If you didn't backup the folders, you'll have to create them all manually since the memory stick will be empty after formatting.

That's why he said that you need to backup the folders first, (example, copy them to your desktop) before formating to FAT, and then copy back the folders into the memory stick after you've formatted the memory stick to FAT.

Yup, PSP Slim can't run 1.5 kernel.

PSP Slim can run homebrew as long as it does not require 1.50 kernel to run.

Then don't buy the black one. Go to the shop, see the real life PSP and pick which ever color you like.

PSP in Sony's promo picture doesn't look the same in real life. I was disappointed when I see the real life Ice Silver PSP.

If it was me, I'll choose the black one because it'll match with my Sony Walkman digital audio player. Just wipe it off after you finished playing your games and it shouldn't be a problem unless you have OCD.

If you don't want to have any fingerprint on your PSP, wear glove while playing games.

At least if someone else is playing your PSP without your permission, their fingerprint will be all over your PSP and you can use it as an evidence against them.

When the battery is fully charged, the orange power LED will turn off.
I suggest that you upgrade to 3.71 M33-3 because it fixed bugs found in the earlier version.

I've answered your question in the other thread. Don't post the same question multiple time in multiple thread.

Yes you can, but some shops are charging outrageous prices for upgrading the firmware. It's up to you to decide whether you want to pay someone else to do it for you or save some money by doing it yourself.

It's easy enough to do it on your own if you follow the instruction step by step. It took me less than a minute to upgrade to 3.71 M33-3.

Yes it's safe or else why would Sony sell PS1 game on PSN to play on PSP if it could brick their customer's PSP?

This post has been edited by mzaidi: Dec 3 2007, 04:25 PM

The speaker is small, and I can't hear spoken voice-overs in games / videos properly using the speaker even when the volume is set to max. The only way to overcome this problem is to use a pair of earphone. Sound quality via earphone is acceptable for me.

I thought you can skip SCE logo while booting PSP by modifying a setting under recovery menu?

It's under Configuration > Skip Sony Logo.

No. My Sony's Digital Music Player A.K.A Walkman can produce better audio quality than PSP. The bass sucks and there's no way to set custom equalizer.

Most probably because FAT vs. FAT32 thing.

Memory sticks run slower on PSP when formatted to FAT32, and IINM, FAT can only be used with drives up to 4GB, larger than that, it has to be formated to FAT32.

So if you buy a 8GB Memory Stick, you probably have to format it to FAT32 and will result in slower read/write speed when used in PSP.

Haha, happened to me too when I bought my PSP from SCE. The girl at his shop accessed something in the Recovery Menu on the PSP and try to hide it from me.

Probably they did that because they don't want the customers to know about the Recovery Menu. Most of the time, the customers do something they're not supposed to (example, change something in the Recovery Menu) and when something went wrong, they blame the shop.

Right Button + Start?

I thought to access Recovery Menu, we must hold the "R-Trigger" while turning on the PSP?

The firmware is same for both PSP Fat and Slim, but you cannot run kernel 1.50 on PSP Slim which some old homebrews requires to run properly.

AFAIK, most of the popular homebrew application has been recompiled to work on PSP Slim. PS1 emulator works fine on both PSP Fat & PSP Slim.

1. PSP Slim comes with a smaller capacity battery (1200 MAh) compared to PSP Fat (1800 MAh), but battery life are about the same due to PSP Slim's improved power consumption. You can get extended battery life if you use the PSP Fat's battery on the PSP Slim.

2, Yes, it's 3.5mm jack head.

Playing video from memory stick, with 3rd brightness level and 80% audio volume level, I can get around 6 - 6 1/2 hours of battery life.