Dark_AleX update of the week: 3.40 OE-A and 3.30 OE-A'

Posted Apr 20, 2007 at 2:13PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Applications Tags: Custom Firmware, Dark-AleX, Sony

Within the past few days, PSP owners were kept on the edge of their seats by reports of FW 3.40 in South Korea and in Japan. Well, soon enough, the latest firmware version for the Sony handheld reached North American shores, and without fail, coders and homebrew devs set to work on it immediately. And who else would keep the ball rolling but Dark_AleX?

Well, now that the whole community is in motion again, the great DAX is leading the pack and has just produced a couple of more updates. The first is the release of custom firmware 3.40 OE-A, and for this update, he notes the following improvements that were made from 3.30 OE-A to 3.40 OE-A:

Updated from 3.30 firmware to 3.40
Security patch: Fixed a bug that has been in all 3.XX OE, that caused random data to be written to a location in lcdc.prx or (in worst case) emc_sm.prx ram space.
Autboot that is missing since 3.03 OE-C has been reimplemented.
Improvements in the flasher. It will now generate also the flash1 directories, and it will check that the dxar is the correct for this update, so no more bricks by accidentally using other DATA.DXAR.

Meanwhile, he has also updated 3.30 OE-A to 3.30 OE-A', and in THAT update, the following fixes were implemented:

Security patch: Fixed a bug that has been in all 3.XX OE, that caused random data to be written to a location in lcdc.prx or (in worst case) emc_sm.prx ram space.
Autboot that is missing since 3.03 OE-C has been reimplemented.

Now isn't that a lot to be happy about? In any case, as usual, ALWAYS READ THE README FIRST before you try to install any of these, as DAX has included some important installation instructions for both updates. Remember, you want to prolong the life of your PSP, and not shorten it, okay?

Thanks to everyone who sent us tips about this!

Download: 3.40 OE-A by Dark_AleX
Download: 3.30 OE-A ' by Dark_AleX

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Comments

# wow — Atarian 2007-04-20 09:36

quick work. nice job!

# wow — Guest 2007-04-20 09:38

wow that was quick i didn't even know team C + D had dycpted it yet.

great work DAX

# nice — Guest 2007-04-20 09:38

Once again Dark Alex save the day

# yayayayay — bmxadan 2007-04-20 09:39

GJ !! +1

kool this is amazing,does it have custom icons???

# Good Day! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:40

Sun is shining, new custom firmware and it's 4/20. Thank you DAX, you are PSP God!

Peace Out

# dax! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:40

Wow there really is no stopping Dark-AleX! he is a psp god!

# wow, cool — Guest 2007-04-20 09:41

Once again Dark Alex save the day

# yeah i thought it was fake — Guest 2007-04-20 09:42

i first seen it on pspcrazy.com. but then seen it on dark_alex.org and was about to inform you guys but u are fast lol

# aaa — Guest 2007-04-20 09:42

Once again Dark Alex save the day. 10x man. we love you. runnin' 3.30 oe-a'. 10x dax

# hehe — Guest 2007-04-20 09:44

great

finally a OE updated without people saying "FIRST FIRST FIRST!!!"

great

now running 3.40 OE-A

both are the same but 3.40 is a firmware higher XD

# QJ — Guest 2007-04-20 09:44

Please add this under info for 3.40:

Note about pops. I recommend people to backup their savedata before proceeding to change them

(Sony has changed the savedata format, and they force you to change the format in 3.40 if you want to play them).

If a plugin to load previous firmwares pops appear, the savedata will have to be in the old format for those firmwares,

that's why it is better to have a backup of them. Psx savedatas are in /PSP/SAVEDATA/[code of game]

# Please Stop this — Guest 2007-04-20 09:46

Everyone this is not an official SONY firmware. That means that it could have unstability issues that you may not know about. If you read about the security that fixed the bug in the previous OE's, you should note that it fixes a bug that could cause files to be written in ram space. No one was informed of this when the programmer released these malicous codes. If you keep updating to unknown possibilities you will surely render your psp useless with a voided warranty. So please have common sense and upgrade to official SONY firmwares only.

Sincerely,

J.P. Hendrick

# wow, does D_A sleep ? — Guest 2007-04-20 09:46

3.30oe-a just released, and he release 3.40oe-a already, i bet next week he gonna release 3.50oe-a

# Autoboot back — Guest 2007-04-20 09:46

How quick was that!!?? ;-)

Great to hear that autoboot has returned - i really missed it. IRshell autobooting here i come

# thanx again! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:49

you da man dax! thanx, happy 420!!

# Thanks! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:49

Wow and I just finished customizing my 3.30 oe-a!Thanks Dax for giving the option of upgrading to 3.30 oe-a' !!!!! It would be a shame to have to Flash the mods all over again. Im problably not jumping to 3.40 oe-a until a game requires it.

# Dang, already? — Guest 2007-04-20 09:50

I just downloaded and upgraded 3.30 OE-A yesterday, and now this is out. XD Oh well.

# the bastard!! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:52

BRICKED!!!!

:'-(

I DEMAND MY MONEY BACK!! THE FULL $200

# ?? — Guest 2007-04-20 09:52

so which one is better 3.30oe a' or 3.40oe????

# :-| — Guest 2007-04-20 09:54

stfu noob.

# comfirm — Guest 2007-04-20 09:56

topmenu's and eveything (custom) else works. updated about 45min ago.

# WTF?! — Guest 2007-04-20 09:57

Yeah.....dumbass, I 1) doubt you actually work for Sony, much less that you would be an executive and 2) say that your info is by far retarded.

WE KNOW IT ISN'T AN OFFICIAL FIRMWARE! IT'S BETTER! YOUR WARRANTIES ARE USELESS TO BEGIN WITH!

Oh...and if you were smart you'd work together and maybe satisfy all of us in the PSP community instead of pulling ***** like this and telling us to use your crappy official firmwares that don't allow people to show what they can do to make this a true multimedia device.

# ... — Guest 2007-04-20 09:58

Same thing pretty much...

3.3 OE a' is nice if you don't want a full reinstall.

# hey jackass — Guest 2007-04-20 10:00

he need not have necessarily KNOWN about that bug when he released his previous OE f.ws. It did no harm whatsoever to my PSP and i'm proud to say that i've been using OE ever since i bought my psp. Besides he's fixed the bug already and admitted to there being one so stop *****ing, we all know your not a sony exec, troll

# I'm lovin' it!!! — Guest 2007-04-20 10:01

Dear J.P. Hendrick

I think $$$$$$$$$$ony's bugs are the best, allow all of us to use homebrew stuff. Thank you very much!!

Sincerely,

Normal User

PS: thrust yo official firmware up the 4rse

# Troll — Guest 2007-04-20 10:09

Nothing to see here, move along.

# good point — Guest 2007-04-20 10:09

Hmmm that is an interesting point, thanks.

I suppose this does make Popsloader a little trickier with two types of savestates floating around....

# HAHAHAHAHAHA! — Guest 2007-04-20 10:09

"Please Stop this"

HA! I don't think this will ever stop buddy! What you produce is not what we want so we'll just modify it a little. HAHAHAH!

# the link doesent work for me — martin62 2007-04-20 10:15

wen i pres download it just takes me back to the same page

# help — Guest 2007-04-20 10:19

guys help me ans this question...if i have a FW 3.40 or 3.30 can i update this 2 FW to 3.40 OE-A?!?!?...guys pls reply me...

