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XGEN Updater V2 and XGEN Pandora V2 Released
greg | October 1, 2009
It’s about that time, time you upgrade to the latest and greatest from Team GENyUS. So rather than doing the incremental update thing: M33 -> GEN-A -> GEN-B -> GEN-B2 etc… Jump straight to 5.50 GEN-B2 with Yoshihiro’s XGEN Updater. Of course this only applies to PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 owners with a non TA-88v3 board. And if you’re already sporting GEN – continue on keepin’ on.
XGEN Updater installs Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN-B2 directly on your already hacked hand held, which needs to be running 3.71 M33 or above. XGEN Pandora will modify your Despertar del Cementerio v8 setup. So whenever you need to call upon Pandora, she’ll be restoring/reflashing 5.50 GEN-B2 instead of 5.00 M33.
Download: XGEN Updater / XGEN Pandora V2
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Cool release this is. :)
“applies to PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 owners with a non TA-88v2 board.”
You mean a TA-88v3 board right?
Shit. Yeah, I think you’re right. It says TA-88v2 in the Read Me. But that must be a typo.
This will get me to move on from m33. I would always welcome DA back but so long for now.
Yes maybe time to move on…need to give GT a whirl.
hmm i dont really know how to get this to run guys.. sorry i’m in stupid mode again… can some one explain to me how… i got gen 5.50 b full on my psp now… psp 1001 :-/ is b2 really so diff??
Gen b2 have more bug fix so you can get more homebrew running.
I’m kind of a noob here.. just want to know, if i was able to update my psp up to 5.00 m33, That means i don’t have a TA-088v3 Right? I just want to be 100% sure before updating..
you should be fine.
im a noob at hacking and i saved the update my psp is 5.00 M-336 but i dont know how 2 install it can someone email me and help me at danny.ramos21@yahoo.com .thanks
use the read me! it is VERY DETAIL.
i dont understand how to do anything
These guys really working for us, looks like GEN is the future so far, Nice work.
Still waiting on a new firmware but with the decrptr release ill be busy for a bit.
I found this!!! WTFF!!!
_________________________________
OFFICIAL REPORT
SONY’S ARCH_NEMISIS, SIMPLY KNOWN AS DARK_ALEX – WHOS REAL NAME CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED FOR LEGAL RESONS – WAS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT (SCE), SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESSES DIVISION.
HIS OCCUPATION WAS TO ATTEMPT TO BYPASS THE SECURITY SYSTEM OF THE PLAYSTATION PORTABLE AND PROVIDE REPORTS ON HOW THIS MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED BY HACKERS AND SOFTWARE ENTHUSIASTS.
ONCE HE HAD DISSASSEMBLED THE PREVENTION CODE, HIS SERVICES WERE NO LONGER REQUIRED BY SONY WHO REFUSED TO CONTINUE TO HIRE HIM FOR ALLEGED FUTURE CONTRACTS AFTER BEING PROMISED A PROMINANT POSITION WITHIN THE COMPANY IF HE SUCCEEDED IN ‘HACKING’ THEIR CONSOLE.
THE DENIAL OF THIS ALLEGED VERBAL AGREEMENT BY MANAGEMENT, RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF TEAM M33 AND DARK_ALEX. WHILE NO CHARGES OF UNFAIR DISMISSAL HAVE BEEN LAID UPON SCE, DARK_ALEX HAS VOWED TO BRING DOWN THE COMPANY THROUGH THE METHODS HE IRONICALLY WAS HIRED TO PREVENT.
________________________________
well, dax sure had his “sweet revenge” on sony (back then…) but dax is no longer on the psp scene now, lol… it time let go of him & accept d truth his not coming back to make a “6.10m33″.
You know what, if Dark Alex REALLY wanted to hit sony where it hurts, now would be the time instead of just disappearing and letting sony have the chance to recollect themselves. Especially since the PSPGo is hardware memory and memory stick based, all that says to me is HACKABLE. Now is the perfect time for him to shit all over sony and really hurt them, but i guess alot of people are right; the days of dark alex are done. And if you’re reading this DA, i think you should drop one more that’ll shake things up and brings something good for everyone who goes on Dash Hacks and any other PSP cfw site, and shit on sony. Where u at, Robin Hood!?
PS at DA: I know what it is to be shitted on by a company you work hard for(FUCK GAMESTOP!!!!), thats why i think you should come back.
U know if that is true hi has left himself a door (I think he guesed what would really happen)and that’s how the first psps were hacked.But after some time sony probably hired s.o else to rewrite whole dax’s work so it won’t be that easy for him to strike again hacking the go
Why all the hate for Sony?
I am all about modding and homebrew and playing your own backups but damn if I hated a company that bad I would just simply not buy any of their products including hardware.
I don’t hate Sony.
But the fact of the matter is that none of us would even look at our psp without CFW.
Not to mention coming out with four models of the same damn handheld makes me rage a little.
