Official PSP Firmware 3.73 Released
greg | November 29, 2007
Update: New for 3.73: Operation of the UMD™ drive has been improved to address cases in which the UMD™ drive occasionally suspends and fails to reload data. Updating the system software to version 3.73 will resolve this issue.
Sony has released PSP firmware 3.73 over at the official PlayStation Japan website. It appears only to be a minor update — stay tuned for more details surrounding that. No doubt 3.73 will be available worldwide very soon.
Furthermore, it’s reported _HellDashX_ has decrypted firmware 3.73 already, which doesn’t really surprise me. The known track record: Sony releases a new firmware; said firmware is decrypted hours or even minutes after its release; a day or two later a new custom firmware is available — if it’s worth it. So with that in mind, perhaps we’ll see one shortly.
Stay tuned!
Download: PSP 3.73 FW Update
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first comment HEHE :) man this is so pointless anything useful sony or more useless security to decrypt for us at the scene
You should print this out and hang it on the frig so you always know you got the first comment.
tool
What the hell is a frig? Learn to spell “Fridge”.
You’re the real tool
lol “frig”
So what it’s a fucking typo. Get a life.
oh no… another custom firmware from helldash… is this one going to install sony firm also ?
stupid first comments do my head in!!
anyway yeah, pretty pointless by the looks of things.
Still one step close to the big 4.0 though!
Well 4.0 better have something BIG. I’m tired of upgrading to these pointless firmware’s in Custom Firmware.
Because your comment was a work of talent and skill.
What an idiot – You said the same crap the first posts did, even less!
Too Bad I Only Trust DAX CFW
u say u only trust DAX CFW so what did u do wen dax went into hidin and secretly (YOU DIDNT KNOW) turned into M33….? surely u used M33 insted of stayin on old CFW!
Uhh actually, alot of people stayed on 3.40 OE till it was revealed M33 was DAX & Others. Where have you been? And actually alot of people still use the older firmwares probably.
Actually, I just figured since DA was supposedly leaving the scene I may as well keep my psp up to date with whatever sony makes and whatever M33 adds in, so I just went with M33. After I saw what their firmware had and saw that it had little to no bugs in it I just couldn’t resist.
I still use 3.40 OE…
yea EclipseSin is right , dumbass
This is a cfw…. doyles
that was supposed to say…
This isnt a cfw….. doyles
now whos the doyle eh?
WTF is a doyle?
Not worthy… As the post says… Just minor updates… Dax said he will only release a new CFW if something BIG changed in the original firmware code… So let’s wait for something worthy…
for all you saying its not worthy, it is
the new playstation store thingys may need a new cfw to work… such as Beats
so if a cfw gets made for this… those might work
or they may not
tbh i dont have a clue
COME ON THE NEW FW,ONLY CHANGE A 1KB,GO TO DRIVER UMD,IS NOT REALLY THAT GREAT,WHERE ARE YOU Dark_Alex?,I SEND MAILS AND YOU NO REPLY,CHEERS
dude….. dax has a life. hes happy with his firm so hes not going to update it.
yeah like mpg capabilities -.-’
woops, was meant to reply 2 posts above -.-’
lol @ mpg. what about XVID playback?
now that would be lovely.
well the ps3 just got divx support…so maybe they will realize that the psp will be useful with it too :))
YEAH IS A NOT BIG CHANGED!,BUT CAN BE THE DIFFERENCIE
… In English please?
fuck you english,
lol.. and to the guy who said ‘fuck you English’ most likely they are actually American, but I’m English, so fuck you. And also, this is an English speaking site if you didn’t notice.
you nick like sound doggy hahaha
well custom firmware is the shit but because of it there is less games being made for the psp .i just hope sony can get smart about what there doing in making the psp better cause its not as good as it can be.there are many new things they can have many other things added to it and they know it but from info i know sonys plan is to delay until they are ready .JUST HOPE ITS SOON WHEN 4.00 COMES OUT IN JAN 16(SOMEONE I KNOW TOLD ME THE DATE NOT REALLY SURE
Dark_Alex confirms nothing changed in 3.73 fw
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?p=778395#post778395
i think jan.16 is too close to release the biig 4.00 :\
THE NEXT FW OFFICIAL WILL BE 3.8,OK,BE NEXT YEAR,
Seriously, what’s wrong with all these internet people that CANNOT write in lower case? You must have some severe trouble with your caps key m8
take you lower case stipid bobby,now you’re undestand me?,bobby sucker!
