PSP 2.60 firmware cracked and now DOWNGRADEABLE TO 1.5 FIRMWARE

[Auggie2k]

PSP Updates reports that wily cracksmith “Fanjita” has worked out how to break through the latest PSP firmware, version 2.60, and managed to get a copy of Tetris running in spite of Sony’s added security measures. The breakthrough is likely to be followed by more thorough cracks, which could potentially unlock the system to the same kind of versatility available to cracked 1.50-firmware PSPs.

The revelation (full details and files for which can be located on the PSP Updates website (http://pspupdates.qj.net/2006/01/sony-thwarted-again-firmware-260.html)) comes just days after the same chap managed to break through the previous firmware, 2.50.

Both versions were thought fairly secure, after Sony closed holes that allowed inventive crackers to run their own programs on PSP hardware with version 2.00 software and even revert it to the much more malleable 1.50, which runs virtually anything thrown at it.

Then again, 2.00 was also supposed to be secure. As was 1.50. Indeed, Sony’s been engaged in a bit of a running battle with software crackers eager to use the portable to power console emulators and homemade software applications - Sony’s argument being that the potential for software piracy is too big to allow this sort of thing to go unchecked.

Indeed, full PSP games are widely available through newsgroups and “warez” sites, and can be loaded onto sizeable Memory Stick Duos - like the 1GB versions Sony’s been promoting heavily in the UK recently. Ironically though, quite a few PSP owners have argued that all they’re doing is transferring their own, legally owned PSP games to Memory Stick to take advantage of greatly reduced load times.

As is tradition, Sony can be expected to react by releasing new firmware for the PSP in the near future.

[moneoa]

lol I won't update, I am pleased with 2.6 cracked

[WE_DELIVER]

Dont new games that come out FORCE you to update your firmware or they wont play?

[DigitalJunkie]

You can upgrade to v2.0, then downgrade to v1.5 if you don't like it.

[shawners]

Yeah, good job team.. Imagine being able to play tetris.

[Pirate_RRRRRR_IIIIII]

lol shawners

[Lehk]

Dont new games that come out FORCE you to update your firmware or they wont play?

only if you buy them..... yet another way sony forces people who want to use their hardware however they like to resort to software piracy.....


it is truely sad that nowadays you are safer installing a warezed application than the legal copy, it used to be the other way around the warez copies being dangerous with rootkits and viruses, now warez copies from a reliable source are safer than ones with DRM

[zarquon]

Just got myself a psp with a 2gb memory stick. Looking forward to lots of tinkering.

[WE_DELIVER]

I was gonna get it for that, but I dont know if its worth it.
Any of you that have one, do you think its worth getting it for what you can do with it?
So far I've heard of video playback, emulation, web browsing....anything else I'm missing?

[DigitalJunkie]

It also show pictures, play music & games. It's like a multi-media device that plays games! :)

[the great one]

All Sony has to do is make sure their games are made to be at least 1.6GB and then it would be pointless for people to put pirated games on a 2GB memory card.The memory cards are expensive,it would be cheaper to buy the games.
Emulators for older games aren't going to hurt their profits any.

[Malakai1911]

All Sony has to do is make sure their games are made to be at least 1.6GB and then it would be pointless for people to put pirated games on a 2GB memory card.The memory cards are expensive,it would be cheaper to buy the games.

They pulled that shit on the dreamcast, so release groups simply recoded videos, audio and cutscenes at a lower bitrate or removed them completely in order to shave 20-40% off the total size (going from 900+mb to under 700). cdrips of gta3 on the ps2 are the same way, all music stations linked to one and the audio from the others removed.

And if they made it so the game itself was huge... I could see release groups finding a way to split the game into two halves.

[the great one]

True,but one huge difference is the price of media.cdr's are cheap, memory cards aren't.If they do end up splitting them it would still be expensive and/or a pain in the ass(swapping one game off the memoy card for another).

thanks to release groups though, I have a huge collection of dreamcast games.

[Signa]

im strongly considering getting a psp soon, and i was wondering how many of you have run the snes emulator on it? im wanting to know how well it works and how good the compatibility is. most psp games dont interest me too much, but the home-brew stuff looks to be really cool

[shawners]

The only thing i can think of besides buying a 100 memory sticks to hold games and movies is to have a laptop with you that has it on the hard drive and can transfer it to the memory card. If your into going town to town and business traveling and such, wont be worth it for school or any other job that you dont have some time on your hands.

