Posted Jan 28, 2007 at 03:20PM by Kyle M. Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Applications Tags: downgrader, Fanjita, Custom Firmware, Noobz
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3.03 Downgrader - Image 1Fanjita may have told you guys what to do with a non-homebrew capable PSP, but now it appears that everyone can get in on the homebrew fun! The "goofy exploit" which exists in firmwares 2.00 to 3.03 was found on Friday, January 25, 2007, a date which you'd think might go down in the PSP homebrew history. But it probably won't because despite their seven-day ETA, the Noobz team has once again fortified its position at the top of the homebrew coding ladder with a 3.03 downgrader - just three days after the exploit was found!


Some call it magic, others call it an act of god, but whatever the reason for it, PSP gamers all across the world can now downgrade their consoles to the magic of homebrew-capable 1.5, and then if they wish to do so, upgrading to homebrew-capable custom firmware. All you need is a PSP running firmware 3.03 (if not then update to 3.03 using the update EBOOT found here) the downgrader files and the 1.50 EBOOT as well as an unpatched version of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

Unpatched versions of Liberty City Stories contain the 2.0 update, whereas patched versions contain higher updates. If your copy of LCS has an update higher than 2.0 on it, then you will have to find an unpatched UMD to proceed. There's no need to worry if you have a TA-082 PSP as the downgrader will check your motherboard and patch it if necessary. Note the downgrader will not let you proceed without patching if your motherboard requires it.

Not only has Noobz released a 3.03 downgrader but they've also managed to release a 3.03 HEN (Homebrew Enabler) for the PSP. This means that those of you who aren't too sure that you want to downgrade can still play homebrew on 3.03. This does not flash your PSP, but by running HEN, it installs a patch in your PSP's memory, that allows you to run homebrew almost as if you had a v1.5 PSP. This patch remains in place until you fully turn off your PSP - it will survive the PSP being placed into sleep mode. You run the HEN application just as you do the downgrader using Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.

To use this simply download the 3.03 HEN files from the download links below and copy them to your PSP. Then run your unpatched version of GTA:LCS and the patch will apply itself. It will be stored in RAM and will stay there until you reset your PSP. Putting the PSP in sleep mode will not remove the patch. This is based on the source for HEN 2.71 provided by Dark_Alex, so the Noobz team would like to thank him for the code and the help. Additional credits go to Booster, Team C + D for the registry kernel exploit and Mathieulh for the help provided to Dark_AleX.

PLEASE READ: This downgrader has been tested by the highly-successful Noobz team and has been proven to work, however there is a small chance that bricking could occur during the process of downgrading. QJ.Net and the Noobz team are not responsible for any damage which may happen to your PSP by this application. Can you also note before use that it is possible to brick using this downgrader if you downgrade and then update to 3.03 and then downgrade again. The advice from Fanjita right now is to only use this once. If you update to 3.03 again after using the downgrader then we suggest you leave it there to prevent your PSP from bricking.

Now we've got the boring bit over with, we can move onto the downgrade process itself. Here's QJ's "how to" for downgrading from 3.03 to 1.50:

1. Update to firmware 3.03. If already have this firmware then proceed to step 2.

2. Open the 3.03 downgrade file and copy the contents of the folder MS_ROOT to the root of your memory stick.

3. Open the 1.5 update and rename the EBOOT.PBP to UPDATE.PBP then copy it to /PSP/GAME/UPDATE/
Make sure not to overwrite PSP/GAME/UPDATE/EBOOT.PBP

4. Load Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (unpatched)

5. It should get to loading save game, clear the screen, the screen should fill with a light blue color and then reset the PSP
(If this does not happen see below)

6. Check that HEN is running by going to system settings then System Information and it should show up as system version 303 HEN

7. If it is showing up as 3.03 HEN then go to the memory stick and run the x.yz update

8. Before the downgrader does anything to your PSP it will ask for you to agree to what it is doing
If you no longer want to continue press the Right Shoulder Button (R-TRIGGER).

