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TA-082 “SoftDown” Released!
greg | December 16, 2006
Update: Now the real kicker… Apparently this is fake. Good news — regardless of what you’ve done — it cannot brick your PSP. I cannot personally confirm whether or not this works because I lack a TA-082 hand held. And I’m not going to point fingers with who said what and what said who… Nevertheless, the TA-082 downgrader has been removed until further notice. Even then, I wouldn’t recommend using this softdown procedure, you should stick with HEN D.
Update: As more confirmations come in, Chaos Zero has made some amendments. You are not stuck with 1.50 or 2.71 SE-C once you’ve successfully downgraded. You’re able to run any 2.60+ update EBOOT afterwards. And, another thing, if you chose 2.71 SE-C you can re-softdown to 1.50. Run the TA-082 executable again and select 1.50, boot into 2.71 SE-C “recovery mode,” and select the newly generated EBOOT.
You’ve all heard & read about it — now here it is! Using 0okm’s discovered method, dark_thug was able to produce a successful method to downgrade, or better known as “softdown,” your TA-082 PSP. But, the catch! There’s always a catch… Before you get all excited, there are a few worrisome consequences you must consider before attempting this… As follows:
It’s likely you’ll never be able to upgrade/flash your PSP with another firmware version again- You can only “softdown” to either 1.50 or 2.71 SE-C
- If you select 1.50
- Attempting to access anything under the ’settings’ menu will cause your PSP to crash
- If you select 2.71 SE-C
- You may experience lock-ups during certain games
There’s also a slight chance you may brick your PSP during the initial softdown procedure. I’ve yet to hear any reports of that though.
Continue forward at your own risk!
Instructions (follow carefully!):
- Use Dark_AleX’s Update Flasher to change your TA-082 to 2.50 (if it isn’t already)
- Download 0okm’s 2.50 TA-082 Check & Dump to dump your firmware
- Enter your serial #, specify the path to your 2.50 dump, and select your desired firmware in the Windows executable. (Screen shot below)
- It will then generate the downgrader unique to your PSP.
- Copy the ‘UPDATE’ directory to your PSP under x:/PSP/GAME
- Download and install the Noobz eLoader
- Launch eLoader and select ‘UPDATE’ from menu
(click to enlarge)
You have now started the downgrade and will soon have a patched 1.50 bootstrap.
Once completed, reboot your PSP and hit “O” to restore settings. Viola!
Its also been noted, if you’ve chosen the 1.50 softdown path, that it may be possible to restore the settings menu by flashing a clean 1.50 registry with a tool such as X-Flash. Very risky however. Again — use at your own risk.
Must say, nice job dark_thug!
Download:
TA-082 Check & Dump v1.20 (by 0okm)
2.71 Update Flasher (by Dark_AleX)
eLoader 0.9.9 (by Noobz)
- forum feedback -
- source: psp-haxors
not worth it
when the fuck is 2.80 downgrade coming out i swear i updated my psp since august and it still never came out please somebody o yeah i have cps2 on my 2.80 if you want to know how to use it add my msn or email me its ballaeman@hotmail.com
It’s a fake boys, don’t fuck around with it unless you want a nice brick to throw out the window!
big congradulations everyone! great job.
Great news.. but I wouldnt do this for all the TA’s out there.
maybe we should leave the TA-082 downgrader to Dark_Alex
Too risky for a barely working firmware…
you guys are too harsh. its progress.
Hell yeah .. it is going to be a GREAT Christmas. Can’t wait for Christmas eve when they release the 2.8+ downgrader. Then I will have 4 working PSPs for homebrew!!! SWEET!!!
nah this is hot u can have 1.5 and u can make it a regular 1.5 with X-flash so your psp wont crash in settings and u have no need to ever upgrade because id=f DEV HOOK!!! this is nice!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!
hey man, how do u know the 2.8x downgrader comes out at christmas eve, i’ve never read it anywhere.
I personally don’t trust this application. It was posted on QJ forums a couple of days ago, before it was even posted on PSP-Haxor and stuff, and it seemed legit but with no testers back then and now it’s tested and proved to work.
But, for me, I don’t like it, assuming the tests are real and everything works, but what’s giving me the insecurity is the restrictions. For example, one downgraded his TA-082 2.71 to 2.50 with Dark_AleX’s Generic Downgrader and do this, he successfully downgrades his PSP to 1.50 or 2.71 SE-C with this, but from there, he notices something that’s really fucked up, and he regrets it, then, he wants to go back to 2.71 because it originally had what he ever needed/wanted but he can’t. So, I’m not going to use this, just going to wait and wait since I’m pretty contented with HEND and stuff on my 2.71 TA-082 set (I’ve 1.50 non-TA-082 as well, heh). This is good for those who are willing to accept the insecurity as well as a fact for a better TA-082 softdown in future.