($249.99 for a unhackable sliding PSP with psudo-savestate support, puhlease.)
Yeah that sounds totally official with the all caps, spurious underscores, and dramatic closure there.
That sounds a little too folklore to me.
If Sony had hired him,
they would have known who he was.
If they knew who he was, and he actually did that…
He would be up against some serious shit.
i.e. “Cyber Terrorism”
That’s at the top top of the list of shit not to do.
i’m guessing this cfw is a bit buggy. well, i think i’ll give this a try & see if it works smoothly & worth upgrading in gen’s cfw.
they should also work on new 6.10ofw. anyway thanx to the team gen they are keeping the psp homebrew community alive! thumbs up 2 u GEN!
Just to clarify because on your download page it states ~
“***Install 5.50 GEN-B2 directly on your already hacked hand held,*** or modify your existing Pandora setup to install 5.50 GEN-B2 instead of 5.00 M33″
But here on the main page it doesn’t say that. So my question is simply this -
Do you OR do you NOT have to upgrade to 5.50 GEN-B2 through/with the modified Despertar del Cementerio v8 setup? Basically will it just upgrade right from the XGEN Updater V2 from the XMB?
I ask because the readme file is a bit “translated” and not exactly clear.
If you’re currently running 3.71 M33 or higher, you can upgrade directly to 5.50 GEN-B2 with this; that’s NOT going the Pandora route. Anything below 3.71 M33 – use Pandora.
Can you describe the Pandora route more? I haven’t upgraded in years, running 3.01 OE or something.
how do i get any m33 hack? well one that allows me to play games free and it should be easy cause im not too good with his stuff.
buy your games
sexy
Awesome! Thanx for the quick reply. Props
works perfectly…i had 5.00 m33, now 5.50 gen
playing GT now
uuummmmm how do you do that tell me please
c’mon yoshihiro!! I’d be all about GEN if you made a 1.5 kernel addon ;)
that´s what i wanted to say ;) 1.5 kernel addon and i´m in
Use eLoader and stop complaining.
wohooo i found “the man”
does eLoader work for phat PSP? I’d love to find SOME WAY to run my psprevolution and pepviewer on GEN-B.
Exactly that.
It works like a charm.
I’m using 5.50GEN-B2 and playing PSPRevolution.
It’s a forgotten app for sure.
But everyone who misses the 1.5 kernel should really check it out.
haha, last night I was upgrading from M33 -> GEN-A -> GEN-B -> GEN-B2… thinking I’m surprised nobody has made this easier. I wake up today and see this.
Good program. They fixed the vsh menu on the fat psp. Install dc8 on a m33-4. Run this new program. Reboot with your pandora batt. Select GEN5.50. When done make shure you Restore Default Settings in System because you will find some of Gen’s defaults. Retype your own settings.
Thanks alot!.. this worked great on my GT.iso
I’m sorry, I’m still new to the PSP. Is there any negative to updating from 5.00m33? You just run the program, right?
I’m not sure what I’m doing here. Can some one help me real quick.
I’ve renamed the file 550 to 550.pbp and I’m not sure where on the ms to put this. I’ve just left it in F:\ (on the memory card)
I’ve put the eboot file in psp/game/update
And then that’s it. Not sure where to go from here.
Do I need the OFW 5.5?
Yes! I can finally update. All the previous versions that did firmware updates by the official method always froze during the installation around 84% every time I tried(Gen-A, MHU, etc). This one actually works since it’s not installing CFW by the official method. Thank you soo much for creating this. :D
when i try to run the updated my screen goes blank and nothing happens…
anyone getting the same thing? or am i doing something wrong? read me has a crappy english translation, can anyone write down how to do this step by step please?
That only happens if your already running 5.51Gen
It’s comin on for me then I get the message:
ms0:/550.pbp no found on root of your ms
What the fudge?
…did you put the EBOOT for 5.50 OFW on the root of your memory stick? Named 550.PBP?
Yes, tried that. Just comes up witht the same error.
put the 550pbp in the update folder
It might have something to do with your plugins.
Do you have Game Categories by any chance?
That can cause some issues.
Yeah, I’ve tried putting 550.pbp in psp/game/update together with the eboot file.
What do you mean categories? I don’t think I have.
gran turismo is not working for me. any help??? it updated fine…….
Start PSP, open VSH menu (hit select) and switch your UMD drivers to the M33 drivers (instead of the Sony drivers).
Do I need the OFW?
hey, when i start the update it turns my psp off half way through. anyone know anything about this? im currently on 3.71-4 m33.
battery?
no, i wish.
Hey is gen-b full the same as b-2? cuz thats what it installed.
the same. i have the same problem too. hahas.
So do I need this update to play 5.55 games or the decrypter thing?
having trouble here usually i understand this but for some reason when i put the 500.pbp and the eboot nothing shows up under my memory card any solutions? specs are psp fat ver 5.00m33
I have the same problem. Gonna give up I think.
