ThemePSP v2 Released
greg | December 15, 2006
Update: Now we’re not out to deliberately cause problems in the PSP homebrew scene; however, developer SodR — along with a few others who wish to remain anonymous — have sent emails with evidence that ThemePSP v2 is in fact a rip-off from SodR’s original developments. Even though its been slightly modified there was no credit given to the original author, and I feel he should be recognized for his hard work. So, props to you SodR, and thanks!
M_Roc a.k.a. Mz8691 SodR has released a “theme installer” allowing you to easily customize your PSP to be unique, much like your cool self. The PS3 theme (screen shot/download below) caught my attention, and I’m sure you’ll dig it too. Keep in mind this does write to flash in order to achieve the custom look and feel. Use at your own risk.

v2 changes:
- New GUI
- Added options screen
- Install themes for DevHook FW 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 26 and 2.71
- Updated ThemePSP Creator Pack with the correct image resolution (300×170 px)
- added a “PS3″ theme
Download: ThemePSP v2 (PS3 theme included)
- release thread -
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Damn! Looks really awesome, I’ll try it out soon. I never saw v1 on the front page, so I never knew this existed. I’m not sure about the flash part, though…
Yo man, how do we go back to the original theme
installing NOW!!! this looks awesome!
Wut Fw yu need for this?
i got 3.1
You Need 1.5
sweetness love how people just make shit to right along with the amazing progess that booster is doing busting up the fw’s, i was at 2.71 for the longest time even when i was aqquiring 2.80+ games that i wasnt being able to play, i sort of noticed after uping to dh .5.0.100.1000 wetf it is, that not all the fw files were ms accessable anymore, which started making problems for me since wallpaper was no longer storable in the theme directory, making my BG be blank balck everytime i turned my psp off and back on, hopefully this sorts that issue as im still loading the files i wanna use on my ms, let you all know soon REALLY SOON…………………….it wa so soon i can already say AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!! nice work mate youll have a name for yourself way sooner than you think if you keep at this pace.
Yep, thanks for the love.
Heres some PS3 backgrounds i made (01-12):
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=55987
add a little extra in the theme.
hey M_Roc judging off this i can tell you really really know your shit, can i ask you to make me something really custom…earlier some several pages back it was claimed that someone made a 1.5 flasher to have a soft reset on 1.5, very similar to how (home+start) resets the dh fw’s i want a flasher to load a reset option to my 1.5 fw cause honestly im getting really annoyed with having to hold the power switch just to get back into my dh. before you tell me to try the other post i DID and its no where compatable with 1.5, i mean the eboots arnt even properly formatted with 2 diffrent directories you know the standard ( directory1 directory2(%) ). anyway let me know. Thanks.
sorry something i just now noticed, your screen shot is obvious fw 3.0+ seeing how no fw’s below that have any kind of camera capabily… but your desricption 1.5,2.0,2.5,2.6,2.71 did you just forget to add 3.0 also, or did i somehow glitch it to work on my 3.02?
is there any way to add the ps3 theme to devhook emulation? without flashing? maybe by putting the files in the f0 folder.
Well, its not really in v2 im also working on a v3 that works with 1.5-3.02(dh).thats where the screen shot came from.and it fixes like 1 bug..theres not many bugs i only fixed it to work good with 3.02 dh’s. look at the topic for more updates on that:
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=56118
as for paco. email me at m1.4@hotmail.com (or any one else)
hey does this work on a 2.71se-c psp using 1.50 kernel?
SE-C?
I hope so…
Please tell.
I dont really know about the SE-C . Never used SE-C or any SE FW. Meybe its just a theme flash installer.
I’ll have to update to 2.71 SE-C to make sure.
and yes you can copy the files from the theme pack to devhook files.
in the pic thats 3.02.
go figure.
:)
devhook fw 1.5? um. so it wont work on regular 1.5? w/o devhook?
No, it is for regular 1.5 FW. The devhook part is that you can also “flash” the theme to the DH FW’s. so you dont have to keep copying and pasting all the time to make your psp custom. Themes your 1.5, and DH 2.0 – 2.71, so far. in the update im working on works with DH 2.80-3.02
Did anyone test it on 2.71 SE-C…
if so, does it work?