I personally do not recommend this.
hmmm…
would definately wait for a stable downgrader. GO GO Dark_Alex!!!
Good thing i have my 1.50 :) dum dee dum. Still need to try out the new DevHook…
tested at pinoypsp.com and chaoszero’s friends.
working!!! downgrade successful!
it’s a work in progress yes. it may not be really the “first” one, but it’s the first one that can be used by anybody (who has the guts to try it).
It’s definitly progress. =)
pioneered by dark_thug *certified pinoy*
to those who doubted his efforts and eventually banned him, BOOYAH!
It does work! Tested and running 2.71 SE!
I wanna thank Chaos Zero for bringing this up again! This is amazing progress, and with all the bugs ironed out, we may eventually have a perfect TA-082 downgrader!
pinoy gumawa nito! kaya asteegh hehehehe!
You guys are really harsh. It sucks seeing these comments about how this is horrible when i was the only one who had the guts to test it. I’m actually regreting ever testing it now cuz u guys say it sucks. It doesnt suck because it gives you a REAL 1.5. Not that fake index writing crap. It writes the REAL 1.5 bootstrap to your PSP and then patches the bootstrap so that the TA-082 will recognize it without bricking. And so what if u want to go back to 2.71, emulate it. Heck, why not emulate 3.02? U wanna go back to HEND, write it onto devhook. However, i am glad to see that my tutorial and pic were used. It made front page ^_^. I hope you guys with TA-082’s will trust this because it’s really starting to bring me down.
Can U help me I bought a PSP with Version 2.60 TA-082, before I knew anything about homebrew I upgraded to 3.01 it was an option inside the PSP. Now that I know better I want to downgrade, all I have read says I can not do it. Can you help me, what can I do. Thanx before hand.
giant step forward, congrats….now for the new-NEW 3rd motherboard to be cracked….that’s a ways away.
but for all those who get it working, nice job enjoy….for all those who fail….Sony does exchanges *wink*…
G’damn!!! This is fresh…but i wouldnt touch it.
Good luck for anyone who does this, and for anyone who further progresses the development of this!
ONE,
Draw2
hey skull
props to ya man! even our own countrymen didn’t have the guts to test it. if it wasn’t for you, dark_thug wouldn’t be able to redeem himself.
to all you haterz, you treat it as if hard work wasn’t put into the development and the release of this project. you’ll thank dark_thug soon enough.
congrats on that one. seems like there are a few obvious bugs you cant get around though. i know thats not your fault, dark_thug. Sony’s just run by a bunch of pricks and they made this motherboard extra difficult and full of issues. You did what you could…
I dont have a TA-082. i was lucky enough to have a guy at Target open the box for me so i could check it out first. Luckily i didnt buy it. But you are doing a really cool thing by helping those people who are stuck with that crap.
what firmware version do u have to have to run this?
u need to have a TA-082 Mobo not FW
good job making this and we all appreciate ur hard work but ppl should probably wait until it is a bit more “refined”
@Fuck1 and ???
you must DG ur TA-082 first to 2.5 before proceeding.
This is a great achievement! Good work finally cracking that cursed mobo. There’s no way in hell I’d actually try it but great job. I’m sticking to my HEN D until a tighter method is developed. It’s still kickass that u did it though.
Good job!U are really nice guys!But….I think we should still wait for the “perfect”
Very nice groundbreaking work here, as a TA082 user I applaud your progress. However, I’m only willing to stay in the HenD/DH and Eloader circles until this becomes way more stable. Flashing FW, especially to a point of no return, scares the crap out of me and my 1 month old PSP.
Never the less, Congrats and TONS of good luck for future versions. Stick it to Sony, that’s for sure!
any bricks reported so far?
Well I did it, and as long as you’ve got the balls and you follow the instructions, it’ll go fine.
Make sure the power cable is plugged in at all times.
As I have said, same here! Its great! I have it up and running. Screw you guys who dont wanna try it, and if you need to go back to a newer firmware, we have Devhook for EVERY LAST FIRMWARE! Its the real 1.5 as people mentioned too, so some bugs just need to be fixed, and im sure development will start all over agaiN! This is a great day, and a really early X-Mas present.
I guess this is the downgrader report we’ve all been waiting for right? ;)
which one is better 1.5 or 2.71 se-c?
2.71 SE-C for sure
ok when it says… 1.50
opening anything in settings will cause system to crash… does it mean brick?
No. Just your PSP will freeze up and after about 20 seconds, it will turn off.
Its kinda scary the first or second time it happens, but its nothing to worry about, and nothing dangerous. (However, trying to force your PSP to crash isnt a good idea by doing it repeatedly.)
