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How To Update a 1.50 firmware to 5.00M33-6
Maybe some of you still have an old PSP lying around with official firmware 1.50. With Hellcat's Recovery Flasher you can upgrade this to custom firmware 5.00M33-6 very easily.
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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. It will update your PSP to 5.00M33-6. From there you can upgrade even further to a cfw of the "GEN generation"
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How To Install ChickHEN R2
PSP 3000 (2000v3)-users can install ChickHEN R2. It is a homebrew enabler. But is also opens doors to Custom Firmware fot PSP 3000 (2000v3) owners.
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How To update your CFW
If you already have a Custom Firmware and you want to update it to the lastest version, you should follow this How To. If your current cfw is lower then 5.00M33-6, make sure you update first :
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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:
AAA - 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:
AAA - 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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