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Custom Firmware 5.00 M33 Released

greg | October 17, 2008

To Sony’s face with the belt… Dark_AleX, world-renowned PSP heavyweight, has released custom firmware 5.00 M33 into the wild. Get it while it’s hot folks…

5.00 M33 changes:

  • 4.01 to 5.00
  • Bug fix: when changing speed in xmb, and the psp turned the brightness to 0 automatically the speed was reset to 222 again.

Note to pspstates plugin users: this plugin won’t work in this firmware due to it being made specifically for 4.01. Running it in 5.00 M33 can cause problems, wait until an update of plugin.

Download:
Custom Firmware 5.00 M33
PSP Firmware 5.00 Update EBOOT (rename to 500.PBP)

- source: dark-alex

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210 Comments »

Comment by ryohazuki
2008-10-17 14:07:50

Woo-hoo! sweet news! i’m gonna try it out now!

oh… and first post, baby!

 
Comment by ryohazuki
2008-10-17 14:09:37

on a second note… dark-alex is the man!

 
Comment by rad
2008-10-17 14:10:02

can someone tell me if all the ISOs that used to work in 3.90-m33 will work with this firmware?

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 01:40:26

works great under m33 driver

 
 
Comment by dfgsadfg
2008-10-17 14:10:37

hehehehehehehehehehe pleh spamy fuckin spam up

 
Comment by k'hast
2008-10-17 14:14:34

Dark Alex…you are an absolute GOD. I believe! Amen!

Seriously, way to go!

 
Comment by ryohazuki
2008-10-17 14:19:35

Ok, peeps. I’m gonna be the guinea pig and try this out, and i’m gonna come right back and tell ya’ll if iso’s work fine! if it no work, then i’m goin back to 4.01 M33.

Comment by Jonatan
2008-10-17 22:28:57

yeah it worked fine on mine

 
 
Comment by Bumholio
2008-10-17 14:20:24

Fast work as always Dark Alex!

Nice one, will download in a bit.

 
Comment by brasilianman
2008-10-17 14:24:52

Darn, I won’t get a chance to try this until I get home from work. I have the psp-1001 model (phatty). Can anyone tell me if they tried it on their phatty model ad if it worked?

 
Comment by rozac
2008-10-17 14:28:50

works

 
Comment by ryohazuki
2008-10-17 14:30:10

ok, so heres an early verdict: PSP ISO’s (iso’s of real games of course) work on this custom firmware. But alot of other homebrew that pretty much rely’s on 1.50 kernel wont work. I’m sure that just like with 4.01, theres gonna have to be a 1.50 kernel plugin for 5.00 M33.

Thats just what I’ve just tried right now. If anybody else gets different results, cool

 
Comment by PSPHeaven
2008-10-17 14:39:04

Full screen feature isn’t there osk isn’t that great and custom themes are no more and there may not be an update with the weird offsets in use. I switched back to 4.01m33-2

 
Comment by Peter_Francis_Geraci
2008-10-17 14:46:24

i have a phat.
Do i need a kernal?
like 4.01 m33-2?

 
Comment by DKR
2008-10-17 14:46:41

installed it, great stuff.

 
Comment by Alec
2008-10-17 14:53:10

Amazing. He must be more man than machine.

If only I wasn’t at work, so I could try this out! Very Excited.

 
Comment by Cuyler
2008-10-17 14:53:52

Will the custom themes be available on this new firmware?

Comment by DooDoo
2008-10-19 04:23:37

At the moment, custom themes are not working:( Excellent CFW but I’m gonna switch back to previous CFW until this is resolved…

 
 
Comment by wivelden
2008-10-17 15:05:23

Strange…I got the blue bricked screen on my phat but I held the off button and it came back. Works now though.
Great job D_A. Thanks

 
Comment by wid0w
2008-10-17 15:05:34

oh yeah! i didn’t expect it out so soon, but kudos to alek. i’m going on a trip tommorow and this is kinda the best news. thanks alek, thanks psp-hacks!

 
Comment by blind man
2008-10-17 15:37:22

I feel kinda dumb for asking but can I update to this from 3.90M33 or do i have to update to 4.01 then to 5.00 ?

Comment by PiercedDooD
2008-10-18 02:04:42

you can do a direct update ;)
& dont feel dumb for asking, its the smartest thing to do

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:03:45

It is better to ask a noob question and be pointed in the right direction than to walk about blind and screw up your PSP. :)

 
 
Comment by Sean
2009-02-11 10:59:06

Noob question. still using 3.52m33-4. OK to update straight to this version?

 
 
Comment by Lootskin
2008-10-17 15:42:54

Won’t I get any creds for tipping?

 
Comment by same
2008-10-17 15:51:05

same question as blind man. anyone help plzz.

 
Comment by dmacgamer
2008-10-17 15:51:05

OK guys i tried out 5.0 and here what works….

ISOs
Homebrew (2.xx and above kernel)
CWCheat

What Doesnt Work:

Homebrew (1.50 kernel….add-on obviously needed)
Popsloader (yeah psx games dont work…..at least ones that were converted to eboot FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF)

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:05:10

Add custom themes to that list but who cares the crew will be working on it all as we speak. :)

 
 
Comment by John Rohan
2008-10-17 15:51:29

No use to me at the moment, until I have the 1.50 kernel. But still, this was unexpectedly fast. Dark Alex is amazing.