[maartendc]

Yeah, its been cracked, but then again, it hasnt.

They've found a few weaknesses in it, and have managed to exploit these, but you can't run kernell mode stuff on it (yet). Same thing with 2.0 and up firmwares. Which means: no umd emulation, no wifi capability, and no usb capability. So basically, the only real cracked firmware remains to be 1.5. But Snes emulators and such do work with 2.0 an up nowadays, so I don't hear people complaining.

[zarquon]

Yeah, its been cracked, but then again, it hasnt.

They've found a few weaknesses in it, and have managed to exploit these, but you can't run kernell mode stuff on it (yet). Same thing with 2.0 and up firmwares. Which means: no umd emulation, no wifi capability, and no usb capability. So basically, the only real cracked firmware remains to be 1.5. But Snes emulators and such do work with 2.0 an up nowadays, so I don't hear people complaining.


There's currently an eboot loader for the 2.0 firmware that will play approx 90% of homebrew applications.

[boogiedan]

after reading all this wouth-watering info

i justhave 2 get myself 1

[zarquon]

after reading all this wouth-watering info

i justhave 2 get myself 1

Make sure you get one with firmware version 2.0 or lower, so you can have full control over your psp, i.e. abilty to play any video type - xvid,divx,rmvb,wmv etc and most importantly the ability to play, ahem.., backups of your games.

[SanDiegoKid]

I was thinking of picking up a PSP, so I just did a casual search for info in firmware, etc.
I seem to have found only junk sites with old information and lame forums, or store-fronts posing as information.


Does anyone know of THE best site for info on the PSP scene?

I'm not sure which firmware version is on the PSP I'm likely to pick up at the local Best Buy.

From what I've gleaned, it looks like v2.60 has cool bells and whistles, but also greatly hinders the homebrew/backup capabilities.

I'm, of course, mainly interested in playing backups from a Memory Stick. To do this easily one must have firmware v?.? but that would hinder my ability to play a UMD game I actually purchase.

So, I'm guessing, it's impossible to have the best of both worlds at the moment?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I admit, I'm a PSP super-nuber.

[Malakai1911]

For psp dev and hacks, right now fanjita is it ( http://fanjita.org/ ). He's the one making the big progress with loaders and stuff.

For an ISO (commerical game) loader, you need firware 2.0 or earlier (NOT 2.01), and many people use 1.5 still.
For homebrew (Lua/Eboot), you can use firmware 2.01 and 2.5 with decent success and limited success with 2.6 (2.6 support will be improved soon, and ISO support will probable come to 2.5/2.6 eventually).

Basically the earlier the firmware, the easier it is to hack. Downgrades are popular.

[SanDiegoKid]

Suh-weeet. Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for.

[zarquon]

Suh-weeet. Thanks. Exactly what I was looking for.
Try these also,

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/

http://www.psp-hacks.com/

http://pspupdates.qj.net/

http://forums.qj.net/forumdisplay.php?f=48

http://forums.ps2dev.org/index.php?c=5&sid=7dcce661833c73eda0a010415e890931

These will tell you everything and anything concerning psp hacking.

[Signa]

i just bought a PSP and im not impressed with the flexibility of the firmware. it was packaged at 2.01 which pretty much means nothing will run other than the normal UMDs. im taking it back as soon as i can because i only bought it for home-brew. i suggest finding one on ebay if you can

[zarquon]

i just bought a PSP and im not impressed with the flexibility of the firmware. it was packaged at 2.01 which pretty much means nothing will run other than the normal UMDs. im taking it back as soon as i can because i only bought it for home-brew. i suggest finding one on ebay if you can
2.01 or higher and you're screwed. I got myself a 2.0 of ebay and downgraded straight away to 1.5 and all i can say is it rocks.

I can run all my "Backup" iso's off my 2gb memory stick. Using pmp i can watch xvid,wmv,rm etc. Also can run snes/genesis/gba/neogeo/mame emulators perfectly.

