Custom Firmware on a PSP-3000

A couple posts ago, I showed you guys how to put Custom Firmware on most PSPs. Now, I am going to show you how to put Custom Firmware on PSPs that are not m33 capable. This will even work on PSP 3000s.

Before we begin, I would like to state that I am not in any way responsible if anything happens to your PSP. No matter what you do, there is always a chance of bricking your PSP. Please read through the whole tutorial before starting it.

Step 1: Update your firmware to 5.03. It MUST be 5.03 or it won't work.

Step 2: Use ChickHen r2 to enable homebrew. Place the h.bin file directly in the the root of the memory card, and place the folder with the pictures of eggs in the PHOTO folder. To use ChickHen, just go to photos on your PSP, go into the ChickHen folder and go to the bottom image which is a .tiff image. Your PSP's screen should flash in a different color and reboot into ChickHen. If it doesn't, keep trying again and again. Turning of UMD autostart and UMD cache speeds up the process. Having no images other than the ChickHen folder also helps.

Step 3: Connect your PSP to your PC and unzip 5.03 Gen-A.

Step 4: Open the LAUNCH-ME.exe file.

Step 5: Choose either PSP-2000 or PSP-3000 (PSP-3000s are the ones with the microphone next to the PSP logo below the screen) and choose mode FULL.

Step 6: Choose PSP install option YES, and press START.

Step 7: After the files are copied to your PSP, disconnect your PSP from your computer. Connect your PSP to its charger as a precaution.

Step 8: Launch the EBOOT.PBP/ loader from your PSP.

Step 9: Once the app has loaded, press L or R to flash the firmware to your PSP. You only need to do this ONCE!

Step 10: Press () to reboot into the new custom firmware.

Congratulations, your PSP should now have custom firmware!
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