Ok i've been on Tech for some time now and people are becoming more aware of what there psp's can do..... I don't mean to rain on all the people that make and extra buck from PSP Mods but allot of persons have been asking me to do this guide.. Well this is where you need to be..... Lets get this straight...
Things You Need To Know:
What the PSP Terms mean.....
First Thing you need to know is the difference between CFW & OFW
Well CFW (As some may know) means Custom firmware now this is just like the OS on your computer but different it has been modified. Now a well known creator of CFW is DARK ALEX. Now he has come out with CFW such as 3.52 m33 and 3.80 m33. Over time he makes new releases.. Now OFW stands for Original Firmware thats the firmware that Sony put out without homebrew compatibility. For people that are new to this HOMEBREW as its called in the PSP underground is software created by people at home hence the name home brew...
Now this is where it gets SWEET......
The Next thing you need to know before modding is your psp firmware
You can easily check this by going to Settings>System Settings>System Information
If its 3.50 or lower you just hit the jack pot if its higher than 3.50 then you just got messed... Well not entirely
Anyways the next thing you need to know is what mobo your psp has allot a ppl leave this outta their guide and this is probably the most important step...
Now if you have a TA-082 Mobo you'll see something like this http://www.modchipstore.com/support/images/ta82spot.jpg
If its any other board you wont see any text....
The reason i tell you this is because different mobos have different ways of downgrading....
You may ask why would i want to downgrade isn't having the latest Firmware good????? Yes having the latest CFW is good but having the latest OFW sucks......
What can i do when i put on CFW
You can:
Play Games from your memory card
Add custom boot menus
play your fav NES/PSone/N64 games
Add custom themes
Youtube Compatibility (Homebrew App)
Its endless
Downgrading::: 3.50 and under
This is the best guide i could find on the web............
http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-hacks-9/t...ide-90916.html
Downgrading Over 3.50
You'll Need a Pandoras Battery now this is creating a special jig battery and memory stick... N.B You'll need another battery and another memory to be honest you dont really need either because you can easily reverse its cool to have and pandoras battery around so you can downgrade again or help out someone (NOT CHARGE!)
I got the best guide i could find:
http://forums.noobz.eu/downgrader-su...orial-guide/0/
Before i forget you'll need a PSP with CFW or PSP with original 1.50 kernel so you can run the pandora files.... If ya don't have that like me do it di real bad man way! LOL
For this i have another guide:::
For this method you'll need a second battery oh yea this is if you can get a CFW PSP or PSP with 1.50 OFW
Rip open a PSP battery to find Pandora inside
Here's the link to do this
http://www.pspfanboy.com/2007/10/22/...andora-inside/
Now this is risky and mi neva tell ya fi try it... Please not not all batteries look like this you can have a battery that looks like this too
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ny/battery.jpg
Or in the case of the slim
http://psp.console-tribe.com/imagedi...pandoraize.jpg
Remember ICO4 is what you should look for
LINKS
http://www.psp-hacks.com
forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/35170
www.llamma.com/PSP
psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/pspmodplay.shtml
And the next thing if you mess upi dont come to mi please cuz mi neva tie ya dung and tell ya fi do this!!!!!!! memba mi tell yo.. Any Questions feel free to PM.......
Happy Modding