3.03OE-A Released by Dark_AleX! Supports PS1 Game Compression!

[Cloudhunter]

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Dark ALex has released a new version of his excellent Custom Firmware for the PSP, that supports both PS1 Game Compression for the Full SPeed PSX Emulator and also supports the very latest Firmware :), heres the Info


This is custom firmware 3.03 Open Edition Revision A.

The installation is very similar to the one of 3.02 OE-A.

Copy oeupdatemaker and oeupdatemaker% to /PSP/GAME if you are in firmware 1.50, or to
/PSP/GAME150 if you are in 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE.

Get the 1.50 and 3.03 sony updates, and put them in the oeupdatemaker folder with the names
150.PBP and 303.PBP.

Run oeupdatemaker. It will generate the dxar file DATA.DXAR, whhich has the following hashes:

MD5: 03186D46D2F1B0ACD923098BEBC87281
SHA1: 3C80833A970EEA16A94D74DAFF6220889A9CEE4A

Copy 303oeflasher and 303oeflasher% to /PSP/GAME if you are in 1.50, or to
/PSP/GAME150 if you are in 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE.


Move the DATA.DXAR file to the 303oeflasher.

Run the program. When it finishes, it will ask you to reinit the psp. When you do that, you will be
in 3.03 OE-A.

Changes from 3.02 OE-B to 3.03 OE-A

- Change from firmware 3.02 to 3.03
- Added support for compression in psx isos (look at popstation documentation for more details).
- Added support for decrypted document.dat (psx games manual) (look at docmaker documentation for more details).
- Fixed a bug regarding free region: a stupid bug caused it not to work at all.
Now it should work, although it has not been tested due to lack of umd's of different regions
between the testers and me.
- Some generic bug fixes in the code.
- Redded the sdk.

Check out and add to our POPSTATION Compatability List (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47123)

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via darkalex (http://dax.lan.st)

[jak66]

yayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayya yyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyay

nice job DAX

[Shrygue]

I'm getting this right now!

[Accordion]

yay

new GUI in a day hopefully...

[delirumhappy]

Finally the option to compress PSX games

Is the compression in DAX or CSO...

[ExcruciationX]

Downloading now! Making tutorial!...

[Dante300981]

cant wait to try this!

[EvilDooinz]

Sicc does this have document.dat support yet? id like to put guides in my games.

[acn010]

nice...........

[mnuhaily22]

Ya, Awesome, will try when easy comes out...
EDIT, never mind, I just did it myself and it was a success, cause I heard the easy bricked or something...is that true???

[hack.fool]

if I am in 302 OE b I have to put in da GAME folder or GAME150 cause for me is the same ...
I don't wanna a brick..right now I'm tooo happy for this!!!!!
Thanx DA, you just making history!!!
GOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[Nikolaos]

YA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ogmgog mgosgmgasgasdfgsdfighsdf FUK YAAAAA SO HAPPPY..asdf;sdf.sd.

[EvilDooinz]

tight it does have a docmaker woot!

[tsurumaru]

Changes from 3.02 OE-B to 3.03 OE-A

- Change from firmware 3.02 to 3.03
- Added support for compression in psx isos (look at popstation documentation for more details).
- Added support for decrypted document.dat (psx games manual) (look at docmaker documentation for more details).
- Fixed a bug regarding free region: a stupid bug caused it not to work at all.
Now it should work, although it has not been tested due to lack of umd's of different regions
between the testers and me.
- Some generic bug fixes in the code.
- Re-did the sdk.
- Fixed some bugs that could cause the brick of korean/chinese/taiwan/singaporean psp when restoring default settings.
To prevent this, the region of those psp's are faked to japanese when fake region is disabled.
For same reason, korean region is removed from fake region.
- Added australia/new zealand and russia to the regions to be faked.

[M Dash]

Aleluia! I was waiting for this!

Dark_AleX, your a PSP GOD!

I hope Sony never hire you! XD

[Destroyer699]

Sexy!

[Shrygue]

I finally have 3.03 OE-A installed. It works all good.

[SnoopKatt]

I'll give it a try, yay :)

EDIT: Updated successfully, gonna try compressing some games now :)

[DessyDago]

what compression can we use?

[Flatlander]

Me as well, it works good, but i still cant boot some games from xmb and my devhook stopped working

[Tetris999]

Awsome duuuudes im gonna update to this right now

i bricked my psp of all times now i gotta recover it :p

[starogre]

has anyone tried the psx compression yet? I need to know how good the compression:speed ratio is in the numbers...

like i dont want to waste my time trying to compress, just to lose as much gameplay speed in the process...

[gunntims0103]

really great! Coming right off my birthday and this comes out! :D, good to see added compression to games.

good work dark_alex :)

[Robertlatacz]

Has anyone tryed it yet?

[xg917]

Awsome duuuudes im gonna update to this right now

i bricked my psp of all times now i gotta recover it :p

u bricked ur psp now?

[aries2k4]

Truly amazing. All the features of $ony´s latest firmware and a hell of alot more. you just can´t beat it. full homebrew, ps1 games with compression and recovery mode.
Hmm, wonder what $ony is going to come up with next.
Great job DA

[xg917]

Awsome duuuudes im gonna update to this right now

i bricked my psp of all times now i gotta recover it :p

u bricked ur psp now?

[jak66]

some1 @ max console said they managed to get ff7 d1 to about 500-550mb

[kedj]

Cool!!!That's a really nice beginning year! i'll try it as soon as possible!

[kcajblue]

this is awesome news. :D

[Mr. Shizzy]

SWEET ! :D

Dark_AleX: You are the man. Can't thank you enough for your work. I'll be sending you a donation. :)

[tsurumaru]

what compression can we use?

Read the Popstation readme, (RLZ levels 1 - 9)

[xg917]

Has anyone tryed it yet?

yea wut this guy said

[Technicolour]

I got spyro to 450mb 700mb using compression 9. Not bad, not bad at all.

[Kassad]

I cant do anything when I have the firmware version 3.03 already i get this error (8002014C), any idea if I can do anything to use the new firmware by dark alex

[starogre]

some1 @ max console said they managed to get ff7 d1 to about 500-550mb

ya but how fast did the game actually run?

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

COMPRESS ISOS!!!!!!! thx alot Dark_aleX!!!!!

[xg917]

I cant do anything when I have the firmware version 3.03 already i get this error (8002014C), any idea if I can do anything to use the new firmware by dark alex

u have the official sony 3.03 version? then u cant do it, have to wait for a downgrader...

