[RELEASE] Recover Flasher

[Hellcat]

H E L L C A T s - R e c o v e r y - F l a s h e r
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* recover semi-bricks * up-/downgrade your CFW *
* flash *ANY* CFW directely to 3.71-/4.01-/5.00-M33 *
* backup/restore firmware flash (not NAND dump) *
all without Pandora
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Last Update: 24.10.2008 - v1.41
(clickedy here for changelog (http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=8383#post49934))

Recent Update: 20.10.2008 - v1.40
(clickedy here for changelog (http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=8383#post49626))

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What is this? And why?
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Short version:
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Flashes a fresh M33 CFW (3.71, 4.01, 5.00)
for recovering semi-bricks or to up-/downgrade CFW
does not use Pandora, runns from the recovery menu or the XMB
does not use (as in launch) the original Sony Updater (only extracts
all required files from the original .PBP)
runns fine on CFWs lower than 3.52-M33-3 - handy for upgrading older
FWs w/o the "need to go 3.52, then 3.52-3, then higher" odyssey :-)
runns fine from TimeMachine (3.40-OE on Fat and 3.60-M33 on Slim)
can backup the FW flash and restore selected parts (XMB theme,
settings, PSN activation, complete firmware)

Long Version?
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Can be found - aside many other infos and details - in the README :)


Does it work?
========================================
This program has been tested by myself to successfully flash
a fresh 3.71-/4.01-/5.00-M33 on the following setups:

3.02-OE *) -- on Fat PSP
3.40-OE -- via TimeMachine on Fat PSP
3.60-M33 -- via TimeMachine on Slim PSP
3.71-M33 -- on Fat and Slim PSP
4.01-M33 -- on Fat and Slim PSP
4.01-M33 -- started via DDCv6 (kinda pointless to install a 4.01 then,
but hey, can't hurt to try ;))
1.50 -- on Fat PSP, using the 1.50 build of the flasher
^^ yes, that reads "one point five", and yes, I flashed directely to 4.01-M33-2 from there :D:p

*) Note: On lower CFWs (early OEs, mostly) you may get warnings during
3.71 installation regaring assignments of flash1:
This is normal under theese FW versions, no need to worry.
The program will disable formatting flash1 in that case, so
everything should be fine.


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So long! :-)
---==> HELLCAT <==---

[silver_surfer]

Thanks for sharing this very useful application! :wink:

[koyut]

I was hoping there is one where I could get a nand dump without pandora. Great app for people with TA-088 mobo's like myself.

Edit: Good One. ^^

[x_fox81]

Thanks for creating the release! definitely help those without pandora's batt :biggrin:

Hmm Hellcat since you are here just to check with you the link to download the application. It shown that im having a d/l @ the moment which im not even i retry after 30mins. can you advise on this? Thanks!

okie.. now done

[aet92]

hey everybody can i downgrade a psp slim with from an official fw or i need pandora to downgrade from a official fw
but always great tool for semi bricks!

[RJC4LIFE]

The link is fine,just checked it myself.And if you have OFW you still need Pandora.As the 1st line says:CFW..
Great app Hellcat,very well done,thanks for all your hard work!! Keep it up!

Side note:(Why can't I login on the Home page on my PS3??)

[FearEvil19]

Yes!! This is awsum, great, ORGASMIC! Thank you soooo much, you have no ideia of how usefull this is for me.

[richie390]

When are you gonna release the one for 4.01 M33-2

[silver_surfer]

@ richie390:

there's no need for CFW 4.01 m33-2 because you can just update from CFW 3.71 m33 to 4.01 m33-2

Why 3.71? Why not a lower or higher FW?
========================================

One purpose of this app is to downgrade the CFW of the PSP.
I define downgrading much as "go as low as you can" and 3.71 is the
lowest firmware that runns on both PSPs, Fat and Slim.

From there then, you have the freedom of upgrading to any other FW
you desire - thus no higher one for this.

[B2K24]

Very useful app. thanks so much.
So many people I encounter say I got 3.02 OE-A and this makes things so much easier.

[Hellcat]

When are you gonna release the one for 4.01 M33-2
there's no need for CFW 4.01 m33-2 because you can just update from CFW 3.71 m33 to 4.01 m33-2
Yap, while you can have the 4.01 update right along the recovery app, the next version will be able to install 4.01-M33-2 as well (you can choose which one you like).
It'll also come with an additional .ELF binary that can be used from a Pandora stick, so you can flash the 4.01 directly to a PSP from Pandora, as long as there's no DDCv6 :)

However, I got one last issue on the Slim I have to resolve....

[richie390]

Well like do you know a specific date?

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat: I see thanks for the heads up! :wink:

[mopargk]

<p>Welcome back. And thanks for all the brain strain and sweat on this one</p>

[Hellcat]

Glad you all like it that much :)

Well like do you know a specific date?
Not really.... it really depends on when I find the answer to my problem.... could be today, in a week, in a year.... who konws....

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

sir after trying out this application I can't turn on my Slim PSP CFW 3.90 m33-3

just a black screen with the green light turning on for a few seconds..

I just use my Pandora Kit to return to normal condition.. :wink:

[davd]

<p>i start the ap in the left corner it ses loading ... it goos away its back end i get the notice text end stil loading in the left corner but when i want to set the arrow on i aggree i wont the arrow dousen't moove :s i'm now waiting 1:48 ouwers end the loading doucent go awai end i stil can't move it :s now i turn my psp off end my selec butter is prest the hole time in :s so when i want to type sumthing in my internet browser i can't becous it alwasy set to big lettes low letters end numbers end i cent stop it my home butten doucent work i cant use it when im playing music (select buttern 2) end when im in a game end i pres home i just get the gray sreen but i get set it to yes to end the game so i must turn my psp off my hold butter words but when im waching a move end i turn the hold butten on it works like the home butten if i want to set my screen brichter i get the mute end my mute butter doucent work at all im on 4.01m33-2 cen you help me plz :s??</p>

[badwhip]

i have cf 4.o1m33 my psp semi bricked when i tried to downgrade. i can get to the recovery menu.so when i tried to use this program it said i must have 2.73 version or higher to work. i dont understand htis as the last fw on mypsp was cf4.01m33. any suggestions on how to get it to work?

[Hellcat]

@silver_surfer:
That's weird. Did it spit out any errors?

@davd:
Sounds like you have a hardware problem with the keys of your PSP.... there nothing I can do about that.

@badwhip:
Is it a Fat PSP with 1.50 addon?