# Custom — Guest 2007-04-20 10:24

SO, can you us your custom topmenu's and stuff from 3.03 OE-C>

# Re:jeoxyh — Guest 2007-04-20 10:26

no....u can update only from 1.50 or previous OE firmwares

# Great Work — Guest 2007-04-20 10:28

WOW... Shocked that the firmware hasn't even been out a full day and here is Dark_Alex with another update. Love it man keep up the good work =]

# .................... — Guest 2007-04-20 10:35

o u have 3.40? well too bad u cant enjoy it! now go play ur UMDs

# please — Guest 2007-04-20 10:38

can you guys who make this stuff help out the people like me , that have 3.11... well , i just got my psp and didnt know about custom firmware

# Help — Guest 2007-04-20 10:39

When ever i try to download from dl.qj.net it just takes me to the same page (reloads the same page agian as if I clicked refresh), can anyone tell me how i can fix this? I'm using IE 7 and mozilla firefox wont work either.... :(

# But — Guest 2007-04-20 10:51

...if i use official firmware can i still play SVC Chaos and Mario 3? I just love mario 3....

# Dark_Alex the god-like entity — wickedss 2007-04-20 10:53

great job. Keep on ***king $ony.

# 3.30' oe-a or 3.40 oe-a — Guest 2007-04-20 10:55

Which one should I chose becuase there isn't really a change that matters between 3.30 and 3.40.

# ace — xfile087 2007-04-20 10:56

Just upgraded mine and worked perfect!!!!!!

# The Source — Guest 2007-04-20 10:57

Just go to the Source.

I downloaded from DA's page wich is referred as:

[Via Dark_AleX]

on the bottom of the article

# yo — Guest 2007-04-20 11:03

dont downgrade your psp when your high though, wait till tomorrow

# pick 3.40 — Guest 2007-04-20 11:07

um pick 3.40, newer is better... lol

# that was close... — Guest 2007-04-20 11:14

i must have done something wrong and ended up with a brick, but recovery mode saved my psp's life, i went back to 3.30 oe a' and everything works well. thank you, Dark_Alex, for all your hard work, especially for your amazing recovery mode.

# No. — Guest 2007-04-20 11:17

No. You can't Sorry.

# custom icons — Guest 2007-04-20 11:17

you can use custom icons on 3.30OEA....go to Max Consoles and search for custom icons in their forums. I am running the Black32 Encore 4 on 3.30OEA with NO problems...100% works

# i want to brick my psp — martin62 2007-04-20 11:28

i have a psp 3.11 and i cant update to 3.30 because of the motherboard or something like that and i want to brick my psp what can i do i need some help

# Quick Question — Guest 2007-04-20 11:31

I noticed that he said "autoboot" and said its been missing since 3.03 OE-C.

Wasn't that missing autobot function in 3.03 OE-C which prevented us form having Cintros on anything above 3.03 OE-B?

If so does that mean that Cintros will now work on 3.40 OE-A?

# good question — xfile087 2007-04-20 11:36

that is an excellent question!

# help i want to brick my psp — martin62 2007-04-20 11:37

i need something or were can i ge t the psp trojan virus

# Don't — Guest 2007-04-20 11:37

If u do u r really stupid.....

# 3.40 OE icons? — Guest 2007-04-20 11:38

Can 3.40 OE have custom icons?

# Custom Icons? — Guest 2007-04-20 11:40

Does anyone know if custom icons work in either one because i'm still at 3.10 OE-A.........and which one should i upgrade too....

# Custom Icons? — Guest 2007-04-20 11:42

Does anyone know if custom icons work in either one because i'm still at 3.10 OE-A.........and which one should i upgrade too....

# missing somthing.... — Guest 2007-04-20 11:45

Well I guess they neglected to say if POPs and custom icons are supported yet with 3.40 OE. I don't want to upgrade till I know POP's is at least supported. Has anybody heard anything yet about POPs support with 3.40 OE?

# i want to brick my psp — martin62 2007-04-20 11:45

what can i do to brick my pspits a 3.11 psp that for some reason i cant update so how can i brick it

# icons — Guest 2007-04-20 11:49

I would also like to know if icons work in 3.40 OE, because im also at 3.10 OE.

# strange ... — Guest 2007-04-20 11:50

my white psp has a portable tv + hotspot icon

but my black psp with the same custom firmware does not have them o.o

# help — martin62 2007-04-20 11:53

please sum budy tell me how to brick my psp its a 3.11 psp that for some reason i cant update so how can i brick it

# I will tell u but u it better be under warranty.... — Guest 2007-04-20 11:55

I think u r not very smart but just start upgrading and unplug the charger or just turn it off in the middle of it..

I DON'T RECOMEND IT THOUGH.................

# i cant update and i want to brick it — martin62 2007-04-20 11:57

thanks for trying but i cant update to any newer fw

so what can i do

# i cant update — martin62 2007-04-20 12:00

but thanks n e ways

i need something alse

# i cant update — martin62 2007-04-20 12:02

but thanks n e ways

i need something alse

# Firefox — Guest 2007-04-20 12:03

Idiot

# help — martin62 2007-04-20 12:05

thanks for the gess but i cant update for some reason i need something alse

# ????? — Guest 2007-04-20 12:07

render your psp useless ???? Are you *****ing stupid or wat. Thats why Dark Alex has made a thing called Recovery for it asssssssssss

# .... — Guest 2007-04-20 12:14

they dun have to...3.30 decrypter works with 3.40...QJ already said that

# a dead — Guest 2007-04-20 12:15

look if u update to 3.40 oe a u suck hairy b@lls thats it

# Pops — Guest 2007-04-20 12:15

Pops never stopped working in the first place guys. It was the loader that you used to load old versions of pops that didn't work. It still doesn't, but considering FF7 runs perfect, I have no complaints.

# give it to me — Guest 2007-04-20 12:15

ill brick it for you tee-hee.

# sucking ***** — Guest 2007-04-20 12:16

look if u update to 3.40 oe a u suck hairy b@lls thats it

# I want a brick — Guest 2007-04-20 12:18

Try updating using the official sony 3.40 fw and when it is updating pull the battery pack out. And if that doesn't work, try throwing it out of a car window while driving on the freeway.

# i need something real — Guest 2007-04-20 12:19

i need something real that will brick my psp

not someone that likes talking sh*t

# dog — Guest 2007-04-20 12:20

cat ya te la mytey boca

# Yea me 2 — Guest 2007-04-20 12:20

Some1 answer this i need 2 no 2

# what about... — Guest 2007-04-20 12:21

custom icons and waves? is there a seperate file to add pops to 3.40 oe?

# i need something real that will brick it — martin62 2007-04-20 12:22

i need some thing that will brick my psp no tome one that likes to talk sh*t

# Mr. Brick — Guest 2007-04-20 12:22

What a Retard!!!!

# about recovery mode — Guest 2007-04-20 12:24

Does recovery mode automaticaly create a recovery point or do you have to create it your self? I've never used it before and I don't know what to do just in case something goes wrong. Any help appreciated. thanks

# tu cayate!! — martin62 2007-04-20 12:25

tu cayate puto pinchi mamon

# :D — Guest 2007-04-20 12:25

lol you idiot mine is working perfect

# tu callate — martin62 2007-04-20 12:26

tu cayate puto pinchi mamon

# i just need a brick!! — martin62 2007-04-20 12:33

because i want a new one because am a teke it to the store a bout it from to get a new one because i cant update mine

# web browser/custom icons — Guest 2007-04-20 12:39

I updated to 3.30 oe a' and I found

custom

1)battery icon works

2)volume/ loading icon works

web browser does not work and goes to the blue death screen (aka that blue screen with the words in every language that tells you to press circle)

how do I use the web browser

# .. — Guest 2007-04-20 12:40

The title could have said "DAX *****S GOLD!!" and I would have believed it.

