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Custom Firmware 3.03 OE-B Released!

greg | January 10, 2007

Dark_AleX releasing custom firmware updates like they’re going out of style! Yup, that’s right, another earth-shattering update from the man himself — 3.03 Open Edition Revision B (OE-B)!

3.03 OE-B changes:

  • Patched the firmware to allow decrypted mp4-AVC videos to play at 480×272 resolution.
  • pic0.png was not shown in psp isos. Fixed.
  • The speed functions were not dummied after setting the speed. This could cause the few games that set the cpu speed not to run at the selected speed in the recovery menu.
  • Changed the structure of the program to have more free ram in game mode. sysmemp.prx removed, systemctrl.prx splitted into systemctrl.prx and vshctrl.prx.

Note: due to the inclusion of pic0.png, the iso cache has changed slightly; as a consequence you will notice a slowdown the first time you access game menu after this update, just as if you have modified the iso folder.

Instructions regarding AVC @ 480×272, docmaker changes, and everything else is detailed inside readme.txt.

Only execute this update from 3.03 OE-A or 3.03 OE-A’ (A2)

Download: 3.03 OE-B Update

My spidey senses are tingling — something tells me X-Flash V18j is near. ;)

- source: lan.st

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245 Comments »

Comment by Ming
2007-01-10 16:50:55

Woot he is a genius

Comment by IT ALL WORKS
2007-01-11 06:00:21

Zzz i just posted my comment here so ppl can read it easier.

*Recovery Mode Still Works
*PSX Games DO Still Work
*This Is Like 99.99999999% It Will Work.
*The Current X-Flash Works (v18i)
*No Umd i think is not working properly
*sony sux, da rules

Comment by shiro
2007-01-11 12:36:58

Sony “sux” and yet you love your PSP.

Whatever.

Comment by everyone
2007-01-11 16:22:37

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Comment by Nox
2007-01-10 16:51:22

Still have 3.02 OE-A i think ill grab this one

 
Comment by raiden dirteh
2007-01-10 16:52:23

wow. there’s no stopping this guy. nice work.

 
Comment by Ming
2007-01-10 16:53:13

Nox, make sure you upgrade to 3.03 OE-A FIRST

Comment by Nox
2007-01-10 17:03:26

Ming thx for the warning ill do so, tho ive read ppl bricking psps using easy installer of 3.03 oe-a

Comment by Luffy
2007-01-10 23:20:57

Yeay I am an 3.02 OE-B user and I’m scared to upgrade because of bricking. Ive read more reviews of brickin gthan reviews of sucess

Comment by tetsuo
2007-01-11 00:26:58

actually maniac re-released the file.
It’s good, i tested out on two psps and they all work fine. Including this one. Although I really don’t know what’s the difference between this one and the 3.03oe-a’

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Comment by junkyinny
2007-01-11 12:46:51

actually there was no bricking with 3.03 at all , if u did it manually like the instructions say… running the autoinstaller that was first posted caused all those bricks..

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Comment by compfreak
2007-01-10 16:54:23

Good job :-)

Thx

 
Comment by seany
2007-01-10 16:58:25

installed! but psx games give me error 80000004 !! anyone know what the deal is?

Comment by xxxhomiexxx
2007-01-10 17:07:53

anyone having same problem?

 
Comment by tonytony1534
2007-01-10 17:44:36

the error is because the folder name is different

do this psp/game/scusxxxxx/eboot.pbp

that work

 
Comment by seanyface
2007-01-10 20:02:44

hi, i discovered that my problem was an incorrect installation. going back to 1.5, then 30.2a, 3.03a, then this one. after that, everything was as it should be. amazing!!!!

Comment by MIKE
2007-01-10 23:16:35

did it work cus smae thing here

Comment by seanyface
2007-01-10 23:33:32

it should be fine. just downgrade back to 1.5, then back up, following the steps correctly. also, make sure your eboots are ccorrect, have the right names, and are in the game or game150 folder.

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Comment by ye
2007-01-11 12:18:39

actually that wont always work, happened to mine i went back to 1.5 up to 2.0 back down to 1.5 cause someone told me 2.0 cleans ur flash if anythings messed up on it then all the way back up to 3.02 and i was still gettting the 800000004 error.
‘do this psp/game/scusxxxxx/eboot.pbp” i had not tried that so maybe this was the cause? my popstation named the folder automatically to something very differnet than this.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by shadowlankan
2007-01-10 16:58:34

sweet but i dont get it whats the difference.