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

it did not give any error.. it just shut down after pressing a button after "press any button to shutdown.... "


UPDATE:

I found the solution to my problem.. :blushing:

what I deed was use may normal battery not may service mode battery

then after installing CFW 3.71 m33 I remove the battery then insert it again..

viola! conflict resolved! :biggrin:

[badwhip]

yes i have a fat psp and it had the 1.5 add on. any suggestion on how to fix.

[Hellcat]

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

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Here it comes :D

1.20
==========
can now install 4.01-M33-2 as well
installs 3.71-M33-4 now instead of plain 3.71-M33
comes now with an additional .ELF binary to be used from a Pandora stick (up to DDCv5, on v6 you can use the EBOOT version)
added a simlple filebrowser like thing for launching additional apps from /PSP/GAME
added option to override "battery low" warning
added version check of the updater .PBP used for FW extraction

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

nice work! thanks for the update! :wink:

[aero125]

Hi Hellcat,

Pandora can't boot a TA-088v3 board, so flashing a CFW to it with DC is impossible now.

The Recovery Flasher designed by u can flash CFW onto a psp w/o pandora, so does it mean you have overcome the downgrade problem faced by the homebrew community now on the new board/cpu ?

Or that the recovery flasher can only work with an existing CFW (already downgraded) set ?

Thk u.

[Hellcat]

It needs an existing CFW, that lets you at least into the recovery menu.

[gallantdestroyer]

<p>sorry for being noob,
but can anyone tell me the different between Fully bricked psp and semi-bricked one.. or if there any other forum you can refer me to..</p>

[silver_surfer]

@ gallantdestroyer:

Brick = When the PSP won't turn on
Semi Brick = When PSP will enter recovery mode but won't turn on
Full Brick = When PSP won't access recovery mode or turn on

[ruler]

<p>this is awesome</p>

[Hellcat]

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

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Due to quite some requests and quite some "sensemaking", here's just another tiny update:

1.21
==========
Updater .PBPs are now also looked for in the memstick root
So, if you already have the .PBPs you need in your memsticks root, you no longer have to copy them into the recovery folder as well.
It still looks first in the recovery folder for the files (for those not having it on a Pandora stick and want to keep the folder structure clean) and if it can't find the .PBPs in the recovery folder it looks in the root for them - so, your choice where to put them :D


And for those who didn't catch the last update, for the log the list of 1.20 changes again :)

1.20
==========
can now install 4.01-M33-2 as well
installs 3.71-M33-4 now instead of plain 3.71-M33
comes now with an additional .ELF binary to be used from a Pandora stick (up to DDCv5, on v6 you can use the EBOOT version)
added a simlple filebrowser like thing for launching additional apps from /PSP/GAME
added option to override "battery low" warning
added version check of the updater .PBP used for FW extraction

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

thanks for update! testing it right now..

[gallantdestroyer]

<p>@ silver_surfer</p>
<p>Thanks buddy.. because i quite confuse with them..</p>

[badwhip]

any wy to get this to work with 4.01m33 with kernal 1.5 it keeps saying need software 2.71 or above. thanks

[Hellcat]

run it in 4.xx kernel mode (check the config in the rec.menu that /PSP/GAME is set to 4.xx mode).

AFAIK once the 1.50 addon is installed everything started via the rec.menu's function is always launched in 1.50 kernel - in that case use one of the older flashing tools that are available from the 3.52 and earlier days.

And for the future, just stay away from the 1.50 addon :p You see, it's evil :p

[Illegal Machine]

And for the future, just stay away from the 1.50 addon :p You see, it's evil :p


More like gay.


I still don't understand why the 1.5 kernel is sooooo special.. ALL my brew works in 4.xx


and better than 1.5 ever was to top it off. why do people love it so much? SNES runs better in 4.xx anyway


and Hellcat.. this app is kickass. All I needed it for was to restore my old Pandora battery to normal, and make a new one from a different battery.


But now I have a New Pandora Battery and MMS that both have the same matching GOLD PRINT. SO I will always know which one my MMS and Batery are :)

thanks!

[Antamusa]

Hi everybody,
is it possible to downgrade from 4.05 ofw?
many many thanks!

[Hellcat]

Hi everybody,
is it possible to downgrade from 4.05 ofw?
many many thanks!
Only with Pandora, no other way.

[GreyWolf79]

<p>I unfortunately upgraded to 4.01M33 and found out belatedly that popsloader no longer works. I was happy to find your Recovery Flasher so I could downgrade. I followed the intructions, and when it got to the firmware installation screen, I got errors when the updater modules were loaded and the installation was aborted. Is there a possibility that I did somthing incorrectly? Thanks in advance for any info.</p>

[GreyWolf79]

<p>Disregard my last post. The firmware file that I tried using must have been corrupt. I downloaded a fresh file and it worked like a champ. Thanks again.</p>

[gjsnoop]

<p>i have it installed to my psp fat but i will click start and it says the game could not be started and below it it says (80020148 PLZ HELP</p>

[gjsnoop]

<p>IT WILL START FOR A FEW SECONDS THOUGH
THEN DO ALL OF THAT</p>

[gjsnoop]

<p>I AM SORRY BOUT THE FIRST MESSAGE BC IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAY THE NUMBER THEN THE PLZ HELP THE NUMBER R SEPRATE</p>

[Hellcat]

gjsnoop:
Let me guess, you're running Sony original firmware? No go there, mate, need a CFW!

Oh, and please, loose the caps lock, OK?

[gjsnoop]

<p>oh well is there a way to get cfw without pandoras battery</p>

[silver_surfer]

@ gjsnoop:

Pandora is the only way specially for Slim PSP

[Hellcat]

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80825_icon0_p-r-full.png

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Here it comes :D

1.30
==========
changed the path where the Pandora RFLASH.ELF looks for the original
EBOOT.
It now looks for the EBOOT as RFLASH.DAT (simply rename it) and when
not found it looks for /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP
.
added detection of TimeMachine and disabled backup/restore functions
on there, since they don't work propperly on TM.
Complete firmware restore (see below) DOES work fine and is still
enabled on TM.
.
added "slots" for the backup functions.
With those you can have multiple independant sets of backups on your
stick and use them directely without needing to rename folders.
If you DO rename the seperate backup slot folders, their new names
will correctly show up in the Flasher - so you can give them
descriptive names that tell you whats in there.
.
extended the functionality of the backup/restore options.
You can now restore a complete firmware (flash0) regardless of what's
currently installed.
The flash0 files' signcheck is removed during backup and recreated on
restore, so you can even move and flash the backed up firmware on
another PSP (as long as it is the same model, i.e. no Fat FW on a Slim
and vice versa, model is checked to match before flashing to avoid
bricks)!
This might also come in handy for people wanting to flash firmwares
not nativly supported by Recovery Flasher, like 3.60-M33, which never
can be supported since there's no updater for it to extract it from,
but with the right backup you can install it anyway.