9. Once you have agreed to start the downgrade do not unplug the PSP

10. Once finished the PSP will ask you to press X, after pressing it will reset it self.

11. If it comes up saying that the settings are corrupt press X to continue.

12. Enjoy your new shiny 1.5 PSP.


What do you do once you have firmware 1.5? Well, you can either start downloading homebrew games from our QuickJump Downloads site and use DevHook to run your current homebrew games or use the more popular which is to upgrade to Dark_Alex's 3.03 OE-C Custom firmware. The friendly people over at our forums have even created an easy-to-follow installation guide for 3.03 OE-C if you've never used custom firmware before. This will give you all the features of 3.03 and the ability to play homebrew and PSX games too! It doesn't get much better than this. [Updated Video of the downgrade process after the jump, thanks to demologik]

Download: [Noobz 3.03 Homebrew Enabler (HEN)]
Download: [Noobz 3.03 to 1.50 downgrader]
Download: [1.50 Update]
Discuss: [Official Downgrader Forums]
Read: [Official Downgrader FAQ]





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   by Suliman (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » nice

cool finallt and hahaha i am first


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ggg

YES YES YES

   Re: edder2000 - 2007-01-28
 » VIDEO

youtube.com/edderpsp2000
youtube.com/edder2000

   Re: jim (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » moo

I can confirm it works.

Already upped to 3.03oe-c so no worries there.

   Re: Leovinus (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » I can also confirm it works.

Had a bit of a bricking scare (turned out my backlight was off), but I've gone from 2.81 to 3.03 to 1.50. Hooray!

   Re: DaveDaDon (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ha

And boom
ALL Sony workers commit suicide in their corporation building

   Re: >:( (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » No good

This is actually bad for all the ppl who had a homebrew psp already b/c now more ppl will be playin illegal ISOs/Eboots (meaning good games wont be getting the financial support they used to) and now tons of newbs are gonna start flooding the forums with questions that were answered a million times already.

   Re: nobody (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » oh god

socom will be a *****y game now..........
Think of all the hackers

( /)
(^,^)
(>*

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   Re: icesamurai (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » i guess i will be the first noob to ask +(

i'm trying to do the same thing "Leovinus" did and that i'm at 2.81 then go to 3.03 then downgrade to...., but i don't know where to start?

   Re: PM5000 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Simple

IceSamurai, I think I recognize you from PSPLive. It's easy, just update to 3.03. If you dont know how to update that's just sad seeing as the first thing you see on your psp menu is 'network update'. Then downgrade with this downgrader.

   Re: Princezz Peach <3'z Link (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » HOLLLLYYYyyyyyyy

omgggg, i cant believe it. all these months of telling people, "no dumbazz u were warned not to update" n now look, god has came thru for us. luv ya noobz, MWUUWHWHAHahzz

   Re: Xer2k7 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » general psp hacking

hi, i have been a heavy psp user/hacker since about july 06. Until now i havent had to use any of the GTA exploits but have used Boosters' Devhook (credit). I'm one of those ppl who tell my friends with psp's that u can play nintendo games and old sega game on it aswell which gets their attention immediately, anyway, i was wondering if anyone is working on a way to get around the new GTA expoit with a more convention method such as the previous downdgrader releases of Dark_Alex (credit also). I happen to have possension of my friends psp at the moment and 'by magic or an act of god' he had the 2.00 ver of GTA, which he let me swap my 2.6 ver with him. I also want to know if the new GTA related 3.03 expoit is as stable as say the 2.71downgrader? Cheers to every1 at qj.net, your doing a really great job. Keep up the updates.
Xer2k7>>--

   Re: Twenty-Se7en (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » Well... this is a blessing for some...

And until Sony makes you upgrade to 3.04+ just to play an online match of any Infrastructure psp games - there will be plenty of people happy.

In many ways it is a sad thing for the psp. I'm sure that the illegal playing of ISOs has hurt the psp's sales. Perhaps why the DS sells more games by far (not the only factor, of course).

