read me gets me lost…
please help stickychron69@aol.com
Damn IR SHell RULEZ!!!! Too bsd this is the final Version.
I’ve been a constant fan of every single version of this program. I have downloaded every single one and suggested things to be implemented. Ahman, by far, is one of the most logical and realistic coders ever to be on the scene. Farewell, and good luck with other coding projects in the future.
We owe him a lot for such a stable shell so packed full of features. Thanks a ton Ahman, I don’t think it is sad at all. IrShell has progressed to near perfection, and nothing is close to it.
DarkPacMan77
i dont get why he had to quit he could do powerful apps :( oh well i guess thanks for everyting youve done :)
Hey, my name is Greg too lol.
Thx for all of your work. Its appreciated.
@ poopman
I use XxPsPmadxX’s custom firmware i have it set when i have the wlan swith turned off to automatically run irshell. with madx you can even set combinations like left and right trigger to load. Well i really enjoy irshell definetly top 3 for homebrew well hopefully he’l realease the source
great job Ahman you’ll definetly be remembered
I don’t know why, but pmp avc mod now fucks up irshell if I press triangle to exit (doen’t do it if I load the eboot inside app6, though)… weird =`\
great release though, I’m highly pleased =`]
Gay
is this even worth getting?
too bad I could never get this to work…
thanx ahman for all the wonderfull works !
thank you
FUUUUUUUUUUCCCKKKK
there is so much left to undone ahmann you have so many things you could add why stop now, why not make a version so complete that it would be flashable so it launches on boot or at least a prx that would lauch the files from a memory stick on boot
i hope you just end up being like miceal jordon and just talke a break and then come back later
he sounded sad…..airplanes?? lol… fag…………… grow some balls and take this shell to the next level
Great work!
Sadly it ends here, but its perfect^^
Thanks for spending many weeks to write this prog!
Maybe some others will get on with….
cool, great updates (ha, the theme makes we want to get vista!)
Man, thanx for all ur hard work, i hope u get paid lovely in watever u do man, lol. This has always been an awesome brew.
I’m gonna miss you man :(
I hope this ends up like all the other “finals” ive seen that ended up being updated after there “final” release.
ahman,i love u alot..and i love dis shell alot..hope u provide a newer version…1.50 4ever…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dis is great ahman…yeah…!!!!!!!
Hmm like many have said… a sad day it is indeed. But we all need to enjoy our lives so:
*ONE FINAL SALUTE TO AHMAN*
Thanks alot AhMan!!!
Thank you for all your hard work. Most of us can’t image the time that you have put in. You deseve a break.
BUT ONE DAY COME BACK ,
B
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Thank you. May Fortune shine upon you.
Who cares hes leaving irshell sucked anyways and didnt do anything that amazing.
Hey Giovanni..?
Fuck off! xD
Nice work, too bad i upgraded to 2,80 last week (…). But As a Mac Fan I can’t bear the Vista style which is an outrageous copy of Mac OS X. I would havec prefered a MacOSX inspired Shell (instead of inpired of Vista inspired of Mac OSX) Maybe you could have two version (please…)
im new to homebrew. well i know a lot just from having 1.5 for only 2 weeks. irshell is the best. but i still cant figure out the nethost thing. i need help.
how can i surf the net using it?
wait there’s a way to surf the net on it? i dont remember that being in the shell…
Giovanni, IRShell did so something amazing for me, it made my half psp working again, with combination of CFW. its all good. Also, another thing amazing is just the IR part. Everyday I bring PSP, load up IRshell and turn on the tv in the school caferteria and change to the channels I want….. all 6 TVs!….EVERYDAY!
first time and just wanting to know is this a permanent shell or do you cold boot the psp to return it to normal xmb?