Also note that for restoring a complete FW you also need the target
FWs official updater to be on the memstick (RECOVERY folder or
memstick root) as some updater modules are required for initializing
the flash!
(for 3.60 use the 3.52 updater.)

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

[silver_surfer]

wow another update! thanks Hellcat! keep it up! :biggrin:

[d1ddy]

<p>good shit</p>

[FearEvil19]

arigato gozaimasu! :)

[jx233]

good job Hellcat! :w00t:

this app is very helpful and useful.



But what confuses me is the 3.60 restore.

why does there have to be a 352.PBP? is it updater modules from the 3.52 DATA.PSP that is needed; or are the rcos and prxs from the 3.52 PSAR needed?

sorry if i sound like a noob, but that is a question I need answered.

[Hellcat]

It's some modules from the DATA.PSP that are needed (that goes for every FW that's going to be restored).
All the other stuff (.RCO, .PRX, IPL) comes from the backup itself.

And since 3.60 is more or less a 3.52, only with Slim hardware drivers instead of Fat ones, the 3.52 updater will do just fine.

[B2K24]

<p>Thank you for your work Hellcat. I'll be updating my stick right now.
These new features will be fun to play with.
Thanks so much for your work!!!!!</p>

[jx233]

ok, i get it.
plus, the 3.52 updater modules were also used in FreePlay's 3.60 flasher.
and Hellcat, fabulous app you made!

I'm waiting for the day that anyone makes a 3.60-M33 Universal Flasher.
It could be possible.
An installer that flashes (CFW) 3.60 for most PSP Slims (no TA-088 V3)
but it would be an EBOOT.
all you would need to do is get 360.PSAR (the CFW files)+ 352.PBP( for update modules) and the app would do the rest of the work.
(btw,this is just speculation.)

[Hellcat]

Or just restore a 3.60 backup to any Slim you wanna have 3.60-M33 on :D
It does almost what you describe above, only that it doesn't use the 360.PSAR, but it's own backup instead.

:)

[mopargk]

<p>@ Illegal Mach</p>
<p>A couple of dots of paint, from a model brush, works good for id'ing all my pandora stuff.
just a thought....
@ Hellcat
thought .1 was the bees knees. And now with all the fixes, adding, and with the updutes. I have say " WELL DONE "
I would still like to know where the brain power
comes from? Is it genetic or does it just pop up
every so often? WHAATEVER it is...lol...Great job on the software...And in case we (your humble followers) haven't said it enough. Thank You for your hard work. Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You. There that should hold ya, well.., for a couple days.</p>
<p>And that from someone who can't draw straight line with a ruler......</p>

[jx233]

Or just restore a 3.60 backup to any Slim you wanna have 3.60-M33 on :D
It does almost what you describe above, only that it doesn't use the 360.PSAR, but it's own backup instead.

:)


i know it works, and its great!
but can some dev make a seperate/alternate 3.60-M33 installer that utilizes a 360.PSAR and 3.52 updater modules.
btw, nice app Hellcat! :)

[inocent00]

<p>wonderful</p>

[DarkEdition]

The link is dead, please upload a new one.. Ty :D

[Hellcat]

Just checked, link working fine.... :)

[jx233]

since this is an app for 3.xx, it doesn't work on 1.50 kernel PSPs.
this app works on 3.60 M33 and higher only.
there is a bug in this app for 3.52 M33-4 and all lower CFW.
1.
your app does a firmware dump on 3.52 and it messes up the folders: 3.52 kernel is kn folder, but app changes it to kd in backup.
2.
plus your app forgets to dump 1.50 kernel which is the real kd folder in all se, oe, and up to 3.52 m33.
3.
module and nodule folders have same exact files.
all of that will lead to a BRICK!

[jx233]

sorry Hellcat, if i sounded harsh, because i wasn't trying to be.
i just wanted to point out the bugs that I found.

those bugs are for 1.50 hybrid CFW ( 2.71 SE through 3.52 M33)
this app's firmware backup/restore only works on CFW independent of 1.50 ( example: 3.71 m33)

*bugs 1 and bug 2 cause a brick. bug 3 wastes flash0 space.

btw, all other functions work fine, only full flash0 restore/backup is bugged. (in 3.52 or lower only)
the bugs do NOT exist in 3.60 or higher.

i hope this info helps :)

[Hellcat]

Indeed the full backup/restore isn't really intended for FW below 3.60.
Flashing, however, works fine (with a valis 3.60 or higher backup).

Didn't think of that so far since the intention of the app was for use on the higher FWs *lol*

I think I'll just disable the backup functions for those FWs in the next version - maybe I'll even make them compatible, not sure yet :p

[ssagajisw]

<p>Good!!!</p>

[Marcel69]

Thx !
but
How do I take a screenshot of the recovery flasher? ;)

[ffactoryxx]

So I have the 3.03 OE - C firmware from like 2 years ago. Your saying I could just load this up and it will automatically update my FW to the newest 4.01 M33-2???

After that i am good to go??

What about bricking or the whole pandora battery thing
?

[jx233]

yeah, this app should get firmware checking.
3.52 and lower be disabled for flash0 backup/restore.

the error message for 3.52 and lower for flash0 backup/restore should be "This function is compatible for 3.60 and higher. Sorry."

*but at least with flash backup, i could get the IPL dumped/extracted. (needed it for various reasons)

thanks Hellcat! :)

[Hellcat]

@ffactoryxx:
Yes, you can directely flash a 4.01-M33-2 from you current 3.03-OE one :)

@jx233:
I decided to take the longer road, I am currently making the backup/restore fully compatible with 3.52 and earlier CFWs :D

[jx233]

well good luck Hellcat!
:)


this is speculation but You may possibly create a "Recovery Flasher 01g" for Phat PSP.
And a seperate "Recovery Flasher 02g" for Slim.

But its not likely. Its just "Recovery Flasher" for all PSPs now.


btw, is the RFlash for 3.52 and earlier gonna be Recovery Flasher 1.40?

[Hellcat]

It'll all be in one single app, running fine on Slim and Fat, it's supposed to take care of all situations that it might encounter (as 3.52 and below, for example).

And since the compatibility for those earlier CFWs is more or less only a bugfix, it's going to be 1.31.

