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PSP Homebrew: CFW 5.03 GEN-B for HEN now out!

Posted Nov 1, 2009 at 6:52PM EST by Ryan F.

Listed in: Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Development Tags: Custom Firmware, ISO, PS1, psp exploits, psp hacks, PSP-3000, PSPGen

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The PSPGen team sure tries hard to make good on their promises. After pushing back the launch of CFW 5.03 GEN-B for HEN due to some last minute bugs last night, now we are off to have a merrier Halloween, thanks to the finally and fully launched product. Although they were not able to overcome the bug that presented itself at the last minute, we still very much appreciate their efforts for the homebrew scene.

Says Magixien's note on their website:

We failed to achieve our initial goals but the main thing is unless it happens and can play games with 5.55 and protected.

Here are the features of this release:

compatible with the PSP-3000 and PSP-2000 v3 official firmware 5.03
play backups of games REQUIRE PSP firmware above 5.03, including 6.xx
playing UMD require firmware above 5.03, including 6.xx
playing UMD / ISO games protected against the CFW
play PS1 games
GEN available VSH MENU (SELECT)
recovery in VSH available
reading homebrews
etc

Here it is in action:

On the other hand, here are the things that they weren't able to work out, unfortunately:

MGS demo refuses to run

We've tried everything and what works in 5.550GEN-D2 has not worke in the 5.03GEN-B. Pity...

The Recovery mode menu is "mixed"

The RECOVERY MODE 5.02GEN-A has been patched to run on the PSP-3000. It can change the most usual options but we encounter some problems with this VSH Recovery in and we have not managed to fix it. In fact, the menu sees some of his lines not properly allocated and others who do not work. Note that on a PSP-3000, the recovery is useless, or nearly so, since all the useful features found in the VSH menu or in Ultimate VSH menu Total_Noob of Total Noob we strongly recommend that you install.

Here are the options of Recovery and their equivalents:

USB toglie = OK
Configuration = ok
Skip Sony: not work (need not severe)
Hide corrupt icons = not work and labor Skip sony logo
Game folder HB ok
Autorun EBOOT ok
Fake region ok
Use vsh menu ok
XMB USB Device ok
Load Device with USB ok
Use M33 network update ok
Use version TXT ok
Use game categories = ok
Reboot in official firmware> not working
Advanced CPU SPEED =
CPU SPEED = Plugins
Plugins = registry hack
Registry hack = device suspends
Suspend device = reboot in official firmware
Reset system = quit

Thanks to Eric dB and animebuster for the heads up!

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it has translated saying that

# play backups of games REQUIRE PSP firmware above 5.03, including 6.xx

# playing UMD require firmware above 5.03, including 6.xx

for noobs this make sound like they need to update there firmware to run backups and umds

it should say *that require above firmware 5.03 including 6.XX

# i cant find the download link on pspgen — animebuster 2009-11-01 21:10

i went to pspgen website and i cannot for the life of me find the download link do you need an account or something

# i found the download link but — animebuster 2009-11-01 21:13

if i click it it just re loads the page

# I thought this was gonna be bull — Squintin 2009-11-01 22:27

And I turned out to be right. After working on an un-decyrpted iso ONCE, the gen-b refused to work again. The recovery menu is still horrible. It doesn't play demos. It killed my irshell 5.03 patch. And I had to go through the frustrating process of removing the gen from my flash 0manually to put 5.03 mhu back on. I thought that if they were gonna release this it should at least work. They should have delayed this a whole other month

# Good job! — Aqua 2009-11-01 23:33

Thanx from Holland!

# By the way — Squintin 2009-11-02 00:06

Not a GEN hater. I just had a feeling this was gonna be exactly like 5.50 GEN-C. I think being on top right now is making Team Gen's heads weak. This is too many bugs now especially for a delayed release.

# yes — itsDario 2009-11-02 02:48

u need a account

# .. — akshay1 2009-11-02 03:40

So it does not play iso's on OFW above 5.03..

# They'll get it — huggs 2009-11-02 04:24

Team GEN is still relatively new in the cfw making scene, and they deserve some slack. How long was it before m33 released a really good, feature-packed and stable firmware? It takes time. And this is just a HEN f/w of course its gonna be buggy. Team GEN will get it, theyre doing good work. As for me, I'm stayin on 5.00m33-6 until GEN f/w gets me onto psn or adds some feature that I just cant live without.

