[TUTORIAL] noob friendly way to upgrade to higher custom firmware

[ahkdanny2004]

Sure i already extract the file, the folder named "official_500" and inside folder contain of "EBOOT.PBP"

For 500 m33
1.SONY OFFICIAL = official_500(EBOOT.PBP)
2.SONY M33 = m33_500(UPDATE Folder-->EBOOT.PBP),
(TRANSLATE Folder-->en_recovery.txt)
3.SONY m33 patch = 500m33_4(UPDATE Folder-->EBOOT.PBP)

For the 1 sony official - i rename the eboot.pbp to 500.pbp, but it appear corrupted files, so i retry again without rename and put into my psp, the psp update was show out.


Actually i not really understand for the guidance and step that it show, can someone give me the more clear "STEP" for upgrading?Pleaseee......

[flash670]

Originally Posted by ahkdanny2004

Sure i already extract the file, the folder named "official_500" and inside folder contain of "EBOOT.PBP"

For 500 m33
1.SONY OFFICIAL = official_500(EBOOT.PBP)
2.SONY M33 = m33_500(UPDATE Folder-->EBOOT.PBP),
(TRANSLATE Folder-->en_recovery.txt)
3.SONY m33 patch = 500m33_4(UPDATE Folder-->EBOOT.PBP)

For the 1 sony official - i rename the eboot.pbp to 500.pbp, but it appear corrupted files, so i retry again without rename and put into my psp, the psp update was show out.


Actually i not really understand for the guidance and step that it show, can someone give me the more clear "STEP" for upgrading?Pleaseee......

you need to put the 500.PBP IN the update folder of the 5.00m33 folder.
you should have an UPDATE folder with EBOOT.PBP and 500.PBP together. along with the other files in there.
after the first update, delete that folder and put in the patch UPDATE folder.

or try using method 2.

[The_Shazz]

Firstly Thanks Flash for your tutorial and helping out the n00bs
I am having a problem which i can't seem to find in any of the posts, I am using method 1 to upgrade from 3.71 M33-2 to 5.00 have got the files on the mem stick but when i go to run the upgrade i get the error "the game could not be started. (80020148)" i have no problem running any other games from the same stick. I have the CPU game clock set to 333/166 (have also tried it on deault) and have tried all the differnet UMD ISO settings. Any Ideas, thanks for your help in advance!!

[The_Shazz]

Originally Posted by The_Shazz

Firstly Thanks Flash for your tutorial and helping out the n00bs
I am having a problem which i can't seem to find in any of the posts, I am using method 1 to upgrade from 3.71 M33-2 to 5.00 have got the files on the mem stick but when i go to run the upgrade i get the error "the game could not be started. (80020148)" i have no problem running any other games from the same stick. I have the CPU game clock set to 333/166 (have also tried it on deault) and have tried all the differnet UMD ISO settings. Any Ideas, thanks for your help in advance!!

Just tried option 2 and the upgrade was successful so i'm happy, rep point to you Flash thanks again

[SlipKnoT4370]

Nice TUT man very helpful.

[neohex]

I'm new to hacking psp's with custom firmware. The reason I want to use CFW on my psp is to play old nes/snes games on emulators on my PSP.

I've already ordered a pandora battery. I've gotten so many suggestions reading online tutorials for making a Magic Memory Stick. I'm currently using the official 5.03 firmware update.

My question is, what CFW can I begin with? I'd like to use 5.00M33-6 so does that mean I have to downgrade?

If I downgrade and then upgrade to 5.00M33-6 successfully, can I ever go back to an official firmware update such as the latest 5.50?

This noob would appreciate any anwers. Thanks.

[Guan Chi]

I have a slim 2002 psp with CFW 5.00 m33-3, I would like to know how to update it the latest version, and what the benefits of doing it are.

[Demonchild]

Well upgrading to 5.00 M33-6 guarantees the latest stability for the 5.00 M33 custom firmware. However, if you need to play the newer games such as Need For Speed : Shift, Dissidia or Soul Calibur, 5.50 GEN-A is your latest bet.

For 5.00 M33-6, just download this file, extract it and move the UPDATE folder to /PSP/GAME and overwrite any old existing files.

[flash670]

make sure it is the OFFICIAL 4.01 update
and
it is renamed as 401.PBP

if that doesnt work, try redownloading it.

[lexter7]

[FAN LETTER]
MR. Flash670 . . !'m a noob here and would you pls. help me out.
! have no clues as to how to upgrade th!s and that . . you can say !'m an !d!ot but !'m a b!g fan of yours. . out of all the tuts !v'e see . . ! th1nk [even a total noob and an !d!ot would real!ze th!s; but on my personal op!n!on though] that your tut !s the best. .

see 1 day i sort of formatted my memory stick using a 'memory stick duo adaptor' and when i tried putting in games, everything went haywire. EVERYTH!NG becane corrupted file thus i cannot use my psp anymore.

Can you please help me how to fix my problem and upgrade to whatever version is good, i possible the latest.


P.S. - ! have a fat psp and i think it was 2.71 something [i never upgraded coz shoppe owner threatend me, for saftey purposes i guess]

PLS. YOU ARE MY ONLY HOPE !!
~i think this is a song and i heard this somewhere, lolz xD

-Thank you so much [you juz dunno how much this means to me] >,<