Doing the PSP world a big favour is TheCraziness1 with XMB RCO Patcher BETA 1. Now you may easily customize individual XMB elements on your Custom Firmware or ChickHEN enabled PSP — background waves, icons, the battery indicator, volume bar, click sounds, etc.

The download comes bundled with several user contributed RCOs. Enjoy!

Download: XMB RCO Patcher BETA 1

- source: qj

I just tried this out [converting a CTF 5.00 theme to 5.50] with patpat’s new CTF Tool GUI v2…

My PSP: an all-capable Slim running 5.50 GEN-B; I’m also using this modified version of CXMB for 5.50 GEN.

The CTF theme: Nothingface420’s Grand Theft Auto IV for 5.00.

Now patpat warns the conversion process from 5.00 to 5.50 is beta and may not always work. In my case with said theme, it worked perfectly.

Download:
CTF Tool GUI v2
CXMB for 5.50 GEN
PSP Themes

- source: pspgen

Update: Use this (WaveFlasher) to preview and flash your wave of choice.

It’s not a full-fledged theme; it’s 176 custom XMB waves converted by buckeyes937 for custom firmware 5.00. Copy your desired wave — the system_plugin_bg.rco file — to the flash0:/vsh/resources directory. Then set Settings -> Theme Settings -> Background -> Classic from the XMB.

Download: 176 PSP/XMB Waves for 5.00

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Are your CTF themes not working with Miriam’s 5.02 GEN-A + CXMB? Try putting them through this CTF Convertor for Windows.

Drop your seemingly incompatible CTF theme(s) into the same directory as “CTF_Convertor.exe” and run it. That simple.

Download: CTF Updater/Convertor v0.3

- source: pspgen

By now you’re feeling good and no doubt digging custom firmware 5.02 GEN-A. Although, perhaps you were a little saddened when you learned CXMB was no longer functional… But that’s all changed; Miriam has released an unofficial version of Poison’s CXMB that is now fully compatible with CFW 5.02 GEN-A. So boogie on down and enjoy countless user contributed XMB themes all over again. You can find a bunch here.

Download: Unofficial CXMB for 5.02 GEN-A

- source: pspgen

Red Squirrel’s CTF Manager for Windows is an all-purpose tool for creating, extracting, and installing CTF themes on the PlayStation Portable.

You’ll require a few things before getting started: common_gui.prx, paf.prx, vshmain.prx — dump those using PSARDumper with whatever firmware EBOOT. As well, you need the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.

CTF Manager v5.00 changes:

• Possibility to create CTF themes for CF 5.00M33
• Possibility to extract file from a CF 5.00M33 CTF file

Download: CTF Manager v5.00

- source: psp-cheats.it

PSP CTF themes downloaded direct to your hand-held, all thanks to trobert94 and his freshly released homebrew. Currently 214 themes are available and best of all — no intermediary. You’ll only require USB for initial installation of this app. Connect, browse, download, activate — all via Themes Downloader version 1.0.

Themes Downloader features:

• French and English languages
• Display a little preview for each theme
• View screenshot of the actual size
• Downloading subject directly into the PSP/THEME/ folder
• Display faster and more responsive than in the browser
• Display name and authors of themes

Download: Themes Downloader v1.0

- source: qj

Update: highboy has released version 3.0 of his WAV to VAG converter. And if you’re uncertain how to flash the resulting “system_plugin.rco” file; I recommend using Xplora or PSP Filer. Copy “system_plugin.rco” to “flash0:/vsh/resource.”

Personally, I disable key tones or click sounds, whatever you want to call them. In any event, maybe you don’t, and just maybe you want to customize these chimes with extreme ease. Do that with highboy’s WAV to VAG (and vice versa) converter.

Remember: always create a backup of the original RCO file(s) first.

Download: Key Tone/Click Sound Replacer (WAV to VAG) v3.0

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Mr. Shizzy back up in the heezy, baby… Get down with XMBeditor V.3 for custom firmware 4.01 M33. You know what it’s all about — flash this theme, change that theme, create your own… Do it all from one easy to use homebrew app.

XMBeditor V.3 changes:

• now for 4.01 M33 (and all 4.01 m33 updates)
• added EULA
• usb menu (Toggle Mem stick, Flash 0-1-2-3))
• overclocked for faster flashing
• added support for all the new 401 rco files
• now uses luaHM7
• can now rename themes using SONY’s osk
• can now rename MODS using SONY’s osk
• added powertick (to prevent auto sleep mode while using Program)
• updated all prx offsets in prx editor for 4.01
• Added security to prevent people from doing unsafe hex jobs of this program
• Can now play video/sound preview of gameboots
• Can Now remove/restore gameboot logo
• Minor bug fixes

Download: XMBeditor V.3 for 4.01 M33

- source: consolespot

Update: CXMB 3.2.1 is here…

• Fix bug (freeze while applying theme)
• Fix bug (restore to original official XMB when returns from game)
• make official XMB not a choice of random.

Yes yes y’all… Just what you were waiting for — Poison’s CXMB version 3.2 with official support for custom firmware 4.01 M33. Customize it, theme it, skin it — make it yours.

CXMB v3.2 changes:

• Add 4.01 compatibility.
• Select the random.ctf, then cxmb will randomly apply your themes in /PSP/THEME/
• Compile universal binary, cxmb.prx should work on 3.71/3.80/3.90/4.01
• Fix some wrong io operation (I wrote some sceIoClose where there should be sceIoDclose)
• Clean up sources

Download: CXMB v3.2.1 | Custom PSP Themes

- source: 2alien.info