 
Comment by everyone
2007-01-10 16:59:45

I wonder if this frustrates Art at all, now he has to come up with another version of X-Flash.

i keep picturing him going “dammit dammit dammit!” lol

Comment by HEMPY
2007-01-12 16:23:30

Im going to agree with Paul Bourke. That is the most retarded post ive ever read.

 
Comment by Aral
2007-01-14 05:50:22

I can guarantee that Art loves it ;) Updating Xflash keeps him at home for a few hours every week instead of going mountain climbing with his PSP and GPS :) If you like Arts Xflash come to our forum http://www.austech.info

Im sure Art will personally answer all of your enquiries and needs there :)

 
 
Comment by choy
2007-01-10 17:00:52

I hope Dark Alex can release a emulated of FW 3.03 OE-B and that will be sweet and It will be safe coz you don’t to flash your PSP :)

Comment by eeker
2007-01-10 17:03:43

I would second this notion! PLZ make this!
And where’s dev hook @?

 
Comment by shadowlankan
2007-01-10 17:10:24

me too i hope he comes out with an emulator but i think im fine with flashing it as well

 
Comment by Paul Bourke
2007-01-11 09:08:56

thats just fucking stupid

 
 
Comment by BrendanL
2007-01-10 17:01:01

If only I had the guts to downgrade my 2.71 TA-082 PSP to 1.5. Tehn I could upgrade to Dark_AleX’s custom firmwares.

Comment by mark v
2007-01-10 17:10:54

Dont worry mate, the ta-082 downgrade works fine and i was a total newbie and it worked ok for me and I have upgraded and downgraded 4 times since to try different things.

Comment by tetsuo
2007-01-11 00:29:31

i second that, i was very hesitant about downgrading ta-82 mobo as well however i readfrom dax’s post taht it’s safe so i took his word for it.

Comment by meteorbites
2007-01-11 06:50:26

3rd motion… me too was a newbie..

you have to read carefully though and make sure you follow the instructions and downloaded from a reliable source like psp-hacks

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Comment by Buto
2007-01-11 12:15:36

my friend has fw 2.71 ta-082 .. hes afraid of downgrading..so i wanna downgrade it for him
ive read the instructions here
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=17935

uhmm do i need to leave the battery 75% or can i leave it 100% with the charger on?

 
 
 
 
Comment by Traxz
2007-01-10 20:02:52

i was the same way took me 2 weeks to work up the courage to downgrade, but it worked like a charm,

 
Comment by tahikiB
2007-01-11 00:23:50

Same here. Newbie now I am about to install 3.03OE-B.
Just make sure you read the steps, step by step, 2 or 6 times before you carry it out.

 
 
Comment by eeker
2007-01-10 17:02:18

damn! this is just getting better and better!

 
Comment by shadowlankan
2007-01-10 17:04:20

anyone know how to add custom font on 3.3OE-B with out using the xflash think

Comment by PotFarmer
2007-01-10 19:01:04

heh you can use pspfiler 2.5 to do it manually kinda scary though cause if you mess up (specially when you dunno where yer battery cover is like mine so it falls out all the time) you prolly got a brick but hey lifes all about livin dangeriously

 
 
Comment by Nojustice
2007-01-10 17:04:50

I currently have 3.02A, ill upgrade to 3.03A… do i then need to do each on in turn .. ie. 3.03A2 then 3.03B?

Comment by dj dumbi
2007-01-10 20:32:47

no, you dont have to. you can skip A2, but upgrade from 3.02 to 3.03OEA first, then you’ll be up to date.

 
 
Comment by Ming
2007-01-10 17:04:51

Nox, you should have read the readme and my warning…-_-

 
Comment by paulrulesPSP
2007-01-10 17:12:33

Great job DA.

I still dont need why people need to use the easy installer for 3.03 OE-A i mean you just palce a few folders, add a few shit, and it works!

DA, a word of advice.

SHOVE IT IN SONY’S FACE THAT THEY SUCK!

Comment by SGT
2007-01-11 03:49:03

Except they make superb hardware and license superb games, AND discount the cost of their hardware so that it doesn’t cost a fortune to buy their kit. They suck except for that right?

Comment by wattster
2007-01-11 07:36:41

Hmmm…. Is That A Paradox?

Sony don’t suck cos they MADE the PSP so that DA can HACK the PSP so that people can tell Sony how much they suck??? Interesting…….

Comment by beej
2007-01-11 09:26:18

I think so wattster. It’s pretty amusing seeing people bagging sony, saying they suck. If they suck, why are we wasting our time using their product, customising their product, discussing their product and our customisations on the net. I say thankyou SONY, you’ve finally sold me on one of your consoles. The PSP is my favourite device of the last few years, and gets more time than my XBOX 360 as IT RULES!!! Kudos to Dark Alex for making it rule so much i guess, but to Sony also for making it easy for him to do it.