[jx233]

ok, but take your time on this.

and good luck too.

and is there any (possible) way to get this to work in 1.50 kernel? :confused1:
(even if 1.5 is defunct, its still useful to PSP Phat owners) :biggrin:

btw, someone should start a Hellcat Fan Group on this site. :w00t:

[Hellcat]

*lol* ;)

Yeah, it would be possible to make a build that runns on 1.50.... but it would not be able to flash M33 CFWs though....

The backup/restore fix is pretty much done....

[enzyteguy]

so why do you need the official 4.01 firmware or the 3.71 official firmware when you first install the app?

[enzyteguy]

Nevermind the last post lol.

Thank you Hellcat this is the best tool i have found yet :)

[dubiyus]

The situation: Upgraded phat to 4.01 M33-2. Got the bright idea to try to use the fatmsmod patch for 3.80/3.90. Reboot to a semi-brick, have recovery menu but nothing else. Look around for a while and try to find some way to fix it without a pandora. Tried the recovery flasher that was included with 3.02 OE and it just goes to the black screen and then shuts down. Tried a couple of different things, eventually just give up and order a premade pandora. Backup what I wanted from the memory stick and then delete everything I could in preparation to make a magic stick. Then I stumbled across this. Still haven't recieved the pandora so I thought I had found the quicker answer. But when I try running it from the recovery menu (both 4.xx and 1.50 kernels) the same thing happens. BSOD and a few seconds later power off.

Any suggestions?

[Hellcat]

You have the 1.50 addon installed?
In that case EBOOTs are always launched in 1.50 kernel from the recovery menu, AFAIK.

And this tool doesn't run on 1.50, but it makes me wonder why the 3.02-OE recovery eboot doesn't work then....

Well, alongside with another bugfix, I am currently finishing a just-for-fun build of Recovery Flasher that runns on 1.50 :D (limited functionality, but backup/restore works).
Maybe that just-for-fun thing could indeed make sense to recover PSPs with the 1.50 addon.... looks like I'm gonna d/l and install the addon to do some testing....


and is there any (possible) way to get this to work in 1.50 kernel? :confused1:
(even if 1.5 is defunct, its still useful to PSP Phat owners) :biggrin:
Like mentioned above, I modified it a bit to get a build that runns on a plain, original, unpatched 1.50 :D
The fresh install function will most likely not work (yet have to test them) so I'll take them out of the 1.50 build, but backup/restore works fine, so given you have a propper backup of the FW you wish to go to, you can then do so straight from (or to) 1.50 :D:D:D

Sweet, already did a backup of the 1.50, restored back to 4.01-M33 and restored back to 1.50 *lol*

[dubiyus]

I'm 99.8% sure I DID NOT install the 1.50 addon. But it was late so I can't remember 100%. Normally I wouldn't have a need for it so I doubt I would have installed it.

Does this program require any files that would normally be on the memory stick? Any prx modules or anything? Like I said...I deleted near everything off the stick before trying to run this. Or maybe it's what the fatmsmod modifies that's keeping it from loading? Just poking at ideas.

Edit: Went into the flash0 and manual changed 3 of the pspbt*.prx files(the 4th didn't seem to have a reference to fatms371.prx or friend) then deleted the fatms371 and fatms371_friend files. That SHOULD have undone the fatmsmod...unless it modifies something other than what it says in the readme. Outcome is the same. BSOD > shutdown.

[jx233]

ok, if your program detects 1.50, it should load a different menu.
that menu would have:
-backup/restore functions for 1.50, 1.50 CFW, and CFW 2.71 SE to 3.52 M33-4
-registry functions
- it should say "flash a fresh 3.52 M33-4" (instead of 3.71 m33-4 or 4.01 m33-2) when it detects 1.50 kernel mode.


here is one question from curiousity:

1. is there, by any chance, 1.00 kernel compatibility? (1.00 is definetly more defunct and useless than 1.5, but it never hurts to ask. )

and here is a suggestion:
and when you make a port to 1.5, keep it a single EBOOT and NO KXPLOIT please. :smile:



btw, thanks Hellcat for all that effort you're putting into your apps. :w00t:

[Hellcat]

:) Glad you enjoy it that much :)

The build for 1.50 is a seperate EBOOT, for quite some reasons - the kXploit beeing only one among quite some others....
....and no, no real chance of getting it to run on 1.00.


And here we go now:


UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPTIME

Changes on 1.32 since 1.30

fixed a flaw in the backup/restore functions that made them going haywire on CFWs of 3.52 and below when restoring a full firmware from a backup.
Now works fine on those lower CFWs as well :)

Well, this one is more "just for fun" than meant serious.... I made an additional build of the app, that runns on unpatched, virgin, original 1.50 :D
Restoring and creating backups works as fine as installing a fresh M33 CFW (3.71/4.01) - YES, you can go from 1.50 STRAIGHT AND NONSTOP to a fresh 4.01-M33 this way!
The other way round also works: restoring a 1.50 from a backup when running on 4.01.
(this might also help people having installed the 1.50 AddOn and so unable to use the original build)


First post suffered the same fate as this app: It got UPDATED ;)

[silver_surfer]

Thanks for Update Hellcat! :smile:

[Xéfir]

Version française :

Bonjour

J'adore votre homebrew, mais il comporte un petit bug gênant

J'ai fait un ms magique et une batterie de pandore grâce à Pandora installer (qui est de vous je crois bien :biggrin: ), façon classique

J'ai utiliser le despertar del cimentario V3 avec une psp slim première version (PSP2004 TA85v1)

Je remplace le resurrection.elf existant par le rflash.elf renommé en resurrection.elf, dans le dossier kd

Je copie le dossier RECOVERY dans GAME

Je pandorise la bettery, je l'enlève puis la remet, et la ... c'est le drame

Au lieu de me lancer Recovery Flasher, cela me dit ceci :

loading....

Error 0x8002032C loading/strating khelper.prx
Error 0x8002032C loading/strating libpsardumper.prx
Error 0x8002032C loading/strating pspdecrypt.prx
Error 0x8002032C loading/strating iplupdate.prx

Error OPENING ./EBOOT.PBP (0x8002032C)

*** ERROR 0x0BADC0DE !
can not continue....

Une solution ?

Merci d'avance
Cordialement
Xéfir Destiny

English version translate bye google :

Hello

I love your homebrew, but it has a small bug embarrassing

I had a magic ms and a battery of Pandora through Pandora install (which is you, I believe: biggrin:), a classic

I use the despertar del cimentario V3 psp with a slim first version (PSP2004 TA85v1)

I resurrection.elf replaces the existing rflash.elf renamed resurrection.elf in the dossier kd

I copy the file in RECOVERY GAME

I pandorise the bettery, I removed then delivers, and ... is the drama

Instead of getting started Recovery Flasher, it tells me this:

[CODE] loading ....

