IdStorage Manager [Archive] - eXophase.com Forums

Chilly Willy

03-14-2007, 11:12 PM

Here's the v1.1 of my IdStorage Manager application for the PSP. This app lets you dump, view, and verify the IdStorage Keys on your PSP. v1.1 is now in HEN (homebrew enabler) format so that it is easier for stock PSPs to run (no more devhook + 1.50 needed).

For people who never read readme's :rolleyes:

make a directory like ms0:\PSP\GAME\idstoragemgr (or GAME150 for people with custom firmware)

copy EBOOT.PBP, idstorage.prx, and the empty keys directory there (you don't HAVE to copy the empty keys directory... you could also create it there as well)

Activate HEN (on stock systems... not needed for custom firmware) and run IdStorage Manager like any other homebrew.

Note: you MUST have a keys directory in the same directory as this app if you wish to dump the keys. The current version doesn't create it. To verify keys, you would put the files representing the keys into this keys directory.

EDIT: 2007/09/16 v1.3 release. Major update, so read the readme. Adds ability to edit keys, set the colors, and displays some actual status info about the PSP and select keys.

EDIT: 2007/09/03 v1.2 release. New features are ability to create and delete keys, and the colors are inverted to make it easier on the eyes.

XsavioR

03-14-2007, 11:32 PM

Nice work again , and thanks. To any one worrying , i used this and over wrote , and fixed my keys. It works perfectly.

XTM_Rage

03-15-2007, 02:26 AM

Is the idstorage fixer that is mentioned in this thread??

http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=865

XsavioR

03-15-2007, 04:19 AM

Should be next. (i think) This is a utility , that makes dealing with it manageable. Since this is hen-enabled you can use it to back up your keys b4 running the proven downgraders. Than the keys can be fixed later. And the deleted key in the downgrader is a mute point. Its another part in the total solution. Stay tuned for more infos :P

Once all the tools are out and tested (on my psp first) the exact options will be posted... Sit tight wtfawk:) This will all make sence soon.

XTM_Rage

03-15-2007, 09:36 AM

Okay. Thanks for the clarifications. :)

infiltrate

03-15-2007, 10:50 AM

Just wondering what does it this actually do.. i used to have a PSP a while back that was 1.5 and my friend lost it. He just replaced it after a year :/. but anways atleast i have it back. This one is one of those TA-082 or w/e i downgraded it, and i am happy to say it worked. But i was wondering are there any differences with the TA-082 at 1.5 and other psps at 1.5?

If they are.... are there some programs i can't run on this PSP?

XsavioR

03-15-2007, 06:40 PM

This allows you to :

1. view keys on a non downgraded psp
2. back up (dump) keys on MS of a non downgraded psp
3. ~Advanced~ Allows you to write backups of keys to psp from MS

In effect this is a tool Chilly made to aid him in testing and verifying his idstorage. It does not watch what keys you write back to your psp. So the average user shouldnt use that function. But it is invaluable for new users to Backup and view their keys. Because it runs under hen-d, which is for the 2.71 downgrader (the most damaging one Also the first one).

Another tool will be released for repair soon.

Yes there are some differances depending how you downgraded. Once all the utilities are out it will be rather simple to correct. Sit tight till every things out , it will become allot simpler. You may need to fix your psp in some way. I suggest being patient till all the tools are out . What you need is next up.

infiltrate

03-16-2007, 02:08 AM

My psp was 2.71 when i got it and i upgraded it to 2.8 and then i downgraded. Are there differences since i downgraded it like this? and the fact its a TA-082 or w/e i can't install certain programs to make my psp look cool like... (themes, icons and etc...) also the Dark Alex firmwares...

If i can install Dark Alex's firmwares are there certains one i can't use like the latest one? or anything i need to know?

I just want to add a cool background and install Dark Alex's Firmware nothing too in depth

Thank You in advance for answering these questions even though i know its not the right place.

XsavioR

03-16-2007, 02:56 AM

That downgrader corrupts keys 4, 5 , 6 ,
You can run idcopy to restore key 4,,, (from key 5 where it was stored)

You want 5 corrupted.

restoring 4 with this utility will make your psp stop shutting off at 12 % power. and solves some brightness issues

**note this is for 2.80 downgrader users and users who use the 3.03 DG with out codes prx ONLY
There is a new app comming soon that will do a better job .... I suggest waiting on it ....

infiltrate

03-16-2007, 03:02 AM

Ok then i will just wait no hurry i guess better safe than sorry.... i really appreciate your help.

Thank you once again

XsavioR

03-16-2007, 03:11 AM

Eh thank Chilly , and the guys researching and proving the concept.

it wont hurt , that DG is relatively harmless.

infiltrate

03-18-2007, 05:33 AM

I was just wondering i just bought a 4GB is it ok for me to install devhook and have games on my memory stick for right now? While i wait?