Hey, M. ROC, great job I must say! but could u fix the annoying square in the “DATE TIME SETTINGS” its in between “date” and “time”. not sure if its just my psp, but i tryed installing it twice and it still came up, any solution. Thanks
Well, its just the font. meybe if i make the font smaller.
I’ll check that out, and yes it did happen to mine but its not the end of the world..lol
also is there a way to make the ps3 swivel in the background move instead of the regular psp one. if not, how do u disable the psp swivel. not sure if thats what its called. lol
Its called the psp waves. and you can remove the waves with x-flash 17b.
in the next themepsp i will enclude that extra. removing the waves.
look at x-flash for now.
ITS ALWAYS SCARY WHEN THERES A SIGN THAT SAYS USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IM SCARED TO DO THIS THINK IM GONNA WAIT FOR A DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE DOING THIS
Dude, this shyt is so easy to use, its not even funny. just put the files on ur psp and install, all you have to do is press “x” and thats it. worked for me. all i pressed was “x”
just change the month to one, and then go to change it agaun, and choose the same month
Also some of the backgrounds are white when u change the month, but once u change the day, it works, im jus tryin to give u all the problems i have discovered so u can perfect your project. this shyt is amazing, ive never looked at my psp this long. lol. looks more expensive
LOL. well its great to hear this. The psp backgrounds turn white because the background its preety huge file size. so it takes 2 times to load them. thats all.
okay, thanks
No Problem. Just helping out. but its a very easy noob friendly app. only thing you need to do is press “x”. lol
is there any risk in trying this on a SE-C since it says only for 1.5? i’m not any noob or anything but i just dont wanna mess with things that has to do wit flash
I heard it dosnt work on 2.71 SE-C, Im gona have to get 2.71 SE-C to make it work. I only have 1.5 and 3.02 and 2.71
thx M-ROC, please do try quickly cuz i cant wait. it looks mad cool.
I will try as soon as i get 2.71 SE-C.
I put it in my psp, i installed the ps3 theme….now how do i use it??? (i do have 1.5)
what do you mean? “how do i use it”?
ok i installed the ps3 theme…it finished and it said press x to exit….so i did…..but the theme isnt showing
the theme is not showing?…is it a reg. xmb?
oh yea i installed the regular one….that part is confusing…the selected theme is the one thats not highlighted…and how come the font isnt different? just the background
you need to get the new ps3 theme v2 in my topic.
oh ok i got the ps3 theme folder…do i just put that in my game section?
no put the new ps3 theme in x:/psp/game/themepsp/theme/
alrite its installed..thx for the help…can i delete the themepsp folder now that its installed??
what? you want to delete the theme installer?..keep it in your stick so that there is updates.
you never know.
why would you make something and not include the most used fw 2.71 se-c?? you keep saying you will have to get a 2.71 se-c to test.. humm how hard it that it’s in the download section here as an easy installer it takes 2 mins to install.. i dont get it .?
oh ok…well ill jus delete the 2 other themes to make room
Fine. Im installing 2.71 SE-C now.
ok,you can do that
nice work
lol, now its on QJ.
M_Roc ty for testing. but even if it bricks… se-c still has the recovery… so it’s all good.
Nope dosnt work. dosnt even show up in the xmb.
thats ok..i’ll work on a SE-C verson soon.
will this work on 2.71? using HEN-D?
Hmm..I tried 2.71 Hen-D…didnt really load all the way..meybe if you try it.
man…. i have 2.71 TA-082(with hen-d) but im afraid because of the “use at your own risk”…
I know this question does not fit in here, but I didn’t know where else too post it … Is there or do you know if there ever will be a Bit Torrent client for PSP. I’ve been wonderin about that myself for awhile.
ye keep it to yourself dude..coz talk of torrents isnt allowed here ..be it illegal stuff or otherwise
Sorry, Didn’t mean too bring anything like that up .. just was wonderin about it … And if I’m not mistaken .. Bit Torrent is legal, as long as your downloading stuff that is legal.
Um.. the PS3 theme in the themnes folder shows the bg, but doesn’t change the font. The added PS3 theme shows the font, but no bg. Well, for me.
I thought the same and this is what I had to do to get it back to normal 1.5.
