Hacking Quick help for a newbie please

[Tokyo Jihen]

I have a PSP 1001 that was softmodded by my brother's friend years ago. How outdated is 3.71 M33-4(that's what my system information says)?

To update it, I read the FAQ and I'm not sure what ChickHen is, but are these instructions the ones I should follow?

Spoiler

(Fully hackable) 100X/200X -
- PC -
1. Download XGEN GEN D3 Updater. Place UPDATE in PSP/GAME and 550.PBP on the root of your memory stick
2. Download Prometheus-4 5.50 GEN-D Addon and place the Prometheus folder in PSP/GAME

- PSP -
1. Run and update to GEN D3 (Be careful what you press on, there is also an option that upgrades to OFW 5.50 and we don't want that!)
2. Run and update to Prometheus-4 and you're done!

Also, my control pad seems to making flickering, involuntary movements around the screen for certain games. This does not happen at the home screen, just when I play Ratchet & Clank and a few other games. Is it a problem with my PSP or the firmware?

Thank you!

 

[Jolan]

Yeah, that's the right instructions for the update.
As for the analog stick, I'm not sure. Try Joysens?

 

[Rydian]

The control pad or joystick? The joystick doesn't control the home screen so if it's the joystick it's correct you wouldn't see it there.

 

[Tokyo Jihen]

Oh, it's both. More so the analog stick, forgot to mention it.

And I just tried to update to 5.50 Gen-D3 and it randomly turned off? I checked system information and it says 3.71 M33-4 still.

Okay, nevermind. I did more searching and found out I had to upgrade the firmware to 5.00 M33-6 before upgrading to 5.50 Prometheus. Yay!