 
Comment by ORB
2008-10-17 15:57:33

That’s awesome, although i dont like it when unnecessarily u say things like ‘in ur face sony’ etc. its really not needed.

 
Comment by Ace T'Ken
2008-10-17 16:23:09

@Blind Man: No, you don’t need to update to any other FW versions first as long as you have a M33 version to start with.

@Everyone else: Doesn’t seem to work on my slim. Then again, all I’m running are .cso files, but not a bloody one seems to work. Not only that, but I can’t connect to my router anymore either.

Comment by Ace T'Ken
2008-10-17 16:24:16

Sorry, but keep in mind all those .cso files were running just fine on 4.01. The heck?

 
Comment by PiercedDooD
2008-10-18 02:06:14

u_u
get a damn umd
or change the driver to any other than normal

 
 
Comment by XxWickedDreamzxX
2008-10-17 16:30:26

Cool…cant wait for DC8

Comment by CarthageForever
2008-10-17 17:55:49

Firmware actually are different, who knew? But I agree, strange.

 
 
Comment by Ace T'Ken
2008-10-17 16:32:25

Just reinstalled the CFW. Every single .cso file I have now does not work and neither does connecting to my WLAN. The hell?!

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:12:57

Have you checked if you are using the M33 driver or the NP9660? I noticed when I installed that it needed to reset my settings and therefore nothing started cause nothing was turned on :)

 
 
Comment by brasilianman
2008-10-17 16:33:19

This might be a stupid question, but in the event if I don’t like the new 5.00 firmware, how do I downgrade back to 4.01? Do I just run the file from the memory card or do I have to run a downgrader program?

Comment by XxWickedDreamzxX
2008-10-17 16:37:08

one word…. Pandora

 
 
Comment by eddib
2008-10-17 16:44:05

WORKS!

to fix cso and iso problems: you have to set startup into recovery mode (startup while holding power and right-trigger for about 5 seconds)

in the recovery mode, got to “configuration” and set “UMD mode” to “M33 driver-NO UMD-”

go back and exit, psp will reboot and all will be dripping nicely

Comment by Ace T'Ken
2008-10-17 16:45:29

I’m such a tool… I figured that out about 5 seconds before I read your post. Still not sure why the router isn’t connecting though…

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:15:36

Umm on my slim I just push the SELECT button to bring up the M33 VSH Menu and then scroll down and scroll across and it is done. :)

Comment by eddib
2008-10-18 14:40:26

nice, a much faster way, hadn’t thought of that!

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Comment by Jason
2008-10-19 23:06:57

Thank you! I couldn’t figure that out for the life of me, and it turns out to be the simplest thing.

 
Comment by alex
2008-10-24 06:11:46

you can just press select on the psp in the main home menu and it comes up with the speed, usb connection mode, umd driver mode, reset the psp and some more, its alot eayser.

 
 
Comment by Th3_MoL3
2008-10-17 16:49:00

OMG ownage SONY got PWND in the face ridiculously quick.

 
Comment by abimael
2008-10-17 16:49:37

SNES, PICODRIVE, SMSPSP, GPSP_KAI all work on my PSP and even some other plugins….but my CTF’s do not, so forget it I will stay on 4.01

 
Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-17 16:51:07

All of my cso’s function but pops doesn’t. (Fffffff) error

Comment by eddib
2008-10-17 16:55:09

on dax’s site is a link with info on this problem

dark-alex.org

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 01:42:33

thanks!replaced my popcorn.prx with the new one and pops is back! fu*k yeah!

 
 
 
Comment by eddib
2008-10-17 16:51:48

router problems?

you have to re-enter the network settings, worked for me.

in xmb, go to settings>network settings and run setup

Comment by Ace T'Ken
2008-10-17 17:13:26

Did this. Also updated router firmware to no avail. Running a DGL-4500. Have it configured to run in G & N mode with WAP/WAP2 TKIP & AES. No friggin’ idea what’s wrong. Tried a handy PSP phat as well to no avail.

Comment by orthonovum
2008-10-17 18:03:57

dude.. the PSP does not support 802.11G or N only B

 
Comment by LongJohnSilver
2008-10-17 19:27:10

i was having the same problem, but then i tried spoofing my MAC adress and now it works.

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:23:02

Mine reset to the defaults so I had to put it all in again. Worked fine.

Is it my imagination or is the net running even faster through this firmware? I’m on a cable connection and my net on my PSP sucked so I generally left it alone but now it seems to move as a cable page should move. Freaking fast.

*shrugs* Maybe I’m dreaming.

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Comment by Komi77
2008-10-17 16:55:29

Dark Alex The King !!!!!

 
Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-17 17:02:56

wow way to go DAX! 5.00 was a major-er update then 4.00! thanks

Comment by eddib
2008-10-18 14:43:17

aaargh the horror of it all:

then != than

 
 
Comment by green
2008-10-17 17:03:35

as usual DA im speechless ur the man cant wait for m33-2 with 1.5 kernel

 
Comment by kobi67
2008-10-17 17:10:07

thanx alex

 
Comment by Johnny SpankSeed
2008-10-17 18:12:47

everthing works so i’m not sure what the above people are talking about. thanks alot!

