Undiluted Platinum PSP Modchip Flashing Application |
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We have received word from the Undiluted Platinum Team that they have released their PSP modchip flashing application. This tool will allow you to reflash the Undiluted Platinum onboard NAND. Once reflashed you can reboot your PSP and it will automatically boot your new firmware. Hold down the L Trigger, click your heels together twice and you will be whisked back to Kansas and your original PSP firmware. The application installation is very simple and from the GUI you can tell that reflashing your chip will be a snap.
The ability to have the features of more then one firmware was recently discovered by some PSP gamers with 1.5's with DevHook. However with the Undiluted Platinum and PSP modchip flashing application everyone can enjoy all the features Sony provides with their PSP handheld as well homebrew and switch between the two with ease. A very clean application that provides PSP gamers a simple way to enjoy both worlds.
They have delayed the release of their new diagrams until tomorrow in order to complete and release the flashing application.
Download: [ Undiluted Platinum PSP Modchip Flashing Application ]
Installing the USB Drivers
A setup program is provided which will install both the Undiluted Platinum Flasher and associated USB drivers. Please run the setup program and ensure the USB drivers have been installed BEFORE connecting the U.P. to your PC for the first time. The procedure for installing the USB drivers is as follows (for Windows XP, other Windows versions may differ):
1. Install the Undiluted Platinum Flasher and USB drivers using the setup program. This will copy the USB drivers onto your system but they will not yet be properly associated with the U.P. USB device.
2. Turn on your PSP while holding LEFT on the D-PAD to place it in programming mode.
3. Using the provided USB cable, connect the U.P. to your PSP. IMPORTANT: do not connect the USB cable to the U.P. until AFTER the PSP is turned on.
4. The "Found New Hardware" wizard should appear. If you are asked if you would like to connect to windows update to search for software, select "No, not this time".
5. The wizard will give you the option of either installing software automatically or from a list or specific location. Select "Install the software automatically".
6. Windows will install drivers for a "FTDI FT8U2XX Device" which is the USB chipset used by the U.P. Once the driver installation is complete you will be able to use the Undiluted Platinum Flasher.
Flashing the Undiluted Platinum
The Undiluted Platinum Flasher is used to write a NAND flash image to the U.P. Such flash images could be 1.0/1.50 firmware or even custom made firmware. The procedure for writing a NAND flash image to the U.P. is as follows:
1. Connect the U.P. USB connector board to the FPC cable located in the PSP battery compartment. Make sure this is connected the right way around, with the side of the FPC containing the exposed metal contacts facing upwards.
2. Load the Undiluted Platinum Flasher application.
3. Place the PSP in programming mode by holding LEFT on the D-PAD as you power it on.
4. Using the provided USB cable, connect the U.P. to your PSP. IMPORTANT: do not connect the USB cable to the U.P. until AFTER the PSP is turned on.
5. Click "Connect".
6. Click "Write Flash" and then select the desired NAND flash image.
7. Wait for writing to complete. This will take some time so please be patient.
8. Turn off the PSP (standby, not suspend).
The flasher application can also be used to read from either PSP onboard flash or U.P. flash, and help diagnose installation problems. Whilst interfacing with the U.P. hardware, the flash application conducts tests which will verify the integrity of the installation. Should the tests fail, the following error will be reported by the PC side software: "Diagnostic tests failed, please check your installation". We advise you to use the application to make a backup of your PSP onboard flash as soon as possible and keep this backup in a secure place, just in case anything ever happens to your PSP flash (like if a nasty "bricking" virus appears, etc).
Troubleshooting
What operating systems are supported?
Windows 2000 and upwards. Windows 95, 98, ME and NT4 are not currently supported. Linux is not supported.
I received the following error: "Failed to connect to U.P!"
This error occurs when the flasher application could not establish a communication link with the U.P. Possible causes include the following:
1. The USB drivers are not correctly installed, please use the setup application to install them
2. The USB cable was plugged into the U.P. USB connector board before the PSP was powered on. Disconnect the USB cable, power the PSP off then back on while holding LEFT on the D_PAD to enable programming mode and then finally re-connect the USB cable.
