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Give your PSP a slick look with the ultimate black XMB

Posted Feb 22, 2007 at 11:47PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: innercy, psp homebrews, savedata, XMB

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Remember undertaxxx? Well, if you you could recall those XMB battery edits that you've grown so fond of, then you probably have heard of this guy because he is the creator of those mods. Anyhow, going through our forums, we were informed that he has concocted another way to pimp your PSP's XMB - the "ultimate" black PSP XMB. Check out the screens we got here:

Anyhow, undertaxxx mentioned that this was originally made by SÃ©rgio Catumba and Innercy, but he decided to re-style everything on the XMB so that it would look perfect with the high-res icons. The package includes the following:

32 bits High-Res Black Icons
32 bits High-Res Battery Icon
32 bits High-Res Volume bar
32 Bits month background + Bogus Waves
32 Bits High Res Load Icon (game, savedata, photo & corrupt)
32 bits High Res Load Circle (Right Corner thing)
Xmb line, Shadow, Selectbar customized to Black/CromÃ©
All other thats included and i forgot

He also mentions that this slick-looking XMB isn't gonna work on Dark_AleX's 3.10 OE. With all that said, the download link below contains the zip files for the Devianart icons noir black styled and the black glass photo load icon.

Download: ['Ultimate' black XMB]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

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Why not just downgrade to 3.03 OE-C?

That's what I ended up doing last week. I decided it was awesome to be able to customise my XMB and there are really no downsides to downgrading. There is a plugin to have 3.10 POPS on the 3.03 OE-C and the only other feature in 3.10 OE is a little thing in the web browser to make pages load a little faster. So downgrade today!!! It's worth it.

# flash — Guest 2007-02-23 12:06

go into recovery mode on your (preferably) 3.03 OE-C psp. although 3.10 OE will work just not with the topmenu_plugin.rco file. Then once in recovery go to advanced and then enable usb flash0 or whatever it says. then on your computer first back up that whole directory into a folder on your computer just in case. then copy the files in the download overwrite the files in ...whatever directories they are in on your psp flash. then disconnect the usb and go to your xmb and BAM...amazingness.

# white icons > black icons on black back — Guest 2007-02-23 12:21

innercy's white icons look better than the black ones on a black background like that, IMO, you should try it out and decide for your self.

# help — Guest 2007-02-23 12:26

how come when i change the 1 -12.bmp file my screen is white???

# huh? — Guest 2007-02-23 12:31

is it really complicated to install this?

# 2.81 — Guest 2007-02-23 12:49

will this update work with the version 2.81

# ~ — Guest 2007-02-23 13:25

Pretty nice theme. I think we can do without the "32 bit high res" stuff though. I doubt it makes a difference to most people here :3

# Help — Guest 2007-02-23 14:13

I flashed everything from the files, and yet I get a white screen. I'm using 3.10 oe-a. I even went to theme, and set it to original but there are no options and I can only click X and it does nothing. Please help!

# ... — Guest 2007-02-23 14:25

WELL OF COURSE

Topmenu customizations (ie custom XMB icons) do not work in 3.10. They were blocked by Sony. Downgrade to 3.03 OE-C (the same way you would if you were upgrading it), then install the theme again, and it should work.

# I — Guest 2007-02-23 14:35

Just delete everything that has to do with custom firmware to downgrade?

# holy crap — Crazy_Chris 2007-02-23 14:57

this is friggin pimp i have everything on

# unknow — Guest 2007-02-23 16:11

i got this information how to do it from www.GamePlaySolution.com

*"Custom XMB Icons" folder - contains 146 custom xmb icons

*"topmenu_plugin.rco flasher" folder - contains the flasher that goes into either your GAME folder or GAME150 folder

*"Topmenu Generator* - this is an app for your computer that creates the topmenu_plugin.rco out of the 6 icons you choose

Instructions

*Download and extract the contents of the zip folder to your computer

*I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICKED YOUR PSP, this wont brick your psp though, its safe

