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January 28, 2007
3.03 Downgrader Released!

Posted by greg

They said it was coming within the week, and as promised, here it is! The long awaited 3.03 easy-to-use downgrader!

The almighty Noobz have laid out some specific ground-rules:

  • This downgrader is for v3.03 firmware only. But if you have v2.81 - v3.02, no problem - you can just upgrade to v3.03 to use the downgrader.
  • You need a copy of the unpatched GTA:Liberty City Stories UMD. No ISOs, no patched UMDs, not Vice City Stories. The most reliable way: the unpatched disks have the v2.0 firmware update on them.
  • This downgrader is intended to enable homebrew. Homebrew is NOT the same as piracy. Don’t be a thieving loser - buy the games you play.
  • The downgrader will work on all current PSP hardware (TA-079 - TA-086). Patching of TA-082+ is automatic in the downgrader.
  • You downgrade at your own risk. There is always a chance of bricking, although we have done everything we can think of to make this process safe.

Everything you need to know concerning a successful downgrade can be found in “Downgrader_HOWTO.txt.” Read them carefully!

Also, for those who fear messing with their PSP’s flash, can take advantage of the full homebrew experience with Homebrew Enabler (HEN) for 3.03. “HEN 303 - the Duff release” works in the same manner as Dark_AleX’s HEN. The requirements: a firmware 3.03 PSP and an unpatched version of Grand Theft Auto: Libery City Stories. Details on installation and usage are inside README.txt.

Warning: After downgrading from 3.03 to 1.5, there are some remnants of 3.03 left in flash. If you later try to re-upgrade to 3.03 and repeat the downgrade, things will break. At some later point, we will work on a cleaner that will remove these extra files. Until then, enjoy! (Don’t worry, upgrading to 3.03 OE firmwares still works fine).

Have fun!

Download:
3.03 Downgrader
1.50 EBOOT Update (to downgrade back to 1.50)
3.03 EBOOT Update (to upgrade your 2.81-3.02 PSP, if necessary)
Homebrew Enabler for 3.03 FINAL

- source: noobz.eu

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606 Comments »

    Comment by Bunion
    2007-01-28 18:18:35

    amazing stuff¬

    Comment by sweeeeeet
    2007-01-28 21:12:03

    U GUYS R GODS

     
     
    Comment by psyfa
    2007-01-29 06:14:57

    Yeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
    UNREAL, now I can buy a new psp!

     
    Comment by GoogleMe
    2007-01-29 12:43:33

    There’s a guy on ebay w GTA:LCS for $400!! Bombard him w fuck yous!! What a dick!

     
     
    Comment by edder2000
    2007-01-28 18:20:14

    youtube.com/edderpsp2000
    youtube.com/edder2000

     
    Comment by God
    2007-01-28 18:20:29

    SO THIS UNBRICKS YOUR PSP? OMG

    Comment by Phreak61
    2007-01-28 21:45:49

    don’t smoke crack no i doesn’t unbrick psp’s

    Comment by Makere
    2007-01-29 11:37:22

    Well, if you consider that PSP that’s unable to run firmware = bricked psp, it does unbrick

    Comment by TallLittleElf
    2007-01-29 19:32:13

    Your mother f**kin stupid dude. If your psp is bricked and it has no recovery menu. Your f**ked, unless you have a mod chip.

     
     
     
     
    Comment by dznutz
    2007-01-28 18:20:53

    that’s awsome for 3.03 owners

     
    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:22:52

    YO IT SAYS RENAME IT TO UPDATE.PBP RITE… and the 1.5 is called EBOOT but theres no .pbp after it.. SO DO I CALL IT UPDATE.. OR UPDATE.PBP

    Comment by yo
    2007-01-28 18:37:56

    just update

     
     
    Comment by JimmyD
    2007-01-28 18:23:23

    This is freaking great news! All hail noobz!

