I got a PSP...Yayyy!!!...waitaminit...wtf???

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My wife gifted me a PSP S&L... honestly!

So far so good. I bought Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 to play and the PSP forced me to update the firmware to 4.01 (it was on the UMD) before it would run the game. Me being the dumbass... i said sure...why not?

Now I discover there is a world of great stuff called "homebrews" out there which I cant use... and also i cant go back to the old firmware without a lot of complications.

Total n00b in PSP matters, i scoured the internet for ways to do more with my new toy, but i got completely lost in ofw/cfw/pandora batteries and all sorts of other freaky words that i couldnt piece together to form a decent picture...

so here i am, asking-

"WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY PSP, AND HOW CAN I DO IT?"

...the "For dummies" version please...

^^^

check in reviews section..there is a psp review thread...post it ther

btw what was your earlier Firmware , if it is below 3.50 then it would be sad

Well, u need to mod ur PSP to be able to use homebrew(a.k.a user made games, apps etc..) and most importantly U can play DOWNLAODED games w'out the need of buying Rs.1500/- or so priced UMDs...
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Rest all discussion cannot be disclosed as its against forum rules..
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Cheers n e-peace...

modding doesnt just means that running paid games for free , with homebrewing you have full control over the psp's hardware . you can run emulators and ps1 games also and there are whole lot of developer as well as amazing applications out there .

^^max_demon says some true things, I appreciate that.

Congrats man.......
You can view the PSP review in Review Section for more info.. about PSP mods, games, and many other things

T159 said:
^^max_demon says some true things, I appreciate that.

thanks

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OK- ref modding... what does it involve, who can do it for me, for how much? advantages and disadvantages?

@max demon...i dont remember my earlier firmware but i'm pretty sure it was above 3.0...

thx for responding, guys... i'll go off and check the review thread...

u need pandora to downgrade your firmware to some useable(good) one .

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ok but will i be able to play the licensed games then?

yes, u can play licensed games on ur PSP, but the newer and stable the Firmware (say 3.90 m333 is the stable firmware but NOT the newest, as it is 3-4 months old and 4.05 the latest firmware) the better for ur PSP.

Get 3.90 m333 CFW for ur PSP...

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ok i googled pandora and there seem to be half a dozen methods of making one...can one buy these readymade in india? how much do they cost?

... also there is some speculation that the latest psps and their batteries may be pandora proof...any truth in that?

and here's a good one...is there any homebrew that'll run on ofw 4.01?

also...read somewhere that even after modding, some homebrew runs only on the old psp and not the slim and lite...

....grrr...this is all very confusing!

there is FULL truth that the latest PSPs are pandora proof and modding proof.

Y the hell u making urself confused, jus follow users comments adn do as they say (we all hv PSPs adn hv done it the same way) following other users wen were ready to buy the PSPs

for the last time, get ur PSP modded with 3.90 m333 CUSTOM FIRMWARE from a modder wich will cost u Rs.500/- ONLY and please If u DONT wanna break ur PSP, u DO NOT mod it urself..
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Googling for PSPs will jus confuse u with u tube videos, millions of manuals etc etc...
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hope im clear as a crystal this time around... !!!

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Ashu...tone it down, man...or you'll bust a vein and die a virgin.

Dude, i'm confused and i'm clarifying my mind from the helpful people here... you dont like it? don't reply/read the thread.

Btw your post isn't particularly helpful either... on one hand you say that the latest psps are modding proof...then you go on and tell me to get cfw...

you tell me i can run licensed games after i mod the psp...thats not entirely true since the latest cfw is 3.90 but my licensed copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 requires 4.01... so if i had listened to you and got my psp modded, i'd be stuck with an expensive licensed game that i couldnt play until DarkAleX came up with the upgrade to his cfw...

looks to me like you are clueless and trying to pretend otherwise... give it a rest, bro...do everyone a favour and dont give anymore advice.

i hope i'm crystal clear...

fieldgunner said:
Ashu...tone it down, man...or you'll bust a vein and die a virgin.

But nobody dies virgin

fieldgunner said:
Ashu...tone it down, man...or you'll bust a vein and die a virgin.