0x8002032C Error loading / strating khelper.prx
0x8002032C Error loading / strating libpsardumper.prx
0x8002032C Error loading / strating pspdecrypt.prx
0x8002032C Error loading / strating iplupdate.prx

Error OPENING. / EBOOT.PBP (0x8002032C)

*** 0x0BADC0DE ERROR!
can not continue ....[/ CODE]

A solution?

Thanks in advance
Best regards
Xéfir Destiny

[Hellcat]

Install ELF-Menu as ressurection replacement and launch Recovery-Flasher through that :)

[FearEvil19]

Thanks you. This app is awesome.

[jx233]

ok, i'm confused. sorry :confused1:

but Rflash comes with two apps now.

are they the standard 3.xx RFLASH and the 1.50 RFLASH?

and does the 1.50 RFlash have update to 3.71 m33/4.01 m33 function?

i'm unfortunatly confused Hellcat.

can you explain more in detail?

[Hellcat]

and does the 1.50 RFlash have update to 3.71 m33/4.01 m33 function?
Yes, it does :)

The 1.50 build is pretty much the same than the original one, only that it runs on 1.50 :)

[jx233]

all understood, now i can run the 1.50 RFLASH from RECOVERY MENU, but i dont have to worry about bricks, cuz i got a Pandora Battery, a MagicStick, and two TimeMachine Sticks.

but i use this app, just in case anything happens. and good work on this Hellcat!! :biggrin:

btw, Hellcat, I almost got a heart-attack :ohmy: when i first got the app (I'm very skinny but almost got a heart attack still!), and tryed it out.
It said "formatting flash0' and I think my heart stopped beating for a second. nice joke!

in the next RFlash, i know a new joke suggestion for when exiting the app, it should say :

"Formatting and repartitioning lflash...ok
Formatting MemoryStick...ok
Erasing Idstorage...ok"

and then 3 seconds later it should say:

"nah, just kidding ;p"


*but that could give a lot of people heart attacks, (LOL) :laugh:


:w00t:

[dubiyus]

you trying to give us middle aged folks real heart attacks or something? 0.o

i guess i'm just gonna wait for the pandora to arrive since I can't seem to figure out why i can't get rflash to run form the recovery menu. hopefully once i get everything back to normal and try out this program it will be all that i've expected it to be. =] thanks to hellcat for at least paying attention to my lack luster posts.........care to help me set up a psp c++ environment? i know programming but know little about setting up anything dealing with c....

[jx233]

"Formatting and repartitioning lflash...ok
Formatting MemoryStick...ok
Erasing Idstorage...ok"

and then 3 seconds later it should say:

"nah, just kidding ;p"


*but that could give a lot of people heart attacks, (LOL) :laugh:


:w00t:



yeah, but my heart almost stopped becuase of fear of a brick, anyways I am YOUNG ( under 20) so it wasn't age that almost gave me the heart attack.

it was Hellcat's message saying "formatting flash0" that scared me. (LOL)

but Hellcat should put in the new joke message that I suggested. :smile:



So Hellcat, what will the next Recovery Flasher have?

[jheremy16]

<p>How Do you pu cfw</p>

[badwhip]

i cant get this new update to work with 4.01m33 with 1.5add on any chance of an updatethatwill get this done?

[BloodHalo117]

wait, so i'm tring to get cfw 4.01 m33-2. i have everything. but from the readme it says to put the official Sony 3.71 Update EBOOT into the recovery folder. do i have to do this or not? and by the way my psp has official fw 3.5. if i don't have to put the 3.71 eboot in hte folder, then that means i can directly updtae to 4.01 m33-2, right? and i'm going to get lumines and downgarde to 1.5 first.

[ffactoryxx]

So I am a little bit confused with installation instructions

I want to pujt on 4.01 M-33.

The directions say

Now copy the official Sony 3.71 and/or 4.01 Update EBOOT, renamed
as 371.PBP (401.PBP), into the RECOVERY folder as well, or into the
memsticks root folder.

I am guessing the program will then customize the firmware on the back end ?

[46rossifumi46]

<p>hello hell cat... im just a newbie in psp... just want to know on how to unbrick my psp which is 4.01 fresh from japan... tnx</p>

[Hellcat]

Full brick? Original FW? Then there's no go for this app.

Semi brick? => It's all in the readme, it's not really rocketsience ;)

[jed101500]

<p>gudpm sir hellcats, will this flasher work on 3.80 m33-4 or 5?
you mentiones you tried it at 3.90 m33 im just wondering if it will also work on my 3.80 m33-? thanks 4 developing this program</p>

[jed101500]

<p>**mentioned**</p>

[Hellcat]

Yes, will work fine on 3.80-M33 :)

[jed101500]

<p>thank you.. dis help a lot...</p>

[jx233]

Hellcat, this don't work on 1.50 at all. It says something kinda like this: "Make sure kernel is set to 3.xx if running on 3.52 or lower. Exiting."

i tried the kxploited version and that didn't work too.

but the flash backup/restore is very very good. :w00t:

[nelangel]

<p>Hi Hellcat,
After trying the UPMS installer V4, my PSP slim got semi-bricked. I was able to access M33 Recovery Menu. I tried your latest release of Recovery Flasher V1.32 knowing that this program does not require a Pandora Battery to unbrick the set. I tried the recommmended way in the readme file, it does not boot to the program when I selected 'Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP' in the recovery menu, instead the screen just went blank, the power light on for about 10 seconds before the WIFI light blinks once and the set is off. I started to use different ways to get the program started using various ways but the result was the same. I am currently running on 4.01m33-2 CFW with 1.50 addon. I only have 4.xx kernel and 1.50 kernel. Please advise on how to revive my PSP using your program since I dont have a Pandora battery.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>

[adephils]

<p>i have my psp upgraded to a 3.40 from 3.03 and now my iso do not load so i am trying to upgrade to a 3.71 and for some reason i have the software on my pssp,but it does not seem to be upgrading,at least i think i have it because it shows on the game stick menu of my psp.please someone help,because i still can't play the iso,they just keep loading but never seem to start</p>

[Hellcat]

@nelangel:
You say your SLIM bricked, but then you say you're running the 1.50 addon? I is confuzzed....

@adephils:
First off, WHAT does not work? You getting any errors when trying to update to 3.71? Are you trying to update the FW AT ALL?

And finally: If the ISO doesn't work - BUY the damn game, no support from me there!

[duh.dong]

i was able to downgrade from a CFW 4.01 m33-2 to 3.71 m33-4 but now i'm getting an error message "An internet error has occured. (00000001)" whenever i try to test Network Settings .. any idea how to fix this?

