Custom Firmware 3.03 OE-A

Dark_AleX’s Custom Firmware 3.02 OE-A is now here, released just a few hours ago. The installation process is similar to that of 3.02 OE-A and involves the dumping of PRX files from Official Sony Firmware 1.5 and 3.03. The files needed can be extracted easily using oeupdatemaker supplied in the 3.03 OE-A Archive. Once complete, a new file ‘DATA.DXAR’ is created which is needed to run the actual update program ‘303eoflasher’.

Before installing, remember to read the instructions (found in ‘Readme.txt’) throughly before continuing so you are aware of the exact process. As always, there are risks involved when altering the firmware so ensure you follow instructions to the letter. We are not responsible for failed update attempts.

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Change from Firmware 3.02 OE-B to 3.03 OE-A include:

• Added support for compression in PSX ISOs (look at PopStation documentation for more details).
• Added support for decrypted document.dat (PSX games manual) (look at docmaker documentation for more details).
• Fixed a bug regarding free region: a stupid bug caused it not to work at all.
  Now it should work, although it has not been tested due to lack of UMDs of different regions
  between the testers and me.
• Some generic bug fixes in the code.
• Now includes the SDK.
• Fixed some bugs that could cause the brick of Korean/Chinese/Taiwan/Singapore PSP when restoring default settings. To prevent this, the region of those PSP’s are faked to Japanese when fake region is disabled.
  For same reason, Korean region is removed from fake region.
• Added Australia/New Zealand and Russia to the regions to be faked.

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[Via: Max Console Forum]

UPDATE:

We have just installed 3.03 OE-A on our PSP and it works just fine. We have included a screenshot of the System Information (see above). Nothing has changes from the recovery menu that we have notices. We did try and play a Region 2 UMD Movie on our Region 1 PSP and it works, though we’re not sure how good the compatibility is with all the UMD Movies available.

Before running 303oeflasher, you may want to check the MD5 or SHA-1 hash of the DATA.DXAR file. The hashes are as follows:

MD5: 03186D46D2F1B0ACD923098BEBC87281
SHA1: 3C80833A970EEA16A94D74DAFF6220889A9CEE4A

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Creating the DATA.DXAR file

• Copy the’oeupdmaker’ and ‘oeupdmaker%’ folders to X:/PSP/GAME/ if you are using Firmware 1.50 or to
  X:/PSP/GAME150 if you are using whatever version of 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE.
• Download the 1.50 and 3.03 Sony Firmwares anc copy them to the ‘oeupdmaker’ folder with the names "150.PBP" and "303.PBP", respectively.
• Run the ‘oeupdmaker’ program from the XMB. This program won’t write to the flash, it will just create a file called DATA.DXAR in the
  same directory (oeupdmaker).
• The program will verify that the SHA-1 of the generated file is correct once the extraction is complete.
• Once that you have done this, you can save the DATA.DXAR file to skip this step in the future.
• The process of generating the DATA.DXAR file will only take a few minutes.

Installing 3.03 OE A to the Flash

• Copy the ‘oeflasher’ and ‘oeflasher%’ folders to X: /PSP/GAME or X:/PSP/GAME150 if you are 2.71 SE or 3.02 OE)
• Copy the generated DATA.DXAR file into the ‘oeflasher’ directory.
• Run the flasher from the XMB. If your battery is less than 75%, the program will display a error saying
  and will return to the XMB.
  • If you have battery problems, you can bypass this check, at your own risk, by executing the flasher program with triangle and the L-trigger pressed.
• The program will then show an agreement. Press X to continue the installation process flash the custom firmware, or R to cancel and exit to the XMB.
• If you accept, the program will flash the custom firmware. During the flashing process, DO NOT shutdown the PSP or remove the Memory Stick, doing either will brick your PSP.
• Once the flashing process is complete (usually takes a few minutes), shutdown the PSP and restart to 3.03 OE.

Updating to 3.03 OE A2

• This update should only be used on a PSP running Custom Firmware 3.03 OE-A
• Copy the ‘oe_a2update’ folder to X:/PSP/GAME150.
• Run the program from the PSP XMB. DO NOT shutdown the PSP or remove the Memory Stick until the update has complete.
• Once complete (update will only take a minute), restart the PSP.