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PSP Firmware 5.51 Released
greg | June 11, 2009
Sony acting suspicious with a [minor] firmware bump… PSP Firmware 5.51 just hit Network Update; you can also grab it below.
So what’s new? Apparently the same ol’ nonsense — improved system software stability during the use of some features. That’s it.
I wouldn’t recommend updating if you’re the hacked but Pandoraless, PSP-3000, or TA-088v3 type.
Download: PSP Firmware 5.51 Update
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As sony, with there little updates here and there… attempting (but failing) with all their might to squash homebrew on the PSP.
exactly thats there whole point behind the psp go… im not getting 1 of those
The new patch does the PSN thing and allows for account set up, haven’t noticed anything else yet thats new but will keep posted.
I just wish the new hack would come soon, got like 10 games i wanna backup and play with my bro without having doubles of everything.
So you’re saying that most of the system updates for psp have something to keep users from hacking?
hmmm they’re up to sumthing
ya, there going for something but its gonna be a fail
New Exploit
Sorry Sony, still waiting for the next M33, thanks
It seems Sony is the only one releasing firmwares this days… :(
PSP Go is what they’re up to. I’m interested to see if it is unhackable. Or what they have done to prevent hacks. Obviously someone will find something to make it say ‘Hello World’
LOL!!
hahaha
What’s new here…The same old crap…
*cough cough*……PATCH!
i think i’ll pass. this fw failed
Maybe Sony discovered an exploit in 5.50 which no-one in the homebrew community did……..
ya probobly, there thinking like the hackers to beat them, aculy thats kinda smart, but still need one baddass feature to make it worth hacking hence why DAX said he wasent making the 5.50 into a cfw
Thats a nice way to think. Although there was that LIBTIFF thing that they may have patched.
I think their trying some PSN store features to see how well it would be on the Go so then they can make ajustments and such to find the best running stuff on the PSP go
Does anyone know what Sony added on this latest update? Suddenly I cant acess the network store.
if ur not accessing the store its just that sony is updating the store thats all.
Odd… less than a week after I joked about puting code to run homebrew in a sound file…
wow, that is somewhat wired and frankly impossable but, they said hacking a 3000 would be impossable and look
tsk tsk sony thats all i can realy say tsk tsk
Grrr, when is the new M33 coming out?!?!!
Probably, june 21 or April 1.
SCEA have small patches to stop cfw, but it can be patch again by dax if he wanted to.
I don’t get why anyone needs to update firmware until their is a hole version ahead even then not much point is anyone making custom firmware anymore?
Just download it dammit >:o
Lol, I thought that was funny as hell. But no I rarely, even look at the PSN. If I had the money to afford their overly priced stuff there then I probably wouldn’t be here looking for free / homebrewed materials right.
ether some kid trying to be like the idiot company or is sony trying to tell us to update and hope we do just because they tell us to,
when you guys get an update out, im sure lots of people say “kiss my ass”
the only time we update is when a new m33 comes out
damn that means u cant get on the playstation store on your psp if you have alex’s firmware will have to wait till a patch i guess
how many times do you actually go on the playstation store?
Yes it fails logging me in to the PSN! Aww DAX come on we need an 5.51 M33 update!!
i can get into the psn fine
i hav 1001 and 5.00 m33-6
“dreamcast” none cause i cant get on lol but l;ive streaming music videos sounds good with the new vid service works a treat on the ps3 and also cant play any games online as it is asking me to update help help help
probably another useless patch for the libtiff exploit. and I’m waiting for the 3000 pandora even thugh I have CFE M33 5.03 – 6 (enabler)
damn!i downloaded this n uptated my psp… then i found out i couldn’t play my download games anymore…someone ought to make a 5.51 m33 please~(pretty desperate)
Hi! i just download this 5.51 updates but it will not recognize my games on my memory stick it will appear corrupted please help me..
this new custom firmware sucks!!!!
