iR Shell 3.9 Released
greg | January 28, 2008
All good things must come to an end… Ahman, developer of iR Shell — probably the best homebrew to ever exist for the PSP — has waved goodbye leaving behind one final release.
iR Shell is literally packed with a remarkable feature set for both Slim and Fat models — listen to MP3’s while in-game, multi-task between UMD/ISO/homebrew and any of iR Shell’s built-in functions, enjoy 2 player PSOne games wirelessly with another PSP, etc… The fun never stops!
If you’re a newcomer, I suggest you download and open the included PDF-formatted user guide to get started. You won’t be disappointed.

New iR Shell 3.9 features:
- Added support for 3.80M33-2, M33-4 & M33-5. Pls note M33-1 & M33-3 are not supported due to some technical issues which I’m lazy to resolve.
- Added support for 3.80 Popsloader Version 2. Version 1 isn’t supported.
- The 1.5 Kernel Addon for 3.71M33 & 3.80M33 has caused some incompatibility issues with fw 1.5 iR Shell. This is now resolved.
- Enhance PSP ISO compatability. Previously failed ISOs will probably work in this release.
- For slim only, the nethostfs MAX mode is now compatible with WPA.
- Some older firmware supports have been removed to reduce the distribution archive. This version has support for fw 1.5, 3.10 to 3.80. Also, directories EXTAPP15 & EXTAPP3X have been combined into a single EXTAPP to save space. Each APP# directory has 2 EBOOTs, with EBOOT.PBP for fw 3.x and EBOOT15.PBP for fw 1.5.
Farewell Ahman. We at PSP Hacks wish you success in your future endeavors.
Download: iR Shell 3.9
- source: irshell.org
- Donate to Ahman
Thanks Demonchild and Dave
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gr8 work
i have fw 1.5on my psp and i cant get the ir shell 3.9 to work how come?
farewell ahmen, irshell is great
Ahman thank you for your work and all I have to say about you leaving is “ah man, why?”
omg ppl are retarded. HES NOT GONE. 1) Why do you think it says 3.9 not 4.0 on a final release? 2) omg nubs, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE WHEN HE MADE 2.2 (or 2.0). hes doing this to get donations, and i can hardly blame him. but just so you dumbasses know, hes not gone. hes still going to make them, it will just be about a month or two
u guys r nerds
ur a nerd Ih8N00BS
A NERD!!!
Is that the best you can do? Nerds? Come on.
WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOw
lol
this is funny
lol look who thinks he was all that and smart
if hes leaving, why donate. he should release the source if hes leaving so someone else can pick up future releases.
Ahman, dont leave!!!
Good luck on your future, and amazing job on irShell :-D
Perfect, just perfect!
You’re the best, but im sorry that you have to go… :(
I Hope it’s just a vacation!!!
Im having trouble booting iso/cso with this new irshell. i use m33 driver in the config. restart irshell and it still asks me to insert umd. looks to be some kind of bug….maybe ahman should wait to leave and do a 4.0 bug fix release.
So excited about this release. If only he wasn’t leaving :(
Finally, now homebrew developers can use the source code (HexEdit) to update their plugins like the XMB/Game&HB-mp3 Player!?
@ThatOneGuy
Run the patch. EVERYONE RTFM.
i donated $90 to ahman and begged him to stay
yah right!
@grump
What patch are you talking about?
NM….found it…will try it out to see if it works and report back
ran the patch…all is well now…thanx grump for the info
why is is not working i have cfw 3.80m33-5
i cant seem to load any cso / iso files through nethost. 3.80 m335 150 add on new irshell
ahman dont go plz
how do i lisen to music and play iso and cso i have irshell installed
i tryed playing music and going to iso and launch cso normal and doest work music stops playing
Thanks for the Release man, Hate to see ya Go…who knows u might get bored and release a new version later
i try to patch to 3.80 n it dont work it said firmware does not support. what shold i do. i’m running on 3.80m33-5. please help.
I think you’re suppose to run the 3.0 patch for the 3.8 m33. That’s what the guide says (the one that comes with the download folder)
there no 3.80 patch anywhere
yeah, but there’s a 3.0 patch. Read the guide, very helpful.