 
Comment by XIYL
2008-10-17 19:42:16

Is anyone able to log into the PSN store. I wanna play with it.

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 01:43:45

logged in and bought street fighter alpha (psx)

 
 
Comment by DEP101
2008-10-17 20:25:20

I have noticed that whaen testing wifi connection, the results now show:
UPNP status & NAT Type.
Mmm?

Comment by DEP101
2008-10-17 20:28:56

Sorry for posting again, there is also more scrolling info about connection at bottom of screen.

 
 
Comment by GoldClub
2008-10-17 20:47:21

Had psp 4.01 M33 and tried to upgrade to 5.00 M33. downloaded both files, the sony 5.00 and the 5.00 m33 install. Followed instructions, just like the many times before with m33 firmware upgrades. The exctact went fine, the installer started, copied all the files fine. when complete install of 5.00 m33 it says press X to restart. PSP restarted, and opened up to the screen with MANY different languages telling you to hit O to reset default settings. Only problem is.. hitting O or any button, the psp stays stuck at that intial screen. Can anyone help?? I am looking for ways to fix without having to go buy a spare battery to make a pandora. First time this has ever happened with a M33 install.

Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-17 21:45:53

seems there was a brick, mine was fine during the process

Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-17 21:46:15

i mean it seems yours is bricked

Comment by EOH01
2008-10-18 07:26:29

I had the same screen. It reset fine though. yeah I lost all my settings but that was all.

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Comment by Jim
2008-10-21 13:41:04

From previous CFWs readme’s it says before you update to change to a normal theme, i.e. no personal background picture or anything and just the wavey line thingy, as if you don’t it has problems. That’s what happened here and it’s nothing to worry about when i’ve done it (twice now despite knowing this) but to avoid it just go to a default theme before updating.

 
 
 
 
 
Comment by ness
2008-10-17 21:18:27

i use this 5.00 m33 buy my psp tell that the game could not be started(80020148) my psp version is 4.05..how will i doo… reply me please

Comment by eddib
2008-10-18 14:44:52

G O O G L E
will tell you all about it

 
 
Comment by InvncibilityCloak
2008-10-17 21:35:25

You have to use pandora to go from an official firmware such as 4.05 to a custom firmware. Go check out the forums here.

I think im gonna stick with 4.01M33 till the kinks are worked out and all my favorite software works (1.50 kernel!!!!).

 
Comment by J-man
2008-10-17 21:42:01

i tried it but went back to 3.90 M33-3. i liked it, but i just can’t leave IrShell.
>.<

Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-17 21:46:57

u stupid! irshell will be coming 5.00 m33 before you know it!

Comment by infinity
2008-10-17 23:53:08

Dont you mean your stupid? stupid. And there was no ir shell for 4.01m33. What makes you think there will be for 5.00m33?

Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-19 02:46:35

impossible is nothing…just like NIKE’s moto

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Comment by doomplayer75
2008-10-20 22:43:37

the person who made irshell gave up on the psp is wut i think Infinity meant to say

 
 
 
 
Comment by MigueTK
2008-10-17 22:35:37

yeah i tried 4.01 and dldnt like it, irshell is the best!

 
 
Comment by gregw
2008-10-17 22:00:26

i have never used a homebrew fw but have the sony 5.0 how do/or can i still switch

 
Comment by Jonatan
2008-10-17 22:15:00

Dude you are fucking amazing im going to try it out will it still play CSO files from the ISO folder? ALEX IS THE MAN

 
Comment by killer7
2008-10-17 22:26:46

do i need a pandora battery to update from 4.01m33-2 to 5.00m33???

Comment by Jonatan
2008-10-17 22:35:22

No just put the update in the game folder then run it might need to connect to the internet

Comment by eddib
2008-10-18 14:50:18

better still,
make sure the network update option in the recovery menu is set to “M33 update” and then run the network update in the XMB.

the offical firmware (which you also need) will also be downloaded automatically, just follow the instructions.

 
 
 
Comment by Jonatan
2008-10-17 22:35:59

Just tried it and the CSO files worked LOVE THE NEW UPDATE

 
Comment by komatos
2008-10-17 22:50:20

My observations on 5.0M33 so far:

Most features seem to work OK on PSP Slim (ISO/CSO of PSP games, homebrew software for >1.5 kernal like PSPRhythm 8.0, PSPSeq 3.01).

There is one very annoying bug though, and makes me wonder if I should revert back to 4.01 M33-2 (and is there an easy way to do so - noob help here please):
PS1 EBOOTs are working fine for the most part for me (no FFFF errors like other posters are mentioning). But the CD audio in those EBOOTs that used to work ok, are now dead silent. The system sounds (i.e. EFX) work ok, the startup videos audio is audible, but the actual in game music is not playing.

I’ve got Air Combat, Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere, Wipeout, Wipeout XL, Wipeout 3 SE, Macross VF-X, Baby Universe, and N20: Nitrous Oxide all ripped as EBOOTs. The audio songs in Baby Universe work ok (original on disc as XA format audio instead of standard CD Audio). N20 does not even display anything after the PS1 startup logo. You can hear some video audio playing (but not see anything), then after a minute or so the audio and screen are dead silent. All of the Ace Combat and Wipeout games startup videos play fine (audio and video), the games work ok with in-game sound effects, but the CD Audio music tracks ripped to the EBOOTs (which worked fine in 4.01M33-2 and before) now do not play any music whatsoever.