There are tons of cool apps design for firmware 1.5 so the trick is to get a 2.0 or lower, as amything over that cannot be downgraded nor does it have kernel access which is required for iso loaders and pmp.

[Malakai1911]

Fanjita is kind of being a bitch when it comes to not releasing an ISO loader or downgrader for any of the newer firmware, even though he is more than likely entirely capable.

[boogiedan]

i have to say the PSP in my view equal's the ipod
regarding the gadget/peice of 2005 n 2006

also the modding n craking keeps the buzz healthy
rock on PSP n also happy cracking the 360

[zarquon]

Fanjita is kind of being a bitch when it comes to not releasing an ISO loader or downgrader for any of the newer firmware, even though he is more than likely entirely capable.

Not really, for that he requires kernel mode access, which is unattainable in firmware higher than 1.5. Besides he already stated that he achieve what he wants without kernel access. He is against piracy as he believes this is the reason that sony keep updgrading the security on the psp making homebrew difficult to achieve.

[SanDiegoKid]

... think I'm gonna hold off until the new firmware is sliced and diced. I read that US PSPs ship with 2.01 or 2.5.

I can appreciate Sony trying to improve the firmware with added features, etc, but the security bit lost them my $250.00 plus the $200.00 for a 2GB memory stick, and the 2 or three games I was gonna buy. (yes, I actually buy games once in a while)

Oh well. 2.6 will be cracked in-full at some point.

Of course, now I can afford 2 DS`s with Mario Kart.

[Signa]

Of course, now I can afford 2 DS`s with Mario Kart.


OMG YES!!!

[SanDiegoKid]

Typing from new psp.

This is taking forever.

Holy crap.

[zarquon]

Typing from new psp.

This is taking forever.

Holy crap.

Whats your firmware version,

[SanDiegoKid]

It was 2.0 at the time of that excrutiating post.

I've downgraded ro 1.5, and have NesterJ NES emulator running.

I tried SNES9x_v003a-0 SNES emulator, and it runs really slow. I set the overclock to 333 Mhz and the frame skip to ~5, and it's kind of playable. I'm hoping one of the other SNES emus runs better.

Tried VGBA GBA emulator... no dice. It ran but wouldn't load ROMS. XMAME also hangs up.

I just leeched an ISO, but have to go looking for how to load it.

Oh... 2GB Memory Stick too. So I'm ready for action.

[moneoa]

I don't give a shit about iso loaders (I buy most of what I play) or playing mario on my psp so I will proabably keep upgrading the firmware.
It's personal choice.

I had figured I would stay at 2.6 but I can't think of why I would personally benefit from homebrew

I like the talk about the email client upcoming.....

[SanDiegoKid]

.. there are indeed some cool features in the advanced firmware versions. It's a hard toss up for me. I bought 3 games with my PSP, so I'm not going to feel too bad about exploring the other option. That's just me though; I do support the industry as far as my wallet allows. beyond that though, well....

I also like exploring the hard work the super nerds do with these homebrew apps.... not just ISO loaders and piracy junk, but stuff like the universal remote mod for PSP. Why would I need a PSP to change TV channels? well I don't.. but it's neat.

[WE_DELIVER]

Man...I cant deside what I want.
I wana get the PSP, but I hear that there are also emulator and video options for the GameboySP. And the posts that say that there have been trouble running emulation worry me.
And it's so much cheaper for the GB.
Anyone tried emulation/video on gameboy?

[zarquon]

.. there are indeed some cool features in the advanced firmware versions. It's a hard toss up for me. I bought 3 games with my PSP, so I'm not going to feel too bad about exploring the other option. That's just me though; I do support the industry as far as my wallet allows. beyond that though, well....

I also like exploring the hard work the super nerds do with these homebrew apps.... not just ISO loaders and piracy junk, but stuff like the universal remote mod for PSP. Why would I need a PSP to change TV channels? well I don't.. but it's neat.