Well... Here is to the advancement of homebrew, the demise of the PSP, and the aparent never-ending effort of people who think they can get something for free.

   Re: brian (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » ok...

I have a 2.71 ta-082 psp. how can i get 3.03 oe

AIM me at Perrslice
or e-mail me at bp9129@comcast.net

   Re: LATINO (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » ALL NEEDED FILES

I PACKAGED THEM + TUTORIAL !

http://rapidshare.com/files/13992428/EASY_DOWNGRADE_3.03_all_files_included__.rar

   Re: mastermoe1 - 2007-01-29
 » I just made Video

I just made video here is the link

http://youtube.com/watch?v+A5A1FJQyryc

   Re: 12345678:D:D (Unregistered) - 2007-01-30
 » :'(((((

***** ***** ***** ! Don't have a GTA... can i downgrade my psp without GTA???? PLZZ AnSERW

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   Re: zc (Unregistered) - 2007-01-31
 » as


i eat poop.

   Re: mac (Unregistered) - 2007-02-04
 » fifa 06?

i have FIFA 06 and it has the update 2.00 file does this work?

   Re: dudeeee (Unregistered) - 2007-02-10
 » brick

has any1s psp ever got bricked when doing thsi hax????
   by NovaMan XP (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » WOOT!

Awesome job Noobz!

...first?


   Re: novaman xp sucks (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » screw you

stfu you piece of donkey *****

   Re: wofl guy (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » lol

take some anger management courses

   Re: bobs (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » srt

wtf be happy!

   Re: NovaMan XP (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » Oh, really?

SHUT THE ***** UP *****.

Why is that EVERYWHERE I go, there has to be a dip***** *****got who thinks they're so cool. God damn, I was SECOND, but I don't give a *****, I saw the comments area empty, so I just just thought I may have been first, I didn't just make a pointless *****ing post saying "OMFG FIRSST!!11!1" okay? I posted something relevent to the God damned topic, not an idiotic noob post. This is why I hardly post here, or even want to register for that matter.

   Re: tim123 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » hell ya

hell ha Novaman

   Re: n00b psp'er (Unregistered) - 2007-01-31
 » Didnt know the hardcore psp gaming world

You guys rock!!
I got deeply respect 4 the people who are putting hours of work on the net, and not keeping it for them self!
Thanks guys

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   Re: upliftn (Unregistered) - 2007-02-02
 » *~~~~~*

P-E-N-I-S
   by hey u (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » blah

YAY! More noobs join the scene!


   Re: xche78x - 2007-01-29
 » everybody is!

thank you for everything youve dont with the psp community, we are very grateful for you ever important contributions to the scene, more power and happy gaming!

   Re: Pigskin (Unregistered) - 2007-02-03
 » :)

Bears r gonna win tomorrow. :)
   by zOMFG (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » LAWLZORZ Sonie = PwNT

Well, Fkin_A!

The day of the Homebrew Triumph is now.

AHORA!!!!

   by amano-g (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » oh hell yeah

yes!! now when i get that shiny new one, both me and my sis can play homebrew!

   by ..... (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » O_O

あああああすごい!


   Re: BD (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ^_^

Oppai! Oppai!

   Re: Nohbody - 2007-01-28
 » ...

.....baka...

   Re: § (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » §

%u30EF%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u3000%u30EF%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30FC%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4%u30A4
   by matthew (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » wow

good for my friend--

THANKS NOOBZ!!!

   by llamagles (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Snaps'd bice

Very nice news. :'}D

   by thats tight! (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » now my friends with 2.81 can play homebrew!

omega peeyump!

   by doud (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Poor sony develop team

I just want to thanks everyone that make that dream come true

   by SYMM (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » F-ING A

YOU DEVS ARE SOOO BAD ASS..

   by Pete (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » NO!!!!!!!

Socom Fireteam Bravo 2 is no officially ruined. DAMN IT!! I mean great job and everything, but people who upgraded this high don't even deserve it. Socom is done!!


   Re: Haanz (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Uh..?

