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Improved 2.80 Downgrader released by Noobz!

Posted Jan 14, 2007 at 04:47PM by Justin B. Listed in: Firmware, Hacks & Exploits, Homebrew Development Tags: Fanjita, Dark-AleX, TA-082, Mathieulh, Easy Downgrader, Noobz

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The Noobz team (with help from Mathieulh and Dark_Alex) has just announced and released an improved version of Dark_Alex's 2.80 downgrader with 2.80 HEN support as well! Previously, HEN was only usable on firmware 2.71 but the Noobz team has worked their magic and ported it to firmware 2.80. So, a downgrader and a homebrew enabler in one announcement, what a nice present!

Apparently, a lot of people have been bugging for a stable, secure, and easy downgrader for 2.80 firmware. Well, the Noobz team never ceases to impress us and has released just that!

Using the recent 2.80 downgrader and the generic downgrader from Dark_Alex, the team has been able to create the "best" 2.80 downgrader. The great part about this downgrader is the fact that it uses the original 1.50 eboot file in order to downgrade, which will decrease the hassle of obtaining the 1.50 dump files. For all those TA-082 and TA-086 users, this downgrader will still work on your PSPs.

The Noobz team has also bundled a new homebrew enabler for the 2.80 firmware, eventhough the last one was only on 2.71. This 2.80 HEN will allow users that are afraid of downgrader to execute homebrew on their 2.80 firmware (TA-082/86 supported). There's always a risk in downgrading if you do not follow the instructions, so please follow these instructions if you plan on downgrading -

Install the HEN files, by following the details in the readme.txt file.
Test that HEN is working fine, by running one of the bundled sample applications - e.g. the cube demo.
If you have a TA-082 or TA-086 PSP, run the "TA082 IdStorage Changer", via HEN, to patch your registry before downgrading.
Get a copy of the v1.5 upgrade EBOOT (e.g. from here) and copy it to the /psp/game/UPDATE/ folder on your memory stick, as UPDATE.PBP.
Start the"PSP Update ver X.YZ" program via HEN, and follow the instructions.
Congratulations, you now have a v1.5 PSP! :D

Great work Noobz and Dark_Alex's team! May the PSP community continue to thrive as you all help us! Also, big props to Fanjita for making an excellent chicken in a hard hat, his developer skills are rubbing off on his artistic talent now! Show your gratification for these great developers by saying so below in our comments; I'm sure they would appreciate it!

Download: [Homebrew Enabler (HEN) for Firmware 2.80]
Download: [TA-082 Easy Downgrader]

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by gay (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» gay

gay

by gayer (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» gayer

gayer

by GAYEST (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» GAYEST

GAYEST!

Re: Gayester (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Gayester

Gayester

Re: Gayesterer (Unregistered) - 2007-01-15

» Gayesterer

Gayesterer

by EriCKY (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» .

lawl

by Justin B. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-01-14

» Fine

If you guys won't say thank you, I will!

Thanks big guys!

Re: Justin B. (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» is

Gay

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by Marlon Brando (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» .!.

What you still had a 2.80? Gawd you suck Justin.

Re: Justin B. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-01-14

» Subject?

No..I have a genuine 1.50 from US launch day :)

by databoy2k - 2007-01-14

» Nice Comments here...

...The only thing with a positive rating when I got here was the "Advertising" column...
It's not about if you're going to use it, it's about kudos to guys that are donating their time to this kind of stuff...
Nice work once again, and keep it up!
--Databoy2k

Re: Rok - 2007-01-14

» :)

Nice to see someone gratefull for this beside Justin B. :-D

by Rok - 2007-01-14

» Well I was one of the first that downgraded but...

Its nice to see Noobz team makeing something so Thank You, this is what the people that didnt downgraded yet waited for:-D and KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK :)

by stapuft (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» i wish

i wish i had this when i downgraded :( but at least i pulled through...just barely to 3.03 oe-b thanks for the great app noobz team keep up the great work i wondered what was up your sleeve after so long of no updating your site :)

by >.< (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Sucess?

So, has anyone tried it and with a success?

by pAuL (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» dg

is that safer than the easydowngrader?
i have a non ta-082 2.8 psp what dg to i use?

Re: mky777 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» easydowngrader rulez!

you can try 2,8 easydowngrader released by german. it is really easy to you and always works!
I downgraded my psp from 2.8 to 1.5 twice and no problem! by the way mine psp is non ta-082.
cheers!

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by silicoon (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» 2.71

what about 2.71... ta-082 ?

Re: Bobtentpeg - 2007-01-14

» If you have 2.71

If you have 2.71 Use the DAX HEND 2,71 ta-082 Downgrader

Re: dorkdork777 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-15

» Remember...

...to use the IdStorage Changer app first though. Or your PSP will brick.

by NovaMan XP (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Wee

I already downgraded with the easy downgrader, but this is sweet news.

Good job Noobz!

Re: kareem (Unregistered) - 2007-01-16

» downgraded

same here man i downgraded twice 2.8 to 1.5 with the easy downgrader it worked cool init at first i was scared but then i was like makin money by downgrading peoples psps cool and by the way if you use easy downgrader use easydowngrader v0.2

by Bobtentpeg - 2007-01-14

» Yh

You guy can be asses. Man o Man.
Noobz team rocks and you guy need to be appreciative.

