Jan 21, 2011 Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65 released - Upgrader/Downgrader

PlayStation Portable - the PSP scene keeps on rockin'. Now, it's Hellcat turns to bring good news to us. He just released a new Recovery Flasher and now at version 1.65. In order to keep track of the latest happenings in the scene, he has fixed some compatibility issues, added new supports and functions, and much more. In addition, he also included new firmware packs to install clean 6:20 OFW using Recovery Flasher. Whoa! I guess he just made 'hacking' so much more easier. If you are new to this tool, Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65 is a tool which able to recover semi-bricks, Up-/Downgrades your CFW, * flash *ANY* CFW directely to almost any other ,backup/restore firmware flash (not NAND dump), make and restore NAND dumps and you can done it all without Pandora.

Warning:

Never attempt to install this tool on PSP 2000 (TA088V3)/3000/GO. 

You may brick you PSP

Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65 Change log:

• fixed compatibility with 6.20-TN HEN
• added check for 6.20-TN and the 6.35 HEN
• added check for 6.20-TN HEN's flash0 protection being enabled
• added check for configured game mode plugins when on 6.20-TN and the 6.35 HEN
• added detection of the PSP4000 model and the PSPgo
• added appropriate handling of all of the above, when detected, to avoid unnecessary tears casted by users
• added support to handle 6.00, 6.10 and 6.20 FWs for restore of (filewise) flash backup and clean install from scratch
• added decryption of extracted (hidden) updater driver modules - and so enabling downgrade from 6.35+ (only on hackable PSPs though, for now)
• added new firmware packs to install clean 6.20 OFW using Recovery Flasher
• bundled the existing 5.50-GEN firmware packs with the main release

Source: Exophase

 

Requirement:

• PSP 1000 and 2000 non TA-088V3 (Hackable Motherboard)
• Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65 [Download HERE]

Installation Guide:

Note : This is only a basic installation guide

1) Extract rflash165.rar.















2)Just copy PSP folder and all rfp files and paste them right into your root of memory stick>>.......

Merge all the folders and files.






If you need further explanation on plug-in installation or application installation, please refer the links below.

• PSP Application installation guide
• PSP Plug-ins installation guide

Now, you're able to run your Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65 on PSP XMB >> Game.

If you need a guide on how to Upgrade and Downgrade PSP Custom Firmware, you can refer this page.

 [Guide : How to Downgrade/Upgrade PSP CFW with 
Hellcat's Recovery Flasher ver 1.65]

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Jan 3, 2011 Guide - How to downgrade PSP firmware 6.20 to firmware 5.03

Hello guys! How's your TN-B? I wonder if it's running well on your PSP? I hope so. As I explained in the previous post, TN-B includes a lot of new features. One of the biggest and best improvements is the ability to downgrade firmware 6.20 to firmware 5.03. Yeah, I know, you must wonder if this feature really works. So I have tested it and it really works.

Unfortunately, I'm only able to test it on my PSP 2000 (Hackable mobo). According to PSPGEN, this features should works on PSP 2000 (TA-088 v3) and 3000 too but they can't 100% guarantee about that. It means, your PSP has a possibility to brick while attempting this feature. You should bear in mind that if your PSP (TA-088v3 /3000) bricks, there is no way for you recover the brick. I don't want to scare you, but you really need to think about the possibility.

The good news is there are people who already tested the feature on PSP 3000. Guess what? They really did it and it works without problems. Maybe you wont believe me but it's true. You can CLICK HERE [PSPKind.de] to read their discussion.

Wah..what a long explanation. Actually, today, I'd like to share a guide : How to downgrade PSP firmware 6.20 to firmware 5.03 with 6.20 TN-B. If you planned to downgrade your firmware 6.20 to 5.03, this guide will help you.

Warning:

Use it at your own risk. Please be aware that the brick is possible. 

Bear in mind that if your PSP (TA-088v3 /3000) bricks, there is no way for you recover it.

I'm not responsible if your PSP bricks, or induce any system errors.

Guide : How to downgrade PSP firmware 6.20 to firmware 5.03

Requirement:

• PSP with 6.20 TN-B (Not for PSPGO) [Download HERE]
• 5.00 version text.
• 5.03 eboot.pbp [Download HERE]

STEP 1

 Please make sure that your PSP is running 6.20 TN-B. If not, please download it at the link below.

 [Click HERE for 6.20 TN-B Installation Guide]

STEP 2

The next step is I will show you a guide how to retrieve 5.00 version.txt.

Requirement:

• PSARDumper [Download HERE]
• 5.00 eboot.pbp [Download HERE]

The first thing you need to do is dump and decrypt the 5.00 eboot.pbp. HOW? Please refer the guide below.

Click HERE for GUIDE: How to dump and decrypt PSP  firmware.

After you got F0 folder, copy your 5.00 version txt in F0/vsh/etc  

and paste it right into your seplugins folder.

STEP 3

Firmware 5.03 installation. You need to install firmware 5.03 into your MS. 

You can refer this : Manual update guide 

*This is manual update for 6.20. But you can use it as your reference.

STEP 4

In order to make the downgrade works, you need to set up your TN Vsh Menu

Press [SELECT] to show up your TN Vsh Menu.

There are 3 things that you to reconfigure : (Please make sure)

• Fake index.dat = Enable
• Protect flash0 = Disable
• Spoof version = Disable

After you already configure them, (still on TN Vsh Menu) select RESTART VSH and enter to restart your TN Vsh.

Now, you can check your PSP System Software. You should be able to see 5.00 written there.

STEP 5

Almost there! We are almost finished!

At your PSP XMB, Game/ MS/ PSPtm Update ver 5.03.

Run the update and I wish you good luck ^^..That's all...

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