Improved 2.80 Downgrader released by Noobz! |

The Noobz team (with help from Mathieulh and Dark_Alex) has just announced and released an improved version of Dark_Alex's 2.80 downgrader with 2.80 HEN support as well! Previously, HEN was only usable on firmware 2.71 but the Noobz team has worked their magic and ported it to firmware 2.80. So, a downgrader and a homebrew enabler in one announcement, what a nice present!
Apparently, a lot of people have been bugging for a stable, secure, and easy downgrader for 2.80 firmware. Well, the Noobz team never ceases to impress us and has released just that!
Using the recent 2.80 downgrader and the generic downgrader from Dark_Alex, the team has been able to create the "best" 2.80 downgrader. The great part about this downgrader is the fact that it uses the original 1.50 eboot file in order to downgrade, which will decrease the hassle of obtaining the 1.50 dump files. For all those TA-082 and TA-086 users, this downgrader will still work on your PSPs.
The Noobz team has also bundled a new homebrew enabler for the 2.80 firmware, eventhough the last one was only on 2.71. This 2.80 HEN will allow users that are afraid of downgrader to execute homebrew on their 2.80 firmware (TA-082/86 supported). There's always a risk in downgrading if you do not follow the instructions, so please follow these instructions if you plan on downgrading -
- Install the HEN files, by following the details in the readme.txt file.
- Test that HEN is working fine, by running one of the bundled sample applications - e.g. the cube demo.
- If you have a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP, run the "TA082 IdStorage Changer", via HEN, to patch your registry before downgrading.
- Get a copy of the v1.5 upgrade EBOOT (e.g. from here) and copy it to the /psp/game/UPDATE/ folder on your memory stick, as UPDATE.PBP.
- Start the"PSP Update ver X.YZ" program via HEN, and follow the instructions.
- Congratulations, you now have a v1.5 PSP! :D
Great work Noobz and Dark_Alex's team! May the PSP community continue to thrive as you all help us! Also, big props to Fanjita for making an excellent chicken in a hard hat, his developer skills are rubbing off on his artistic talent now! Show your gratification for these great developers by saying so below in our comments; I'm sure they would appreciate it!
Download: [Homebrew Enabler (HEN) for Firmware 2.80]
Download: [TA-082 Easy Downgrader]
Via Noobz
$19.00 - $39.00
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Thanks big guys!
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It's not about if you're going to use it, it's about kudos to guys that are donating their time to this kind of stuff...
Nice work once again, and keep it up!
--Databoy2k
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i have a non ta-082 2.8 psp what dg to i use?
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Good job Noobz!
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Noobz team rocks and you guy need to be appreciative.
ANd yes, i downgraded my 3.03 Oe psp and uped to 2.8 to test it
it works,
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You might have done nothing wrong, there is always a chance of bricking your psp with a downgrader.
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which is kind of strange since ive used almost every other 1 out there.
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also I dont have a TA-082/086 psp so can I still downgrade?
im sorry im such a noob but I want to make everythings ok so I dont BRICK my psp
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--Databoy2k
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which is kind of strange since ive used almost every other 1 out there.
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wtf? how do i use hen d
why does it crash
how do i do it right wtf why dose it not work???
wtf?
going crazy need help plez
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now can i install 3.03 oe-a on my new 1.5?
PS: i didnt even know i had a ta- 082 until after i dg
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#2 no one would say "oh shi*" they would start spazzing out......
#3 i doubt that anything would even happen if u left the update eboot out, it most likely wouldnt even start.......
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Couple quick questions: do I need to convert UPDATE.PBP using PatchSFO, or can I leave it alone? This article doesn't say anything about converting it, but I wanna be sure. Also, there wasn't an UPDATE folder in GAME before; I had to make one. Is that okay?
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now, what is safe to delete? I've got all the update files in psp/game, psp/game150. Can i delete all of them?
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but it'll never happen...
you can laugh at meeee...now.
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AHHH ***** !!!! I just bought a PSP and upgrade to 3.0
My life is over !!!!
PS: keep up good work and make downgrade for psp
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the kid how keeps writing about "bricking" his psp is about to get that brick shoved up his well you know
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if you hvae 2.8 did you run the idstorage first
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c'mon!!!! do magic!
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Second, can we use ISO's and stuff now?
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Extracting special PRX's from PBP...
