[OFFICIAL] 3.40 OE-A and 3.03 OE-C Installation Guide, FAQ, and Support Thread

[kdb]

is it safe to format your memory stick after sucessfully upgrading to 3.02 oe-a/b?

[spiffyg.jr.]

My recovery screen is purple. Is this normal?

[|-Anubis-|]

Yes.

Why did you ask? Did you find it offensive? :)

[spiffyg.jr.]

no not offensive, I was just asking cuz it said if it is red or orange it is normal. They said nothing about purple. :Jump:

[hellohole]

If you have a 1.5 TA-082 PSP, can you upgrade it with the files in the first post in this topic?

[The_Kills]

no not offensive, I was just asking cuz it said if it is red or orange it is normal. They said nothing about purple. :Jump:

Same here....

and that thing about BSOD, well i never had it, nor did i have any of the problems lie hide icons not working or any of that stuff

[zeroflares]

I think it is the FAt16 file system - not very reliable and gets badly fragmented with use - good idea like cyslim5 says to format it before doing the flash

ahhh I have formated both my memory sticks and it still aint working.... i used the memory stick that came with the psp while the other is a sandisk memory stick..

[ZereoX]

Adiuvo could you add in the faqs how to recover your psp if it bricked please.

[vegetaleb]

ok guys I copied the 1.50 and 3.02 FW to oeupdmaker folder then rename them to 150.bpb and 302.bpb,then I tried to launch the program but I got error 80010002

[nights]

If you have a 1.5 TA-082 PSP, can you upgrade it with the files in the first post in this topic?

yes you can.

[Squibbler]

ahhh I have formated both my memory sticks and it still aint working.... i used the memory stick that came with the psp while the other is a sandisk memory stick..

How about writing down each step in detail from the beginning - maybe you are possibly missing just 1 step ? Print out Dark Alex's readme.txt files as they are the business :)

[Pelvidar]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this question or not, but first let me say thanks for the great guide in this forum. I went from 1.5 to OE-B without any trouble.

Everything on my PSP seems to be working just fine, except I can't seem to get any of my 1.5 homebrew to load. Before flashing, I moved all of my directories in the GAME folder to my computer, and then after flashing I moved them all back to the PSP, but put them in the GAME150 directory this time.

However, when I try to load them from the XMB, the PSP just reboots.

Is there a setting I need to chage, or perhaps a new way I need to name or install the 1.5 homebrew apps.

Again, sorry in advance for the newbie question.

Okay, the one thing I haden't tried, I just tried. I put the homebrew onto my memory stick fresh (ie. I found my original download, extraced it to the PSP and it worked). For some reason, my old files from my previously running 1.5 PSP (which I would think are identical to the freshly extracted versions) won't run in OE-A. Perhaps something in the EBOOT is modified when it is run on your PSP?

Anyway. I haven't tried it on all my homebrew yet, but at least some of it is working now because of this.

[Squibbler]

Nice one :)
For homebrew support check out the other sticky thread in this forum - tells you what is compatible and any special settings to use with the OE firmware.

[Pelvidar]

Nice one :)
For homebrew support check out the other sticky thread in this forum - tells you what is compatible and any special settings to use with the OE firmware.

Will do, thanks for the tip!

[da1writer]

May want to add these two problems/solutions to the guide... just in case noobies like me to this firmware ask...
http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-firmware-...ems-86550.html

[Chrisser]

When I try to flash the firmware 3.02OE and press "x" to start flashing, I get error messages for example: PANIC: error creating directory flash0:/data/cert
/dic
/font
/kd
etc..

And it stays/stuck on: writing 1.50 subset... 0%


I tried creating a DATA.DXAR file twice and it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

[[Joe]]

when i try create the DXAR it gets stuck on extracting and packing 3.02 firmware... has been on here for like 5 mins, anyone suggest using someone else's DXAR or may it be risky?

I found that it took yoyomacy like 1 hour 40 mins guess ill sleep and let it do :)

[Squibbler]

When I try to flash the firmware 3.02OE and press "x" to start flashing, I get error messages for example: PANIC: error creating directory flash0:/data/cert
And it stays/stuck on: writing 1.50 subset... 0%
I tried creating a DATA.DXAR file twice and it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

That flash0: is your PSP's internal memory where the firmware executes - did you do all the common stuff before flashing like formatting the MS, resetting system to default values, going into recovery menu and disabling all plugins & put all options back to defaults?

