It was 1 month ago when I had my first brush with the SE W960i’s Messaging problem. As discovered then, the problem is related to the phone’s Contacts. After fiddling with it for a month, I finally found a permanent solution to the problem.

First of all, here are the possible symptoms of the Contact/Messaging problem:

The cause of all the above symptoms is you have contacts saved in your SIM card. To fix the problems, remove all contacts from your SIM card and reboot your phone.
To do this on the SonyEricsson W960i, go to Contacts -> More -> View folder -> SIM. After that, More -> Mark -> Mark all and then More -> Delete. Now all you have to do is reboot your phone and all your problems will be gone forever (hopefully).

This morning Outlook gave me a big scare. Nope, it didn’t deliver a particularly nasty email, but it crashed as soon as it started. Here’s a look at the nasty error message:

No amount of begging and coaxing would make Outlook start normally, so I started Outlook on Safe Mode and after it managed to start without error, ended it in hopes that it will fix whatever stuff that is wrong when the program quits. And guess what? It did.

So, for anyone who encounters the above error, the first thing you can do before trying the myriad of troubleshooting suggestions found on the internet, give Outlook a chance to fix itself by starting it in Safe Mode. To start Outlook on Safe Mode go to Start -> Run and type:
outlook /safe

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Installing Custom Firmware 3.90 M33-3. This article assumes that you have custom firmware (OE/M33) installed on your PSP and want to upgrade to version 3.90 M33-3.

If you have OE/M33 firmware lower than 3.52 M33 please start from Section A.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.52 M33 and lower than 3.52 M33-4, please start from Section B.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.52 M33-4 and less than 3.90 M33, please start from Section C.
If you have OE/M33 firmware greater than 3.90 M33 and less than 3.90 M33-3, please start from Section D.

Downloads:
(DL.1) All versions of custom firmwares that are used in this article can be found at Dark_AleX’s site
(DL.2) Official firmware update 1.5
(DL.3) Official firmware update 3.52
(DL.4) Official firmware update 3.90

Section A - Install custom firmware 3.52 M33

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.52 M33 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)
(b) Official firmware update 1.5 (DL.2)
(c) Official firmware update 3.52 (DL.3)

Steps to install:
(A.1) Copy the folder M33CREATOR and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME150/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/).
(A.2) Rename Official firmware update 1.5 (EBOOT.PBP) to 150.PBP.
(A.3) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/).
(A.4) Rename Official firmware update 3.52 ((EBOOT.PBP) to 352.PBP.
(A.5) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/M33CREATOR/).
(A.6) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.52 M33 CREATOR.
(A.7) After it completes, run the the program 3.52 M33UPDATE.
(A.8) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.52 M33. You can now delete the folder M33CREATOR folder from your PSP.

Section B - Update to custom firmware 3.52 M33-5

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.52 M33-4 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)

Steps to upgrade:
(B.1) Copy the folder M33Update4 and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME150/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/).
(B.2) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the update (the icon has a grey background, with red letters saying 3:33:33 in the foreground).
(B.3) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.52 M33-4. You can now delete the folder M33Update4 folder from your PSP.

Section C - Install custom firmware 3.90 M33

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.90 M33 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)
(b) Official firmware update 3.90 (DL.4)

Steps to install:
(C.1) Copy the folder UPDATE and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME/).
(C.2) Rename Official firmware update 3.90 (EBOOT.PBP) to 390.PBP.
(C.3) Copy the file to your PSP’s memory stick’s /PSP/GAME150/UPDATE folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME150/UPDATE/).
(C.4) Go to Recovery mode (Power off your PSP by holding the power button for 10 seconds. Turn on your PSP while holding the right shoulder button to go into recovery mode). Revert your kernel to 3.52.
(C.5) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.90 M33.
(C.6) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.90 M33. You can now delete the folder UPDATE folder from your PSP.

Section D - Update to custom firmware 3.90 M33-3

Files to be downloaded and extracted:
(a) Custom firmware 3.90 M33-3 from Dark_AleX’s site (DL.1)

Steps to upgrade:
(D.1) Copy the folder UPDATE and its contents to your PSP’s memory sticks’s /PSP/GAME/ folder (eg. Z:/PSP/GAME/).
(D.2) In your PSP, browse to your Memory Stick and run the program 3.90 M33-3.
(D.3) Your PSP is now running custom firmware 3.90 M33-3. You can now delete the folder UPDATE folder from your PSP.