Thanks Ahman for this by the way! I’m new to the scene but I can tell that you were freakin awesome. Good luck with everything
Ahman,
Instead of begging you to stay, but I wish you great luck. I appreciate everything. And so does everyone else.
I wish you would stay, because I’m sure custom firmwares will be updated, but… I thank you for all the work you’ve done.
How do you get the isos to run
Farewell everyone! I will miss you but I have to leave the scene because im trying to move on. Sorry everybody feel free to donate.
Hey bro great work, In my opinion Fukn legend. I hope you stack some bundles. The scene ( INcluding $ony) will miss you.
To bad Ahman is leaving…. :’(
well thanks for all your hard work! I wonder what new thing your going to do or whatever you usually do.
Great job on everything Ahman, sad to see you leave, but good luck in the future.
never mind my comment i forgot to patch the file for homebrew.
finally!
sorry to see you go.
Good luck in the afterlife :) lol
“the game could not be started (80020148)” 3.80 M33-2 firmware. I’ve poked around the net and couldn’t find any answers…any help guys?
dam.dont leave.we need i.r shells for when custom firmwares upgrade.
Have a good one, as far as best homebrew ever? I dont know about that. I for one could never stand IRShell. But as always I appreciate anyone who makes the scene that much better.
I appreciate the work gone into this but I can’t say I like it much. It feels pretty clumsy and awkward to use and doesn’t feel as intuitive as it could be. Personally I just wanted the usbhost stuff and can do that with the custom firmware extender.
Still, good luck to the author with whatever they plan to do next.
tell some1 tell me how do i load this on my psp i never used irshell b4 thanks great work
there is a nice well typed up readme in the download.
just paste the psp and seplugins folders onto the root of your memorystick, then go into the plugins option in recovery mode and enable the plugin
thanks m8
cool work, and farewell, Ahman
when ever i try to run a iso it just boots up my umd, a bug? or something i need to change in the options?
ahh i installed the 3. -3.40 patch now it works :)
Thank you for your hard and excellent work on IRShell for all those years, real dedication to make things work for us. Revolutionizing achievement, you have a place in PSP hacking hall of fame sir. Thank you again.
Best of luck to you Ahman! You contribution to the PSP scene is greatly appreciated.
One of the best PSP apps out there. But if he’s leaving, he should at least give out the source code to someone he knows (or trusts). I mean, he wasted all that time to develop, update, distrubute AND support it… oh well.
IR Shell will go down in history no doubt about it.
RemoteJoy and all the other USBhostFS stuff doesn’t work.
Great way to retire, Ahman…
is this will work in 3.71m33-4? how to install this homebrew application? thanks
yes it will work check the 6th page in the pdf for installation instructions.
I leaned how to install it from youtube, they even show how to install this version… or you can just read the instructions..
Thanks Ahman.I used irshell since its first releases, being able to send files from psp to psp is the ultimate tool,(there are alot more)but thx for all ur hardwork and TIME u put in!
this is at least the 2nd time i’ve heard of ahman quitting
is there any other programs that lets you play psone games two players? and has anyone tried two player psone games with this ir-shell?
will this work on psp version 3.90, off of sony.com??
hello ever one i wood like to no if this ir work on 3.51 and if not what fw wood i need and how do i install it on my psp
thx for your help
yes it will work check the 6th page in the pdf for installation instructions
i have fw3.51 i have install it on my psp but i am getting the game could not be started (80020146) i have read the pdf but i still cant get it to work can come one help me fix it
thx
you can’t run irshell with sony official firmware
This version has support for fw 1.5, 3.10 to 3.80.
it does’nt say custom firmware
or it there a beter fw i can get to make it ez to set this up so i can get it to work
please im sure this dudes leavin us thats what dax said and hes still here we have lost a couple of cells in the past but the body IS STILL STRONG THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAA lol jk
i have oficial firmware 3.11.when i put irshell on it,it says corrupted data.what do i do to make it read ir shell?
does anyone know how to get the musci to work while in game, Email me the answer at
Asskickulater@gmail.com
someone tell me how, or if it’s possible, I’ve alwatys wanted the music ingame thing but the games keep frezeing when I run thme with IR shell, help me please