PSP/PRO CFW

The below methods detail how to install Permanent Custom Firmware. Only do this if your PSP supports it and you know what you're doing; Temporary CFW is enough for most people. First, identify your PSP motherboard in the PSP/Models guide. Next, find out which exploit is right for you, and go to the related page. Note: At this moment, we recommend PRO-C rather than PRO-C2, since C2 has some crippling bugs with PSX emulation; and no one seems to be around to fix it. Glossary OFW - Official Firmware. Not modded in any way. CFW - Custom Firmware. Modded OFW with special features. Signing - Homebrew built to work on any PSP firmware by adding Sony's Root Signing keys to them. LCFW LCFW is a temporary CFW exploit that gives you all the features of a permanent CFW, but is lost whenever the PSP runs out of power. It only takes three seconds to reinstall it, though. LCFW is the safest method of installing CFW since it works on every PSP motherboard and will never result in a brick. Official Firmware is 6.60 Official Firmware below 6.60 6.20 Permapatch This method is only for people who absolutely cannot wait three seconds to recover CFW when the PSP runs out of power. Otherwise, we strongly recommend using LCFW, an easier method where there is no risk of bricking your PSP! On the 6.20 firmware, there is a unique exploit that allows permapatching on some newer PSPs. Don't worry about issues with using an older version; the features have mostly been backported, and 6.20 PRO-C2 uses a convenient exploit to run 6.60 ISOs. Official Firmware 6.20 or Above Official Firmware 6.20 Below Official Firmware 6.20 Chronoswitch 6.20 Permapatch Downgrade to 6.20 The Chronoswitch downgrade works by changing your PSP Model setting in flash0, bypassing security features that block 6.20 OFW. Due to security reasons, all browser settings (homepage, etc.) will be deleted, since flash1 has to be wiped in the process; make sure to back those up. First, install Temporary CFW for 6.60. Check your FuseCFG using [PSPIdent. http://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/1286] If your FuseCFG is: 0x00002A00, downgrade your PSP using Davee’s Chronoswitch Downgrader v5.0f. If your FuseCFG is: 0×00003300, 0x00003B00 or other, download PRE-Downgrader-fix, install and press X. After installing PRE-Downgrader, use Davee’s Chronoswitch Downgrader v5.0f to downgrade to 6.20. Once you've downgraded using Chronoswitch, you can now follow the instructions to install the 6.20 Permapatch. Source: Wololo.net - Chronoswitch for TA-095v1 and 2 (09g) Source: Epforums - Chronoswitch Downgrader Upgrading past 6.20 after Chronoswitch After installing 6.20 Chronoswitch, you will need to use a special app to update to 6.35 or 6.60 if you so choose. (need to find that app) However, this is not recommended or helpful, since 6.20 PRO-C contains all the features of 6.60, and has patches that allow 6.60 games to be played. Note: There have been unconfirmed reports that TA-095v2 (09g) is unable to downgrade back to 6.20 after upgrading. Chronoswitch is now working for all PSP motherboards except PSP GO cIPL Official Firmware is 6.60 Official Firmware below 6.60 or using CFW M33/Dark AleX Custom Firmware 5.50 GEN or 5.50 Prometheus 4 Templates To reduce redundancy, we've placed all the instructions from above into templates, that can be edited below. PSP/Remove GEN Version Protect PSP/Install OFW 6.60 PSP/Install 6.60 PRO PSP/cIPL Flash 6.60 PRO PSP/Temporary CFW PSP/Install 6.20 OFW PSP/Downgrade to OFW 6.20 PSP/Install 6.20 PRO PSP/cIPL Motherboards PSP/Chronoswitch Motherboards PSP/6.20 Permapatch Motherboards PSP/LCFW Motherboards Template Sources EndlessParadigm - 6.xx Downgrader to 6.20 se7sensins - Installing CFW on your PSP system, up to 6.60 Sources Dashhacks - Hacking PSP Mega Thread: Never Outdated Dashhacks - 5.03 GEN/MHU 6.20 PRO-B9 Permapatch GBATemp - Hack every PSP up to Firmware 6.60