No problem man.Have fun!

Well,3.71m33 is a decent firmware.It supports many UMD titles so,there's nothing much to worry about.But if you wish to upgrade to 5.00M33,which is an equally good firmware,check out the guide that i posted in my previous reply. (Reply to grammar)

Alright,a pretty weird problem.You can always try this.

1) Go to recovery mode (Hold the off switch for 3-5 seconds,then HOLD the R button and boot your psp up.)
2) Go to "Advanced"
3) Click X at the "Format Flash 1" option.

Your psp should restart and your settings should be formatted.

Hope that sorts your problem.

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Added on November 5, 2008, 2:53 pmIt depends really.If you manage to buy a PSP1000 or a PSP2000 unit in Malaysia,you most probably would get an already hacked unit,so you won't have to go through the trouble of hacking it.If you get it elsewhere,and if it has an official firmware installed on it,you'll need to create a Pandora's Battery and a Magic Memory Stick to install custom firmware on it.

If you get a PSP3000 unit,you'll just have to bear with it as it cannot be hacked at the very moment,even with a Pandora's Battery.

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Alright,about the Pandora's Battery,it's very simple really.A psp would usually boot to it's flash 0 once you boot it up (From a full off situation).Once it's booted up,it'll load each .rco file at the time (Battery icon,menu icons etc).By booting it to flash 0,you wouldn't be able to hack psp's which have firmware 3.50 + installed on it.In order to prevent the psp from booting into flash 0,the Pandora's Battery was developed.It's just a normal battery of course lol.The Pandora's Battery would boot the unit into service mode instead of flash 0 allowing users to carry out any flashing they want.In other words,the psp will NOT boot up to flash 0 as it'll always do.Here comes the part of the Magic Memory Stick (MMS).Once the psp is booted into service mode,you won't be able to do anything,unless you have the flasher files in your memory stick.So,it's simple.The memory stick won't work without the battery,and vice versa.


C-Note

As for you doubt,no.You would NOT need to Pandorize your battery everytime you change your battery.As i explained above,the Pandora's Battery and the MMS would be required ONLY once when you brick or when you want to install custom firmware.Once you have it done (custom firmware installed),you can use any odinary psp battery and us your psp like usual.Simple isn't it?

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Added on November 5, 2008, 7:28 pmHey wetfusion,thanks for clearing that up man

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No problem mate

harmeet15,hehe,good to know that

Well,using the PSN store,you can download some content from it.I don't see it as a cool feature,but that may just be because i don't have a wi-fi connection to even test it out lol.Go ahead and give it a shot

Anytime

I'm not really sure about the update thing,but it for sure is an official firmware update.If you upgrade,you will lose iso loading and homebrew capability.

Also,your firmware (5.00) is one of the LATEST firmwares out there.So why upgrade?

hehe,that's why i still am on 4.01m33.

Oh shi*,i totally forgot about that thread.I'll be back!

You want to make a plugin or a CTF theme?

I can programme in C,HTML,JavaScript and AppleScript

hahaha.

What?

Everyone uses CTF these days!!

CXMB is the plugin to load CTF themes.I love it!

hehe.So,you want to create a plugin or CTF themes?

lol,i certainly thought of it,but developing themes doesn't have much to do with C programming and so on.You need good hex editing skills (i think) to develop a theme,which i don't lol.

Also,i might be forced to boot to windows to create one.I'm going to check it out now.

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Added on November 6, 2008, 6:55 pmOr maybe i'll create a PTF theme for a start

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That would be totally brilliant!

I am surfing through XMB guides,so we shall see how it goes.

Team LYN

penmarker for sure.You should help us with it,once we've got a clue on making themes

Thanks man

Yup,as Lacus said,it can be upgraded straight away.As long as your firmware is above 3.52m33-3,you're all good.

1) Fatmsmod basically was developed to inrease the speed of iso loading (It decreased after 3.80fw i think).It also makes it better for 8gb,16gb owners.

2)It's not a must,but if you want to run 1.50 kernel homebrew,then yes,go ahead and install it.

vearn27,congratulations

C-Note,it's all pretty similar.I'd say firmwares from 3.71m33 --> 5.00m33.They're all equally good.

You do NOT need a Pandora's battery in order to downgrade your custom (No idea why you want to downgrade though).It can be done using HellCat's reflasher tool.Check out my guide here You can use it to either upgrade to 4.01m33 or just revert back to 3.71m33,but seriously,WHY downgrade? If you're facing any problems with 3.90m33,explain and we might be able to sort you out and that might save you from downgrading to an older custom firmware.

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Added on November 8, 2008, 7:26 pmYou can't do that.You need a UMD (Any UMD,game,video,album etc).

This post has been edited by Playboy21: Nov 8 2008, 07:26 PM