Basics of PSP hacking
Something about OFW
Okay here we go the first official guide to hack your PSP. First of all let’s start with the basics. Okay, we all know that our PSP has an Official Firmware (OFW). The newest Firmware till date is 6.39. Let me tell you why we don’t like our OFW’s. The answer is that even though our OFW’s can play all games without fault, it cannot play games downloaded to our Memory stick via Torrents and we cannot fully experiment with our themes like make it similar to Xbox themes or so.
Tada! CFW (Custom Firmware) to the rescue
Where there is darkness, there is light. Where there is an OFW there is CFW. Enter our hero: CFW. What is CFW? It’s something which enables our PSP to reach its full Potential. Yes it finishes the OFW with a sharp shooter and makes your OFW wanna tap (in this case, prompts your OFW to load downloaded games and to run Custom XMB themes on your PSP, Read EBooks, Play media files other than Mp4, boost its audio and brightness than normal, Play some games in 3D and much more. You can also try HEN’s (Homebrew enablers) to do this too though I Strongly recommend CFW’s if you just want to play games.
Something which CFW’s cannot do
One CFW cannot take down number of OFW’s. It’s like playing a handicap match. CFW for 6.20 is only meant for PSP’s with OFW 6.20. But we have ways to enable CFW’s on OFW’s. If you have any OFW less than 6.20 update your PSP to 6.20 because as far as HEN or CFW is concerned the best is on 6.20. For those who have updated your PSP to more than 6.20 do not worry. We have the 6.3x to 6.20 downgrader. This makes your OFW 6.20. Please don’t try this downgrader until I have tested it on my PSP 3000 for all others using 1000, 2000, PSP Go don’t worry because the PSP 3000 motherboard is the most secure one, If you can hack the PSP 3000 you can hack it all.
For those who have 6.20 OFW
Try 6.20 PRO B5 permanent CFW (Recommended)
OR
6.20 TN HEN E
How to install CFW’s
For PRO B5
1.
* Extract and Copy the Contents to Game Folder of PSP.
2.
* Launch the PRO B5 Update then Press X.
3.
*Go to Settings-System Settings- System Information
4. if you see number less than or equal to 05g on Mac Address
5. You Can Install the Permanent Patch by Launching it and then press X and then O
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*Others will have to activate PRO B5 every Time by Starting Fast Recovery every time PSP Shuts Down
7.
* Done. Never delete vshorig.prx file on your memory stick. Keep a copy of it to be on the safe side. To Play Games create a folder named ISO in your Memory Stick and put all the .iso/.cso game files in it. The games can be accessed at the GAME- Memory Stick.
8.
* To uninstall launch Permanent patch, Then Press X (make sure vshorig.prx is present on your memory stick).
For TN HEN E
1.
*Extract and Copy the Contents to Game Folder of PSP.
2.
* Launch the TN HEN Homebrew Enabler.
3.
* Done. To Play Games Download Prometheus ISO loader, Paste it on Game Folder create a folder named ISO in your Memory Stick and put all the .iso/.cso game files in it
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* The game can be accessed by starting Prometheus ISO loader; Select the desired game file then start it.
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