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[DeathwishCrew]

OK, i am on the road enough so i finally broke down and got a psp. Now I am new to PSP hacking, I have read topics for 3-4 hours and need some basic clarifications.

My PSP is firmware 2.5.

I would like to run homebrew and 'other stuff' on it. What do I really need to do? downgrade the firmware to 1.5? use a Loader? etc.

Now if I downgrade to 1.5, what do I lose, can I switch back and forth between firmwares?

Thanks in advance.

[InfernO8]

QUOTE(DeathwishCrew @ Apr 25 2006, 07:25 PM)

OK, i am on the road enough so i finally broke down and got a psp. Now I am new to PSP hacking, I have read topics for 3-4 hours and need some basic clarifications.

My PSP is firmware 2.5.

I would like to run homebrew and 'other stuff' on it. What do I really need to do? downgrade the firmware to 1.5? use a Loader? etc.

Now if I downgrade to 1.5, what do I lose, can I switch back and forth between firmwares?

Thanks in advance.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong but I believe what you will want to do is:

Downgrade your PSP firmware to 1.5

Get loaders which will allow you to play games that require a firmware upgrade (thus allowing you to stay in 1.5 but play games that are new.)

The answer to "can you switch back and forth?" is not easily. And you won't need to because you can use loaders to play games out of your firmware allowance.

[DeathwishCrew]

besides sony's attempt to stop homebrew, etc, what are the major reasons for the firmware upgrades... it looks like the webbrowser is much better, true?

and what are the steps to downgrade to 1.5? do I need the GTA exploit?

[InfernO8]

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=383633 should have everything you need.

[DeathwishCrew]

i still dont understand how i can downgrade a 2.5 machine...

[InfernO8]

I am pretty sure currently you need 2.00 in order to downgrade. But I am not positive if you can downgrade to 2.00 from a higher firmware, I know GTA has an exploit you may be able to use however. Let me look on some PSP hacking forums and come up with a definite answer for you.

[ILLusions0fGrander]

above post is correct...
if you have a 2.01 or higher, now, and in the foreseeable future you are stuck with it.

you could however attempt to return it and find a 1.5

click here to check if its a 1.5

edit: you can still run some emulators, just not ISO's from memory stick (using GTA exploit)


This post has been edited by ILLusions0fGrander: Apr 26 2006, 09:13 PM

[DeathwishCrew]

how can I check if it is a lower firmware in the store without turning it on?

[ILLusions0fGrander]

did you even read my post?

[DeathwishCrew]

now i have to figure out how to see the the labels which are all facing the bottom inside a secured cabinet. I hope they get a downgraded for 2.5 soon.

[ILLusions0fGrander]

QUOTE(DeathwishCrew @ May 2 2006, 02:19 PM)

now i have to figure out how to see the the labels which are all facing the bottom inside a secured cabinet. I hope they get a downgraded for 2.5 soon.

customer service.

"excuse me sir, could you please check those psps for me, there are certain models that arent as stable or reliable, im looking for a specific one"

in fact, i didnt go to any stores, i called and had them check, found the stores that had them, and went out and bought them. (them = got about 6 with dead pixels)

[Liquid Smoke]

i was on 2.6 and was playing roms fine, but my dumbass accidentally upgrated to 2.7, now im f*cked lol

[ILLusions0fGrander]

how do you accidentally update? it asks like 3 times if you are sure.