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

[verved]

Ive upgraded from 1.5 to 3.02OE which worked fine then upgraded to 3.03 oe-b and now my psp wont boot umds never mind anything else.
The games will load, the white psp logo appears and then after say 15 seconds it switches off. Any idea? i have consided flashing back to 1.5 but unsure if thats the best solution or am i missing something, specially after i formatted my stick.

[johntuan]

Im trying to install OE-A and when im creating the data.dxar file it always hangs at extracting and packing 3.03 firmware what should I do?

I also have firmware 1.50

[Moose]

LMAO, I just bricked, because I accidentally deleted a font file instead of the BWFON file that saves space but then I used PSPFiler and my backedup flash to recover (thankgod for recovery mode, thankyou god, or dark_alex for that fact!)
-= Double Post =-

Im trying to install OE-A and when im creating the data.dxar file it always hangs at extracting and packing 3.03 firmware what should I do?

I also have firmware 1.50

Its not hanging, it just takes ages to do it becasue the 3.03 file is very big and the stuff it is taking out is most of it, so just wait, even if you think it is crashed, WAIT! :)

[johntuan]

LMAO, I just bricked, because I accidentally deleted a font file instead of the BWFON file that saves space but then I used PSPFiler and my backedup flash to recover (thankgod for recovery mode, thankyou god, or dark_alex for that fact!)
-= Double Post =-

Its not hanging, it just takes ages to do it becasue the 3.03 file is very big and the stuff it is taking out is most of it, so just wait, even if you think it is crashed, WAIT! :)

How long should I wait lol it takes minutes in videos and mine is at almost 15 minutes I would say now

[Moose]

Yup, mine took about 20 minutes - 30 minutes, trust me it will finish.

[PSPduh]

Yup, mine took about 20 minutes - 30 minutes, trust me it will finish.

On the contrary, mine only took ten - twenty minutes. I still don't understand why it takes different times for everybody...

[Moose]

On the contrary, mine only took ten - twenty minutes. I still don't understand why it takes different times for everybody...

Cos your a gay
jk

I dunno, probably something too complicated for me to understand

[johntuan]

Yup, mine took about 20 minutes - 30 minutes, trust me it will finish.

thanks alot you were right

[Moose]

Yeah, as per usual....lol

[Henkibojj]

On the contrary, mine only took ten - twenty minutes. I still don't understand why it takes different times for everybody...

Different Memorysticks run with different speed. It runs faster when it's freshly formatted. As my video shows, it took me about 2½ minutes for the first extraction and 2 minutes for installing it. My MS is a (formatted) 1Gb Sandisk MSPD. ;)

[Ytsejam89]

So after installing this can we delete the 'dh' and 'fbm' and 'F0'. What about 'Module' from 1.5 custom firmware.

Dont need to use Devhook now but do I still need the files in the 'dh' folder?

Is there a support thread for Popstation?

[5ony]

I've just gotten a PSP which unfortunately has a 3.03 firmware. In doing a little poking around, I had an idea which I'm quite sure is not original but thought I'd ask about anyway.

Is there an obvious reason why putting the 3.03OE-B EBOOT.PBP file on a web server and forcing the PSP to "update" from that site instead of the offical (playstation.org) site wouldn't work? Is there a way to "revision" 3.03OE-B as a higher numbered firmware version (say 3.04) so that the PSP thinks it needs to upgrade to it? Or are the EBOOT.PBP files digitally signed or encrypted in a way that allows the PSP to know whether it is legitimate or not?

This seems like such an obvious way of faking out the PSP update that I figured it must have already been tried or ruled out for some other reason. But it seems that everybody is always "downgrading" from something like 2.7 to 1.5, why not "upgrade" to something like 3.04 or 3.1? Would this avoid some of the issues involved?

5ony

[MintyMonkey]

I dont know if this has been brought up before, but for some reason i cannot play many videos on my psp now that i have installed 3.03oe-b. I load a video that works perfect and it says UNSUPPORTED Content or something similar and i have tried putting it in ms0/VIDEO and also ms0/MP_ROOT/100ANV01 or w/e that folder is. I have also tried downloading some vids off of the sony psp connect site and those dont work either. Any help?

[thepriest]

In 3.03OE-B cant play lots of iso/cso games that i was play in 3.03OE-A ... just need help what to do...... :'(

[NeilR]

In 3.03OE-B cant play lots of iso/cso games that i was play in 3.03OE-A ... just need help what to do...... :'(

We offer no support when it comes to using backups. Please read our policies linked in my signature.

[thepriest]

Anybody know how to use recovery to get 1.50 from 3.03OE-B ???