# about recovery mode — Guest 2007-04-20 12:40

I haven't damaged my PSP yet, I just want to know for future referance how to use recovery mode. No need to call me an idiot and stop being a god damn flamer. GOD Damnit it's so hard to get co-operative answers from a forum full of ass holes. Some times I really think about going to other forums because this site has run rampant with nothing but flaming ass holes that call you names for no reason.

# psp — Guest 2007-04-20 12:42

I have just updated to this new 3.40 custom fw from the good-old 3.30 OE-A, and i've noticed, that I can't copy down the config.se file from the psp's f0 memory to my pc via usb when i'd like to make a backup from the flash. What can cause it?

# sony exec? — Guest 2007-04-20 12:45

you have nothing better to do than write on the forums, your warranties are useless anyway, we can just take them back to Wal-mart, and official Sony firmware is usually broke and way behind the curve

# to ASD — Guest 2007-04-20 12:47

I don't have the answer to your question but I sympathize with you about the flamers.

It so hard to get good help here with all the flamers

looking for community members that ask "How to"

questions, as targets onwhich to ignite upon. "NOOOOB!"

The rest of the time they spend searching for fresh

threads on which to "1st POST!".

Sigh......

# help — martin62 2007-04-20 12:48

how can i brick my psp

# to asd — Guest 2007-04-20 12:56

I don't have the answer for you but I do sympathize with you about the flamers.

It's so hard to get good help here with all the

flamers looking for community members that ask

"How to" questions, as targets onwhich to ignite

upon. "NOOOOB!" The rest of the time they

spend searching for fresh threads on which to

"1st POST!".

Sigh......

# PLEASE — Guest 2007-04-20 12:58

pls som1 delete that moron

# cabron — Guest 2007-04-20 13:04

viate a la mierda maricon que se mete el platano en tu culo

Quit spamming your nonsense!!

# WHO CARES!!!!!!!!! — Guest 2007-04-20 13:08

JUST SHUT UPPPPPPPPP LOSER!!!!!!!!!J UST LIVE WITH IT..............

# Wow — Guest 2007-04-20 13:09

I just want to express my appreciation for Dark_AleX making these. He is literally a psp hero. I am still at 3.03. I am waiting untill he makes one where you can use psx eboots from lower firmwares. But still amazing job.

# sabes que puto — martin62 2007-04-20 13:09

bete a cojerte a tu jefa y tu eres el que se mete el platano en el culo

pinchi pendejo yjo de tu pinchi reputa madre

pinchi jotito que ni sabe ablar español

you know what fu** you you stupid pendejo

o yeah and tell your mom i said hi and tell her that if she still remembers my big dic*

# Playstation CORRUPTION in 340OEA — Guest 2007-04-20 13:19

Hey Guys,

After converting my PSX save files and loading FFVII the game crashes out after about 5min of play, or at the beginning of a battle scene. If you are having these same types of issues, please post here. BE SURE TO BACKUP SAVE FILES BEFORE PLAYING PS1 GAMES!!!

# why — Guest 2007-04-20 13:24

why do people want to brick their psp just because they have 3.11 . Did i miss something.

# confused due to cryptic speaking patterns — Guest 2007-04-20 13:24

I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to put a custome firmware on a psp that has 3.30 official firm. First off just from reading all the posts ((I know), why did you do that, are you stupid?) No I am not stupid, I had the psp sent to me while I was over seas when I got it my little brother had already gone through the upgrade process (to late to cry over spilt milk). Now what steps do I need to go through, and please only people with the ability to comment with respect and human morals say anything. I'm confused enough as is. Not to be rude, if I came across as such I am sorry. I just really need some help, before I "brick" this thing because I don't know what I'm doing.

# to Newb to the PSP world — Guest 2007-04-20 13:34

Unfortunately, you are not able to put custom firmware at this time... there is no downgrader for 3.30 official, which is needed to install custom firmware. One may be made in the future, but no one knows exactly when... you may be waiting a long time..

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news..

# i have 3 psp in 3.40 oe a do u want 0ne? — Guest 2007-04-20 13:37

i'll change 1 4 urs

# right — Guest 2007-04-20 13:44

"unstability issues" hahaha, you meant "instability issues" right? *****ing idiot kids pretending to have already grown hair on their nuts yet can't even spell a simple *****ing word.

# !!!!!!!!!!!!!! — Guest 2007-04-20 13:45

shut up martin62!!!!! quit whining if u dont want your psp throw it in the wall or something because bricking means that the psp is going to be completly useless hence the word brick MORON!

# HELP — Guest 2007-04-20 14:07

I just upgraded from 3.03 oe c to 3.40 oe a and it worked.

I then started to customize my PSP back the way it was

before with custom waves, background and tops menu

and that thats when everything went wrong. I got nothing

but a black screen at start up. I went to recovery but

couldn't recover, i guess because I've never used recovery

before and didn't know what to do. I didn't have a

recovery folder in my games folder so I used toggle usb

and created a recovery folder in PSP/GAMES. I then began

franticly looking for a recovery eboot and placed this 3.30

oe a recovery eboot in. I then entered recovery menu and

tried to recover, screen flashed black and showed me the

recovery menu again. I then tried to restart but still,

nothing but a black screen. What should I do now?

# 100th comment — Guest 2007-04-20 14:10

Wow, 3.40 already?

# Ok, 158th comment — Guest 2007-04-20 14:20

there

# Idiota — Guest 2007-04-20 14:38

Todos ustedes son unos estupidos y necesitan callarse la boca, ninguno sabe hablar espanol bien. No se pongan a hablar si no saben hablar, canto de estupido.

**MSG FOR DARK ALEX

Quiero darte las gracias por este firmware. Estos pendejos le dan a nosotros un mal nombre

# ? — Guest 2007-04-20 15:01

do tell

# thanks — Guest 2007-04-20 15:05

Thank you for your help Zenderman, I can wait. If I wanted to help any of the "hackers", by donating to the cause.

# DARK ALEX, YOU INSPIRE ME — Guest 2007-04-20 15:16

I say this just so you know you're a god to me. I love you. Keep up the good work and ignore the idiots who have nothing but scorn for your genius. You're our hero!! go Alex!

# what to do for recovery — Guest 2007-04-20 15:17

if you need recovery leave email and i will send you recovery for it

# qwrfq — Guest 2007-04-20 15:17

dont thinkj u can unless theres a new update...or look for some brickers programs. Having a brick PSP aint going to solve your problems, most of the time they dont let u return bricked PSP especially game stores and people who knows bout brick psps. But there are some stores like costco that will let u return it and if its like that they dont need a problem with the iteem.

# A Question — Guest 2007-04-20 15:20

Does ur PSP gets brick when u open recovery menu in 3.30 OE-A or 3.30 OE-A' ?

# ... — Guest 2007-04-20 15:24

Thx alot Dax. Keep up the good work.

# .... — Guest 2007-04-20 15:30

lmfao... there's nothing else I can say. Yea kid listen to the "?" guy, just turn yo 5h17 off in the middle of an upgrade. unpluggin the charger wont work though unless your psp has absolutely no battery power left. You basically just wanna interrupt the update process. Then send that piece o' crap back to Sony, but they'll probably just send you sumthin with a higher fw hahahahaha

# Thanks DA — Guest 2007-04-20 16:08

Youre on the ball once again, and still the best.. Thanks for making my psp the way sony shoulda made it

# solutions — Guest 2007-04-20 16:15

If you upgraded and all you get is a black screen and you can access usb still have you tried hitting the screen button. Mine will always go black after an update...screen turns off. one push of the screen button and all is well. The browser does work. If you get the blue screen with all the error message etc that means you didnt reset all settings. reset your settings to default and all should be fine.