Creating the topmenu_plugin.rco

*on your computer

*doubleclick the topmenu.exe in the topmenu generator folder

*choose your firmware (choosing 3.02 OE will work for 3.02 OE-A')

*now choose your icons by clicking on the "browse" button and choosing the icon your want

*after you picked out your six icons, press the "create" button

*then a folder should pop up with your custom topmenu_plugin.rco

Flashing the topmenu_plugin.rco to your psp

*extract the contents of top_menu.rco flasher folder into either the GAME (1.5, 2.5 users) or GAME150 folder(3.02oe, 3.03 oe users)

*copy custom topmenu_plugin.rco from the folder that popped up after you clicked the "create folder"

*go on your psp and run the topmenu_plugin.rco flasher app

*press "o" to flash the topmenu_plugin.rco to your flash0

# n/t — Guest 2007-02-23 16:18

theme looks great on my psp

two things though

a) the gameboot doesnt work

and

b) where do i get the font/how do i install it

# Yeah Nice theme, but ..... — Guest 2007-02-23 16:54

Created the battery mod? Wow QJ is full of idiots. Ohh yeah thats like saying columbus found US when indians were here. Undertaxx you aint ***** w/o zingaburga's app, so pay your respects & stop acting like your on some DAX level.

# simple to fix — Guest 2007-02-23 17:08

navigate to Settings, Theme Settings, go down one, and you're set to the black background!

# i can help — Guest 2007-02-23 17:37

i had the same problem so im downgrading back to 1.50 then to 3.03OC-C :) i can help if you need it

# what — Guest 2007-02-23 17:49

what is required to get this download

# helllllppp — Guest 2007-02-23 17:55

hey can some one help me get this in my psp in a simple way i can understand plz thx

# help — Guest 2007-02-23 18:06

if you have 3.03 OE-C how do you get the black theme cause i heard you could brick it by getting a black theme on 3.03 OE-C

# fasq — Guest 2007-02-23 19:15

What should I delete o get some free space?

# flashing — zaniar 2007-02-23 19:18

u guys really like to fill up ur flash dont ya?

# Just installed — Guest 2007-02-23 19:26

I installed it via USB cable and it looks too good!

Not eaven too hard to install, or uninstall...

# simply — Guest 2007-02-23 19:33

beautiful, thak you very much!

# ... — Guest 2007-02-23 19:40

I also need more free space...im semi bricked now... need free space and dont have orginal files to flash back with

# ... — Guest 2007-02-23 19:46

nvm i got flash agent to get 2.5MB free space. I had the flash really full and flash agent ask if i wanted to relink dummy files.

# jealous — Guest 2007-02-23 21:07

i am very jealous of anyone who can install this. I'm on 3.10oe and i'm not going to downgrade but man oh man if i was on 3.03oe i would not b upgrading right now

# to the guy above — Guest 2007-02-23 23:20

ya commyostrich there is NOT a plugin for 3.03 OE-C to run 3.10 P.O.P.S on it you must be mistaken for the plugin that runs ANY POPS on 3.10 if you downgrade to 3.03 OE-C you lose 3.10 POPS and gain topmenu_plugin.rco whoopdey friggin doo

# do'h — Guest 2007-02-23 23:37

3.11??, sorry mate but your screwed. No homebrew, 480 movies, prx`s, custom waves, icons, backgrounds, fonts, gameboots or iso for you

# downgrade — Guest 2007-02-24 00:07

can you ruin the 3.03 OE-C update on a 3.10 OE-A' or do u have to downgrade back to 1.5 before you can update to 3.03OE-C

# downgrade — Guest 2007-02-24 00:12

can you ruin the 3.03 OE-C update on a 3.10 OE-A' or do u have to downgrade back to 1.5 before you can update to 3.03OE-C

# LMAO — Guest 2007-02-24 00:42

Why not just update to 3.03 OE-C. Its hell of a lot better.

