Thanks for sharing this very useful application! :wink:

I was hoping there is one where I could get a nand dump without pandora. Great app for people with TA-088 mobo's like myself.

Edit: Good One. ^^

Thanks for creating the release! definitely help those without pandora's batt :biggrin:

Hmm Hellcat since you are here just to check with you the link to download the application. It shown that im having a d/l @ the moment which im not even i retry after 30mins. can you advise on this? Thanks!

okie.. now done

hey everybody can i downgrade a psp slim with from an official fw or i need pandora to downgrade from a official fw
but always great tool for semi bricks!

The link is fine,just checked it myself.And if you have OFW you still need Pandora.As the 1st line says:CFW..
Great app Hellcat,very well done,thanks for all your hard work!! Keep it up!

Side note:(Why can't I login on the Home page on my PS3??)

Yes!! This is awsum, great, ORGASMIC! Thank you soooo much, you have no ideia of how usefull this is for me.

When are you gonna release the one for 4.01 M33-2

@ richie390:

there's no need for CFW 4.01 m33-2 because you can just update from CFW 3.71 m33 to 4.01 m33-2

Very useful app. thanks so much.
So many people I encounter say I got 3.02 OE-A and this makes things so much easier.

Yap, while you can have the 4.01 update right along the recovery app, the next version will be able to install 4.01-M33-2 as well (you can choose which one you like).
It'll also come with an additional .ELF binary that can be used from a Pandora stick, so you can flash the 4.01 directly to a PSP from Pandora, as long as there's no DDCv6 :)

However, I got one last issue on the Slim I have to resolve....

Well like do you know a specific date?

@ Hellcat: I see thanks for the heads up! :wink:

Welcome back. And thanks for all the brain strain and sweat on this one

Glad you all like it that much :)


Not really.... it really depends on when I find the answer to my problem.... could be today, in a week, in a year.... who konws....

@ Hellcat:

sir after trying out this application I can't turn on my Slim PSP CFW 3.90 m33-3

just a black screen with the green light turning on for a few seconds..

I just use my Pandora Kit to return to normal condition.. :wink:

i start the ap in the left corner it ses loading ... it goos away its back end i get the notice text end stil loading in the left corner but when i want to set the arrow on i aggree i wont the arrow dousen't moove :s i'm now waiting 1:48 ouwers end the loading doucent go awai end i stil can't move it :s now i turn my psp off end my selec butter is prest the hole time in :s so when i want to type sumthing in my internet browser i can't becous it alwasy set to big lettes low letters end numbers end i cent stop it my home butten doucent work i cant use it when im playing music (select buttern 2) end when im in a game end i pres home i just get the gray sreen but i get set it to yes to end the game so i must turn my psp off my hold butter words but when im waching a move end i turn the hold butten on it works like the home butten if i want to set my screen brichter i get the mute end my mute butter doucent work at all im on 4.01m33-2 cen you help me plz :s??

i have cf 4.o1m33 my psp semi bricked when i tried to downgrade. i can get to the recovery menu.so when i tried to use this program it said i must have 2.73 version or higher to work. i dont understand htis as the last fw on mypsp was cf4.01m33. any suggestions on how to get it to work?

@silver_surfer:
That's weird. Did it spit out any errors?

@davd:
Sounds like you have a hardware problem with the keys of your PSP.... there nothing I can do about that.

@badwhip:
Is it a Fat PSP with 1.50 addon?

@ Hellcat:

it did not give any error.. it just shut down after pressing a button after "press any button to shutdown.... "


UPDATE:

I found the solution to my problem.. :blushing:

what I deed was use may normal battery not may service mode battery

then after installing CFW 3.71 m33 I remove the battery then insert it again..

viola! conflict resolved! :biggrin:

yes i have a fat psp and it had the 1.5 add on. any suggestion on how to fix.

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http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80809_icon0_p-r-full.png

http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80809_rflash120_g-r-full.gif

Here it comes :D

1.20
==========
can now install 4.01-M33-2 as well
installs 3.71-M33-4 now instead of plain 3.71-M33
comes now with an additional .ELF binary to be used from a Pandora stick (up to DDCv5, on v6 you can use the EBOOT version)
added a simlple filebrowser like thing for launching additional apps from /PSP/GAME
added option to override "battery low" warning
added version check of the updater .PBP used for FW extraction

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

@ Hellcat:

nice work! thanks for the update! :wink:

Hi Hellcat,

Pandora can't boot a TA-088v3 board, so flashing a CFW to it with DC is impossible now.

The Recovery Flasher designed by u can flash CFW onto a psp w/o pandora, so does it mean you have overcome the downgrade problem faced by the homebrew community now on the new board/cpu ?

Or that the recovery flasher can only work with an existing CFW (already downgraded) set ?

Thk u.

It needs an existing CFW, that lets you at least into the recovery menu.

sorry for being noob,
but can anyone tell me the different between Fully bricked psp and semi-bricked one.. or if there any other forum you can refer me to..

