Only if you have an original PSP 1000 with the firmware 3.50 or lower. There are other methods available for that but everything else requires the Pandora/MMS Method.
dude i had absolutly no expirience and made a pandora bat. and mms for cfw on my first try, u shuld look into it its easy, after i made the pandora the old school way i found out there was a way to restore it (slim only) so wat im tryn to say try its easy and makes u feel smart