If you’ve ever been curious as to what’s happening behind the scenes when downloading games from the PSN Store, check out RainMotorsports’ PSPi for Windows.

Connect your hand held via USB and ensure a memory stick is inserted; PSPi executes the same commands the PSN downloader would, as well returning the query results so you can see exactly what’s what.

New Features:

• Manual SCSI Command Entry
• Output now SCSI Buffer max of 65536 Bytes
• Removable Drive Detection (I have yet to implement actual psp detection in this app)
• Hex editor style plain text output
• ANSI or Unicode Text Output Display
• Ability to use SHIFTJIS_CHARSET
• New Warnings (Format and manual commands)

Things to Know:

• Commands are in HEX
• Information type SCSI Queries will fail if the output isn’t set high enough
• Command type SCSI Queries may fail if byte length is greater than 0
• PSP Commands appear to be 10 Byte and Byte 2 is usually 00
• Byte 1 is the Query/Command while following bytes are parameters

Download: PSPi v0.5

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Don’t let the title fool you — PSPi works under just about any version of Windows — it’s not NT only. So with that said, get your hex hack attack on with RainMotorsports’ PSPi.

Quoting Rain –

It’s a little rough around the edges but it’ll do for now. I didn’t have the time to implement removable drive or PSP detection for this version so you have to type the drive letter, and I recommend using a capital letter.

Available functions include: Standard SCSI Query, Format Memory Stick (Device Level), Retrieve Unknown Data, Retrieve USB String, Retrieve Firmware Version, Retrieve Nickname.

NOTE: Submitting a Query for Format Memory Stick will format your memory stick.
NOTE: Firmware Version and Nickname can only be pulled on Firmwares 2.00 and newer.

If bytes to pull is less than what’s put out the command fails, the app is currently only setup to handle 128 bytes as none more is needed but I will allow more in the future. The app will select the known length when you change queries.

Download: PSPi v0.1

Credits: PSPi is based on code originally written in C for Linux by Jim Paris, which was then ported to Pascal/Windows by TheivingSix, which was then updated and modified by RainMotorsports.

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Klutsh & RainMotorsports grace us with convenience at its finest… Here we have another Windows app to easily create a magic memory stick for use with a Pandora battery.

As illustrated in the screen shot, PSP Grader not only creates a magic memory stick, it packs a few additional options: inject an IPL only, clean the Pandora stick ridding any files created by PSP Grader, and the ability to change the default trigger to load Pandora when you’re ready.

Now you just need the Pandora battery itself; use this tool (with an already hacked PSP) to create/convert one. Otherwise you can hard mod an existing battery; see here or here.

Features

• Download the eboot straight from the app!
• Load eboots stored in ZIP files.

Coming Soon:

• RAR & 7z Loading – Rar loading didn’t make the port to pascal but only due to time restraints, it and 7zip loading are planned!
• Backup Script – Once again due to time constraints a backup function didn’t make it. Grader never had one and mine never worked to begin with so I put this off till it could be done right!
• SPEED – While this app is no slower than anything I have written before it is slower than Grader 6. We have already begun finding ways to speed up the app and it will be sped up soon!

Download: PSP Grader v008

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Update: All right, try out version 1.2; it should be cool now…

Update: Ok, maybe not that quick… Rain’s working on correcting a small issue and will have a new version available shortly.

Should you need to prepare a Pandora-ready memory stick with the quickness; then here you go… Rain’s UltraLite MMS (Magic Memory Stick) Maker will set you right. It’s time to get with CFW 5.00 M33-4.

Download:
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 5.00 M33-4 (v1.2)
Official PSP Firmware Updates

Other firmwares:
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 4.01 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.90 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.80 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.71 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.60 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 1.50 (v1.1)

Inject that, inspect that; make that, shake that — Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker v1.1. Easily produce a Pandora-ready memory stick for whatever firmware and Dark_AleX’s Despertar del Cementerio v7 (DC7).

Rain mentions a firmware 5.00 enabled version will be available soon.

Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker v1.1 changes:

• Added Unicode support to the backup script.
• Changed to smaller 12kb fresh rip of the TM IPL
• Added detailed error information and cleaned up error handling along with some minor bug fixes.

Download:
Official PSP Firmware Updates
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 4.01 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.90 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.80 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.71 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.60 (v1.1)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 1.50 (v1.1)

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Got an IPL to inject? Perhaps an IPL to dump? Maybe you need to run some diagnostic tests on that memory stick of yours… Well, here you go — Rain’s IPL & Memory Stick Tool v2.0.

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After a little back ‘n forth and some testing we present to you Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker. Again it’s another Windows utility for prepping your preferably second memory stick to use with a Pandora Battery. Various firmwares are supported; so you’ll need to grab the corresponding [official] firmware update for whatever version of Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker you download.

Download:
Official PSP Firmware Updates
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 4.01
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.90 (fixed)
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.80
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.71
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 3.60
Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 1.50

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One simple [Windows] executable to rule them all… Rain’s IPL Injection Test. It’s straight to the point, it displays runtime output should your experience be a successful or unsuccessful one, and it is indeed simple.

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PSP Veteran, RainMotorsports, has an alternative to the Windows app directly below this one. Once more — handle all your PSP Pandora Battery needs with ease.

Like I said; Rain’s Simple MMS Maker is similar to roe-ur-boat’s PSP Pandora Deluxe — only it doesn’t require the .NET Framework, it’s one executable (no installer or uninstaller), the obvious cosmetic differences, and other things here and there… So get down, the choice is yours.

Simple MMS Maker v1.0 features:

• Create a DCv7 MMS to install 4.01 OFW/M33 + (Optional 1.50 Kernel Addon)
• Create a DCv5 MMS to install 3.90 OFW/M33 + (Optional 1.50 Kernel Addon)
• Create a DCv4 MMS to install 3.80 OFW/M33 + (Optional 1.50 Kernel Addon)
• Create a DCv3 MMS to install 3.71 OFW/M33 + (Optional 1.50 Kernel Addon)
• Create a Classic Pandora MMS to install 1.50 Official
• Can Create a Multi Install MMS with DCv7, DCv5 and One Other
• Install USB Version Fake Plugin
• Format Memory Stick and Install TM IPL
• Backup or Restore Memory Stick
• Create Default Folders
• Edit TM Config

Download: Rain’s Simple MMS Maker v1.0

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