Thanks to Davee and Team typhoon, custom firmware can now run on PSP-3000 or PSP-2000 with TA-088v3 via the chickHen hack. Using chickHen, you can run custom firmware to play ISO/CSO games and run homebrew applications.
So what is chickHen?
ChickHEN is an loader for all Sony PSP models (1000, 2000 and 3000) to run homebrew apps on official Sony 5.03 firmware. Everything runs on the onboard memory of the PSP so there’s no risk of damage (unless you stray away from the instructions). The current version of chickHen is chickHen-R2.
Important: If you have official firmware 5.50 installed, stop now. You can’t install the chickHen hack which means you can’t install any of the custom firmware for your PSP (5.03 GEN-A or Custom Firmware Enabler). As of 5.50 OFW, the TIFF exploit that the chickHen hack runs on is already patched.
Requirements:
- A PSP-3000 or PSP-2000 with TA-088v3 motherboard.
- A firmware version of 5.03 or lower. If you have anything higher, you can’t install chickHen.
- Download: 503.pbp
- Download: ChickHEN R2
Update your PSP to OFW 5.03
Skip this step if you already have official firmware 5.03 installed.
- Connect your PSP to the computer in USB Mode
- Copy the 503.pbp to folder PSP/GAME/UPDATE
- Disconnect the PSP from USB
- Run the Update via XMB
- When the update finishes proceed to installing chickHen R2.
How to Install chickHEN R2
- On the Settings menu of your PSP’s XMB, do the following
- Restore to Default Settings’ of PSP
- Turn off UMD Auto-Start and UMD Cache
- Character set to us
- Revert theme for classic
- Connect your PSP to the computer in USB Mode
- Unzip ChickHEN R2.zip on your computer
- Copy h.bin to your memory stick root, this is where the VIDEO, PICTURE and PSP folders are.
- Copy the chickHEN folder (use the contents PHAT folder for PSP-1000s, SLIM folder for PSP-2000s and PSP-3000s) inside the PHOTO folder of your PSP (X:/PSP/PHOTO is the root of the memory stick, manually create this if you don’t see one)
- Disconnect the PSP from USB.
- Turn OFF (not standby) your PSP and turn it on again.
- Go to XMB >> Photo >> Memory Stick and wait (YES YOU NEED TO WAIT) an Options menu appear (Right Bottom)
- Hit X to open ChickHEN folder
- If you’re successful ChickHEN-R2 load up, you’ll see flashing colors, and your PSP will reboot automatically into ChickHEN. Check your Firmware version and you should see :
5.03 ChickHEN R2
Easy installer for ChickHen R2
For you lazy bums out there, you can use these programs to install chickHen R2 will just one click.
- Download the installer for your PSP Model:
- Download for Phat (PSP-1000): HEN for PHAT
- Download for Slim/Brite (PSP-2000/-3000): HEN for SLIM/Brite
- Extract the zip file to your computer
- Run the included program (it’s an exe, but don’t worry, it’s virus free)
- Connect your PSP to your PC.
- Hit the install button.
- If you’re successful ChickHEN-R2 load up, you’ll see flashing colors, and your PSP will reboot automatically into ChickHEN. Check your Firmware version and you should see :
5.03 ChickHEN R2
installer by ADePSP
Running custom firmware on ChickHen
After successfully loading chickHen, you can now proceed to run custom firmware on your PSP. You can choose:
Troubleshooting
If you’re experiencing trouble (and yes, a lot of people are having trouble running ChickHen) try these:
- Go to system settings, and choose Restore Default Settings option. Don’t change your PSP’s name from default.
- Turn off the Umd Auto load
- If you have PSP-2000 or PSP-3000 turn off UMD cache.
- Change the character set code to the US (437) or Multilingual latin 1 (850), this code are used for system access of some file types.
- Adding 1 to 2 extra gif images, copy and paste with name e.g. ChickHENe.gif, ChickHENf.gif. Its most happen on High Speed memory stick pro duo. Fake MS or Not
- Don’t use the chickHen folder other than for pictures used for chickHen.
- Try to use a different memory stick or reformatting your memory stick (after backing up it’s contents).
If you need a video:
If you still have a question, post it in the comments.
Tagged with: ChickHEN, Custom Firmware
Filed Under: Playstation Portable
I am simply amazed with your guides in PSP CFW. I want to link them all up wahhaha
Haha.. Please do
hey i have psp 2004 5.03 wenerver i try to use chickHEN R2 my psp gets shutdown rather than rebooting…..what am i missing or its not going to work on my psp !!
How do I “Run the Update via XMB”? What is XMB?