# cintros do work — Guest 2007-04-20 16:22

just updated about an hour ago and tried the flashless cintro mod and hahhaa it worked {just got my naruto cintro}

# saben que — martin62 2007-04-20 16:30

yo se mas español que tu pendejo mejor cayate guey

pinchi wana be mexican

and that guy thats talking about bannanas in the ass he is gay cuz he is the one that does all he is saing

i saben que putos watch your back

MS13 FOR LIFE

MARASALVATRUCHA 13 PARA MI RAZA HISPANA

# deamm — martin62 2007-04-20 16:34

i just wanted to brick my psp and everyone just start to talk sh**

y yo se mas espñol que tu

# thanks jblaze2201 — Guest 2007-04-20 16:34

thanks my browser is working now happy homebrew days for me

# o yeah and today is april,20 so — martin62 2007-04-20 16:36

----------Puff, Puff, & Pass the mota!--------------

_______________ __0____________ ___ ____ _______________ __00___________ ____ ___ _______________ _0000__________ _____ __ _______________ 000000_________ ______ _ ____00_________ 000000_________ _00____ _____0000______ 000000______000 00_____ _____000000____ 0000000___00000 00_____ ______000000___ 0000000_0000000 _______ _______0000000_ 000000_0000000_ _______ _________000000 _00000_000000__ _______ _0000_____00000 0_000_0000__000 000000_ __000000000__00 00_0_000_000000 000____ _____000000000_ _0_0_0_00000000 0______ _________000000 0000000000_____ ____ ___ ______________0 00_0_0000______ ____ ___ ____________000 00_0__00000____ _______ ___________00__ ___0______00___ _____

TODAY IS NATIONAL SMOKE OUT DAY!!!

PUFF PUFF PASS"

# Did you backup Flash0? — GaveUpTomorrow 2007-04-20 16:39

Either try flashing back to 1.50, or try recovering your flash0 (if you backed it up). I've never had this problem, so I don't know the best solution, but it is worth a shot.

# Now running 3.40 OE-A :) — GaveUpTomorrow 2007-04-20 16:43

...with custom XMB and everything is working perfectly :) Looks like 3.03OE-C is no longer the "Golden" firmware, as 3.40 OE-A now does everything and more.

# "Blue Screen" — Guest 2007-04-20 16:52

For those who got the blue screen when opened the internet browser format flash1, NOT FLASH0!!! Open recoverymode/advaced/toogleusb (flash1) and remove everysibgle file i made it and it went to birth mode and now even 802.11g work!!! hope this info was usefull and remember dont mesh anything up with flash0...

# RECOVERY — Guest 2007-04-20 17:09

Your recovery questions:

For recovery, dark_alex simply made it so if you DONT MESS WITH the hacked 1.50 bootstrap file, then you will be able to enter recovery application using the "R" button!!

After you are in the recovery menu, you are able to load -ANY- EBOOT in the PSP/RECOVERY (i think thats the path) directory.

There is no "recovery point" or anything. by allowing you to load this eboot, you can reflash your PSP to a FRESH OE system of your choice.

If your PSP does not boot, but you can boot to recovery, we call it "semi-bricked". without this recovery menu your PSP would be USELESS (bricked) in any other case.

Lastly, when you install ANY FIRMWARE. the -first- thing the installers do, is ERASE flash0. this includes the recovery application!

to CLARIFY about the custom ICONS:

to customize your PSP, you MUST HAVE 3.03.

if you dont have 3.03 and have any higher firmware, you must "inject" the 3.03 custom icons into the 3.10+ files. this is done with RCOedit latest version. (earlier versions had a bug)

# thanks — Guest 2007-04-20 17:10

thank dark alex,this site.

# interesting.... — Guest 2007-04-20 17:10

nothing bad happened with my psp after updating but, nothing essentially good either. After the update, and the use of Flash Agent H1 (to free up space on mem) i cant remember whether it was apparent before or after use of flash agent. In any case, the PSP Spot, and PortableTV that is bundled with foreign firmwares was actually showing up under my network icon. i was like, oh thats nice, i started them.. they worked fine. Then after messing with the flash for some custom changes, they disappear .... im not entirely upset.. just it was nice seeing some BIGGER changes.. xD

Nothing bad happened after noticing there strange disappearance xD

# why brick it? — Guest 2007-04-20 17:14

why are u ppl telling this guy how to brick his psp he'll have to buy a whole new one

# ummm — Guest 2007-04-20 17:14

just dont upgrade anymore and wait for a downgrader

# hh — Guest 2007-04-20 17:15

learn your terminology, its not called downgrading. thats a term that means going from a higher firmware to a lower version.... in this case there is no firmware higher than 3.4 so its impossible to downgrade.... it would be upgrading

# yeah if you dont like me — Guest 2007-04-20 17:18

if you dont like me just tell me how to brick a my psp so that i have to buy another one

# u can — Guest 2007-04-20 17:18

take a hammer and smash it! or turn iy on ad drop it in some water. Just use ur imagination kid!

# omg... — Guest 2007-04-20 17:20

D_A doesnt make firmwares... he hacks them. he hasnt *created* ANYTHING. its all hex edited from sonys official updates. in addition, sony doesnt update to fight hackers, they update to fix and enhance their firmware. they have never fought hackers with anything other than updating their encryption keys, and fixing security holes.

# just get ou of here — Guest 2007-04-20 17:21

just tell that dump ass how to so that he doesent start saing sh*t again if i knew how i would tell you but i dont so (just hrou it on water on in limonade) use your imagination

# u dumb @ss mother$%^+* — Guest 2007-04-20 17:23

go 2 da goddamn store and return it or exchange it! it doesnt have to be bricked!!!! Just say its broken!

# custom icons — Guest 2007-04-20 17:57

3.30 oe-a or oe-a'?

# LOL — Guest 2007-04-20 18:02

http://dark-alex.justgotowned.com/

# BECAUSE %u2022» — Guest 2007-04-20 18:04

http://dark-alex.justgotowned.com/

DARK ALEX JUST GOT PWNED!

# LOL — Guest 2007-04-20 18:08

xfile087 JUST GOT PWNED!

http://xfile087.justgotowned.com/

# He isn't just the psp god — Guest 2007-04-20 18:35

He is Thunder Flash ! Damn fast : )

# - — Guest 2007-04-20 18:51

canucks are gonna win the playoffs *****es!!!

# uh — Guest 2007-04-20 18:52

someone already told you how you *****ing artard! flash your firmware with anything and pull the goddamn battery out in the middle of it. then stick the battery up your ass with the other green bananas you got up there for about five minutes. then insert the battery back in. viola bricked psp

# Questions — Guest 2007-04-20 18:53

Can it be run in 333Mzh? (isos, & wifi)

# dumbass — Guest 2007-04-20 20:45

you can use ps1 eboots for lower firmwares trust me I'm playing megaman x4 right now.

# Browser f*ed! — Guest 2007-04-20 21:16

Just uped to 3.40oea - everything went smooth - and infact everything works, apart from the browser - gives the blue-multiligual-screen, says to press "o" but nothing happens for some 30seconds - then shuts off. Always the same thing whenever i try?

Any help would be nice!

# just... — Guest 2007-04-20 21:33

restore setting manually from the System menu! done - happy times!