# lol — Guest 2007-02-24 02:05

First Post wewt! lol ZOMG

# this is stupid — Guest 2007-02-24 02:23

this doesn't even fit on ur flash memory on 3.03 oe-c. poorly designed

# WANKER — Guest 2007-02-24 03:00

THIS IS A PICE OF ***** IT FULLY BRICKED MY PSP ***** YOU WHO EVER MADE THIS ARE YOU RETARDED OR SOMETHING I HOPE YOU DIE ALONG WITH YOUR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES

U MOTHER *****ING PICE OF ***** I HOPE YOU DIE

# Think bout it — Guest 2007-02-24 03:48

Why doesn't someone just mix and match 3.03 OE-C and 3.10 OE-A? So you will have pops fix and also custom themes. Good idea or brick? Ill find out and post back.

# ^YOU UP THERE — RaiderX 2007-02-24 04:15

WOW, 3.10 POPS! WOOOOO!!! Some people don't play PSX at all, and some people don't have any problems with the 3.03 and 3.02 POPS.

Above 2 replies, who cares if your flash has more space taken up? Wow, its less than 1mb total for me, and I still have more than 1mb free. Who cares if its full? Its not going to explode open

# 1 — Guest 2007-02-24 05:03

does it look good on a white psp ?

# awww man — Guest 2007-02-24 05:33

Hey I tried replacing those files...

ended up saying not enough disk space... any ideas?

is the 1-12.bmp file too big?

# how to install it — Guest 2007-02-24 06:45

To install it download the ultimate black theme pack, and then turn ur psp off completely, then turn on ur psp holding the R trigger until u see the recovery menu, u then go to advanced, connnect ur USB to the computer and PSP, then go to Toggle USB (flash0), when u go there ur Psp folder should come up and u should many folders, go to the folder named "vsh" and then go to the folder named "resource", make a copy of this folder so this can be your back up in case it doesnt work, after u did that go back to the ultimate black theme pack and put all the files into the resource folder and click yes to all to replace all the files. If it says file is too big or disk is full exit this and download flash agent F4, download it and drag the folder in Game150, once dowloaded go to ur psp and load up Flash Agent F4 once loaded up, go to relink dummy files and this should free up about 2.5 mb of flash0, once u did that repeat this whole process agan, once u did that go to exit recovery menu and voila new psp theme, if creen is whiote go to theme settings and go to wallpaper and put do not use, then go to theme and go to original. and if this doesnt work then im sorry i dod not know whats the problem, just replace the ultimate black theme with ur old backup files.

# wat??? — Guest 2007-02-24 07:07

ur a *****

# HELP — Guest 2007-02-24 07:10

Use Flash Agent F4 and free some spcae by going to remove dumblinks

# Dumb ASS — Guest 2007-02-24 07:13

I said above, and there waz another article on the other page...USE FLASH AGENT F4!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

# U ***** — Guest 2007-02-24 07:16

Ur such a *****, how iz it the creator's Fault...anywayz did u even try to trun it on and press R- sholder button? RETARD

# help please — Guest 2007-02-24 07:20

How do I get the the green lines off from the right side while keeping everything else?

# How do u install it in your psp??? — Guest 2007-02-24 07:47

How do u install this onto your psp???

# NO! — Guest 2007-02-24 07:51

not true...i have the pop blood and claws gameboot it works perfect n00b

# Install — Guest 2007-02-24 07:53

Thanks a lot for the help there, I got it to work after being kinda scared of using the flash agent XD. Luckly everything worked fine. Thanks!

# WTF!!! — Guest 2007-02-24 08:01

now my Browser, Savedata, and Location Free Icons dont show, can ne1 help?

# anyone? — Guest 2007-02-24 08:01

anyone know?

# Bricked flash0 — Guest 2007-02-24 08:26

Somebody help my i tried to install this xmb on flash 0 and now it doesn't want to turn on,or enter recovery mode(i have 3.03 oe-c )pls HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

# 3.03 OE-C — Guest 2007-02-24 08:43

These files are too big for 3.03 OE-C. Because 3.03 OE-C takes up too much flash space.

