Custom Firmware 3.95 GEN-2 released

Posted Jun 6, 2008 at 3:34PM by QJ Staff Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: Custom Firmware, SNES

We've all been waiting for it and it's here on the dot. PSP Custom Firmware 3.95 GEN-2 has been released by its devs over at PSPGEN and we've got the download and the changelog just for you.

As promised, fixes have been made to address issues from the previous version. Installation notes have also been listed below by the devs to make everything easier for you.

Changes

Fixed issue which crashed the PSP if you had vshmenu mode 'None'.
Fixed SNES emulator issues, now works fine.
Fixed few homebrew issues with the Slim.
Last version of the SNES emulator, PSPTube and many other homebrew using ME now work fine.

Installation instructions

For everyone who wants to install 3.95 GEN, you must be on at least 3.71M33.

Download the package with 3.95 GEN and the popsloader.
Note: When installing, all your plug-ins will be disabled.
Connect your PSP to your computer via USB.
Extract the file you downloaded by right clicking and choosing the option 'Extract Files To...'.
Extract the files to your PSP's assigned letter (for example, X).
Leave USB Mode.

Goto GAME > Memory Stick > 3.95 GEN

As always, it would be best if you check out the readme before you install this version of this software. It's in the archive along with the other files which you can download below.

Download: CFW 3.95 GEN-2
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Comments

# :) — _ME_ 2008-06-06 10:41

Too cool, now to read up on Popsloader!

# nice! — ZQ 2008-06-06 10:41

glad to see the SNES Fix :cool:

# Is it just me??? — mariojas 2008-06-06 11:01

That's great

But PSP cant find update with the update tool(yes its configured to GEN updater) I wander if its because it just came out or a bug, anyway i can get it here (YEY QJ)

# Can i — Spawnx777x 2008-06-06 11:06

still play my emulators, ps1 games, and all that still?

# - — RJ 2008-06-06 11:13

Think I'll stick with DAX's firmware thanks.

# 100% — warningproject 2008-06-06 11:49

thanks now my psp is at 100% with psptube, press., couverflow, ubunto.and ........

thanks a lot now you rock

keep the good work

gen man

# Pass — 3vi1 2008-06-06 12:27

I'm passing, for now. I'm simply not updating until there's either a) homebrew I want to use that won't work on my currently installed M33, or Sony updates the PS3 firmware such that remote play doesn't work with my version.

BUT... I think this is great, and I encourage PSPGen to keep going full steam. It's not a good thing to have the entire community dependent on one man (Dark Alex) and the more minds we have keeping the platform open/unlocked, the better.

Great work, PSPGen!

# Still no iR Shell — c74gta4smash 2008-06-06 14:41

Alright this is great. But it kinda sucks not having cxmb or iR Shell. I really dont have a need for this, but I am glad that we have another team working on keeping our scene alive. Currently I might leave it on 3.95-2 but as I go, if there are more problems I will flash back to 3.90M33-2.

Just to help anyone out, rename your GAME3XX foler to GAME395 or else any homebrew in that folder will go un recognised.

Keep up the good work GEN!!

# UPADTE!!! — c74gta4smash 2008-06-06 14:50

Heres the things that don't work.

Using Ice silver PSP slim TA085 V1

SNES

iRShell

cxmb

That's my bug report. There's no difference and I suspected it. As of now I'm back to 3.90M33-2. Thank you GEN but IMO this is rather not worth it to me.

# Question about 1.5 subset — sabel4 2008-06-06 14:57

Is there a fat 1.50 addon for this firmware? Because if their is, and with the working popsloader (I'm currently running through FFVII for the first time, as I was about six when the game first came out) I may upgrade.

# format flash1 and reset settings — degenrise 2008-06-06 15:14

when i select this the psp will freeze.

# Even Dax said quit coding for 1.5 — fourmyfriends 2008-06-06 17:12

Dax encouraged coders to quit using the 1.5 krnl

Most everything I use has a 3xx kernel build.

I havn't had any problems running 3xx krnl homebrew.

I love the fact that the recovery menu sports a pandora battery creator, and a UMD to USB option. all my ISO's have played just fine.