Dax,you gotta release the 5.51 m33 cause my psp ofw is 5.50 and I can’t update it to 5.50 gen-a and i need cfw for my psp 5.50.
1. To dude: even if DAX made another M33, you still need a pandora battery.
2. DAX probably wont make an M33 for his firmware coz its not significant enough.
3. Edison Carter needs to update LCS cheatdevice coz it doesnt work on higher M33 versions such as 5.00 M33 or higher.
4.By 2011 sony will have probably stopped prducing UMDs because the PSP Go doesn’t need them, which means, unless the digital downloads get hacked, which is very unlikely, an end to free ISOs/CSOs for us.
Could this be the end of the PSP-Homebrew Scene?
hey i was wondering if the is any hacks for a psp running on firmware 5.51 such as games or like any hacks for firmware 5.51
Same question as a lot of people have, I hacked the Wii so decided to try the PSP as Im sick of the slow release of any decent PSN PSOne Games. With the hacks I can put CC or FF games on the PSP.
But I updated to 5.51 so now when i try the custom firmware it says “corrupt data” blah blah..is there anything I can do?
Please advise
Oh and its an original UK PSP 1000 never modded or customed in anyway
hey everybody my name is psp master i jus came out with custom firmware 9.50m33 i know what your thinkin it hasnt even came out yet well if you want more info hit me up on myspace my email is Jawon_Longo@yahoo.com
my bad everybody i jus came out with another custom firmware 10.02m33 if you want more info hit me up on the myspace my email is Jawon_Longo@yahoo.com
new psp firmware 11.6m33 just look me up by my full name on myspace [jawon Longo]….for more info
i dont understand most of you people all know that sony pushes out these updates to stop the hackers out there from hacking there device. U should all know NEVER TO UPDATE your PSP device. this was rule #1 since firmware 1.51 came out that only patched the TIFF problem that hackers found in the system.
so lets see less then 1 week after the psp was rls a tiff was rls to hack it. what did sony do patched it and rls 1.51 on there server so all the dumb tarts in the world would go HEY THERE IS A NEW UPDATE it must have some cool stuff in it. ( BUT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING BUT A PATCH OF THE TIFF )
So how many people out there downloaded the 1.51 because they had no cule and just thought it was a new update of new feats. MANY is the word. the only people that dont update anything are people waiting for hacks and stuff like that.
seems that with this new update sony is trying there best to stop the newer units from not doing this anymore. but guess what sonys team of people are just not as smart as the hackers in the scene.
its just a big cat and mouse game and we are winning the game so the cat is just mad and needs to get that little mouse because its staving right now
Sony can make lame updates but they cant make us give a shit about it. FAIL.
Sm people did update to 5.51 though. I am one of those. NEED HELP !
I also updated to 5.51 without reading that hacked games will stop working :(
help….. :,(
Should i just throw away my psp 3001 with 5.51 firmware ? Or can i do anything?
if it still has warranty you may have a chance to purposley brick it
Sony will get you a new one and you can update to 5.00m33 and alls well
Sony will update it to the newest firm ware AKA 5.51 so that plan is a FAIL!
how to hack firmware 5.51 beacause all of my games will corrupted please help me.. give me some advise or datas on how to hack 5.51 please..
by mistake i upgraded my psp-3000 to 5.50 is there a hack available on this?
is it really true that PSP 3000 with a firmware of 5.51 cant be downgraded???
is it safe for me to get a firmware by myself so that my psp will read ISO what kind of firmware i need
Dammit! I updated my PSP 3000 to 5.51, then found out about stuff like the HEN. Anyway, does anyone agree with me on this? Here goes: Sony should make an OFW that downgrades the PSP itself. I mean look at all the stuff the iPhone can do! Do the above so WE can put homebrew apps on the PSP. We worked for our money. I’m gonna spend it on an iPhone. F |_| € ]< the PSP go. You say you can’t hack it anyway. Sony, one lost sale unless you do the above. And you need my money because you guys are losing money…
The same here :(
xD the iphone isnt made to play games like the psp.
