My name is Karol Krizka, and I am a undergraduate student at SFU where I study physics and computer science. In my free time, I write simple applications and play with my PSP.How To Install 3.80 M33 and 3.80 M33-2 On Your PSP
Karol Krizka @ January 16, 2008
PSPAfter a short delay, I have put together another guide about installing custom firmwares on your PSP. For those of you that don’t know, custom firmwares allow you to run homebrew applications while keeping the benefits of the original Sony firmware. So far the only custom firmware (and the most popular one) is 3.80M33, that was released by Dark_Alex and Team M33 earlier this week. All the credit goes to them and I suggest visiting their website and donating money via PayPal. One of the features that was added is the ability to update your custom firmware through Network Update, the icon in the System portion of the XMB that you use to install official Sony updates. This means that I will no longer need to write another of these guides, unless they are demanded, in the future. You can try out the Network Update out right after you install 3.80M33, because there is already a patch waiting for you. Happy modding!
Requirements
- A fat PSP with firmware version 3.52 M33-3 or greater. The installer will not work with anything lower than this. You can check out my 3.52 M33-4 guide to find out how to upgrade
- Or a slim PSP with 3.60 M33 firmware. I do not have a slim PSP, so I cannot help you with it. However this seems like a good tutorial on upgrading to 3.60 M33.
- A memory stick with at least 128 MB of free space
- Fully charged battery (or just leave it plugged in the power)
- M33 installation package that includes the SONY official firmware version 3.80, 1.50, 1.50 kernel patch and 3.80M33.
- Patience to follow this guide step by step
Install 3.80 M33 and 3.80 M33-2
- Connect your PSP to the computer via a USB cable.
- Copy all files on the memory stick to a hard drive. This is a backup just in case something evil happens, even if it’s unlikely.
- Copy the UPDATE folder (found in PSP/GAME folder in the installation package) to the PSP/GAME folder on your PSP.
- Disconnect your PSP from the computer
- Navigate to the games section of the XMB on your PSP and select the Memory Stick tab
- Run the application called “PSP Update ver 3.80″
- Press X if asked to correct idstorage keys
- Press X after that to continue
- You will be asked to install the official 3.80 SONY update; follow their instructions. Don’t worry, the installer will patch it to run homebrew afterwards.
- Your PSP will restart automatically after this update is complete
- Apply the 3.80 M33-2 patch by going into the System portion of your XMB and pressing update
- Connect to your wireless router and wait for the patch to download
- The patch installer will be started automatically. You will just need to press the X button to confirm that you want to apply it.
- After a minute, your PSP will be restarted automatically.
- You now have 3.80 M33-2 on your PSP!
Install 1.50 Homebrew Support For the PSP (FOR FAT PSP ONLY!)
- This patch will delete the Location Free Player and the Korean font in order to increase space available. Do not install it if you use these features, use eLoader instead.
- Connect your PSP to the computer via a USB cable.
- Copy the 150.pbp file from the installation package to the root of your PSP memory stick.
- Copy the UPDATE folder (found in PSP/GAME380 folder in the installation package) to the PSP/GAME380 (create, if necessary) folder on your PSP.
- Disconnect your PSP from the computer
- Navigate to the games section of the XMB on your PSP and select the Memory Stick tab
- Run the application called “PSP Update ver 1.50″
- Press X to continue
- Wait as your PSP paches itself
- Your PSP will restart automatically after this update is complete
- You can now run 1.50 applications on your 3.80 PSP!
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it says i need 78% battery when my bat is fully charged, ii than tried to remove the battery and use the plug same thing happens
same with mine, plz help karol!!!
I am a total newbie at this i have a new fat psp version 3.71 will this work on that system or brick it? my goal is to be able to get nes games on there. is this the right path to take?
i have a problem installing psp 3.80 m33.. i installed 3.80 w/o m33.. how can i install the version with m33? i have my fat psp.. what should i do?
did you hear anything yet?
i would like to know ….i have already got the 3.80 update w/o realizing that it would not run iso files. but the 3.80 m332 will. my question is can i still upgrade to 3.80 m33 from 3.80???? thnx
Joey
so will it work on the new fat psp 3.71??
You need custom firmware installed already. Downgrade with Pandora’s Battery first.
what firmware should i installed? what should i do to my fat psp 3.80 to run the 3.80m33 or 3.80m33-2? can u help me please?
Quick question:
After installing the 1.50 addon, can you delete the GAME380/UPDATE folder and the 150.pbp file?
Thanks!
Yup, you can delete all of the files after the install is finished.
Karol..
Man your advice is real helpfull and pretty much point blank.