# AAAHCK — Guest 2007-02-24 08:45

AHHHH I NEEED THIS

# ???? — Guest 2007-02-24 08:58

than on wich fw can you instal it to :?

# psh — Guest 2007-02-24 10:23

if you're running 3.03 OE-C.. you could just get rid of the web browser by going into recovery mode and go to advanced then toggle usb flash0.. then get rid of the files in the resources under vsh i think it is.. and delete all the ones that start with "html".. that worked for me

# 3.03 OE-C — Guest 2007-02-24 10:26

yes u can use it on 3.03 OE-c if u dont have space use flash agent F4 i have a tutorial look up ahead and read it,

# gameboot — Guest 2007-02-24 10:29

i made an intro gameboot movie for it, can someone please put it in pmf format and link it here? thanks

http://www.consollead.com/pspattempt.mov

# here — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:35

dont get mad but u have a semi-brick, get a 1.5 EBOOT and leave it in ur desktop, make a new folder called RECOVERY and put the 1.5 Eboot in there, make sure the update eboot is named UPDATE.pbp****, after this turn off ur psp completely and then turn on ur psp holding the R trigger so u can go into recovery menu, from there launch toggle USB go to PSP, then GAME and place the recovery folder there, and then go back to the recovery menu and launch "Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP" once u do that u will go back to 1.5 and upgrade that to watever u want.

# listen — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:41

the way u can take off the green lines off from the right side while keeping everything else is by going to the recovery menu, go to advanced, then go to Toggle USB (flash0) and then go to vsh and then go to resource folder and replace the "01-12" photo there with the original one(ur backup)

# ummm — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:48

take out ur battery or charge it, does the green light come on?

# um — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:50

try using Flash Agent F4 to free up space and then replace the files, i had the same problems

# um — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:53

3.02 OE-C(not really sure) but definetly 3.03 OE-A 3.03 OE-B and 3.03 OE-C(which i have)

# um — BryanJoelP 2007-02-24 10:57

i think u should go to a gameboot request for that cuz i dont know how to do that sorry.

# problem — Guest 2007-02-24 11:58

it says i ran out of room and i only get 28 kb of space on my second directory so it doesnt fit. what should i do?

# asds — Guest 2007-02-24 12:08

i didnt try yet but THANKS for putting all this together 4 real!! WE APPRECIATE UR WORK!!

# HELP!!! — Guest 2007-02-24 12:49

Hpw do u install it if u have 3.11 ???

# Awesome — Guest 2007-02-24 15:45

This is one of my favorite downloads for the past few months! This is plain ownage!

# Honeybunchesofo ats — Cerealboxloser 2007-02-24 17:40

WOO been lookn for sumtn like this for a while...super simple love the wallpaper...kinda big though but flash agent took care of that

# WTF — Guest 2007-02-24 21:15

Why do the dl links never work on this site. It is really pissing me off. Can anybody give me one?

# !! - IMPORTANT - !! — Guest 2007-02-25 07:29

Please learn about the North American Union, Skull & Bones, Bohemian Grove...

Please download and watch the movie " 911 Mysteries " and the movie " Loose Change " (2nd Edition)... They can be found on Google Video and also on torrent sites.

Please visit www.infowars.com and listen to the radio program there in Winamp, for real news of what is happening in the world.

# wtf dude. — Guest 2007-02-25 08:59

Well firstly, why bother pretending to be Dark_AleX, when your not, and stop some sh*tty advertising, becuase its pointless. I dont like you, no-one else does. Flame me, by all means, but your just fighting a loosing battle, with yourself.

/rant over.

# damn — Guest 2007-02-25 13:11

my psp's all messed up now...

So I tried copying all the files over, but I was getting that "disk is full" message, so went to check the FlashAgent, but when I tried activating the USB connection, it just froze and turned itself off. U can still access the recovery menu, and all subfolders but again it freezes up when I choose one of the options like "system information" or "battery information". It just turns itself off.

