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HowTo: Downgrade your PSP from 6.35/6.31 to 6.20

Davee (yep, the very same guy that the PSP community owes the ChickHen Hack to) has released a downgrader that will allow PSPs currently on 6.31 & 6.35 to downgrade their firmwares to 6.20. If you’re already on 6.35 Hen or 6.31 Hen, this means you can opt to downgrade and install 6.20 TN-C Hen (and the upcoming 6.20 TN-D which Total_Noob says will include a Popsloader support). For those worried about complicated steps to follow, not to worry, the 6.35/6.31 Downgrader is signed, meaning you can run in directly on your PSP, regardless of whether you have a homebrew loader, a cfw or are currently on the official firmware.

To those following Davee, the release of the downgrader isn’t a surprise judging from his tweet on New Year’s Eve:

Requirements for the 6.35/6.31 to 6.20 Downgrader

Downgrading your PSP to 6.20 from 6.35/6.31

  • Extract Davee’s 6.3x downgrader on your PC.
  • Copy the PSP folder directly onto your memory stick or the storage of your PSP Go
  • Extract the 6.20 OFW on your PC
  • Copy the EBOOT.pbp file inside x:/PSP/GAME/UPDATE/ where x is your PSP’s memory stick or the storage of your PSP Go
  • Run the Downgrader on your XMB and follow onscreen prompts

And that’s it, you’re back to 6.20 OFW!

After downgrading, you can install 6.20 TN-A Hen or for simplicity, you can go for the Signed 6.20 TN-C :).

Now for the important bit:

Important Note: Downgrading your PSP is risky.  Unless you follow the procedures explicitly as indicated, you may end up bricking your PSP.  While Davee’s downgrader has been confirmed working by quite a lot of people already, keep in mind that there’s still a risk of bricking so don’t downgrade unless you really want to.

Also, here’s a video:

credits: Davee

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  1. vanz_paltog banban January 26, 2011 Reply

    syl i have here a psp 5.50 OFW…. haw to hack this thing ???

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade January 26, 2011 Reply

      Upgrade to 6.20 and install Hen, get the latest Hellcat’s Recovery plugin (version 1.65), downgrade to 5.50 GEN-D3 :).

      I’ll be updating my guide in a bit (or maybe simply create a new one). For archive purposes, this is the older version of the downgrade your psp guide.

  2. vanz_paltog banban January 26, 2011 Reply

    does this work on psp-3004 ????

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade January 26, 2011 Reply

      Yes, this is specifically for non-hackable PSPs (PSP-2000 with TA-088v3 motherboards and up, PSP-3000 and PSP Go)

  3. vanz_paltog banban January 26, 2011 Reply

    thanks a lot syl…. could you give a complete guide on how to downgrade 6.20 to 5.50 Gen-D3 for psp 2000.

  4. netao_the_chosen_one kun1sak1 January 26, 2011 Reply

    Hey, sylv3rblade, i posted a while ago on the other notice and i saw this one and.. ow man, what to do, huh?! ^^”
    I’ll think i stick with my current and recently installed 6.31 Hen. There are so many games that work’s just fine with my current psp that i don’t want to bother messing around so much. Well, i tested 50 games till now and i think i be fine for some time… =P

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade January 26, 2011 Reply

      I’d only recommend downgrading (as indicated in the post :)) if you really want to have Total_Noob’s 6.20 Hen releases :). Otherwise, it’s best (and safer) to stick to what works :).

  5. vanz_paltog banban January 26, 2011 Reply

    hot to know the motherboard version of a psp without using an psp ident . . .

    or is there a psp ident that is compatible for psp 3000???

  6. panagiotis-ferrari pspfan6334 January 27, 2011 Reply

    hey i wonder if this work on 6.37 run with hbl plz answer if this work on psp 3000 with 6.37

  7. andymemesss -memesss- January 29, 2011 Reply

    it won’t work on my psp, when it’s verifying updater, it say error

    • atmaxplorer sylv3rblade January 29, 2011 Reply

      wait, aren’t you on 6.20 already? This will only work if you’re downgrading from 6.35 or 6.31 to 6.20

      • andymemesss -memesss- January 30, 2011 Reply

        i upgrade it to 6.35 so i can play tekken 6, when i try to downgrade it again, it’s error

  8. gekodudes almighty mittens February 20, 2011 Reply

    how bout if i have 6.31 pro

  9. appu.sp777 appuzz May 8, 2011 Reply

    u r really gr8….btw do u know any applications with which i can create homebrew apps?..i have been working on that for some days now

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