XMB Package Downloader v0.16 (Now in a pkg for easy installation)
Here is the latest version if anyone wants to give it a go, it works fine here for me on the 3 latest Rebug REX FW's apart from the 4 "small" issues mentioned below, but I would like bug reports :
Download XMBPD v0.16. It uses the Team XMBM+ installer so its now very easy for people on Rebug to try out. (thanks [MENTION=6]bitsbubba[/MENTION] for the tips on making the package).
Installing:
There are 2 options in the installer plus the back up feature that's built in:
1. Is for installing XMB Package Downloader to the network category
2. Is for reverting to standard Rebug XMB
* The installer will backup your current XMB before it installs, so If at a later time you want to revert back to that instead of the standard Rebug XMB then use the restore backup feature instead of option 2.
** You can completely delete the installer from your game category after youve run this app if you don't mind losing your XMB backup. if you need to install XMBPD again, or uninstall XMBPD you can just redownload the latest XMBPD installer pkg from within XMBPD.
Usage:
The latest packages available will update online as long as you are using a user account with a PSN account attached (doesn't need to be logged in). After first installing this it will appear on your XMB but the categories will be empty, reboot, and then it will sync, sometimes it takes 5 minutes for all the package lists to appear in all the categories. There are now 35 packages included for easy installing. (36 if you include the fact that XMBPD can now be updated from within itself for convenience in the future, so you will only need to install it once in theory when its done, Also this app will survive a Format/Restore as its all on flash/hosted online. Very easy for this to be built into FW aswell if people wish to do that in the future. Ì already have it built into Rebug 4.78 for my own use.
Known Issues in this version:
1. As of now
this breaks the TV category items like Netflix and amazon etc, they will not show up anymore. So if you use any TV category items then don't try this yet, or try it and then switch back. (I will have this sorted soon).
2. On Rebug 4.78.1 Because of the way enabling CFW Settings in the Toolbox swaps the xmls, You need to have CFW Settings
enabled in the toolbox when installing this if you want to keep the ability to toggle CFWS 100% properly from the toolbox, I mean so you can toggle the setting without it effecting XMBPD. Not much I can do about this atm except maybe include more options in the pkg for various situations but then the pkg will get big so for now its easier if you just have it enabled when initially installing XMBPD.
3. As of now XMB Package Downloader
only works for users of Rebug FW at or above 4.75 due to a SSL error when downloading the packages on Rebug below that.(might look into this someday).
4. As of now all Homebrew categories show the
same items (I will have this sorted soon too).
* Issues 1 and 4 will be solved as soon as I get a server set up properly.
** This is FW dependant due to the sprx file involved, so Ive made it so it will only install on 4.75, 4.76, 4.78 FW's. Ive built a warning into the installer so people know its for Rebug only, and so they know they should enable CFW settings if on 4.78.
Use this at your own risk, its worked fine for me on Rebug 4.75, 4.76 and 4.78 REX on both CEX and DEX XMB's but I cant test every possible system setup, im sure its going to be incompatible with some other XMB mods..
Download XMBPD v0.16.
EDIT: 26th Feb : please use updated version 0.16.03 or later as this fixes TV category and a few other fixes