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December 24, 2007
Project4 Open Beta 1 Released

Posted by greg

For all the skeptics and non-believers out there, PSP Hacks presents an Auraomega production — Project4!

We’ve witnessed proof-of-concept videos over the past couple weeks, and today — this fine Christmas eve — we have open beta numéro un.

If you’ve missed previous Project4 coverage, then we’ll have you know it’s a complete XMB replacement. Contrary to a “PSP shell” which runs on top of the XMB, Project4 installs and operates directly from flash memory; substituting the XMB entirely.

Everything is documented in README.pdf — known bugs, installing/uninstalling, theme specifications, etc… It’s strongly encouraged you read that over before jumping the gun.

Happy holidays!

Download: Project4 Open Beta 1

Project4 working/non-working functions:

Working:

  • ISO loading.
  • CSO loading.
  • ISOFs NoUMD mode.
  • Editable GUI.
  • 3.XX Kernel loading for EBOOT, PRX and ELF files.
  • 1.50 Kernel loading for EBOOT, PRX and ELF files.
  • PNG loader.
  • JPG loader.
  • HEX reader.
  • UMD loader.
  • Internal keyboard (soon to be replaced by Sony keyboard).
  • File Copying.
  • Change config and flash writing.
  • Theme flashing.

Non-working (faulty):

  • MP3 Player.
  • Text Reader.
  • File Deletion (Does not delete folders if there are files or folders inside).
  • NoUMD compatibility (M33 driver and NP9600).

- source: byethost13.com

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126 Comments »

    Comment by nerodrago
    2007-12-24 16:40:02

    awesome :) keep up the good work

    Comment by shaggy50
    2007-12-24 21:11:14

    BRICKED!!!!
    FAWK!!!!
    Merry Xmas

    Comment by devee
    2008-01-10 20:00:33

    ONE WORD: PANDORA

     
     
     
    Comment by Jaryth
    2007-12-24 16:42:08

    Im going to have to check this out…

     
    Comment by Mavrick
    2007-12-24 16:44:37

    Now to see if it bricks my psp.

     
    Comment by interest
    2007-12-24 16:52:31

    amzing work cant wait till this becomes stable!!

     
    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 16:55:25

    Just a quick note to let people know that there is a bug in the original installer for the versioncheck, a new EBOOT.PBP has been uploaded to my forums and should be used if you have this error.

    http://www.darkmessiah.byethost13.com/forums

     
    Comment by Grump
    2007-12-24 17:10:49

    Cool. The homebrew scene is not dead. :)

     
    Comment by Marc
    2007-12-24 17:12:29

    AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

     
    Comment by 40_ounce
    2007-12-24 17:23:13

    Nice Im going to read up on this right now. Thanx

     
    Comment by tbag
    2007-12-24 17:26:41

    nice work

     
    Comment by kalebbroo
    2007-12-24 17:34:47

    nice! this is a great way to start off Christmas!

     
    Comment by drmadcow
    2007-12-24 17:50:11

    neat i might give this a shot, if it messes up ill use the pbattery to recover

     
    Comment by Turbohog
    2007-12-24 17:50:33

    I’ll wait for a better version, but can you actually uninstall it if you hate it?

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 18:03:20

    Yeah, there is an un-installation option in the installer, it removes and un-patches all traces of Project4.

     
     
    Comment by joey \ z2442
    2007-12-24 17:57:09

    ok well look this looks nice wounder if i could make it work with the evox idea i had with my cfw 7.73 he that would be neat

     
    Comment by thesvart
    2007-12-24 17:58:25

    intresting. can’t wait for a stabile release.

     
    Comment by Thyme Cypher
    2007-12-24 18:05:35

    It won’t install for me, even using the updated installer: http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/8/21/1369269/Project4_Main_Installer_Fixed.rar
    Locks up at “Patching Sony firmware modules”.
    Running 3.71 M33-2

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 18:11:46

    Did you bother reading the readme? The problem you have is a common issue, and its solved by simply reading the first point in the installation section of the readme.

    Comment by Thyme Cypher
    2007-12-24 23:47:11

    I did read the readme, but I didn’t see anything on this… must have missed something. My bad.