And what about the people that just got PSP's, got a PSP at a high firmware, or didn't know about the homebrew scene until they had upgraded for a while THEN a friend told them?

Seriously, and why is Socom done? What has homebrew got to do with Socom?

   Re: patrick (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ah.

with the cwcheat, now everyone can hack the game.... but just remember, most people arent that smart though

   Re: S: (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » :3

like me...I don't understand cwcheat ; ;

   Re: kiruha (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » what do u mean?

i have socom and what do u mean that its ruined?

   Re: Josh (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Dont deserve it?

I got 3.03 and then i read an article about homebrewing, i must have yelled so the whole neighborhood could hear me, especially since it had no useful stuff. Don;'t say i don't deserve it because i don't spend all my time researching the PSP.

   Re: gbx (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » *****kkk

iknow everybody is gonna be hacker damn....im gonna have to be one also to protect myself

   Re: AHHH! (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » AHHH!

He's right. This is a day of mourning for psp owners who already had homebrew compatible psp's. Now tons of newbs are gonna ask stupid questions and cheat in games. Not to mention that now no one will buy games and all the good upcoming games will be cancelled.

   Re: ^Yep (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ^He's right

I heard that Crisis Core FF may be cancelled along with Silent Hill b/c of all the homebrew/ISOs being run.

   Re: jkoz - 2007-01-28
 » you're retarted

the actual percentage of homebrew/iso loaders is miniscule compared to the number of psp-ers. visiting a site like this is nt a good way to judge at all.... they are NOT canceling any games. you're stupid.

   Re: "You're retarted" (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » LMAO!!

I dont think you can say he's stupid seeing how you misspelled the word 'retarded'. What a "retart" lol.

   Re: - (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » @ Jkoz

i think you'r right i know only one person that uses homebrew and isos and i know one that uses homebrew and about 6 that only use original games so if 1:4 uses iso what is many people then they sell still as enough.

   Re: sanj (Unregistered) - 2007-01-29
 » noooo ??????

"» NO!!!!!!!

Socom Fireteam Bravo 2 is no officially ruined. DAMN IT!! I mean great job and everything, but people who upgraded this high don't even deserve it. Socom is done!!"

.... so what you're saying is, now that you can't cheat like a loser, your game is ruined.. pathetic.
   by edder2000 - 2007-01-28
 » lucky

im already downgraded!
youtube.com/edderpsp2000
youtube.com/edder2000

   by Somebody (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ZOMG!

Awesome. Sony has no chance now. Now we need to find an exploit that doesn't need GTA. lol.
Welcome to homebrew 3.03'ers!


   Re: dkkflgf (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » oh my god

this is pretty awsome but now i think the psp is done no more software sells sony haaaaaa
   by Black PSP (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » WoW

I had to wait 2 months with my 2.80 but in 1 week...Well now the psp has been homebrew-fied no matter what Firmware.

   by Alienous (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » TA-082~~

Does this work on ta-082 motherboards with 3.03fw.


   Re: Kheldan (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Yup it does

nuf said!
   by raverrevolution (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Comment

Why cant you downgrade a second time after you've done it once?


   Re: Kyle M. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-01-28
 » Reply

Wer aren't sure, but lets just say you can't. Fanjita bricked a PSP downgrading then upgrading then downgrading multiple times so don't try it. Be safe.

   Re: Raverrevolution (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » I see

Don't worry im on custom firmware, I was just curious. But, I did read that when downgrading remenants of 3.03 are still in the system.

   Re: SpitfireSMS (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Reason

I read this somewhere a short while ago.
After the psp is flashed back to 1.5, it still has remnants of things from 3.03.
This causes problems when trying to downgrade more than once.(not that a need to downgrade multiple times is needed)

   Re: MickMog - 2007-01-29
 » cleaner app

wont be long before they make a downgrader to remove remnants as it downgrades. till tehn noobz are already looking at a seperate app to clean em out for peeps already downgraded.
   by Sad_panda (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Finally

Ive been wanting to downgrade my psp forever now i can finally do it. 3.03 OE-c here i come

   by jl;ksj;lfaj (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Downngrade

i have 4 custom FW's already but congradulations to all psp owners

   by hehe (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » hehe

say goodbye to software sales


   Re: TiM (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Just because

You're a pirate, doesn't mean we all are.