Get yourself umd emulator 0.8c and devhook 0.22. With these loaders you can run almost any iso of the memory stick without a umd disc. ALso try dgen genesis emulator as that works perfectly, and their is a new version of snes_tyl 0.3 that is for 1.5,

http://yoyofr92.free.fr/psp/files/snes9xTYL-0.3me.zip

[evilmegaman]

I decided to upgrade to version 2.50.. I am thinking I might as well go all the way to the newest version. I was using 1.5 and having all kinds of emulation stuff but I just said screw it I want Mega Man maverick hunter X :P

[zarquon]

I decided to upgrade to version 2.50.. I am thinking I might as well go all the way to the newest version. I was using 1.5 and having all kinds of emulation stuff but I just said screw it I want Mega Man maverick hunter X :P

There are ways to get to run on 1.5 using flash emulation, no need to go to 2.5

[SanDiegoKid]

So far:

Firmware 1.5 (downgraded from 2.0)

Using:
UMD Emulator 0.8c
Dev Hook 0.22
WAB version changer 2.5 (fooling PSP to think it's v2.0 firmware)
nesterJ
PSPersonalize (to change the wallpaper)
SeiPSP tool (hiding corrupted data icons)

I tried the new snes9xTYL-0.3 SNES emulator, but it still runs too slow to run the handful of ROMS I wanna play. Someday....

So, I'm taking it that UMD emulator is a utility to "mount" the image, similar to using a virtual drive on PC, and Dev Hook does the loading of the image. Am I close? I'm assuming you need both of these apps to run an ISO, but I haven't actualy tried using just one.

Next I wanna see if there's a decent web browser for v1.5. There's so much going on in the PSP forums... it's a headache to wade through.
On top of that, I'm convinced there are fewer than 12 people who can type in a readable fashion in the entire scene. (english as a 2nd language speakers are forgiven of course)

[zarquon]

Actually you can use just umd emulator to mount and run the isos using copy load setting or direct load, if you have a umd disc in the psp. If you dont have a disc in, then you load the iso with umd emulator using system menu setting. This throws you back to the menu whereupon the psp now thinks that it has the umd disc in it. Then you run devhook to load the mounted iso.

Devhook is not required if you have a umd in the psp.
Btw, snes9xTYL-0.3 works fine for me, just make sure you have the me (media engine) version for 1.5 and set sound to 44khz, frameskip to 0 or 1 and rendering to psp accel +approx rend and the cpu to 333 mhz.

[SanDiegoKid]

You are a fountain of knowledge.

[WE_DELIVER]

So your SNES emulator runs smooth?

[zarquon]

So your SNES emulator runs smooth?

Works perfectly for me.

[mp3MaStA88]

I got mine up and running... already hacked it as well, with the guides floatin around on the net! took me a while!:icon_comp

[SanDiegoKid]

I was running the other version of snes9xTYL-0.3. I installed the 'me' version and changed the rendering. Super Return of the Jedi and Super Street Fighter II run better and are much more playable, though they still lag a little here and there.

Is it ironic that I actually own those cartridges, or simply poetic?

[WE_DELIVER]

It means youre not a thief like the rest of us :-)

BTW, today, I broke down and bought a PSP off of craigslist.
Its a 1.52 with 2 AC adapters, Usb cord, 512mb card and a couple months worth of Gamestop replacement service left....all for 230....a little highter than I wanted to spend but still....you guys think I got ripped off?

But, now I'm gonna be exploring the world of PSP.

Is PSP-vault pretty much the biggest community out there for PSP hacking, etc..?

Man, I cant wait to get started, I love this stuff.

[zarquon]

Firstly upgrade to 2.0, then you can use the downgrader to get to 1.5

The best psp communities are as follows.

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/

http://www.psp-hacks.com/

http://pspupdates.qj.net/

http://forums.maxconsole.net

[WE_DELIVER]

Thanx dude.

[moneoa]

It means youre not a thief like the rest of us :-)
BTW, today, I broke down and bought a PSP off of craigslist.
Its a 1.52 with 2 AC adapters, Usb cord, 512mb card and a couple months worth of Gamestop replacement service left....all for 230....a little highter than I wanted to spend but still....you guys think I got ripped off?

At risk of sounding fanboyish my friend I have to say that
even putting aside the whole issue of homebrew or upgrading,
in any state or firmware version you are holding one of the most
versatile, entertaining pieces of hand and eye candy.

After a year I don't regret spending the amount I spent as it is still
the most used console/movie/tv/locationfreemonitor/webbrowsing/mp3 player I have.