BTW i think i just realized mines is a TA-086

XsavioR

03-18-2007, 01:37 PM

D_A CF means no Devhook ;)

Try installing 3.10 oea

The fixes your waiting on , will work with it aswell.

infiltrate

03-19-2007, 11:09 PM

How do i install Pops on DA's Custom Firmware 3.10?

XsavioR

03-19-2007, 11:56 PM

Hmm post in help not dev.

coyboy

04-12-2007, 01:42 AM

i would like to restore my key 0x0005. I know this will make the psp not be able to run custom firmware or the 1.5 kernel but honestly, I just want to jump back on the SONY boat to take advantage of the free t-mobile wifi being offered in 3.30

I have the original 0x0005.bin but I don't know of a app that will write it back to the psp flash.

Thanks for the help guys.

x3sphere

04-12-2007, 02:27 AM

XsavioR

04-12-2007, 02:30 AM

reverting back to sony fw , has got to be the worst idea you could have . Oe will come , it will have it , the sony boat will sink and youll go down with it .

coyboy

04-12-2007, 02:55 PM

Zephyrus

04-12-2007, 03:49 PM

Well thanks for the reply. I was hoping you guys would tell me a way to restore my idstorage key 0x0005 instead of judging my reasons for doing so. I just want to play games and enjoy my PSP and I have come to learn that you can't expect someone like Dark_alex to keep releasing fw versions right after Sony does, with all of the functionality, everytime and for free.

I guess it was MY mistake for downgrading and corrupting my PSP's idstorage.

Thanks again guys.
To be honest, within a short time span, for at least months to even years, hackers will continue to crack whatever Sony has come up with related to firmwares (such as firmware restrictions on games) to allow everyone to be able to play these games. It might not be Dark_AleX, but many others will continue to do so. You can just jolly well stick with the custom firmware since currently, there's nothing much offered in the latest Sony firmwares except "security fixes".

It doesn't harm to wait a while and eventually get everything Sony offers in homebrew-ed custom firmware. You sounded as if you were whining about how homebrew and stuff (will eventually die)... It's too bad, since you're going to miss out a lot if you intend to go with Sony's original firmwares instead of "tweaked" ones... Homebrew-capable firmwares offer you much more than just games. They give you more choice on multimedia, application such as PSPRadio and IM which is way better than what Sony is currently offer. And look, EVEYTHING ON THE HOMEBREW COMMUNITY IS FREE (even if some sites decides to sell homebrews, they will not be successful as the homebrew community doesn't condone that).

Would you rather spend money buying lots and lots of GAMES to play on the PSP when you can get homebrew games & applications for free? The homebrew community offers you much more. The reason why I even bothered to type so much is because I couldn't bear to see you whine, even with all the good stuff.

XsavioR

04-12-2007, 03:54 PM

LoL D_A will release 3.30 soon , calm down and be patient. We are saving you from making a horrible mistake. In a short time your going to see a post for the release of oe. Then you will be back thanking us for HELPING you.

Some one who says "i want to hop back on the sony boat because theyre giving away a few months of free service (that you need to pay for in a few months) " Obivously has absolutely no clue. Currently Sony is making a push to get people to install their FW. The simple truth is Sony does not intend your psp to do things like be a remote. Read pdf. Play movies you purchased elsewhere. Sony would have to do alot more to make installing sony fw worth while.

Part of the reason the option is not included publicly is just for this reason. Kids who think they know every thing and see a shiny feature (THAT WILL COST$ IN 6 MONTHS) Who want to install sony firmware because D_A's psp got old and FAILED, and the release of oe was delayed slightly. Part of our job is to identify these cases and properly educate people. Before they make there psp into a retail brick. Only to return an hour later to start spamming complaints about how a 3.30 downgrader isnt out.

The fact you refuse to understand our spot in this regard makes me think you are just a SONY monkey spamming the forum to try to stir up a bad reputation for the homebrew community. This will simply not work seeing as how every person who has delt with this so called judgment has gotten the information they requested.

coyboy

04-12-2007, 08:20 PM

Hi guys, thanks for the information and contrary to what you guys might think, I am well aware of the applications and "games" available for PSP's with custom fw. The thing is I don't really care about using my PSP as a remote. I have a ... uh ... remote for that. The same goes for the other homebrewd apps. The reason I purchased the PSP is to play PlayStation brand games. Games that are made by companies who get paid to make games. Games like metal gear solid and god of war. I could care less about a 3-D remake of Mario Bros. or even the great looking Wandria. I don't mind PAYING for a quality game.

