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Tired of your XMB icons? Why not hack it?

Posted Dec 28, 2006 at 7:15PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: kgsws, Lua, psp homebrews, XMB

Nope, the image on the right isn't fake. And yes, it is a screenshot of a hacked XMB. Are you interested yet?

We know our handheld's XMB looks fine and well already but changes are sometimes good. As much as you don't want to be wearing the same clothes every day and eating the same food every meal, we are pretty sure you don't want that for your PSP either. XMB Icon Hacking is a Lua application created by homebrew coder kgsws.

As the name implies, the application allows for changing icons on our XMB. It was originally made for 1.5 FWs. Although kgsws isn't sure if there will be complications with other firmwares, he suggested just the same to use custom ones so as to avoid problems.

And lastly in case you're wondering, the images included in the application can be edited using a PC. We know you're still kind of having doubts about this one so we deemed it necessary to include this short video first. The download link can be found after the clip.

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Hi,

I tried it on a OE-A and I bricked my PSP. So I think that it also doesnt work on a OE-B :(

But you can try it yourself because there is still the recovery-mode...

I got to wait till my PSP-Battery is at 75% an then i will dump a 1.5 and try to use the MOD with dh.

(I think it dont works because fw at 2.0 or above have 6 icons and 1.5 has just 5)

# just a quick idea — Guest 2006-12-29 00:35

***** ya just put a 6.bmp but if u did u might have to edit some code

# woow — Guest 2006-12-29 01:41

This Looks really good! make it OE compatible!

# ... — Guest 2006-12-29 03:57

http://static.twoday.net/rip/images/shutup.jpg

Seriously if your gonna do sumthin' like this you better be damned well sure you know what your doing!

# Needs Editing — Guest 2006-12-29 04:06

QUOTE (by kgsws):

... can anybody fix

http://pspupdates.qj.net/Tired-of-yo...g/49/aid/77567

it is NOT in LUA ... and it needs text "only for 1.50" in red

# true — Guest 2006-12-29 04:24

true

whats the point anyway ?

# Hold your horses. — Guest 2006-12-29 04:43

Dax is working on it.

# . — Guest 2006-12-29 06:12

awesome

# . — Guest 2006-12-29 06:25

So why would you want this??????????

# i agree... — Guest 2006-12-29 06:46

ya, i semibricked my psp cause of this now i have to reflash the old top menu plugin

# . — Guest 2006-12-29 07:04

People who can make better icons would want this.

I'll wait until it's available for OE-B

# ... — Guest 2006-12-29 07:49

i am never touching topmenuplugin ever again, briked my 2.8 a few months back messin with it. THIS WILL NOT WORK ON ANY FIRMWARE 2.0+, it uses a different format of topmenu_plugin. BEWARE

# DNT WORK !! — Guest 2006-12-29 08:29

i tried this i put the top_menu.rco in my resource and when i tried it on devhook 3.2 it just froze ??? so... i your gonna try theres no point!!

# Background — Guest 2006-12-29 08:54

Since we can change things like this.. does it mean we could some day maybe chance the animated background?

# look!! — Guest 2006-12-29 10:44

there is one for 2.50 and up

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=2733462

havn't tried it but be warned YOU ALONE are responsible if your psp bricks

# I doubt it — Guest 2006-12-29 10:45

the background in the xmb is probably not video, im guessing its all code so to have a custom animated background a person would need to first understand the code and rewrite theres own version

# ??? — Guest 2006-12-29 12:54

Can you go back to the original incase you want to?

If so how?

# 123456 — Guest 2006-12-29 13:05

its for like only 1.5

# PLEASE PLEASE TELL!!!!!!!!! — Guest 2006-12-29 13:06

Ok i have a ta-082 psp and it's a 3.02 oe-b and i used this and now every time i turn on my psp it starts up all the way to the time display and stops and frezzes!What is up with that can i get it to stop that?

# RE: please help me — Guest 2006-12-29 13:15

idunno lol i guess ur scr*wed

# Heres what ya do — Guest 2006-12-29 13:17

get firmware 3.02oe customizer.