I hate it when people talk in caps too. Bah
fuck you too!,what is problem?,sucker
i dnt understand! most of it anyway.. I’m indian-polish but you don’t see me tlkin like that, however i was born in England, and YOU DO SPEAK VERY BROKEN, BUT KEEP ON TRYING, AND YOU’LL SUCEED!
ok,sorry
my english is bad,i keep trying,thank you for you comment.i am from mexico,here is speak spanish/english more spanish than english,
cherrs my friend indian-polish.
Seriously dude, Caps are considered screaming. Learn your netiquette.
I hope fw 4.0 has xvid or divx compatability!!! does anyone else think that divx is necessary??
me..tired of mp4
Why not just use one of the many homebrew apps… ? ….
There’s no homebrew player that plays divx. At least none that actually works.
Lie.
Pimp streamer works with divx/xvid encoded files if they have the .avi extension. (never tried with .divx or .xvid cause I always use the avi extension when encoding divx media)
Only thing is, it requires wireless networking.
The only other thing I want from Sony firmware is functional PSOne 2 player Adhoc support! Like whats available through iRshell 3.81 just more reliable.
i mean even when 4.00 does come out the expected is the online psp messenger thats about it any one anything else leave a comment or page
The psp is much more convenient than the box PS3…althought that has emense power. If they could make the ps3 read all of the formats the psp can for MP4…. then it would be great….whats up with that, a handheld more powerful than the almighty ps3…. 3.73…rather pointless, great security update if its already been decrypted..lol.
helldash is an incredible cfw maker sure the original 3.72hx wasnt that good but the update made it better give him time and u will c that he can be as good as dax with practice i applaud helldash for his work
exactly, releasing a cfw already is very impressive
credit to all developers
i am glad some one else is doing cfw just incase dax quits, but no one will ever be as good as dax is at psp hacking. besides helldash used dax’s code any way he even admits to it. there for no dax no other cfw
Yes, yes, upgrade. CFW is horrible.
Sony CEO, Was that an attempt to stop CFW, thats rediculous and pathetic, lol. (it’s bloody anything but “horrible”)
its probably the usual BS
strengthened security
playstation support expanded
thats probably it. i dont expect a new custom firmware but i wouldnt mind having one.
i just updated…. my homebrew dont work.
LMAO! u fool! its official firmware it dont play homebrew or ISO! get yaself to dark-alex.org and get PANDORA!
Good, good. Your homebrew should be working soon. And remember! SIG HEIL SONY!
yeah fuck you Sony,fuck you sir howard stringer,fuck you SCEI<SCEE<SCEA<SCEJ,chubachi,stan,hahaha
don’t click “sony ceo’s” name, he’s got that’s some serious “butt rip” photo, very disturbing O.o (it’s fleshy pink ewwwww…)
lmfao
You just owned yourself
i know me too
hah psp[dot]420 wow your smart usually when you upgrade to cfw it isn’t just one eboot. i’m sorry for your stupidity but um yeah hard mod a batt. and downgrade and please for the sake of us stick with 3.52 m33-4. it is the most stable and in my book the best.
Oh and about the um 3.73 Sony is just trying to keep hackers buzy. its just a way to slow down homebrew and all that stuff. Oh and the 4.00 should be good but ill stick with my 3.52m33-4 phat, 3.71m33-3 phat, 3.72hx-2 phat, and best of all my cross between a slim and phat (phlim) 3.60m33. the phlim is a slim in a phat shell the best part is the video out. oh and can’t forget my brothers lame a** 3.50 ofw phat ha
the phlim is my custom modded and no i will not teach or do it for anyone.
You shall be sued for modding our beloved PSP.
REMEMBER ALL! SIG HEIL SONY!
You really have no life at all :)
to bad psp[dot[420 doesnt exist and that was prolly someone who thought it would be funny... his names mike[dot]420 so he doesnt need to do anything… at all
phlim? that sounds kool… oh wait no it doesnt…
Uhhhhh, psp[dot]420 exists… go over to the forum and look… Unless he got banned, which i doubt…
Morons I swear.
Hmm…. nvm.. he had his name changed from the looks of it. Their used to be a psp[dot]420
yea i know thats what i said!
oh and yea OWNED srry had to
Morons i swear….. oh wait my bad
Uhh no, that’s not what you said. you said their was no psp[dot]420, when this is not true, their is, but no one knows except people who have talked to him pre-name change.
So in actuality, I am still correct, but regardless, so am I.
