Here's a little trick.  This allows you to launch various homebrew via the "useless" XMB icons.

Firstly you'll need the Action Replacer PRX.

Okay, this PRX allows you to load the ms0:/PSP/GAME/GOTORECOV/EBOOT.PBP file.  Note this only works on 3.xx OE (may work on 2.71 SE, I dunno).  However, that's only one homebrew, thus it may not be very useful.

But this can be changed :)  Make a copy of the PRX and open this in a hex editor.  Search for the string "GOTORECONV" (should be at 0x0002B10) and you'll find the path.  Unfortunately, you can't change this patch that much (must use ms0:/PSP/GAME/), but you can change the folder name (I think it must be 9 characters long too, not too sure though).

Once you have edited some PRXs, it's time to flash.  Here's a list of a few PRXs you can replace:
license_plugin.prx   => Certificate Utility
camera_plugin.prx   => Photo » Camera
update_plugin.prx   => Settings » Network Update
lftv_plugin.prx   => Network » Location Free Player
netplay_client_plugin.prx   => Game » Game Sharing
savedata_plugin.prx   => Game » Save Data Utility
premo_plugin.prx   => Network » Remote Play
(Note: PRXs are stored in flash0:/vsh/nodule
Note 2: Always keep a backup copy of the original PRXs!)

Hehe, you can now launch various homebrew from the XMB without having to go to the GAME menu.  If you're on 3.03 OE-C or lower, you can also change the menu labels and icons to make things appropriate :P

BUT, what about homebrew that you want to keep out of the GAME menu?  For example, you may want the Network Update to launch the recovery menu, but there's this ugly recovery menu entry in the GAME menu!  Well guess what?  The old __SCE__ naming scheme works!  So basically, change the name of GOTORECOV to __SCE__RE and it's now hidden from the GAME menu! :D (note, only works with 1.00 EBOOTs - if you have a KXploit'd EBOOT, you'll have to join it into a 1.00 EBOOT - PSP Brew lets you do this)

One nice thing about this is it saves you from going through the GAME list, and also will launch faster (no gameboot).  Unfortunately, it seems to always launch the SCE intro when you quit the homebrew, so quitting it actually takes longer :/


Notes:

• Kernel needs to be set to 1.50
  
• The PRX doesn't seem to work after using USB Mode - you'll need to reboot the PSP
  
• If you set your PSP to skip the SCE coldboot, exiting a homebrew launched via this method will play back the SCE coldboot anyway
  
• Some homebrew launched this way, crash on exit; sometimes it may even seem like a brick!  However, entering, and exiting recovery menu fixes this.

(This post was last modified: 07/04/2007 11:54 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)