3.03v downgrader & HEN for v3.03 Released - Newest PSP Firmware Downgradeable

Awesome job! Works 100% 3.03-oec here i come lol . Just as side note, UK users can pick up pre-owned GTA:LCS at Game for 12 quid. Seventeen at gamestation!!!!!!!!!
Again many thanks to Fanjita, Dark Alex and Noobz for providing this ridiculously easy to use Dgrader :)

im at collage at the moment...hehe im not supposed to be on the site...but anyway, im of to buy GTA in 2 hours!!! game and gamestation (possibly CHIPS, or games and movies if the others dnt have them) i live in edinburgh...its so cold :D

Nearly the same question from my side, i have lcs with #2 number (i understood not ok) but in my psp i see the firmware 2.0 proposal ? Is it a good version or not ????

What do i risk to use such version to upgrade to 3.03 ?

Thanks

Phil


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QUOTE=Speediakal;342589]omfg, awesome.


do i need the unpatched version of GTA:LCS? I have the one with the 2.60 update, that won't work will it?


and how many people have bricked? and how many have succeded?[/QUOTE]

I have a 2.81 psp and a gta lcs with a 2.0 version but the umd shows 51#2....!!!!! Is it ok or not ?

Many thanks

Please don't double post. Anyway, I'm not sure; the only way to tell is to upgrade to 3.03 and attempt to get the homebrew enabler (HEN) started though GTA:LCS. If it works, all well and good. If it does not, then you're out of luck.

By the way, patched versions were released from June 2006 and if you happened to buy it from after that time there's a chance it's those fixed ones.

I think i bricked my psp. I upgraded to 3.03 then down to 1.5 then up to 3.03 oe c and it worked good until i accidently let gta load and now when i turned it on it just goes black and wont do anything. any ideas???

Ok i figuered out holding down R while turning it on goes to recovery mode, but what do i do from there????

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Ok i figuered out holding down R while turning it on goes to recovery mode, but what do i do from there????

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read the readme word for word what part are you at?

NM i got it

Is their any way to repair a bricked PSP?

can i play psx game on 3.03 oe-c ?

sick, we should all be proud that we have just owed sony once again.lol

On a EU PSP, can I upgrade to the 3.03 EU Firmware, then downgrade to the 1.50 EU Firmware ?

The ReadMe for the downgrader links to US downloads at QJ, I guess it wouldn't matter to use the EU versions but I'd like to be sure.

Thanks

The US, EU, JAP firmware updates are all the same.

It doesn't make ANY difference.

Cloudy

Thanks for the quick answer :)

Do you mean that the files are exactly the same or just that using them for downgrading doesn't change anything?

Because I thought there were a few differences between the files, like the X/O swap, or the available languages.

can i downgrade without the GTA:LCS?

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Fanjita and Ditlew have released a new downgrader for the latest version of PSP firmware, heres the latest release info below:

v3.03 Downgrader

After much work over the past few days, we finally succeeded - we have an easy-to-use downgrader for v3.03 PSPs!

Some ground-rules:

* This downgrader is for v3.03 firmware only. But if you have v2.81 - v3.02, no problem - you can just upgrade to v3.03 to use the downgrader.
* You need a copy of the unpatched GTA:Liberty City Stories UMD. No ISOs, no patched UMDs, not Vice City Stories. See here for some info on how to check if your version is patched. The most reliable way : the unpatched disks have the v2.0 firmware update on them.
* This downgrader is intended to enable homebrew. Homebrew is NOT the same as piracy. Don't be a thieving loser - buy the games you play.
* The downgrader will work on all current PSP hardware (TA-079 - TA-086). Patching of TA-082+ is automatic in the downgrader.
* You downgrade at your own risk. There is always a chance of bricking, although we have done everything we can think of to make this process safe.

Full instructions for downgrading are included in the Downgrader_HOWTO.txt file in the ZIP file. Read them carefully! You will need

Warning: After downgrading from 3.03 to 1.5, there are some remnants of 3.03 left in flash. If you later try to re-upgrade to 3.03 and repeat the downgrade, things will break. At some later point, we will work on a cleaner that will remove these extra files. Until then, enjoy! (Don't worry, upgrading to 3.03 OE firmwares still works fine).

HEN for v3.03 (final release)

If you're not keen on the risk of downgrading your PSP, you might prefer to use a homebrew loader instead. Well, we've thought of you - we give to you "HEN 303 - the Duff release" (named in the eLoader tradition!).

HEN 303 (short for Homebrew ENabler) works in the same way as Dark_AleX's HEN for 2.71 firmwares. By running HEN, it installs a patch in your PSP's memory, that allows you to run homebrew almost as if you had a v1.5 PSP. This patch remains in place until you fully turn off your PSP - it will survive the PSP being placed into sleep mode.

The requirements for HEN are the same as for the downgrader - you need the unpatched GTA:LCS, and a v3.03 firmware PSP.