[labo]

hi can you guys tell me what seems the problem i just updated from v1.31 to v1.32 but now it wont start and hangs in loading the loading screen btw i did not copy 1.50 folder

[Hellcat]

@duh-dong:
That's a known bug from Sony! It's present in OFW as well, only happens when the PSP couldn't find any WiFi APs, everything works fine as soon as there's one AP discoverable.

@labo:
That's weird.... it just sits there and does nothing? Any other issues with the PSP (like semi brick, or such)?

[necronen]

Hi there, will this work on my PSP Fat 4.01M33-2 using only 32MB MS? I am planning to downgrade my PSP back to 3.71M33 and have it upgrade again to 3.90M33.

[ryumi]

thank you very much!. this is an excellent apps. more power

[snirky]

Hi, I was directed to this thread from my help needed thread. I have been unable to upgrade my PSP beyond 3.71M33-4 even using my pandoras kit (PSP Pandora Deluxe 1.3 btw). It was suggested i try using Hellcat's recovery flasher. However, I encountered the same problem which is after the installation is successful and i'm told to press any button, i reset my PSP, the MS light flashes abit and i get a black screen which i believe is a full brick.

Any suggestions, help or advice is very much appreciated.

[necronen]

I think you should have use the Universal Unbricker instead of that PSP Pandora Deluxe.
Where I believed is the easiest way to unbrick a PSP without hassle. As long you followed the guides correctly.

Here it is http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=3780

[snirky]

@necronen
Thanks for the prompt reply. However, using universal unbricker was the program i tried before using PSP pandora deluxe.

[attski]

Hi Hellcat!

Thank you for this wonderful upgrading/downgrading tool !
Having being away from the CFW and homebrew scene for so long, I came to use your tool to upgrade my PSP to the latest CFW :D

FearEvil19 had recommended me to Hellcat's Recover Flasher, so I wanna thank him too!

THANK YOU HELLCAT >.< THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING DEVELOPMENTS!

Attski

[duh.dong]

@Hellcat
weird thing is that my unit's just beside my wireless router .. my phone can connect but my unit can't .. tried upgrading it to a higher firmware version but still can't connect .. i guess, it's a hardware problem .

but your software/guide is really helpful .. the technicians fixing my PSP was having problems downgrading the software and they have my unit for like 3 weeks and wasn't able to do anything

followed the steps and less than a day, everything's ok except for the wifi ..

[angelsniper45]

haha. nice app. especially with the formatting flash0:// haha

[Lonely]

<p>I have recently upgrade my psp to version 4.05 and i cant play my memory stick games anymore pls help me</p>

[Starkadh]

@Hellcat

Excellent utility! Great work! A little something I noticed while testing 1.32 that I thought would be handy is a 'exit' function from the backup menu. That way if you just want to look at the current backup slots, you don't have to create another backup, overwrite one, or kill the program with the 'HOME' key to get out of the backup function screen.

Keep up the great work.

[Phoenix3745]

awesome product.

I wonder if you gonna add the features to flash a fresh 3.80m33-5 and 3.90m33-3.
This will take recovery flasher to a new level.

[Hellcat]

** UPDATE ** UPDATE ** UPDATE **

Added native support for installing a fresh 5.00-M33

Added option to cache the special modules from all updater .PBP currently on your memstick.
The modules are saved seperately and - if present - used directly instead of extracting them from the required updater (again) when performing a restore of a backup.
This way you can save space on the memstick by deleting the updater .PBPs if you don't need them otherwise.

First post has been updated.


// EDIT
@Phoenix3745:
3.80-M33 and 3.90-M33 might indeed be added.... eventually.... one day ;)

[silver_surfer]

thanks for the update Hellcat! Kudos! 8)

[jx233]

nice!!!

sorry if I sound like n00b, but got some questions:

1.but when in 5.00 M33 can we view files in flash0? ( are they hidden?)

2.is there a 1.50 version too, to upgrade a FW 1.50 all the way to 5.00 M33?

3.and Hellcat, can you add the feature of "Update Recovery Flasher", where users can update RFlash?
(UPT has an update feature, so I hope RFlash have this too.)

4. are the updater modules encrypted or decrypted?

btw, i tryed 5.00 M33, it was ok, but went back to 3.52 M33-4. :blushing:

I hope a TimeMachine 5.00 M33 will be released soon, or exact opposite: release a 3.52 M33-4 for TM.

If there will be 3.52 M33-4 in TimeMachine, i will update to 5.00 M33.

[bakemono1526]

Nice Job Hellcat!

[musicboy]

<p>hey er why when i try to start the recovery thing it say game cannot start the data is corrupted. i can't run from recovery mode as my psp firmware is 5.00 and i dunno why can't go recovery mode and my psp is slim
please reply ASAP</p>

[Hellcat]

1:
If you enable flash-via-USB in the recovery menu of the CFW you can browse the flash, why shouldn't you be able to? :)

2:
Recovery Flasher comes with a special version for 1.50 OFW, yes.
And yes, you CAN flash directely to 5.00-M33 from 1.50 :D

3:
Most likely not, since I can't be bothered (yet) to fiddle around with the PSPs WiFi stuff.
Maybe in the far future....

4:
Encrypted, but loadable by any FW, so that isn't a problem.


@musicboy:
You got 5.00 official firmware? Think again :p

[musicboy]

<p>er i dun understand what u are talking and i dunno ? i just can't go into recovery mode as i turn on my psp while holding R and when i press select nth came out too
pls help i really want my games to come back.....</p>

[musicboy]

<p>hey wait what you mean is 5.00 can't downgrade?
use ur software?</p>

[Hellcat]

Go to "Settings" => "System Settings" => "System Information"

If there is no "-M33" behind the "5.00", then.... well.... you're screwed.
In that case only a Pandora can help you, sorry....

[mopargk]

As always great piece of work. Handy, very handy.....fun to play with too.
Updated the whole crew (2 phats and 3 slims ) without any need for a pandora.
I ARE IMPRESSED!
HATS OFF TO YA HELLCAT And Thanks for all the your hard work.

[rnc_ebm]

H E L L C A T s - R e c o v e r y - F l a s h e r
================================================== =====
* recover semi-bricks * up-/downgrade your CFW *
* flash *ANY* CFW directely to 3.71-/4.01-/5.00-M33 *
* backup/restore firmware flash (not NAND dump) *
all without Pandora
================================================== =====

[ D*O*W*N*L*O*A*D (http://fserv.skill-club.com/get_801_e91d.html) ]

So long! :-)
---==> HELLCAT <==---


best RECOVERY FLASHER VERSION.................

i'll USE THIS 'TILL NEW DC RELEASED.........