The PSP isnt made just for selling consoles but games too. So SONY would not benefit from the feature described above.
i have been searching for months to find an exploit for the 5.00FW and i found it last month.My PSP’s version was 3.71. Because i foresaw the hacks coming, i did not update it. Now its time for all of you to wait…
hey guys i installed the 5.51 update today, but the problem is that i can not play .iso or .cso files on it…
can u guys help me>?
me too…. need help.. need help..
plizzzz hack this OFW….. or later. i I already installed, and i cannot open “.iso” or “.cso” file… i waiting… plizzz, hack it as soon as possible. because this firmware i cannot play my psp again…
Pl z don’t Download Update Official 5.51 . Now i Am not able to play games on psp because it cant play games from memory stick duo.If u update your psp you have to wait for custom firmware 5.51 .And it can’t be Downgrade to lower version
Hi all !
Me too, upgraded my PSP to 5.51… Been reading all I could find about hacking it on the web. So I got my hopes back up when I read about about ChickHEN R3, but now it seems that R3 release won’t be made to hack 5.51 firmware, but 5.50 firmware, so what am I supposed to do ?
Is there no way to hack my psp ? No way to downgrade it ?
If anyone has valuable information about hacking the psp once it’s running FW 5.51, please share.
Gr33tz
Idea: Don’t update until PSP Go! comes out. Then more hackers will arise. If the Go! runs the same OFW as a 3000, there will be more hackers that will arise, allowing more progress in hacking to be made on the 3000, as well as the Go!
ChickenHEN R4 for a future version of OFW? (Whenever the fuck that’ll be…)
Hello, Gentlemen.
As many of you, I was one of those people who had no idea about the hacking world when I first purchased my PSP 3000. Like a kid with a brand new toy, I wanted everything to be updated and to the best performance….So I also updated the PSP 3000 to 5.51 and later came to notice that it could hacked. I love the PSP and would love so very much to customize it to it’s full potential. As many of you I would like a Customized Firmware for 5.51 or a way to downgrade it without being “bricked.” I know sooner or later that dream will come true, but I think we all need to wait patiently for the hack team to do their magic. Hopefully someone is out there right now putting their PSP at risk for our sakes.
~_~ God Speed my fellow Hackers.
yup.. hopefully.. please god.. lend them the hack magichand as soon as possible..
actually the psp go is hackable.i got a hands on and i created a way how to hacke it.and some other web sites found a way to hack it too.psp go is really just a psp that looks differnet and internet much easer but its still like a psp 1000
yo can i get that website,if i have a way to hack i will get,right now i have a psp 1000 with cfw 5.00m33-6, i want to know how to do it for my futur psp go ,ty man
Been a console gamer 4 ever and finally got a psp. Needless to say I fell in love. BUT, I had no idea what this thing could do with homebrew.
Too bad I didnt figure it out before i updated to 5.51
Im a music producer, and I’d love to start making homebrew music production roms and apps, but I dont know how to downgrade. Any ideas?
I feel sorry for you guys who upgraded to the new FW…NOT! What did yall expect? “Oh ima upgrade and see what the new OFW has and Dark alex and the hack team is gonna come out with a patch to save me!” Idiots! Why not just spend the time waiting for an m33 version by just havin fun with your ISO’s and homebrew apps? Ha im laughing at u all xD
Well excuse some of us for being new to the homebrew scene -_-”"
A friend of mine hacked my psp for me a month ago and forgot to tell me to update. Found out the hard way that that is the worse thing a hacked psp should do. Now I’m just like all the others who are holding their breath for 5.51m33…
Ah well. In the meantime it’s given me an excuse to show my wii more love instead of collecting dust. For all I know, Punch Out might keep me busy until the the day the cfw finally arrives! At least here’s hoping…
Sorry if not all of us are as well informed as u but in case u haven’t noticed a new version is required to play games like Soul Calibur Broken Destiny even if they are downloded
i updated :( i feel like the biggest dumbbell. my games wouldnt go online and it kept on saying that i needed to get a system update. you all know the rest :(
well, now my precious psp is on craig’s list. any of you wanna buy a psp?????? LOL
So Sony have ‘Failed’?
