Release: Half Byte Loader R113 for OFW 6.37 (and below)
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If you’re on a Firmware 6.36 or less, there’s a high chance you already know about the Homebrew enablers available for you, which are as close as you can get to a Custom Firmware nowadays. Homebrews, plugins, Kernel mode, everything you want to do with your PSP is now doable (Sony still hasn’t added youtube support in the official firwmare, while we’ve been enjoying it on CFW for almost 3 years now… but if you’re running one of those Homebrew enablers, you already know that.)
Of course, Official Firmware 6.37 patches the Kernel exploit used by the HEN, as well as the exploit in the Game “minna no sukkiri”.
But this is no news anymore, we can now sign user-mode homebrews for the PSP, and 6.37 doesn’t patch that. This means that if you’re on 6.37, you still have a possibility to run user-mode homebrews (which represent the majority of homebrew games and utils)… as long as they are signed.
Of course, you can look for signed homebrews (there’s a good list here), and run them directly on your machine. Often though, you will run into a homebrew that is not yet signed. Yes, you can sign homebrews yourself on your PSP. But maybe you won’t want to bother. Or maybe the homebrew you want to play has limitations that prevent it to be signed (*cough* scummVM *cough*). Such as homebrews that are too big, or homebrews compiled as static elf. Unless you’re very tech-savvy, don’t try too hard figuring out which ones will work or won’t, the best way is to try…which is frustrating.
What I’m saying is: don’t trash your perfectly fine collection of unsigned homebrews, HBL is still here for you, in a shiny new version that you can run from the XMB. (Thanks to JJS for this new version!)
This new release of Half Byte Loader runs directly from the XMB on any 6.xx firmware, and will allow you to:
- Run your homebrews on 6.37 (or any other 6.XX firmware) without the need to sign them
- Run homebrews that cannot be signed (such as ScummVM), on firmware 6.37 or below
- Put your homebrews in any folder you want, to avoid turning your “Game” XMB into a huge mess
I expect this release to be interesting mostly for 6.37 owners, but this new HBL release is compatible with all 6.XX firmwares for people who are not into the “Hen” stuff ;).
I must say that I’m perfectly happy that for this one time, Sony patches the Kernel exploit (we expect them to) but still lets us enjoy User mode homebrew. I’m sure this is not intentional, but thanks anyways.
Download here and enjoy 🙂
Hey no fair picking on ScummVM! Getting our plugin system to use PRX would take a LOT of work, so if HBL can do it and most homebrew players have CFW or HEN, that’s a lot of work I don’t have to waste time on.
@Bluddy: I truly expect my comment on scummVM wasn’t seen as an insult. ScummVM is easily in my top 5 homebrews (I’m sure you can find comments from me that date back to 2006 on the scummVM forums).
So my comment was more: “damn, we can sign homebrews, but my favorite one is missing the fun”
what if i use this brand new HBL with my 6.31 OFW
and start the allmighty Prometheus Iso Loader ? would this work ?
Can I change my psp gamboot on a 3001 runninp 6.20 TN-C or will it brick since it has something to do with flash 0
Use the MyRandomGameboot plugin. I tested it in my psp go 6.20 and works well.
i use mybootlogo plugin and works great in my psp 3001, yesterday i´ve made the ps1 and ps2 boot logo screen (because i was searching a lot of time on google and i just find broken links) and the plugin works great.
Great!!! Now we just have to wait until Sony releases the new OFW 6.38 wait a few days and have a new 6.38 HBL. This is a great notice for those who update his PSP
I didnt run iso???
6.35 downgrader by davee http://www.twitter.com/daveeftw
LOVEEE YOUUU WOLOLOOO 8-D
Great work..
I want to have HBL.. I have the psp 2000 fully hacked. Can I use this? I love the PSP scene and not just the homebrews but the history of homebrews. I want to use this.
Hey… the 6.35 downgrader it’s out
http://lolhax.org/2011/01/24/6-35-and-6-31-downgrader/
I have a bad feeling with the Davee’s downgrader since it was about two hours ago after Davee announce it via Twitter but pspking.de nor Wololo announced it. I have to say that its fake. Davee probably is messing with us. I’m gonna take what I wrote if this is really real 😀
Dude, exactly ONLY 2 hours, It’s legit, it’s Davee he revived the psp scene with his HEn, his HEn was amazing, the best HEn ever
like us i promise. i take what i wrote 😀 ill try it now
has anyone managed to run the 6.35 downgrader?