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-25 20:15:47

    The problem you are having is to do with not freeing up enough space on flash0, check section 3.1

    Comment by Thyme Cypher
    2007-12-26 01:17:23

    I did, flashed it and everything from one of the Pandora menus. Oh well, I’ll try again later.

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    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 18:11:35

    great… my first brick… marry xmas thanks for bricking my psp. how gay..

    Comment by Daniel Briggs
    2007-12-24 18:20:03

    It’s called a pandora battery/

    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 18:54:23

    i know i know.. i’m just bent outa shape.. i told my self that i would never brick.. im just stupid. i just dont know how to make it or anything. havent realy messed around with that yet. i can still go into recovery menu, can i make pandora through there… or is there any way i can delete all the content from flash 0..??? its my fault for taking the chance.. good work by there way.

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:04:02

    If you can still access the recovery you could run an updater through the recovery to get back to normal.

    Comment by Tom
    2007-12-24 21:15:41

    Whats your problem…this isnt 1985..lol, or rather, 2005 when a brick was the ultimate end… I brick my psp once or twice a week trying to do crazy things and new ideas. Pretty soon I might have something to contribute myself… dont worry about a brick, you can do it many times and still recover.

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    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 23:44:08

    i know, im sorry for my attitude.. i was just looking forward for this..how am i suppost to make a pandora with a bricked psp?? is there a way to make pandora with out a psp??

     
    Comment by ...
    2007-12-25 13:42:01

    Just update to 3.52 M33-4, and then to 3.71 M33-4. I just say 3.52 cause i dont know if 3.71 works or not out of recovery, though in theory, it should. But in my opinion, K.I.S.S.

     
    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-26 04:42:51

    keep it simple?

     
     
     
     
     
     
    Comment by Midian
    2007-12-24 18:28:06

    its about time lol!
    awesome its released

     
    Comment by Mike
    2007-12-24 19:01:20

    hehe.. bricked my psp.. cant even access the recovery.. shitty deal.. i guess ill look at the pandora’s battery thing..

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:05:42

    I’m not sure why you’ve bricked, the code doesn’t touch anything to do with recovery.prx or any of its linked files, I appologise for this, but if you can give me any info about what happened post on my forums please so I can avoid this happening to anyone else.

    Comment by Mike
    2007-12-24 21:22:45

    ok, when i started to install it, it said done on about 4 places, then it said it failed on about the 5th one i think.. it said that i might have a semi-bricked psp. i read in the readme that if it fails, you can just start again.. so i let if finish installing and it just kinof shut off. i had a full charge and the charger plugged in.. when i turned it on, it just stayed on for about 15 seconds and then shut off with a blank screen. recovery doesnt seem to work..

    Comment by nick
    2007-12-27 23:31:24

    wait. im tryin to downgrade my psp slim. so if i do something real stupid and brick it on purpose, i can downgrade it using the recovery mode? like, restore it with an old, or custom firmware? cause i have 3.73 offical and cant get it downgraded. just a yes [and how to do it] or a no will do. thanks.

    Comment by JimmyD
    2007-12-28 10:01:39

    Nick, don’t brick your psp with official software. You will have a REAL brick on your hands. Recovery menu is in custom firmware only. READ READ and read some more before you do anything with your flash memory.

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    Comment by psp slim
    2007-12-24 19:25:32

    is this compatible w/ the slim. CF is 3.71 m33-2???

     
    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 19:56:26

    yay!!! i can’t get to recovery anymore so i cant toggle usb any more… yay!! now im realy screwed.. ive allways wanted a bricked psp with no recovery mode.. how the hell am i gona make a pandoras battery now. this suck.. i need to go to the sore and but a memory stick converter or osmething so i can plug in my lap top.. anyone know if thay make anything like that… im not off and buying a new psp for a pandoras baterry… any help would be cool… marry xmas everyone….

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:06:50

    I’m not sure why you’ve bricked, the code doesn’t touch anything to do with recovery.prx or any of its linked files, I appologise for this, but if you can give me any info about what happened post on my forums please so I can avoid this happening to anyone else.