# I get on psn with gen-D2 and my pc — markdonut 2009-11-02 05:23

Just use mediago browser and you don't have to cripple yourself. It's not perfect since you con't connect your psp right to psn, but 5.50 GEN-D2 spoofs mediago into thinking its the highest current firmware.

I've actually had minimal problems on 5.50 GEN-D2 on a psp fat. my nesterJ would lock up but I just used the next last current version and it runs fine.

# Help!! I cannot load psx games:S — DaniPoo 2009-11-02 07:35

Please answer to this...

I was on cfw enabler 3.60 and all my psx games where working. Then I thought "well mabe I'll try installing 5.03 gen-b ^^" And I installed it while MHU was loaded.

Gen-b did start and i tried the Jack and daxter demo. It did work! But my psx games didnt.

so I thought "Maby I'll go back to MHU".

So I loaded the MHO installer a picked uninstall and it went well. then I restarted the installer and installed MHU. I reflashed the pops files. But that didnt help at all.

I have even tried diffrent version. And it seems I cant get the pops to work like before. please help me here.

# PS — DaniPoo 2009-11-02 07:39

I get this message "the game could not be started. (80000004)

# ... — DaniPoo 2009-11-02 08:01

I got it working using posploader with older pops.

Could there be something wron with the pops files I extrakted from the 500.pbp?

# 5.03 Gen-B — ladas 2009-11-02 11:04

Well, i LOVE GEN but before the release i felt it would have many bugs, as it does but they are quite new to the CFW scene so I don't mind, as long as they don't brick my psp 3k!!

but overall great job, could use improvements with the whole red screen when loading a game and other bugs

# Typo? — darkalex401 2009-11-02 12:00

Is fof a word? If not it should be changed to "for".

# Looks good — captain jaster 2009-11-02 13:09

Ive used a PSP 1000 for awhile now.good to know i wont have to worry about game compatibilities ,but still i wish someone could hack the PSP 3000 completely,so i can use features like sense me and such.

# MGS Demo DOES WORK!!! — Bishan 2009-11-02 18:58

For the time being the only way I could think of, to overlook the bug issue with the recovery menu is to use Total_Noob's Ultimate VSH menu plugin.

Hi guys, just helping out on my findings, as I found out a way to run the MGS PeaceWalker

Demo (BOTH OLD and the TSG version) with the new CFW 5.03 GEN-B for HEN after getting my

hands on it.

Sadly QJ.net still does not have a download link for the CFW! (waiting for a bug-free release??) But then again GEN-A had the similar bugs in recovery and honestly it didn't HURT at all, Oh well I resorted to

other means for getting the Sweet new CFW 5.03GEN B!

After successfully updating to GEN-B from GEN-A, I installed the Ultimate VSH Plugin by

Total_Noob as recommended by the Gen guys.

Once done, using the Ultimate VSH menu I entered the recovery menu and did the following:

Under configuration:

1) enabled Autorun program at PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP

2) UMD MODE is currently: Sony NP9660 -no UMD-

3) Fake region is Disabled

4 Use VshMenu set to Recovery

5) Use M33 network update is currently Disabled

6) Use version.txt is enabled

*Note, I used the Recovery from Ultimate VSH, not the standard VSH that came with CFW 5.03

GEN-B since it does suck!

*IMPORTANT*

Then back to the main recovery menu, go into

Advanced ->

Advanced configuration ->

SET* Plain modules in UMD/ISO ( to enabled)

SET* Execute BOOT.BIN in UMD/ISO (to enabled)

XMB plugins (leave enabled)

SET* GAME plugins ( to disabled)

POPS plugins (leave enabled)

Once done that hit BACK till you exit the Recovery menu back to the XMB.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO DO EXACTLY THE SAME STEPS AS MENTIONED ABOVE IF YOU WANT TO RUN THE MGS DEMO ON A PSP 3000!

(Now to my knowledge this is good enough to run the MGS Demo but i went the extra mile to

update the version.txt with this :-

[ release:6.10: build:3062,0,3,1,0:builder@vsh-build6 system:50781@release610,0x05050010:

vsh:p6399@release610,v50953@release_610,20090415: target:1:WorldWide ]

...and the simplest way to do

that was use Update Trick 2.5 by Chiri_13 and edit the

version.txt for 5.51 since that’s the only available option to update the version.txt in

that homebrew.)