ANd yes, i downgraded my 3.03 Oe psp and uped to 2.8 to test it
it works,

Re: atomic (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» it worked!

noobz, Dark_Alex, mathieulh, you guys rocks! I was a little scared of using ookm's down grader and even the one from klm soft. But when i saw this, i couldn't resist. I just succesfully downgraded with these instructions and files from 2.8 to 1.5 on my TA-082. woohoo! It was nice and easy. This is what i've been waiting for. nice work!

Re: tim123 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» sweet

you honestly dg and the ug and then dg just to see if it works? thanks

Re: noobizz (Unregistered) - 2007-01-19

» ta082 2.8>1.5 >> 3.02oeb

if am able to dgrade my ta82 2.8 to 1.5 then what? is it possible to upgrade to 3.02oe or 3.03 custom firmware..

by edder2000 - 2007-01-14

» crap

too bad i have 3.03 oeb now, this is a huge step

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by NMS (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» My psp just keeps crashing

Whenever I try to use the enabler It just shuts down...how many tries did it take you guys to get it to work? It's a 2.80 japanese psp 082 if that makes any difference

Re: NMS (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» ...

I read everything, I even reformatted the stick and recopied everything to it. It still either freezes and shuts down or actually starts readint ehe memory stick then freezes -_-

Re: Hobietje (Unregistered) - 2007-01-24

» Long long time

It took me about two weeks of trying on a regular basis. Not sure what made it work suddenly but I kept trying and it paid off. I put some other pictures in the PHOTO folder (I only had HEN in there previously) and it worked shortly after that... could have been dumb luck though...

by joel (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» nope

noobz aint dead.

by j-man (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» bricked

aww man i bricked my psp nooooooo what did i do wrong?????????????

Re: Nicko01 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Sorry to hear...

That sucks...
You might have done nothing wrong, there is always a chance of bricking your psp with a downgrader.

Re: gjgf (Unregistered) - 2007-01-16

» fgjgf

u suck ass

by JsgetbusyLGZ14 - 2007-01-14

» Cool

..now if only they came out with a 2.81 downgrader. Yes i wanted to play metal gear so i upgraded,thinkin there was a downgrader for 2.81 already. grr...PLEASE Noobz Team work on a 2.81 downgrader now so i can use homebrew again! ='[

Re: dorkdork777 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-15

» .

It's not that simple. They need to find a way to run the downgrader first.

Re: *****U NOOB (Unregistered) - 2007-01-15

» AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

...

...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!

JsgetbusyLGZ14 +++ NOOOOOOOOOOB!

Re: Wally12 - 2007-01-15

» Yes PLEASE!!!!

You guys would be like a god if you made a downgrader for 2.81 version PSP's. I know it's hard, but you guys can do it!!!! And, nice job on the 2.80 PSP downgrader!!!!

by dan (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» forgot

oh shi* i know i bricked my psp i forgot to put the update for 1.5 in

Re: Loco (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» idiot

stop lieing, #1 if you barely cared about your psp you would of checked.....20 times that all the files were there.
#2 no one would say "oh shi*" they would start spazzing out......
#3 i doubt that anything would even happen if u left the update eboot out, it most likely wouldnt even start.......

by tim123 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» thanks

I'll use the hen, still to pssy 2 use the dg.
which is kind of strange since ive used almost every other 1 out there.

by NMS (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» SUCCESS!!!

Alright, the enabler finally loaded and I successfully downgraded my psp. I'm debating on whether I should up to a custom furnware...

Re: databoy2k (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Do It

1.5's good, but 3.03 OE-B is better. You won't regret it!
--Databoy2k

by John (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» Any Illegal files?

I know one of the easy downgraders used some illegal files or whatnot, is this the same or is this 100% legal?

Re: - (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» legal

i think it's 100% legal because they didn't edited sonys files.

by Avyrex (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» O.o

Now, once they get a 2.81 downgrader, I'll be set.

by jerry (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» hey

hey NMS how did you downgrade cuz i wanna too but im sorta scared to do it cuz you know the guy a couple of posts back bricked his so i want to do everything correctly thx

by josh (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» nooo

there will not be a 2.81 downgrader for a long time

Re: mouse01 - 2007-01-14

» be patient

that is what people said about all of the other firmwares. don't be discouraged Avyrex. just be patient and there will be something eventually. it is important that you don't upgrade in the mean time. the downgraders tend to come out in order of the firmwares. so you should be next in line if you just stay put.

by Uchiha007 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-14

» got a question

on step 4 do u need to rename the EBOOT.PBP as UPDATE.PBP and what is the PSP Update ver X.YZ?

also I dont have a TA-082/086 psp so can I still downgrade?

im sorry im such a noob but I want to make everythings ok so I dont BRICK my psp

Re: storm,12 (Unregistered) - 2007-01-22

» downgading

Yes you do need to rename the eboot.pbp to update pbp

by drake (Unregistered) -