HELP!!!! (sorry for the long post, but wanted to clarify my problem in case DAX or anybody else has a quick fix for this very annoying problem). If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to begrudingly revert back to 4.01 M33-2.

Comment by komatos
2008-10-18 00:33:54

Was able to revert back to 4.01M33-2 using Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher. Thanks to a kind soul on DAX’s IRC english channel for pointing me in that direction. Everything is working ok like before (CD Audio playing in PS1 EBOOTs, N20 playing normally).

Please, DAX or another M33 team member: figure out why it’s doing this weird thing in 5.0M33, unless Sony’s fubared it themselves for non-Playstation Store PS1 EBOOTs in the OFW 5.0 and therefore CFW 5.0M33. I’d love to have access to CFW 5.0 with the extra features, including the PS Store (if they ever release the Wipeout Pulse DLC in the US that is), but I’m not willing to give up basic functionality in playing my PS1 games for that.

Anyways, thanks for all your hard work, both past & future.

Comment by komatos
2008-11-16 01:03:06

Final update with good news (almost a month later):

Tonight I decided to try again, this time with the latest 5.0M33-3 CFW. Installed 5.0M33-3 successfully, N2O was playing the video properly this time (not just blank screen with FMV audio). Still no audio in any of my PS1 EBOOTs.

I was able to get this to work, and while I haven’t done thorough testing yet (just a couple of my PS1 titles: AC1 and N2O), it appears there is a workaround to 5.0’s PS1 audio issues. Use the 4.01 version of the POPSloader included in the RAR files uploaded by ShaggyZE in the other thread a few news items above this one.
http://www.realz2reelz.com/SEPLUGINS.rar
If you extract the .RAR files to the seplugins directory on your Memory Stick Pro Duo when you start a PS1 game you should be able to choose between about 15 different versions of the POPSLoader to start your PS1 game with, from 3.0-4.01, plus the currently installed in flash 5.0M33-3 version. I chose the 4.01 version, and my PS1 games appear to function completely normally now (as far as I can tell).

Hope this helps other 5.0M33-3 users with similar problems with PS1 EBOOTS.

 
 
 
Comment by kaizho
2008-10-17 23:01:42

i cant install the 5.00..
does anyone know what should i do?
it said that the new firmware does not exist..

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 11:39:05

did u follow the instructions? just in case, download the cfw 5.00 m33 and the ofw 5.00.
extract cfw 5.00 m33 and after that copy the update folder the ur memory card to x:\psp\game\ (x being the letter of ur memory card). then, extract the ofw 5.00 and rename it to 500.pbp and run it. hope this help.

 
 
Comment by LilSmurf
2008-10-17 23:51:46

Is this FW working for PSP Phat?
5.00 M33? That was fast.

Good Job DA. However until 1.50 Kernel and a working CXMB add on for this FW is release, only time I’m gonna update.

 
Comment by Senuoy
2008-10-18 01:14:39

Will it work on the new PSP (PSP_3000) ??

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 01:47:02

once its hacked!

 
 
Comment by SephiRon
2008-10-18 01:44:23

Weird for most of you with errors. Mine installed flawlessly. I can run all my CSOs, WiFi works, no settings reset screen, all is peachy :D

BTW, I’m not currently using CFW, so that hasn’t been tested, but I suppose it’s a FACT that they have to be recoded anyways.

Comment by SephiRon
2008-10-18 01:47:15

Oh, and I have not tried PS1 games yet. For some reason, I haven’t been able to recode an eboot properly ever since 4.01 came out. Maybe Impaler’s multi-disc eboot maker isn’t even supposed to work anymore and i didn’t know about it? comment here if you know of any multi-disc popstation eboot maker that does work. I have games like parasite eve and ff7 i’d like to still play :D

 
Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 01:48:30

i had a flawless install also (god of war psp-and manual install)

Comment by SephiRon
2008-10-18 05:06:06

mine is the god of war psp as well :D go figure…

 
 
Comment by SephiRon
2008-10-18 05:09:19

crap, i didn’t mean to write “i’m not using CFW…I meant I’m not usig PS1 games…my mind sometimes wanders

I think i’ll stop nesting this now

 
 
Comment by Virson
2008-10-18 01:55:54

Is there an 1.50 kernel adds-on for this CFW?

 
Comment by Acid_1
2008-10-18 02:14:07

OMG! THanks dax!

 
Comment by bloodpool
2008-10-18 03:19:11

yeah im wondering if anybody knows about the 150kernel???? and ………..does the PSN store work for this????????????????????????????????????????????????

 
Comment by vincent
2008-10-18 04:02:28

Is the remotejoylite working on firmware 5.0?

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 11:35:33

remotejoy v0.17b works for me

 
 
Comment by Console Freak
2008-10-18 04:53:09

Waiting for 1.50 Kernel for firmware 5.00 M33!

 
Comment by xitherun
2008-10-18 04:58:09

“Dark_AleX, world-renowned PSP heavyweight”

I lol’d. Nice one Greg.

 
Comment by SephiRon
2008-10-18 05:07:21

so anyone got any info on what the best/latest popstation eboot compiler is (multi-disc)?