     
    Comment by Hanif
    2007-01-28 18:23:27

    Enjoy 3.03 owners….but try getting GTA:LCS unpatched…. And sony got owned again….lol

     
    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:24:03

    please someone answer my QUESTION =’(

     
    Comment by lostformat
    2007-01-28 18:24:25

    mother of holy mary…now all those who hated homebrew cause their psp was of higher firmware will downgrade now

     
    Comment by dogmatik
    2007-01-28 18:25:21

    amen

     
    Comment by dznutz
    2007-01-28 18:25:31

    i think it should be called UPDATE, since it already is a PBP file

    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:27:14

    THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU.. AND IM NOT GAY

    Comment by Me
    2007-01-29 14:32:51

    Yes you are, hon.

     
     
     
    Comment by Bncpplix
    2007-01-28 18:26:17

    Any one want to buy unpatched LCS? Email me: bnc321123@yahoo.com

    Comment by afx237v7
    2007-01-28 18:31:38

    how about you send it to someone who needs it free of charge under the condition that they do the same and so on…i think that would be a lovely gesture, you could re kindle people faith in the decency of mankind.

     
    Comment by tetris999
    2007-01-28 20:21:47

    I hate people like you get the hell out of here with youre little unpatched lcs ure probably selling it for more than the actual game

    people if you arent idoits just rent it!

    Comment by Daniel
    2007-01-28 22:54:15

    Stupid dumbass tetris999. You can’t fucking rent it because it will be the fucking patched version, stupid!

    Comment by tetris999
    2007-01-29 09:48:18

    well mother fucker stupid ass low fuck havent you remembered store owners have no idea about homebrew, and dont you even THINK that they have the game for rent, ON THE FIRST DAY! obviously if you use ure fucked up little fucking head it wouldnt be the patched version

    SO shut the fuck up and use some fucking common sense you stupid fuck

    and get the hell out of here

    Comment by Daniel
    2007-01-29 11:58:13

    I doesn’t make any difference whether or not they know about homebrew. All sony has to do is send them the patched versions and tell them to replace them or face legal actions, FUCKTARD!!!!

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    Comment by PurpleHaze
    2007-01-29 12:26:02

    Looks like we’re all pirates now…….and on the same boat…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

     
     
     
     
     
     
    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:26:41

    ight last time asking.. im so stressed cuz i have no clue what to do.. and i have no money to afford a psp LOL, so it says rename eboot to update.pbp rite.. can i jsut rename it to UPDATE cuz it already has the file extention of PBP

    Comment by Dybbuk
    2007-01-28 19:44:59

    yes just update

     
    Comment by Nami
    2007-01-28 22:00:20

    No! You must name it UPDATE.PBP or it will not know what type of file it is. It will automaticaly change the extention for you if you name it that.

    DO NOT NAME IT UPDATE OR IT WILL REGISTER AS CORRUPT DATA!!1!

    Comment by Zato
    2007-01-29 06:24:21

    anyways, maybe your problem is that in your windows explorer u didnt turn on the extension view. I think your problem it has been. Hidden extension. check it out on like: open Windows explorer. Go to Tools, folder options, View (tab). Then look deactivate Hide extension for known file types.

    Good luck

     
     
    Comment by Daniel
    2007-01-29 13:52:21

    Noob!

     
     
    Comment by dznutz
    2007-01-28 18:27:40

    i got one for sale too. castorluis99@yahoo.com or if you live in los angeles area i could let u borrow it

     
    Comment by Iceman
    2007-01-28 18:28:02

    This is a holy day in the PSP Scene, yet again. Woohoo for the noobz team!

     
    Comment by Crimsons
    2007-01-28 18:28:57

    Great a new wave of homebrew noobs….lol

     
    Comment by zerophyte
    2007-01-28 18:31:06

    excellent work as usual. thanks to all at noobz

     
    Comment by Tyler
    2007-01-28 18:33:39

    What a n00b!
    [Quote]
    SO THIS UNBRICKS YOUR PSP? OMG - God
    [Unquote]

    Comment by kD_
    2007-01-28 22:34:04

    or he just didn’t read the article.
    there’s nothing “n00b” about it
    and you suck.
    n00b

     
     
    Comment by Jeff
    2007-01-28 18:34:05

    Awwww… then I guess I will have to wait till they issue a downgrader which does not make use of the GTA:LCS Vulnerability…. sigh, coz I ain’t got the UMD!!! hehehehe.. hope it comes soon, or will it not???