[Boardman2411]

to install this do you have to uninstall any extra plugins installed (ie. the gta vcs cheat device prx)?

[nyrtrublue]

HOLY Sh1T this is so amazing
Dax I am so thankfull...However i hope a gui comes out soon.

YOU SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!

[xg917]

did any1 reformat their memory stick befor installation?

[aCoL]

wowo so you shouldent try and use custom icons :P

[Psphreak]

ya but how fast did the game actually run?

On FF7 you can't see a difference on the world map. Before going into the battle those weird colors are there, instead you just see cloud standing there, then the battle begins. Also, not sure if it's the compression but there's an annoying flicker in the status menu where you pick your attack.

[aCoL]

no coustom icons just learned that the hard way :P

[aCoL]

no coustom icons just learned that the hard way :P

[O-bake]

WOW! Thanks a lot!

And Tony Hawks 1 is running without any graphical glitches and fullspeed with highest compression. Yeah!

[carlitx]

ya and only yesterday i upgraded to 3.02 OE-B! thnx DAX!!!!:D:D:D:D

[xg917]

it will erase ur game boot because it is going to install everything over the flash 0 on ur psp, so idk

[O-bake]

WOW! Thanks a lot!

And Tony Hawks 1 is running without any graphical glitches and fullspeed with highest compression. Yeah!

[xg917]

it will erase ur game boot because it is going to install everything over the flash 0 on ur psp, so idk

[kieso]

I'm not really concerned about the compression yet. I was wondering about the location free tv being disabled. I have the location free base station & I use it a good bit on my psp. I'm currently at 3.02E-B and will go to 3.03E-A. I wish DA could drop some other option out besides the location free or give us the choice at installation. For now though what should I do if I want to use it? If I recover it goes back to 1.5. Then what? Can I safely upgrade to 2.71? Then the problem is having to go back down to 1.5 & back up to 3.02eA/B

[carlitx]

kool but what is a doc maker?

[charlie_dream]

any problems with this fw?

my biggest problem is irshell, someone told me that 3.02 was not compatible :(,

anybody tried irshell on 3,03 oe?

[migsgiz]

Hey guys what happen if u eat up all your flash memory, b/c x-flash telling me i have none left!

can i use the recovery to go back to fw 1.50 to get a fresh new flash memory, or buy a new psp?
right now im on fw3.02 oeb

[Psphreak]

Anybody else getting an annoying flicker in FF7? BTW, compression is pretty much unnoticeable. Cheers Dark_Alex, we are now up to date to $ony's firmware :P

[blackrave]

This release is really awesome, especially because of compression support! Dark_AleX is such a great coder. I can probably fit some bigger games onto my 512 MB memory stick until my 2 GB arrives in the mail. :D

By the way, can you change the website to [url=http://dark-alex.org[/url] instead, as the lan.st site doesn't seem to be updated anymore.

[gtazn15]

WOW!! dark_alex you are the man! i just got my 4gb and with compressed psx games its even better. you just made my day!:thumbup:

[wraggster]

test

[prinnyhero]

This is all really sweet news but its not even letting me download this, it keeps asking me to log in and when i do it just takes me back to the log in page... god i just wanna do this...

[gunntims0103]

i can comfirm that the new compression does not slow down gameplay. actually its running smoother that it was before (im playing gran turismo).

Great work dark_alex :)

[blackrave]

This release is really awesome, especially because of compression support! Dark_AleX is such a great coder. I can probably fit some bigger games onto my 512 MB memory stick until my 2 GB arrives in the mail. :D

By the way, can you change the website to [url=http://dark-alex.org[/url] instead, as the lan.st site doesn't seem to be updated anymore.

[Ihavenolife]

Extremely excellent work! I was going to buy a huge memory card, but now maybe I can fit some of the bigger games on! Thanks a lot DAX and anyone else who helped create this.

I will wait for the easy version, but I do love that this emulates the latest firmware and supports psx compression. Thanks

[Gold Line]

my pop station dose not work at all:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: got all the files all in the right place got my iso and it just will not work i need help

[bassmaster1313]

haha take that sony! your dumb little "TA-082" cannot hold back the power of 3.03 OE-A
DAX, i cant begin to thank you enough, and everyone else helping the scene right now (dg for ta-082s and such)
now, to get popstation working:-D

[O-bake]

WOW! Thanks a lot!

And Tony Hawks 1 is running without any graphical glitches and fullspeed with highest compression. Yeah!

[Ihavenolife]

Extremely excellent work! I was going to buy a huge memory card, but now maybe I can fit some of the bigger games on! Thanks a lot DAX and anyone else who helped create this.

I will wait for the easy version, but I do love that this emulates the latest firmware and supports psx compression. Thanks

[PlayingKarrde]

This is fantastic news. I'm thinking the only thing left to do is fix PAL support somehow. But beggars can't be choosers and this is more than anyone could have ever hoped for.

Thanks DA!

[DPyro]

This thread is messed up :confused:

[klx5]

i cant use popstation whenever i try to use it it tells me this
"invalid number of arguments"
why is this?

[Tinnus]

has anyone tried the psx compression yet? I need to know how good the compression:speed ratio is in the numbers...

like i dont want to waste my time trying to compress, just to lose as much gameplay speed in the process...
There's no slowdown during gameplay. IF ANY, a *very small* (as in unnoticeable) difference in loading times.

Decompression is very fast, it's the compression itself, ie: the time you take to generate the eboot.pbp with the game, that takes (up to a lot) longer than normal.

[boochip]

Any one getting Disc Switch in the home menu i got it with MGS when i tried to load up a memcard with cwcheat, failed to load but i got the option to switch disk in home menu froze when i pressed it.

[klx5]

i cant use popstation whenever i try to use it it tells me this
"invalid number of arguments"
why is this?

[boochip]

Any one getting Disc Switch in the home menu i got it with MGS when i tried to load up a memcard with cwcheat, failed to load but i got the option to switch disk in home menu froze when i pressed it.

[labowl]

AAaRRRGHHH! I keep getting a stupid message saying 150.PBP cant be found, what am i doing wrong.

[Tinnus]

People, READ THE FREAKING README BEFORE ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS!

90% of the questions here are answered by reading the readme.txt file!

[jdm69]

AAaRRRGHHH! I keep getting a stupid message saying 150.PBP cant be found, what am i doing wrong.