    And you don’t have to buy a battery, the free service list I run has plenty of people who are willing to unbrick for free, check it out at http://www.darkmessiah.byethost13.com/freeservice.html

    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 22:41:40

    its all good…im just a little upset but its my fault.. i should of ben more cautious..i just need to get a memory duo converter and couple of new batterys…i knew one day it was gona happend..well all i did was put all that stuff in game folder… ran it and waited… at the end it told me that a file has failed to write, i did what the instuction said to do… anyway at this point it just hung for like 10 mins so i restated my psp manualy…so i restarted and it never turned on… i couldent get to recovery or anything.. i dont know if it has to do with the modle of my psp… its a ta86… but its ok.. marry xmas everyone.

     
    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-24 23:56:49

    who should i contact?? sorry for my attitude.. i just dont have the money to go buy new stuff… im usualy pretty carefull when i do stuff like this..

     
    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-25 01:26:31

    im gona try to make a jig kick battery from a bricked psp.. i found a tutorial on some page. i hope it can convert the battery into pandora with out having to access the xmb.. do you know of this method??

    Comment by ...
    2007-12-25 13:47:45

    it involves desoldering a connecting pin from the actual battery on the chip. Can be dangerous. I don’t recommend it if you don’t have a steady hand/soldering skills.

    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-26 00:45:59

    i made one today.. i just need a usb memory card reader now.. then i can copy the files through my mem stick that way.. i should have
    made one a long time ago.. thanks for your help merry xmas

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    Comment by 345742D
    2007-12-25 01:16:50

    Wow, why didn’t anyone make a Pandora battery just in case? And not having an extra battery isn’t an excuse now that U.P.M.S. is out.

    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-25 01:56:29

    whats u.p.m.s??? i dident think it was gona brick a psp from a straight install.. i know how to read instructions.. im realy cautious.. its just hung and faild to write the file it needed.. i can’t control what the software is doing.

    Comment by helper
    2007-12-25 03:55:58

    its a universal pandora memory stick…it allows you to have a pandora’s battery and still run your psp off it…you just need to format your stick a certain way…look it up on this site, its out there….very worth it if you mess with your psp often

    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-25 13:22:25

    thanks for the tip.. marry xmas

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    Comment by J
    2007-12-24 20:03:15

    I’ll leave it till it’s out of beta. No Pandora since I sold my fat PSP.

     
    Comment by gregerson316
    2007-12-24 20:08:34

    NOTE to everyone. If you think that this will brick your PSP, make a pandora battery FIRST.

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:26:12

    Well said, if I suspected that this many people would have issues (yes unfortunatly there has been many people) then I would have suggested making a Pandora in the readme…

     
     
    Comment by stampede
    2007-12-24 20:14:39

    THE BEST it worked and i WAS on 3.71m33 looks so cool thanks Auraomega havent really tried it yet how do i switch to xmb though?

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:24:01

    In 3.71 you need to un-install to return to the XMB, this was stated in the readme, the patch is too large to just “undo” like with previous firmwares patchs.

     
     
    Comment by stampede
    2007-12-24 20:34:53

    sorry bout that should read nice job though never had a problem oh and when i try and use my emulaters it says there is no folder what do i have to do to get them working sorry sorta a noob

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 20:48:39

    I’m assuming the emulator is saying it has no folder? If it is then you’d need to add folders in the same place as your EBOOT, like normal.

     
     
    Comment by stampede
    2007-12-24 20:53:18

    ur a legend hope u do very well out of this good to see people tring new things my hat goes off to u

     
    Comment by HELP
    2007-12-24 20:54:51

    i’m having trouble installing it on the slim…can anyone help?

     
    Comment by Vietro
    2007-12-24 20:56:28

    We should be more grateful to the hombrew devs.for their time and effort,instead of blamin’em for our mistakes.when we run one of their aplications we do it in our own freewill and accept all the risks that may follow. so if u say that someones aplication bricked ur psp, that only denotes ur ignorance and disrespect for that person. 0I_I0 say hello to my monkey.
    happy holydays.

