Comments on: 2.71 SE Firmware Installer

By: Sebo

Sebo — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:51:29 +0000

Another problem came to my mind:
I´m using Harley´s Custom Firmware at the moment which already wrote to the flash when it was installed…..
Is there anyone who had this firmware and then put on 2.71 SE without problems?

By: spaydi_14

spaydi_14 — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:14:37 +0000

hey guyz… this se custom fw is kinda cool. ive tried it but went back to 1.5 for some reasons.

to dark_alex and everybody who works on the psp-hacking scene, i would like to thank you cuz now i enjoyed my 1.5 psp. i bought mine at 2.5. it sucks but now im part of the psp homebrew community. thanks again guyz…

By: dae

dae — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 03:08:06 +0000

Hmm, getting an error when trying to start devhook. Do I need to launch it through GTA or just from the memory card directly (a la 1.50)?

The error I receive is:
error loading/starting 0×80010002 reboot.prx

By: Tomo

Tomo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:02:14 +0000

Could it have something to do with there not being enough room on flash0?

By: Tomo

Tomo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:56:04 +0000

Im having right problems with this SE. It would appear that after the initial flash and upgrade it works fine. The upgrade happens, then it reboots automatically but if i try to run an application straight after the reboot, IE the Web Browser, i get the blue screen asking to press O to continue. Like on the 250 & 260 downdater. Then it forces itself off when i turn it back on it asks me all the questions associated with a new psp, name,time zone etc. Then all the applications associated with the Firmware work, like the web browser etc. BUT DEVHOOK. This is the one problem im having and ive tried loads of stuff. The embedded version on the install when i launch it has a split menu, the option 3rd up from the bottom of the list once its loaded is missing so it looks like the menu is split in two parts. If i load an iso onto the disc Devhook can see its there but when i try to launch it it just shuts down my psp, even if i simply press exit on devhook it shuts down my psp. Its mad, ive tried just installing the se fw, and version 44 of devhook which booted up, this time with a full menu and no black out, but just when i thought it was working BAM off goes my psp again. I see a couple of comments like this in the forums but nobody has any ideas yet. Anyone else come accross this or got a resolve for the issue? Its a right mental one this! Im lovin the FQW i really want it! but recovery mode back to 150 for now with devhook V46…..please help me out this is doing my tree in!! many thanks Tom.

By: adorable

adorable — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:18:17 +0000

Rocking!
0) Formatted the Memory stick in the PSP, then did a full shutdown and startup. Connected the USB. Made sure the AC was plugged in, battery was fully charged.
1) Downloaded the Build 3 version, ran that on the PC.
2) Waited a few minutes while the files copied over.
3) Once the installer said it was done, unconnected it.
4) Ran the upgrader.
5) Waited. Flash seemed to work faster than the USB transfer =P Slow USB on the PSP.
6) It rebooted, displayed the blue screen saying your preferences needed to be reset (which is fine - believe i saw this before upgrading from 1.50 to 2.0), did that, rebooted, and it was fine =)

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Rocking update!
almost all UMD’s work just fine! ISOs work just fine. Had a Japanese 1.00 updated to 1.50 updated to 2.0, downgraded to 1.50, then updated to 2.71SE. (So all of that upgrading and downgrading hasn’t affected anything here.) Plays Japanese UMD movies just fine still (don’t have any region 1 usa movies so haven’t tried that yet — no point before 2.71SE because of region lock - so no confirmation as to region lock on movies). No problems with both USA and Japanese UMD games. CSO and ISO work fine.

Oddly, the only thing that doens’t play? The free KillZone demo UMD Sony mailed me for free — and it uses 2.71 according to the firmware update it has on the disc. Go figure - can play everything except Sony’s demo!

Web surfing works fine, no problems using wifi. =)

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Keep this in mind - you need a UMD in the PSP to boot ISO/CSO using Devhook. No UMD icon will appear for your ISO/CSO until you put a UMD in and use Devhook.

When you use Devhook, select your ISO/CSO, XMB, and reboot, don’t look for some extra icon or something — just find the UMD icon again and you’ll see that it has magically transformed itself into the ISO/CSO game icon! I know this seems obvious - but many users will keep loooking and looking for something ‘new’ when it’s just the same ol’ UMD icon that has been transformed. Naturally, it’ll stay put through a suspend, but will revert to the original UMD on a full power down.

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Basically, a 100% boring upgrade - even easier than a real Sony firmware update, and works great on a Jpn PSP 1.00 original =)

Yes, it’s a Jpn PSP, so the o/x buttons are still swapped =)

By: RCH

RCH — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:32:00 +0000

You still have the Home+Rtrigger selection. You can always try SA, and can always go back if it’s not your thing, which is nice.

By: Sebo

Sebo — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:07:58 +0000

hm……i´m almost convinced to put the SE-Firmware onto my PSP.
But still, there´s one point:
Since this firmware isn´t emulated with Devhook, does that mean there are no hotkeys such as HOME+R to switch through the ISO´s or HOME+O to mount/unmount?

By: RCH

RCH — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:19:14 +0000

If you have 2.71 SA, and the CPU set to 333, the Wi-Fi will not work. If you set to 222, it works fine. I’m not sure 333 is required by any means, however, I do notice Untold Legends 2 is a bit choppy at 222 for me….

By: Joe Bombable

Joe Bombable — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:52:25 +0000

Yo, what is up with the Wi-Fi when I load an ISO, because you know what, I can’t connect with another psp which makes a lot of no sense to me. Has this been mentioned or resolved I’m still working on it and it’s pissing me off, this sounded like a bad idea to me.