    Comment by RoadkillBunny
    2007-01-28 18:38:39

    Why not just go to your local Rogers Video and rent a copy? I would suppose that they have the older version of GTA and paying $10 is worth getting to run homebrew!

     
     
    Comment by pee ess pee
    2007-01-28 18:34:57

    oh snap!

     
    Comment by DSCrome
    2007-01-28 18:35:39

    It works guys! I just brought a 3.03 PSP TA082 Mobo down to 1.50 :) Goodluck with your downgrades!

     
    Comment by fuckface
    2007-01-28 18:35:48

    So…now that every moron can downgrade will someone make some homebrew worth getting?

    Comment by MickMog
    2007-01-28 19:37:13

    no wonder ur called fuckface wi a cunt of a mouth like that!

     
     
    Comment by chickentikka
    2007-01-28 18:35:54

    wow for the people who need this top job, you guys never stop amazing me good luck to all the noobs with 3.03swell done noobz!!!!!!!another up yours to sony

     
    Comment by kobe_24
    2007-01-28 18:36:40

    SO IS THERE NOW WAY TO USE THE GTA LCS ISO? BECAUSE THE ISO HAS THE 2.00 UPDATE.

    Comment by God
    2007-01-28 18:38:19

    LOL , I DON’T KNOW

     
    Comment by ???
    2007-01-28 19:36:18

    Ur an idiot… How can u run the iso if u dont even have any fucking homebrew… U NEED THE UMD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by MickMog
    2007-01-28 19:40:31

    to be fair, hen is homebrew & 3.03 runs hen to start…?

    Comment by ???
    2007-01-28 21:13:17

    u get the point ok.

     
    Comment by tetris999
    2007-01-29 09:50:25

    Kernel Access all i have to say

     
    Comment by ThaNerd
    2007-01-29 15:35:31

    HEN also requires the unpatched UMD… Read the instructions!

     
     
     
    Comment by MickMog
    2007-01-28 19:39:49

    hehe, an how would u play the iso? safely i mean, it runs the game…which loads the eloader thru hacked gta savegame, which starts the downgrader…..hen would run homebrew but i wouldnt trust it as far as managing all that as its writing the flash….
    rent gta lcs its cheaper & easer to get hold of than u fear

     
     
    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:37:51

    WORKS PERFECTLY.. SO FUCKIN HAPPY I HAVE A 1.50 PSP FIRMWARE NOW :D.. okie so how do i get to 3.03 OE-C LOL

     
    Comment by God
    2007-01-28 18:38:36

    CAPS LOCK IS COOL

    Comment by ThaNerd
    2007-01-29 15:37:45

    Der God,

    You are a fag.

     
     
    Comment by NeoDraven
    2007-01-28 18:39:09

    Moron. You can’t run ISOs on 3.03. WAIT! See if the HEN Enabler lets you run DevHook. Then run the ISO. See if THAT works.

    Comment by Dilligaf
    2007-01-28 18:50:42

    You NEED the unpatched GTA:LCS to run the homebrew enabler.

     
    Comment by Shuflie
    2007-01-28 18:52:24

    You mean the HEN enabler that needs the unpatched LCS umd to install right? Bit puzzled why if you’re able to use the HEN enabler you’d not just use the UMD to downgrade?

     
     
    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 18:40:12

    if i was gay.. or a gurl.. i would fuck the noobz team =D…

    Comment by Shuflie
    2007-01-28 18:53:39

    What if they’re all female?

