Brewology

HI. I've been trying to make sense of these tutorials and various posts, but I'm still really confused. I'm going to try to give you all the information I can think of, so you can help me as much as possible. I have a PSP, that does not feature the text on the motherboard (I'm pretty sure). I got it on release day, so it's whatever version came out first. I have Version 2.60 firmware. I have a 2gb memory stick, a usb charger/transfer cable. I do not have GTA LCS.

Ok, so basically I want more versatility with my PSP. Maybe, throw on some emulators, some homebrew apps, etc. I also plan on getting a GPS receiver sometime in the near future (imported I guess), so I want to be able to run the MapThis software, or whatever software is recommended for that.

SO...what should I do now? Any help is very much appreciated.


Tyme

sidewaysgrading? lol... odd... I've never heard

You're in luck. You can downgrade.

~~~~I am sorry though, something just came up. I have to leave for a few minutes. Ask asddasit, a psp helper in this forum, about this. He can help you.

-DarkPacMan77-

I come back to find this answered in full. We hold the fort pretty well, asddasit!

-DarkPacMan77-

Thanks for the quick responses! Ok so if I downgrade, I'm downgrading to 1.5 right? After that should I stay there, or upgrade to a homebrew (like 3.03 OE or something?)

Tyme

Sorry, it took a long time to charge . So I'm sure there are is no writing on the mother board, does that mean it is NOT a ta-082? And if it isn't then I should google for that tutorial. I just want to double check, because a lot of comments on that site were of people who bricked their PSP with the tutorial.

Tyme

You have a non-ta-082 motherboard. You've had it since they started selling and they didn't make the ta-082 til a good while after.

-DarkPacMan77-

Ok, so I've followed the tutorial in that link. The downdater file wasn't there, so I found another one. I'm going to Photo's and it is just freezing (as expected I think). But i've reset it a couple dozen times, with no red screen, or any indication of it downgrading. Is there something that I am probably doing wrong. You can't really know exactly what I did, but are there common mistakes I should check for?

EDIT: NEVERMIND! I figured it out. For some reason the MS_Root stuff disappeared at some point. Got a red screen now!
EDIT2: Success! I'm at 1.5 now.

Tyme

I got a question that you probably dont know the anser to

If i have a 01-12.bmp and custom waves....if i were to put a wallpaper on that was only a portion of the screen size, would i still be able to see the background and waves on the portion of it that isnt covered by the wallpaper?

Thats not TOO hard of a question. There's a 50% chance of him knowing the right answer.

Anyways.

I was wondering if it is worth it to use the built in ps1 emulator that comes with 3.03oe-C. I skimmed the tutorial, and 20 steps seems like a lot. I already put on the ps1p_alpha1 emulator (before I knew I didn't really have to). Is it worth it to use the built in one, or is the one I downloaded easier?

Tyme

Is there any way to run popstation on OS X, or am I going to have to boot up the PC?

That wasnt what i was asking...I already have a 01-12.bmp and have waves over top of it. I wanted to know if i used an image that is a portion of the screen ([wallpaper]the front image before the waves) while i had my 01-12.bmp and waves, Would the waves still show up since the image in front of the waves is only a portion of the screen?

Even if you made a portion of that image translucent?

*EDIT* I'm going to make this into a different thread since its not on topic.