The way I see it, they have released this update to beat the custom firmware. and… what do you know?
quite a few people with custom firmware have updated, and are now stuck. That seems like a win to be honest…
i have a psp 2001 with cfw 5.50 gen-a but my cousin update it to ofw 5.51 .. can i restore it like it was? please help! i cant play my downloaded games
i are screwed! i updated! and now i am screwed! SCREWED! the hacking team will never have a 5.51 hack! FUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK!!!!!!! i’m just going to wait till someone hacks teh 5.51!
lord speed up my fellow hackerz.
I just got my psp a few days ago from a friend. it was allready updated with the 5.51 fw. I had no idea about all the possible mods for previous versions. I am racking my brains looking for some way to mod this damn thing. Is there any possible way to revert back to a previous fw without using a pandora battery??
Hi guys im stuffeeeddd fw5.51 is soma kak shit, i spent 24/7 of my time to find a hack but no luck, i really shouldnt have updated my firmware
i know it really sucks
i did d same
gud luck
Any ideas on how to downgrade ofw5.51?
wow I mean wow well if i say i still have not download no firmware yet im so fucking..stoned i downgrade my 5.00m33-3 to 3.71m33-2 lol i said fuck it and just said im staying on 3.71m33-2 lol i had dreams that sony had a pin and walked in my house and updated it lol then after that dream i put a hackers locker on it then i had a another dream i forgot my password now i wont 12 pappers of my password on it and put it in my psp lol i have no idea whats wrong with me lol…..o yea if you want m33 for 5.51 press Ctrl alt del and up arrow and it will take you to a page thats all blue and u will see my name and now your in the hacking team helping me make a new m33
hi guys
i stuffed my psp with sony’s fuckin new 5.51 firmware
cud sum one help me to downgrade to lower firmware orsumthing plz
Im having same problem , if you hear anything could you message me i will do the same thanks .
Hi , been sitting here for hours trying all forums to , dont know what im doing anymore , idont wont to buy a battery or anything , and i have 1k model phat psp , done everything but dont know how to get firmware 5.03 as i clicked update and it went to 5.51 , i originally had 2. something , anyone who can help or point me in the right direction would be very much appreciated thankyou . i know what to do once ive got 5.03 but its just getting to that :)
hi there….i accidently update my psp3000(unmodified) to firmware 5.51….. do have this firmware version to modify it?? and where to modify it
can any1 tell me whether the CFW for v5.51 will be release????? Pls help me…I update it. Dark Alex..Pls read tis comment and help us.Pls..Dark Alex.
Dark Alex we really need ur help…Help us..Come out the v5.51 crack pls or custom firmware.
I desperately need a custom firmware 5.51 for my PSP 3000……..Please reply as soon as possible
im almost done with hacking 5.51. i have been on this every scince 5.50 came out.i can hack that but 5.51 i cant get bass the firewall or something like that.i should probably finish this on 2-12-2010
we need 5.51 m33!!! (to play new games)
I need help i update to 5.51 psp3006
how do i hack my psp 3000 that is on 5.51
could somebody check this download:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX0CEEzWWw8 it says that he has chickenr3
i heard of chickenr3 tell me if it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX0CEEzWWw8
Okay. I have a 5.50 firmware dumbfuck PSP. Simple Question- CAN IT BE BLOODY HACKED OR BLOODY NOT?!
If I don’t get an answer within 7 days, I’ll murder my PSP and by god I’ll make it look like an accident. Don’t Laugh- I’m Serious.
P.S
Tell me how. =P
AND how do i find out weather i have TA-088v3 or not. Is that the motherboard type? Please help guys.
sony are up to something but the will fail
how can i hack my psp on a safe way?
i have a psp 3000 slime with firmware 5.51