I think Davee just released his downgrader 635/6.31 -> 6.20. Can someone confirm this?
http://lolhax.org/2011/01/24/6-35-and-6-31-downgrader/
that’s the link!!
It’s legit, and that’s big news!
I already downgraded my 04g to OFW6.20,and load TN-C sucessfully.
What psp is it (example:green pace walker),what firmware did you have and what firmware did it come with when you bought it?
Dave’s downgrader has been released
ive tried out the hbl in my psp go 6.37 and tried some emulators so far the picodrive and the gpsp emulators are working. the gpsp after i put the bios file.
I’ve tried davee’s downgrader on my psp 3000, and now i’m on 6.20. gonna install tn-c.
it work on my white psp it had 6.31 but now i’m on 6.20 .
Damn downgrade my psp30003g from 6.35 to 6.20 😀 now im gonna try to downgrade to 5.03 😀
i got conformed from other links and i downgraded my psp go 6.31 to 6.20…yeah…yeppie
nw m gona put sum cxmb themes 😉
Customize your hen or iso loader
Open eboot.pbp with pbp unpacker and add these files
-back up your eboot first-
http://www.megaupload.com/?f=GIPAR9ZR
have 6.5 on 3004 but g=downgrader says please wait and shuts of
with 6.5 i meant 6.35
format your psp and try agen
i am now downloading the Update 6.20
and then ill try to downgrade
Downgraded forom 6.35 to 6.20 XD thanks Davee
2 all on a ofw 6.37 http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2236
Fake_NP: put your HomeBrew into NPdemo (or iso up to 120mb)
it isn´t easy but looks like possible. btw more than 100 signed HB´s.
Thanks for rt
Any news on a 6.37 HEN? I really want a loader to play my backups and not carry 40 UMDs.
OMighty times play 4 u XD have u take a look to the fake np if u manage to sign your backup u can may play some. If the backup is a littel more than 120 doesn´t matter becouse u can shrink images 4example patapon2 by cobaltex & splash down from ~100 to 50 MB. Good luck 2 u and the other 6.37 user.^have look and see the big signed hb list it tooks a long time 2 run all the hb with the hbl.
Any ideas is it that stuff works on Nintendo Wii? Here was mentioned that its for Wii as well and other consoles. I would like to test it to run homebrew on wii. Is it possibe that i can screw up something with that program in console? How i should place the files on wii? In the same way to same location? I am not sure is it the wii has the same names folders. Probabli not the same folders… Do i need to rename some folders then?
Any suggestions will be a aprishiated.
can some plz download the *video to installing hbl r113* my internet jus came off it u cud plz upload it to uppit.com or w.e just leave the link here tyvm
btw im on my psp u dnt have to convert it ty
btw i dnt understand the read me sorry im dum 🙁
ms0:/ = mEMORY sTICK ……… if it is ef0:/ = PsPgo memory stick
if you see / it is a new floder … so u only have to extract the hbl from the download and save it to ms0:/PSP/Game !!ready!!
“If this floder is not on your stick build it. ^with a clean ms u build PSP floder in this u build Game floder and place the hbl floder(from the download) in.”
All this games app work if u put it in ms:0/PSP/Game
http://www.wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1879 (more than 101)
A HomeBrews list for TN6.20 (HEN) with download links
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2624 app/pluggins/games/theme
now all files (up to 200mb) @ http://www.mediafire.com/tobsucht without registration for free! I try to keep it fresh as possibel so bookmark this 🙂
do you think that OpenIdea ISO loader could be used as some sort of stepping stone for the HBL r113, since it lets u work with eboots?
new iso loader rev get it @
http://www.mediafire.com/toBsucht and all know homebrews
report fresh stuff
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2624 tn hen
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1879 ofw signed stuff
get it going wololo, pls work on the psp 3000 6.37 hen.
sorry if this is a stupid question, but if people can port pc games like doom, quake 2 and duke nukem 3d, would it be possible to port a game like vampire the masquerade bloodlines to the psp, (or psp2 when it comes out) that would be awsome ^_^
what game?
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