    Comment by stampede
    2007-12-24 21:05:20

    good words have u tried it ive had no problems with it people just hav a sad coz they cant do things like Auraomega can and oher people

    Comment by Vietro
    2007-12-24 22:07:55

    so true. 0I_I0

     
     
     
    Comment by ßyron™
    2007-12-24 21:13:18

    Auraomega, it says to free up Flash0 space750KB, i cannot find a good program as Flash agent F4 doesnt work in m33 3.71-3. any suggestions? thanx cant wait to try

    Comment by gregerson316
    2007-12-24 21:22:45

    I used a program called 14435_Spaceforeverything1.6, it worked like a charm.

     
    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-24 21:31:34

    The best idea is to just delete the dic folder in flash0 (forget its exact whereabouts) its pretty useless as is my understanding, and can be safely removed, it has about 3mbs worth of files and I’ve noticed no ill effects for removing it.

    Comment by Thyme Cypher
    2007-12-24 23:56:15

    It may be a dictionary, similar to PS3’s auto complete feature, that never made it into PSP. Who knows, it’s not uncommon for files to get left around after all.

     
     
    Comment by ßyron™
    2007-12-24 21:42:31

    thanx to BOTH of you HAPPY HOLIDAYS

     
     
    Comment by Jmills
    2007-12-24 21:17:29

    um.. i start it on 3.73HX(dont ask why) and it says version check failed wtf?

    Comment by Jmills
    2007-12-24 21:20:15

    haha nvm i should learn to read comments

     
     
    Comment by Hitmanthe3rd
    2007-12-24 21:46:46

    wow half the people using this bricked. Id pandora and then try but I dont have an extra battery and stick.

    Comment by Thyme Cypher
    2007-12-24 23:59:51

    I even ended installation early (My Pandora battery is a hardware-based service battery, and my methods turned it into a kick-start battery (Tap the PSP to turn it on) and didn’t have a problem booting into XMB. Really unlucky people.

     
     
    Comment by The Dude
    2007-12-24 21:59:07

    i guess i just stay tuned then!

     
    Comment by Pandora
    2007-12-24 22:17:03

    you gays are hopeless without me. i mean guys. whatever.

     
    Comment by Pandora
    2007-12-24 22:18:54

    you can stand under my pandora. ora. ora. ora. o. o. o.

     
    Comment by Ultra Lesus
    2007-12-24 22:28:25

    Thanks Auraomega. Followed the readme and got installed then uninstalled with no problem. I’ll reinstall once the other features are fully functional.

    Comment by ßyron™
    2007-12-25 15:11:05

    Thank you again… tried it out , but pandora’d back to 3.71m33-2 , couldnt get any game, or ISO/CSO working, excelent work thoe. i too will try again when all features are operational.
    Happy Holidays

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-25 18:04:06

    If you take a good long look at the readme you’ll notice that ISO/CSO loading IS supported, but ONLY under ISOFs mode.

     
     
     
    Comment by ...
    2007-12-24 23:29:43

    ill try the final sometime, after i get a pandora’s battery goin.

     
    Comment by Squidman
    2007-12-25 00:14:21

    Ok, Auraomega.
    I’m on 3.71M33-4, tried it, it worked, didn’t like it to much, but I do enjoy your epic break through. So i ran the installer again, to un-install it, and it said everything worked successfully from beginning to end, and it bricked, i could still access recovery, but Pandora did not want to work with me. So I ended up restoring a hard copy of what I had on my HDD and now I’m on 3.71M33-2…this needs some major improvement in the in un-install section….like a crap load

    Comment by ...
    2007-12-25 13:53:08

    you mustve did something wrong when making the pandora’s battery then. No matter what your running, it should work.

     
     
    Comment by J Sin Inc.
    2007-12-25 01:39:19

    Not interested at all, I bricked using this already, thank goodness for Pandora

    Oh well nice try lads

     
    Comment by J Sin Inc.
    2007-12-25 01:43:15

    I agree with Squidman, needs some work, but like I said before, nice try and good luck to your future improvements if any

     
    Comment by helper
    2007-12-25 04:00:07

    i like the lack of flaming on this…it might not have worked exactly as planned, but we got a buttload of comments and with a bare minimum of flame…lets hope it keeps up

    Comment by Auraomega
    2007-12-25 18:09:00

    Hehe, I’m rather supprised myself, I was expecting a lot more flames when people reported brickage.