I received the following error: "Diagnostic tests failed, please check your installation"
This error occurs when the integrity checks performed by the flasher application fail. Such a failure usually results from an error in the installation such as missing or incorrect connections from the FPC cable to the PSP motherboard. Please verify your installation.
I received the following error: "A communication error has occurred!"
This error occurs when there is a communication error during a read or write operation. Possible causes include the following:
1. The PSP has been turned off
2. The connection with the PSP has been broken (ie: USB cable has been disconnected)
3. The USB connector board is not properly attached to the FPC cable. Please ensure that it is attached securely.
I received the following error: "Unable to write idstore area!"
This error occurs when the flasher application is unable to write the "ID Storage" area of flash. The NAND flash used by the PSP and Undiluted Platinum may contain bad blocks and when one of these bad blocks is encountered the data must be "re-mapped" to take into account the inability to store data in this area. The data stored on flash is divided into three segments - IPL (2%), ID Storage (0.7%) and FAT filesystem (97%). In the current implementation the flasher application is able to re-map data when bad blocks are found in the IPL or FAT area but not the ID Storage area. Support for re-mapping data when bad block(s) are found in the ID Storage area is planned for a future release.
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I suppose it's really coming. I'll wait and see if the soldering process is a pain or not. I'm cool with DevHook for now. XD
yea i wish i could even get devhook on my 2.6 peace of shiznit so ive been waiting for this modchip for a while now...
can we flash our psp with 2.6 and put 1.5 on the mem card or do we need the modchip
!?
Is there a point of having this application right now or did the U.P. actually come out already behind my back? XD
HAY GIES ITSSS LOL MAN HEAR AND I CUM TO TELL YUU GIES THAT YUE NEID TU GET THIZZED OWT AND GET HYPHY
well, i like the this and the firmware is good and everything, but how difficult is it for the average joe to install the Modchip on the psp and using it?
Its not clear to me... Can you have a 2.xx+ psp and emulate 1.5
this is for the modchip..
you need to use the modchips own usb connection.
it flashes the nands directly..
you cant use this app without the modchip.. duh..
#8 it yes but u have 2 flash memories. no need to emulate 1.5 it would be full 1.5
God damn it why do i have to keep doing this?
>>can we flash our psp with 2.6 and put 1.5 on the mem card or do we need the modchip
Its called having 2 firmwares that you can switch between, dear. Not having the other firmware on your ms. Are you really that stupid?
>>HAY GIES ITSSS LOL MAN HEAR AND I CUM TO TELL YUU GIES THAT YUE NEID TU GET THIZZED OWT AND GET HYPHY
Get the f*ck outa here.
>>Its not clear to me... Can you have a 2.xx+ psp and emulate 1.5
No. This is not about emulating, this is about having 2 flash chips in your psp internally and being able to switch between them.
For all of you that doesnt understand this, i hope you buy it and f*ck your psp's up, your a waste of space and do not contribute.
I looked in this file a bit.. and found that its encypted using UPX encypter...why would they encypt the file for?? Could it be that they are trying to keep something from us? Programs that are made for the community are usually unencrypted....
12, pcx - UPX is a file packer (see compressor). It isn't encryption as far as I know.
But I have to say, it seems suspicious to me that they would release this before releasing the product. What is the point, if not to make their product look real? If there product *is* real, why bother forcing it? Hrmm...
No way in hell am i going to solder 20 wires and cut a track, just to get a modchip working on my psp....long live dev hook! my ps2 didn't even have 20 wires to solder in!
>>No way in hell am i going to solder 20 wires and cut a track, just to get a modchip working on my psp....long live dev hook! my ps2 didn't even have 20 wires to solder in!
Great, you enjoy 2.50 on 1.50, while we enjoy 1.50 and 2.71 at the same time. Also, if you hadnt noticed, this is the psp not the ps2, ps2 os easyer because its older.
Your a god damn brain surgen arnt you?
u guyz are pathetic... 'wait so what again?'
God damn... This bypasses the security checks hardware-programmicaly, not softwarically, there fore you COULD have 2.71 on your reg firmware and STILL launch any 1.5 required game with full kernel access... The extra NAND flash is for 2 things...
-recovery of bricked PSPs
-Alternate firmware
So say you brick ur PSP.. use this program here to upload your old firmware back on it, then your saved.