# 3.11-3.4OE A — Guest 2007-04-20 21:34

when will i be able to put this on from 3.11

# 3.11-3.4OE A — Guest 2007-04-20 21:36

when will i be able to put this on from 3.11

# Cool — god0fgod 2007-04-20 21:37

I might download this a bit later unless another firmware comes out.

# all i need to know... — Guest 2007-04-20 22:18

Do custom icons that worked with 3.30 OE-A work with 3.40 OE-A????

# Never! — Guest 2007-04-20 22:20

Never! Unless they find a hole in the firmware to create a downgrader! Which could be a long time!

# Recovery — Guest 2007-04-20 22:36

Quote:

Your recovery questions:

For recovery, dark_alex simply made it so if you DONT MESS WITH the hacked 1.50 bootstrap file, then you will be able to enter recovery application using the "R" button!!

After you are in the recovery menu, you are able to load -ANY- EBOOT in the PSP/RECOVERY (i think thats the path) directory.

There is no "recovery point" or anything. by allowing you to load this eboot, you can reflash your PSP to a FRESH OE system of your choice.

If your PSP does not boot, but you can boot to recovery, we call it "semi-bricked". without this recovery menu your PSP would be USELESS (bricked) in any other case.

Lastly, when you install ANY FIRMWARE. the -first- thing the installers do, is ERASE flash0. this includes the recovery application!

The last 2 sentences confuse me. So, while upgrading there should be an firmwareinstall er-eboot in psp\recovery and in case of a brick i can simply install it with the recovery menu? Or what do the last sentences mean?

# ???? — god0fgod 2007-04-20 22:50

Why would anyone want to brick their psp for?

# I can help you — god0fgod 2007-04-20 22:53

There is a really good website that tells you how to ruin things. It's here www.youareanidiot.org

# Please post your comments about the above article — Guest 2007-04-20 23:21

Please post your comments about the above article. Comments containing excessive profanity, spam, flames, or promotion will be deleted. Users who continue to make these kinds of comments will have their comment posting privileges revoked. Only one comment can be posted every 60 seconds.

# ddgf — Guest 2007-04-20 23:41

FUUUUUUUUUUCK YOU ***** .l. ~_~ .l.

# Spam — god0fgod 2007-04-20 23:50

Spam right there

# You guys are for real jackoff's — Guest 2007-04-21 00:02

asd, from my understanding recovery mode has a few feature, the main one being the ability to load a 1.5 update eboot in case of failure in some cases allowing you to revert back to a 1.5 fw, it also has a few more features such as usb mode and such, seriously everyone should be more helpful, all these flamers are the reason the psp scene is dying fast. nobody wants to listen to the ***** anymore and all the good devs are leaving/have left because of all of it.

# Thanks — Guest 2007-04-21 00:41

uh huh. Thanks. The guy just said don't downgrade when you're high - he's right

# Pr1ck — Guest 2007-04-21 00:45

he said release...

# help with 340 oe a — Guest 2007-04-21 02:26

hi I have a psp with custom firmware 330 oe a, when I try to upgrade it to 340 oe a I get a blank screen and my psp shuts off.

I used another psp to run the oeupdatmaker to generate the dax.daxr file and loaded the oeflasher on my psp to see if It would work that way and It did not.

all my ISO games work fine and my homebrew too, but why can't I load the oe update?

I had heard about a bug where files were written to flash or ram could this stop it from running,

please help me get to 340 oe a

thanks

# Problems with WipEout Pure? — Guest 2007-04-21 02:34

Since firmware 3.11 there are problems with some tracks in WipEout Pure.

Some leagues will crash after specific races. And multiplayer will crash with some extension packs as well.

That's the reason why I'm still on 3.03 C.

Does anybody know, if this problems are also existent with this modified firmware?

# DA! — Guest 2007-04-21 02:42

Dark-Alex, he comes to town, Comes to save, the princess PSP, Sony took her away, now the children won't play, but they will, when Darl-Alex saves the day! HALLELUJA!

# So what do I do now — Guest 2007-04-21 02:53

So do you need a LOADER to load Home Brew Games? If so what do you use? and where can I get it?

Thanks

# Answer — god0fgod 2007-04-21 03:03

Irshell loads homebrew

# what is this — Guest 2007-04-21 03:16

hi lol i just got my psp and found out its a 2.81 firmware so i started resarching how to downgrade it to 1.5 and nw i found out this 3.30OE-A? what ever it is caled but this is confusing me could some1 explain what is what n what this 3.30ae is? thnks n ohh ye what is a diffrence between a psp TA-082 and a non TA-082 thnks

# irshell does not work — majormauser 2007-04-21 03:36

irshell seems to only work with 2.71... and I can't get it to work on 3.40

# FIRST FIRST FIRST!!! — Guest 2007-04-21 04:34

lol just kidding! Though i'll stay at 3.03 OE-C until something REALLY groundbreaking hits the PSP-scene.

# answers — majormauser 2007-04-21 04:38

so how bout putting home-brew in the ISO folder after you re-format your MS?

# @ are you stupid? — Guest 2007-04-21 04:43

I'd say you're stupid? Sony upgrades to fight hackers and tighten the security to make your PSP a non "homebrew-able", shiny brick. They fight off the hackers to prevent them from using ISO's and playing homebrew games. They want us to buy their games, not download them for free. What, are you a Sony Fanboy? (Note that i said SONY fanboy, and not PSP fanboy.)

# ... — Guest 2007-04-21 04:46

And updating security has absolutely nothing with stoping homebrew. You're the stupid ass.

# To Ephyon — Guest 2007-04-21 04:59

The white psps automaticly load the jap firmware keys and those icons are built into all firmwares, us/jap. if you goto recovery and fake a US region it will take those away without any harmfull side effects. also custom icons won't work unless you fake the region.

hope that helps

# Custom Icons Work! — Guest 2007-04-21 05:01

Yes, custom icons from 3.10+ work the same in 3.30 oe-a and 3.40 oe-a

# why? — Guest 2007-04-21 05:08

why dont you stop scream licke *****es

# Yes — Guest 2007-04-21 05:14

Yes they do

# Explination — Guest 2007-04-21 05:24

No mater what you want to do, the best option is to first downgrade to 1.5, from there you can do whatever you want. The OE firmwares are customized by Dark-Alex so that you can have all the features of the new firmware, such as psx games in 3.03oe-a+, and the capabilities of 1.50 such as homebrew.

I hope this helps.

# Blue Screen — Guest 2007-04-21 05:33

You don't need to do all of that. You just need to go and reset settings to default through the psps xmb.

# ****** — Guest 2007-04-21 05:42

****Does Anyone Know If The CHEATDEVICES and CUSTOM ICONS ETC Work On These Ones?****

# quick — Guest 2007-04-21 05:51

Thnx again D_A

upgraded it :)

# ok, I'm new to this... — Guest 2007-04-21 06:19

So, I'm trying to follow the Readme on the 3.40 OE-A and I get to the part where you have to execute the program (I have to go the PSP/GAME150 route) and I can't figure how to do that. The PSP isn't recognising the GAME150 folder. What am I doing wrong?

Please help?

# 3.40 oea — Guest 2007-04-21 06:25

i have v 3.40 on my psp.. would i be able to apply the 3.40 oea to my psp??

# thanks you guys!! — martin62 2007-04-21 06:34

i bricked my psp and i got a new one with 2.71 fw now i can downgrade!!!!

again thanks

# 3.40oe!!! — HARDcorGamerxXx 2007-04-21 07:02

custom icons do not work on 3.40!!!!

