Hi everyone, I have a PSP 2004 that used to work normally, but now when I turn it on after I shell swape it, it only shows the animated wave background. The green power LED stays on, but all the XMB menu icons are missing. Pressing SELECT does nothing, and holding R or HOME while starting the PSP doesn't help either. I also tried starting it without a Memory Stick, but the problem remained. Unfortunately, I don't have a UMD game to test.

I haven't installed any new firmware yet. I was considering reinstalling the official PSP 6.61 firmware, but I'm not sure how to do that safely when I can't access the XMB or recovery menu.

Could this be caused by corrupted firmware or a problem with the internal flash memory? Is there a safe way to fix it, and what should I try before attempting a firmware update? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I have a PSP 2004 that used to work normally, but now when I turn it on after I shell swape it, it only shows the animated wave background. The green power LED stays on, but all the XMB menu icons are missing. Pressing SELECT does nothing, and holding R or HOME while starting the PSP doesn't help either. I also tried starting it without a Memory Stick, but the problem remained. Unfortunately, I don't have a UMD game to test.

I haven't installed any new firmware yet. I was considering reinstalling the official PSP 6.61 firmware, but I'm not sure how to do that safely when I can't access the XMB or recovery menu.

Could this be caused by corrupted firmware or a problem with the internal flash memory? Is there a safe way to fix it, and what should I try before attempting a firmware update? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Já tentei desbloquear meu PSP de várias formas: PRO-C, Infinity e, agora, ARK-5, mas, por algum motivo, nunca consigo fazer os jogos funcionarem. Todos os jogos estão em formato ISO, nas pastas corretas, e sigo exatamente os mesmos passos dos tutoriais, mas nada dá certo. A única coisa que consigo fazer é mudar o papel de parede. Minha Memory Stick é nova, assim como o cartão de memória, mas, mesmo assim, continuo com o mesmo problema. Já não sei mais o que fazer e gostaria de entender o que pode estar acontecendo.
(Versão mais atualizada 6.61)
Os aplicativos que estão aparecendo normalmente são o desbloqueio, só os jogos que não pegam, literalmente o principal, fui nos vídeos do Lima112 e até mandei mensagem, mas infelizmente não me respondeu

Im from India looking to pick up a PSP (probably a 2000 or 3000), but I haven't kept up with the secondhand market.

Where is everyone getting theirs these days? the better call for finding one in decent shape without overpaying?

Also, what should I look out for when buying—is the battery pretty much guaranteed to need an immediate replacement, and what's reasonable price to pay currently?

Any seller recommendations or red flags to watch for would be appreciated.

Thankyou.

It may sound weird but it is just a reminder of how to emulate stuff like this.

Hi all, I need help updating an old PSP-1001 from 5.00 M33-4 to 6.61 so I can install ARK-4.
Console: PSP-1001 (fat), board TA-086 (01g), firmware 5.00 M33-4. pspIdent photo attached.
What I'm following: the consolemods wiki page "Updating your Firmware (OFW)", section "Updating from Old CFW". I extracted the Old CFW Update Kit to the root of the Memory Stick (500.PBP plus the PSP folder with KeyCleaner, pspident and RECOVERY).
The problem: both the official 6.61 update (PSP/GAME/UPDATE/EBOOT.PBP) and Recovery Flasher fail with "The game could not be started (80020148)". pspIdent from the same kit runs fine. Settings → System Update is missing from the menu.
What I've tried:
Launching both from Game → Memory Stick
Launching Recovery Flasher from the Recovery menu with "Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP"
Changing "Game folder homebrew" in the Recovery menu, trying every kernel option
Checking my 6.61 EBOOT.PBP (about 31,000 KB, MD5 matches the archive.org hash)
Nothing has been flashed, and I haven't run Key Cleaner. Is this the update blocker or something else, and what should I try next?
Background: the memory card was corrupted earlier. I recovered my data with TestDisk and reformatted it, and my games still don't show in Game → Memory Stick under 5.00 M33-4.
Thanks for any help!

Hi guys this is my first post.
Inspired by the Gran Turismo community it came across my mind that both moto gp 06 for psp and moto gp 4 for PS2 share the same graphics engine.
And i would like to know If on your knowledge (i have none) if it may be possible to create some sort of compability or backport to the psp or to even upgrsde the psp version with PS2 tracks.

Thx for your attention!

I've recently learned Halo CE is now playable on my Vita.

Anybody willing to hold my hand through installing it?

Also, I'm super new to to Vita landscape and am having a lot of difficulty finding all the games I want to play on it.

I always carry my PSP on me and recently have been trying to show my Vita some love.

Ironically all I want to play on it is PSP titles 😅

Pkgj doesn't have even close to the majority of PSP titles.

Where else can I look?

I wanna do it without a laptop.