If you don't like the pops loader, I here DAX's works just fine on GEN

My god, when M33 came out, everybody cried that it was going to brick their system. people called it crap, and then it turned out to be DAX the whole time, and now no one wants to give Gen a chance, when the truth is, it's a solid firmware.

it does kinda suck the network update didn't work this time, but come on Dax's 3.51 had 6 updates. No one is perfect.

And if your that stuck on 1.5, DAX has given you time machine, and with the ability in GEN to switch a battery back and forth between a pandora, it's perfect for time machine, I used to carry two batteries everywhere, now it's just one. With how big memory sticks are getting, time machine files are hardly anything to your memory stick.

Gen is great firmware, good work guys.

# pops — kevin1003 2008-06-06 18:31

does 3.95 pops work now or still gets black screen because i want to test out some psx games on it

# Sorry to bnreak it to you — c74gta4smash 2008-06-06 23:20

There is a slim motherboard known as the TA085 V2 which disables the making of a pandora battery. With that in mind who finds switching between batteries easy. My friend has that baord and he had 3.60 firmware when he bought it.

Also about the no more coding for 1.50 I agree with. It's no longer the golden firmware so why the hell wont people jump on the 3.XX kernel band wagon. When ever I see a 1.50 only homebrew, I see a division in the hombrew community. Why support a firmware that is outdated and only supports half of us when it can easily be made for all of us both fat and slim owners. We'll be on the 4.XX kernel soon so why stay in the past when it only works for some and not all. Hopefully timemachine V0.2 will not require pandora cause that's too much.

# No, or at least I don't think so. — sabel4 2008-06-07 02:08

I've tried out the firmware, and the popsloader that comes with it has the same pops version compatability range as the last Dark AleX release. 3.95 is not an option, even from flash. I haven't tried disabling popsloader and running games that way because all my PS1 games require earlier versions.

# Great job, GEN! — sabel4 2008-06-07 02:10

Tried it out on my fat PSP, and it works great! While the popsloader was dissapointing, (exactly the same functionality as the old one), it does everything I want it to and the recovery menu awesomeness is worth the upgrade alone for me. (Innate pandorizing of batteries.)

# Correction — sabel4 2008-06-07 02:13

There's something on the GEN website about changing pops.txt to add the new version. Trying out now.

# . — kevin1003 2008-06-07 02:40

ok thx

ill wait for your reply

# Why even switch? — skoomaeater 2008-06-07 03:45

My batteries are all permanently Pandora. The IPL for Timemachine is awesome. Why would you even need to switch the battery back and forth? Just have a friend convert it and you are good to go if you have time machine installed properly.

# All and all.... — degenrise 2008-06-07 05:03

This is a very solid FW. I am using it on my slim with motherboard TA-85. I love the pandora ability. Most of the homebrew I run is working. I only miss cxmb. So far it is pretty damn good. Still, it is weird that the format flash1 in recovery doesnt work. That is not a big deal though. I would imagine that they will fix that later.

# I feel like an idiot. — sabel4 2008-06-07 05:03

That was to add the version of popsloader that RUNS on 3.95 GEN-2, not the pops of 3.95. :(

It also won't run my dumps of 3.80 and 3.90, also.

# Time Machine installation works on Phat. — sabel4 2008-06-07 06:20

Installed Time Machine v.1 on my Phat while running 3.95 GEN-2 and DCDv5. All features work, no installer errors other than the ones caused by my own stupidity (You'd think I'd stop deleting 390.PBP by now, after using it once to install 3.90m33-3 on my PSP, and once on a friends, but I'd already deleted it when I wanted to install DCDv5.)

# wait... — AllyOmega 2008-06-07 06:57

so with this, u can turn it to and from a pandora battery... does that means the recovery menu works while its pandorized? how do u change it back to a normal battery while its pandorized? jsuk, i dont have 3.95 gen.. (YET!)

# holy *****, dude!! — Metal Jody 2008-06-07 07:17

i've tried finding this for so long. thank you!! i downloaded it. i'm going to share this link around.

# Here's how. — sabel4 2008-06-07 10:03

You plug it into an AC adaptor with the Pandora removed, turn on the PSP while holding R, then plug in the battery once you reach the recovery menu. Then you can de-pandorize it.