Also, say you love 2.7's web browser and music player... but what if a firmware came out that could play every video format... youd upload that to any NAND flash you would now have, and use that to do all the extra needs...
ddaaammmn u guyz are jewish.
nocomment
HEY 16!! IM JEWISH AND IF YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WITH THAT GO **** YOURSELF YOU **** NATZI!
please stop flaming the "noobs", we have all been there....
and the "noobs", please read the article and check thru the comments before posting questions, they have most likely been answered before....... ok?
and just to clear up any mistakes about this line in the #16 post: >>So say you brick ur PSP.. use this program here to upload your old firmware back on it, then your saved.
what he means by this is that this program will restore your bricked psp IF the bricked NAND is the U.P modchip.
This program WILL NOT restore your already bricked PSP, sorry.
But, install a U.P. in your bricked PSP, and your "on your way to Kansas", but you'll only have the U.P NAND modchip to run firmware of, your original NAND will allways be DEAD..........
This is fake! I tried it on my 2.6 and it didnt work!
Its a fake just like the MPH downgrader, i tried that on my 2.6 too.
This whole website is full of fake crap.
COME ON THIS IS BIG NEWS!!!!!
I STILL don`t understand why they couldn`t gave made this for use without the UP.. would make life so much easier..
Do you even have the modchip installed? What did you try? ... connecting PSP via it's USB and flash it with the flashing utility?
You have to connect your PC to the modchip's USB not PSP's.
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Say hello to the pre teen spammers
#11 post = gold and so so true.
because it is dangerous as hell to try this on the PSP's original flash and alos because the USB port on the PSP only accesses the memory stick, not the flash
Looks like the modchip is real in the end....
It's just a shame you cannot program it in Linux though. I hope they reconsider that in the future.
Anybody knows the exact date when this modchip is coming out?
#16: shut the hell up
#19: so basically, if we mess up the original NAND, then we won't benefit from multiple firmwares?
#20: did you even bother to read the instructions?
do i need firmware 1.5 on my psp to get the U.P. to work???
I agree with #20 - I tried it on my 2.6 as well and it didnt work!
It didnt even modchip my PSP at all! Nothing happened!
lol@nubz.
to be able to flash your psp so easily, you would need to include huge warnings...most people dont realize that the eeprom can only handle about 80-90 upgrades...
As much as I love to read these comments for the rare (VERY rare) intelligent post, I have to ask myself why I put myself through the torture of wading through all the retarded posts just to get at the few good ones?
I must enjoy torturing myself because it really is TORTURE to see the same stupid questions posted over and over again (and replied to, over and over again with the patience of saints).
Can't some just give these cretins the link to the UP FAQ...?
People who don't even know what UP is all about should try doing the smallest amount of homework before advertizing their laziness and stupidity by posting in here.
#20 and #31 how d... you are!?you read all the studd correctly?i think no because then you would not make such st... comments!oh my godness...it is possible that here on the planet people like this!!?more from them then good night world!!!!first you need the modchip in your psp and then you can use this tool and not use this tool only with your psp what should this do then!?maybe make some hamburgers for you or!?sorry i must say that!!!oh oh oh oh oh.....no no no no no.......
this could very well be a fake screen shot i mean i could make that program interface in VISUAL BASIC. that curiously simple program can easily be made in VB or even PAINT!
one screenshot does not prove its real!
Gosh.. #20 & #31..!! You are da man..! God.. You really make me laugh..! I wonder..? What did you..? How can you..? Did you even have..? What are you..? Oh, whatever, you really make my day, I had a good laugh..! :-O
Too all thoose who are confused about this, and say's it dosn't work, heres why:
This program is used to flash the mod-chip for the PSP that will be out soon. That answer applies to #20 and #30
Second,
When you have successfully attachted the mod-chip to your PSP and used the program to flash a firmware to it, you will be able to emulate or even use the flashed firmware.
Eg. I flash 1.5 to the mod-chip, and then i can re-enjoy all the lovely homebrew.
I hope this clears out some of the confusing.
