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1.50 Downgrader for 2.50/2.60 PSPs Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-you-can-play-real-games-on-the-psp dept.

Cyraan writes "PSP owners rejoice! Hot on the heels of the recent exploit discovery & bricking that resulted from early test versions comes a confirmed working downgrader. The method uses a GTA eLoader that will turn any version 2.50/2.60 PSP, with the exception of those with a TA-082 motherboard (how to check without opening/voiding warranty), into a version 1.50 capable of playing all forms of homebrew. One thing that may not be mentioned specifically in the article: it is recommended you NOT use the 32mb Memory Stick that came with the PSP, as the process creates alot of log files that can fill it up, possibly causing a brick."

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  1. Amazing... by kinocho · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It just amazes me, but I have no idea wich one the most...

    Stupid companies stopping customers to do what they want with legally owned hardware or

    People buying a piece of drm'ed shit that will, by all means, try to prevent it's logical uses and full potential.

    (ok, not exactly drm, but you know what I mean...)

    What, do they thing that we only have rights to the usage of the machine now? Play with it, but don't "play" with it, the new motto...

    (fuck them all)

    1. Re:Amazing... by Aim+Here · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What do you mean 'not exactly DRM'? What you have is a machine that is allegely yours but won't run binaries that you wish to run, merely those that someone else wishes you to run.

      That IS exactly DRM.

      Otherwise, yes.

    2. Re:Amazing... by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Insightful

      What most people want to do with the system is to make it run illegally downloaded games, most of them meant for other systems and many still being made and sold by their rightsholders. This hacking is also contraproductive since it makes sure there is no real market for a handheld without these restrictions since people just buy a PSP and crack it.

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      Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
    3. Re:Amazing... by Jawbreaker4Fs · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Just buy a gp2x and be done with it.

    4. Re:Amazing... by zzatz · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "...in ways the copy right owner doesn't want you to."

      The right that you're talking about doesn't exist. The copyright (one word) holder has control over publishing copies and public performance, and that's it. Any owner of a legal copy may USE his copy in any other way, with those two exceptions.

      DRM is often attached to material which is also copyrighted, but the 'rights' being managed are rights that don't exist in copyright law.

  2. Downgrader? A better word! by erroneus · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Backdater. Downgrade seems like you're making something worse which is actually the case with some "updates" that are provided by some makers. Examples of this includes TiVo updates that remove features like commercial skipping. It would most certainly not be an upgrade. And to go back to something with better features once removed or modified would not be a downgrade. But to go back to a previous version that is more useful in some way, I would call "backdating." (please, no gay jokes)

  3. Re:Reality cares. by ScentCone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    could care less
    - and -
    I couldn't care less

    mean the same thing

    No! That's just not true. One means that there are things about which you care more, and the other means that there are not. People use the phrase(s) almost universally the same as "that doesn't matter to me." Meaning, it's at the bottom of the list of things they care about. Meaning, they could not care less about the matter at hand. Except, when trying to say that, they say the opposite - that they could care less. It's just lazyness, really - but it also shows what I mean about uttering things without actually understanding that "not" is a negative.

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  4. another type of slashdot effect... by ziggy+the+zagnut · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I just wanted to say how really weird it is to actually know quite a bit about the topic (I've been developing PSP homebrew for over a year now) of an article and then read how unnuanced and uninformed people's comments are. It makes me wonder about the quality of information and comments on all the articles I read each day.

    For almost every person pointing out something that seems completely stupid and illogical, there is usually a really good reason. Like the person talking about the 32MB sticks being filled up....did you ever stop to think that maybe someone already has it filled up with mp3s and doesn't want to erase them? or the person who says it shouldn't be called a 'downgrader', but a 'backdater,' did you ever stop to think about the thousands and thousands of people out there already calling it a downgrader? you can't change any movement that big.

    so by all means, make inquiries, but don't act like other people are stupid and illogical for things that surprise you.