Though now that 1 gig cards are starting to get on the cheap you should consider getting one down the road so you have a good balance of space for music, homebrew and movies.

[zarquon]

Actually you can get a 2gb memory stick from amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AAM1YI/sr=8-9/qid=1140077584/ref=pd_bbs_9/102-8991050-0243322?%5Fencoding=UTF8 for $85 shipped using this rebate

http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/00/10/00/16/64/97/100016649765.pdf

[WE_DELIVER]

Thanx guys...this thing is pretty cool....just upgraded to 2.0....i like the webbrowser...but am about to downgrade to 1.5

Is there a web browser app or whatever for 1.5?

[zarquon]

Thanx guys...this thing is pretty cool....just upgraded to 2.0....i like the webbrowser...but am about to downgrade to 1.5

Is there a web browser app or whatever for 1.5?

No but you can use a firmware launcher for 1.5 that lets you have user mode access on 2.0. It will allow you web browser.

[WE_DELIVER]

Can you point me to a link, or explain if you have time?
Thanx

BTW...i did come across some standalone browsers....

edit....found some info on the firmware launcher....any standaolne browsers better????

[Psilaxs]

True,but one huge difference is the price of media.cdr's are cheap, memory cards aren't.If they do end up splitting them it would still be expensive and/or a pain in the ass(swapping one game off the memoy card for another).

thanks to release groups though, I have a huge collection of dreamcast games.

It is a matter of a simple file dump, the psp main purpose is to enterain you while you wait for something, doctors office, car ride etc. you do not NEED a shitload of games for occasions such as those, one good one will do.

[zarquon]

Can you point me to a link, or explain if you have time?
Thanx

BTW...i did come across some standalone browsers....

edit....found some info on the firmware launcher....any standaolne browsers better????

Here is a how to on how to get firmware launching working on 1.5

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=16380

[WE_DELIVER]

Cool man...thanx

I'll try that out today/including the UMD Emulator.
I've managed to install SNES9x this morning, runs kinda slow though(Playing some Contra III :-) ).

[pellis874]

I just recent;y got my PSP and my friend told me about downloading torrents and putting them on the memory stick so I can play them off of there instead of buying the games. I'm not sure how to do this, but what do I need to download and after I download what I need, how do I put the games onto the memory stick so I will be able to play them. If anyone could help me, I would be very thankful.

[WE_DELIVER]

It all depends on your situation and what youre interested in.

If you scroll back a couple of posts you well see a bunch of websites.
There you can find a lot of info regarding the PSP.
I've been trying to read up on some of this stuff, since I got my PSP not long ago as well.

Just be careful, depending on what version firmware your PSP is running, it might not be possible to do some things, and you might even break the PSP.

[SanDiegoKid]

No but you can use a firmware launcher for 1.5 that lets you have user mode access on 2.0. It will allow you web browser.

... read the tutorial there, and it looks easy... but...

.. sorry, I have no idea what it does. Is this to launch 2.0 firmware temporarily to use the web browser or... ?

[WE_DELIVER]

I haven't tried this yet, but I think thats the idea.
If you launch the 2.0/2.5 firmware, you get its features without having to upgrade(browser included).

[zarquon]

I haven't tried this yet, but I think thats the idea.
If you launch the 2.0/2.5 firmware, you get its features without having to upgrade(browser included).

You can get access to the user mode abilities such as web browser and avc movie codec. But you wont be able to use the firmware launcher to play games. However this is not a problem as there is a new game loader that allows all 2.x iso games to be played on 1.5

I now have megaman, gta etc for 1.5 :icon_thum No need for upgrade. w00t

[WE_DELIVER]

However this is not a problem as there is a new game loader that allows all 2.x iso games to be played on 1.5

You mean a new version of UMD Emulator?
Or is there another one called something else?

[WE_DELIVER]

BTW...anyone know what the difference is between the SNES_TYL standard and ME versions? I dont get it...

Also....how the hell do you get NesterJ to work. The damn instructions are in Japanese, and I cant find much info.


Edit:
Ahh....looks like you need to run it through KXploit if you have a 1.5 firmware version PSP. That took me a while to figure out...

Also, the ME version of the SNES emulator seems to be designed for 1.5s too....right?