After you downgraded to 1.5 couldn’t you use the 1.5 to 1.0 downgrader then upgrade to 1.5?
i dont think the 150 to 100 downgrader is made for the TA082 psp. so no.
has anyone used xflash to do a clean 1.5? And if so wont it enable you to later update if you chose too?
Hi cali. I am wondering the same thing since i got my a ta-082 psp :)
wow this is like sofa king socom now lol
lol and i dont no, this seems to scary to do. Im thinking in my head back and fourth wether to do it or not. And if i do do it will it be 1.5 or se-c?
I think I am going to do it and go to 1.5. i can live with the BSOD from the settings but with SEC I might not be able to play the games.
What are u talking about? Most games are already supported and for the ones that arent theres always dev hook
I am currently downgrading from 2.71 to 2.50
This is awsome.. and i also have a TA-082.. but no balls to use this shit man.. i would but too risky
True, but well tell me how it goes. i already downgraded to 2.50, ill stick around here for awhile. And if go for 1.5 can i use x flash, no one ever answered me?
this is like sweet
but i dont think im going to do it
but soon hopefully some genius makes a more safter and better downgrader for ta 271 to ta 150
ok I successfully got to 2.50 now to do the rest.
i suggest 1.5
how are key pads “O” and “X”. Are like the jap?
@cali
i think you can use xflash so you can flash ur 1.5 settings. i think it’s part of chaoszero’s disclaimer.
@tam
not sure about this one. this guy’s based somewhere in the middle east, so im not sure what kind of button config he has.
how do i boot dump and check?
Yeah my psp keeps crashing when I use eloader
My psp also keeps crashing when i go to the eloader. we need some friggin help because the directions were not that specific
umm… WOW… 1.50 doesn’t use eloader you boot right from the XMB. you need a KXploited eboot though. whitch means it has 2 folders 1 regular and 1 with % in the name. try using KXploit tool.
mikieb, tell us how it looks like after down…
this is pissing me off!
@cali
i think that’s covered by chaos zero’s article :)
wheres his article?
firt of all, fuck you all for hating on the guys who keep the scene alive…assholes.
second, jeezuss christ, 0okm, after my checking account is linked to my paypal, I will donate sum of my $ to keep your ass up and running
Third, now that I am on my 5th (yup) psp, I’m gonna have to try it on a friend’s first
Fourth, your progress and all who have contributed to the scene will rest with the gods some day (right next to the creator of torrents and don’t forget Nolan Bushnell :)
Last thing: This is not a giant leap here, this is a freaking 20 hour sonic jet trip into our dreams, someone fucking pinch me because this shit too amazing
PS: you stole all my stuff, I actually created this (Just kidding, put the meat cleaver down…)
@cali
here man http://www.psp-haxors.com/ta-082-downgrader-released/476
rigth now i am having a problem getting the dump cuz it keeps crashing.
it dont say anything about eloader issues any chance you can copy and paste?
ignorant people should be banned form the use of a computer
we should treat them like monkeys and keep them in cages
along with all the people that ask will this work for 3.XX on the live IRC chat (I’ve ounted 273 so far, wait, 274….) These people should have been nailed to the floor with dead infants’ bones (*pops a few pills*) sorry, but it’s true
@iPartyNaked
hahahaha i feel ya man. just be glad that you can be of help without actually carrying those out hahaha
@cali
oh, i thought that was about the XFlash. you can check the forums regarding the generic downgrader.
it isnt working wat do i hit at the dumper () or []?
I used this eloader http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/759
and now when i goto dump it says SORRY, THIS SOFTWARE CANT SUPPORT YOUR PSP
lol owell, ill stick around see wat happens
I downloaded to 2.50 and everything.
hmmm you can wait for skull or sumthin hehehe
me 2 mikie
It says I need a 2.50 firmware dump so I am gonna update back to 2.71 and emulate 1.5 and then dump 2.50 so it dumps with my psp and try downgrading that way.
hope you don’t brick
I’m rooting for ya
via pspardumper right? lol this ccan get big if it works. I think it will work, but shouldnt you use x flash to dumb flash 1, like in the 0.50 devhook?
Yeah i hope I dont brick either
Well i can hexedit one of the firmware installers so it installs the files to 2.50 instead of the other folders
confused . . . .
okwhen i trie to run ookms software it says this….
the game could not be started
(80020148)
What do i do ?
I read acouple post that say you need the factory 2.50 psp. my psp is a factory 2.71 so i cant do enthing irght now
there also is this pic but i dont want to try without the dump
http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ta082el1.png
okwhen i trie to run ookms software it says this….
the game could not be started
(80020148)
What do i do ?
I dont know what to do
How i get 2.71 to 2.50
I cant find the Dax generic any where that us mentioned with the downgrader
im tired nowwww any one have any ideas!
HOLY SHIT
yeah i dont nkow either lol
@cillie
try the downloads section