You can view the readme.txt file in the archive for more details about how to use it. Remember that not as much homebrew works with HEN as it does with eLoader or v1.5 firmware. But we hope to release an eLoader plugin for HEN soon, that would improve that situation - and remember that the amount of homebrew that works with HEN is increasing all the time.

Note: a pre-release version of this file was leaked on the internet. It is dangerous and could brick your PSP - do not run it or distribute it. The authentic version contains the text "This is the official final released version of 3.03 HEN" in the readme.txt file.

DIGG THIS

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new downgrader via noobz

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when is it going to be non gta downgrader?

As soon as another exploit is found, I guess.

i downloaded the files and it says they are corrupted. does anyone know why?

Maybe it's a broken download? Sometimes when you download stuff from DCEmu, the file you download prematurely quits, rendering it corrupt as I have experienced it before. If that's so, try it again.

cool thanks for the quick reply. i will try again.

why do we need GTA:LCS for this?

Ok i first want to thank all the ppl on here who help and respond to in need of help although there are some who really dont need it and they really do need to just follow the directions downgrading was easy but why is upgrading from 1.50 back to 3.03 oe-c so damn difficult im following the directions ive coppied 303 oeflasher and oeflasher% to the game folder and im putting the 303 and the 1.50 updates there as well and each time i go to execute the flasher it says it cannot open the file thats as far as i can seems easy but im 2 stupid 2 realize what im doin wrong does any1 have this problem or can see what im doing wrong

people

anyone in the uk? Well if so if you guys know of a shop that does pre-owned games call CEX?
Ive just been to the one in leicester. They have over 50 copies of GTA:LCS in stock. And guess what...ALL UNPATCHED lol
Ive just brought 5 copies, reason for so many copies is have to send some over to frends in other countries that cant get them, Each and everyone i have brought is unpatched!!!
ONly £14 a copy as well!!!
I dont intend on playing it so once i have downgraded some frends at work psp's i dont mind sending it on to anyone who needs it and cant get to the shop CEX.

Prince

I have a succesful downgrade. And succesful upgrade to 3.03OE-C. It was incredibly easy. However with the upgrade to 3.03OE-C, it couldnt open the file to the 150.PBP...so I used Excruciation X's pack...and it automatically works. So if you see this Ex...THANKS ALOT MAN...You made my homebrew dreams a reality :thumbsup:

does anyone still have the original 3.03 UPGRADER? cuz my psp is 2.81

You can download the official 3.03 firmware updater HERE.

has anyone used this yet?

I have used this downgrader and it works like a charm. :)

I Did Every Thing I Had Too, I Got The 3.03 Hen And Put The Update.pbp Into The Update File But When I Click On X.yz Its Starts Preparing It Then It Say "cannot Find Update.pbp."

Did you rename the file?

yes i renamed it to UPDATE.PBP

first it says "extracting special prx files from pbp..."
and then it says "cannot find UPDATE.PBP."

Are you sure its the 1.50 one?

yes, is their supposed to be any other files in the psp/game/update file then the UPDATE.PBP?

ok damn, i did everything like i was supposed to why in ehll does it say cannot find update.pbp???? whats wrong, its really pissing me off!

First of all stop double posting like that, redownload the file and re do the whole copying procedure, you may have deleted something by mistake.

How do you know, by the outside of the case, that the GTA is the version you need?

Can someone help very new at this whole downgrade thing were do I put the downgrade files at having trouble with the whole how to faq
would really help if someone could explain in an easy way

DosuKinuta, this is how to do it. If you are not already at 3.03, update first and then continue.

1 - Format you memory stick. If you have anything on it, you should back it all up to your computer beforehand.

2 - Download the 3.03 downgrader from the forst post of this thread.

3 - Extract the contents of the zip file. Copy the PSP folder inside MS_ROOT.

4 - Obtain the 1.50 updater from HERE.

5 - Extract the 1.50 updater to your desktop and rename it to UPDATE.PBP from EBOOT.PBP.

6 - On your memory stick, put the UPDATE.PBP in the PSP\GAME\UPDATE folder.

7 - Run an unpatched version of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. After it loads, the screen will go black and then blue. This is an indication that the HEN (Homebrew Enabler) has started. You will be returned to the XMB (the PSP's menu bar).

8 - Check your version number by going to Settings, System Settings and System Information. If it says 3.03 HEN, you can start the downdate.

9 - Go to Game and then Memory Stick. Run the PSP™ Update ver X.YZ. You will be asked if you wish to continue. You need at least 75% battery power for the downgrader to work.

YKB thanks for the help but I have all the steps down pack except for where to put the downgrader files at the only place I tested so far is the savedata area and when it comes to loading it just says corruted data and yes i'm working with an unpatched GTA
The main problem for me is where to extract the DG files to can you give a specific folder