# 3.40 OE-A — Guest 2007-04-21 07:11

IT ROCKS....DA RULEZ....

there is not a lot of space in the Flash0, and i cant seem to manage to put in the things i want for topmenu_plugin and gameboot, game_plugin, etc. Will DA or anyone b able to find a solution???

# sony executive?? — Guest 2007-04-21 07:18

Hey when sony hires dark alex to work for them, Then I might try to use an offical sony bios. sony wants so much control that It would and has "insulted inteligent coders, decoders, and said you can not use your psp to play games that you allready own, or have owned and were stolen. also selling the unit with rumers that it would be capable of running emulaters. and lets face it all the psp games suport violence or are so pathetic your seven year old would do well to stay away.

Truth be told, alot could be gained if sony would stop going against the grain also profits for sony would be much more likely to increase if they would go with the flow, and well, get the point.

# i told u — HARDcorGamerxXx 2007-04-21 07:26

u cant have custom icons in 3.40 OE-A!!

# to brick psp — Guest 2007-04-21 07:37

here a few ways to brick a psp downgrade TA-082 mother board to 1.00

drop in watter

use as tire stop

take it apart and short it out

remove the battery when it is updating

and if that dont work send a high voltage surge into the usb port.

burry it in the back yard

remove the internal battery off the mother board

and cut the traces on the internal circuit board

but why would you want a brick

you need help

why not wait till they make a downgrader or pawn it off to a friend

or your sister and let her brick it trying to figure out how to use it!!!

# Recovery — Guest 2007-04-21 08:01

Can I run the previous version of 3.10OE-A Recovery files on the latest 3.40 OE-A Firmware if I want to restore back to 1.50?

# NO! ^ — Guest 2007-04-21 08:22

No you cant ^

I

# http://dark-alex.justgotowned.com/ SUCK'S — Guest 2007-04-21 08:26

My two year old neice could do better! what pratt made that?

GOD it is so sad it has to be someone very bored and gay.

# J.P. HenPRICK — Guest 2007-04-21 08:31

STFU n00b no one give's 2 sh1ts what you say of and Sony never say Stuff to use about this and another thing i have bricked loads that i sent back and still got a replacement lol two sh1ts on you!

Sincerely,

The Man Who Raped Your MUM!

# 1.50 — god0fgod 2007-04-21 08:32

Go down to 1.50 then try.

# M-Lin + D1ckHead — Guest 2007-04-21 08:33

M-Lin Sony has to make the firmware so that D_A can "Release" one" and to quote you "Pr1ck"

# Yep — god0fgod 2007-04-21 08:34

Once you downgraded to 1.50 you can then install to 3.40 OE-A. It's better than 3.30 OE-A

# Why? — god0fgod 2007-04-21 08:36

You could have brought a new PSP whithout bricking your old one stupid. you deserve a www.youareanidiot.org

# What is POPs? — Guest 2007-04-21 08:38

What is POPs and POPs loader? And, what do they do?

# Yes — god0fgod 2007-04-21 08:38

I found flash agent reconises 3.40 OE-A as 3.03 OE-C for some reason so you can use that to remove unnessacary files in order to install stuff.

# mvc on psp — Guest 2007-04-21 08:44

hey ummmmm im new 2 this and i was wonderin how to put mvc on psp. if anyone knows pleaze email me at hood_loc@yahoo.com thanx a bunch

# No! Don't! — Guest 2007-04-21 08:59

Bricking your PSP means that it won't work anymore, dude. It will just turn on but all there will be is a black screen. It's called bricking because your PSP will be as useless as a brick. BRIKCING IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO if you care about your PSP.

# No! Don't! — Guest 2007-04-21 09:00

Bricking your PSP means that it won\'t work anymore, dude. It will just turn on but all there will be is a black screen. It\'s called bricking because your PSP will be as useless as a brick. BRIKCING IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO if you care about your PSP.

# >.> u wasted a perfectly good psp by bricking it — Guest 2007-04-21 09:01

u could had just traded it with sumone else that had a brick psp lol

# Cant update — Guest 2007-04-21 09:04

When i use the oeupdatemaker to make the dxar file, i get a message that says "wrong file (3) in 3.40".

Whtas that supposed to mean. Why doesnt DAX just put up the update instead of the bull***** necessary to make the update! HELP ME GUYS.

# i have 3.40 oe-a — Guest 2007-04-21 09:27

have custom icons , wave backgroung battery . loading , volume evreything really

xmb + psx workes a lot smoother. lots of features

# 3.30 to 3.40 oe? — Guest 2007-04-21 10:12

hey i got 3.30 (sonys one nothing special) and can i go to 3.40 oe now?..........also is there a 3.30 downgrader yet?

# hey hey hey — Guest 2007-04-21 10:26

this is not a fake dark Alex. i forgot my password and i was wondering if any of you remembered it? no one, well i guess ill have to go and decrypt firmware 4.67 again since no one will tell me. firmware 4.67 is great because you can make the psp into a nintendo wii. oh yea im all out of milk and cookies so stop f-ing iming me about that. finally i did not get owned so all of you can go suck on a lollipop. thank you and goodnight. now im not leaving until i hear applause. oh wow i just read this whole thing and i must sound like an idiot to all those who don't know how to read idiot writing. what this mostly says is that i need all of you to help me in my quest to conquer the kingdom of sparta. they only have 300 soldiers, we could kick their ass with my 6,000 soldiers. all right i gotta bounce, my mom says i have to go to bed but ill see you all later. peace out an remember my favortie quote, don't go to bed angry. goodnight springfield!

# i just realised something — Guest 2007-04-21 11:11

Sony is reviving the homebrew community with all these updates...every time DAX comes out with a new one, about ten new programs and updates immediately pop up

# downgrading — Guest 2007-04-21 12:07

can u downgrade your psp to 1.05 if it is 3.05 if so how do u do it please let me know im a noob

# For network issues — Guest 2007-04-21 12:13

For those of you having issues with network features (like wb browser) go into advanced mode on the recovery menu and turn on flash 1 usb. On your pc clear it out. It worked on my jap psp and all network features work including the jap only ones. NOTE: WHEN YOU CLEAR IT YOU WILL LOOSE YOUR SETTINGS AND HAVE TO INPUT THEM AGAIN

# Flash1 file problem in 3.40 OEA — Guest 2007-04-21 13:13

Hi ya all - just something I posted in another forum. Interested on your thoughts....

Is it just me? I tried copying from flash1 using the recovery menu.

*************** **************

Hi All,

Now a happy 3.40 OEA user - thanks DAX you are and continue to be awesome and legendary.

Just something interesting I have noticed....

I always backup my falsh0/1 after upgrading DAX's firmwares and I have noticed that for 3.40 OEA the flash1 file "config.se" cannot be copied over to my backup folder on my laptop. Windoze reports the following error when attempting: "Cannot copy config: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable".

I have flashed 3.40 OEA twice (from scratch) and same result. Never had this problem with 3.03, 3.10, 3.30. So I am wondering if $ony is trying some sort of file protection technique????

All other files in flash0 and flash1 copy fine.

Thoughts?

# nes and snes — Guest 2007-04-21 13:18

anyone here have problem with 3.40 oe A? like for example running NES or SNES. it take longer to load the games now, and deleting and exiting.it seems like it or is it just me in FW 3.40 oe A.

# . — CrashCore 2007-04-21 14:47

Haha, funny stuff. System of a Down.