[zarquon]

BTW...anyone know what the difference is between the SNES_TYL standard and ME versions? I dont get it...

Also....how the hell do you get NesterJ to work. The damn instructions are in Japanese, and I cant find much info.


Edit:
Ahh....looks like you need to run it through KXploit if you have a 1.5 firmware version PSP. That took me a while to figure out...

Also, the ME version of the SNES emulator seems to be designed for 1.5s too....right?

Yep, if you have the 1.5 then use the me version as this as access to the kernel for the sound emulation.

For your previous post the game load is the MPH game loader for 2.0 games. This means that previously protected games such as gta, socom,crash, megaman etc can now be played on the 1.5's but you must use this loader alongside umd emulator for it to work.

[WE_DELIVER]

Gotcha....
Got the SNES running pretty efficiently yesterday.
And NesterJ runs perfectly....super smooth! I fired up some Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man, AWESOME!

Will try the Game loader later, perhaps its time for me to get a bigger memory card LOL.

[SanDiegoKid]

I have a GTA Liberty City Stories running on the MPH loader, but it wouldn't load any other 2.x games. Also, it freezes randomly when I try to play, then crashes the PSP.

I got it all in a single download, pre-setup. Also, it wouldn't load the ISO I already had, only the GTA iso that came with it (Artisan rip I think).

Edit: I wonder if I should use the WAB version changer to go back to 1.5 mode, as I can't remember why I used it to emulate 2.0 in the first place.

Edit Edit: Just downloaded the MPH loader from PSP-hacks. I noticed that there was a version with a 10 minute time limit. Maybe that's the version I tried before.
I noticed in the readme a bunch of extraneous blah blah about ISO dumping and recreating. Is this necessary or only for those who can't get their hands on full ISOs?

Gonna dive in and see what happens... maybe there will be an "Edit Edit Edit:".

Edit Edit Edit: The Revenge (This Time it's Personal)

Got a different set of pre-fab MPH Loader files, inserted the doctored ISO, been playing for an hour with no hang ups.

Gonna try doing up my own 2.0 ISOs later... but right now I've got a headache from the PSP and digging through forums and FAQs.

[zarquon]

Gotcha....
Got the SNES running pretty efficiently yesterday.
And NesterJ runs perfectly....super smooth! I fired up some Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man, AWESOME!

Will try the Game loader later, perhaps its time for me to get a bigger memory card LOL.]

get yourself a 2gig and enjoy the world of isos.



I have a GTA Liberty City Stories running on the MPH loader, but it wouldn't load any other 2.x games. Also, it freezes randomly when I try to play, then crashes the PSP.

I got it all in a single download, pre-setup. Also, it wouldn't load the ISO I already had, only the GTA iso that came with it (Artisan rip I think).

Edit: I wonder if I should use the WAB version changer to go back to 1.5 mode, as I can't remember why I used it to emulate 2.0 in the first place.

Edit Edit: Just downloaded the MPH loader from PSP-hacks. I noticed that there was a version with a 10 minute time limit. Maybe that's the version I tried before.
I noticed in the readme a bunch of extraneous blah blah about ISO dumping and recreating. Is this necessary or only for those who can't get their hands on full ISOs?

Gonna dive in and see what happens... maybe there will be an "Edit Edit Edit:".

Edit Edit Edit: The Revenge (This Time it's Personal)

Got a different set of pre-fab MPH Loader files, inserted the doctored ISO, been playing for an hour with no hang ups.

Gonna try doing up my own 2.0 ISOs later... but right now I've got a headache from the PSP and digging through forums and FAQs.
Socom and megaman, pq and crash team are now working for me also. It could be an issue with the decrypted prx's in the isos( you need to decrypt these yourself and remake iso)

[WE_DELIVER]

is there a site that you guys know off hand that lists games and their min. required firmware versions?

[zarquon]

is there a site that you guys know off hand that lists games and their min. required firmware versions?

http://forums.maxconsole.net/forumdisplay.php?f=80

[willerz]

i just recently got a psp already with 2.60 firmware loaded. i was browsing through forums and i've been reading that if i wanted to run an SNES emu, i need a copy of GTA LCS. do i HAVE to have this game? is there another way to load up the SNES?

