[Guide] How to manually install custom firmware v5.00m33-3

[Noob27]

Thank You!

[shaheed456]

Thanks alot, very exellent and extremely helpful. Most appreciated.

[Breezer]

Great guide . Now running v4.01m33-2.

Thanks a lot oldgit9 and M33 too!

[mynx]

Thanks very much for this guide, I successfully upgraded my psp from 3.03 OE-A all the way to 3.52MEE-4 and I'm doing the 4.01MEE-v2 upgrade now.

One question if anyone's around, I'm at the screen where its unpacking (presumably the 4.01 official sony pbp) and it's written "Unpacking... done. Please wait..." That seems fine but its been on that please wait screen for about 8 minutes now, is this right?
Should it take this long? I've read the tutorial and I believe I should be waiting for a "press x to start the update" to appear on the screen but it seems to have hung at "Please wait...".

Should I restart the psp and try again, or keep waiting or what?

Thanks

EDIT: Just restarted the psp, tried again, same thing.
Can't seem to get passed the please wait.. screen. Any ideas?

[JPsycholic]

awesome guide and VERY helpful!
Thanks!

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by mynx

Thanks very much for this guide, I successfully upgraded my psp from 3.03 OE-A all the way to 3.52MEE-4 and I'm doing the 4.01MEE-v2 upgrade now.

One question if anyone's around, I'm at the screen where its unpacking (presumably the 4.01 official sony pbp) and it's written "Unpacking... done. Please wait..." That seems fine but its been on that please wait screen for about 8 minutes now, is this right?
Should it take this long? I've read the tutorial and I believe I should be waiting for a "press x to start the update" to appear on the screen but it seems to have hung at "Please wait...".

Should I restart the psp and try again, or keep waiting or what?

Thanks

EDIT: Just restarted the psp, tried again, same thing.
Can't seem to get passed the please wait.. screen. Any ideas?

in the recovery menu, make sure that your kernal setting is at "kernal 350". and try again. it should work.

[mynx]

Excellent! Thanks very much. Surprised I missed that somewhere, usually I catch as much detail as possible before messing with my firmwares. Thanks again great tute (maybe add that in )

[oldgit9]

Originally Posted by mynx

Excellent! Thanks very much. Surprised I missed that somewhere, usually I catch as much detail as possible before messing with my firmwares. Thanks again great tute (maybe add that in )

not a problem. glad that you got it working.

[groggy]

Hi thanks for the great guide, the install was easy. I am having a problem playing psp games from my memory stick it says "the game could not be started (80020321)"
do I need any additional files or loaders??? please help!!
thanks again for the guide, you are the man!

[Gandalf]

Originally Posted by groggy

Hi thanks for the great guide, the install was easy. I am having a problem playing psp games from my memory stick it says "the game could not be started (80020321)"
do I need any additional files or loaders??? please help!!
thanks again for the guide, you are the man!

You need to press the SELECT and enter the VSH menu scroll down to the UMD ISO Mode and change the setting to either Sony NP9660 or M33 Driver by using either the left or right D pad buttons. Exit out and the game ISO/CSO should work now.