I don’t know what else to try and I don’t understand the readme that came with it.
There’ll probably be a video on youtube in a day or two.
Umm you are putting it in X:/psp/game folderthe installer goes in there and the 500.eboot goes on x:/ root of the psp
Oh my god, don’t believe how stupid I have been. I renamed the 550 file to 550.pbp.pbp Thats why it wasn’t finding it. It was 3am UK time though, that’s my excuse. Thanks for all the help, I think it has worked now.
heeey what about CFE? what about us psp3000? lols
still have the VSH MENU bug in FAT… still can access the VSH MENU even if it is disable in the recovery… can’t even make the pandora battery at VSH MENU…
but it says 5.50 now… great updates…
Ok so after reading through all the comments, I’m still confused about what to do. Can someone who has successfully updated to this latest version give a step by step on how to update from a phat PSP cfw 5.00 m33?
I extracted the XGEN updater V2 download and have these 3 files:
Docs folder
PSP folder
550.PBP file
I know the Docs folder just has the readme, but I would like to know what to do with the other 2 files.
Put 550.pbp on the root of your memory stick.
Put XGEN in the GAME folder.
Run it.
It’s that simple.
If you want to make a GEN Pandora…
Get the 5.00 update.
Put it on the root of your Memory Stick.
Get DC8.
Put DC8 in your GAME folder.
Run DC8.
Once that’s finished then run XGEN and go to “GEN Pandora.”
Thanks paradigm, I’ll try that now.
No problem.
Let me know how it goes.
Yep it worked! Can’t believe it’s actually this simple and I was overthinking that if I don’t follow a step right I will mess up my PSP haha. Anyway, thanks again!
No problem.
Glad I could help.
Hi guys! I’m a total noob and very afraid of messing up my PSP. May I use this method to update my CFW (currently 3.71 m3-33) with no risks? Do I have to format my Memory Stick for this?
Thanx a lot in advance!!!
updated to 5.50Gen-b(full) psp1001. press select but nothing show up.
You have to enable the VSH menu in recovery. For some reason it seems to default to “off”.
i think DAX maybe gone. i go to the site all the time and its been down for a few days now. unless(and this is a huge unless) he is, in fact updating and maintainig the site, and maybe working on CFW 6.10 and doesen’t want people bothering him till its done.
Once you are on 5.50gen B, how do you go back to 5.00m33-6? I’m considering using this upgrade, but I need to know if there is a way to go back to 5.00m33-6.
Don’t make a GEN pandora.
Keep your DC8 one.
Then if you don’t like it, Pandora back.
I must admit, I was a GEN skeptic.
After using it for a month, I can say I like it better than M33.
Increased CXMB support, updated frequently, not to mention my 5.55 games only run on it.
It’s great.
Will there ever be a new update for the psp-3000. I know i’m not the only wishing for a new update. I know its tough and I usually don’t donate but I’m willing to. I also miss Dark Alex man he was the shit he made PSP cool in my book. Oh well here’s to wishing
hey man im a psp-3000..waiting for custom firmware enabler update too
DAX was a hero no doubt.
But he’s moved on to bigger better things.
He might come back, might not.
We have other great developers besides DAX.
Team GEN and Yoshihiro for example have done what we thought would be impossible.
So I’m sure a new CFE will come out.
By Dark_Alex?
Seems unlikely.
But hey, what do I know?
hero?! thats an overstatement calling him a hero like that!
CFE?? u mean custom firmware extender? that plugin is really great. lol
updated all right gt wont work (game could not be started 80020148) please help
More or likely the game:
A.) Wasn’t patched, or patched improperly.
or B.) The iso is corrupted or incomplete.
Try re-ripping it, (If it was your UMD.) or redownloading the iso.
format your memstick, its that easy! lol
Hi everyone. I have a PSP 2000 3.80 m33-5. I had downloaded xgen and put the files in the right places on my MS, but still the app crashes when it starts loading “all modules”. Here’s the sequence I used:
XGEN INSTALLER -> Flash Install CFW 5.50 GEN-B2.
1. It extracts PRX…
2. Loads Sony updater
3. PSP 2000 Detected
4. “Now load all modules from UPDATER”
And then it crashes and my PSP turns off… any ideas??
Thanks…
And i have this problem
What games support this firmware and above? I want to make sure its worth it before I upgrade.
All games SUPPORT it. Meaning any game you have will play on it.
The new games REQUIRE 5.55-6.00. Games like Gran Turismo, Motor Storm, Disgaea, Dirt 2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Naturo, etc…
At some point, you’re going to have to upgrade! The newest GEN FW is solid so no worries.
How do I install this? I extracted it like the readme says, but when I try to run it from the psp menu I get to the screen that says Yoshihiro PSP XGEN Updater for PSPGEN CFW etc, I hit Enter, and the PSP shuts itself off. Do I need to only download the xgen-v2_1254337544.zip or something else along with it?
