Hacking psp home menu not responding

[szh]

um hi guys i'm new to psp modding so i kinda have this problem.

i bought a psp1000 off my friend which was already modded with 5.50 gen d3 and my backups worked perfectly. just a few days ago however, i was playing soulcalibur broken destiny when i wanted to return to the menu to pick another game.

when i pressed home, the menu asking "do you want to return to the home menu?" appeared but pressing left and right didn't register - i.e. i couldn't select yes. what's weird is that the game was still registering the left/right inputs. so i forced shutdown the psp by holding the power switch.

after that when i tried to turn it on, the green light would only turn on for about 10 seconds before turning off. the lcd didn't display anything. removing the battery and plugging the ac adapter did the same, but leaving the battery in and plugging in the ac adapter resulted in me unable to turn the psp on at all (light remains orange).

i took out the battery and left it overnight. the next day it worked and turned on. i launched soulcalibur again and the problem happened again.

what do i do to fix the problem? it shouldn't be a brick right? (maybe it will turn on tomorrow)

thanks for any help!

 

[DeltaBladeX]

When that happens, try removing the memory stick from the system, see if it boots up without it. Maybe something on the stick is causing problems, and if it is, it will help narrow down the problem at least.

 

[szh]

it behaves the same way whether the memory stick is in the system or not.

thanks for the suggestion though

 

[szh]

okay after waiting a day with the battery out (this somehow allows me to access the xmb like normal) i reflashed with 5.50 gen-d3 (full) using hellcat's recovery flasher. after flashing and restarting it goes back to the blank screen with green light state whenever i turn it on. however it's not a brick since after i left it for a day (with the battery out again) it started up again.

i held R while turning it on to access the recovery menu and it again falls into the blank screen with green light.

any help would be appreciated.

thanks!

 

[Jolan]

Install something that's not 5.50 gen-d3, like a fresh 5.00 via Hellcat, then reset system settings and install 6.20 OFW, and then try to install 6.20 PRO-B8 or whichever version you want.

 

[xist]

Get a new battery

 

[szh]

i was going to install 6.20ofw like you said, but my brother decided to play tekken on it first. the menu asking "do you want to return to the home menu?" appeared but pressing left and right didn't register, just like above. force shutdown resulted in a green light and black screen too.

the difference this time is that it's been a few days and it refuses to turn on. it shouldn't be a brick since i didn't interrupt any firmware flashing or anything...? but now i can't flash ofw 6.20 and...

what can i do?

 

[xist]

Get a new battery

This guy gave some good advice last week.

 

[szh]

oh sorry i forgot to reply to your advice

i did borrow my friend's working battery and the result was the same. anyway it shouldn't be a problem with the battery right...? since taking out the battery but plugging in the ac adaptor gives the same result?

 

[FM_JN]

I'm having the same issue. I wonder if there's a fix after all this time? I even tried a Pandora battery recover but the console still ignores left-right commands at the home menu. Any help would be very appreciated.

 

[RealYoti]

@FM_JN fix your shoulder button(s).

 

[FM_JN]

@YotiReal thanks for the support but I don't have the console with me anymore as it belongs to someone else. Meanwhile I did find out that the menu might respond while toggling the "hold" switch. So basically press and hold the button you need in the home menu and then toggle the hold switch with care so that the console doesn't go to sleep mode. Hope this helps.

 

[AncientBoi]

It's bricked.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=unbrick+a+psp

 

[Yaanoo]

@FM_JN fix your shoulder button(s).

that aint worked at mine.. i opened the psp, removed the shoulder buttons and add them again but my home menu aint working and if i goes to change my nickname the systems change from big letters to small and to numbers etc...

 

[Yaanoo]

@FM_JN fix your shoulder button(s).

that aint worked at mine.. i opened the psp, removed the shoulder buttons and add them again but my home menu aint working and if i goes to change my nickname the systems change from big letters to small and to numbers etc...

 

[RealYoti]

@Yaanoo fix your Select button.

 

[SacredMilkOG]

@Yaanoo fix your Select button.

This^

If it's changing constantly either the select button (or whole home button array) is damaged -OR- the housing is squishing the button just enough that it makes the button respond like a hair trigger. I have this custom system I put together and the housing parts sit slightly odd- I have to loosen the lower screw behind the battery to leave room for the start button to be pressed. Perhaps check for debris between the button and the housing as well. In either case- definitely check out the select button inside the system.

 

[Yaanoo]

This^

If it's changing constantly either the select button (or whole home button array) is damaged -OR- the housing is squishing the button just enough that it makes the button respond like a hair trigger. I have this custom system I put together and the housing parts sit slightly odd- I have to loosen the lower screw behind the battery to leave room for the start button to be pressed. Perhaps check for debris between the button and the housing as well. In either case- definitely check out the select button inside the system.

@Yaanoo fix your Select button.

You both are right. Ordered a new button bar on ebay and the PSP is working great again!

 

[gapolv]

@YotiReal thanks for the support but I don't have the console with me anymore as it belongs to someone else. Meanwhile I did find out that the menu might respond while toggling the "hold" switch. So basically press and hold the button you need in the home menu and then toggle the hold switch with care so that the console doesn't go to sleep mode. Hope this helps.

This helped a lot, I've been experiencing this problem since 10+ years hehe, thank you!