 
Comment by eltranced
2008-10-18 05:29:18

update was successful w00t! like the new keyboard layout and simple theme! none of my homebrews work right now so waiting for 1.50 kernel! long live Alex!

 
Comment by Sidz
2008-10-18 09:04:03

Dark-Alex deserves a statue!

This guy rocks ‘em all!

Thanks again!

 
Comment by jerzy
2008-10-18 09:13:32

i have psp v4.01m33 and i update to v5.00 but now i can’t update 5.00m33 . Why? I have no idea.please help

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 09:44:22

because u updated to a official firmware.
use pandora. be careful next time. nway, dax, please dont die in another 100 or 200 years. just in case I’ll be reincarnated. ;)

Comment by sinwarrior
2008-10-19 02:48:55

i think like psp would be already be extincted in about 10 or 20 years :P

 
 
 
Comment by don_viper
2008-10-18 11:11:30

what will be the new features in my psp phatty if i made it 5.00 m33 from 4.01 m33-2??????????

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 11:23:08

love the full screen keyboard layout.
just try it out. there’s nothing to loose. by the way, mine’s phat too.

Comment by dimy93
2008-10-18 11:34:02

What about 1.50 kernel or the pops.The other bad is there isn’t many themes for now-if you wait a week or two these all will be resolved and you’ll see how good is 5.00m33

 
 
 
Comment by don_viper
2008-10-18 11:46:27

is the CFW 5.00 m33 like the frimware 5.00 of sony?.

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 12:01:02

cfw 5.00 m33 is an add on the make the original firmware from sony to become a costume firmware. its still the same firmware but with some extras.

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 12:09:17

custom not costume. sorry about that.

 
 
 
Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 11:48:50

ok here’s a noob question. is this the osk?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31142331@N05/2951198303/
if so whats so different?

Comment by eddib
2008-10-18 14:56:50

nope,

push select-button to get the new layout (while in text-input window)

btw: there’s a lot of people asking stupid questions, please google around for a bit before posting these questions

 
 
Comment by don_viper
2008-10-18 11:51:27

hey..if you download the 5.00 m33 from above…will it ask you to download again in the psp??????answer ASAP!!..please

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 11:54:31

?what? if u update from above its a manual install. if u update from the network update in the xmb it does it automatically. your choice.
cant update twice to the same fw

 
Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 12:07:24

5.00 m33 is only the file that makes the original firmware to become a custom. that is why ur psp is asking it to download the original firmware so that it can install the original firmware and modify it to a custom firmware.

 
 
Comment by green
2008-10-18 11:52:38

hmmm wonder how the full keyboard on screen would work when that one guy who made a psp mod for touchscreen made his own keyboard heh

 
Comment by don_viper
2008-10-18 11:57:07

i put the one above in my psp..then i start it..then now its downloading onre more time..but the size is 25 MB..??..is it correct???

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 12:10:55

yes

 
 
Comment by fouriner
2008-10-18 12:04:13

my phat (originally 4.01 m33) updated just fine using network update..but recovery menu says i CAN run homebrew using 1.50 kernal already? did it keep the 4.01 1.50 kernal update?

also have to find this onscreen keyboard that everyone likes so much : )

 
Comment by fouriner
2008-10-18 12:07:16

@crshovveride: that’s the one I found.. I too am wondering if this is the one that is supposed to be new…

@don_viper: yes 25 mb is correct

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 12:12:28

ok so its not just me………

 
 
Comment by fouriner
2008-10-18 12:13:04

update: the NEW onscreen keyboard is laid out as a QWERTY keyboard. to get to it press SELECT when seeing the original keyboard and it will change

Comment by crshovveride
2008-10-18 12:18:38

thanks. makes sense now.

 
 
Comment by slower
2008-10-18 13:47:19

These step by steps really should say which update folder from what file what ?

 
Comment by slower
2008-10-18 14:45:07

K the renaming must be done on FILE inside The renamed folder plus “thAt” file IS then put inSIDE the first installed update folder from 5.00M33 already put on psp. To simple still..

 
Comment by bob
2008-10-18 14:45:44

like most ppl ima wait for a 1.5 kernel be4 i update
but still props to the man who made it happen

 
Comment by hellboyDS
2008-10-18 17:17:51

Just Got The Blue screen try to Reset The psp But Notting Show On The Screen But Still Get The Green Power Light On

Comment by Matt
2008-10-18 17:20:33

I just pressed O and it worked after that.

 
 
Comment by Matt
2008-10-18 17:18:34

I’ve rendered nethostfs under Irshell useless now. Does anyone know any other options to get nethostfs working again?

 
Comment by g
2008-10-18 19:13:29

Bricked my phat w/broken umd drive. Error at 92%. Good thing I have a Pandora. Guess I will need o wait for new Despertar Cementerio to update to 500m33.
Anyone with a broken UMD drive successfully update to 500m33?

Comment by doomplayer75
2008-10-20 22:50:56

i have the same problem -_-

 
 
Comment by jhun
2008-10-18 22:24:28

my psp is modified 4.01 then i update it into 5.00 its ok but there is no games in the main menu i check the games in iso folder its there HELP ME PLS……..

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-18 23:27:22

i think u updated to a official firmware. use pandora. check on forums. be careful and read instruction carefully next time.

