Restore semi-bricked PSP units without Pandora

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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Homebrew developer Hellcat has released an homebrew utility that can easily restore semi-bricked PSP units without the use of Pandora. Called Recovery Flasher it can be run from within the recovery menu on any PSP running CFW. Its also possible to install custom firmware 3.71 M33 using Recovery Flasher.

What is this? And why?

* Flashes a fresh 3.71-M33 – for recovering semi-bricks or to
up-/downgrade CFW
* does not use Pandora, runns from the recovery menu or the XMB
* does not use (as in launch) the original Sony Updater (only extracts
all required files from the original .PBP)
* runs fine on CFWs lower than 3.52-M33-3 – handy for upgrading older
FWs w/o the “need to go 3.52, then 3.52-3, then higher” odyssey
* runs fine from TimeMachine (3.40-OE on Fat and 3.60-M33 on Slim)
* can backup the FW flash and restore selected parts (XMB theme,
settings, PSN activation)

Via: eXophase


Download: Hellcat’s Recovery Flasher
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  • Gurbz

    this is godly, ive heard only good stuff about it but still not sure if i want to get it, anyone else tried it yet?

  • Tegboi

    I tried it…it works i had a psp fat that was semi brick’d and i pop my slim battery in (has to be more then 50%) then it did its thing! LOL but you must read the “readme” first like always xD hope it goes well for you tho! peace!

  • spinzaku

    hello! my friend accidentally upgraded her 3.71 m33-3 cfw to 4.05 ofw. will this program be able to return her psp back to cfw 3.71? thank you very much for your help!

  • dimy93

    No your find neeeds pandora this is only for cfw

  • spinzaku

    okay thank you very much :D

  • Tegboi

    You need to access the recovery menu and “run program at psp/game/recovery/eboot.pbp” once everything is placed in the proper folders…btw you will need to download 3.71 OFW before you proceed also

  • Spinzaku

    @Tegboi: but im already at 4.05 ofw.

  • Tegboi

    Oh then ya this is for only people with CFW like wat dimy93 said

  • Tiko

    HOW CAN I DOWNGRADE A PSP SLIM WITH 4.05 TO THE ORIGINAL 3.80 WITHOUT USING PANDORA’S BATERRY?
    PLEAAASEE! HELP ME!

  • Tiko

    I WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE IF I DONT DOWNGRADE MY PSP

  • technik

    Downgrading usually needs a pandora battery but theres a way out.
    Nike-p released a version similar to the 4.05 m33 cfw called 4.05 tdp (google search it) The installation is within the rar file.
    This procesure works if you want to downgrade from 4.05 to cfw and play .cso files.

  • Jason

    For some reason when i attempt to use the recovery flasher it doesn’t work all i get is the green power light and a black screen(same way it always shows on my semi bricked psp) and the flasher doesn’t load

    using a 2001 psp slim cfw 4.01m33

  • Minh

    me too, when i try to use the recovery falsher it also doesn’t work for me. mine is fat psp 5.00M33. i also encounter a semi-bricked. help help help.

  • Kurt Coccaine

    yay, it’s working. i have a psp slim & lite cfw 5.00 m33-4 and i downgraded it to fresh 3.71. thanks for this

  • omgwtfbbq

    i have 5.2ofw :(

  • http://n/a onetwo

    owww men shift!!!!
    my psp cant read download psp iso/cso

    help me guys how it works plsssss
    T_T

  • jaydee0004

    When I turn it on, its only a black screen and the green light is on.

    No, I cannot go to XMB or recovery mode.

    Way the go. I’m using a PSP Slim. I don’t know if its a TA-88v3. But if it does, is there any way to recover it?

  • lew

    how can i downgrade my PSP version 5.50?without using pandora battery and magic memory stick?and if i can;t downgrade it without them where can i buy pandora battery and magic memory stick?not on the net huh..on stores..

  • Person

    can you downgrade the 5.50?

  • ken

    hey guys..i need some help..i could play with my memory stick before..1 month later i borrowed my friend’s umd and it updated automaticly to version 4.05..i cant remmber wat was my old psp version…will it works on my psp?