How to Install 5.50 Gen-A Custom Firmware on your PSP
If you want to install custom firmware on your PSP, read this guide on how to install custom firmware After installing custom firmware, you can update your PSP to the latest stable version, 5.50 GEN-A Unlike 5.00 M33, you can access the PSN Store with 5.50 GEN-A
What do I get with Custom firmware 5.50GEN-A?
- All functions of the official 5.50 firmware
- The [Information Board] has been added under [PlayStation Network]
- Support for Internet security service provided by Trend Micro has been added to [Internet Browser]
- An icon for built-in Internet Search has been added to the menu bar of your browser
- Option to search for the game title on Google.
- It is now possible to see an additional level of hierarchy under [Photo] [Music] and [Video]
PS3 owners are already familiar with this feature. It displays news and updates from SCEE in the upper right corner of the screen. You can now obtain information about the games ahead of the new content available on the Playstation Store, and other news from your PSP even if you are connected to WiFi.
End Micro Web Security: use technology to block access to malicious sites that can steal personal information and confidential -
Trend Micro Kid’s Safety: You can block access to websites with inappropriate content.Instead of having to point your browser to Google then search, you can do your searches directly on your XMB.
By selecting the icon of the game and then pressing triangle and selecting running Internet Search, you get to search for sites using the name of the game.
- Launch of UMDs to ISOs to CSOs and demos require firmware 5.02 or below
- Launch homebrews
- Launch of PS1 games (converted to PSP)
- Access to Recovery mode (adjusts the processor speed of the PSP, FLASH access, use plug-ins etc.).
So how do I install 5.50 GEN-A?
Read this guide on how to install 5.50 GEN-A on your PSP.
Install Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A via ChickHen R2 on your PSP
Want Free PSP Games on your PSP-3000 or PSP-2000 with TA-088v3? Yep, it’s now possible to do so with 5.03 GEN-A which runs via the ChickHen R2 Hack.
Requirements:
- A PSP-3000 or PSP-2000 with TA-088v3 motherboard with a firmware version of 5.03 or lower. If you have anything higher, you can’t install GEN-A.
- Download: 503.pbp
- Download: ChickHEN R2 | GEN-A | GEN-A
- Back up your save files (so that if they get corrupted, you still have backups)
Once you’ve downloaded everything, you can now proceed to install 5.03 GEN-A via the ChickHen R2 Hack. Ready? Go ahead and read the installation guide.
