Note:
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Always make sure you are installing a newer version, downgrading can cause a brick!
Steps
- Format your psp (make sure you back up your files first) go to system settings and choose format memorystick and connect it to your PC . Formatting is not compulsory but recommended. Make sure your battery is 100% full
- Download the custom firmware.
- Open it with WinRAR ( not winzip) if you don’t have WinRar download it from www.Winrar.com
- So open with Winrar and copy the PSP folder to the root of your memorystick, If it asks you whether it can over write click on “YES”. Note: the Root of the memory stick is the drive that pops up when you connect your PSP to your PC eg removable hard disk (H:) , (I:) etc, its the place that contains the PSP , ISO , MP_ROOT folder.
- Important step : After copying the files, Go to you recovery mode >Choose configuration > Game folder homebrew and set to 3.xx kernel (eg 3.52 kernel , 3.71 kernel etc) even if you have a slim psp.
- Restart your psp , Scroll to game > memorystick and click on the new firmware icon you just added. ( battery should be full )
- It will unpack , then it will ask you to click on start , accept the users agreements and ta da… it will install (probably take like 2 min.). Then Done.
- You can now delete the update folder , or better still format your psp. I Recommend Fat/ Phat PSP users to install the 1.5 kernel on their PSP tutorial here - to unleash your homebrew power.
Tips
- Faq:
- I can’t seem to do the 6th step , every time I click on the installer icon it just turns black / or it doesn’t install it just freezes after unpacking . Solution please?
- Answer: Format your psp and make sure you make sure your game homebrew kernel is set to 3.xx