Moron.
well…. hes STILL here but he isnt… and i just said moron to mess with you… unless thats like how ppl say there name at the end of posts? then my bad! but i seriosly don’t care if hes psp or mike cause it doesnt matter…. and you said you were correct twice in the same sentance? whats that all about…. but it doesnt matter im over it…. join the party?
so whats the 4.0 and i dont know how to use pops loader and i dont know how to use it but the only cfw ive used is 3.4 and i thinks its one of the best around but yea someone mind helpin me out or givin suggestions on good cfw or explain the 4.00
oops i meant to say in my comment above that i will update one to the ofw of 4.0 and one to the cfw of 4.0
hey jkdjd, just hit me up at yomomma7826@yahoo.com or ill explain it right here
LOL at the guy that updated to it and said ‘my homebrew dosn;t work. and huz that sony ceo guy his friakin funny hahahahahah. yea i’ll stick with my 3.52 M33-4
yeah so fcucking funny hahahaha cock sucker
hey i was wonderin if ne1 here could help. ive never gotten a custom firmware bcuz im affraid my psp will brick. is it worth it?and if u go with custom can u later on upgrade to official firmware?
cfw is way better. only way youll brick is if u take out the bat, ms, or turn off, or dont read good. cfw is way better then ofw.
ok thnx,, im just nervous bcuz i cant afford another
Hey 10ant
If you need help just contact me o.k. I can help you with the custom firmware no problem.
I am at jsininc@hotmail.com
so wad does 4.0 has in it?
Well, don’t know yet, 4.0 hasn’t even been released yet.
Nicee. Ps3 has been like this too, all these dumb random updates that practically do nothing. Anyways, good job, keep it up.
HellDash_x (reverse engineer)!!! check this out guys reverse HellDash_X = Dash_Hell_X sounds funny but closely sounds like dark_ale_x!! got it! helldash_x is darkalex!! sound stupid hehe
Cool!
please any body that have software for upgrading the psp and please teach me how to upgrade thanks
Before Pandora it was always a challenge to Downgrade and upgrade. Because of Pandora we can downgrade from OFW. That will be the day I will look forward to where we a a Pandora CFW. Pandora CFW = Patch any future OFW, and have a CFW within a minute or two. Such as 5.97-PFW
PFW = Pandora Firmware. Hey idea’s here first. But I say this is a really cool idea. Props to DAX!
I can assure you that will never happen.
Unless Sony starts cooperating with DAX and make a patch for every OFW they release.
I beg to differ. Pandora got so far, and reach the point where u can downgrade any OFW. Even future ones. Before that was never thought of, no one thought that would be possible. All I am saying is that it has to start with a idea, then some inspiration. And, who knows, I can guarantee that A Pandora CFW, that works as the same concept as Pandora Battery. I can gurantee that at least one person can do it. And, thats DarkAlex. It might take some time, but its only an idea. I didn’t say it would work or not. If DarkAlex knows for sure thats not possible, then it isn’t. Until then, I was only expressing an idea.
And I do hope DarkAlex catches this idea, and see what he thinks about it. Thanks
Teh inet is so full of drama =D
Guys can i upgrade from 3.50 official to this 3.73? pls help
YES, u stupid retard, why should $onys OFW NOT be able to upgrade to newer fw. That’s what they want DUMBASS
you can update to any oem firmware issued from sony SAFELY! it will install all the things u missed in the previous updates also.
they should improve flash player.
Yes, they should
they can only do so much with the flash player. they only got 32 mb or ram to work with (thats not including what other processes may be taking ut the ram, like the images, and long java codes and codecs).
i think they need video support of all files <.< even wmv, then i can watch porn without using psplayer, or converting
OK last question! So i can upgrade from 3.50 OFW to 3.70 OFW and then i can upgrade to 3.72 m33 yes or no (im a noob, i just get the PSP)
No.
You’ll need a copy of Lumines 1 if you’re still on OFW 3.50 or a pandora’s battery if not…
Once you have these you can go down to OFW 1.50 which will allow you to upgrade to 3.71 M33-3 (Note: there is no 3.72M33)
but im wondering can i upgrade from 3.50 OFW to 3.70 OFW without any Games i mean lumines
i dont think sony would upgrade the flash player,, people wouldnt buy umd games bcuz people could just play good flash games , i hope they do upgrade though
Man i got the best idea for the hackers man i want ony onw homebrew that can find the WEP Key then i can go to internet with my psp
I have been looking at these Sony CEO comments and so on, and it looks like we know more about our “beloved” psp than they do… or was that horrendously obvious…
i think sony is running out of ideas of what to do with the psp. and there is not much they can do to it without messing with the hardware. if im right the psp only has 32 mb or ram and 4 mb of sdram ( that stands for: single-data rate random access memory)….that’s not much to work with. There are a few more things that can be done though. like maybe some public location free channels. or moving wallpapers on the background. i think we have come to expect to much out of this device. The problems with it now are in the hardware, not the software. Hopefully sony does do something magical and wow us. But, for now i think it’s gonna be up to the hackers out there to deliver the goods. As a last thought… have the hackers thought of making a firmware from the ground up? maybe thats how we will be able to get the things we want out of the psp.