Make sure you're not naming it 1.50.PBP. That's what I did until I fixed it.

I successfully installed 3.03OE-A onto my TA-82 :D Thanks Dark-Alex!

[kiore]

DAX is a legend

[homemade]

Can i compress or convert my game eboots or do i have 2 rip my games over again?

[Veskgar]

Smething is acting screwy with this forum. There are like 6 pages of double, triple, quadruple posts.

Guys, you must name the UPDATE EBOOTs to 150 & 303.

Don't bother typing the .PBP at the end. It won't work that way.

150 & 303 = correct
150.PBP & 303.PBP = wrong

This was a fairly easy upgrade. I like how it checks and validates everything prior to flashing. Made me feel more confident and safe about the whole process.

I am now the proud owner of a 3.03 OE-A PSP.

Thanks Dark_AleX!

Donations will be coming your way...

[migsgiz]

hey guys, i think i ate up flash memory, x-flash telling me i have no more. i want to up grade to 3.03 oe-a,but i think it going to brick my psp! can i use the recovery to go back to fw 1.50, and get a fresh flash memory or go a buy a new psp?

[gunntims0103]

People, READ THE FREAKING README BEFORE ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS!

90% of the questions here are answered by reading the readme.txt file!

YES, exatctly everything is in the README as tinnus said. Iv had no difficulty running popstation and iv already tried gran turismo compressed at level 9 and it runs perfect and it even seems more smoother from 3.02OE-B!


This thread is messed up :confused:

yes theres a minor set-back in the server i belive we were having a small bit of technical difficulties with this thread....

[klx5]

i cant use popstation whenever i try to use it it tells me this
"invalid number of arguments"
why is this?

[labowl]

Cheers dude, but why on the tutorial and on page 1 does it say name it to 150.PBP and 303.PBP?

[DPyro]

Read the damn readme!!!

[aCoL]

1: dont try coustom icons >.<
2: thank god for recovery :)

[kieso]

One of my posts came up 3 or 4 times. Sorry about that. When i clicked on submit reply I got a database error & like everyone else figured it didn't post. Well anyways if anyone has an answer for my post about the location free tv situation please look through pages 6 through 9 I believe a couple of them are there :)

[Shrygue]

Guys, you must name the UPDATE EBOOTs to 150 & 303.

Don't bother typing the .PBP at the end. It won't work that way.

150 & 303 = correct
150.PBP & 303.PBP = wrong

That depends if you have set the option in Windows Explorer to display known file extensions on or off.

[scottyboynow]

Yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
just what i've been waiting for but im gonna have to get a bigger memory stick!

[NightRaven]

Smething is acting screwy with this forum. There are like 6 pages of double, triple, quadruple posts.

Guys, you must name the UPDATE EBOOTs to 150 & 303.

Don't bother typing the .PBP at the end. It won't work that way.

150 & 303 = correct
150.PBP & 303.PBP = wrong

This was a fairly easy upgrade. I like how it checks and validates everything prior to flashing. Made me feel more confident and safe about the whole process.

I am now the proud owner of a 3.03 OE-A PSP.

Thanks Dark_AleX!

Donations will be coming your way...

Just to let ya know Veskgar it does say 150.pbp and 303.pbp in the readme! Hrmm......ok so the readme is wrong?

Edit: Ahh nm I see seems your wrong vesk unless your hiding your file extensions in your os.
150.pbp & 303.pbp=correct

[DarthPaul]

Thats It! I Just Woke Up And This Is He First Thing I Check Out!!!

[xg917]

yea since i use mac, i see the extention on the name

[migsgiz]

hey guys, i think i ate up flash memory, x-flash telling me i have no more. i want to up grade to 3.03 oe-a,but i think it going to brick my psp! can i use the recovery to go back to fw 1.50, and get a fresh flash memory or go a buy a new psp?

can somebody this guy out please?

[jolidesignuk]

I haven't tried any of dax's custom firmwares yet, I decided i would stick with my devhooked 1.5. But I was seriously considering installing this.

However i read on another site that 3.03OE-A has no recovery mode! Can anyone confirm this?

[Shrygue]

Custom firmware 3.03 OE-B has a recovery mode. Just hold the R button down, turn on your PSP (not from sleep mode but from cold )and then you'll see it.

[labowl]

Ah damn, gonna have to create a whole new set of cd images as i have allready converted them into an eboot format. Just wondering if it will be possible in the near future to compress them as eboots?

[Psphreak]

Migsgiz, this does a total wipe of your Flash0 and applies the new firmware so you should get all your space back. I'd wait for another x-flash update if you wanna customize your stuff

[jolidesignuk]

Custom firmware 3.03 OE-B has a recovery mode. Just hold the R button down, turn on your PSP (not from sleep mode but from cold )and then you'll see it.

I haven't installed it yet, i just wanted to be sure before i did. I just wonder why people are claiming it doesn't:confused:

I'll give it a go tomorrow when i get back to my pc, i never trust these macs to copy thing across right.

[xg917]

wow..... I AM A PROUD TO BE 3.03 OE-A USER!! gracias por todo DAX, nada podria ser lo mismo sin ti :)

[Emeriastone]

Do you guys know how to add the ICON0.png and PIC1.png in the command line?? Dax says you can in the readme but doesn't elaborate on where to add them.

BTW: FF9-D1 was shrunk to 484 MB from 706 MB using compression lvl 9. Just so you all know...

[sok98]

This is awesome ! I got ffx 7 to 500mb!

[Psphreak]

This is awesome ! I got ffx 7 to 500mb!

Are you getting a flicker in the attack menu?

[sok98]

yeahh but ive only been in one battle so far lol just trying it now

[Veskgar]

Do you guys know how to add the ICON0.png and PIC1.png in the command line?? Dax says you can in the readme but doesn't elaborate on where to add them.

BTW: FF9-D1 was shrunk to 484 MB from 706 MB using compression lvl 9. Just so you all know...

I am going to hold out and hope for an update to the excellent PSX2PSP. Dark_AleX posted in Kingsquitters thread relating to his app and a new popcorn.prx so I don't think it will be too long.

I am going to hunt down every single one of my old PSX games and maybe go to EBGAMES or GAMESTOP to look for some cheap ones.


Are you getting a flicker in the attack menu?
Damn, that is going to be a problem as FF VII is one of the first games I will likely be playing. Have you tried compressing at a lower level? Like 6 or 7 instead of 9? Perhaps that might help?