[WE_DELIVER]

As far as I know you HAVE to have the actual UMD. Although you could have a copy of the game, you couldnt do anything with it since you cant run a UMD Emulator or Game Launcher without going through the real GTA first. But, double check that since I am a noob to the PSP myself.

Homebrew seems a lot harder for 2.1+ firmwares but its getting more and more possible.

[zarquon]

i just recently got a psp already with 2.60 firmware loaded. i was browsing through forums and i've been reading that if i wanted to run an SNES emu, i need a copy of GTA LCS. do i HAVE to have this game? is there another way to load up the SNES?

No, get yourself a copy of gta if you want to run emulators on a 2.6, its the only way currently.

[willerz]

ok i guess i'll have to get me a copy then. thanks!

also, is the SNES emulator running smoothly now for the 2.60? i remember a while back in the summer, my friend tried it on his psp (not sure which version it was) and it was choppy and slow. only game i really want to play is Final Fantasy 3. :icon_thum

[WE_DELIVER]

I'll try it on my 1.5 and let you know...FF3 is pretty cool(my favorite of all time), but I never thought of playing it on the PSP since I got the real thing for my SNES....

...but I would think it would run good since it doesnt seem to have that many sprites on screen at the same time(although I could be wrong here), and it is a roleplaying game so percision timing is not necessary(except maybe in Sabins blitz moves, and Seltzers roulette thingie).

[willerz]

yea blitz is crucial lol. FF3 was one of the games my friend tried and he said it was slow. so i'm not sure about now with the 2.60 firmware out and all the updated SNES emus. it might run smoother on newer versions of PSPs and/or the SNES emus. thats what i was wondering. cuz if it is still slow and choppy, then i might not rush out and buy a copy of GTA just yet. basically all i want to play are my old faves, like FF3, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger. so if those run smooth, i'll run out and get a copy of GTA cuz those 3 games are worth it.

[moneoa]

A previously unknown developer, son (aka Lirpa Sloof) from team ataraxia, has managed to squeeze out a downgrader for firmware 2.60 -- to firmware version 1.50. Before now, it was commonly understood this was "impossible" among the general PSP community, but son has managed to find a way using various hacking techniques he acquired through playing quake 3.

Like all downgraders, you must realize that this DOES WRITE TO FLASH MEMORY, AND THERE IS A RISK OF BRICKING YOUR PSP! There are a few steps required before you downgrade. Firstly, you must erase all videos on your PSP, as this takes advantage of an unknown .mp4 exploit on the PSP. The steps are relatively easy to follow, and quite similar to the MPH Downgrader, which downgrades from versions 2.00 to 1.50. The steps include:

Steps to use the iDowngrader:
- Create an UPDATE folder in the /MP_ROOT/100MNV01 folder of your memory stick
- Copy EBOOT.PBP (update 1.50) in /PSP/GAME/UPDATE folder
- Unpack iDowngrade.zip
- Copy iDG.mp4 into your /MP_ROOT/100MNV01 folder of the memory stick
- Copy h.bin to root of your memory stick (meaning in ms0:/)
- Copy index.dat in root of your memory stick (meaning in ms0:/ as well)
- Plug in the AC adaptor

Once all of the files are copied onto your memory stick, this is the tricky part, you must now watch the video. The video will start to play, then freeze the PSP, which is normal. Now you must turn off your PSP, then turn it on, which will bring you to the 1.50 Firmware Update. Like the MPH Downgrader, this one errors at 99% but is normal. Restart your PSP and turn it back on. You will have PSP firmware version 1.50, and it will lead you through setting up language and time etc.

[Thanks for this awesome downgrader Lirpa Sloof!]


http://pspupdates.qj.net/iDowngrade-v0-1-2-60-to-1-50-downgrader-released-/pg/49/aid/13706#comments

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Is this fake?

[zarquon]

Yes this is fake, its an april fools joke. There is no way to downgrade past 2.0 :)

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I thought so. It would be too good....