One Quick Question… The 1.5 update ..that is to be applied after the 3.80m33 upgrade? Correct?
Thganks Again
Joey….
(Yeah The Pandoras Battery is on ebay for adv for $70.00……)
=(
Yup, you apply the 1.50 kernel after you install 3.80M33.
$70? That sounds kinda steep. Why not just buy a normal Sony battery for half that price and convert it yourself? It is not that hard if you find the right guide.
Hi just installed the 3.52 M33-4 firmware and now i wont to install 3.80 M33-2, but when i run the PSP update ver 3.80 found i the instalation package, it says i need v. 3.52 M33-3 or higer, but i have checked the system information wich says im runing 3.53 M33-4… could some one plz help me on this one
Same problem as Stening above. The 3.80 M33 installer isn’t recognizing that I just upgraded my 3.52 M33 to M33-4. PSP system information confirms that M33-4 update worked. Any suggestions?
I’ve seen that problem posted on the pspmod.com forums, but I am not sure if there is a solution. You should check those forums out.
I think I found it. Maybe because of the previous 3.40 OE firmware I was running, the kernel was set to 1.50, which was why my 3.52 MM3-4 wasn’t being detected. These instructions (from larrylje on the afterdawn.com psp forums)worked for me:
“Turn off your PSP.
Now turn it on while holding down the R-Trigger button.
This will boot the recovery menu.
Go to configuration and under GAME KERNEL set it to 3.52 then exit out of the recovery menu.
Now try running the 3.71 M33 update.”
Thanks Karol!!
Thanks for sharing the solution!
hi karol
i’m new to all these things.so plz help me.
i’m using a fat psp with 2.81 firmwire(official)
can u plz help me upgrade it to a custom firmwire to run homebrews
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The Pandoras battery from what i hear can only be applied and managed on a psp that has the 1.5 kernel installed…. so i would not be able to create a pandoras battery using 3.80 form sony..unless i am wrong i have been supplied with bogus info.]
Karol Krizka Is The man You All!!!!!
Hi Karol! Please help me!
I have a slim PSP with version is 3.71-M33.
I’ve followed your tut and have updated my PSP to 3.80. Then when I try to update to 3.80-M33-2, it’s didn’t allow me. Please help me out with it!
(I’m from Vietnam, and I’m newbie with these homebrew stuffs, and sorry for my English if it’s so bad)
Hope to here from you soon!
Any body looking for a pandora battery should go to gogamestuff.com. They are paypal verified and the battery works great. They are $12.99 and only five dollars shipping. It ships out of Hong Kong, so it may take a couple of weeks to deliver, but well worth it. I got mine in 2 weeks flat. In order to use it though, you will also need to purchase or make your own magic memory stick. I would recommend downloading the ultimatepandorapack. It has step by step instructions and you don’t need to follow the battery part if you already have one,(although it is also very useful.) It is best to make the magic memory stick on a 256 or 512mb. memory stick. You can get a 512 for 10 bucks nearly anywhere, and you probably don’t want to use the stick for anything else just in case your psp ever bricks. Hope this helps.
Thanks for sharing. I added the link to the Places to Buy Pandora’s Batteries list.
i have psp version 3.9 i want to get custom firmware 3.9m33-2 i have it downloaded and then i play it and then it works then 10 seconds later it says “the game could not be started (80020148)”
what does that mean and what do i do to fix it so i can get the custom firmware
You need to do what this posts does. You need to create a Pandora’s Battery to install 3.90M33-2.
hi, after i installed the 3.80 M33 i did not see any 3.80 M33-2 patch, what will i do? please help me.
hi, after i installed the 3.80 M33 i did not see any 3.80 M33-2 patch. What will i do to install the 3.80 M33-2? please help me…
Hi, I noticed no one replied to Dianne. I’m having the same problem, as I don’t have a wireless router and hence am stuck getting the M33-2 patch. Can anyone help?
I have PSP Slim & Lite. I want to know that how can I install Softwares like (MP4 or MP3player) on PSP. I have downloaded the softwares from internet. SO PLS Help me
Hey. I followed your steps but my FAT PSP says I’m now running 4.01 M33-2 and I’ve lost the ability to play homebrew. I can play .ISOs, though. Was this supposed to happen? Can I restore the homebrew ability?
Followed instructions to the letter.Update froze at 99%.Now have brick!!
Any suggestions welcome.Updated from 3.52 M33-4. Received error code at 99% and could go no further.
hey i have a fat 3.71 aand when i try to install 3.80 m33 it says that the game could not be started then gives a error code.
i really dont want to end up using a pandoras battery
any suggestions?