It will not natively boot with a pandora inserted, but Time Machine will let you do that if installed.

# @ skoomaeater — c74gta4smash 2008-06-07 10:29

Well this isn't my problem just my friend's. I personally believe that since rechargable batteries die over time based on usage it would be silly for him to kill the pandora first and then at that time be surrounded in the nightmare of not being able to get unpatched batteries.

# Download link seems broken. — ogredeschnique 2008-06-07 17:48

It's not working for me. Takes me back to the same page.

Also:

File Description

please insert text here.

lol

# cxmb !!! — degenrise 2008-06-08 06:24

there is now a CXMB that works for 3.95 GEN 2 !!

# jw... — AllyOmega 2008-06-08 07:53

im just wondering-

1. does the captain morgan beta work on here?

2. do u need any extra files for the pandora maker, like the magic memory files or does it install that by itself? cuz i made the pandora battery, but when i started it, the screen stayed black

id ask on the forums, but theyre being upgraded, so yeah

# jig stick — degenrise 2008-06-08 09:02

you also need to make a jigstick or the psp wont start up. It will be only a black screen.

# how? — AllyOmega 2008-06-08 09:30

how do u make a jigstick?

# u welcome — spore89 2008-06-08 10:30

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# OMG you guys — animebuster 2008-06-08 19:57

this fw can make the jigkick battery which is the pandora battery in the recovery menu what you need to do is make a magic memory stick so you can use it with the jigkick battery

# i know that — AllyOmega 2008-06-09 06:40

i just dont know how to make the magic memory stick... where can i get the files?

# I cant remember... — degenrise 2008-06-09 11:14

i am pretty sure if you try google something will come up. I am sorry i dont remember.

# confusing — ApolloMars 2008-06-10 03:06

I can't find go messager! after updated,is there anybody tell me why it happened and how to find it then.

# go! — degenrise 2008-06-10 05:41

go in to recovery and change your region to Europe.

# homebrew and cfw scene — majorbb100 2008-06-10 10:14

the homebrew and cfw scene is really staring to bore the ***** out of me.

# thanks — ApolloMars 2008-06-11 02:25

thanks,I forgot that go messager! can't work in US,and by the way,i got some problems while running Lightmp3 after updated,what am i supposed to do?

# yepper i saw it too. — majorbb100 2008-06-11 04:04

yepper i saw it too.

# Bricked again — marktec71 2008-06-11 05:54

Tried reinstalling 3.95GEN after a brick and the GEN Network Update does not work. Also some of my configure settings in Recovery mode changed by themselves. What next?

# . — MikeyMike01 2008-06-11 16:16

You're a *****ing idiot.

# Its great to update. — pspj 2008-06-13 00:00

Great work but still ill stay at 3.90 m33-3.

# DOES ANYONE! — Ozvaldo 2008-06-13 15:13

Does music.prx work for you during an iso on 3.95 GEN-2???

# re:. — Dayo6 2008-06-13 16:43

no hes justa nub

go ez on him!

# tried it — gr8tlegend 2008-06-14 19:10

It didn't work fully for me, just on the xmb I tried it on monster hunter ...didn't work for me but my psp is still a little buggy I'm not sure if it's this firmware or not . I will try to reset the settings or downgrade.

# update from 3.03oe-a to 3.95 gen-2 — vixbuddy 2008-06-17 20:49

i am using psp firmware 3.03 oe-a want to upgarde to 3.95 gen-3 or latest. how to do it please help.

email: vixbuddy@yahoo.co.uk

# update from 3.03oe-a to 3.95 gen-2 — vixbuddy 2008-06-17 20:57

please help how to update my 3.03 oe-a to latest firmware.

# HELP!!!!!!!!!!! !! cant play FF7 psx — bartmanxxx 2008-06-19 01:41

y cant i play ff7 psx??? help me pls.... i put on the popsloader of 3.95 gen.. but still cant play.. it freezes and turn black.. den i cant reset it.. so i pull out my battery... can u play ff7 psx in 3.95 gen-2? HOW?? email me pls to fix dis... jrque121083@yahoo.com TNX

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