Using firmware 3.71 M33-2
what is gen pandora?
Hey guys, I’ve got a phat PSP-1000 with firmware 5.51 (updated it by mistake). I’ve tried to use this but it just said “Data corrupted”. Any help? =D
OK, put the 550.pbp that was included in the xgen zip into the mem card’s root area. I put the eboot.pbp into the folder psp/game/update. The system brings up the start screen for loading the updater, but when I hit start nothing happens and the system shuts down on it’s own after a few seconds. I have a fat psp running fw 3.71 M33-2.
So now how do I get this to work? Need some help please!
Към всички които имат проблем. Първо си ъпдейтнете до 5.00 после си ъпдейтнете с това и всичко ще е наред.
Translate it with google too many people says my english is bad and i write in my language for now. Sorry
F@CK U taki! lol… i’m gonna f@ck u motha’ so hard. don’t u mess w/ as around again u dipsh!t moron!
OK, got it to work by updating to the 5.0 custom firmware first. Wouldn’t work otherwise. One last question. Now that it’s updated with this, do I still need to update the official firmware or did this do it when it updated the custom firmware to 5.50 Gen-B(Full)???
what firmware did you use?
By “official firmware” do you mean the 550.pbp on the root of the memory stick? You can delete that now.
I have 3.71 m33.Where do i put what with this?Download unzip then what?Everytime i tried the gen update i would get corrupted data.I put the update folder in the game folder and nothing?
Perfectly upgraded from 5.00m33-6.
i intall first the gen-b2 full and it update perfectly! but i accidentally intall firmware 5.50 out of curiosity T_T is der anything i can do to bring it back before? Coz i cant play any more games and i got always error when i open XGEN Updater V2 T____T plsss help meeee
i update first gen-b2 (full) and it works perfectly.. but out of curiosity i accidentally update firmware 5.50 the one that is below of gen-b2(full) update… and now i got always error wen i open apps.. cant even see my games.. pls help me T___T
I think you installed the official firmware. You will likely need a Pandora battery to get out of that. Unfortunately, if you don’t have one already, you will probably need make one on another PSP.
You put the official firmware, now you need the pandora battery to reverse to cfw
Do i need a pandora battery to update this from 5.00m33-6´ to gen-b? Which of the files do i put on my psp? there are two of them. Please help. i´m a beginner=)
No, you don’t need a pandora battery.
Put the eboot.pbp file in a folder on your memory stick under PSP\GAME\UPDATE.
Put the 550.pbp file in the root of your memory stick.
Be gentle with me as like a lot of people here I’m a noobie as well..
I’ve got a phat 103 and I’m using a pandora battery and 5.00 M33-4 in test mode and have not installed it fully.
Can someone please guide me to upgrading?
Thanks
Think you’ve got to update to m33-6 before you do this.
This is already set up for you.
Just extract it to a memory stick just as it is in the “xgen-v2_1254337544.zip”.
And run it from the GAME option on you PSP’s XMB.
I donwloaded GT, it didn’t work. Changed the driver to m33, still didn’t work. I read the readme that came with it and it said I need FW 5.55??? I’ve got 5.50 installed. Anyone help?
GT needs to be patched with the recently released decryption tool. Look a couple posts down from this on the psp-hacks front page for information on that.
Alternatively, find a different version of GT that’s already patched. Most places should have a “fixed” or “patched” version that you can grab, which will work no problem.
i followed all the instructions except the dc8 one. i have the gen-b FW. now my problem is the game “NARUTO AKATSUKI RISING” i just downloaded didn’t appear.. can anyone help me please?
Did you put it in the iso folder?
yes… i put “NARUTO:AKatsuki RISING” but it didn’t appear in the “GAME”
0k i got 5.00 m33-6 now what do i do with the files?update to game and pbp to root folder?
Got mine running but some games need patching…
Dirt2
GT
im having trouble loading my old iso games…. i encountered error “game could not be started (8002032)?
Same for me… Any solutions?
Change the driver to m33? Turn on psp press select.
im sorry but i dont get it… any more detailed steps please. thanks.
@andy
iso’s already working…
@pepper
1.go to your Recovery mode
2. select “configuration”
3. select “UMD MODE” notice it changes after hitting X to M33 driver -no UMD-
4. then exit recovery mode..
my homebrews working perfectly though….can i downgrade back to m33
hi…
currently running 5.0m33..all newer games like fifa10 and gt cant run..so tinking of updating to this 5.5 genb
but does it mean all previuos game that run perfectly under m33 will work in this genb?
cos i heard some people say some game used to work no longer work in this genb
and lastly hw do i downgrade bk to m33 ?
heard abt pandora back?but wats tat?im noob?anylink?
thanx
u still b able to play old games on it, though gen cfw is a bit buggy i say. u get some crashes sometimes, unlike dark_alex’s (old)m33 cfw is perfect(almost). but its also worth upgrading to team gens cfw specially ryt now that new game require u d new firmware n order to play.
how to downgrade ur psp? here u go then:
http://www.psp-hacks.com/2009/05/29/recovery-flasher-v160-released/
My old games work. Just not GT, think it’s because it’s not patched. Downloading a different iso now.
any idea where to ge3t to patches… i cant play dirt2 either
id!ot! what patch r u talking about, u need to decrypt the game using yoshihiro’s game decryptor
He’s not being an idiot. Patching, decrypting, call it what you want…you know what he’s talking about.