@ gallantdestroyer:

Brick = When the PSP won't turn on
Semi Brick = When PSP will enter recovery mode but won't turn on
Full Brick = When PSP won't access recovery mode or turn on

this is awesome

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http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80809_icon0_p-r-full.png

http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80809_rflash120_g-r-full.gif

Due to quite some requests and quite some "sensemaking", here's just another tiny update:

1.21
==========
Updater .PBPs are now also looked for in the memstick root
So, if you already have the .PBPs you need in your memsticks root, you no longer have to copy them into the recovery folder as well.
It still looks first in the recovery folder for the files (for those not having it on a Pandora stick and want to keep the folder structure clean) and if it can't find the .PBPs in the recovery folder it looks in the root for them - so, your choice where to put them :D


And for those who didn't catch the last update, for the log the list of 1.20 changes again :)

1.20
==========
can now install 4.01-M33-2 as well
installs 3.71-M33-4 now instead of plain 3.71-M33
comes now with an additional .ELF binary to be used from a Pandora stick (up to DDCv5, on v6 you can use the EBOOT version)
added a simlple filebrowser like thing for launching additional apps from /PSP/GAME
added option to override "battery low" warning
added version check of the updater .PBP used for FW extraction

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

@ Hellcat:

thanks for update! testing it right now..

@ silver_surfer

Thanks buddy.. because i quite confuse with them..

any wy to get this to work with 4.01m33 with kernal 1.5 it keeps saying need software 2.71 or above. thanks

run it in 4.xx kernel mode (check the config in the rec.menu that /PSP/GAME is set to 4.xx mode).

AFAIK once the 1.50 addon is installed everything started via the rec.menu's function is always launched in 1.50 kernel - in that case use one of the older flashing tools that are available from the 3.52 and earlier days.

And for the future, just stay away from the 1.50 addon :p You see, it's evil :p

More like gay.


I still don't understand why the 1.5 kernel is sooooo special.. ALL my brew works in 4.xx


and better than 1.5 ever was to top it off. why do people love it so much? SNES runs better in 4.xx anyway


and Hellcat.. this app is kickass. All I needed it for was to restore my old Pandora battery to normal, and make a new one from a different battery.


But now I have a New Pandora Battery and MMS that both have the same matching GOLD PRINT. SO I will always know which one my MMS and Batery are :)

thanks!

Hi everybody,
is it possible to downgrade from 4.05 ofw?
many many thanks!

Only with Pandora, no other way.

I unfortunately upgraded to 4.01M33 and found out belatedly that popsloader no longer works. I was happy to find your Recovery Flasher so I could downgrade. I followed the intructions, and when it got to the firmware installation screen, I got errors when the updater modules were loaded and the installation was aborted. Is there a possibility that I did somthing incorrectly? Thanks in advance for any info.

Disregard my last post. The firmware file that I tried using must have been corrupt. I downloaded a fresh file and it worked like a champ. Thanks again.

i have it installed to my psp fat but i will click start and it says the game could not be started and below it it says (80020148 PLZ HELP

IT WILL START FOR A FEW SECONDS THOUGH
THEN DO ALL OF THAT

I AM SORRY BOUT THE FIRST MESSAGE BC IT LOOKS LIKE IT SAY THE NUMBER THEN THE PLZ HELP THE NUMBER R SEPRATE

gjsnoop:
Let me guess, you're running Sony original firmware? No go there, mate, need a CFW!

Oh, and please, loose the caps lock, OK?

oh well is there a way to get cfw without pandoras battery

@ gjsnoop:

Pandora is the only way specially for Slim PSP

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http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80825_icon0_p-r-full.png

http://ut3.hellcat.net/pictures/img-80825_snap000_j-r-full.jpg

Here it comes :D

1.30
==========
changed the path where the Pandora RFLASH.ELF looks for the original
EBOOT.
It now looks for the EBOOT as RFLASH.DAT (simply rename it) and when
not found it looks for /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP
.
added detection of TimeMachine and disabled backup/restore functions
on there, since they don't work propperly on TM.
Complete firmware restore (see below) DOES work fine and is still
enabled on TM.
.
added "slots" for the backup functions.
With those you can have multiple independant sets of backups on your
stick and use them directely without needing to rename folders.
If you DO rename the seperate backup slot folders, their new names
will correctly show up in the Flasher - so you can give them
descriptive names that tell you whats in there.
.
extended the functionality of the backup/restore options.
You can now restore a complete firmware (flash0) regardless of what's
currently installed.
The flash0 files' signcheck is removed during backup and recreated on
restore, so you can even move and flash the backed up firmware on
another PSP (as long as it is the same model, i.e. no Fat FW on a Slim
and vice versa, model is checked to match before flashing to avoid
bricks)!
This might also come in handy for people wanting to flash firmwares
not nativly supported by Recovery Flasher, like 3.60-M33, which never
can be supported since there's no updater for it to extract it from,
but with the right backup you can install it anyway.

Also note that for restoring a complete FW you also need the target
FWs official updater to be on the memstick (RECOVERY folder or
memstick root) as some updater modules are required for initializing
the flash!
(for 3.60 use the 3.52 updater.)

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

wow another update! thanks Hellcat! keep it up! :biggrin:

good shit

arigato gozaimasu! :)

good job Hellcat! :w00t:

this app is very helpful and useful.



But what confuses me is the 3.60 restore.

why does there have to be a 352.PBP? is it updater modules from the 3.52 DATA.PSP that is needed; or are the rcos and prxs from the 3.52 PSAR needed?

sorry if i sound like a noob, but that is a question I need answered.

It's some modules from the DATA.PSP that are needed (that goes for every FW that's going to be restored).
All the other stuff (.RCO, .PRX, IPL) comes from the backup itself.

And since 3.60 is more or less a 3.52, only with Slim hardware drivers instead of Fat ones, the 3.52 updater will do just fine.