    Comment by Dilligaf
    2007-01-28 18:59:25

    i’m thinkin “MO” is a male

    then, i’d say he’d be more than happy to fuck them :P

    Comment by MO
    2007-01-28 19:12:36

    if they were gurls.. then they better start running away ;)

     
     
     
     
    Comment by Dilligaf
    2007-01-28 18:40:43

    Great job Noobz ;)

    This is a great day in Homebrew History. At this moment, no matted what firmware you’re on, it is now possible to get down to 1.5.

    I fully believe in what the N00bz say in their readme:

    ———————————
    We are releasing this downgrader because we believe that using your PSP to its full potential and being able to customize it and run homebrew code is a fair use right that should be available to everyone.
    ———————————

    That comment is so true. You pay a few hundred dollars for this machine, and you should be able to do with it whatever you want.

    Once again, great job N00bz, and you will truly go down in Homebrew History as Gods, right alongside Dark_AleX.

    Dilligaf

    Comment by JimmyD
    2007-01-28 23:23:13

    Dilligaf? You the freak from RTCW???

    Comment by jarrod
    2007-01-29 05:51:26

    haha nice i agree with dilligaf(does it look like i give a fuck

     
     
     
    Comment by Wussie
    2007-01-28 18:42:47

    Great job n00bs & DAX, I’m personnally allready running on 3.03 OE-B, but this is still great for all the poor gits who were running 2.81+, keep up the good work!

    Comment by FRED
    2007-01-29 13:20:32

    hey man, how do i get to 3.03 OE-B? im really confused at all this HEN stuff. And im a complete noob when it comes to things like this.

    Thankyou :-)

     
     
    Comment by SmokeThis2007
    2007-01-28 18:44:05

    Kool! They said this would take a lonnnnnnnng time - well done noobz. I don’t need it, i had custom firmware ages ago, but i think this is great work!!!

     
    Comment by knockout
    2007-01-28 18:46:25

    LMAO THIS IS FUNNY BUT IM GLAD I AINT STUPID TO KEEP UPDATEING THESE FIRMWARES

    Comment by vvlist
    2007-01-28 19:17:16

    interesting, because you are still stupid enough to use the word “ain’t”

    Comment by Moe
    2007-01-28 20:24:40

    AHAHAHA vvlist is my idol (H)

    Comment by Dj Dumbi
    2007-01-28 21:37:10

    I’m with you Moe!

     
     
     
     
    Comment by Joe
    2007-01-28 18:51:34

    OMFG GOD YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 3.03 THANK YOU THANK YOU DOWNGRADER 3.03 OMFG ive been waitin

     
    Comment by TriXsteR
    2007-01-28 18:58:08

    ok this may make me sound like a noob but as soon as i saw this i downgraded my custom firmware using the recovery folder and i then upgraded the 3.03 and downgraded back to 1.50 to see if this shit works and it did freaking gr8 o/

    Comment by Dilligaf
    2007-01-28 19:01:17

    dude, why would you do something like that?

    there is always a chance of bricking, and you just risked a PSP that was homebrew-capable.

    Stupidity I say. Pure stupidity.

    Although, I am glad your PSP survived. But there is always a chance you could’ve bricked. You were much safer at the custom firmware.

    Comment by Anti-Steve
    2007-01-28 19:12:04

    shut up.

    Comment by pspfanatic
    2007-01-28 19:21:38

    hahahaha iono why but i find that so funny

    Comment by laptopfreek0
    2007-01-28 19:45:18

    That would be something i would do to just to see if it would work. but I wont risk losing my recovery menu for anything even downgrading to 1.5 :->

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    Comment by TriXsteR
    2007-01-29 11:44:40

    I dont this on mine so i know that it would work… so now when i do it on a friends a can be sure. if i done it on a friends first time and bricked it i would feel like a noob for not testing. at least this way i risk my own before i risk anyone els psp.

     
    Comment by chuckles
    2007-01-30 02:44:45

    What The F*@! is that ^ moron TriXsteR saying!?!? That’s not even English! LMAO! COMEDY!