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[bakemono1526]

Hellcat just want some question..
tHis flasher does not affect flash1?
am i right? just to be sure..hehe..

[RPK]

Okay well this seems cool, sorry for this noob question. Well, I have a Fat PSP thats at 3.03 OE-B and it says the current kernel is 3.03. Well, I'm wondering does this help both of those things get to the newest one whichever one thats better atleast.

[Hellcat]

Hellcat just want some question..
tHis flasher does not affect flash1?
am i right? just to be sure..hehe..
Depends.
If you choose to format the settings upon install, it does affect flash1.
If you choose NOT to format the settings, then it does not, unless a somewhat critical error could result out of it.


Okay well this seems cool, sorry for this noob question. Well, I have a Fat PSP thats at 3.03 OE-B and it says the current kernel is 3.03. Well, I'm wondering does this help both of those things get to the newest one whichever one thats better atleast.
If you have any SE/OE/M33 called CFW on your PSP, just make sure the kernel for /PSP/GAME is set to the high one (2.xx/3.xx/4.xx or 5.xx) and run the app from the XMP.

You will then be able to flash directly to the desired CFW (3.71/4.01/5.00) :)

[jamal]

<p>sdsdsds</p>

[esbandeira]

<p>Hi, thanks for creating this amazing app, I've saved my dead battery thanks to you !!!!
Great Job !!!!</p>

[pspnoob1]

<p>Hi I'm new at screwing around with my psp and want to add custom firmware to my psp, but have the official 4.01 one installed.</p>
<p>Whenever I try to update/run programs like this or custom m33 updates it keeps saying 'The game could not be started. (80020148)' Please help</p>
<p>Thank you</p>

[jx233]

<p>Hi I'm new at screwing around with my psp and want to add custom firmware to my psp, but have the official 4.01 one installed.</p>
<p>Whenever I try to update/run programs like this or custom m33 updates it keeps saying 'The game could not be started. (80020148)' Please help</p>
<p>Thank you</p>


You need a Pandora Battery and a MagicStick to get custom firmware on your PSP Slim.

It is impossible right now go from official to custom firmware without a Pandora Battery.

If your PSP cannot be modded with a Pandora Battery, then you have a TA-088 V3 or the "unhackable psp".

If you don't have a Pandora Battery, or if you don't have friend/cousin/sibling who has one, you have no luck. :sad:

[VEGAN0011]

hi Hellcat where do you put the files from the pandora folder as just bricked psp on 4.01m33-2 got it back to 3.71m33-2 with recovery flasherv1.32 it wont update to 5.00m33 its a japan import psp

[bakemono1526]

Thanks a lot Hellcat! This is very useful to me.
Hoping for more development from yours..
Great App!

[musicboy]

<p>hey hellcat pls reply asap , how do i make my original firmware 5.00 to custom firmware 5.00? or anyother ppl please help</p>

[Jake]

<p>hey hellcat pls reply asap , how do i make my original firmware 5.00 to custom firmware 5.00? or anyother ppl please help</p>

Go here http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=6832

[Hellcat]

hi Hellcat where do you put the files from the pandora folder as just bricked psp on 4.01m33-2 got it back to 3.71m33-2 with recovery flasherv1.32 it wont update to 5.00m33 its a japan import psp
What error are you getting?

You can just grab Rec.Flasher 1.40 and flash directely to 5.00-M33 with that.



All other q's seem solved :D



P.S.: In case someone wants to ask: yes, the recent M33 Update will be put in, but since 5.00-3 doesn't seem to be too far away, I might wait for that one.
That gives me also some time to tweak the one or the other thing :)

[rnc_ebm]

@Hellcat

waiting for your EXCELLENT RECOVERY FLASHER UPDATE.

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i182/RNC_EBM/GSM%20Other/img-81020_snap001_g-r-full.jpg

5.00 M33-3 WAS RELEASED AGAIN (http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=9288).........


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[Hellcat]

HOPE YOU UPDATE
Will do :)

Right now it's time for updating my dreams using a big dosage of sleep :D :p
But I got the 5.00-M33-3 update downloaded already and ready to hit my PSP.

Will do so tonight and see what I get, with a bit of luck I'll have it ready by tomorrow :)

[rnc_ebm]

Will do :)

Right now it's time for updating my dreams using a big dosage of sleep :D :p
But I got the 5.00-M33-3 update downloaded already and ready to hit my PSP.

Will do so tonight and see what I get, with a bit of luck I'll have it ready by tomorrow :)

Thanks for the INFO.

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[VEGAN0011]

hi hellcat re named the 5.00 file wrong so it would not read it and came up error got japan psp on 5.00m33 thanks for the update just updatet it to 5.00m33

[Hellcat]

As promised:

UPDATE ** UPDATE ** UPDATE ** UPDATE


Updated flashing of 5.00-M33 to 5.00-M33-3

Fixed backing up of CFWs with the 1.50 AddOn installed. Those backups have been incomplete (the 1.50 kernel wasn't included in the backup), now everything is propperly backed up.

Fixed a bug when the program got a bit confusored when stumbling over a 150.PBP while caching the updater modules (150.PBP is now skipped, there are no modules to extract in there anyway)

Added a warning about not resetting/formating flash1 when flashing a different FW than currently installed (keeping flash1 by flashing a different FW version can cause confusion for the new FW)



First post has been updated

[doning]

Thanks! This one is very usefull.

[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

thanks for the update but CFE 3.0 nor screenshot plugin doesn't work in-game (within the program)

[Hellcat]

Hi.

None of these work 'cause there are no plugins loaded while Recovery Flasher runs.

Reason: When being launched (in game mode), Recovery Flasher re-launches itself again into updater-mode (the same system mode the official updaters run in).
That's also the reason why the "loading...." disappears for a while during launch.

The CFW has no facility to load plugins in updater mode - and believe me, that's a good thing ;)
(You wouldn't want a plugin interfering with your flashing process just 'cause it thinks it should do something right at the wrong moment, would you?)

[doning]

Howcome the sceenshot doesnt work??

[Hellcat]

See my post above.
The plugin doesn't get loaded. No plugin, no screenshot.

[rnc_ebm]

As promised:

UPDATE ** UPDATE ** UPDATE ** UPDATE


Updated flashing of 5.00-M33 to 5.00-M33-3

Fixed backing up of CFWs with the 1.50 AddOn installed. Those backups have been incomplete (the 1.50 kernel wasn't included in the backup), now everything is propperly backed up.