# i have version 3.40 — Guest 2007-04-21 15:48

umm, how do i kno if i have version OE-A ? i kno for sure wen i check my PSP it says i have a version 3.40, recently jst updated it through the "UPDATE SERVICE" or soemthing like that... Now my question is, how can i update 3.40 --> 3.40 OE-A ? Please help me... thankz

# FF8 Fixed Yet? — Guest 2007-04-21 16:02

Anyone know if this fixes FF8 yet?

# Hey morons and idiots — Guest 2007-04-21 16:29

Use the official Sony Firmware or else we're going to stop making PSP games entirely. In fact, we've wasted so much money trying to turn a profit from the PSP, all focus is now on PS3, which is doing terribly as well. Way to doom a once-great company with piracy and idiocy. Have fun playing "next-gen" games on your less expensive Wii's while we go out of business. I guess we can't compete with a company that makes another Power Glove-like wand, stick's it on a Gamecube, calls it innovative, and then watches the money pour in. Pathetic. As for the 360? Everyone knows the only game worth playing was Halo. Sigh. It really would have been fun too to produce another Kingdom Hearts game to you guys. Too bad you've ruined it.

# dark_alex + douche' — Guest 2007-04-21 17:59

the *****ing douche bag needs to make a downgrader for those who have 3.30,

anyone who has 3.11 right now could update to 3.30 and then downgrade, but his stupid ass would rather play around with retarded OEs all day.... he needs to get his ass out of his head.

we need downgraders too!

or , sumone else needs to try to do the downgraders! dark_alex isnt the only one playing with psp *****, and someone good, not a fake ***** thats going to brick everyones *****!

# 23!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! — Guest 2007-04-21 19:34

***** yeah

# *****es — Guest 2007-04-21 19:42

*****ing prove that sony tryin to stop homebrew *****s

# Hmmm — god0fgod 2007-04-21 21:07

Make sure the 3.40 update is called 340.PBP and also that the update is 3.40 not something else like 3.30.

# Like i believe you — god0fgod 2007-04-21 21:10

I doubt you are an official Sony executive.

# strange — god0fgod 2007-04-21 21:14

I had a dream about me talking to a high up sony person the other night

# why are you here, i assume you're trying to pinch other peoples work — Guest 2007-04-21 21:39

***** off!!!

# 4535353 — Guest 2007-04-21 22:12

453535345

# 3.40/3.30 oe-c — Guest 2007-04-21 22:16

if i upgrade from 3.03 or 1.5 and make y dxar everything goes fine unil i flash it the screen stays blank but i can go to recovery please help i have a ta-079 psp and da model is a 1004k please reply on dawud.afzal@gmail.com

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# cool few q's — Guest 2007-04-22 00:18

Hi, nice release! few questions tho

is this as buggy as some ppl say?

will this definately work on my patched TA-082 board?

can i still substitute a itn0.pgf for jpn0.pgf and gb3s1518.bwfon to save flash0 space?

and will custom icons that worked on 3.30 oe-a work on 3.40 oe-a? (for example both the given top_menu_plugin .rco in black32 encore 4)

cheers in advanced

# autoinstaller — Guest 2007-04-22 00:47

http://www.prozzak.ru/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=632

# recover for 3.40 oe — Guest 2007-04-22 02:45

does anybody know where I can find the 3.40 oe recovery folder. Some of the 3.40 features don't work and my psp freezes all the time. I want to downgrade back to 1.50, then upgrade back to 3.40 oe. please help.

# Custom icons — Guest 2007-04-22 07:44

AGG i put custom icons on and semi brick o well i just fixed the topmenu plugin so I guess that there is no way to change icons in this version that kinda makes me mad as some people here said they did fine.

# What does he mean. — Guest 2007-04-22 12:17

What it means when it says...

Execute the program, and it will generate the DATA.DXAR file. The checksums (althoug the flasher

will check for them for you):

I do not get that, what will I have to do?

# help — Guest 2007-04-23 03:19

you should place the recovery on the "game folder" and not on the 303game. that should work.

# noob — Guest 2007-04-23 04:27

why are you referring to your self as dark Alex? i know its embarrassing for you to get pwnt like that but please don't say you are dark alex. thank you.

# martin's brick — Guest 2007-04-23 04:49

I assume he wants to brick it so he can bring it in and exchange it for a different psp, one he can hopefully downgrade

# ... — Guest 2007-04-23 08:17

First, STOP FREAKIN REAPEATING THAT!!!!!!!

second, why the hell would you brick a psp? Nothing good will come of it. Jeez.

# nes anf snes — Guest 2007-04-23 08:32

anyone here have problem with 3.40 oe A? like for example running NES or SNES. it take longer to load the games now, and deleting and exiting.it seems like it or is it just me in FW 3.40 oe A.

# I'm a noob won't deny it — Guest 2007-04-23 16:47

hey I just got put on to homebrew and downloaded dark alex's 3.30 downgrader how do I install it onto my psp? I'm new not afraid to admit it. Just wanna be down with all the other home brew heads. Please help

# noob — Guest 2007-04-23 16:53

Hey everyone I'm a noob and not afraid to admit it. I have a psp with 3.30 on it and I want to be down with the rest of the homebrew heads can I downgrade? How do I install once I downloaded the right downgrader?

# Recovery configuration — Guest 2007-04-23 17:16

I have a problem when I enter to recovery menu and then to configuration, it freezzes and then psp goes off, advance and everything else in recovery menu is fine except configuration, someone else have the same problem, is there a solution? i reinstalled the firmware and even 3.10 oe-a but it didn't work either

# downgrader — Guest 2007-04-24 05:44

to Gboro NC if you want a downgrader so bad

get of your fat lardass and create one yourself,

dont expect things to be done for you all the time,

i bet your mum still wipes your ass

# help please — Guest 2007-04-24 06:47

i cant get home brew to run on 3.4 oe ive got the 1.5 versions of emulators on it. what do i do?

# where 3.5? — Guest 2007-04-24 07:23

Where is your 3.5 firmware Sony? Lets see what you got:)

# 3.40 oe psx game saves PLEASE HELP!!! — Guest 2007-04-26 10:06

I have never played any psx games on my psp until I upgraded to 3.40 oe. So far i have gotten sotn, crono trigger, and final fantasy 6 to work. My only problem is when I save a game in ff6 and then try to load it, it always says load failed. The other two games save just fine. Anyone have a clue what i am doing wrong. Please help

# helllllllllllll llp!!!!!!!!!! — Guest 2007-04-27 05:44

ok iv got 3.30 on my psp ok i dont no what the ***** i am doing can i play homebrews on it iv got this dark alix 4.40 oe-a firm but what is this man i suck so bad at this some one help me pls what do i got to do some one tell me pls pls pls

# i need help — Guest 2007-04-27 06:19

hi all i jus instaled firmware 3.40oea yesterday but i ws jus wondering hw 2 play iso on it does n e 1 know plzzz can sum1 help meE!!!!

# www.youareanidiot.org — god0fgod 2007-04-27 07:56

I told you to go to www.youareanidiot.org

# what psp firmware — Guest 2007-04-27 09:47

i have firmware 3.30 the regular psp version wat version do u need to be on to get 3.30 oea

# Homebrew on 3.40 oe a — Guest 2007-04-28 04:27

Was Up All, I normally have been using devhook, so i decided to try out custom firmware with this new release. Cant get my homebrew to work. Any one give me some answers on how to get it running. also question for people using psx games do you have to have the downloads from sony or will a normal iso run? also where do you put it. I havent messed with that at all yet. email me at timewalkerpsp@h otmail.com thanks

# 3.11 user — Guest 2007-04-28 10:55

erm yeh hi i am on 3.11 now can i upgrade to 3.40oe-a, and if i can what r the chances of it bricking?