I have installed it on på psp slim. now when i shoud play any game it says “the game could not be started.(80020321)
I did this:
Flash installed CFW 5.50Gen-B2
Before i had CFW 5.50
Shoud i install something more?
Please help me:)
/Lindahl
id!ot! check your psp umd mode in d recovery menu & set it on m33 driver or sony np9660. recovery menu u ask? restart ur psp & hold d R-trigger (jzt n case u dont knw this noob)
@ bricks
if you are so pro….go make a cfw of your own.
if u r so irritated by someone’s question, why even bother answering?
dun act like u know all !
fucking filipino!
I am struggling at the min. I have put the 550.pbp into X:/.I then renamed the boot file to 550.pbp and placed this in X:/psp/game/update, but when I load my psp it comes up with corrupt file. Can anyone help?
check if the file is “550.pbp’ then you just have to copy it without renaming it to your ms root(x:/).. and the “update” folder placed this in X:/psp/game/
Thats what I have done, but for some reason it isn’t working. Any more ideas?
Don’t rename the eboot. Don’t rename anything… the archive provided here has the correct “550.pbp” already in it, so just put that in your root and leave everything the way it is.
Have tried that aswell, I have just noticed once I have tried my psp and plugged it back into my computer the boot.pbp file disapears from X:/psp/game/update.Now when I disconnect my psp it is in the folder. Any ideas why this is happening?
It must be something simple. On your memory stick you should have (if “X” is your psp):
X:\550.pbp
and
X:\PSP\GAME\UPDATE\EBOOT.PBP
Make sure it’s exactly like that and you didn’t copy any extra layers of subfolders or something.
Yea, thats exactly how I have got it. I am currently upgrading from 5.00 M33-6, hasthat got anything to do with it?
I give up dude, I don’t know what’s going on. I’m not even clear on what is happening to you exactly. Why don’t you just update the original way… GEN-A rev 4, then GEN-B, then GEN-B2. All those files are right here.
You originally said you had renamed the EBOOT.PBP file, which you should not have done. You have renamed it back to EBOOT.PBP, right?
ok so I have 3.71 M33-2 on my psp. I put the update in the games folder, and i put the 5.50.pbp on the main page of the stick (root of the stick I assume) But when I load the updater, it just freezes and turns off my psp. I am clearly missing a step. And ive read through the comments, but i havent really touched my psp since it got it updated over a year ago as far as CFW updates go. So I am a bit lost, and help would be great.
For anyone with problems running the updater, PLUG IN YOUR AC ADAPTER. I don’t know if this is causing any issues, but you should always be plugged into AC when doing a firmware upgrade… whether it is through Pandora or not.
And for everyone else afraid of GEN, I’ll say this:
- YES, all your games will work
- NO, you won’t miss out on anything, EXCEPT the MS speedup hack, and that is ALL
- IF you have homebrew that doesn’t work, UPDATE it. Only very old homebrew doesn’t work on GEN, and every worthwhile homebrew has a compatible 3.xx+ version
Just tried plugging in the ac adapter and that doesn’t work. Any more ideas?
No dude, I give up. Try updating the old fashioned way, other than that I’m out of ideas. I’ve never had any issues like this so I don’t know what’s wrong.
I was already running 5.50 GENB2, so the only thing I used this for was to update my Pandora stick.
I have *never* heard of files just disappearing off the memory stick on their own, and I have a hard time believing that is the case. Are you sure you’re running CFW at all?
pc probably has a virus! lol
You need to be on 5.00-4m33 in order to install Gen updater successfully. Why 5.00-4m33,I just don’t know but it works for me. I spend the whole night trying it on 3.71, 3.80, 3.90 and 4.01.Now I’m on 5.50GenB2 and my decrypted games are rolling. Happy trying…
Has anyone else experienced freezing and then the system turning off?
thats a system crash, your psp motherboard probably a ta-88v6 or higher (mostly psp3000 models) its not supported by this updater.
I have a psp1000 phat. Original model. So that shouldnt be the issue. I cant seem to find my power cord, but could that be a reason or would it just give me a msg?
ow…! why didn’t u say so, i was havin’ problem w/ that model back then. probably plugins causin’ it or ctf theme that should be disable also the plugins disable & most importantly when upgrading a phat u should always put the kernel in 1.50 kernel
How do I put the kernel in 1.50?
its on the recovery menu. restart psp while holding “R” trigger then you we’ll see the m33 recovery menu then go to configuration-> change the “game folder homebrew” into 1.50 kernel if its set on 5.XX kernel.
