VersionChanger by imalinuxfreak




This software was written by me, imalinuxfreak, I'm 13 and learned C about a year ago, and this program is my first release, Its part of a new flasher I'm working on.  This software modifies the flash, but the risks are low, unless you mess around with the generator.  The generator only accepts versions from 0.01 to 9.99.  There will be a custom label maker being released very soon, as I'm halfway done writing it.  You can put letters in your version, but DO NOT DO IT!  It will semi-brick your PSP, in the sense that you can not run any eboots anymore, the reason for this is that when the eboot starts, it checks the version, mostly 1.50, if that version is above your PSP's version, it will not boot.  If it is letters, it will not boot either.  The one exception being that if you put the letters behind the numbers, it will work.  The generator only accepts 5 characters (3 numbers, 1 period, and a terminating character \0) so you can't do 10.00, but there is a version of the generator that will do that, but I am still deciding whether to release it, because if you get them mixed up, it will brick the PSP, and that would count as an error on my part, and I really dont want to have that on my head.  OK, onto the flasher, I'd like to thank Unique Warrior, because his flashing function is used, but only the writing part, the flash assign process was rewritten by me, because I needed it to be as secure as possible.  The battery, there is no check, i thought it would be a waste to include one, becuase the flash is instant, so there wouldnt be a point, but as mentioned, do not flash anything while your battery is under 20 percent, because you never know what will happen.  This has only been tested on 1.50, I will test it on custom firmware, but as of now, i would only use it on 1.50, if anyone would like to test it on custom firmware, please be my guest.  Thank you very much for reading this entire readme, and have fun!

DIRECTIONS
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1. RUN THE GENERATOR, AND YOUR NEW INDEX.DAT WILL BE MADE IN NewDat
2. MAKE A FOLDER CALLED index ON YOUR MEMORY STICK
3. COPY THE NEW FILE ON THE FOLDER CREATED ABOVE
4. COPY THE FLASHER TO YOUR GAME FOLDER
5. RUN THE FLASHER, AND WHEN IT FINISHES, YOUR VERSION WILL BE CHANGED!

DISCLAIMER
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I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PSP USING THIS PROGRAM, YOU DECIDED TO RUN IT SO IT IS IN YOUR HANDS WHATEVER HAPPENS.  THIS APPLICATION ONLY WRITES ONE FILE TO THE PSP, AND DOESNT MESS WITH THE IPL OR IDSTORAGE, SO THERE IS A MINIMAL CHANCE OF BRICKING, BUT THATS STILL A CHANCE. THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS ABOUT 75% OF INDEX.DAT, SO IT IS NOT COMPLETLEY GENERATED FROM SCRATCH. IF YOU BRICK/SEMI-BRICK: INSTALL PANDORAS BATTERY AND DOWNGRADE TO 1.50.  THAT SHOULD MAKE THINGS BETTER.  IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE USING MY FLASHER (EVEN THOUGH THE FLASHER HAS BEEN TESTED 10S OF TIMES) YOU MAY USE PSPFILER (FLASH INDEX.DAT OVER INTO "flash0:/vsh/etc/", AND IF YOU ARE STILL UNCOMFORTABLE, THEN DONT FLASH IT AND JUST LET IT SIT THERE!  ANY REVERSE ENGINEERING OF THIS SOFTWARE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, IF YOU ASK ME I WILL GIVE YOU THE SOURCE, PLEASE DONT STEAL IT FROM ME!  I'M NOT ASKING FOR DONATIONS, EITHER, NOT THAT I HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST IT, I JUST DONT NEED MONEY!

SPECIAL THANKS
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I'D LIKE TO THANK SONY FOR MAKING THE PSP, DARK_ALEX AND FANJITA FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE FOR THE PSP SCENE, AND YOU, FOR TAKING PART IN THE SCENE.





COPYRIGHT(C) 2007 IMALINUXFREAK



BTW: BUG IN NOTEPAD, TYPE ENOUGH LINES TO GET A SCROLLBAR, SCROLL TO THE TOP, MAXIMIZE IT AND SAVE IT, AND THEN CLICK 'SAVE' AND THE TASK BAR WILL DISSAPEAR!!! OOOOOHHHH! :)  (PROBABLY ONLY ON VISTA)