PSP OFW 3.73 is officially out!
ha like thats going to do anything.
No Guys! I heard the news!
Sony is gonna make these features:
Go! Explore–GPS Navi i suppose
Go! Messenger–Chat using PSP Officialy, maybe with voice too?
Go! Download–Dunno this shit download thinggy
What i know is that in January,Sony will release Go! Messenger. :)
with this go! messenger service will i have to sign up like i do to accesss my aim? or will i be able to sign up via the psp?
Umm i dunno :( I’ve only heard. NOT test it.
Maybe it will be neither or maybe a new auto-sign in feature?
Sony may be smart to put a feature in ur PSP for Login data for any website or Messenger!
Wouldn’t that be good? lol :S
What i’m really sure is that a new firmware is gonna be released in January with the Go! Messenger feature.:)
but if ur PSP has been stolen…
Login data belongs to the theft. So BEWARE!
well, if it is stolen there is only gonna b semi-personal data on ur psp. the most he will b able to do is log on to ur account and talk to perple u know. after all from theway it sounds u cant check ue e-mail or anything on it, right? anyways, thanks for the reply.
Check email eh?
I dunno lol.
But u can check it by visiting the site which is (mobiled).
hey does anyone know what that new update.prx does thats featured on quick jumps does? The title when downloading says Homebrew Plug-in Eboot Launcher for CFW 3.71?
ok Guys im on 3.70 OFW! I did it ! How can i go to version 3.71 M33 from 3.70 OFW! Is there any way?
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/live-from-gc07/video-of-gomessenger-psp-video-conferencing-292539.php
i updated to this and now my homebrew doesnt work
LMAO good job. Of course it doesn work. You updated to official firmware…
i cant wait for the custom to come out,, will it be able to rune homebrew and iso’s??
also are customs easy to install?
Wow yes you dumb ***k all custom firmware plays some type of homebrew. There wouldnt be a point to make a cfw then would there.
duh its ofw
when the custom does come out,, will u b able to go from 3.72 ofw to 3.73 cfw?? (someone plz reply i need an answer
hey i f inally upgraded to daxs newest cfw 3.71 m33 n i dunno wut to do w/ sdk folder n i dunno how to use popsloader and i used filer to rip MetalGear Solid n i converted it to cso but it leavs screen black once i load its a .cso n its n ISO should i put n game
Please can anyone tell me 1 thing. Im on 370 OFW how can i upgrade to 3.71 M33 ! please !
yes u can update to the 3.71m-33. just dont upadte to the oem firmware then try to do the hack. u will have to install the firmware then drag in the custom part inside the upadte folder. the custom part of the firmware should have some instructions on how to do it. if u have any other questions u can look me up on facebook ( just go to the search section and do the following: search for justin ray in gainesville florida, my profile pic is the one of me in a tan brittish golfers hat) i would give more ingo but this is a public site.
im on 3.71 m33 is it beter to download 1.5 or 3.xx downloads is onw more faster or compatible than another
ur on a good firmware. the main problem with going with the 1.50 is that there is alot less compatibility when it comes to doing legit thinsg with ur psp, like playing games. On the pluss side tere is usually a patch that u can downoad to fix this problem. I would gi with the 3.51 m-33 fw myself. and if u choose the 3.52 m-33 u would have greater ease of user when playing the newer games without having to install custom patches.
WOW! something important a UMD Fix NOT! I use ISO’s and CSO’s hah and a no umd plugin beat that sony!
So i can do this “”"- Copy the UPDATE directory into /PSP/GAME/UPDATE and copy the EBOOT.PBP of the 3.71 Sony updater
there but with name “371.PBP”. “”" is this will work im on 3.70 OFW !
i had 2.71 installed when i got my psp and the i ACCIDENTALLY updated to 3.73.(im a n00b and i think i bricked it so fudge crackers). can some email or something to show me what to do next. i already now a bout pandora
fuck you sony make a firmware with something in it