It was set to 3.71… So i set it to 1.50 but it still freezes and turns off. Now I didnt originally mod my psp, I got someone else too. I believe he did the pandora trick. Does that have something to do with why this may not be working?
so ur using 3.71 cfw, try upgrading to 5.00m33. use this one http://www.psp-hacks.com/2009/05/29/recovery-flasher-v160-released/ w/ this homebrew app u can upgrade or downgrade to any version of m33
after u finish installing 5.00m33 try installing the gen.
You need to be on 5.00-4m33 in order to install Gen updater successfully. I spend the whole night trying it on 3.71, 3.80, 3.90 but failed. Now finally i’ on 5.50GenB2 and got my decrypted games rolling. Why only 5.00-4m33, i don’t know. Go ask that Mr. Yoshi….and enjoy.
I got everything updated dc8 and psp. Does 5.50 gen-b support mp4. I notice mines are working anymore.
Hey what exactly did you do to get 5.50 working? I just downloaded DC8 for 500.pbp but I have no idea what I am suppose to be doing with it.
ooops I mean is not working..
Including the option in this to install the official firmware was a really bad idea. Really Bad Idea!
After I got the unit installed to the custom firmware I tried the option to install the official 550 firmware not knowing it would make my psp unable to play downloaded games. Shoulda atleast put a warning that using that option would ruin the psp.
Well now I have to go buy a magic stick and pandora battery to get it back to custom firmware. Which I can’t really afford to do at the moment, so my psp is now only good for light internet surfing since I have just one umd game.
Everyone learns the hard way Chris. If you’re putting CFW on your PSP you ought to know the different between custom and official and how that affects your system!
You can make your own pandora and magic memory stick, BTW.
yap! hard way that is mate! lol
thought u still got a chance to fix it on your own. u can still create your own magic mc using ur pc & for the pandora. . . well if u knew some1 who has a phat psp u can try making a pandora jigstick on it!
I’ve read that to make your own pandora and stick you need a different psp. Well I know no one in real life that even owns another psp. So I’m stuck now till I can get the funds to order one.
I’d think that, going by the other large number of folks just on here that are noobs to using these types of installers, that anyone smart enough to make these installers would be nice enough to warn people not to use the ofw option unless they want to screw up their system.
Before using this updater the last time I tried installing cfw was at least two years ago, maybe longer, just not something most folks do enough of to know everything, that’s why apps like this were intended I’d think. By removing that one option things like this wouldn’t happen to anyone.
Yes, and by removing knifes people won’t get hurt anymore. Or better yet, removing the subway so people don’t mugged anymore ! That would be friggin sweet.
Do you have any idea what a hypocrite you are ? Custom firmware is BASED on official firmware. Cfw is basically ofw with a little twist (running code and loading backups). You, on the other hand, just want to pirate games.
PS: I’m not telling you how to get back to custom firmware paradise without another modded PSP (only if you have 5.00 ofw and mobo under TA-085v2).
Anyway. You simply don’t deserve it. It’s your own damn fault for updating to official firmware. Deal with it.
Can anyone play mp4 videos after upgrading to 5.55 gen b…
Ok, so i dont need a pandora battery. I just want to update my system to gen-b from 5.0 m33-6. I have a slim-psp. I dont want to change anything but to gen-b. Do i need both of those files? 550.PBP and eboot.PBP. Im confused,sorry. Wich of the files do i need and where will i place it. i dont want to make a pandora battery.
Thanks again.
file structure:
ms0:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE
& put the 5.50.pbp to your memstick root
that should be easy! even my 9yrs old sister knw to mod her psp.
someone hack the ipl for the ta-088v3 board already!! :) this sux
The PSP has been around since Q4 of 2004. You had pleny of time to get one with an earlier motherboard. Just be grateful you can run kernel 5.xx code and about 99% of backups (which is over 500 games), except some of the new 5.55+ ofw games (which can also be decrypted). So STFU.
So long M33.
Hello GEN !
can i go back to ofw 1.5 using myrecovery folder after upgrading to gen
There is a really annoying fucking bug for the phat and non ta-88v3 the conver battery to pandora option dosent work and the turn batter in t normal dosen’t work in the vsh menu. it worked before, but when you use this installer it dosent fucking work!
does this work with chickhen r2 or with a psp 2000 slim mail at adimutu_vlad@yahoo.com
my brother interrupted the update by turning the psp off. now my psp wont even turn on. the green light goes on for a few seconds but there is no response on the LCD. please help
Hi,
I have try this 10 times but every time when I try to run the game I get error ….