 
 
Comment by aden
2008-10-19 02:22:18

Really need help here. Mine was way behind like 2.xx version so being a newbie, I stupidly went to downlaod the version 5.00 firmware. Then now all my iso, cso don’t work.

Found this homebrew and I was really happy but after I have d/l the m33 cfw, I tried to run it but it says game is corrupted.

Am I missing any steps here? I was using m33 earlier but that was done by a dealer so I am trying to fix the prob myself. Pls kindly advise.

Thanks kind souls…

Comment by psp player like you
2008-10-19 23:45:07

use pandora. read on forums.

 
Comment by Chronos
2008-10-21 11:49:48

Press select in your xmb and change umd iso mode into: SonyNP….(few numbers) and then you can play your iso’s and other homebrew like the M33 updates!!

 
 
Comment by luther
2008-10-19 09:33:05

i dont like this firmware just yet. pops is broken so is cwcheat and cxmb. you best to stick to 4.01 untill the 5.00 cfw gets updated.

 
Comment by drkdude
2008-10-19 11:02:49

Do i need to upgrade my 3.xx firmware to 4.01 first before upgrading to 5.00, or can the process skip 4.01?

the readme doesn’t offer much info about this.

 
Comment by Corey
2008-10-19 23:05:31

i just upgraded to 5.00 m33 and it wont let my psp be detected on the computer is just says please wait and nothing happens

 
Comment by Watcher
2008-10-20 02:56:39

Sick, i only wish $ony would do something real with the updates because its getting kinda old seeing the same darn thing.

maybe they will someday add a update to?
(or add on )

Flash player (wow that’s so need an update)
True youtube (you know new option in XMB)
psp Docs (so you can view doc, text, acrobat, etc.)
Ghost_Mode (so you can make the wave move to front of your background)
Browser_2.0 with options, this one is going to be long here we go!

i say 2.0 only because well we know 1.0 sucks and is haven’t seen an update past them adding it to the psp, plus you don’t really use it that much and you know why?
because it sucks!, come on! it does suck its like that thing was made for windows 95 or something plus its super slow, not connection slow but page download slow and at no time do i ever use it…

Okay to that effect i say change it to something a little better like
Firefox/Google chrome, and make it use your memory stick duo as a way to use.

extra ram (i give up 100mb for ram! trust!)
cookies (hummed in low voice page load 4x faster)

guess that all i need to say about that thing
because i can go on and on but seeing as sony don’t have time to do any of these things, it only seams like they only have time to play Tag with Dark_Alex you think by now they get the idea he is going to hack your 400,000.00 a month/two months new code in ha ha ha 2 or 3 days.

oh yeah if any true programmers are out there
out side of DAX please make a new Browser for this thing whe psp world will thank you for it.
PS sorry about the long post!

 
Comment by Watcher
2008-10-20 03:16:55

you know a side note to the themes thing i only use the one theme and that’s the one that make the icons in the XMB look like the icon on the IPhone and it works under 5.00 this is a theme i got off some site a long time ago and threw all updates it still work sweet *note this is not the thing that make it look like a full Iphone witch i find to be dumb but just the icons are changed

The_watcher: Have fun fraging ppl

EOF

 
Comment by rexter
2008-10-20 05:24:22

yap.. i already update it, and it works… thanks alex… but.. my problem is…. the ctf themes doesnt work.. what will i do… to work it again, pls tell me.. or email the answer.. anyone pls…

 
Comment by Dirkovat se musi furt!
2008-10-20 11:17:49

Thnx DAX, keep up the great work.

 
Comment by tanner
2008-10-20 20:12:57

i have psp fat i have never homebrewed i have the new 5.00 firmware what hombrew do i need and can someone give me directions on doing this thanks from the noob

 
Comment by calibre6
2008-10-20 21:41:57

Mine has bricked twice while trying to do the update. Restored fine with DC7. Think my nand storage is fucking up. First time after trying to install CFW 5.00 M33 i can’t format Flash1 (just freezes). A nand restore fixes this and then I install CFW 4.01 using DC7 fine.

Guess I’ll just wait for a while, see if anyone else is having teh same issue.

 
Comment by joel
2008-10-20 22:29:36

can i update to 5.00m33 from my fat 4.05?if can how i should to do?thx

 
Comment by andy
2008-10-20 22:34:50

i have 3.40 oe-a (ive been out the game for a while) how do i update to 5.00m33?

 
Comment by shantelle
2008-10-21 01:47:11

HI.. i don’t know whats wrong with my psp, but when im installing the custom firmware version 5 M33-3, its not working.. its corrupted.. Please Help me.. thanks..

 
Comment by bukatuka
2008-10-21 03:14:04

NICE JOB!!!!!!

 
Comment by Cyber
2008-10-21 04:39:01

Hi,as i upgrade from m33-4.01 to m33-5.00
i had a bsod error like downgrading to ofw-1.5 with hen-d,after pushing the circle button all works fine.My question is,am i the only 1 who had these “problem”?
Cause i didn`t read it in the readme like the time before(1.5 flasher`s readme)
thx for all answers
Greetings Cyber

 
Comment by batanglambak
2008-10-21 09:58:35

the 5.00 m33 update worked fine on my phat psp with 4.01 m33 … but it bricked my slim psp … tried nandtools by reformating the partitions and it still bricked .. tried idstorage tools and it still bricked … hopefully when dc8 is released it will let me upgrade my psp slim to 5.00 m33 … :(

Comment by calibre6
2008-10-22 18:14:14

Yeah me too. Did you use DC7 to unbrick? If so did it have an issue formatting Flash1 (like mine did)?