Is the "flicker" only present in compressed versions or is it the new 3.03 OE-A that might be causing the game to do that?

[sok98]

If you guys are using psx2psp like me you can just compress eboot first and once u made it open it up in psx2psp and modify it, but im sure theres an easier way but thats what ive been doiing lol

[Psphreak]

Do you guys know how to add the ICON0.png and PIC1.png in the command line?? Dax says you can in the readme but doesn't elaborate on where to add them.

BTW: FF9-D1 was shrunk to 484 MB from 706 MB using compression lvl 9. Just so you all know...

All you have to do is put those files wherever your popstation and the other files are at (ie: Base.pbp etc)



Damn, that is going to be a problem as FF VII is one of the first games I will likely be playing. Have you tried compressing at a lower level? Like 6 or 7 instead of 9? Perhaps that might help?

Is the "flicker" only present in compressed versions or is it the new 3.03 OE-A that might be causing the game to do that?

I've tried with compression 6 and got the same thing. And yeah, this flicker appeared only on this update of the firmware

[DarthPaul]

already installed!! THANKS once again to the PSP God Dark_AleX!!!
well,i haven't compressed any iso yet,i think i'll wait for a GUI..

[jonezybaby]

On FF7 you can't see a difference on the world map. Before going into the battle those weird colors are there, instead you just see cloud standing there, then the battle begins. Also, not sure if it's the compression but there's an annoying flicker in the status menu where you pick your attack.

i got that neways from wen i was usin 3.02 OE-B so im used 2 it lol

[ninja9393]

cool, i will put this on my psp right now

[gunntims0103]

iso compression is very easy! I don't understand why users are having such trouble with it? Just read the README and all will be made clear if you follow it 100%. I compreesed 2 iso's already and they run great!

Don't be afraid to follow directions and use the command prompt, its a very easy thing to do!

[starogre]

There's no slowdown during gameplay. IF ANY, a *very small* (as in unnoticeable) difference in loading times.

Decompression is very fast, it's the compression itself, ie: the time you take to generate the eboot.pbp with the game, that takes (up to a lot) longer than normal.

oh wow, so like just about no slowdown at top compression?

[sok98]

agreed, its really easy lol

[tsurumaru]

Is the "flicker" only present in compressed versions or is it the new 3.03 OE-A that might be causing the game to do that?

Has anyone tried converting the game using popstation 3.03 and trying to run it on 3.02OEB to see if the flicker remains. That way we can determine if its an issue related to the emulator or popstation. (I know DAX mentioned 3.03 converted iso's may not work but its worth a shot).

[jvabbdac]

Anybody know that the diference in 3.03 and 3.02 ? Not for DA Fw OE. Sony bring any news in this fw ? Maybe a improvement on emulator !?

I only know that if you want new features just use FW from DA ! lol, becouse Sony is nothing !
But...have any new ?

Thanks !

[labowl]

Cant get popstation to work at all, and when i play final fantasy on 3.03 i get a black screen at the top and it flickers which is really annoying.

[psp411]

nice work DA. Ima hook ma psp up wit it now:D :cool:

[pt9087]

WOW Alot of posts... Good Work

[Psphreak]

Has anyone tried converting the game using popstation 3.03 and trying to run it on 3.02OEB to see if the flicker remains. That way we can determine if its an issue related to the emulator or popstation. (I know DAX mentioned 3.03 converted iso's may not work but its worth a shot).

Re-extracted the game since I have the original ff7 NTSC, used several types of compression including none and the flicker exists. Kinda odd since I have 2 other games (Tactics, Chrono trigger) and those work perfectly at the max. compression. I guess it's the firmware causing this. :confused:

[aries2k4]

Hm, it might be me but there might have been more compatibility in the psx emu on 3.02 OE.
Road Rash gives me problems now. Destruction derby 2 also. Mortal kombat trilogy doesn´t work at all and strider takes forever to load.
Anybody else having problems with any ps1 games?

[Emeriastone]

/me crosses fingers hoping for the 32 Gb stick to come soon and cheaply (yeah right).

[niallod55]

I jest tested Resident Evil 2 (Leon Disc) again but still seems to freeze when entering the Police station. Aw well. Still great work Dark_Alex!

[hi_mahou]

has any one made a compressed version of xenogears? all i get when i rum mine is a constand mem card flash

[firedragon_jing]

Once again, Sony just got OWN3D (http://www.sony.justgotowned.com/) :thumbup:

[logicbomb.de]

Hm, it might be me but there might have been more compatibility in the psx emu on 3.02 OE.
Road Rash gives me problems now. Destruction derby 2 also. Mortal kombat trilogy doesn´t work at all and strider takes forever to load.
Anybody else having problems with any ps1 games?

Yeah Road Rash 3D seems to constatly open up the pause menu every 2 seconds....

also FF7 seems to skip the swirl transition when entering a battle...

BTW both games I tested were converted using popstation 3.02

[Psphreak]

We'll see if good ol' DA can pinpoint the problem and create a Rev B to squash these bugs

[Emeriastone]

I get the FF7 Battle screen "flicker" but I don't think it will be too much of a problem seeing as how it saved a whole lot of memstick space and I think I can look past that. Also, note that future 3.03 OE firmwares may fix issues in compression that will fix errors like this.

[gavind]

nobody has asked this to my knowledge......i started a game of Gran Turismo 2 in the previous version and want to know if i compressed it in the new version wud there be anyway of loading the saved game from the other one?

or do i have to start over again if i need to compress the game, either way it doesnt matter too much i suppose because i can keep the big Gran Turismo and shrink the other games

[Emeriastone]

nobody has asked this to my knowledge......i started a game of Gran Turismo 2 in the previous version and want to know if i compressed it in the new version wud there be anyway of loading the saved game from the other one?

or do i have to start over again if i need to compress the game, either way it doesnt matter too much i suppose because i can keep the big Gran Turismo and shrink the other games

I think that if you include the same game code, ie "SCUS10021" or whatever you named it, you may be able to access the same stuff, though that's just my guess, I haven't test it myself, though I plan too.

If anyone else knows say something.

