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2.71 TA-082 Firmware PSP's Now Able to Downgrade!

Posted Dec 27, 2006 at 12:05PM by Justin B. Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits Tags: downgrader, XMB, Sony, Dark-AleX, TA-082

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Just when you thought Santa (Dark_Alex) couldn't surprise us with anymore presents for this holiday season, he has! We have a downgrader from Dark_Alex with the help of Mathieulh (right-hand man) and Harleyg. Just today it was announced that 2.71 PSPs running Dark_Alex's HEN-D will be able to downgrade their PSPs to a lower firmware (1.50) with this new program.

Unlike previous downdaters that require 1.50 helper files (illegal to distribute), this downgrader uses the raw 1.50 update file which is not illegal to distribute, so this process is much easier than previous downdaters released by Dark_Alex.

This program is specifically designed for 2.71 HEN-D users with a TA-082 motherboard. HEN-D, which enables 2.71 users to execute homebrew via the XMB, will be required for this downgrade process, and if you do not have it you can download it at the link provided below. Dark_Alex has also provided a detailed installation of this process detailed in the readme (please read the readme after you download).

Copy the UPDATE and idstoragechange folders into /PSP/GAME/
Get the official sony 1.50 eboot and put it in the /PSP/GAME/UPDATE folder with the name of UPDATE.PBP
Run HEN-D if you are not already running it.
Execute the idstoragechange. It needs 75% battery. It will change some keyes of your idstorage needed to downgrade the ta-082.
The program will exit to the XMB. Now execute the generic downgrade, which will show in the xmb as "Update X.YX" in the psp language.
The generic downgrader will also need 75% battery. IT will downgrade your psp to 1.50.
At the end, it will ask you to press X to restart the psp. Do it.
If all went fine, you'll receive a blue screen telling you to press O. Do it, and reenter your settings. Welcome to 1.50.
If things didn't go that fine, you'll have a non-functional psp, aka brick.

Warning: As always, there is a chance that you may brick your PSP running a downgrader, so please try this at your own risk and follow directions exactly.

Download: [1.50 Firmware Update]
Download: [2.71 Homebrew Enabler (HEN-D)]
Download: [TA-082 Downgrader for 2.71 Firmware]
Discuss: [Forum release thread]

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by FIRSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» cvbncvbn

YESSSSSs

Re: terminalblue - 2006-12-27

» HMMMMM?

where is 0okm?

Re: LOL (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» WOW

THIS IS FREAKIN AMAZING. WHO DOESNT THINK THAT DAX IS "THE" PSP GOD. WHAT HE DOES IS FREAKING UNBELEIVABLE. DAX IS THE ONLY ONE THAT DESERVES ALL OF US TO BE ON HIS D**K!

Re: K-man0 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» wow

this is amazing, this guy is god, like other said.... along w. a few others, lol, this is great, like few months there were that many major hacks out, and all at once, most major ones are swarming, 2.8 down, ta-82 2.71 down, etc, this is so cool, thank you all

Re: hm (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» hm

can i downgrade and upgrade to oe-b?
and... on his site...there are two files...
i get wut ta082down.rar is...
but wuts downdater271.rar for? do i need this?

Re: DONT USE THIS (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» psp BRICKED

MY PSP GOT BRICKED +(

Re: j453113 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» yea

i also wanna know if you can downgrade and then upgrade to3.02 oe-b

thinkin about it, if everythin is being rewriten by the generic downgrader, that means, we would have a full fledged 1.5 psp. Therefore, you could thoretically upgrade to 3.02 oe-b without any problems.... thats juss a thought tho....ill wait till sum1 answers...

Re: eruditejok3r - 2006-12-27

» I want to donate right now,.

WTF!!!! I want to donate now now now ... I must buy these guys beers right now.... WTF I can't fuccking beleive my eyes..... ME want to donate now now now cmon take my monet damn it

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Re: DARK_ALEX IS GOD (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» THANK YOU DAX

Sony just keeps on patching, and Dark_Alex just keeps on hacking. You by far are the greatest PSP hacker in the scene. Keep it up man, you've done so much and surprised us all. I owe you my respect, as well as a hefty paypal donation :D

Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» .....

dsa well confirm it already and also dark alex wht about us 2.80 ta-82

Re: hey dsa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» how the f*ck..

did u get 2 3.02 oe that is only for non ta082s and if u used this i asume u have a ta-082

Re: dsa anser me!!!! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» how did u do it?

plzzzz i really want 2 no i want 3.02 oe

Re: bongoben (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» re:

Just wanted to say thanks to DA for this... I've got 3.02 OE-B running. Now I just need to figure out the whole PSX thing.

Re: maniac (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» THE GOD OF THE PSP

Even though i don't have TA-082, I think that DAX is THE BEST psp programmer arround. 0omk is good but he is an ass as he finds stuff but never shares the information. I am running 3.02 OE-B But this is still good for the TA-082 Owners. I am happy for you and hope that you don't brick your PSPs.

