How To Install 5.03 GEN-C on a PSP 3000 / PSP 2000 TA088v3

If you own a PSP 3000 or a PSP 2000 with a TA088v3 motherboard, you can install custom firmware! 5.03 GEN-C enables you to play ISO/CSO files, play homebrew,…

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How To Upgrade an Old CFW to 5.00M33-6

If you own a PSP with an old custom firmware and you want to update it, you came to the right place. Hellcat's Recovery Flasher will help you through.

Requirements

• a psp with CFW installed
• Hellcat's Recovery Flasher v1.60
• Official firmware 5.00

Let's go to work !

• Download and unzip the official firmware 5.00 (renamed as 500.PBP)
• Download and unzip Hellcat's Recovery Flasher
• Connect your PSP to your computer and enable a USB Connection
• Copy the RECOVERY folder from the Recovery Flasher to your PSP X:/PSP/GAME so you end up with X:/PSP/GAME/RECOVERY
• Copy the 500.PBP file to the root of your Memory Stick
• On your PSP navigate to GAME >> MEMORY STICK >> Hellcat's Recovery Flasher and press X
  
• On the main screen select I Agree, now take me to the program and press X
• Now select Install CFW (of version selected above) and press X
• After a few minutes you have a PSP with CFW 5.00M33-6 !

How To Install ChickHEN R2

Requirements

• a PSP-3000 or a PSP-2000 with a TA083v3 motherboard.
• Official firmware 5.03. If your firmware is higher : no CFW for you mate, sorry.
• ChickHEN R2
  

Let's go to work !

• If your official firmware is below 5.03, you need to update your PSP first. Enable the USB-Connection on your PSP. Place the 503.PBP file inside X:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE. Disconnect from USB and on your PSP navigate to GAME >> Memory Stick >> 5.03 Firmware and press X. This should bring you to OFW 5.03.
• On your PSP now navigate to Settings >> System Settings >> Restore Default Settings and press X
  
   
• In the same menu turn off UMD Auto Start and UMD Cache
• Still in Systems Settings, make sure the Character Set is set to US
  
   
• Now navigate to Settings >> Theme Settings and select Classic
  
• OK, now download and unzip ChickHEN R2 to your computer
• Enable a USB Connection and put h.bin in the root of your Memory Stick, this means X:/h.bin
• Place the CHICKHEN folder (inside the SLIM folder) to your psp in  x:/PSP/PHOTO  so you end up with  x:/PSP/PHOTO/CHICKHEN
• Disconnect from USB and completely turn off you PSP (holding the power button up for 5 seconds)
• Restart your PSP and go to Photo >> Memory Stick and WAIT until the options menu appears.
• Hit X to open the ChickHEN folder and see the magic
• This method may take several tries to work!

How To update your CFW

Requirements

If you have cfw 5.00 M33-6 or later you may be interested in upgrading it to the latest stuff. So you need:

• a psp with cfw 5.00 M33-6 or later (see warning below !)
• ALL plugins disabled
• a battery that is at least 78% charged
• The XGen updater
• 2 minutes of your time

WARNING !

If you are on cfw 5.50 GEN B, then you MUST update to 5.50 GEN B2 first!!

Let's go to work!

• Connect your PSP to your PC and enable the USB-Connection
• Download and unzip the XGen Updater to your PC. Put the content of the PSP folder to your PSP. This means you have to end up with X:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE/EBOOT.PBP
• Put the 550.PBP file to the root of your Memory Stick
• On your PSPs XMB navigate to GAME >> Memory Stick >> 5.50 GEN D-3
  
  
• Select ENTER and press X
• Select Flash Install CFW 5.50 GEN D-3 (first option) and press X
• At the end of the process, press X to restart your PSP
• Welcome to CFW 5.50 GEN D-3 !
• Oh, and if your PSP is a phat, System Setting will show "5.50 GEN-D (full)".
  A psp slim will show "5.50 GEN D-3"

How To Install CFW 5.50 Gen-A

Well, I hope you saw the warning above. If you own a 3000 PSP (brite) or a 2000 PSP (lite) with a TA088v3 motherboard you should NOT use this method. If you have one of these models you should install Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-C for HEN. Take a look at the next pages to get you started :

How to determine the type of your psp

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Requirements:

• a PSP fat or a PSP lite (non TA088v3 !!) with custom firmware 3.52 M33-3 or higher. If you don't have custom firmware yet, go to:
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• a battery (78% full or more !!)
• the 5.50 GEN-A files
• all plugins disabled (yes, I said ALL !). To learn how to disable these go to:
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• a backup of your Memory Stick (savefiles, music, video etc…)

Let's go to work!

• Connect your PSP to your computer and go to Settings >> USB Connection
• Open Windows Explorer and check the letter of your PSP (here i'll use the letter X)
• Unzip the 5.50 GEN-A files to the root of your PSP's Memory Stick (try 7-zip for a change). This means to X:/
• Quit the USB connection on you PSP
• On your PSP go to Game >> Memory Stick >> Update PSP ver. x.xx and press X

  
   

• Your PSP will start to do some checking. After that you can press X again and the update will start.
• It looks like your PSP is doing an official update of your firmware, but be assured it is a custom firmware. You should see the text PSP System Software 5.50. Press Start.
• Now press Left on your D-pad to scroll through the small print. Accept the User Agreement.
• A few hits on your D-Pad. Once more : press X. Wait a few minutes till you reach 100%.
• If your PSP asks you to press X to restart DO SO! If you skip this step you won't be able to use the cfw !
• Et voilà! You enter the world of custom firmware.
  

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