    I’m pretty sure most of the bricks were user error, I’ve heard no bricks on slim PSPs, and the only difference where Project4 is concerned is the free space in flash0. I guess most people didn’t read the readme and free up enough flash space and this is what caused the bricks.

    Comment by jake
    2007-12-26 17:04:29

    uhh yea i hav 3 mb free space on my phat psp
    i tried installin this (3 times in fact) and each time resulted in a semi brick
    i followed the instructions every single time; i had the instructions up as i was installin
    the error i received was on the last step and sed it failed in patching and that i have a semi brick
    can u explain this?

     
     
     
    Comment by shanejunior
    2007-12-25 05:24:05

    haha damn better than i thought it would be very good app frsher i think it has excellent capabilities and i cant wait to see what this brings into the homebrew world

     
    Comment by PandoraMan
    2007-12-25 06:51:22

    HAHAHAHHAHA
    u cant do a thing without me hahahahahaha

     
    Comment by EliteAaron
    2007-12-25 08:06:08

    nick work, i bricked my psp a few times with this i am using 3.52 m33 and i used the 3.52 installer and it bricked it each time but then i tryed the universal installer and it worked :)

     
    Comment by Influence
    2007-12-25 10:13:01

    U guys are really stupid for doing something like installing this or anything in flash 0 without pandora or a way to make a pandora

    P.S - I learned the hard way DON’T MAKE THE SAME MASTAKE.

    THANK GOD FOR PANDORA!

     
    Comment by Noob
    2007-12-25 10:36:20

    can i use pandora batt to recover a formatted PSP??

    Comment by helper
    2007-12-28 01:59:27

    yeh you can…you just need the battery which must be made using a hacked psp if you got a friend with one…i’d suggest the universal pandora mem stick…it works wonders =)

     
     
    Comment by Pino
    2007-12-25 11:33:53

    im gonna wait till this doesnt get so much negitive feed-back

     
    Comment by Pandora battery
    2007-12-25 12:12:10

    MUHAHAHAH u ppl seemed tp brick your PSP now create me and UNbrick the PSP!

    Comment by ...
    2007-12-25 13:54:37

    wtf did you say?

    Comment by Pino
    2007-12-25 15:15:57

    L2Comprehend

     
     
     
    Comment by nbm
    2007-12-25 13:29:44

    cool i made the battery.. i took out pin 5.. so it lights up when i inset the battery in to my psp.. all i need now is a memory card reader and a new battery… i hope this works.. marry xmas…

     
    Comment by djinc
    2007-12-25 14:07:54

    Wow… I never had any probs with this ever infact when i test it i usually install and uninstall over 5 times a day… ofcourse im a tester so thats expected

     
    Comment by PSPUSER
    2007-12-25 14:13:10

    Well im glad to see people are still working on projects like this. merry x mas and keep up the good work

     
    Comment by Matt
    2007-12-25 14:48:16

    is it true that this will have .wmv and .avi support?

     
    Comment by psp[dot]420
    2007-12-25 16:10:24

    why are all you noobs installing beta homebrew and expecting it to be perfect. for those of you who bricked HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    for those of you like me who actuallty got it installed but feels the xmb is better atm.

     
    Comment by djinc
    2007-12-25 16:30:04

    uhh are you gonna finish that sentence?? but yes obviously the xmb is better atm but this is the 1st release what do you expect

     
    Comment by jaspon
    2007-12-25 16:32:16

    crap no offense i got a semi brick went back too 1.50 (recvory menu) updatet to 3.40 oe or smefin and triyed it again and then it sayed it eworked now i have a full brick i turned it on and it just shuts diwn after a while

     
    Comment by PandoraMan
    2007-12-25 16:32:16

    Expectin a better version soon…

     
    Comment by PandoraManHellas
    2007-12-25 16:33:05

    Περιμένω καλύτερη έκδοση σύντομα…

     
    Comment by Jmills
    2007-12-25 17:41:56

    BRICKED oh well i guess ill just play assasins creed instead

    MerryX-mas!

     
    Comment by paddy
    2007-12-25 21:27:45

    fools