The UMD in the PSP runs fine - unable to try iso's due to not being able to connect it to the PC.

I backed up the 01-12.bmp and topmenu_plugin.rco files to my PC but restoring them hasn't helped (I forgot to back up the other files when overwriting them with all the files from the black XMB above).

Tried restoring it to 1.5 but I can't because I can't activate the USB to connect to my PC.

# help — Guest 2007-02-25 13:29

do i just put the files into my flash0??

cuz if i do i becomes to big for my flash memory?

i dunno can remove stuff?

or wat?

# help — Guest 2007-02-25 13:48

wen overwriting the files in stuff become to big for the flash0 memory..wat i do?

# fdf — Guest 2007-02-26 06:47

erm i have 2.01 psp what firmware do i need?? and u guys got links to detailed tutorial, just think if u asnwer me then no more ppl will post how do u do this.

# Bacon — Guest 2007-02-27 09:59

in flash0, has anyone noticed the popcorn.prx?

haha. whats that for?

# install — Guest 2007-03-01 09:32

how do u install this on 3.03 OE-C??????

# i need help pleasee — Guest 2007-03-01 12:30

I am having the same problem. I installed the pack again but the waves arent showing up if anybody knows how to fix the problem please tell me.

Emali me at manvirkingra@ho tmail.com

# well./ — Guest 2007-03-02 11:16

hey guys do u know how to to put xmb or flash0 or w.e but help me i am new to this xmb

# help plz — Guest 2007-03-02 21:35

could u install this on a normal psp 3.03 coz i havnt got a chipped psp and if u do need it chipped can sum1 tell me how to get it chipped.and how much it will cost

thx vair much dan g

# downgrade!! — Guest 2007-03-05 14:34

dude you can downgrade to 3.03oe

# !!!!!!!! — Guest 2007-03-06 11:36

WOW!!!!!

I WANT THIS!!!! Z0mG33333333!!!!!

rofl, jk.

Nice job, I love it.

Nicko01

# yep — Guest 2007-03-06 21:02

This is pretty nice. Doesn't seem to have any keypress sounds though...? Maybe I'm missing something

# uh — Guest 2007-03-06 21:07

If you have to ask that question, you shouldn't have custom firmware in the first place.

The answer is NO.... you have to put the recovery folder on your mem stick and go thru Recovery mode to enable the downgrade.

But considering that you thought you delete stuff to downgrade.... you shouldn't try it, you'll probably brick your PSP.

# -.- — Guest 2007-03-06 21:10

You bricked your PSP by simple XMB editing? You dont deserve a PSP.... have fun with child's play.

# sweet ass of jesus I anna lick it — Guest 2007-03-08 20:42

.....and my anus bleeds like a forest stream

# wth? — Guest 2007-03-09 17:06

dont be sorry that ur a noob. Educate urself and stop asking stupid questions! Im tired of all these noobs going lke help me do this or that...and im dumb when it comes to my psp...well guess what? ur dumb in more than just ur psp! Frickin noobs!!!

# HELLLLLLLLLLLLP PP!!!!!! — Guest 2007-03-10 12:51

where i put this file on my psp??? i have prob to put rar files on my psp

# help — Guest 2007-03-10 14:42

how do u install this on xmb theme on the version 3.11

# help — Guest 2007-03-10 14:44

how do u install this on xmb theme on the version 3.11

# lost... — Guest 2007-03-11 12:49

I dont understand how you get to the advanced setting thingy... After I turen off my psp, do the R thing and turn it back on...nothing happens....can someone help me?

# fdsfsdg — Guest 2007-03-13 10:45

sfsadfgsdg

# recovery mode — Guest 2007-03-17 09:37

turn off the PSP. then turn it on while holding the R trigger. this doesn't work for me to enter recovery mode. is there something i'm doing wrong (any n00b comments will be ignored)

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