[mojojojo]

Best is to put all 1.50 Homebrew into GAME150 folder and leave the GAME folder for 3.02 "homebrew" and HEN-X (where X is from A-D) homebrew.

Hmmm ... I haven't been able to run any HEN compatible homebrews under GAME302 or GAME (with 3.02 kernel selected).

What example ones did you get to work?

[|Drifter|]

Ok well first off let me say DA and the crew are awesome.

I had 2.71 SE'' on my psp and decided I should upgrade to the big 302 OE-A
I am not new to getting to setting everything up. So I follow the instructions and get my data.dxar file. I then put it into my flasher folder and began to flash the psp. All goes well it tells me to manually restart, so I do. When it comes back on, low and behold I cant see the vsh. I start to panic and wait for my psp to shut off and once it does I turned it back on this time going into the recovery menu. I hadn't read any of this in the readme by this point. Thank god for the recovery folder. I restart my psp and bring it back to the 1.50 firmware. Now my homebrew doesn't work, so I tried the method somebody mentioned before doesn't fix it all for me. But mean while I have tried upgrading to 302 OE-A at least 5 times and I am always forced to go back to the recovery menu and convert back to 1.50.

I can get 302 OE somewhat running by not putting an update into the recovery folder. But I still cant run homebrew.

Does anybody have any suggestions? I have tried the auto installer multiple times, same result. Do you guys think I should try the one for the TA-082 motherboards?

[Squibbler]

Does anybody have any suggestions? I have tried the auto installer multiple times, same result. Do you guys think I should try the one for the TA-082 motherboards?

Make sure you don';t have the TA-082 mobo by checking for the gold letters on the RHS behind the UMD drive. Use the right flash package for your PSP.

Try taking out your MS & then booting up from cold to check the firmware you have flashed is 'stable' - try going into system settings.

Try going into the recovery menu & disabling all plugins.

Also if you don't have the MS:\ISO, MS:\PSP\GAME & MS:\PSP\GAME150 folders you will probably experience 'lock-ups' & other weird errors.

For homebrew you should check the compatibility list in this forum - its a sticky item. Not all homebrew works and some will prevent your PSP from booting up from what I've seen so far.

[GLiTcH]

why its the 3.02 update JP? does that matter?

[|-Anubis-|]

No it doesn't matter.

[GLiTcH]

No it doesn't matter.

so the X n O buttons are going to be right.. not swapped

[|-Anubis-|]

depends on what devhook firmware installer you use.

[GLiTcH]

depends on what devhook firmware installer you use.

i have dh46 with 2.71/3.01 hybrid .. but dh its not needed with this fw right?
also on the 302oe folder i have these:
flasher for recovery/RECOVERY with some files on it... where does this go?

[|-Anubis-|]

i have dh46 with 2.71/3.01 hybrid .. but dh its not needed with this fw right?
also on the 302oe folder i have these:
flasher for recovery/RECOVERY with some files on it... where does this go?

2.71/3.01 hybrid? what do you mean?

You don't need the flasher for recovery unless you have to downgrade back to 1.50

[GLiTcH]

2.71/3.01 hybrid? what do you mean?

You don't need the flasher for recovery unless you have to downgrade back to 1.50

my hybrid has files from fw 3.01 on my 2.71 folder.. runs others games 2.71 doesnt.. anyways if i want to go back to 1.50 where would that recovery folder go?

[|Drifter|]

Make sure you don';t have the TA-082 mobo by checking for the gold letters on the RHS behind the UMD drive. Use the right flash package for your PSP.

Try taking out your MS & then booting up from cold to check the firmware you have flashed is 'stable' - try going into system settings.

Try going into the recovery menu & disabling all plugins.

Also if you don't have the MS:\ISO, MS:\PSP\GAME & MS:\PSP\GAME150 folders you will probably experience 'lock-ups' & other weird errors.

For homebrew you should check the compatibility list in this forum - its a sticky item. Not all homebrew works and some will prevent your PSP from booting up from what I've seen so far.

-I don't have a psp with a ta-082 motherboard. This psp was boughten when they first came out. I can go into system settings and it says I have 302 OE-A but when I hard reset and turn it back on it wont load as if it is bricked.

What I am going to do is revert back to 1.50 and then try and update to 2.71 SE-C then from there I will try and update to 302 OE-A. I was on 2.71 SE B, that is the only thing that I can think of that might have screwed it up.

[GLiTcH]

i want to update to oeb it says :
Place the folder OEB_UPDATE inside /PSP/GAME150 and run it.
do i make the game1.50 folder or can i just put it on my game folder