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Comment by JimmyD
2007-01-11 10:41:36

Exactly Beej, Sony is one of the best comsumer electronics corps in the world. Sony has advanced human kind so far forward in technology its just insane to say they “suck” or “f**k sony”. The entire reason we have the digital music era is because of…. SONY! (and phillips, together creating compact disc) Dont bash the company thats responsible for pretty much all your entertainment. We would still be using tape decks and vcr’s if it wasn’t for sony. SO YOU SUCK, not sony.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by Finalfan
2007-01-10 17:17:32

It works with X-Flash

 
Comment by Chronic
2007-01-10 17:22:18

I have 3.03 OE-A and not A2. Has anyone tried to update from OE-A and sure it works?

Comment by Ming
2007-01-10 17:31:02

I just did, works perfectly

 
Comment by Scimpy
2007-01-10 17:32:12

“Only execute this update from 3.03 OE-A or 3.03 OE-A’ (A2)”…

Comment by Chronic
2007-01-10 17:45:23

Yeah, I read that but I wanted to see if someone did it. I got one of the fake updates once. Thanks a lot.

 
 
 
Comment by Kilogold
2007-01-10 17:25:05

Does this finally mean 333mhz wifi? :(

 
Comment by JaKe HaNdY
2007-01-10 17:25:51

nox did you brick using the 3.03oeb update? or did you brick using the easy installer for 3.03 oea?
if you bricked with the easy installer there is a fix

 
Comment by Badlandz
2007-01-10 17:26:35

How we convert vids @ 480×272?

 
Comment by JaKe HaNdY
2007-01-10 17:28:10

http://www.psp-hacks.com/downloads/brickfixer.exe if you bricked using the easy installer

 
Comment by jess
2007-01-10 17:30:27

So whats the difference, I dont see much or am I just blind?

Comment by Ming
2007-01-10 17:31:27

Just a few minor tweaks, and something for video buffs i guess.

 
 
Comment by Zato
2007-01-10 17:35:09

great nice :)

 
Comment by terry
2007-01-10 17:37:03

hi there peeps updated to dark_alex 303b have a problem with loading psx games on psp with my 4gb harddrive and i have been reading on the net that the hard drive is not compatible as it doesnt read info fast enough. does anyone know of a fix for this or can anyone help me contact dark alex for some guidance many thanks

 
Comment by Stellar
2007-01-10 17:41:59

anyone know if this supports no-umd mode?

 
Comment by kaga
2007-01-10 17:44:45

does the non umd thing work now

 
Comment by ???
2007-01-10 17:51:32

So does this mean the video player can play .PMPs now?

 
Comment by tom11014
2007-01-10 18:00:33

its never a bad thing when dark_alex puts somthing out keep up the good work download a quick ps1 game for psp at:http://rapidshare.com/files/11080340/rainbow_six_-_lone_wolf.rar

 
Comment by SLy
2007-01-10 18:12:37

Has anyone gotten the DocMaker to work? I’ve made a few png images and pass the right commands. But, When you try to view it on the PSP under the PSx Game menu all it says is there is no manual.

Comment by SLy
2007-01-10 18:43:59

N/M I got it to work. Images made have to be 480×272 I ReSized them and now the DOCUMENT.DAT Made works.

Comment by tom11014
2007-01-10 18:50:59

use this so when you make the eboot you can make the doc at the same time with all the info allready there. it will even resize the images.

 
 
 
Comment by danky
2007-01-10 18:23:14

Could someone who updates please try FFVII and see if the battle swirl issue is resolved that was in 3.03a thank you.

Comment by x1
2007-01-10 19:53:01

danky, the updates with each release for the PSX emulator come from $ony, so if you have 3.03a, 3.03a’ or 3.03b you have the same PSX emulator in each.

3.04 will more than likely include some PSX emulator updates from sony, just as 3.03 did over 3.02.

Comment by Shaun
2007-01-11 02:00:47

Even so they don’t have FFVII as an actual ported game yet so the code they use would do jack to any games except the ones on the PS3.

 
 
Comment by Heyarnold
2007-01-11 11:23:43

no, its not swirlin’ in 3.03b

 
 
Comment by WARDOG256
2007-01-10 18:39:20

if u install this can u uninstall it?

