Fanjita: What should you do with a non-homebrew PSP?

[Bex]

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Originally Posted by qj.net

Writing about homebrew for the past few months have taught me a lot of things, one of them is this - "When Fanjita talks, you should listen". Recently, the legendary homebrew developer answered this question "What should I do with my non-homebrew PSP?". He mentions that they had been getting a lot of questions that goes like these:

* 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?

Now, Fanjita mentions that he hopes that his article would be able to answer those questions. A good way of reaching an answer is setting the facts straight. So with that, he mentioned the facts in this particular scenario. Again, here is Fanjita's word-per-word statements:

* 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 we 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.

Now that he straightened out the facts, What could these mean for those people who are stuck with their 2.81-3.03 FW PSP? Fanjita says that things are more hopeful for them now and that he and his team are only one step away from being able to downgrade your PSP so as you could use the OE firmwares. A downgrader will come, he continues, but no one (not even Fanjita himself) could accurately predict when that might be.

He also mentions that upgrading to the next Sony PSP firmware release would be homebrew suicide, so if you wanna join in all those homebrew fun that we're enjoying, better ignore the next firmware update. And finally, upgrading your firmware from FW 2.81 to FW3.00 isn't a great move as you might delay your choice to downgrade when a downgrader finally comes.

Lastly, he mentions that if you have some spare cash but your patience is running out, then it would be best to buy a downgradeable PSP. Price difference isn't very large these days so it might be worth it.

But at the end of the day, hope is not lost for people stuck with higher firmwares. You could always have some fun with some PSP flash games, portals, TIFF games and apps and even game demos. For now, just be patient. Fanjita and the Noobz development team are working very hard for you guys to experience some homebrew fun.

Now I know what to say to PSP newbies asking if they should upgrade their 2.81 PSP, or sell it or what not

[QueenB]

Ooh...interesting, some solid info for a change, well...informed info

Facts - straightened

Great to know, thanks for posting it

[Momma Bear]

This poses a whole new set of questions for me.. I did create a new thread because of it.