This is a collection of new and old mods and patches, A lot made by myself and some gathered from all over the PS3 scene, This Toolbox makes it easier to apply lots of common firmware patches and visual XMB modifications and more.
Credits:
Too many people to list them all really as this brings together the work and research of the whole scene, but special thanks to @aldostools for all the help with this project along the way, and to @bguerville for the powerful plugin that does a lot of the work in the background, @mysis for the original xai plugin and also @Berion for the icons. Also thanks to anyone who provided tips, files and help along the way, and to all the testers who have helped me get a few bugs ironed out over the last few weeks Ultimate Toolbox v2.01 Features
Power Options
Reload XMB (Optional built in pkg)
Soft Reboot - Reboot lv2
Hard Reboot - Fully reboot the hardware
Reboot into a database rebuild
Reboot into a filesystem check
Reboot into Recovery mode
Boot into OtherOS (Optional built in pkg)
Backup Utility
System Backup Utility - Take a complete snap shot of dev_flash2 and dev_hdd0
Home Folder Backup - Backup user files like licenses and savedata
App Home Options - Enable/Disable/Move the app_home XMB item
Toggle Xil Apps - Enable/Disable XMB links like photo gallery, singstar etc
Block Firmware Updates - Block online updates or block system update icon completely (recovery mode untouched)
Game Sorting Options - Add ability to sort by name and or date created
Toggle Extended Download Plugin - Add extra download paths to the web browser
Toggle Audio To Headset - libaudio.sprx patch for forcing all audio to usb or bluetooth devices
Allow extended Coldboot Audio - Enable start up sounds up to 20 seconds to play fully.
Show IP on XMB - Options for showing the console IP address on the XMB
HEN Options - Ability to enable HEN, install a HEN enabler to the game category for 4.84, 4.85, 4.86, 4.87 HFW.
Cobra options - Enable/Disable Cobra, or swap between standard and debug payloads (user must supply payloads)
PS2 Netemu Selector - Choose from several modified ps2_netemu.self files
Content Downloader
PS1 Demo Disc Downloader - 33 PS1 demos available
PS2 Demo Disc Downloader - 11 PS2 demos available
PS3 Demo PKG Downloader - Over 500 c00 demos available
Playstation Magazine Downloader - 40 issues available
Playstation Podcast Downloader - 100 Episodes available
PS3UPDAT.PUP Downloader - 10 PUPs available
Package Manager Pro
My Package Files - Shows packages from all locations
Install Package Files - Normal options and webserver, downloads folder
Delete Package Files - normal options and some new ones
Downloaded Content - Manage content bubbles here
Visual Customization
Themes - About 1000 themes available for download
Wallpapers - Over 2000 wallpapers available for download
Coldboot Logos - Over 400 coldboot logos built in and more options
Coldboot sounds - 32 coldboot sounds and more options.
Background Wave Options - 400 wave options available
System Font options - over 100 font available
Gaia Visualization Options - 90 options available
Canyon Visualization Options - Force 57 presets
Gameboot Options - enable official gameboot or install multi gameboot mod
Screensaver Options - stream or download mp4 screensaver videos
Impose Screen Options - 28 different impose mods available
Blur effect Options - Enable/Disable/Change the blur effect when in xmb folders
XMB Icon Effects - 12 different effects for main XMB icons
PSN Icons Color - Choose between blue or red PSN icons
Overall XMB Size - Change main icon size to 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%, 110%, 120%, 130%
Upgrade system Icons - Install higher resolution set of emojis and buttons
Pixel Art Viewer - 5 pixel art examples
Built In Apps
Built in app installer - 10 apps available that install inside the toolbox menu instead of normal locations.
You can add your apps here by changing the apps category to HM in it's PARAM.SFO then booting the app once and exiting it.
Ultimate Toolbox Setup
Toolbox Components - Hide Show toolbox sections
Manage Addon Modules - Download or Remove optional resources
webMAN MOD resources - Install or remove wmm resources in dev_hdd0/tmp/
Change Toolbox Language - Work in progress - Only English available at release but has support for changing between 21 languages if they become available.
About Ultimate Toolbox - Update link, Uninstall options and donation links/QR codes.
Reinstall Ultimate Toolbox Plugin - This item needs to be ran once after any CFW reinstall. This patches flash with the required files.
Notes:
This has been tested on Rebug, Evilnat and Ferrox and on 4.87.1 HFW with the latest HEN.
There are a few items that are for CFW only, these options are labelled with flashing symbols warning to not use them on HEN.
If anyone wants to release a language translation add on, look in the dev_hdd0/ULTOOLBOX/USRDIR/language_packs/English/ folder, there are approx 7MB of xmls in there that would need translating. It's a fairly big job, I will release a pkg template for installing extra languages if anyone wants it.
If you are on HEN, after install you need to go into Firmware Settings > HEN Options and choose to promote the HEN enabler for your HFW version to the root of game. You can also enable HEN from there if required.
There is a link to Evilnat 4.87.3 included in the PUP downloader section, for now this links to Evilnat 4.87.2, when the PUP is available the file will be updated server side.
There could be bugs in this software so use it at your own risk.
After initial install it will change your PSN icons color to blue, you can change this to red inside the visual customization menu if you want to.
New folder structure and new content ID, Ultimate Toolbox now installs to dev_hdd0/game/ULTOOLBOX/, it also replaces the category_game.xmls. If you do not want your category_game.xml replaced, do not use this mod.
