updating firmware

I've just bought silent hill for psp. The firmware update is to 3.52 and im on DA 3.10.

It allows me to play the game but when i put it on standby all i get is a loadinf screen. The question is due to my psp being the fat one should i bother considering upgrading to a custom firmware? I enjoy playing my psx games but if i do update to a custom firmware do i have to install all the others before it?

Also if i do update my firmware to the one on the umd ((3.52)) can i update it afterwards to another custom firmware?

What is the highest custom firmware out there at the moment?

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Originally Posted by DrCross

I've just bought silent hill for psp. The firmware update is to 3.52 and im on DA 3.10.

It allows me to play the game but when i put it on standby all i get is a loadinf screen. The question is due to my psp being the fat one should i bother considering upgrading to a custom firmware? I enjoy playing my psx games but if i do update to a custom firmware do i have to install all the others before it?

Also if i do update my firmware to the one on the umd ((3.52)) can i update it afterwards to another custom firmware?

What is the highest custom firmware out there at the moment?

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To update to custom firmware from official 3.52 you'd need a Pandora's battery. To use custom firmware without a PB, you'd need to update to official 3.50, you then can use Lumines to downgrade to 1.5 before upgrading to higher custom firmware.

Check these YouTube videos for more info...They are some of the best I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_video...elmikey511&p=r

my firmware is already a custom firmware. its DA 3.10 0e-a

Go to http://dark-alex.org/ for the latest custom firmwares.

fantastic. do i need to download any of the previous updates or can i install 3.80m33 straight away?

Also... i've been saving via 3.10 on my game... will my saves work?

Im pretty sure everything will work apart from the old version of Popsloader (the 3.80 version is on DA's site).

Get 3.80m33 then 3.80m33-5 and you're set :)

The readme in the 3.80M33 folder claims you need a PSP with 3.52 M33-3 or higher.

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Originally Posted by maca

The readme in the 3.80M33 folder claims you need a PSP with 3.52 M33-3 or higher.

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Oh right yeh, I forgot about that. Sorry -_-

so by that rational... i need to update to firmware 3.52m33-3... can i directly upgrade to that from my DA3.10 0e-a?


Also can't find my usb cable... any possible way to blue tooth it to my psp?
or dial in to my psp?

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Originally Posted by DrCross

so by that rational... i need to update to firmware 3.52m33-3... can i directly upgrade to that from my DA3.10 0e-a?


Also can't find my usb cable... any possible way to blue tooth it to my psp?
or dial in to my psp?

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Nope :P USB or cardreader only.

But when you're at 3.80 you can use Network Update for future updates.

jumping for joy at the moment as i have a card reader on my new laptop!!! so do i have to download 3.52m33 first before updating? or all the other updates before that?

What about my current saves?

You can go from from 3.40OE to 3.52M33-4 following this.

Don't know about the saves. After you've installed it, you'll need to go into recovery mode to enable the Sony ISO loader if you want it.

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Originally Posted by maca

You can go from from 3.40OE to 3.52M33-4 following this.

Don't know about the saves. After you've installed it, you'll need to go into recovery mode to enable the Sony ISO loader if you want it.

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Dont see why saves would be lost; they're kept in a completely different folder to where the upgrading stuff goes (PSX=>Game), and the upgrade changes nothing on your card.