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Fanjita Wrote:Over and over again, wee get questions from people asking things like:

• When will there be a 2.81 downgrader?
  
• Should I sell my 3.03 PSP and buy a 1.5?
  
• Should I upgrade my 2.81 to 3.03?
  

This article is an attempt to provide some balanced answers to those questions.

Here are the facts:

• It looks like the Team C+D kernel mode exploit will work all the way up to v3.03 - the relevant code seems to be unchanged.
  
• It's very likely that Sony will patch that exploit in the next firmware.
  
• As soon as a user-mode exploit is found for 2.81-3.03, it should be possible to get homebrew running on those firmwares.
  
• It looks like the current 2.80 downgrader will probably work on v3.03, once wee can run homebrew on that firmware.
  
• Dark_AleX's OE firmwares are the best platform for homebrew users, and it seems likely that it will be possible to keep updating OE for the latest firmwares shortly after they are released.
  
• It has historically always been easier to downgrade lower firmwares.
  

So what does all that mean for 2.81-3.03 owners?

• Well, right now things are more hopeful for you than they have been for bleeding edge firmwares for a long time.  Wee're only 1 step away from being able to downgrade your PSP and move it onto an OE firmware.  It's almost certain that a downgrader will eventually come - but no-one can accurately predict when that might be, so please don't ask!
  
• Upgrading to the next firmware release would be homebrew suicide.  Don't expect any sympathy if you choose to upgrade as soon as the next firmware is released - if you wait a short time, you can probably have it as an OE version instead.
  
• Upgrading your firmware even from 2.81 to 3.00 is probably not a great move - you may delay your ability to downgrade when a downgrader finally comes.
  

One final note - if you have more money than patience, then your best bet for getting homebrew on your non-homebrewable PSP is to simply sell it, and buy a downgradeable PSP.  The difference in price is not very large these days, and so it's not really a hard thing to do if you really can't wait.

Wednesday, 24 January 2007

Source: http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/about68088.html

(This post was last modified: 24/01/2007 11:24 PM by ZiNgA BuRgA.)

Hehehe, good explanation.  Oh, and I just made the formatting look a bit better :P

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Hehehe, good explanation.  Oh, and I just made the formatting look a bit better :P

thanks, that's fine with me, im not much of a typer. i need to learn html more so i can make a sig also :)

Great news :)

dasme Wrote:Great news :)

Indeed. I can't wait myself because my boss is always asking when i will be able to downgrade his psp (2.81)

mezmorizingmage Wrote:thanks, that's fine with me, im not much of a typer. i need to learn html more so i can make a sig also :)

Meh, no need to learn HTML - forums typically use bbCode.

mezmorizingmage Wrote:Indeed. I can't wait myself because my boss is always asking when i will be able to downgrade his psp (2.81)

*me detects a promotion :)*
Well, of course when a 2.81 downgrader comes out, he'll upgrade to 2.82, right?

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:*me detects a promotion :)*
Well, of course when a 2.81 downgrader comes out, he'll upgrade to 2.82, right?

he is kinda computer illiterate, it is acutally my fault he is stuck with 2.81... many months ago (before i owned a psp myself) i upgraded his psp for him so he could watch some mp4 i encoded in avc. Now i wish i would have known more about psp firmware and whatnot back then and he wouldnt be bothering me every day :P

It's currently very boring in psp scene.

$ony: wee desperately need a firmware update. so wee can start cracking.

Christmas was the best time for homebrew users. :)

Hopefully they will add an e-mail client in new firmware.

(This post was last modified: 25/01/2007 12:49 AM by dasme.)

mezmorizingmage Wrote:he is kinda computer illiterate, it is acutally my fault he is stuck with 2.81... many months ago (before i owned a psp myself) i upgraded his psp for him so he could watch some mp4 i encoded in avc. Now i wish i would have known more about psp firmware and whatnot back then and he wouldnt be bothering me every day :P

Hehe, yeah, that was bad, especially considering that AVC support was added in FW2.00...  Though, if, for some reason, that video used AAC SBR or PS (haven't actually seen any), then 2.80 would be required.

dasme Wrote:It's currently very boring in psp scene.

$ony: wee desperately need a firmware update. so wee can start cracking.

Christmas was the best time for homebrew users. :)

Hopefully they will add an e-mail client in new firmware.

Not really - Sony never actually adds anything good - apart from FW2.00 (was actually a significant upgrade) and the PSX emulator.  Otherwise, all their additions were basically poo poo.

ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:Not really - Sony never actually adds anything good - apart from FW2.00 (was actually a significant upgrade) and the PSX emulator.  Otherwise, all their additions were basically poo poo.

Yes u r right. but wee will love to have something new to crack. :):)