Tanks and peace

[NeilR]

Anybody know how to use recovery to get 1.50 from 3.03OE-B ???

Tanks and peace

You should download the 3.02 OE package which includes all the required files and a more detailed readme w/ instructions. I'm not sure why DA didn't include in later releases but it is what it is...

[fr_tekk]

I just installed 3.03 oe A and just need to know if I can reformat my MemStick and remove all the install files or do I need to keep some folders for some reason. Thanks....

[Savagefreak]

you can format it ;)

[fr_tekk]

Thanks Savage freak....Now I have to get the SNES Emu working with my Gundam Endless Waltz game.

[X_KILL_3R_X]

Does this firmware have a way to load devhook and other stuff with different key combinations like harleyg's custom firmware?

" Controls (while booting):

* WLAN switch down: Loads devhook
* WLAN switch up: Loads XMB
* HOLD on: Loads configuration and recovery mode
* X: Launches autoboot eboot "

[nights]

Killer you can load Recovery Mode by holding R on startup. And To autolaunch eboot you can change that setting from the Recovery Menu. Not sure about the WLAN switch stuff though.

[Adiuvo]

So after installing this can we delete the 'dh' and 'fbm' and 'F0'. What about 'Module' from 1.5 custom firmware.

Dont need to use Devhook now but do I still need the files in the 'dh' folder?

Is there a support thread for Popstation?

Yes, yes, and no.

I've just gotten a PSP which unfortunately has a 3.03 firmware. In doing a little poking around, I had an idea which I'm quite sure is not original but thought I'd ask about anyway.

Is there an obvious reason why putting the 3.03OE-B EBOOT.PBP file on a web server and forcing the PSP to "update" from that site instead of the offical (playstation.org) site wouldn't work? Is there a way to "revision" 3.03OE-B as a higher numbered firmware version (say 3.04) so that the PSP thinks it needs to upgrade to it? Or are the EBOOT.PBP files digitally signed or encrypted in a way that allows the PSP to know whether it is legitimate or not?

This seems like such an obvious way of faking out the PSP update that I figured it must have already been tried or ruled out for some other reason. But it seems that everybody is always "downgrading" from something like 2.7 to 1.5, why not "upgrade" to something like 3.04 or 3.1? Would this avoid some of the issues involved?

5ony

Sony does sign their EBOOTS with an AES encryption, so we can't crack it.
Currently, there is no way to fool any firmware into upgrading to this, because of the encryption.

I dont know if this has been brought up before, but for some reason i cannot play many videos on my psp now that i have installed 3.03oe-b. I load a video that works perfect and it says UNSUPPORTED Content or something similar and i have tried putting it in ms0/VIDEO and also ms0/MP_ROOT/100ANV01 or w/e that folder is. I have also tried downloading some vids off of the sony psp connect site and those dont work either. Any help?

I don't know what's wrong, since I don't use this feature. Sorry.

[shijirou]

I dont know if this has been brought up before, but for some reason i cannot play many videos on my psp now that i have installed 3.03oe-b. I load a video that works perfect and it says UNSUPPORTED Content or something similar and i have tried putting it in ms0/VIDEO and also ms0/MP_ROOT/100ANV01 or w/e that folder is. I have also tried downloading some vids off of the sony psp connect site and those dont work either. Any help?

There are a few reasons I could think of:

1. There is something wrong with your USB data cable, try switching. I had this happen once, when I switched cables my videos were no longer corrupt or unsupported.

2. Make sure your videos are in the correct formats. Since you are on 3.03 OE-B why not try encoding your videos to AVC 480 x 272 using the 3gp converter with the custom PSP ini found here.

3. If any of those dont work, try reformatting your memory stick (backup everything of course) and then reset to factory defaults.

[Hazuki]

Hiya guys.

Excelent guide, worked first time no BSODs :). Just a quick one, will this work on TA-082 motherboards?

Cheers Haz.

[tgcujo]

You can upgrade from a 1.5 ta-082, If you have 2.8(not 2.81+) You can use 0okms(I dunno if noobz works) downgrade to 2.71 then the downgrader by Dark_AleX.

[|-Anubis-|]

I've used the Noobz downgrader to downgrader to 2.80

You can also run the idstorage changer from 2.80 once you have HEN running.

It is very safe.

The only hard part is getting HEN 2.80 to launch...

[Hazuki]

It currently has 2.71 Firmware, ill downgrade to 1.5 then upgrade to 3.03, or is that possible?

[|-Anubis-|]

you can update to 3.03 OE from 1.50

[DarkerCry]

so when i started update it starts putting the letters on the screen and in the guide it says it should take about 3 minutes, but its taking like an hour whats wrong with it???
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nvm it worked lol took an hour though...