# 3.40 — Guest 2007-04-30 13:38

has any1 come across a way to downgrade v 3.40 or to put 3.40 OE(or OE-A) on psp using v 3.40

# help please — baker248 2007-04-30 21:10

I have a v 3.40 can i install 3.40 OE A?

# please help — baker248 2007-04-30 22:09

i intalled v 3.40. but i have downloaded 3.40 OE-A

how can i downgrade to install it with out it bricking?

# 3.40 oe success, then dead PSP while playing Burnout Revenge — Guest 2007-04-30 23:03

i successfully upgraded to 3.40 oe a day or two after it came out. Had no problems with games or ripped DVDs video on the PSP. BUT, while playing Burnout Revenge last night, I was in a race (in the Factory series, I think) and as the time ticked down with the audible "bell" chiming at each second, the PSP went dead when the time got to zero. No power, can't turn it on with or without A/C adaptor, it was fully charged before playing and I played for about 30 minutes before it flatlined on me. I don't get any sign of life whatsoever: no "power" light response, not even a flicker.

Any ideas of what could have killed it? I unplugged it and left the battery out overnight and this am still a big no-go.

help.

# here's the proof — Guest 2007-05-01 07:09

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6397797.stm

# oh when oh when — Guest 2007-05-01 21:28

Dark Alex is a nice guy making all the Version 3.xx OE's, but when will he be nice enough to try to make a 3.1 / 3.3 / 3.4 downgrader??

# duh — Guest 2007-05-01 23:21

tell them that when you return it. you deserve a working psp.

# we need it — baker248 2007-05-02 03:34

ya a 3.40 downgrader will be realy helpfull because i wana install an OE. plex DA make a 3.40 downgrader

# no you cant — Guest 2007-05-02 08:21

for now....you need to wait that DA relaeses a 3.4 downgrade....wich i think he 'll never...cuz it's too hard to hack the psp's now witha ll those sony firewalls and sh'''....sory man...you hav to wait or hope he'll release one...

# EA Sports — Guest 2007-05-02 09:59

Just installed 3.40 OEA and it appears that both NHL 2007 and FIFA 2007 won't start.

Get the following error:

"The game could not be started."

(80020148)

# how to install 3.40 OE-A? — Guest 2007-05-02 19:29

sorry for asking this noob question but how can i upgrade my psp from 3.03 OE-B to 3.40 OE-A? Where can i get the 1.50 and 3.40 sony updaters that i require to creater the data.dxar file? can anyone help me with this? thank!!

# Huge Question — kyo_52 2007-05-03 08:34

I have a huge question i read somewhere it is a big risk to upgrade a 1.50 psp (downgraded by 3.03 downgrade) and update direct to 3.XX Custom Firmware so i want to know if you recomend to me to upgrade first to 2.71 se-c or its a really damn lie and i can upgrade direct recent downgraded 1.5 to 3.40 with any problems any bricks

# FW QUESTION — Guest 2007-05-03 10:46

Can upgrade to 3.40 oe-a from a firmware version of 3.30 oe-a? If so, is it too risky to do so?

# LOVE! — Guest 2007-05-03 10:48

Hello Everyone! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

# Help to FW QUESTION — Guest 2007-05-04 06:53

no It's Safe i have do that before and it go well you can update to 3.40oe-a from 3.30oe-a with out eny risks easy!!

# CheatMaster — kyo_52 2007-05-04 08:11

Hi i want to use CheatMaster in 3.40 how can i get it because it doesnt work or i can downgrade mi psp with recovery to a 3.30 or 3.10?

# Custom Firmware for Version 3.10? — Guest 2007-05-05 01:11

when will darkalex release a custom firmware for version 3.10? It feels like years waiting for it... is there any progress report? are they even looking at it at the moment? I cant wait to play homebrew games in my psp.... if anyone knows anything about any progress on a custom firmware for version 3.10 plz reply .... Thanx

I've been playing loco roco (demo) for few months now :(

# new to this stuff — Guest 2007-05-05 06:42

i have a 3.30 psp, can i upgrade to 3.4 oe-a?

# flash0 space — Guest 2007-05-05 11:28

How do i free up space the flash0 in 3.40OE-A...I want to add custom stuff.

# new to the scene — Guest 2007-05-06 04:44

I have a psp with 3.11... and i'm in hell. I was wondering if this new upgrade to this "3.40oea" could allow me to play some snes and ps1 games on my psp. If i can, could someone be nice enough to give me instructions?

thanks

"Someone raise my PSP back from this purgatory!!!"

# Video Capabilities? — Guest 2007-05-06 10:12

Can someone tell me if this supports 480x272 video yet?

I'm running 3.10 OE-A... why should I upgrade?

# i have V. 3.30 — Guest 2007-05-06 14:10

Will i be able to upgrade it to 3.30 OE or 3.40OE or any other version

# 3.11 to 3.40oe — Guest 2007-05-07 01:06

how can i upgrade my 3.11 to 3.40oe? please make one for me. pleeeeeeeeeeees ssssssssssse

# were do i put this at? — mr_veleskie 2007-05-07 17:25

were do i put the 13553_340_oea.rar file at?? i cant up grade to 3.4 T_T can some help me

# HOW DO GET INTO RECOVERY MODE?! — Guest 2007-05-10 19:51

omg I just upgrade from 1.5 to 3.40 OE-A or whatever. And once I upgraded I held the R trigger but it's not working?! SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE!

# *****ING WIN!!1! — Guest 2007-05-11 04:51

D_A, this update is made of win, god, awesome, ultimate pwnage, and a giant battle between pirates and ninjas.

Hardcore.

# Downgraders — Guest 2007-05-11 05:09

DAX, we need downgraders.

:"(

When I was first getting into homebrew, I didn't think before I upped mine to 2.00 and I was like "WTFBBQH4X!?!?!?" I saw the custom firmware and thought "Fine, I just wont run homebrew." So I upped. Then BAM! Downgraders! BUT I WAS TOO HIGH IN THE FIRMWARE.

# ??? — Guest 2007-05-13 11:23

is 3.40 costumizable

sorry cant spell

# question — Guest 2007-05-14 15:14

i have a psp TA-082 IC1003 with FW 3.03 OE-B, can i upgrade to 3.40?

# Recovery411 — Guest 2007-05-15 15:32

How do you access Recovery Mode on a Version 3.40 PSP?

# Updaying to official sony firmware — Guest 2007-05-16 09:02

He is right!!! I don't want to break my psp!! Im updating to official SONY firmware right now! Thanks J.P. Hendrick, you could have saved my PSP!

# PRXs not working — Guest 2007-05-17 10:27

I updated to custom firmware 3.40 OE-A and now my prx plug-ins aren't working. I've downgraded and then upgraded back and they still aren't working. Did the prxs get corrupted? Or is anyone else having this problem? Also the icon that is supposed to be the Recovery update isn't showing. It says it is corrupt data. I thought it showed it on the earlier custom firmwares but maybe it didn't.

# HELP PLEASE!!!!! — Guest 2007-05-17 23:18

MY PSP DOEST NOT UPDATES TO 3.40 OE-A . I GOT 3.40 FIRMWARE ON MY PSP . WHEN I TRIED TO UPDATE IT THE PSP GAVE ME ERROR ,LIKE THIS (GAME COULD NOT BE STARTED 8002014C). GUYS PLEASE DO HELP ME .

I WANT HELP!!!!!!

THANKS

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