     
     
     
     
     
     
    Comment by Cola
    2007-01-28 18:59:22

    very nice my friends @school will thank me for this :D :D

    nice work !!

    Comment by Sithed Ractyr
    2007-01-31 17:15:08

    Lol same here. So how many people has this worked for, and not worked for? Maybe we could get a poll at the forums?

     
     
    Comment by ALpHa-Q
    2007-01-28 18:59:29

    good job noobz…very nice!!…job!!….i also have the 3.03 oe-C… i envy the noobz team for doing an excelllent job!!!….man i wish i was in the noobz team..=)

     
    Comment by ferg
    2007-01-28 19:00:18

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!

     
    Comment by Anti-Steve
    2007-01-28 19:01:03

    lol start buying PSPs people

     
    Comment by funnybutrandom
    2007-01-28 19:01:41

    help! it says it cant find update is this usual?

    Comment by funnybutrandom
    2007-01-28 19:05:02

    problem solved, i didnt put it in the right folder

     
    Comment by comicgeek
    2007-01-28 19:25:51

    what folder did you put it in?

    Comment by funnybutrandom
    2007-01-29 11:15:32

    psp/game/update

     
     
     
    Comment by www.ps3hacks.de
    2007-01-28 19:04:40

    finally

     
    Comment by ferg
    2007-01-28 19:07:40

    I would like to shout a BIG thank you to NOOBS team…CAN I DONATE? If so where!?!!?!?!??!

    Comment by elrond.406
    2007-01-28 19:55:37

    Go to noobz.eu
    It’s their site where you can donate

     
     
    Comment by funnybutrandom
    2007-01-28 19:07:48

    IT F-ING WORKS!!!!!! 1.5er AGAIN WOO HOO I LOVE YOU NOOBZ

     
    Comment by funnybutrandom
    2007-01-28 19:10:04

    TO confirm this DOES work with fake ms (but dont quoate me on that)

    Comment by Phreak61
    2007-01-28 22:11:55

    what is a fake ms?

    Comment by ThaNerd
    2007-01-29 15:41:52

    I’d say “a not-from Sony Memory Stick”, but it’s so obvious it’ll work with any type of memory stick that the comment is itself useless…

    And if it’s not what he meant, then the comment is also stupid for being so unclear…

     
     
     
    Comment by penguinsrule
    2007-01-28 19:13:33

    This iss good news for some, sigh so me and friend have about 6-7 psp to downgrade imagine the stess if it goes wrong. my gta is un patched and i would send it to people but havnt got the cash at the moment.

     
    Comment by canadiens 4 lif
    2007-01-28 19:18:27

    nice but 1 prob i dont understand how to install can some one tell me evry step to do inclunding the goofy world plzplzplz
    thx

     
    Comment by kostas
    2007-01-28 19:24:21

    someone in Greece has GTA LCS unpatched to rent me?

    Comment by luca brazzi
    2007-01-28 19:48:23

    dokimase seven video club i allios opoia megali alysida video club exeis konta. logika to exoun un-patched

    Comment by Volker
    2007-01-29 07:09:46

    To psaxno ki ego pedia,ean to vro tha enimeroso, na vroume ena tropo na sas doso mail giati den thelo edo.

     
     
     
    Comment by Kudou
    2007-01-28 19:25:48

    :) finally here! hope all you 2.81+ FW guys are happy now. Welcome to the scene :D

    Comment by Kudou
    2007-01-28 19:26:23

    ===
    This downgrader is intended to enable homebrew. Homebrew is NOT the same as piracy. Don’t be a thieving loser - buy the games you play.
    ===

    Amen.

     
     
    Comment by GoodFella
    2007-01-28 19:28:21

    Thank you Noobz and everyone involved in brining this downgrade possible to us. You guys truely ROCK!!

     
    Comment by laptopfreek0
    2007-01-28 19:32:04

    I would have been the ninth to comment but my phone would send my comment. Thank you soo much N00bz i love you soo much I cant wait to try it out. anyone have a unpatched editon i can borrow :->

     
    Comment by JP
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