I also installed emulators on my PSP and it was fun for a short while but even that got boring. I want to play the latest greatest games that push the envelop in graphics and gameplay on the go. I certainly don't have a desire to play Chrono Trigger anymore because I already beat it when it came out 15 years ago.

I undestand that it is not just Dark_alex who is working on the homebrew scene and if he goes away, you guys are probably right in saying someone else will come forward and continue releasing "open edition" firmware. That is not my point.

My point is I paid for my PSP to do to what i want with it. Trust me, if I cared at all about the multimedia aspects or playing user-created games I would have gotten a different device.

My purpose for the original post was to find some technical assistance from some very savvy folks here. Sadly all I got was preaching about Sony being evil and Homebrew being the ONLY way to go. Sony made this PSP you guys all love so much so they can't be all bad. And this is definitely not coming from a Sony monkey as XsaviouR reffered to me as. I am just a gamer who likes fun games.

Sorry for the long post. Seeing as how I don't have the know-how to edit my PSP's idstorage key 0x0005, I guess I'm stuck at OE fw for now, you win.

Chilly Willy

04-13-2007, 12:10 AM

The only people we've seen who were wanting to restore to Sony firmware were worried about Sony taking the PSP back with custom firmware, as they wanted to return their PSP and get a different PSP elsewhere cheaper. Custom firmware runs PSP games just as well as the Sony firmware. That's why everyone has issues with folks claiming to wish to return to Sony firmware. You have nothing to gain and everything to lose, so you MUST have some ulterior motive you don't wish to voice here. Given that, you can't expect much help.

x3sphere

04-13-2007, 12:25 AM

Coyboy, thing is you can't restore that key while running OE, your PSP will brick. I don't think there is any program that will run under original 3.03 to restore it either..

However, upgrading to 3.30 with that key modified is fine. Problem is if for whatever reason Sony decides to do something with that key in a later firmware you could be in trouble.

coyboy

04-13-2007, 01:56 AM

Hi x3sphere thanks for the info. I have come to find out that my 0x0008 key is bad too so that is probably whats causing me the most grief, not key 5 but Chilly Willy's app doesn't see it as a bad key so no way for me fix it yet. And I do realize that restoring it to stock would brick a OE PSP but I am running official fw 2.71 and using HEN D to run homebrew so I think restoring would be OK for me, what do you think?

And Chilly WIlly, I am sorry but I have no ulterior motive. I really like my PSP and wouldn't dream of returning it. I have a bunch of games for it and I really do enjoy the system. I just realized that custom fw isn't for me. The only reason I went ahead and installed OE fw in the first place is because of all of the things I read about how great the emulation scene and such were. After trying out a CPS2 emu and noticing it doesn't support Marvel Vs Capcom, I realized I didn't need it. The other emulators are just as half-baked.

Since I don't have the tools or knowledge to restore my machine I'm just going to keep 2.71 and hope that a solution comes out for me in the near future.

Thanks for the replies.

Edit: To make this perfectly clear, the reason why I don't want custom fw is just that. I don't want it. Plain and simple. I do have something to lose but using custom fw. Piece of mind that if something goes wrong in the future or the scene dies, I wont be able to play the newest games. Believe me or not I couldn't care less. I just needed technical help and was denied such help. Thats all.

x3sphere

04-13-2007, 02:28 AM

Yes, its ok to restore on 2.71.

BTW, Marvel Vs. Capcom does indeed work under the CPS2 emulator.. maybe you had a corrupt rom?

coyboy

04-13-2007, 09:22 PM

Thanks for the info about the MvC. I forget what emu I used but I guess that's not really important.

Does anyone have a hash for key 0x0008? IdStorage KeyCleaner is telling me there is no key.

XsavioR

04-18-2007, 03:51 AM

That means you have an early 82/86 with out a key 8 . Dont sweat that. Some dont have it.

coyboy

04-18-2007, 02:15 PM

cool. thanks for the info.

JustBlaze

04-18-2007, 02:30 PM

im getting a 1.5 psp online today, and i need to know, when i upgrade to 3.30 OE-A, can i play all the games or do i need some sort of emulator, also sry for being a retard, but wat is and emulator?:confused1:

ok i know that an emulators allow u to play games that u originally cant with the firmware tht u hv, and play psx, and other games but do i need one for my new psp?

thnks in advance

XsavioR

04-18-2007, 02:39 PM

this should be posted in the help section , others may benifit from it also.

PSx work with oe
psp work with oe

Things like nintendo games , require emu.

emu = a program that basically acts like the machines in the nintendo box. Allowing you to play the games from said system on the psp.

Immagine you got a french guy , and a spanish guy... who want to talk... an emulator is kinda like the translator. that translates the nintendo code (french) into psp code (spanish).

coyboy

07-02-2007, 08:40 PM

LOL. Did I call it or what?