Dude, i'm confused and i'm clarifying my mind from the helpful people here... you dont like it? don't reply/read the thread.

Btw your post isn't particularly helpful either... on one hand you say that the latest psps are modding proof...then you go on and tell me to get cfw...

you tell me i can run licensed games after i mod the psp...thats not entirely true since the latest cfw is 3.90 but my licensed copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 requires 4.01... so if i had listened to you and got my psp modded, i'd be stuck with an expensive licensed game that i couldnt play until DarkAleX came up with the upgrade to his cfw...

looks to me like you are clueless and trying to pretend otherwise... give it a rest, bro...do everyone a favour and dont give anymore advice.

i hope i'm crystal clear...

afaik there is a plugin for CFW to show any firmware to the game , say u can edit your fw version to 9.90 and the game will run . also newer T-0833 v3 motherboards are mod Proof

the phat psp can play homebrew written for 1.50 but slim cannot (without Time machine ) PSP slim can run CFW Apps which are also nice

PS: Time machine also requirs pandora battery each time to run

4.01 CFW was out long time ago, so your tiger woods Problem is also solved. Getting your PSP modded with some shopkeeper will save lot of headache, and once you are on CFW you are not stuck on that same CFW for ever , you can yourself upgrade to new CFW in just couple of minutes (download it and install like a software , no other stuff needed).
Head over to this thread , has lot of useful information
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91179

Hope this helps.

fieldgunner said:
Ashu...tone it down, man...or you'll bust a vein and die a virgin.

Dude, i'm confused and i'm clarifying my mind from the helpful people here... you dont like it? don't reply/read the thread.

Btw your post isn't particularly helpful either... on one hand you say that the latest psps are modding proof...then you go on and tell me to get cfw...

you tell me i can run licensed games after i mod the psp...thats not entirely true since the latest cfw is 3.90 but my licensed copy of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 requires 4.01... so if i had listened to you and got my psp modded, i'd be stuck with an expensive licensed game that i couldnt play until DarkAleX came up with the upgrade to his cfw...

looks to me like you are clueless and trying to pretend otherwise... give it a rest, bro...do everyone a favour and dont give anymore advice.

i hope i'm crystal clear...

well, if my reply offended u, i apologise, but ur words weren't pleasing either.. I never told tat u always take my advice..

neways... wat i wated to say was this, SONY (SONY worldwide and SONY INDIA) have announced that all their current line up of PSP SLIM & LITE (PSP 2000) will be replaced by the PSP 3000 ones and these are all pandora proof coz the motherboard will NOT allow for any modding (modification done to the flash set memory in order to run cfw)

They also added that all the PSPs (PSP2000) will be replaced sooner than later in the coming weeks of october, 08 (maybe they must hv already started to replace the PSP2000's) PSP2000=Rs.8990/- official and PSP3000=Rs.13K (approx.)

Also, I too hv Tiger Woods 09 and it runs smooth on my 3.90 m333 (cfw), infact even the latest FIFA 09 and many more games runs smoothly on it,

I never disrespect a poster on a forum, but if u felt otherwise I again apologise, I am no EXPERT in PSP, just told u my own experience (after running approx. 50+ games on the PSP), infact none of us here is a Pro modder himself and we all start from scratch tats the reason y i told u to follow other's reply and NOT mine, if u hv read my reply

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its just that there are millions of TuTs and Videos on net and the only thing u shud never always do is to mod a PSP urself, coz an unsuccessful mod to ur PSP will leave it non functional, but if u still wanna do and wanna knw abt the devices to be purchased, head ofer here ----> www.lynx-india.com

and also dedicated sites like PSPiso , girlgamer.co.uk , consolespot.net (thanx always to tarey_g for giving me these wolderfull sites and being a patient tutor in making me install various things on my PSP

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Cheers n e-peace....

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@ Ashu... well if your intention was not to offend, i too apologise for jumping to conclusions, bro. your post did sound as if you are impatient with newbs. but ferget it, water under the bridge, i say.all's cool man.