[Psphreak]

nobody has asked this to my knowledge......i started a game of Gran Turismo 2 in the previous version and want to know if i compressed it in the new version wud there be anyway of loading the saved game from the other one?

or do i have to start over again if i need to compress the game, either way it doesnt matter too much i suppose because i can keep the big Gran Turismo and shrink the other games

You should be ok if beforehand you changed the Game ID from Hot Shots Golf 2 to Grand Turismo. Otherwise, the SLUS ID will not match the save you have and the game will fail to load. If this is the case, don't panic, when compressing the image type "Hot Shots Golf 2" SCUS94476 <your image file name.iso>

For future games you add, make sure you change the game id so not to overwrite your game save

[pspgamer15]

has anyone tried to make a document.dat file. I tried and it didn't work. i'm on 3.03 OE-A

[gavind]

You should be ok if beforehand you changed the Game ID from Hot Shots Golf 2 to Grand Turismo. Otherwise, the SLUS ID will not match the save you have and the game will fail to load. If this is the case, don't panic, when compressing the image type "Hot Shots Golf 2" SCUS94476 <your image file name.iso>

For future games you add, make sure you change the game id so not to overwrite your game save

thanks i understand how it works now, for some reason i thought the emulator saved it in the folder of the game but i forgot that it actually does save it to the memory stick so its all good.
Gran Turismo 2 i can carry on playing:)

[Emeriastone]

You should be ok if beforehand you changed the Game ID from Hot Shots Golf 2 to Grand Turismo. Otherwise, the SLUS ID will not match the save you have and the game will fail to load. If this is the case, don't panic, when compressing the image type "Hot Shots Golf 2" SCUS94476 <your image file name.iso>

For future games you add, make sure you change the game id so not to overwrite your game save

To help with confusion, I added the game id to the title, EX

popstation "Final Fantasy VII - SCUS10002" <compression lvl> <image>

that way when you need to load up a second disk (if that's compatible yet), you can see the game id by pressing triangle in the XMB.

[x-zero]

Thank you Dark_AleX this is the tool that i was waiting for dude you made my day.This will save me alot of space in my one GB memory stick.:thumbup:

[fucht017]

can you delete 303oeflasher,oeupdemaker,recovery and OEB_update after you installed it..:confused:

[Psphreak]

can you delete 303oeflasher,oeupdemaker,recovery and OEB_update after you installed it..:confused:

Yes you can. All that is now in your PSP's Flash

[fucht017]

Thanks Psphreak...beceause i didn't know what happened if i did..:thumbup:

[Mr. Cholo]

has anyone tried xflash with this

[Gizmo356]

It wont work because this firmware isn't supported yet.

[Mr. Cholo]

thanx

[charlie_dream]

anyone tried irshell on it? thats the only thing stopping me from turning my 1,5 into 3,03oe

[Shrygue]

Irshell 3.1 works fine with me.

[joeycaero]

Do you use an arbitrary code, like a random SCUS_____, or do you somehow hexedit the code from the actual iso, because for some rzn when I start any compressed games I get the ps1 emu screen, then a "the game could not be started. (CA000005)".. uggh

[joeycaero]

OOOOOOOO, False alarm folks, I just didn't put the Keys.bin file into the same folder as the .pbp, I feel so stupid!!11

[slayer2psp]

Me as well, it works good, but i still cant boot some games from xmb and my devhook stopped working
devhook is built into the firmware you dont need it drop a game in iso folder go to games on psp ther they are just as if you had the umd. thanks to dark alex awsome work the psp is no good without this awsome firmware

[blackwolf]

waiting for 3.03 oe-b first. im not in a big hurry. I want to see if there are any bugs

[gr42178]

waiting for 3.03 oe-b first. im not in a big hurry. I want to see if there are any bugs
The only bug ive seen is the graphical glitch in Final Fantasy 7 but its not that bad, its worth it for the compression and im sure that it will be fixed in an upcoming version

[skater9269]

do you only need to click on popstation.exe or what because when I click it it pops up really quick then its gone.

[gr42178]

do you only need to click on popstation.exe or what because when I click it it pops up really quick then its gone.

You have to use the command line, its in the readme

[skater9269]

oh sry i figured it would just open up the command prompt for me.

[mlcurly16]

Awweesome!


Just one question; does this remove the web browser?

[hi_mahou]

okay i know how to use command line but all my eboots are coming out corrupted or crashing at the point where its meant to show the warning pic? any help?

[Waqs]

^no web browser is still active..

Thanks Dark Alex :)

Can someone please post the differences in size when the eboots are compressed?

[joeycaero]

hi_mahou, you don't have the keys.bin file in the same folder as the eboot files!

[hi_mahou]

joe, i do. the one outputted from popstation. its a 1kb file

[joeycaero]

FF7 disc one went from 729,915 to 542,229, almost a 200MB diff =P

[jmac]

how come when i compressed final fantasy tactics, it actually got bigger by a mb. is it a bad rip?

[baracki96]

Yo, I've got one question, kinda random; is there only one keys.ini or does every game have its own?

[baracki96]

okay i know how to use command line but all my eboots are coming out corrupted or crashing at the point where its meant to show the warning pic? any help?
Use the new Gui Pluugin that was just released ( see front page) it should make things a bit easier:)

[gr42178]

If you guys are having problems go download the new GUI from the front page, its good. As for the keys.bin question, its the same for every game

[Paho]

Can 3.03 OE-A Run Devhooks? Cause i wanna play my pspgames, and does it run snes roms? I have 3.02 oe-b and snes emulators and psx games works perfectly but all the devhook versions i've tried DOES NOT WORK on 3.02 OE-B!!! So, is this better than oe-b?

[gr42178]

Can 3.03 OE-A Run Devhooks? Cause i wanna play my pspgames, and does it run snes roms? I have 3.02 oe-b and snes emulators and psx games works perfectly but all the devhook versions i've tried DOES NOT WORK on 3.02 OE-B!!! So, is this better than oe-b?

You dont need devhook, all the PSP games just work....everything works on this except for a few programs that you really dont need

[starogre]

I have a couple questions that would be awesome if they were answered :D

First, when putting games onto the memory stick, do you HAVE to change the ID thing if you want more than one? Or can you leave them all as they are and just change the pics? I think my friend did that and the save files aren't getting messed up or anything. Please clear this up for me!

Second, how do you install the recovery stuff incase a brick occurs? Do you just put the recovery folders in the game150 folder (i'm on 3.02 oe-b at the moment) and then run them on the psp, then put the 150.pbp or something in the recovery folder? i'm confused about that...

Thanks!