After install all PSN icons will be blue like OFW, Icon color can be changed to red inside the visual customization menu.
Now if you reinstall CFW after installing the toolbox, it will be fully disabled until you reinstall the Ultimate Toolbox support files
New dynamic behaviour added: If you update your CFW after installing this Toolbox, it will disappear and and a new icon will appear with ability to reinstall the required support files to flash. This stops people using the options when the plugin does not exist
Added ability to force 39 background colors, 12 official day colors, 12 official night colors plus black/white and an extra 15 "enhanced" custom backgrounds
Added ability to install packs of lines.qrc, canyon.qrc, coldboot*.ac3s to dev_hdd0/tmp/ for use with webMAN MODs new randomization features.
Ability to download a wallpaper pack to dev_hdd0/tmp/wallpaper/ for use with webMAN MODs new randomization features.
Added new webMAN MOD menus for choosing remaps and random remaps where applicable (gaia, canyon, lines, ac3, wallpapers)
The upgraded imagefont toggle now installs an imagefont.bin that supports the new 36 color Pixel Art Editor and 250+ tags.
Added Firmware downloader options with choice of 9 of the latest CFW PUPs downloadable to correct locations on USB or HDD
Added a toggle for a "Send all audio to headset" patch in Firmware settings
Added toggle for "Allow coldboot audio up to 20 seconds" *Note: This option disables the Multi Gameboot MOD animations
Package manager and app home can not be enabled or disabled
boot_plugins.txt backup and restore options now also backs up and restores the nocobra and dex txt files
boot_plugins.txt toggler now also toggles the nocobra and dex txt files.
Visualization menus now not as deep and less cluttered.
Now menus behave more dynamically depending on what is installed/available, eg. remove module options only show if a module is installed, download options only show if module is not downloaded,
wmm hdd resource remap options only show if resources have been installed to dev_hdd0/tmp/***
wmm remove resouces options only show if the resources exist in dev_hdd0/tmp/.
wmm resource install options will only show if the corresponding toolbox module is installed
New ability to remove all webMAN MOD related options from all menus, for the users who do not use wMM. See Toolbox Components in Toolbox Setup.
Game sorting method toggle is now upgraded to sort by name on more XMB sort settings. It also changes XMB text.
Added 6 more Gaia visualizations (earth.qrc)
Added 30 more coldboot logos, Evilnat, habib, PS4, PS5 style logos and lots more, shortened the PS5 start up sound so it can play fully.
Added 50+ legacy waves - some of these have issues, like drifting off to the left etc. This is why the legacy waves are kept separate to ones I made.
Added an About section to Ultimate Toolbox Setup menu with version info, changelog record and more info. (WIP)
More settings now have custom icons, such as module downloads.
Option to File Explorer to the Root of the game category - added to toolbox components submenu.
Option to install package manager pro to flash replacing the normal package manager.
Changed notification so it no longer says "fcopy" and now includes animated icons instead.
More built in category HM packages added for installing into the toolbox menu, all with custom metalification style icons and custom pic1.pngs with extra information.
Restructured main menu so it only loads small xmls for main menu items, with larger xmls only loading once you enter sub menus, makes it more responsive and runs into RAM issues less.
Made new icons for all the greyscale coldboot icons on black backgrounds, now much easier to see what you are installing
Doubled the resolution of all ps3 theme icons - also now using jpg instead of png to keep filesize down and menus responsive.
Added Demo Downloader to the main menu, allows 500+ PS3 c00 demos to be downloaded direct from Sony servers without going to the PS Store or needing a PSN account.
Added Ps1 Demo disc downloader with 33 discs available
Added Ps2 Demo disc downloader with 11 discs available, with info on each disc, and option to view high res cover fullscreen. These ISOs are patched so they will work on a PS3 unlike standard demo discs.
Added playstation magazine downloader with 40 issues available
Official playstation podcast downloader/streamer added, with 100 episodes available
Added option to toggle the official gameboot from OFW 3.00
Added the option to install the latest version of the Multi Gameboot Mod for use with webman mod.
Change psn related icon color to blue or red. After install icons will be blue, change them to red if you want.
Added new webman mod resources manager to toolbox setup, this allows all dev_hdd0/tmp/xx/ resouces to be reinstalled or deleted.
Screen saver menus reorganized to be less cluttered, with separate sub menus for downloading and streaming
Moved the Screensaver Mode option (fullscreen wave viewer) from inside power options > advanced, now moved into Visualizations > Screensaver Options.
Added a PS5 style background inside Screensaver Options for streaming or downloading
Added bonus sub menu with some random pixel art examples. This menu has support to show your own pixel art loaded from dev_usb000/pixelart.xml
Impose screen mod options, 3 categories, animated when charging controller.
Imagefont.bin with over 250 new ofw style tags added, these tags are used all over Ultimate Toolbox menus and can be enabled in webman mod too.
XMB size changer added with options to resize top level of XMB to 70%, 80%, 90% , 100%, 110%, 120% or 130%.
Removed xai_plugin.sprx/rco from pkg so as not to affect Evilnat CFWs new xai_plugin features
Added support for changing between 21 languages - ONLY english is available at release, other languages can be added if translations become available - if you are interested in tranlating this please see dev_hdd0/game/ULTOOLBOX/USRDIR/language_packs/english/ for what needs translating. These could be released as add on pkgs at a later date.
Built in pkg installer moved into built in package section so it's more intuitive. More built in apps added
If you would like to make a small donation to help cover server costs it would much appreciated, Thank you.