Then i use pandoras batery to get back to 3.71 M33
After that I install 5.50 GEN A which works perfectly
If I try to update with patch to 5.50 Gen B i get sucesfful message but when you look in PSP system is still 5.50 GEN A
Then I have patch with XGEN Updater V2 and XGEN Pandora V2 Released everithing is ok but after restart and try to run game I get 80020321 error
I have also try to upgrade from 5.00 4M33 to XGEN Updater V2 and XGEN Pandora V2 Released
the same message and reboot PSP to safe mode and change to 1.50 from 5.xx and no luck
please for help
Pres R button durinf PSP restart to get into recovery console
go to configuration / UMD Mode and change to M33 no umd
this is for all who get 80020321 error
best regards
trying to convert my dc8 memory stick to 550gen-b but will not run once i put files on card must be doing something worng can someone give info on what they done to convert it
thanks …………
helpp me please
i used XGEN Updater V2 / XGEN Pandora
but now i cant use my memory and all my games not work and can not see it in memory stick ,an error “the game cannot be started” every time i click on anything in my memmory :(
system info show me 5.50 , i was have 5.00mm3
how can i go back or solve this problem?
@rashid
Switch of PSP
Now Pres R button and hold it and also in the same time Press and hold Power button at the same time and you wil get Recovery console
then go to configuration/UMD MODE/ and set to M33 driver
then exit ;) I need a lot of time to get in recovery console you will also have to try a few times
R button not work also :(
i cant see my iso games :(
when i put ant custom in psp/game/ and try run it
i got error say “the game cannot be started data is corrubted”"
….ha..ha..ha seems like you flash the official firmware instead of the custom firmware. NO iso games works and No Recovery menu with official firmware. The only way is to reverse back with Pandora method. Happy trying….
No, dumbass. He copied them to the wrong folder. ISO folder not GAME ! X:\ISO
Thnkx this thing Works
yea just a thought would it work for TA-079..?
asked bcoz iwas having trouble updating from
3.71 m33-4
psp 1001
…i would advice u to upgrade to 5.00-4m33 before using the XGen Updater.I spend the whole night flashing it on 3.71m33, 3.80m33, 4.01m33 & finally got it to works with 5.00-4m33.Now i’m on 5.50GenB2 & all my decrypted games are rolling.Good Luck & Happy trying…
@badboys
Must only be 5.00 M33-4? can 5.00 M33-6 be use to do the update?
@Dawn
….it only works for me with 5.00-4m33. As for 5.00-6m33 i’m not to sure cause now busy playing Persona and Motorstorm. If it fail, (shutdown while updating with black screen) use Hellscat Recovery v1.50 to downgrade straight to 5.00-4m33 then upgrade to 5.50GenB with XGEN updater just like i did….good luck.
[PSP1000]
i have a psp slim earli model..
but when i used this sw..halfway thru while extracting or what…my psp will auto shutoff
does any1 has this problem?
my current firmware is 3.9
So sweet and simple. This is a great download. I went from m33-4 to genb2. No time to enjoy me some Soul Calibur and Gran Turismo.
I have PSP 1001 with OFW 6.00…Does anyone know if i can install 5.00-M33? Is there a special way to downgrade or will standard install with magic memory and pandora battery work?
that sould work if u have pandora batt and magic stick.
i finally lost my faith in DA and just switched my lovely phat psp from 5.00m33-4 to 5.50gen-b(full). great installation, everything runs smoothly!
thnak you, great job, keep it that way!!
when i press flash install CFW 5.50 GEN-B2
it keeps saying ms0:/550.PBP no found o root of your ms
i have install all the the EBOOT.PBP AND THE 550.PBP into my PSP/GAME/UPDATE
hELP Pls?
550.PBP should be at the root of ur M card, which means at the page where u see ur iso, picture, psp folder.
After installin the CFW 5.50 GEN B V2
i Still see CFW 5.50 GEN B (full) when i check system information
Whats happening?
That’s what it suppose to say…
Yeah, that’s normal, they just forgot to update the text:
“(n otez que nous n’avons pas signalé le B2 mais laissé le B par oubli)”
(Take No we do not report the B2 B but left out of forgetfulness)
Need to update to 5.00, did not work with CFW 3.71. Works great! Finally, able to play Grand Turismo and DIRT 2!
How do you install it on the psp? I have a psp 2000 with 5.00m33-4 CFW. How do you know if you have a TA-88v3 board?
if u have already have a hackable it should work fine. inside, there’s a read me. follow it and it’s simple!
*hackable psp means you’re running m33-x already.
Thanks Guyz…
can a gen b magic memory stick be made if allready on gen b (Despertar del Cementerio v8)
Everytime I try to run this on my Phat running 5.00-M33-6 it locks up and shuts down… any thoughts?
Well, I finally upgraded to GEN to play the new games. But, the program says it can go straight to GEN B-2. When I used this, It only got me to GEN B(full)…
Any help?
it should be like this, it’s the same thing pal :)
So 5.50 GEN B(Full) is basically the same as GEN B-2?
when I try to run it from the psp menu I get to the screen that says Yoshihiro PSP XGEN Updater for PSPGEN CFW etc, I hit Enter, and the PSP shuts itself off.