Cheezeball99

07-02-2007, 10:19 PM

What do you mean you called it? Are you poking fun at the fact that DaX quit making OE firmware, and now you're laughing about it!? Screw you, my friend- Screw you.

coyboy

07-10-2007, 07:46 PM

What do you mean you called it? Are you poking fun at the fact that DaX quit making OE firmware, and now you're laughing about it!? Screw you, my friend- Screw you.

OK I deserve that. Sorry.

I wasn't laughing at that. It does suck that DA is leaving the scene but we gotta respect the guy for giving us so much and not really asking for anything in return.

I was just reading back and it seems I called God of War before it was even announced!
Oh and I also predicted Dark Alex leaving but that kinda sucks :(

Chilly Willy

07-10-2007, 09:03 PM

Oh and I also predicted Dark Alex leaving but that kinda sucks :(

Not much of a prediction if you think about... one day, ALL of us devs will no longer be working on the PSP. I used to be big on the Atari 400/800... know when the last time I wrote an Atari program was? Maybe '86 or '87.

:wink: 8)

Darkchild

07-14-2007, 12:56 PM

:O don't leave the PSP Scene just yet XD We can't have more people leaving! T_T

Chilly Willy

07-14-2007, 09:48 PM

:O don't leave the PSP Scene just yet XD We can't have more people leaving! T_T

Uh, I still work on my Genesis, so I won't be leaving the PSP any time soon. :wink: :smile:

shadowthor

07-16-2007, 09:36 PM

Im just curious, how true is the following statement in restoring keys to upgrade to official fw, not that i need it.

__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____
I succeeded in the correction of 0x0005 key by working IDStorageManager on HEN-D.
As a result, I was able to loop (to the way of 3.50->1.50->OE->1.50->2.71->3.50) the firmware of my TA086 psp.

However, IDStorageManager v1.1 of a present version has the bug, and the 'verify/fix' mode doesn't work on HEN-D/3.03HEN.
This file is IDSM of the version that corrects the bug.
http://wsmith.hp.infoseek...rageManager111_271HEN.zip

The procedure is as follows.
1.The firmware is recovered to 1.50 from OE.
2.The firmware is upgraded to 2.71.
3.HEND is installed.
4.IDStorageManager of the correction version is made to work on HEND and 0x0005 key is returned to the initial state.
5.The firmware is upgraded to 3.50.

I am praying that this topic becomes your references.
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____

Cheezeball99

07-17-2007, 06:27 AM

OK I deserve that. Sorry.

Eh, sorry for goin' all sickhouse on ya, I was just fairly shocked and ready to fight about anyone making fun of D_X leavin'- I had just read about him leaving, then I read your post.

Chilly Willy

07-22-2007, 09:38 PM

IDSM and KC don't work with 3.03 or 3.50 HEN. No idea why right now as I can't run either having neither of the two exploited UMDs. As such, use 2.71 or 2.80 HEN to run those apps with official Sony fw.

Chilly Willy

09-04-2007, 01:02 AM

v1.2 released! You can now create and delete keys, and the colors are inverted to make it easier on the eyes.

Chilly Willy

09-16-2007, 06:16 AM

Okay, v1.3 is up, and it's a pretty major update, too. I finally added editing keys to the app. You can also change the colors. It now identifies the PSP model, region, and motherboard. While viewing keys, it identifies and displays a minor status on select keys.

Cheezeball99

09-16-2007, 06:18 AM

All I gotta say, C-Will, is that your proggys are truly impressive. I just figured I'd tell ya that.

jordan

09-22-2007, 01:37 AM

IDSM and KC don't work with 3.03 or 3.50 HEN. No idea why right now as I can't run either having neither of the two exploited UMDs.

Chilly Willy

09-22-2007, 09:29 PM

IDSM and KC don't work with 3.03 or 3.50 HEN. No idea why right now as I can't run either having neither of the two exploited UMDs.

The two latest releases of KC and IDSM should work in 3.xx HEN now. Still untested, but made a change that might have been what kept them from working.

1.50 support is still not there yet.

nathanmoon

03-11-2008, 11:02 AM

hey is there a way to use ur tool to fix an idstorage via Pandora?????coz i used ur tool but i accidently fixed the key 5 on my blue JAPANESE 1000 PSP...........:crying:

Chilly Willy

03-13-2008, 04:30 AM

hey is there a way to use ur tool to fix an idstorage via Pandora?????coz i used ur tool but i accidently fixed the key 5 on my blue JAPANESE 1000 PSP...........:crying:

You can run IDSM and KC as elfs with the elfmenu for pandora. Here's the two apps as elfs with the prx. Put all three in the elf folder for the elfmenu.

Note, this only works on the phat psp. The slim psp encrypts the keys at the pandora level and needs something else. I think nandtool will handle that.