[gr42178]

I have a couple questions that would be awesome if they were answered :D

First, when putting games onto the memory stick, do you HAVE to change the ID thing if you want more than one? Or can you leave them all as they are and just change the pics? I think my friend did that and the save files aren't getting messed up or anything. Please clear this up for me!

Second, how do you install the recovery stuff incase a brick occurs? Do you just put the recovery folders in the game150 folder (i'm on 3.02 oe-b at the moment) and then run them on the psp, then put the 150.pbp or something in the recovery folder? i'm confused about that...

Thanks!
1. If you dont change the ID# you only get 30 blocks of memory for all of your games. If you do change the ID# you get 30 blocks per game.

2. Not sure about this one, I think its already in the recovery mode. When you boot the PSP hold R to get into the recovery mode. Not like youll ever use it anyway, why would you downgrade?

[Paho]

You dont need devhook, all the PSP games just work....everything works on this except for a few programs that you really dont need

So if i upgrade my 3.02 oe-b to 3.03 oe-a, Will I be able to run downloaded PSP games WITHOUT devhook? how does that work???

[gr42178]

So if i upgrade my 3.02 oe-b to 3.03 oe-a, Will I be able to run downloaded PSP games WITHOUT devhook? how does that work???

You run them from the XMB, they show up in your games list.

[starogre]

1. If you dont change the ID# you only get 30 blocks of memory for all of your games. If you do change the ID# you get 30 blocks per game.

2. Not sure about this one, I think its already in the recovery mode. When you boot the PSP hold R to get into the recovery mode. Not like youll ever use it anyway, why would you downgrade?

1. So, can you make up any ID you want?

2. Ya, recovery mode works, I'm just wondering if I need anything else besides that incase I brick when I'm upgrading custom firmware and such.

[gr42178]

1. So, can you make up any ID you want?

2. Ya, recovery mode works, I'm just wondering if I need anything else besides that incase I brick when I'm upgrading custom firmware and such.

1. Any ID as long as its 9 digits (example-SCUS12345).

2. Good question, Im curious myself now.

[The_It]

can you play 1.50 games and emulators through the XMB just like in firmeware 1.50?

Do you really need to buy that golf game to play your own ps1 games?

can it run everything a 1.50 firmware psp can? if not, what can it not run? like irshell and devhook?

how much space would it take up to play final fantasy 7?

[Paho]

You run them from the XMB, they show up in your games list.

Im sorry for asking such noob question but whats XMB? Can you just tell me what i should do if i want to be able to play PSP games and snes?

[sok98]

PSX compression is sickkkk i jut got simpsons wrestling from 600mb to 168 :D:D

[starogre]

Oh, one more question, can you stack your compression levels? lol :P like compress at lvl 9, then edit the eboot, and compress at 9 again? haha

[gr42178]

Im sorry for asking such noob question but whats XMB? Can you just tell me what i should do if i want to be able to play PSP games and snes?
The XMB is the menu. Just put everything in the game folder and you can run them from there.

[gr42178]

Oh, one more question, can you stack your compression levels? lol :P like compress at lvl 9, then edit the eboot, and compress at 9 again? haha
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea using that theory you could compress them down to less than a megabyte....that would be cool :rofl:

[Paho]

The XMB is the menu. Just put everything in the game folder and you can run them from there.

This works only on 3.03 oe-a? Or can you run psp games on the xmb on 302 oe-b too?

[jguba7892]

i ran an autoinstaller from psphacks.com cause im to ****in lazy and it bricked my psp and the recovery files arent workin. wat can i do?

[starogre]

I have final fantasy on my mem stick atm, as a hotshots golf 2 id and such...when i update to 3.03 oe-a from 3.02 oe-b, will that game eboot get erased along with the save files?

[kieso]

i ran an autoinstaller from psphacks.com cause im to ****in lazy and it bricked my psp and the recovery files arent workin. wat can i do?

I'm sorry but I have to ask this dumb question. Did you hold in your right button(keeping it in) and then turn on your PSP? If that didn't work I would say your screwed. I'm gonna go look at that autoinstaller & I'll get back to you

[jguba7892]

I go to the recovery mode and try to run the eboot that it says but the memory stick lights up and doesnt do anything. can i put the memory stick in another psp and reput the recovery files on it through that and then run it on my bricked one?

[stimo]

yess 3.03!! NICE

[subcomander]

i know this isnt the right place to put it but i didnt think no one would answer it any were else.
hopefully someone could help here.
well this is my problem this thing BRICKed my psp well at leats i think it did because nothing comes up. if i hold th Right triger it sends me to the recovery mode when i press the run program nothing happens..
please can someone help me
by the way this isnt the first time i try 3.02 OE-A

[The_It]

cant you run your own ps2 games on devhooked 3.03 firmware with that pspstation thing?

[Paho]

i know this isnt the right place to put it but i didnt think no one would answer it any were else.
hopefully someone could help here.
well this is my problem this thing BRICKed my psp well at leats i think it did because nothing comes up. if i hold th Right triger it sends me to the recovery mode when i press the run program nothing happens..
please can someone help me
by the way this isnt the first time i try 3.02 OE-A

Hey dude that happens to me myself! When in recovery mode and trying to run eboot nothing happen... anyway my psp aint bricked. sorry dude cant help you cause im a newbie myself :(

[ninja9393]

cant you run your own ps2 games on devhooked 3.03 firmware with that pspstation thing?

Ps1 games

no unless you have a ps3 and are willing to pay for them only to get a couple of them but on this you can play ANY ps1 game

[subcomander]

so nothing cant be done.

[jguba7892]

nvm i unbricked it by reflashing 302 oe-a through the recovery. if ur having problems with the 1.5 recovery try this method

[The_It]

heh, ps1, oops...

do you need to buy a game like that golf game to download onto your psp like it says for the custom 3.02? or can you play them without any tricks?

[jguba7892]

subcomander jus do the thing i said it worked for me and i had the same problem.

[subcomander]

subcomander jus do the thing i said it worked for me and i had the same problem.

how did u do it
like reflashing it

[M!ckeY]

This is a great release!! great work DA :)

[starogre]

how did u do it
like reflashing it

no he turned his psp off, turned it on while holding R, then ran 3.02 oe-a instead of trying to go back to 1.5

[jguba7892]

yes, it does reflash the psp. Jus put a data.dxr of 3.02 oe-a and the 3.02 oe-aflasher eboot in the recovery folder with the other files then run. youll be back at 3.02 oea

[subcomander]

yes, it does reflash the psp. Jus put a data.dxr of 3.02 oe-a and the 3.02 oe-aflasher eboot in the recovery folder with the other files then run. youll be back at 3.02 oea

wow thnx so much man i mean it if u ever need anything and i mean anything ill try and help u. i thaught i had bricked the psp. thnx again.:thumbup:

[devil]

sdk folder how do u used?

