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How to Update your PSP to a full 5.50 Gen

Mar 2, 2010 04:40 AM

This video will walk you through the process of updating a psp to the 5.50gen-a. This is information you may want if you are an avid psp user and would like to hide your Mac address. This video is a little hard to see but he will talk you through the main points.

Requirements:

PSP Phat or PSP Slim with 3.52 M33 or higher. If you don't have custom firmware yet, READ: Convert your PSP to custom firmware.

PSP battery that's at least 78% full

Download: 5.50 GEN-A | 5.50 GEN-A | 5.50 GEN-A

Disable ALL plugins.

Back up your save files (so that if they get corrupted, you still have backups)

How to install 5.50 GEN-A CFW on your PSP:

Extract the 5.50 GEN-A files to your computer.

Copy the PSP folder to your PSP's memory stick. (Yes, just drag the whole folder there)

Run 5.50 UPDATE from under Game on your PSP's XMB

After THIS process is complete, press X. Your PSP will reboot.

Congratulations, you've just installed 5.50 GEN-A.

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