Cannot find UPDATE.PBP.
After that the PSP restarts.
:(
The Update is in the right place and named correctly :(
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I downgraded my psp from 2.8 to 1.5 twice and no problem! by the way mine psp is non ta-082.
cheers!
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-BUT when i dont rename I see the "1.5 update" - the demo test work fine and am stuck on the last step - thanks to any help in advance- =)
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Anyways thanks plenty for the downgrader its sad to know that there are still good and smart people working to get more fun out of the psp just so loser people dont show some kindness and dont appreciate them
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yay 1.5
it works =]
thanks noobz!
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Can someone answer i don't wanna brick my psp
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Will I be able to upgrade to 3.03 OE-B after downgrading my psp with this program ? Can you give me a link to download file of the 3.03 OE-B firmware and also instruction page ?
Thanks ! :)
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after this>loadin psar to ram...done:
"uno mas uno son ocho menos seis"
i was laughing like crzy when i saw that.....anyway thanks for this im very happy now
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back on topic:
congratulations 2.80ers!
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2.81 progress, please.
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wow.. lots of questions. I thought it was pretty straight forward. QJ provided all the links for the required files. Yes, it work for TA-082. It worked for me. Yes it works for 2.80. it worked for me. If your UPDATE.PBP says it's corrupted, redownload it from QJ. They posted a link right to it in the article. That's the one I used. Also, while installing these apps..
read the included README.txt's. They're very useful.
HEN will most likly freeze your PSP the first few times you run it. I ran it by going to PHOTO and pressing the right arrow. I had to try it 3 times before it worked. YOu can also check your System Setting for your firmware version. IF it's running, it will say 2.80 HEN. BUt I also suggest testing by going to your GAME meny and running the cube demo that was included in the 280HEN package.
once more.. read the readme.txt files included in each download before running/installing them. They'll tell you excatly what to do.
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it isn't coming soon. First they/we have to find an exploit.
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MAKE SURE YOU READ THE READ-ME OR ELSE IT WILL BRICK YOUR PSP! READ EVERYTHING AND DOUBLE CHECK!!!!!!!
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Also, THANKS to the Noobz crew and everyone else for making this possible!!
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THANKS NOOBZ!
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stylez, just keep trying man. the TIFF exploit that runs HEN is not very stable. As long as you have the 280HEN files in your /psp/photo directory and can see the icon in the photo menu (it's a picture of a rooster or hen. :) ) then it's installed right. If i recall correctly, I think the readme says there must be a 280HEN folder in 2 places.
Tip: i formatted my memory stick before doing this downgrade. If anyone cares, it was a 2GB official Sony memstick Pro duo.
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downgraded my psp to 1.50 now looking forward to custom firmware.
Goodbye Sony firmware updates, never again
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downgraded my psp to 1.50 now looking forward to custom firmware.
Goodbye Sony firmware updates, never again
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PLZ answer
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the answer is yes. but you do not have to do step #3 if yours is not a TA-082. Also, i think a dg'er for non-ta082 has been out for sometime now. This dg'er will work for all mono's. But it you do have a TA-082 mobo, you HAVE to run the "TA082 IdStorage Changer" or you will brick your PSP.
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the answer is yes. but you do not have to do step #3 if yours is not a TA-082. Also, i think a dg'er for non-ta082 has been out for sometime now. This dg'er will work for all mobo's. But if you do have a TA-082 mobo, you HAVE to run the "TA082 IdStorage Changer" or you will brick your PSP.
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becuz the same problem accurs wen u try to make tha needed file for the custom firmware
it didnt work wen the filles were name 150.PBP but worked wen the file was name 150
itz prolly just that windows blocking out the extension..so itz rely UPDATE.PBP.PBP buh luks like UPDATE.PBP
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I have a few questions
Does the Easy downgrader work with Uk PSPs as the firmware in the downgrader says north america .
Does it affect the Region coding on UMD movies.
i have read all the comments but they dont seem to answer my questions.
Also a number of other posts i have seen about the downgrader says that you have to downgrade to 1.50 the upto 2.71 then use the 2.71 to 1.50 downgrader. is this true. as other sites have said the downgraded firmware is "DIRTY"
Also just to put loads of people off a downgrader could be used to "MASS BRICK" the worlds psp so thats something to think about. hey who needs a virus.
Anyway some expert advise would be nice and I would like to thank you in advance for any help you can give.