Re: the man (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» thanks

this is cool it finaly worked thenks man. OH and can some one tell me how to play game on the memory stick.im a REAL NOOB

Re: dorkboy - 2007-01-01

» 3.03

does anyone know how to downgrade from a 3.03 back to the 2.71 or below??? i need help plz

Re: mark (Unregistered) - 2007-01-10

» can i downgrade my TA-082

can i downgrade my TA-082 psp with official 3.02 firmware because i want Psp Ver 3.03 OE-b on my psp

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Re: psp freak (Unregistered) - 2007-01-21

» ?

what exactly happens when your psp gets bricked?and for some reason i can't put videos into my psp, i've tried everything, and im goin CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

by xmOD (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» great release

i was all along the release time...

by Coldbird - 2006-12-27

» *****tards...

And what about Mathieulh and harleyg?!

They also contributed to this Work and deserve some Credit!

*****tards... Hell - I couldnt be more pissed off at the Moment...

Re: WackaMonkey (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» ...Poor baby....

Waaaaaa!

DA didn't mention either of those two on his site for this release so.....

Take it up with DarK_Alex if its so GD important.

Re: CBMaster - 2006-12-27

» Yes it does

TA-082 FW 2.71 Hen-d downgrader by Dark_AleX/Mathieulh/Harleyg

Thats what it says at his site www.dark-alex.org

Re: saf100792 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» colbird needs to read the article

try reading b4 posting stupid sh1t on the website

look its right here:

We have a downgrader from Dark_Alex with the help of Mathieulh (right-hand man) and Harleyg.

Re: saf100792isahomosexual (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» To Saf100792

Colbird is saying that the commenters need to give credit to them to you fktard.

Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» .

Coldbird is a *****ot.

Re: spanky (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28

» dark-alex.org is fake

Dark-alex.org is an imposter. Don't you remeber reading aout the brickers people downloaded? You want dax.lan.st

DAX.LAN.ST is DAX's site. All others are imposters.

Dark_AleX is amazing, but alot of people who work on devs and release source code are unsong heroes as well. Let's not forget Noobz.eu
Ported the PSAR dumper/Decrypter for 3.0 and 3.01(2 days after release WOOT)!!

by Bech (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» lovely as allways

This is a TA-082-TA-079 reverser.

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by cashflow1212 - 2006-12-27

» 2.71 to 1.5 to 3.02 oe?

is it possible to downgrade your ta-082 to 1.5 then upgrade it to 3.02 0E-B??

Re: sirius playa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» yeah

i heard about other downgraders bricking when you tried to run devhook or other mods will this do taht or has it been fixed

Re: liquidsilver (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» WORKS!!!

just did it, my ta-82 is now 3.02 OE-B!!!

by steven5678 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» Yes

I Succesfully downgraded

Re: jUST_bOB (Unregistered) - 2006-12-30

» Successfull downgrade

Many thanks . My TA-082 is now 1.5 !!

Re: KUMAR (Unregistered) - 2007-01-07

» CAN YOU HELP ME

CON YOU TELL ME HOW TO RUN Hen D AND EBOOT ON THE PSP?

by AndyMosh - 2006-12-27

» Woah!

Awesome for Ta-082 people!
But... custom firmware rocks.

by Jordan Black - 2006-12-27

» What about Math and harleyg

They created it aswell

by sam (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» only 6 comments?

yay 7th! how come only 6 comments, i would have thought that this is great news for all the people who have ta 082 psps!

and cashflow you should be able to but i'd check around first

Re: vin (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» umm

they all gave up on the homebrew world. Probably because of too much waiting and the lack of support for them.

by galgor (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» woo!

dax just keeps on giving!! nice work & good news for the scene :D

by somebody (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» wow

wow, very well for ta-082 users, but, they will be able to use custom firmware?, because 3.02-OEB rocks!.

by yess!! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» wooot it works!!

btw make sure you format your stick and reinstall HEND before you try this.. it might hang

by matthew (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» IT WORKED

IM UPDATING TO 3.02 OE RIGHT NOW!!! THANK YOU ALL

by gpl (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» late

jeez, it took you guys forever to get this up hour and a half after release

Re: STFU (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» no one cares

thats only 20 minuntes less than it took to wash the jizz out out of your eyes and read this

by *****masterZ (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» Downdater

first post

Re: hacker3.0 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29

» idiot

why did you post it you not the first post

by w00t (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» psh sha

This is really cool, even though I don't have a TA-082 PSP.

Does this work on all of those other different motherboards???

by HAIL YEEEEE (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» OMG

I THOUGHT I WAS SCREWED FOR EFING SURE WITH THIS TA SHYT BUT NOW!!!!

hail yeah

Dark ALex seriously needs like a medal for this thing
great job

by bridge (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» ..

listen really closely... you can hear about half the ta-082 users ***** their pants with glee...

Re: NeoWired89 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-30

» More than half

Damn If you turn off all the noise and turn on an empty radio signal you can hear the other half ***** themselves with amazement

by chucky3456 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» Congrats

Congrats TA-082'ers! Remember, Dark_Alex is a god, as are Mathieulh and Harleyg. Welcome to the world of homebrew!

Re: j453113 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» i was already in that world

even tho this is ma second psp( ta-082 psp) i was already in the homebrew world with it.
I had reverse devhook n gpsp, capcom emulator and snes9x. therefore, homebrew is known by my dreaded mobo I call the ta-082

oh well... ima downgrade this thing now.... ill reply if its all gud...

gud luk to me...

by dudskin (Unregistered) - 2006-12-27

» 2.80

can i expect ta-082 psp running 2.80 fw to be downgradable in the future

Re: Stanley:DD (Unregistered) - 2006-12-2