[Zergling]

i need to ask, i haven't kept up with this new custom firmware stuff, i still have my trusty 1.5 can i just upgrade to this 3.03 OE-A just like that?
(seems way to easy)

[Zargon]

i need to ask, i haven't kept up with this new custom firmware stuff, i still have my trusty 1.5 can i just upgrade to this 3.03 OE-A just like that?
(seems way to easy)

Follow the instructions and you will be @ 3.03OE-A in very little time (compared to how long you would think). I used to have a 2.71 TA-082. I am now running on 3.03OE-A and it is like a dream come true.

[Zergling]

so i can just upgrade from 1.5 to 3.03 OE-A with thos 3 files that's it???????

[The_It]

someone please answer...

can this play everything a 1.50 psp can? and is it easy to brick my psp from upgrading?

[jguba7892]

yes it can do everything a 1.5 can and alot more, it is the best firmware. if u follow directions, u cant brick it and it is very easy to recover if u do brick it

[whitey75]

someone please answer...

can this play everything a 1.50 psp can? and is it easy to brick my psp from upgrading?

Pretty much! and much much more!

[The_It]

thanks

and one last thing. I don't need to buy anything except a bigger memory card to play ps1 games right? I don't mean buy new games to rip, I already have the ones I want.

[Zargon]

so i can just upgrade from 1.5 to 3.03 OE-A with thos 3 files that's it???????
Yes, take the oeupdater and oeupdater% files, copy them to GAME. Take a 1.50 Update file and name it 150.PBP and a 3.03 Update file and rename it 303.PBP. Place them into oeupdater on your psp. Run oeupdater. Take the file that it creates, DATA.DXAR, and place it into 303flasher. Place 303flasher and 303flasher% into the GAME folder and run it. Welcome to 3.03 OE-A!:)


someone please answer...

can this play everything a 1.50 psp can? and is it easy to brick my psp from upgrading?

Anything this firmware can't run is either not needed or is not yet designed to run on this firmware (example: X-Flash) but soon these will all be usable. Just make sure that you create another folder on your PSP labeled GAME150 in the same place as GAME on your memory card an place it there. YOU MUST LEAVE THE "GAME" FOLDER THERE OR NOTHING WILL PLAY RIGHT!!! Oh, and there is a low risk of bricking your PSP if you follow the simple instructions I gave Zergling.

EDIT:You will need a copy of the Hot Shots Golf2 game that they are sending out via playstation store. Don't ask for it here though.
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[xg917]

wait y do we need hot shots 2?

[The_It]

damn, I'll wait until you don't need it, since I can't get it.

[The_It]

what are the new things that this can do besides play ps1 games?

does hot shots golf have to stay on the memory stick and take up space? Is the ps3 store the only place I can get it?

[Zargon]

It has all of the features of 3.03. Also, you need Hot Shots Golf 2 to use POPStation, the program that makes all of your games compatible with the PSP

[The_It]

thats all?

[Zargon]

Yes, but I you may want to check your PM inbox

[xg917]

wtf, since wen do u need hot shots cuz i can play my games just fine

[Zargon]

To play PSX games or just ISOs of your PSP games?

[xg917]

yea i dont have hot shots golf and i can still play my ps1 games on the psp

[The_It]

so you still need a ps3 to play ps1 games? 600 dollas is kind of a lot just so I can play final fantasy

[xg917]

i dont think they even have final fantasy in the ps3 store

[Zargon]

How did you manage that? This says you have to have Hot Shots Golf 2 (http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/dcemu-official-guide-how-to-install-3-02-oe-a-then-to-oe-b-to-run-psone-games-47121.html)

[Zargon]

What, pray-tell does Final Fantasy have to do with Hot Shots Golf 2?

[The_It]

if I have hot shots golf 2 I can play final fantasy right?

[Gizmo356]

Yeah you can.

[xg917]

i have no idea, i used psx2psp 0.7 and converted my iso to eboot format and then clicked on add keys.bin and i got the eboot of my game and keys.bin, then put them in my game folder and played the game

[Zargon]

If you popstation and a firmware that supports it, yes.

[Zargon]

I know that you at least used to need Hot Shots 2. Things just move so fast...

[xg917]

o well lucky me

[The_It]

what! where you giving me false info? tisk tisk

[CaptainMorgan4]

I have Tomba!, Tomba! 2, and RE2 on my PSP and with this compression it has saved me 543MB on my 4GB stick. Thanks Dark_Alex I appreciate it alot!

[xg917]

whos givin false info? and dam i gotta try the compression thing soon

[The_It]

zargon said he doesn't know If 3.03 needs you to buy a ps1 game from the ps3, but 3.02 does need you too

If I could just find out if I need hot shots golf 2 I can be on my way

I forgot to ask If I can downgrade back to 1.50 If I don't like it.

[xg917]

no i dont think u need hot shots 2, cuz wen i had 3.02 i didnt have hot shots 2 and i could stil play ps1 games back then

[The_It]

are you just using a normal emulator?

[Gizmo356]

No he is using the official sony ps1 emulator built in to the firmware it has full speed and sound.

[The_It]

so he is buying his games off of the ps3 not playing his own?

[Gizmo356]

No he is converting his backed up games to .PBP format and playing his games on his psp because DAX hacked the ps1 emu from the 3.0 update to allow the use of psx games that are not from the playstation store.

[Emeriastone]

Ah so many new users! So good to see that new people are getting into the goodness of the 1.50 world since the TA-082 downgrader has come out.

[The_It]

No he is converting his backed up games to .PBP format and playing his games on his psp because DAX hacked the ps1 emu from the 3.0 update to allow the use of psx games that are not from the playstation store.

are you saying you do or you don't need hot shots golf 2 to play psx games that are not from the playstation store?

[xg917]

apparently since i dont need hot shots golf 2, u dont

[The_It]

ill have to give it a try then

[psp_sfdm]

are you saying you do or you don't need hot shots golf 2 to play psx games that are not from the playstation store?