@ giavonni
youre an idiot why post if you dont like it just leave it alone
@nicolas
there are many different skins for irshell, the vista skin is just one of many different looks for ir shell
@ cheesyxpsp1 & tyrian
from what i understand of the previous versions nethost has always given people a lotta problems on this app if it works at all, in the read me file it will tell you how to configure ir shell with all your router info so you can connect
as for surfing the net i think you will need some sort of application that creates your portal for you because as far as i know ir shell does not actaully include a web browser
@ candy man
ir shell boots when you select it under GAME/MEMORY STICK, once booted it acts as if any other homebrew would
although ir shell also includes a key on the menu that returns you to the XMB with out pressing HOME or rebooting
@cadaber i set everthing correctly but it sais it cant connect. is any1 else having similar problems.
i tried it again and agian but redirection dosent work. usbhost is easy to get to work. but im still having trouble with nethost. either im an idiot or i just dont get it, witch is the same thing. if someone could help it would be cool.
P.S. what is a good hombrew app besides this?
i try the IRed with my panasonic tv but cant…dont know why…is there any way i can check whether mi psp ir port spoiled or not???
Do you have an xbox 360? IF you do, try it on that. Most likely, it’s not spoiled. It may just be the tv is either too old or too new. Basically, you need to get a new panasonic code.
You will be missed.
I am also having problems streaming with nethost, if somebody could post an easier to follow tutorial for that section with a troubleshoot guide that would really help. please help me
Good work Ah Man you re one of the bests but why not one more update?
does go into the game folder just like any other homebrew? does it run like DEV hook…to where you can use it then when your done with the IR shell you can go back to your regular XMB?
I think this thing did something bad, but I dont know how because I dont think it messes with the flash at all. I just know that I loaded it up and it kicked major ass for a week, then I was using Devhook to try and toggle between several ISOs and one of them was running so slow I figured I compressed it too much. Anyway it was either some Devhook problem or its this thing. Either way, what happened is every time I would be in an app or a UMD game and pressed ‘home’ and it would take me to the screen where it asks ‘yes or no’ to quit, the screen would be frozen and none of the buttons would work except the ‘home’ button again to take me back out of this screen. When I went back into Devhook it would launch but when it came time to toggle the ISO/CSO mode by holding down the ‘home’ and ‘L/R’ buttons nothing would happen as if they didnt work. When I tried loading IR Shell 2.2 after that, it wouldnt go past the startup screen unless I put it in sleep mode for a few seconds, and then it would come back but all it would let me do was change the volume (with a ‘VOLUME’ graphic that took up the whole screen in green letters). Sometime around this I tried using some of the flash features on one of the older Devhooks, selecting every option there was (remove all devhook from Flash0 and Flash1, install font, install kd resource, etc) and I think that made it worse. One thing I learned during that time is that my Flash0 is apparently ‘write protected’ now. I dont know how THAT happened or if its even supposed to be that way but I’m pretty sure thats the problem. I tried upgrading to 2.0 and then back to 1.5 and that worked ok but I still had the same problems. Tried going down to 1.0 and the downdater didnt work anymore. Then I tried installing the custom firmware and that worked but I still had the same problems. So I removed the firmware and upgraded to 2.6 thinking the downgrade process from there would wipe my flash entirely so I could start over fresh. HOWEVER, when it came time to use Fanjita’s Eloader those button issues I mentioned earlier became a real problem, since none of the buttons were working while I was in that screen mode and I couldnt select the downgrader option. Now my last hope is I am about to go to 2.71 and use the Photo exploit to downgrade and hopefully that will do the trick. If anyone has any ideas of what I did wrong other than comments like “ur an idiot” or “noob” (I already know these things from witnessing the half bricked hell I have created on my PSP, I need no further torture please lol)…anyway if you have an idea of how to help or whats wrong please let me know.
dudes, this sucks…ir shells are the best thing ever….i hope the publisher changes his mind…but till then….i’ll enjoy what he left us
THIS IS FRICKIN BADAASS! I NOW HAVE THE POWER TO TURN ON THE SCHOOL TVS! WOOT! :)
i kno i posted about how redirection doesnt work and i dont care anymore im using pipstreamer instead. there arent as many functions but at least it works.
can i use it on my 2.80 psp
how do i install it to the psp idk how to