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don't forget to do step #4. Although i think the dg'er checks for the correct files.. better safe than sorry so make to "Get a copy of the v1.5 upgrade EBOOT (and copy it to the /psp/game/UPDATE/ folder on your memory stick, as UPDATE.PBP"
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i found that when I went to 303OEB, none of my apps in /PSP/GAME that i used with 2.8 worked. I can see them, but when i clicked them they said game could not be started. I'm assuming it's because they were patched with PatchSFO to work with 2.8. So, I will also assume I'll need the unpatch the eboot's to fix them. Also, if you put them into GAME150, i think they also need the accompanying %FOLDER to work properly which was not needed with the apps that worked for 2.8. For example, game 150 should look like so:
PSP/GAME150/APP1
PSP/GAME150/%APP1
The %FOLDER's are usually included with the original download under the 1.5 folder. That's my best guess at that. I could be complete wrong. :)
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For those who didn't understand:
1. This DownGrader version could downgrade every mother-board model.
2. Download the 3 files which QJ gives you.
3. Dont worry if this version of DG is mentioned only for TA-082. (just dont do the steps for TA-082)
*Read everything twice, and check 5 times before DG'ing.
*If the HEN Tiff won't work , retry until it will - Because it will. (It took me 11 times until it worked !!!!)
*Pray for it to work.
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I ended up using the old 0okm 2.80->2.71 downgrade, that worked with no problems.
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I've seen somewhere that you need to upgrade to 2.00 and then downgrade back to 1.50 to make homebrew work.
or else I could instal 3.03 - OE A right now????????
I tried putting 3.03 OE on my 1.50. But the DATA.DXAR is empty, it's 0 KB. Is the O.K ????????????
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MS_ROOT
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|____PSP
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|___GAME
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| |___TA082Patch
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| | |___the 2 original files inside it
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| |___UPDATE
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| |___6 files including the original ones inside it and the 1.50 update eboot renamed to UPDATE.PBP
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|___PHOTO
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| |__HEN_280
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| |__the 2 original files inside it
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|__HEN_280
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|__the 6 original files inside it
Is everything in the right place?
I think so, but i would like a comment on this.
Would anyone like to give any final advice before i start?
Could anyone tell me what i could expect when i am downgrading?
Thanks
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HHAHAHAH!
JsgetbusyLGZ14 +++ NOOOOOOOOOOB!
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THANKS ALOT JESUS FOR THE HELP
THANKS NOOBZ AN FANJITA
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Respect to the creators of programs such as this one.
Being able to create such software and puttting up with the *****ty comments people send.
People who cursed at you guys for not making downgraders for 2.80 sooner.. ***** them.. patience and respect for the guys who could make a lot of money with they knowledge about coding.
respect..
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NOT TA-082!! at firmware 2.8 and am already in hen d!
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You need to have both the 1.50 EBOOT.PBP file in the UPDATE folder as well as the copy of 1.50 named UPDATE.PBP otherwise it won't have anything to load and show as corrupted.
My problem now is, I was able to get HEN working but when I click on the 1.50 update, it says I already have 2.80 installed. If I go to System Info, it shows "2.80 HEN" so I don't understand what's wrong.
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I followed atomic's comments about going to Photo and pressing the right arrow to initialize Hen, however it keeps on freezing still.
I must have tried at least 50 times already. I even re-formated the memory stick and copied the contents from MS_ROOT over again to the memory stick..but the same issue keeps occurring. Do I just keep on going and going?? Or are there any tricks that I am unaware of.
Thanks!
Thanks Noobz team for releasing this!!
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did u also use the ta-082 easy downgrader along with it and copy ms root?
or exactly what it says up their?
thx bye
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but with the easydowngrader it worked !
1.5 for 5 minutes, then 3.03oe-b right afterwards!!
thanks guys!
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I did not have the UPDATE folder, and had to create it.
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it only took me 3 times entering 280 hen this way
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i downgraded mine 2 times
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and it worked just fine for me just fine. Just wonderin?
Is it because of that legal crap?
Because the Easy DG dosent do any of that and gets it for u.
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MY PSP IS NOW 2.80 > 1.50 (no ta-082) I LOVE THE NOOB TEAM AND DARK ALEX !!!!! AND I say to all thx!!!