1. Find the 1.5 to 1.0 DOWNDATER.
2. Put it on your PSP and run it.
3. Hard Reboot
4. Go into the 1.5 Update and run that.
5. Reboot to have Normal 1.5
Note:
Using the RegHack for firmware version changer doesn’t help. If you change it to 1.0 and run the 1.5 Update, the update will cause an error. Did for me anyways. Guess’ing cause the flash install this app does.
This APP Needs more work. Good start tho.
.. *sigh* It’s fucked my PSP. :
was gunna ask if any1 had bricked
what did you do?
It worked at first, but I just tried to change the theme another time and now all it does it take my to the “Press O to reset settings” shindig, which just resets and returns the that message again when I do.
I have problem same with you..
the messege to reset setting repeat show…
press “O” just restarting and go back to blue screen…please help meee…….T.T
Yeah This Thing doesnt work on 2.71 SE-C well w/e…….. I wonder when the 2.80 SE OR THE 3.0x SE will come?
it is really hard to see what theme you are selecting when you are in the list..any way to fix this????
um press the right-click and select
View – Thumbnails and thats it
first copy and paste contents to a folder in you computer though!!!!!!
man i was really excited when i saw this…but i have 2.71 se-c…..whaaaaaaaaa!!!
please make one for se-c plz…
Fine, im working hard on these things people.. I have to fix about 4 bugs. will be updated soon as possible.
i have the file in what folder do i put it in??
what file? the theme file?..the app file(s)?
the theme one themepspv2.rar
FAKE!!!! THIS CRAPPY PROG BLOWN MY PSP UP AND KILLED MY SISTER!!!! OMG!!!
the theme ” themepspv2.rar “
this is so nice
i wish it didnt write to flash0
hmm..you copy the app to x:/psp/game/
x = psp drive
You can use devhook to test it out. all you need is devhook .46 (.51 DH is in a beta right now, only supports 2.71-3.02)but with this app you can “flash”(its relly just copying the files from the theme to the right spots in the DH files).. i recomend testing it on dh 2.71.
all you have to do is when you load the themepsp v2 app in game, when it loads up press D-pad right intill you go to:
Devhook FW 2.71
thats all
you dont need to flash it, you can devhook it also.
flash is for if you want the theme on your 1.5 psp
shows up as corrupt data on my 271SE-C
and yes, i put them in the GAME150 folder
Yup. Great app, rivals X-Flash, but needs more cowbell… an 2.71 SE-C support ;)
Good job M_Roc!
I installed the prog,… and installed the new ps3 theme. but it doesnt show up. not even with devhook .46.i have a 1.5 psp so i should be working,.. ( i also have that hybrid 2.71 se thing on my psp,… and it seems that the hybrid theme makes it impossible to use the ps3theme anywhere on your psp) If someone understands my bad english,.. help please
fuck i think i bricked my psp
That makes 2.
well i git 2.71 se-c i think im gnna try and see if it works!
killer2 : did you get a blue sreen error (bsod) or did you get a red screen error (rsod)?
if you had a blue screen error,.. then dont worry, it will all be ok. if it was a red screen error,.. then your probl screwed.
I get a blue screen, but no mater what I do I can’t get passed. it. :B
Beware flashing applications… There is a limit to the number of times you can do it… Everytime you flash, you move one step closer to a brick…
Doesn’t mean you can’t do it as you can probably get away with 100 or so flashes but be warned, there is an unknown limit…
I have tested my app 1000 times. if you just follow the steps right.. your ok. if you mess with the files in the themes that you dont know what your doing. you might brick..i never bricked. its simple.
easy,fast, great.
Noob Friendly.
Quote: I have testd “my” app
http://pspupdates.qj.net/index.php?pg=49&aid=59356
No credit at all to SodR…?????
god this just bricked my psp i dont blame you but i just send out a warning to anyone who is going to try this
and i didnt do anything but follow the instructions i must have taken a wrong turn
i just ran it on my psp with SE-C using irshell it bricked my psp!!
Don’t do it if your on SeC
thankfully i had the recovery menu so i just had to restore it back to SE-C the best way if you want to have the fancy ps3 look is to flash 1 or 2 of the best looking backgrounds onto your psp using xflash 17b and do the same for the font
probably bricked because you ran it through irShell, which let you run the program. if you try to go to it through xmb in 271 SE-C it will just show up as corrupt data.