Running 3.90 m33-3
Just in case anyone has the same problem as Scholz up there, I had it too and formatting the memory stick seems to have solved it.
just some question to ask ! if my psp mother board is TA-090V2 is there possible using this or is there a way making it into 5.50gen B ?
Hi MY Motherboard is TA-85 v2
When I run Flash Install CFW 5.50 GEN-B2, it prompts Error loading updater modules.
Any help. Thanks…
My PSP is now working….try running the TEST M33, In there, run Flash Install CFW 5.50 GEN-B2.
Successful unbrick and update…
Thanks,
i’ll need some help here….since it’s been so long from the last time i did any psp mods.
successfully installed 5.50 GEN-B(full) with these files on my PSP fat. i see there is a XGEN Pendora option here.
so i download a DC8 resurrect.prx file n create folder ms0:TM/DC8/kd/ and place resurrect there to create the magic mem stick… is that right?
i do hav a pandora battery from those 5.00 m33-4 days.
and i have a PSP 2006 currently on OFW 5.01 , will i be able to get this set to a 5.50 GEN-B if i create magic mem stick as i mentioned above, combined with my existing pandora battery?
can’t seem to be able to…someone please help.
Greetings peeps, two quick questions:
(1) I run a 5.50Gen-A slim, successfully upgraded from 3.71M33 > 5.00M33 > 5.5GenA.
My question is: will this updater work on my PSP?
(2) Can someone tell me the correct procedure to go from 5.5GenA to 5.5GenB and then 5.5GenB2 using the individual zip files? From what I ‘ve come to understand I must extract the 5.5GenB files in the PSP/GAME/UPDATE directory, but when I do it, in the XMB I get a “corrupted data” thing, no matter from where I ‘ve downloaded the damn thing. Should I keep the files from the 5.50GenA update and then overwrite what’s there with the files from 5.50GenB update? Should I do something else?
Any answer to (1) or (2) would be really useful since, after the initial shock of upgrading my PSP CFW, I would like to go all the way, if possible.
Thanks to everyone in advance.
@ Moonchildus
I used this link to update from 3.71 M33-6 to 5.00 M33-6. I’m going to try it for the XGEN update.
Try this link, it might help:
http://forums.qj.net/guides-psp-hacks-homebrew-emulators/156436-guide-ultimate-cfw-installation-guide.html
so do i need a pandroa battery im so lost im on 3.80 m33-5
Hi, I’ve stopped playing my psp for a long time and I’d like to update my psp to this FW.
How would I go about doing this update if my psp is psp1001 and still have official fw 2.82?
any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
“Upgraded” from 5.00 m33-6 or whatever and now can’t play rockband unplugged .cso sucks now I gotta figure out how to go back. crap…
Ok so I remembered I had to turn on VSH and then enable the sony driver to get these .cso to work. going good now
Hey guys, i successfully installed the Gen B2 update. however i cant do the same for the XGEN Pandora, i keep getting this message(ms0:/TM/DC8/kd/resurrection.prx no found on DC8 folder
Also I’m not sure if im the only one with this problem. Im able to run launch granturismo but it keeps freezing when it displays the GRANTURISMO logo
pls help
anyone wanting to upgrade their hacked firmware via XGEN but struggling please read this.
there are several steps i used to ensure this works (i started on 4.01 M33-2 on a white fat), and firstly it started with:
1. a fresh MS. format a 512MB+ MS in your PSP. it’ll leave most of the folders required and will eradicate any doubt of corrupt data/structure.
2. to cover all the bases (i’m not saying which of these is correct, as i don’t know) i placed the 550.PBP and EBOOT.PBO files in a couple of different places where X is your memory stick root directory (if a folder isn’t there, create it):
X:\PSP\GAME\RECOVERY (both files)
X:\PSP\GAME\UPDATE (550.PBP)
X:\ (550.PBP)
3. you should then be able to run the updater through your PSP menu through Game-Memory Stick, or, as i did, going into recover mode by (PSP off) holding R whilst booting the PSP mode and selecting to run the program from the recovery folder.
Worked great for me after several tries of other methods here. I know it’s not the exact method as there are file duplications here that are not needed (i don’t know where the program is looking for the 550.PBP file), but its a method that works and might save some from scratching their heads for an age.
Let me know if this helps you!
This step will also be required (taken from test76 above – cheers!)
Press R button during PSP restart to get into recovery console
go to configuration / UMD Mode and change to M33 no umd
this is for all who get 80020321 error
Plz help .. I have successfully installed the GEN B2 update. But i cant install the XGEN Pandora, they said the resurrection.prx file is missing .. . HELP
sry for the repost, couldnt see comment i made so i thought it wasnt there .. .
BTW does the XGEN pandora update got anything to do with the functioning of granturismo and probably other games ???
i successfully updated my psp.. need reboot.. then poof! nothing came out just black screen.. whats wrong? help? spec: psp2006