Fixed a bug when the program got a bit confusored when stumbling over a 150.PBP while caching the updater modules (150.PBP is now skipped, there are no modules to extract in there anyway)

Added a warning about not resetting/formating flash1 when flashing a different FW than currently installed (keeping flash1 by flashing a different FW version can cause confusion for the new FW)



First post has been updated

Thanks for the EXCELLENT UPDATE.


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[silver_surfer]

@ Hellcat:

I see thanks for clearing that up.. :wink:

[xdewtr]

Great!
Thanks Hellcat!
Recovery Flasher finally support 5.00 M33!
By the way...
I used "cache special updater", but I don't know where the .prx file was put...

[Hellcat]

I used "cache special updater", but I don't know where the .prx file was put...
Whooops, did I forget to put it into the readme? Damn *rips "add it" note from monitor and sticks it at his nose*

The extracted updater .PRXs are saved to /PSP/SYSTEM/UPDPRX (or something like that, don't remember 100% right now)

In there you'll find subfolders for any updater processed, named like the updater ("340.PBP", "whatever.PBP" and such).

In THOSE folder you will then finally find the three .PRXs in question.


They also work very well when used with ELF-Menu's USB access :)

[xdewtr]

Whooops, did I forget to put it into the readme? Damn *rips "add it" note from monitor and sticks it at his nose*


Idiom can easily kill a foreigner. :(
Anyway, thanks for solving my problem.

[Hellcat]

The UPDPRX folder can be savely copied to any other PSP, yes :)

[Kairu43]

your latest version posted on QJ.net had some issues when I was attempting to unzip it. Here's a pic of what happened. Don't know if it's just me, but I attempted to unzip it with another application and only the 1.50 folder was there.

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f213/Kairu43/error.jpg

[Jake]

That can be caused by a broken download, try redownloading it again.

[jx233]

this might be pointless, but for PSP Phat, can you add the option of installing "a fresh 1.50"?

This would be handy for the n00bs who dont own a Pandora Battery or just people who want to go to 1.50 using Recovery EBOOT

(i not n00b, have I my own Pandora Battery, but I know people who dont have one. It would be handy for them to return to 1.50 if they wanted to.)

so what do you think Hellcat?

[Hellcat]

Let 1.50 die in peace and rest in eternity.

N00bies don't need 1.50, noone really needs 1.50.... it's even more than pointless.... :scared:


However, if there's more ppl who would like that, I might do a seperate little 1.50 flasher, based on Recovery Flasher.
But I won't put it in the app itself.... ;)

[jx233]

Let 1.50 die in peace and rest in eternity.

I have 1.50, on my PSP-1001 but it runs through TimeMachine. [ms0:/TM/150/ipl.bin]




However, if there's more ppl who would like that, I might do a seperate little 1.50 flasher, based on Recovery Flasher.
But I won't put it in the app itself.... ;)

Yeah, that would get rid of the RECOVERY EBOOT for older M33 and OE CFW, and Downgrade371M33_by_Samhain EBOOT.

[Shakaw03]

Hey I need help here, I'm really noob when related to CFW and stuff, a friend of mine did all the "dirty work" for me on my brand new PSP 2000 and now I'm running under CFW 3.90 (not sure which version exactly) for some months now, and as I am going wireless I wanted to be up to date to the lastest CFW which looks like is the 5.00.
So, in summary, I wanto to know which steps I need to run in order to upgrade from 3.90 to the lastest avaiable. I know this is well explained here and under other topics, but I'm afraid to brick my precious ok :laugh:

Thanks a lot!

[ommie299]

<p>dude i semi bricked mine and i dont know what to do
i try to install it via recovery but i need help
CFW 500m33 semi bricked</p>

[ommie299]

sorry but i have 500m33-3 semi bricked and it will not load in recovery
help please

[Harmox]

I also have 5.00m33 and the recovery will not load on it....HELP PLS
it just goes off after selecting it

[Hellcat]

How was the semi caused?


And BTW:

I'm currently writing down the ToDo list for the next version.
So, if you've got any feature suggestions, NOW would be the time to talk 'bout them :)

[jx233]

To do:

1. Add the option of installing a fresh 3.90 M33-3

2. Add the abilility to install a fresh 1.50 for PSP-1000 (some people still use Recovery from the OE CFW to go to 1.50)

[jx233]

oh yeah
OFW 1.00 FW restore does not work.

there no updater prxs for it. i need to go to fw 1.00 for various reasons. any way on getting 1.00 restore to work?

btw, Dark_Alex 1.50 to 1.00 downgrader is dangerous.

any solution?

[Kellicros]

Just reflashed from 5.01 to 4.01, and XMB crashes everytime I cycle through the text input options with select button, is this a bug? or is it something else? I am thinking it has something to do with the qwerty keyboard added in 5.0, I don't know. :S

[Hellcat]

I might take 3.80/3.90 and/or even 1.50 into consideration, however, I vote strongly against 1.50 tho.... let it die! It's over, 1.50 had it's days but they passed.... a long time ago.... I might put it in anyway.... we'll see ;)

1.00 restore can't work, since you can't make a 1.00 backup - RF just doesn't run on 1.00.
What *might* work (haven't tried yet) is put a backup together manually, but you'd need the 1.00 IPL for that as well!


@Kellicros:
Try resetting the system settings.

[Kellicros]

@Kellicros:
Try resetting the system settings.
I chose to reset my system setting upon reflashing with your tool, anyway, reflashed to 3.71 then updated to 4.01 manually, problem solved.

[jx233]

Well, remember the Recovery EBOOT from the OE/early M33 days?

It took us to 1.50. It would be nice to have that in RFlash.

Besides, (the last remaining) users on HEN can use RFlash to their advantange, and have a choice of having 5.00 M33-3, 4.01 M33-2, 3.71 M33-4, and (maybe) FW 1.50 on their PSP.

The 1.00 restore dont work. I put flash dump into the right folder, and flash restore in checks for 100.PBP. ( Not there!)

I renamed 150.PBP to 100.PBP, just errors.

BTW, I was trying to restore 1.00 through RFlash "Pandora Mode" from jas0nuk ELF Menu.

any hope for 1.00 restore? it would be nice.

[memeru]

hello good day, i have question, my friend have psp phat with version 1.50 firmware, can i upgrade it to 5.00 m33 directly using this program (recover flasher)

[ei8th08]

<p>ei mr. hellcat i have a long time problem
i have a psp 3004 and i update it in a v5.01
and i want to downgrade it. i already tried your recovery flasher but its not working. when i start your recovery flasher it says the file is corrupt
pls help mr. hellcat</p>

[angelsniper45]

wow! is this elf compatible or not?