Comment by shadowlankan
2007-01-11 07:03:40

yes but u have to go in to recovery and do that

Comment by WARDOG256
2007-01-14 12:26:08

i made a “recovery” folder in “game” and put the 1.50 eboot in it but when i tried to run it in recovery mode my psp just shut off. do i hav to rename it or extract sumthing from it or wut?

Comment by ßyron™
2007-01-18 22:55:34

your recovery folder needs the decryptprx.prx , and EBOOT.PBP and extprx.pbp , libpsardumper. prx as wellas the 1.50EBOOT

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Comment by Phobicsilver
2007-01-10 18:45:06

The first thing I tried was to see if the FFVII battle swirl was fixed and sadly its not.

Comment by David
2007-01-10 22:04:26

I used to get the battle swirl, but I compressed the iso and now I don’t. So I figure thats the cost for more free space.

 
 
Comment by X-FLASH WORKS
2007-01-10 18:48:55

X FLASH WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (X-Flash V18i)

 
Comment by xmod
2007-01-10 18:54:09

stupid question ?
I think i saw somethin about homebrew NOT workin with 3.03OE+, but i cant find info on it anymore.

Is it the same as 3.02OE or not ?
Can i play homebrew on 3.03OE or not ?
(more specificaly, emulators)

Great work DA
thanks guys

Comment by stacy
2007-01-10 20:10:44

yes u can but u have to go in to recovery and set the kernal to 1.5

u can go in to recovery by pressing r well restarting the psp. and switch it.

Comment by peter
2007-01-18 15:22:08

hi stacy, in the recover mod the main menu, to go back to 1.5, i need to set run program at /psp/games/recovery/eboot.pbp or choose advanced and flash pspbtcnf_updater.txt(1.5)

 
 
 
Comment by tom11014
2007-01-10 18:58:38

yes you can

 
Comment by drmadcow
2007-01-10 19:05:44

yay I gotta try this thing… and FF7 battle swirl? lol who cares..!! I got it and thats 2 minor a glitch to bother me… lol And it’s probally not fixable at DA’s end cause its probally a sony emu bug and since that game ain’t downloadable thru a PS3 they have no reason to fix it..

 
Comment by alex
2007-01-10 19:06:59

dammm another one. sweet!!!!

 
Comment by jazzyj
2007-01-10 19:29:36

Firstly, keep up the good work DAX.
On 3.02-OEB at moment. Not really seeing any point in goin up to 3.03 OEB at the moment.
Are there any real advantages of this as i’m not playing psx games that often?

p.s. will the flash drive run out of space if we keep flashing, or does it just over-write the current files each time?

Comment by dj dumbi
2007-01-10 20:37:04

it’ll overwrite or “update” the files. The flash wont run out of space.

 
 
Comment by mario
2007-01-10 19:37:15

Hahaha. Dark_alex da man.

Just when i was enjoying 303oea i can get to enjoy 303oeb.

Thanx again DAX.

 
Comment by philly
2007-01-10 19:42:48

thanks guys, this is great.

 
Comment by dfsdf
2007-01-10 19:56:53

any popstation updates with this?

 
Comment by dfsdf
2007-01-10 19:58:02

cuz mk trilogy didn’t work on oe-a2

 
Comment by Stellar
2007-01-10 20:04:21

I’ll install once It has the same no umd compatibility as 2.71se-b3 or whatever it was…

awesome work dark_alex

 
Comment by iceman
2007-01-10 20:16:15

awesome work Dark_Alex! donation on the way!

 
Comment by fooBar
2007-01-10 20:24:44

Is it normal that 480×272 AVC’s are only viewed correctly in “full screen” mode?
(in normal mode they are displayed too narrow).

I’m wondering if the original pixel content is displayed without any resizing/blurring in full-screen mode. At least from a quick look I couldn’t see any difference between PMPMOD-AVC and the vsh video-player yet.

has someone else made observations in this area?

P.S.: It seems that wide-screen encodes (e.g. 480×224) are not supported by the vsh-player so the only options is hard-encoding black borders, is it?

P.P.S.: 25fps encodes work fine

 
Comment by RICANPAPI_16
2007-01-10 20:24:44

HEY i have a 2.7 hen-d ta-o82 psp.WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO FOR THIS TO WORK ON MY PSP.INSTRUCTIONS PLEASE!!!

Comment by dj dumbi
2007-01-10 20:41:51

http://www.psp-hacks.com/download.php?id=754
Thats all full instructions STEP BY STEP for your psp. Read the 2nd Section for yours. I pointed this to my newbie friend and he followed it, and it worked for him in 30mins. (forreal he was a total complete noob). make sure u got FoxIt Reader or Adobe acrobat reader to open the PDF. (and winrar to open the downloaded file.)