 
 
Comment by gregw
2008-10-22 01:19:29

how do i switch from sony’s 5.00 to the 5.00m33 firm wear i would really appreciate the help

 
Comment by lala
2008-10-22 03:03:02

why can’t i register for the psp store? anybody knows?

 
Comment by PSP-Terminator
2008-10-24 13:39:20

it’s weird coz I still have 1.50 kernel even Ive already updated to 5.00 and every psn game homebrew I had still working like nothing changed… any similar scenario? and btw, to encode a ctf file on 5.00 CFW you need the 3.90 compatibility tool it won’t work if ur below 4.01 or 3.90 M33 tho. that’s all.

 
Comment by rexlance
2008-11-01 01:02:28

can some1 help plsss…
My system ver is 5.00 but what should i download now so tat i can play iso games?

 
Comment by Codey
2008-11-04 17:55:19

hi guys i have a silver slim PSP and im tryin to do this but it says corrupted data everytime…..can someone plz help me figure this out
you reach me at this E-mail address-
soadpunk@yahoo.com

 
Comment by Motek
2008-11-06 01:18:46

is it possible to upgrade from OFW 5.00 to CFW 5.00 without pandoras battery?

 
Comment by ulaen
2008-11-06 10:08:03

ehh is it possible to update from 3.71m33-2 to this 5.00m33 or do i need a newer one? and also if the games(iso) from older version able to work on this new version?

 
Comment by John Carlo
2008-11-12 08:31:35

Need Help…my PSP version is 4.20 then i upgraded to 5.00, then i was trying the 5.00m33 version but it keep saying Corrupted File.

What should i do…?

 
Comment by rocky
2008-11-15 16:30:36

hey my psp firmware 4.05 and i tried to install cw5.00 m33 with your method but it can’t work please help

 
Comment by CQ
2008-11-16 08:39:59

Hi all, currently my PSP is on ver 4.01. Can i upgrade to 5.00 M33-2 without any downgrading?

Kindly comment on it. Thanks

Bought it 2 days ago =(

 
Comment by Braska
2008-11-19 08:15:15

Well this all sounds great but will this update firmware versions older than 4.01 M33 as well?

 
Comment by xHalloweenx
2008-11-22 18:56:01

Will this work on 3.40 oe-a?

 
Comment by Andre
2008-11-26 10:39:11

i need help!
why i dont have the psp\games?
in psp paste dont exist games paste
please help

 
Comment by sen
2008-12-03 00:37:26

sorry, im new to upgrading. i just recently upgraded my sony firmware to 5.00 but then my custom firmware is still 3.90-m33 i think, and all the games that seem to work before can’t work now. And i copy the custom firmware 5.00m33 file into the update folder, they keep telling me that the file is corrupted. Someone help please thanks!

 
Comment by Sakis
2008-12-06 09:08:35

hi guys! i have bought a psp slim (2000).i wanna hack it with or without the “special” battary. how can i do this? tell me the spets. plz help me…

 
Comment by shining fingers
2008-12-06 17:47:55

asalamo alaykom
hi..
gays any one can help me ??!!

this masage com when i try 2conict with
internet this is the masage >>
>>(( CONNECTION TO SERVER FAILED A DNS HAS A OCCURRED)

THIS IS HAPEND AFTER THE CASTEM DAWINLODED IN MY PSP

PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES HELP ME

 
Comment by Andy
2008-12-09 07:58:15

If you change to custom firmware and opt to go back to OEM firmware, can you?

Also, if you attempt to install new firmware and something goes wrong, leaving you with no firmware in place, Is there a way to somewhat easily get back in action?

 
Comment by invasion178
2008-12-11 15:41:58

I lost my psp 1 year ago and it just turned up i am running 3.40 OE-A and would like to upgrade to a newer cfw is there anything i NEED to do before updating to 5.00 m33-4 would appreciate any help.

 
Comment by john
2008-12-13 01:49:15

hey im so lost with all this stuff im new to this. can someone tell me how to download this thing and how do i put on my psp and open it?

 
Comment by krndmr1004
2008-12-13 07:33:02

Hey yo, i have a 4.05, how can i upgrade/downgrade to a custom firmware - preferably 4.01 or 5.00 - where i am able to play downloaded games?

btw what is a kernal?? sorry i dont know anything about psp and its things its able to do

 
Comment by roy_mustang23
2008-12-31 00:33:40

I have a psp 3000 and i wanted to know does this work with it? And will it play the iso games?

 
Comment by Brandon
2009-01-02 00:10:31

HELPPPPP!!!!!!

