JoseAaronLopezGarcia
commented
1 year ago Try using the Full Installer, it will install most CFW features like VSH Menu and the extra XMB options to the PSP's flash so it's always available even without a memory stick. In any case, I think this might also be an issue with the SD card adapter, as I have one of my PSPs with a micro SD card and don't have any of these issues, but I do remember having to buy different adapter brands until it worked fine.
antNguyen1
PSP/Vita Model
PSP-1000 (Fat)
ARK Version
ARK 4.20.63
Homebrew/GAME (if applicable)
No response
Plugins ( if applicable )
No response
Steps to reproduce
TL;DR: I launch ARK Loader on my micro-SD card, VHS menu and extra options in XMB do not appear. I launch ARK Loader on my Sony memory stick, VHS menu and extra options in XMB does appear. I launch ARK Loader on another micro-SD card, VHS menu and extra options in XMB do not appear.
First, I just want to say thank you for your hard work for providing this custom firmware. It is amazing how people revitalize a system released more than 10 years ago. So, I have a PSP 1000 that had 6.61 ME Infinity on my Sandisk 64GB micro-SD card. It was working fine until I noticed that a new custom firmware that could replace PRO C/ME. I was really interested in the features it provided and I decided to attempt to install it.
I put my micro-SD card into my PC installed the ARK-4 version 4.20.62 files while reading the README and launched the ARK Loader on my PSP. Everything looked like it was installing the modules correctly after launching the software. When the PSP booted back up, I could not access the VHS menu and did not see the extra options in the settings of the XMB.
I then decided to go back to the original firmware using Chronoswitch. Like an idiot I was, I renamed the EBOOT file of Chronoswitch to 661.PBP (I was reading Bing answers because I forgot how to use Chronoswitch. I don't think renaming the EBOOT file should've messed with the micro-SD card). I then put the micro-SD card back into the PSP. But then, the PSP wanted to format the card. My PC also wanted to format the card because it could not read it for some reason. I ran the error checking software provided by Windows and it cannot access the card without formatting it.
Since I kind of already had a backup of my micro-SD card, I decided to format the card on the PSP and continue the process of going back to the original firmware. Also, I tried ARK-4 version 4.20.63 on the micro-SD card after the format and ARK Loader just gave an error. So instead, I repeated the steps to install ARK-4 version 4.20.62 and launched ARK Loader again. Still, I could not access the VHS menu and did not see the extra options in the settings of the XMB. I did try the full installer and that didn't work either. I even tried launching the newIPL on the PSP to see if it would solve the problem, it didn't.
I had a 1GB Sony memory stick and again and repeated the steps to install ARK-4 version 4.20.59 and launched ARK Loader. This time it actually worked! I could access the VHS menu and see the extra options in the settings. I tried repeating the same steps on another micro-SD card and that also still produced the same problem. I even copied the same contents from the Sony memory stick onto my original micro-SD card and the extra micro-SD card and the issue still persists. So, the only way I can get ARK-4 on my PSP is to use the 1GB Sony memory card. If there is any way to solve this, I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Step-by-step on how to reproduce the bug/issue:
/PSP/SAVEDATA/folder./PSP/GAME/folder.USB Charge
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Overclock
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Power Save
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Autoboot Launcher
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Disable PSP Go Pause
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Unlock Extra Memory
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Memory Stick Speedup
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Inferno Cache
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