Recovery Mode Items explained

[Colt-Crime]

Recovery Mode Menu Items Explained

This will describe the various Recovery Menu Items and what they generally do


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M33 Recovery Menu
Main Menu

Toggle USB
Configuration ->
Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP
Advanced ->
CPU Speed ->
Plugins ->
Registry hacks ->
Exit


Toggle USB
This will activate the USB connection without the need to goto the XMB


Configuration
This takes you to the firmware settings page.....


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M33 Recovery Menu
Configuration

Back

Skip Sony logo
Hide corrupt icons
Game folder homebrew
Autorun program at /PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP
UMD Mode
Fake region
Free UMD region
Hard reset on homebrew
Use VSH Menu
XMB USB Device
Charge BAttery when usb cable plugged


Skip Sony Logo
This will skip the Sony Comuter Entertainment logo at the startup of the psp

Hide Corrupt Icons
If you have corrupt icons as a result of installing homebrew, then this will get rid of them (sometimes the corrupt icons cant be deleted or the homebrew wont work, this option safly hides them)

Game Folder Homebrew
This lets you choose what kernel the GAME folder will be ran under, but since we are on a psp slim, we dont need to bother with this setting

Autorun Program
This can be used to boot a homebrew at startup of the psp, useful if you messed up a custom theme and want to reflash it, you could place the program into the folder specified and it would run the homebrew

UMD Mode
This can be changed to choose how ISO files are loaded, using one of the drivers here can let you run an ISO without the need for a UMD in the drive

Fake Region
If you imported a jap psp and it has lots of menu items that you dont find in the euro version, you can set your psp to the euro region using this setting

Free UMD Region
This will let your psp load any UMD video from ANY region

Hard Reset On Homebrew
This will perform a hard reset of your psp when you load homebrew, not quite sure of the significance of this so i just keep it enabled

Use VSH Menu
This will let you change some of the UMD and Memory stick related Recovery Mode Ffunctions without having to reload the recovery menu, it can be done from the XMB

XMD USB Device
This can redirect the usb mode to the memory stick, the umd, or the flash memory

Charge Battery When USB Cable Plugged
This will recharge your slims battery when you plug in the USB cable, you dont have to activate the usb mode to do the recharging, this way you can play games and recharge via usb at the same time


Run Program At /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP
This is not used anymore in the slim, it used to be known as the recovery folder, but its useless on the slim


Advanced


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M33 Recovery Menu
Advanced

Back

Advanced Configuration ->
Toggle USB (Flash0)
Toggle USB (Flash1)
Toggle USB (Flash2)
Toggle USB (Flash3)
Format Flash1 and reset settings


Advanced Configuration
This contains only 2 options, "Plain modules in UMD/ISO" and "Execute BOOT.BIN in UMD/ISO"
These are disabled by default and are not needed to run your psp for anything else apart from advanced debugging. You dont need to use these settings ever!

Toggle USB
The toggle USB option in here gives you access to your psp flash memory, unless you really know what your doing you never need to access these flash files, you can brick your psp if you mess about with these files!

Format Flash1 And Reset Settings
This can be used to reset all your psp settings to factory default, you also need to run this if you have just installed custom firmware for the first time


CPU Speed
This lets you change the CPU speed in both the XMB and Games, setting the CPU speed higher will make some games run alot smoother, but will drain the battery quicker. Most people believe that increasing the CPU speed is harmful to the psp, this is untrue and overclocking the CPU to 333mhz is now officially supported by sony for the games and has been used by sony for a while in the POPSTATION PSX emulator

Plugins
Here is where you can activate any plugins you have installed to your memory stick, apps like cfwcheat and cheatdevice need to be turned on in here, but dont use too many at the same time, especially if they do the same things

Registry Hacks
You have 3 simple options in here, you can activate the WMA and Flash playing capabilitys of the psp without an internet connection and if you imported a psp and the X and O buttons are mixed up, you can swap them here too

Exit
Restarts the psp


Hope this all makes sense for you guys, and hope you had as much fun reading it as my poor little fingers had typing it

[Fox4ever]

Good job

[eltattooma]

thanks very much....i was needing that..

[Colt-Crime]

Don't worry there will be more guides comming in soon.

[the prince]

thanx pal