Ok i messed up, i have FW 5.02 by Sony, and i tried this and it does shop up in the game section and when ever i try to start the program on my PSP, it says, “The game cannot be started, the data is corrupted.” I have a fat PSP and i wanna play Final Fantasy Dissidia, but this came up!! If anybody helps me to the point where i can play Dissidia, ill pass the game on to them!!! Please reply ASAP!!!!!!
My email is paintballbunnyred@yahoo.com

Comment by steven baker
2009-01-03 14:13:43

http://exophase.com/psp/hellcats-recovery-flasher-for-psp-6901.htm
use this to fix your psp
the readme says every thing

Comment by Brandon
2009-01-03 18:58:58

Bro, i did EVERYTHING the readme said and it still says the data is corrupted@ damn this is hard

 
 
 
Comment by crystian
2009-01-21 19:04:07

how do i put the firmware 5.00m33 if i have v 4.20

 
Comment by vcsneo
2009-01-22 22:38:31

hi all… i’m abit new to this… can anyone enlighten me how do i make my PSP play those ISO and CSO files? cos now say tat it can only play PBP files.

my PSP version is 4.01.

can it be done? please advise.

thanks and regards.

 
Comment by vcsneo
2009-01-22 22:46:54

hi all… i’m new at this… but apparently my psp can only play .pbp files… is there anyway i can make it play .cso and .iso files?

my one is PSP2000 version 4.01

anyone can help me on this?

please advise.

thanks and regards.

 
Comment by tra"XXX"z
2009-02-03 12:42:20

I HOPE THAT IT WORKS… TNX….

 
Comment by Nod
2009-02-06 15:05:38

ok, recently rehacked my psp on 2-5-09.. apparently sony’s newest firmware keeps you from using most of the programs and game iso’s after the psp has been updated with their latest firmware which came out just a few days ago. i am now having this problem. anyone know any answers to this as i cannot use any of the programs or games even if i rehack it back to 3.9m33 firmware. also tried to give it the latest 5.0m33 again and still no go. was wondering if there is a new fix for this or if i am screwed now.

 
Comment by Nod
2009-02-06 16:56:20

nevermind.. fixed it.. was a user error

 
Comment by Sean
2009-02-11 10:55:25

I havent updated the firmware on my device for a while. Still using 3.52M33-4. Ok to update straight to this new version?

 
Comment by lost
2009-02-15 14:56:12

Try to run the upgrade file and got message “Game could not be started”. Fat PSP. Any thoughts?

 
Comment by Rich
2009-02-25 15:49:52

Could some one help me out i’m trying to help my son understand all of this and make a magic stick, and pandora batterie as well as get a iso compressor, but i really don’t understand what is what. amd i downloaded the compressor but i can get it to install, do i need to have the psp lpluged into the computer? please help

 
Comment by ×ßøßságèt×
2009-03-10 19:58:49

QUESTION!!!

were do i save it again!!?!?!?!

 
Comment by cuhphniv
2009-03-29 22:08:24

I’m a newbie here, just bought a PSP3000 without doing any research (Dump!!!). Now i find out that it’s un-hackable ??? (but the infos were dated in 2008 ) Is it still true now? any good news? please help

 
Comment by blurebel
2009-04-16 03:16:35

awesome. now i can put 5.00 themes!
for people who cant start memorystick games,
recovery>CPU speed> set both to 333
5.00 and dark alex rox!

 
Comment by BornEvil
2009-05-03 07:37:58

K let talk big boy talk. I’m using an old Fat CFW 5.00M33-6. Have a CSO that won’t run. Ran perfect on slim using same ms. No FatMSmod/then w/FatMSmod/ then w/1.5Kaddon no change. Getting 80020148 error. No issue thus far with any other CSO or ISO. What is the special problem I am experiencing. I can flat this back to any CFW needed. Just need fix. CXMB is also experiencing problems. I am sure that it is an issue with my CXMB ver. Can anyone help. I am posting in alot of spots for this one.

 
Comment by dylan the hunter
2009-05-11 17:01:53

hey i got update ver. 5.50 and i wanna try and get the hen to work how i downgrade it or how i get it working my email is dasher2300@hotmail.com plz email me thx

 
Comment by stevenjamesleda
2009-05-19 13:17:24

i have this cfw 5.00m33-6 and it rocks i have a psp 1000 aka fat and its like totally hacked and i have like every hombrew and everything so over all id say this is the beat cfw but i am still waitig for cfw 5.50m33 (if there will ever be 1)

 
Comment by ted
2009-05-23 19:40:08

help me plz, im not psp user and idont understnd what is all about ,just a litle, but i want to buy psp, the problem is idont know,

what version is im going to buy?psp 2000 or psp 3000,?

psp 3000 can be play download torrent, iso game?

pls help me?

 
Comment by venkat
2009-05-24 05:52:38

hey. colud any body say how to hack a sony psp 3000 with ofw 5.03

 
Comment by ted
2009-05-24 19:14:38

help me plz, im not psp user and idont understnd what is all about ,just a litle, but i want to buy psp, the problem is idont know,

what version is im going to buy?psp 2000 or psp 3000,?

psp 3000 can be play download torrent, iso game?

pls help me?pls

Comment by dackbatt
2009-06-07 12:45:50

every version can play iso games now.

 
 
Comment by 352745
2009-06-03 10:29:59

i have 4.01 on my psp( not the 4.01 m33)
and when i start the update for 5.00 m33
it don´t works.

 
Comment by 352745
2009-06-04 01:29:02

oh i`ve forgotten i have a psp 2000

 
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