Sadly though I agree, if people can pirate games they will.

Still, does everyone know about custom firmwares? I bet there's still 50% of the PSP market that has no idea...

   Re: junky (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Pirates

I would think more like 70-75% either have no idea or dont know how (or dont care).

If people like the games enough - especially when you can get them used or for less than 30 bucks (which a lot of psp game are) - then people will always buy games. No worries.

I dont want this to be another dreamcast - but i dont think - at this time - that we have anything to worry about.

   Re: Ataxy (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » what!!

true i have some copyed game but i also bought around 200$ worth of pc game last year and 120$ of psp game but most game i try before i buy

   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » .

yep, agreed. I told my friend about isos, and he didn't care too much for it. But he's got about 100 songs on his psp lol that's probably why

   Re: Bill (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » @junky

@junky: You realize buying games used are just as bad as pirating them right? Either way, the software producers don't get money from you...

   Re: Fanjita - 2007-01-29
 » It's down to the individual

If you're worried about software sales, just make sure you buy your games.

Just because piracy is possible, doesn't make it mandatory. The responsibility lies with the individual to use their homebrew capability wisely. If you steal, you're a thief. No-one else made that decision for you.

   Re: fractioned (Unregistered) - 2007-02-02
 » 1/2ed

don't forget if your a nub you most likely don't have the gta verison necessary to use this software.... further adding more stress to a nub
   by Armez (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ...

I dunno... I belive everyone deserves a downgrader...


but upgrading that high is questionable...


great news tho...

   by tim123 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » good luck

sweet good job to fanjita + everyone, enloy 2.81-3.03ers

   by Cheater912 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ..

Have fun noobies!

   by homie (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » wow

great job guys, sony's gonna be dead soon


   Re: act 2 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » supid

why would sony die cause of the psp, like its the only product they make.

   Re: not logged in (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » ...

I think they might get quite many units sold now that all of them are homebrewable, but the games as I assume you are refering to probably will go down a bit, but people with brains will buy the game if it's worth it (I admit having downloaded both Medievil and Tony hawks underground 2 myself but they both suck so I deleted them and did not WASTE money and more time on them)
   by akadewboy - 2007-01-28
 » Motherboards?

So does this work on all the TA motherboards? I would asume it does but still I just want to make sure...


   Re: bob (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » motherboards

i downgraded with a TA-082, and im sure TA-081 works.
   by AciD2025 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Orgasmic!

WOO YEH! I was one of these numb-nuts that upgraded to 3.03!

Hell I wanna buy the Noobz team a pint each!

   by Cowinacan - 2007-01-28
 » !!!

YAY! I did the worst thing ever like 4 months ago...upgrading 1.5 to 3.00.


   Re: Illegal Machine - 2007-01-28
 » WOW

Bet you felt stupid
   by LordOfTheStrings (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » Amazing.

Does it work for TA-082?


   Re: - (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » -

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
up to TA-086, that means you can downgrad every PSP you could buy at the moment
   by Chw42 - 2007-01-28
 » thank u fanjita

u just passed dark_alex in my book thank u! i've had 3.01 for months now and u've saved me!!!!!!!!!!!! homebrew apps here i come! thanks noobz and thanks to all the homebrew devs!


   Re: ks4life (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » tp chw24

ha wrong you will have to upgrade back to 3.o3 oeb for psx emulation which is created by dark alex. allex is still untop.
   by philly (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » yes!

well done on the downgrader, great work by all involved (except the patch crew working for sony, jesus, they are gonna get a bollocking! :-)


   Re: alec (Unregistered) - 2007-01-28
 » wow

didn't see it coming, good for you guys!

   Re: Ninja_KnightxX (Unregistered) - 2007-02-13
 » LCS

: / i don't have LCS. What can i do?


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