muhuruhusu
06-19-2010, 07:59 PM
--To start--
You will be thinking now, well I've got a PSP, and I want to use its full potential by hacking it. That's fair enough, as there are a lot of things you can do with a hacked PSP over a not-hacked PSP:
- Play full PSP game backups, known as ISO
- Run homebrew (user made applications)
- Play old PS1 games
- Run emulators
for old systems such as the NES, SNES, GBA, N64 and more
- Change your PSP's theme
The first thing you need to ask yourself is what type of PSP to do you have?
--The PSPs--
- A PSP 1000 (aka PSP Fat)
- A PSP 2000 (aka PSP Slim)
- A PSP 3000 (aka PSP Brite)
- A PSP Go
- All PSP 1000s are currently hackable.
- Most Slims (PSP 2000s) are fully hackable, except the newest ones with firmware 4.01 loaded or above.Check to see if you have a Slim with the "unhackable" TA-088v3 motherboard inside your psp. If you do have an "unhackable" PSP, you can load a temporary application called CFW Enabler and run your homebrew and ISOs from there.
- PSP Brites (PSP 3000s) aren't fully hackable, but CFW Enabler can be loaded on those with 5.03 firmware and below to run your homebrew and ISO
- PSP Gos currently aren't hackable at all
--The Basics--
Next, you need to understand the basics of hacking a PSP. When people say they have "hacked" their PSPs it means that they have modified the firmware (the operating system the PSPs use) on it to a certain firmware called "Custom Firmware" or CFW for short.
CFW is modified Sony-made firmware so that you can run homebrew (user made programs) and copies of UMD games stored on your Memory Stick as ISO, as well as old games via emulators.
Custom firmware retains all the features of Sony firmware and adds more (such as the capabilities I have already stated)
Notes:
A Pandora Battery and memory card is needed to istall CFW
You will be thinking now, well I've got a PSP, and I want to use its full potential by hacking it. That's fair enough, as there are a lot of things you can do with a hacked PSP over a not-hacked PSP:
- Play full PSP game backups, known as ISO
- Run homebrew (user made applications)
- Play old PS1 games
- Run emulators
for old systems such as the NES, SNES, GBA, N64 and more
- Change your PSP's theme
The first thing you need to ask yourself is what type of PSP to do you have?
--The PSPs--
- A PSP 1000 (aka PSP Fat)
- A PSP 2000 (aka PSP Slim)
- A PSP 3000 (aka PSP Brite)
- A PSP Go
- All PSP 1000s are currently hackable.
- Most Slims (PSP 2000s) are fully hackable, except the newest ones with firmware 4.01 loaded or above.Check to see if you have a Slim with the "unhackable" TA-088v3 motherboard inside your psp. If you do have an "unhackable" PSP, you can load a temporary application called CFW Enabler and run your homebrew and ISOs from there.
- PSP Brites (PSP 3000s) aren't fully hackable, but CFW Enabler can be loaded on those with 5.03 firmware and below to run your homebrew and ISO
- PSP Gos currently aren't hackable at all
--The Basics--
Next, you need to understand the basics of hacking a PSP. When people say they have "hacked" their PSPs it means that they have modified the firmware (the operating system the PSPs use) on it to a certain firmware called "Custom Firmware" or CFW for short.
CFW is modified Sony-made firmware so that you can run homebrew (user made programs) and copies of UMD games stored on your Memory Stick as ISO, as well as old games via emulators.
Custom firmware retains all the features of Sony firmware and adds more (such as the capabilities I have already stated)
Notes:
A Pandora Battery and memory card is needed to istall CFW