CXMB for GEN-A 5.03!!!

[gbdallin]

Ok guys, I know alot of you have been asking and finally Total Noob has released his unofficial release of CXMB for GEN-A!!

Not sure what it does? Here, look at some themes:









So, first of all, download the attached file on this thread. It is at the very bottom of my post. Or, click here.

Ok, now we may begin.

I would have screenshots for you but as of yet I have not found a working screenshot plugin for GEN-A.... Someday soon, though.

Now, I'm not going to guide you through getting GEN-A installed on your system, so if you need help getting there go find a different guide. :P

Now, unzip the file. When you open it up, you will see several files:

a folder named Lite
a folder named Full
a file called Circacor.ctf (this is a cxmb theme file, do not try and use it yet though, as the new CXMB needs converted themes)
and .exe file named CTF Converter
and three readmes

If you can work your way through the readmes go ahead, but then you won't need this guide, and its still a little guesswork :

I'm using the Full folder, but you can choose either and the steps are the same. The difference is that the Full lets you use both .ctf and flash0 (not yet supported on 3000s or v3s) and the Lite only allows .ctfs. You will only want .ctf files anyway until you get used to how this is going to work.

Now, first, copy both the ctf file and the CTF Converter to a folder on your desktop. If, at a later time you want to download more .ctf themes you will want to put these themes into this same folder.

Once moved, open the CTF Converter and let it work its magic. Its very easy, as it pretty much works by itself.

Once you have done that, open up the Full (or Lite, if you wanna be that way) folder and look inside. It will have three more folders: cxmb, PSP, and seplugins. Copy all of these to the root of you memorystick. If it asks you if you want to merge folders, tell it yes.

Now, put the stick your psp with GEN-A 5.03 running. Press select, and go down to Recovery menu. For right now, the recovery menu is a little bugged, so when you get down to plugins, you may have to select the option above plugins to actually get to that sub menu. If cxmb.prx is not enabled, click on it and it will then say enabled next to it. Click back, then hit select.

You are now back in the XMB. Go to the GEN-A loader, the one you used to install/reboot to GEN firmware, and run it. When it boots up, just press (O), as you have already been running the firmware and don't need to reinstall it. It should reboot, with your new shiny theme up and running.

I have a ton of really great .ctf themes, and the folks at www.gamerstyle.com have some of the best theme creators out there. Go check them out.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ANY 5.00 M33-6 .CTF THEME TO RUN HERE, BUT MAKE SURE YOU CONVERT IT BEFORE TRYING TO USE IT

Now, this is only my first revision, and I did this on my 3000 and then went to work, so I haven't yet been able to double-check my steps. I'll update within the hour if anything is out of place.

[Schuyler]

I'm sure this will make a lot of people very happy!

[gbdallin]

I wonder if I should move this to user help?

[Dokioto]

It is a tutorial...

[gbdallin]

true, maybe I should move all of the tutorials out of user help lol

[Dokioto]

lol
I was about to do it a few days ago, but I had no idea why they were in there in the first place so I just left them alone.

[Znupi]

I'm guessing this would also work on the M33 CFWe? Has anyone tried it yet?

EDIT: Also, I'm running Linux so I used wine to run the converter. It seemed to have worked (from the output), but it did not change the file at all (it has the exact same number of bytes). Does it change for you?

[Znupi]

I just tried it and it worked. I think it's a small bug in the M33 CFW Loader that removes the entry to cxmb.prx from vsh.txt when accessing the "Plugins" menu. Just don't enter that menu, and it will work.

Kinda freaky though, I think it still writes stuff to one of the internal memory chips. I was freaked out because if it overwrites some of the official theme's files, it can cause a brick when rebooting the PSP. So I rebooted it with my heart pumping and pumping and it worked. Phew!

A bit weird though that once a CXMB theme is loaded, you cannot unload it and use the normal theme, that's what freaked me out so much. I was selecting "Original" in themes section and nothing was happening

Anyway, my PSP is AWESOME now!

[garyloteria]

Sir, where do I put the ctf file that I used CTF converter with? Should I put it on THEMES folder?

Thank you for your post! lol

[Schuyler]

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