No, if you know where to get the modified BASE.PBP and the KEYS.BIN that came from Hot Shots Golf 2, then your should be good to go. However, you'll need to find it yourself and this is where Google is your friend ;)

[sonikku88]

So is this like the ultimate PSP homebrew firmware or something?

[FazPSP]

Ok guys, i dont know why no one in this thread talked about the second MAJOR change in this FW from 3.02OOE-B which is the UMD REGION FREE FIX!!! Did anyone checked to see if that works.

By the way i've been using the PSX2PSP converter V0.7 by ZALBARD which includes the BASE & KEYS files. (this was posted on DCEMU but some saints removed it within minutes.... Luckily for me i DID got a copy before that ... hehehe.....). Now the question is: Is there a GUI that supports compression+3.03-A AND doesn't require you to have BASE.PBP & KEYS.BIN??

[dejkirkby]

Just upgraded after a 14 hour shift at work, and the best thing is the upgrade DIDN'T get rid of my custom icons. Life is sweet!

[loglos]

Do you have to rename the \GAME302 folder to \GAME303?

[meanguns]

Right now I have 3.02 OE-B on my system the PS1 games all work fine on another system I have 3.03 OE-A and I can say one thing for sure somthing happening with compression or when you compress the PSX images don't forget guys and gals this is in it's infancy stage and this is the first attempt at the compression scheme. Also remember sony has been working on this for quite some time Dark Alex only had less then a month. What do you expect a little flicker and compatability issues are going to be a given. for now after extensive testing today of both systems I have removed 3.03 OE-A from my second PSP and went back to 3.02 OE-B for two simple reasons. 1) Compatability some games lock up in 3.03 and don't work correctly about 10% I have tried have severe issues FF VII being one of them the second was a game of scrabble that worked fine until I compressed it down. 2) Various lockups of the system viewing pics and running real disks or real UMD's had some issues. the ISO thing is fine but I want to buy my games for collectability purposes. This may be just my PSP but I dought it. I am now always looking before I leap 3.02 OE-B is leaps and bounds over anything we previously had access to 3.03 is still in the experamental stages and I will now wait and watch the problems unfold on the forums and I will wait until 3.03 or a future firmware release is more stable. In addition Sony may have inadvertantly goofed somthing up in this firmware that was just fine in 3.02. Thanks for all the work DAX Great Job for all your works!

[Uchiha Sasuke]

My god. I just read through 24 pages of noobiness! I'm no pro when it comes to all of this but simply reading through the readme or finding a step by step guide online and it's easy to do all of this!

The It - you DO NOT need a PS3 to play PS1 games on your PSP thanks to Dark Alex and it would probably be easier if you did find Hot Shots Golf2 and use the original way for this rather than this supposed theory/method where you can play your PS1 games without Hot Shots. Google is your friend and with a bit of researching you can "cough downloadtotallylegally cough* the Eboot and Keys.bin for Hot Shots.

I'm still learning but have managed to install every app and upgrade etc successfully by simply reading the Readmes or finding online guides.

Now....i'm off to upgrade to 3.03oe....(here's where my PSP now bricks itself :P)

Ok i'll stay with 3.02oe-b until 3.03oe seems a bit more stable etc :P keep up the awesome work Dark Alex

[Tafkada]

Doesnt work for me.

The thing is, when i run any psx-game off the memstick it always starts loading, goes to black screen and sends me back to the xmb with the message "The game could not be started (80020148)"

I dont know whats wrong. I went to 303 OE-A from fw 1.5.

Ive tried many different psxgames as well. Both downloaded and ones ive patched myself.

Guys, please help :(

[Vega]

Does this have DAX support for normal PSP games? I hear devhook isnt working on this and thats how I ran my backed up DAX games before.

[Gizmo356]

No it doesn't have dax support cause it didn't have enough kernal memory left and devhook does work.

[Vega]

ok Thanks Gizmo, nice quick response :D

[Kvonx]

Doesnt work for me.

The thing is, when i run any psx-game off the memstick it always starts loading, goes to black screen and sends me back to the xmb with the message "The game could not be started (80020148)"

I dont know whats wrong. I went to 303 OE-A from fw 1.5.

Ive tried many different psxgames as well. Both downloaded and ones ive patched myself.

Guys, please help

did u put the keys.bin in the same folder as the psx eboot and make sure that the folder was in the game folder........not game1.50

[Tafkada]

did u put the keys.bin in the same folder as the psx eboot and make sure that the folder was in the game folder........not game1.50

Yeah. Did that. Tried starting up with both 1.5 kernel and 3.03 kernel too. I dont even have the game 1.50 folder.

Makes me sad to think there are so many possibilities out there and still they are out of reach :( im so jealous of all you guys that got this working.

[dominik0410]

i dont know what to do.every time when i run any PROGRAM OR ANYTHING WHAT IS IN MY game off the memstick it always starts loading, goes to black screen and sends me back to the xmb with the message "The game could not be started (80020148).I HAVE 3.02 FIRMWARE ,NOT 3.02 OE-A .
CAN I UPGRADE FROM NORMAL 3.02 TO 3.03 OE-A.
HELP HELP HELP ME PLEASE

[Tafkada]

What kind of memstick do you have? Brand, size etc.

[dominik0410]

sandisk 512mb memorystick pro duo

[PSPCulture]

i dont know what to do.every time when i run any PROGRAM OR ANYTHING WHAT IS IN MY game off the memstick it always starts loading, goes to black screen and sends me back to the xmb with the message "The game could not be started (80020148).I HAVE 3.02 FIRMWARE ,NOT 3.02 OE-A .
CAN I UPGRADE FROM NORMAL 3.02 TO 3.03 OE-A.
HELP HELP HELP ME PLEASE

You cannot play any homebrew software off your memory stick if you have the standard 3.02 firmware. You will need to wait until someone manages to make a downgrader or eLoader for your firmware version.

The only people who can upgrade to 3.02OE or 3.03OE are those people who are fortunate enough to have a PSP with firmware 1.5 or firmware 2.71SE (which itself is a custom firmware).

If you are not running firmware 1.5 or 2.71SE, you need to check to see if a downgrader is available (PSP's upto and including firmware 2.80 can, as a general principle, downgrade), anyone running a stadard Sony firmware > 2.80 cannot install the 3.03OE custom firmware.

This may change in the future, but as of the time of writing, you are stuck with what you've got.

[dominik0410]

oooooo s..t .can someone make a downgrader or eLoader for 3.02?