here is a guide i made for a friend how had homebrew...it uses pandora's battery without any skills of cutting pins...the work is done for you, just hit X like 15 times thru the whole process, and it should take no more than 15mins, but you need at least a 78% charge... it was all in a .rar file, when i get home i will upload it to megaupload (or whereever a free server is)...or you could try to google thehere it is:
-----upgrading to 3.8 m33-5-------
in this rar file you should have these files...
- ospt_052.zip (
you can try to find it here)
- The File You Nedd.7z (
http://www.pspmod.com/forums/downloa...?do=file&id=22)
- 3.8M33.zip (
24mb)
- 3.8m33-5.zip (
Dark-AleX's update)
* you must have all these files in order to upgrade...i tried it, and it works
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- first you are going to softmod your battery, since you have CFW (custom firmware) you will need to extract the ospt_052.zip to your desktop.
- enable USB mode on your PSP
- then you will copy the folder "ospbt_052" to your GAME folder (X:/psp/GAME/); remember "X" means your drive letter
- turn off USB mode, and go to your games on you memory stick and change your run the "OS pandora Battery Tool 0.52
- Press X to continue
- Scroll down to "Convert to service mode"; now your battery is pandora-ized
- Now exit
------------------creating the magic memery stick-----------------------------------
* now we will make a magic memory stick! ( the easiest part)
- extract the The File You Need.7z to your desktop
- Open README 1st folder
- highlight and copy MSINST and MSPFORMAT FOLDER
- open My Computer
- Left Click the C: drive once (Note: if you double click, it will open C: drive)
- Now RIGHT Click on C: drive and PASTE
- format your memory stick thru your psp (Settings>System Settings>Format Memory Stick)
- once that is done, enable USB mode
- make note of your drive letter (usually E: or F
- open up command propmt (click Start, select Run, type in cmd and hit enter_
- Type in the following command "CD C:\" (note: with-out quote mark) HIT enter
- type the following command "mspformat\mspformat.exe X" ( where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
- hit Y, then enter
- it should say "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved."
- disable USB mode, and take out the memory stick
- now re-insert the memory stick, and re-enable USB mode
- Now go back to the Desktop where you extracted the folder "The File You Need"
- double click it
- open the Despertar v3 folder, and copy its contents to your psp (just the contents, not the actual folder)
- now go back to your prompt window
- type the following command "msinst\msinst.exe X msinst\msipl.bin" (again where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
- press Y and hit enter
- The last line should say " Write MS BOOT CODE "
- then type exit and enter
* you now have a magic memory stick!
-----------------------upgrading to 3.71 m33-2------------------------------
* now that you have your "pandora" battery and MMS, its time to install!
- make sure that the memory stick is inside your psp
- pop in your battery
- it shoudl automatically cut on
- you should see a screen, press X to install 3.71 m33-2
- sit back and let it install everything to the flash....
- once it says install sucess, press X to reboot
* congrats you have CFW 3.71 m33-2
------------------------turning your battery back to normal mode------------
- once your psp is off, take out the battery, and plug in a AC adapter
- turn on your PSP, insert your battery, and enable USB mode
- then you will copy the folder "ospbt_052" (remember the folder on your desktop?) to your GAME folder (X:/psp/GAME/); remember "X" means your drive letter
- turn off USB mode, and go to your games on you memory stick and change your run the "OS pandora Battery Tool 0.52" program
- Press X to continue
- Scroll down to "Convert to normal mode"; now your battery is pandora-ized
- Now exit
------------------------upgrading to 3.8 m33-------------------------
* before we do this, we must make sure you have at least a 78% charge to your battery *
- turn on your PSP with the battery inserted
- extract the 3.8M33.zip to your desktop
- enable USB mode on your PSP
- format your memory stick thru you PSP
- copy the update folder to the GAME folder (X:\PSP\GAME) (remember X is the drive letter)
- assuming you have at least a 78% charge, run the update from the GAME folder, it will be like sony's but dont worry, it will install the CFW
- At the end when you are asked to reboot the
PSP pressing X or O, do it.
* you now have 3.8 m33!!!! *almost there*
--------------------------updating to 3.8 m33-5-----------------------------------------
-turn on your psp
- go to the GAME section on your psp, and delete the update
- now enable USB mode
- extract 3.8m33-5.zip file to your desktop
- copy the update folder to the GAME folder (X:\PSP\GAME) (remember X is the drive letter)
- disable USB mode, and run the update just like you did the last time..
* VIOLA!!! YOU HAVE 3.8 M33-5!!!! w00t!!11!!111!!! *
-guide created by travis greene