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I did not think I needed to download and use the file called "TA-082 EASY DOWNGRADER" as for some reason, I thought this was only needed if I had a newer motherboard. This files has the [UPDATE] folder you need to COPY over to your PSP/GAME folder, and NOT create the UPDATE directory yourself. It holds 5 files, and the actual downgrader is in this folder.
THEN, rename the 1.5 Eboot file to UPDATE.PBP and copy into your PSP/GAME/UPDATE folder, being careful NOT to replace the existing eboot.pbp file.
Here's a edited tutorial list to help visualize this...
1. Install the HEN files, by following the details in the readme.txt file.
2. Test that HEN is working fine, by running one of the bundled sample applications - e.g. the cube demo.
3. COPY ENTIRE [UPDATE] FOLDER CONTAINING ALL 5 FILES TO THE PSP/GAME DIRECTORY FROM THE TA-082 EASY DOWNGRADER FILE. THIS FILE HOLDS THE ACTUAL DOWNGRADER.
4. If you have a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP, run the "TA082 IdStorage Changer", via HEN, to patch your registry before downgrading.
5. Get a copy of the v1.5 upgrade EBOOT (e.g. from here) and copy it to the /psp/game/UPDATE/ folder on your memory stick, as UPDATE.PBP. DO NOT REPLACE THE EXISTING EBOOT.PBP FILE! CHANGE THE NAME OF THE 1.5 EBOOT TO UPDATE.PBP BEFORE MOVING THE FILE INTO THE PSP/GAME/UPDATE FOLDER.
6. Start the"PSP Update ver X.YZ" program via HEN, and follow the instructions.
7. Congratulations , you now have a v1.5 PSP!
This is how I got it to work, so I hope this helps someone else!
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firmware.With this downgrader we are back to 1.50.
I can't thank all of those who mad this possible.
my son is 11 with life threating illness.YOU MADE HIS DAY
Thank You Again.
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This seemed easier. Downgraded from 2.80 to 1.50 successfully. There is a missing step, here it is. After step 7, go to photo then xloader (don't press X) press Triangle! Select slideshow. It will go to an error message. Press O. now you can go to step 8. Hope this helps.
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from portugal (|__|)
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greetzz
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the UPDATE is there + 1 normal 1.50 eboot with the name UPDATE.PBP
Good Luck
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THANKS A MILLION GUYS!!!!
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HELP !!!!! PLZ !!!!!!
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-ive never done it or tried it
-my friend has two psps one is 1.5 the other is 2.8 and he doesnt know about the dg yet
-im about to tell him and i know he'll dg but im extremely scared to
-im real hesitant and it doesnt help when ppl are saying the got BRICKED
-what is the % of success anyone?
-and what should i do and convince me that i wont get bricked
-PLEASE HELP
-DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
X
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"heres how what i did…. I go to Photo then press O then you will see HEN_280 folder, then i pressed start. then it goes all white and you can see the memory led light is lighting saying its busy. Then i let it run then after i guess 15mins of loading. i thought it was frozen again i remove the batt and place it back after 1 min turned it on… and tried again the same procedure after pressing start it turned into blue screen and it restarted itself. I was happy when i saw the blue screen… I turned it on again and tried running the Cube sample and Polyphonic sample by shrine and it all worked."
it worked for me exactly the way it worked for him. hope this helps
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I renamed Eboot.PBP to UPDATE.PBP in Game\UPDATE folder, but it does not say like X.YZ.
Mine is not TA082, I read that this dg still work with them.
Someone, pls....
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I renamed Eboot.PBP to UPDATE.PBP in Game\UPDATE folder, but it does not say like X.YZ.
Mine is not TA082, I read that this dg still work with them.
Someone, pls....
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-Copy all contents inside MS_ROOT to the root of your memory stick
when exploring the psp, there is an MP_Root, no MS root. when I copy all the files int' the root of the memeory stick, the main folder that holds the folllowing folders, MP_ROOT, MUSIC, PICTURE, PSP, VIDEO,
nothing shows up under the Photo viewer in the XMB any help for the retarded
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thanks
aj
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3.03 OEB HERE I COME!!!!!
(or whatever version OEB it is..... I'm too happy to care!)
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What if i don't have it? Shold I skipp that step then?
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some people say upgrade 2.6 to 2.71 first, I am very confused, which one is better? sorry I am newbie only got my psp for 2 days!
Many thanks!
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