Hey man this is pretty cool- cant wait for anything else you might be working on…just wondering though… where can i get more themes?
can barely read anything!!
… the ps3 theme doesn’t work… it screws everything up
how do i recover i had dh 0.51.100 and flash 0 is 1.5 and flash 1 is 3.2 can i recover?
are u meaning one of the dh firmwares or r u meaning your psp flash memory?
Hey SodR, can u make another version with all the bugs we found on this one, cuz im not sure if Mroco knows much about this program, since u created it. but, i was wonderin if u could just clean the bugs, that would be koo. thanks again
M_Roc (or Mz) just replaced a few graphic files and re-released SodR’s program with no credit to him… This story is a disgrace…!!!!!
greg, you are a fool… Such a let down…
It’s late, but justice is done… Nice one Greg…
i knew it. he couldnt even spell right the readme was illiterate, haha lol =P fckn loser stealing peoples stuff.
i used this file and since using it all i get when i boot up my psp is the blue error message i tried pressing circle and nothing happens just keeps booting back to the blue file any ideas or any websites where i can read up on this?
plug in your psp to your AC adapter. then press “O”, if that helps, but i not. then i have no other option. sorry
whats the button to press with dh 0.51 to enter recovery ? i read up it has a recovery function?
does this wave on back of ps3 theme actually move?
or it’s just background with bmp image?
from looking at the files in the theme, i think they’re just images. too bad though.
you dont have to flash this guys…and I have it running on 3.02 also
follow this guide I found in the original post
gameboot(*.pmf) goto: X:\DH\30x\f0\vsh\resource
Font(*.pgf) goto: X:\DH\30x\f0\font
background(*.bmp) goes: X:\DH\30x\f1\vsh\theme
you may have to copy all the *.bmp files to your “PHOTO” file also, then just select the one you want to use as the wallpaper…works awsome,and no flashing involved 100% safe!
sorry, i forgot to tell you…the only file you need if you already have devhook is the “PS3 Theme” folder…the file that goes into the game folder is used to flash this to 1.5 only. Personally, I wont do that just yet
Thanks dude, it worked great, dont think im gonna keep it, the font is way to big, its a good thing i backed up my 302, but it was a great way to try it out without flashing
if you value your psp’s life,.. dont use this program until there is a good release,….i used this thing,… i did everything the right way, but it doesnt work and im not gonna try it again,.. cause it seems kinda buggy,. { a psp theme prog its fun, but it isnt worth the bricking chance ( no offense to the creators offcourse, its always good to see more and improved free software for the psp )
Hey great work man! I like what you do and hope you’ll keep up the great job. Hopefully the next version you’ll be able to make the background wave for real…just like the ps3. It’ll be so great dude. =)
great release , just needs some SE Support
good work man.. keep it up
yep – needs SE support :) thx 4 the hard work greets from austria :)
I’ll Stick to altering these files manually, if you know how to read then there are plenty of tutorials out there to tell you how to do it. as with any program that involves writing to the flash (wether it does the hard work for you or not) if you don’t know what it’s doing, or rather what you’re doing, you probably shouldn’t be doing it. there are plenty of resorces out there to teach you how to do what you want to do. Just thinking some people should try to educate themselves a little is all.
if you read up about 3 0r 4 posts… i tell a way to do it w/ out flashing….100% safe NO falshing needed.
this cause me my psp to show always the setting information corrupted. now i \cannot use completley my psp..beacause of this.,,shen i on my psp. i just see a sony entertainment logo then the sytem information corrupted page will appear..pls help me guys
M_roc is a piece of siht who riped off another programmer (SodR) and just changed the readme and some pictures, if he was any real programmer he would have fixed the bugs in themepsp so it didn’t BRICK MY PSP!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S im not blameing any one because it was at my owne risk
yea it bricked mine too so does it apply the theme to all months
hi hwo do i uninstall the themepsp ive tried just taking it off there but it dont work how do i get my old screen back
Fuck
So the blue error screen that pops up means its bricked for good?
and I just got 1.5 :[
i installed it to my devhook 271
but it wont load now
can someone upload a premade?
it only installs the font…and makes everything else white…how do i fix this?