[Signa]

damn im way too gullible

i like how they wrote april fools backwards as their name

[asimmunawar]

I got a PSP with 2GB memory from a sale.... but now the problem is that the games are really expensive.... can anyone guide me where to get cheap games... the version of the firmware is 2.5 ...... i am looking for cheap games.... that may not be new releases....... and can i copy the game in memory or is it necessary to buy a UMD.........???
thanx in advance

[astro5]

to the person who bought a vesrion 2.0 off ebay and risked downgrading it, why didnt you just buy v1.50.........they are floating all over the place now- new, or mint condition on ebay.

better then downgrading it.

[WE_DELIVER]

There is not much risk in downgrading. Perhaps if you do it over and over again. Besides, some people jack up the price on 1.5v PSPs.

As for getting the games, I am not sure how it will work with the 2.5 firmware version, I would search in some forums. I got psp-vault.com and psp-hacks.com, I think they both have forums.

[woodc]

now that v2.70 is out does anybody know where 2 get v2.60 from??

[zarquon]

now that v2.70 is out does anybody know where 2 get v2.60 from??

Right here mate,

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/167

[Mels_Smileys45]

Support video game makers! crack is whack!


flame me now please

[shawners]

This game is for you. http://www.nforce.nl/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=103982
Ill play it knowing that it may of ticked some people off.

[woodc]

Right here mate,

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/167


thanks!

when u have the eboot.pdp where do you save it on your PSP?

[zarquon]

thanks!

when u have the eboot.pdp where do you save it on your PSP?

What version firmware do you have, if you have a 2.7 you cannot downgrade to 2.6 and if you have a lower version firmware i recommend that you dont upgrade. Otherwise you can place it in a folder in the game directory.




flame me now please

No probs, just getting the acetlyene torch ready.

[QuePasa]

All Sony has to do is make sure their games are made to be at least 1.6GB and then it would be pointless for people to put pirated games on a 2GB memory card.The memory cards are expensive,it would be cheaper to buy the games.
Emulators for older games aren't going to hurt their profits any.

Several PSP games can be shrunk to 300mb or less. I have owned 3 PSPs. Bought one at launch, no good games, sold, bought a second one for the web browser, realize it was SO annoying to use (and slow), sold it, bought another, realize once again there were no good PSP games, so I sold it as well. All except the first were 2.0 PSPs but I downlgraded them to 1.5, and sold them on Ebay, which sell much better than new firmware PSPs.

It's sad, playing Mario on the PSP was more fun than playing most of the actualy PSP games! :icon_scra

[WE_DELIVER]

I liked Wipeout Pure and Maverick Hunter X, other than that, I play mostly old NES games on it.

[bukenee]

i just bought a psp, it has 2.81 fireware on it and i want to downgrade it to 1.5 or 1.0 or some thing!?,i tryed modding it b4 but i briked it. brought it bak the day after i got it and now im being cosiouse just need some help pls n-e 1

[zarquon]

i just bought a psp, it has 2.81 fireware on it and i want to downgrade it to 1.5 or 1.0 or some thing!?,i tryed modding it b4 but i briked it. brought it bak the day after i got it and now im being cosiouse just need some help pls n-e 1

The only firmwares you can downgrade from are 2.80 or lower. Also if your mainboard is a ta-082 then you can downgrade from 2.71 using then hen-d downgrader.

[wolfgreen]

good thank u

[Kronithus]

Just in case anyone is currently combing this thread in search of new information, there is a new downgrade utility currently available for the 3.03 firmware. I'm not quite sure how much information I am allowed to discuss on these boards, so I'll stay lax on details, but if you've been upset that you missed your chance, there is hope! (Just make sure you don't upgrade to the most recent 3.10 FW and you're good to go.) A bit of google searching should get you where you need to be.

Good luck, and happy homebrewing.

[Signa]

i would like to add to the above post that you NEED GTA:LCS for the downgrade to work. but the catch is that you have to get one of the ORIGINAL release for it, not the updated "patched" version. you cant just go out and buy that anymore.

[jondrewfoo]

also, im prett sure for you people that use psps, that if you downgrade to 1.5, youll wanna upgrade to 3.110oe so you can have the new firmware features with the 1.5 security! note i am not saying to upgrade to 3.1 or to anything, that is dumb. 3.10oe is a special firmware that hackers make that allow you to run 1.5 compatible software and play all the games that require higher than 1.5. its quite amazing. recommened for any 1.5 user, no more devhook crap.