**Now I’m not sure what it says in the original version.txt provided with the new CFW 5.03

GEN-B since I’m lazy and did not bother to get inside Flash0 to retrieve it. If anyone could

kindly provide me that particular version.txt it would be sweet!

After about 15 mins of messing around or deciding to mess around actually (lol) I got the

demo(s) both the old and TGS versions to work and I must add I feel it’s not much of a big

hassle. Wonder why GEN team couldnt get this working!

Well BIG BIG BIG thanks to Team GEN for the new CFW and Total_Noob for Ultimate VSH also

Chiri_13 for the awesome simplistic update trick brew!

If not for you guys, fans like us would be sucking our thumbs!

HOPE THIS HELPS,

I’m using a PSP3006 running CFW 5.03 GEN-B with original Japanese manufactured 8Gb Sony

Memory Stick Pro Duo.

Please feel free to contact me if any info i stated needs clearing up, but honestly I myself

am A NOOB when it comes to Homebrew and CFW yet I managed to run it so I hope you guys out

there that are smarter than me, get it too!

# ... — DaniPoo 2009-11-03 01:00

Can this play 480x272 AVC? or is there any homebrew to do that? What about MS speedup. Didnt they say that they where going to include that? Maby I remember wrong. I thought was to be like 5.5 gen-D + MS speedup.

# Ok — Squintin 2009-11-03 08:11

After getting the ultimate vsh which i've never used before but is completely redeeming of gen vsh/recovery, the mgs demo works now. But 5.03 gen-B still refuses to run unpatched games

# I ran Armored Core 3 and GTPSP — KylBlz 2009-11-03 19:32

Armored Core 3 works like a charm, its not patched or anything runs perfectly. plus i love the game :) !!!

GTPSP, unpatched, works like a charm. HOWEVER, the story mode is horribly disappointing :( its like in previous gran turismo games' licensing system where you drive cars that arent yours on tracks with time limits... ect.

Am i missing something on GTPSP? like a story mode... an actual purpose behind buying cars besides to look at?

# Help!! I cannot load psx games with video output! — DaniPoo 2009-11-04 07:14

In one of my posts above I wrote that I cant get POPS to work without popsloader and older pops.

And popsloader wont let me use video output..

I was wondering.. How can I remove all the CFW files from Flash0? And is it possible to flash older pops than 5.00 into CWF gen-b? I mean..

Can I delete all the CFW files from flash 0 without toutching the real FW files? Please help me..

# Solved it!!! — DaniPoo 2009-11-04 10:29

Exuse me for feeling really proud over myself as I am no developer and I have almost no clue hot CFW 5.03 gen-b work. ^^

What I did;

1. Uninstalled CFW using CFWE 3.50

2. Installed CFW 5.03 gen-a

3. Used PSARDumper to decrypt and save 5.03 files on MS

4. Connected Flash0 to computer and copied the POPS.prx and POPSMAN.prx form 5.03 OFW to \kd\.

I did this caus the old pops files did come from 5.00 and was flashed with CFWE and I do not know if they are accepted by the OFW so I thought "Hmm.. Maby this one needs the original files.

5. I installed cfw 5.03 Gen-B

6. I tried a PSX game.. I WORKED!!! Damn I was trying to solve this for 2 days! So if anyone got the same problem try do what I did ^^

# STOP — Andershizzle 2009-11-08 18:32

STOP JUMPING THIS OMG ITS OLD ASS NEWS

# Hahahaha yet again GEN fails — Vlad-the-wrecker 2009-11-18 23:18

Fail!

"im so sorry that we fail"

# STFU — Guest 2009-12-08 02:52

Shut the F**k UP Vlad Ass wipe.

# Guest 2009-12-08 04:09

Quoting Pugo:

Shut the F**k UP Vlad Ass wipe.

but vlads right - after all wht happened between me and your mum last night i thought you would understand.

Gen fails at anus sex because im the best there is even dark alex submits hard and rough to me

# Pls Help me I cant go to recovery mode in Gen-B — Genzki Cerberus 2010-09-09 01:34

Can anyone pls help me?? i accidentaly disabled the recover mode.. now i can't go to recovery mode how many times i pressed [SELECT] or Press [L] + [R] + square etc.. please reply A.S.A.P..

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