#19 That sucks about bricking not being reversable on the psp's flash, it looks like the app should write to both psp's flash and the UP's flash, but maybe not. I think for most people, they might exclusively use the UP's firmware, as you can launch homebrew from 2.6 and the like with the modchip. Custom firmwares will be nice as well, but I'll wait for now. All games currently work with devhook besides outrun, so no really compelling reason for me to get one of these just yet. The installation O.o perhaps I'll just get one when a no-solder or a design with less wires comes out.
I am so worried for the generations below me.. it seems that their language skills have been completely destroyed or abandoned. :-(
Don't worry, the ones with no language skills can't attract a mate and won't reproduce, so their blood line will be gone soon enough, and everyone will speak like intelligent human beings again.
>>This is fake! I tried it on my 2.6 and it didnt work!
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>>Its a fake just like the MPH downgrader, i tried that on my 2.6 too.
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>>This whole website is full of fake crap.]
hahahahahahahah a, dont even get me started on you. Thanks, just made my day :)
I know my language skills might not be "top notch", ( and u might not be refering to me) but remember that this site is watched by more than just english speaking/writing people, and they might just not have the skills like you..... I'm from a scandinavian country, so english is not my native tounge, and tbh, i dont care if people dont care for my spelling, i'm pretty sure they'll get my meaning anyways.
yo this is some mest up stuff fo
If this will be able to put your PSP into sleep on both flash chips at the same time. So you wouldn't have to hard-reboot everytime you wnat to switch firmware, it will already be in sleep mode waiting to be started up again.
If it does then this is a MILLION times better than DevHook
Shut da f*ck up, thats y they made comments available BIATCH!
And who the hell gives a f uck if ur dumb enough to torture urself readin all them posts.
yeah this is better than devhook, but devhook is free and u.p. costs $200 :/
it sux for sure. maybe sometime in the future there will be a way of restoring/replacing the original NAND chip, but until then, the UP is a good thing.
About the flashing of the UP, the USB cable that comes with the UP bundle is a "special" one for the UP modchip only, the UP USB cable will connect to the PSP in the battery compartment, and only access the UP modchip.
The original USB on the PSP accesses the mem stick, and from there can read/write to flash, while the UP USB read/writes directly to the UP flash.
Well, in the article, it says that the program can read both flashes, but says it will write to the U.P. flash. So perhaps they just haven't figured out how to write to the psp flash just yet.
"The flasher application can also be used to read from either PSP onboard flash or U.P. flash, and help diagnose installation problems. "
Maybe flasher V2.0 will allow flashing custom firmwares to the psp's flash :)
I'm still slightly confused about how this works though. Reading through it again, it seems to just load two firmwares on at the same time. That's pretty useless, as I really don't need a later firmware besides for loading iso's, and you can't load up loaders with later firmwares :/ So unless this somehow enhances compatibility with games, it's more geared to people who need a "downgrader", and can load 1.5 or 1.0 onto the U.P.
to #16
ok what you said makes sence, but one part, i thought the modchip holds 1 firmware inside, while your psp holds the other, so you switch with L button between the 2 firmware, you said it overrides whatever that dosen't give us the kernel access, so we CAN run homebrew on 2.7, that is part true, it PROBABLY does override the psp's stupid security softwares, but it dosne't JUST allw us to run homebrew on 2.7.
based on what we know, which isn't ALL that much, i could say it boots up both firmwares, cuz if it DOES allow us to get kernel mode access and allow homebrew on 2.7, then why the heck would we need another firmware??? rite?
Also plz dont discriminate, its not cool.
oh and lol 20 and 31, it proves qj does use ip to ban unregistered users! haha i knew it was true, some ppl dont believe they can ban unregistered users lol!!! it also proves how little the person know about psp, "it dosen't modchip my psp"? what? how do you "modchip your psp" with some software? good laughs
Has anyone tried to use this with their normal PSP`s flash? Worse case scenario you brick your psp, send it to sony, and you get your psp back and start from square one (to those with 2.7+ fw at least)
those noobs got owned
Sorry for my bad english, but many of you are idiots.
It´s possible to make a Firmware on the UP Chip. This Firmware will boot at start. With a combination of buttons, it will start the original firmware.
Soon, a scenegroup will release a firmware with the function of 2.71 and the homebrow-possibility. But this firmware is only useful for UP Chips User. It´s not possible to flash this Firmware on a PSP without Modchip
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