@max demon, ref the t-0833v3... how do i identify which motherboard i have?

anyone know a good place for getting my modding done in delhi? i'll be grateful for the info.

thanks for the inputs and links everyone...

cheers!

i think i am the only person who modded the psp by himself ( i did try hardmodding too by cutting the soldering but FAIL ) but i soon got pandora and modding was then piece of cake . i dont fear anytime to do experiments with my psp (as pandora/cfw can be used for recovery)

PSPmod said:
You should be fine. It's only the TA-088 v3 boards that don't work. Those aren't too widespread yet. Give it a try, its probably fine. Worse case is it just won't run, but you won't hurt anything trying.

Read This

^ afaik u wont be having any problem

sam9s said:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70678
Also I agree with ashu (though he did sound a bit off........if I may put it that way)

Well, already gave my apologies to field

i knw i wud hv dome the same thing (wat field) did if sum1 replied to me in that way.. but i really had no ill intentions guys !! esp. field..

fieldgunner said:
@ Ashu... well if your intention was not to offend, i too apologise for jumping to conclusions, bro. your post did sound as if you are impatient with newbs. but ferget it, water under the bridge, i say.all's cool man.

Yup, sorry again bro, we are like a small family of gr8 friends here at digit forums so thodi si nok-jhok chalti hain..

@max demon, ref the t-0833v3... how do i identify which motherboard i have?

Well i think this mobo is available ONLY with the new PSPs a.k.a PSP3000 so if u hv a PSP SLIM & LITE wich is model

SP 2000 then u surely DO NOT hv this mobo and (yes u can sigh a relief, i can hear this..loll) that u can MOD ur PSP. if u are still not able to figure out, plz refer to ur manual or the PSP box, or as far as i remember, look under the battery of the PSP to make sure it is PSP2000 model..

hope im clear this time and calm in my reply..lol..

anyone know a good place for getting my modding done in delhi? i'll be grateful for the info.

well, im from mumbai, but i think Palika bazaar can be a nice place.. but nevertheless there are other delhi guys as well to help..

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Cheers n e-peace....

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If any of u guys wants me to review a PSP game, u can tell me adn i will play the game and post the review in the review section (made by tarey_g) along with screenshots so tat u all can judge the graphics b4 u make a purchase...

Btw, already written a few reviews (SOCOM) at the PSP L&L review thread..

and currently writing a review (as i write this) for a RPG game for PSP known as Valhalla Nights 2 along with screenshots..

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Dark Alex released a TA-088v3 motherboard Identifier . Get it from here

*www.consolespot.net/psp/216-TA-088v3-Identifier.html

ashu888ashu888 said:
Well i think this mobo is available ONLY with the new PSPs a.k.a PSP3000

No Ashu , new batch of PSP - 2000 was released with these new motherboards, the the new stock of PSP- 2000 is hackproff . So its better to check your recently bought PSP for the motherboard version before modding.

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ooh i see, hey thanx for point this out to me yaar...(even i had a doubt) but thanx u clarified this..

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ALso, Dark Alex does it again..lol.. releasing a s/w to check those mobos..

, keep it up..

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tarey_g said:
No Ashu , new batch of PSP - 2000 was released with these new motherboards, the the new stock of PSP- 2000 is hackproff . So its better to check your recently bought PSP for the motherboard version before modding.

this the sole reason for which i didnt buy a psp.will only buy after some hack comes out 4 this mobos.

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@ Tarey...thx for the link... how do I use it?

edit- found out how to use it here...*www.consolespot.net/forums/psp-news/16988-ta-088v3-identifier.html...too complicated for me...

@ Sam...I'm in Gurgaon for the next few days... so if I find my board is hackable, I still require that info about a good modder here...

^^ So what did you find abt the board on your PSP , hackable or not ?

I want to hack my psp which i got from sony store.
And have no idea how to. I just know that it is version 2004 with fw 3.95.
What should I do?
And is it true that I can play PS1 games after modding?

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Hi! I too bought aPSP 2004 and staying in Delhi. Pl let me know if u r able to get it modded.thanx
vas

╬Switch╬ said:
I want to hack my psp which i got from sony store.
And have no idea how to. I just know that it is version 2004 with fw 3.95.
What should I do?
And is it true that I can play PS1 games after modding?