"http://pspupdates.qj.net/index.php?pg+49+aid+76992 "

flash the default topmenu.rco

but first you have to put the program in your recovery console, just hold the R button at start up and youll see where to put it

# yes — Guest 2006-12-29 13:43

I tried it, it works but some of the icons nder "Network" are invisible

# ya check this out.. — Guest 2006-12-29 14:22

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id+psp+thread.id+2733462

i a;ready did works fine exept for some missing icons but they still work

# HERE IT IS — Guest 2006-12-29 14:26

sry i posted the wrong link here it is

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id+psp+thread.id+2733462

# hey — Guest 2006-12-29 14:41

how come my psps right arrow is stuck (like internally) ?

in other words the right arrow isnt pressed but yet on the screen its as if the right arrow was pressed.

# =_+ — Guest 2006-12-29 15:21

y do we care about this that looks so gay and its bound to brick psp's everywhere

# i — Guest 2006-12-29 15:55

guess you cant emagine how it would look if u dont know how the ps3 icons are!

# it is — Guest 2006-12-29 15:55

it is oe compatble

# GTFOTArticle — Guest 2006-12-29 16:49

you can change it

# oh yeah well... — PSPZorZ 2006-12-29 17:20

at least we didn't get CALZOWNED!

# crap — Guest 2006-12-29 17:28

thats look like crap, dont see why ppl would try that *****

# for all you who say it looks like crap.... — Guest 2006-12-29 18:14

those arent the only icons that work idiots, you can change them to whatever you want as long as it meets the specs of the original

# hmm — Guest 2006-12-29 18:26

Well, They DID manage to make it so you can get rid of the waves...who knows

# hahaha — Guest 2006-12-29 19:05

u guys crack me up lol, noobs lol!

# you're idiots — Guest 2006-12-29 19:08

who in their right mind would want letters for the xmb icons? they are there for examples..... f uckin g tards.

# original icons — hyphyasian 2006-12-29 19:41

how can u get the original icons back....need help

# ... — Guest 2006-12-29 23:36

plz can someone post instructions on how to use it.plz coz the instructions u get wiv da package (readme) is'nt very good at all theres a few programes and i dnt know how to work them all.... so can sumone very kindly post sum betta instructions ? cheers

# lol! — Xulap 2006-12-30 01:48

lol!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! acme! lol nice one!

# bah — Guest 2006-12-30 05:14

even with other icon it loks like s hit , stop kissin ass all you ppl that are "thi5 1t5 c0ol, y0u rox"

# sony owned again — Guest 2006-12-30 06:18

2.80 dg releaced

# it works — Guest 2006-12-30 10:45

its partially working on oe-b its just missing a few icons

# AHH — Guest 2006-12-31 03:05

I THINK I BRICKED MY PSP!! PLZZ HELP I AM NOT JOCKING. when i turn it on it loads but then it freezes and it turns off!! anyways to fix it? pllzz heellp

# huh? — Guest 2006-12-31 07:55

I know 2.80 downgrader is released.... but my psp is a TA-082! Darn... can downgrade yet...

# bricked 1.5 PSP i guess. — Guest 2006-12-31 11:01

i bricked i guess.. now everytime i turn on my psp it it passes the opening screen but it freezes after .. can it be fixed? i cant go to recovery i didnt have it installed i guess..

# how about.. — Guest 2006-12-31 12:08

could u add support for the alpha channel (semi transparency)? also i need help... i got some rly good icons, 64x64 bmp but for sum reason its like 2x the size of the weird letter icons and it wont accept them

# SHUT UP b00n!!!!!!11111one — Guest 2007-01-18 04:43

AMAGAD!!!!!!11111one

DipSh17

# HELP — Guest 2007-01-19 15:49

everytime i turn on my psp it it passes the opening screen but it freezes after .. can it be fixed? i cant go to recovery i didnt have it installed , can it be fixed?txxxx

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