It’s the in game-menu.. where you run your games.
sylv3rblade, thanks for your quick reply. I downloaded the 503.pbp twice already and copied it to the specified folder, however it always says ‘corrupted data’.
I have a PSP and official 5.03 loaded in it. I have followed your steps to install ChickHEN R2 in it. But when I open the ChickHEN folder, the PSP reads then hangs and automatically shuts down. when I turn it on, nothing appears near 5.03. What is the problem. please help.
yeah, i have the same problem as sree and sc@rpIon to! what are we doing wrong… my psp 3000 5.03 is hangs when i view my gif images in the chickhen folder in the photo section… please help!
hey m here to say…that chickHen R2 worked on my psp….i successfully cracked psp 2004….thn for this lovely tutorial…..
Congratulations Scorpion! maybe you can help me with my problem. I downloaded the 503.pbp twice already and copied it to the specified folder, however it always says ‘corrupted data’. I have a PSP 2004 with OFW 4.01.
hey all, i am sure of that problem, i have tried umpteen times of the chickhenR2 hoping to make it work 100% all the time, PLEASE USE A HIGH SPEED MEMORY CARD. i succeed 10/10 using the high speed memory card, buy i only succeed 1/20 using the low speed memory card. so PLEASE USE A HIGH SPEED MEMORY CARD, I’M SURE IT WILL WORK.
Tony Balabbo,
what i did was just copied chickHen R2 in the photo folder…located in x:\psp\photo\…if not located form it !!
and copy the folder CFWEnabler350 in x:\psp\game\
thn what u do remove usb safly thn run the chickHen R2 in the folder photo….the screen will reboot….if the screen get green doted lines and get rebooted thn ur psp accepted the chickHenR2…confirm it seeing in the system settings\system information the version will be [4.01 ChickHenR2]
if this is done ur work done….thn run the CFWEnabler350 from the game….and here u go…now u can play iso/cso !!njoy !!
procedure:
1) run chickHenR2
2) run cfw enabler
3) copy iso/cso games
4) play game….so easy
Note: ur psp may get shutdown insted of rebooting…u may have to try it nearly 100 times
i personaly runed it 15 to 20 times !!
AND
after cracked dont shut down ur psp or remove battery..
hope this will help !!
i’m a bit new to this but, if i change my memory card on my psp after i have updated it to the 5.03 chickHEN R2 will my psp still be chickHEN R2 ??
Thanks Scorpion. But I haven’t reached that step yet. I still need to run 503.pbp and I just couldn’t get it right. I have downloaded the file so many times and it always shows corrupted data whenever I go to games to run it.
At the beginning it said for any PSP (1000, 2000, 3000), but then under requirements it says PSP-3000 or TA-088v3, my question is, will this work for a PSP-1000? (I’m trying to avoid a Pandora battery)
I can’t seem to get ChickHen to run on my PSP-3000. I recently bought it in Japan. It’s one of the new Carnival Color ones. Is there a chance that they have a new motherboard or something? I’ve been trying to boot ChickHen for almost two weeks now and can’t get it to work. Does anyone know anything about this? I’m kind of a newb when it comes to things like this, but I’ve been following this guide and several others to try to install ChickHen since I bought this thing.
Hah, i’m very impressed with this guide. I’ll make sure to digg it.
HEY, I AM NOT ABLE TO INSTALL CHICKHEN AFTER TRYING HUNDRED TIMES ,I EVEN CHANGED MEMORY STICK ,ANYONE HELP?????????????????????????????????
thankx guys.
I hav installed it on my PSP-3004 and it works
Got it to work the first time, but when I let my PSP die of low batt, I wasn’t able to boot ChickHen… Ever…
Was able to play Patapon 2 for a whole day thou… any tips to get it to work again?
@RON
dude when u boot chickhen onto ur psp n turn ur psp off n turn it back on the chickhen is gunna disappear its dead n gone…u gotta run chickhen then install CFW on it!!! use HELLCAT RECOVERY to install cfw
RENAME FILE 5.03.PBP TO EBOOT.PBP IT WORKED FOR ME
hey dude how can i install 5.03 to my psp i have psp 3000 4.21
oh my god thank you so much!!!! i have a psp 30001 v5.01 and i got it running emulators and stuff! thank you so much, thanks to everyone working on this ha THANKS!!
I have modded lots of PSPs but 2 gave me special problems, the TROUBLESHOOT guide helped me a lot.
Good Work Guys!
I need some help here. I already have ChickHen R2 and CFW downloader and I installed it already in my PSP and when i turned on my psp, the games are gone already but the other saved files are there. What will I do? Please help