Gaming a few questions from a returning psp owner considering installing CFW

[madeirabhoy]

help!

i have a psp, which i played with loads then got bored and stuck it in a cupboard for a year. having successfully got my wii soft-modded i thought about the psp. when i originally played it i unfortunately upgraded it to 3.80 which meant that i was too far upgraded to use the various mercury or gta hacks to do it.

from looking on here tonight, it looks like getting a pandora battery is the best way.

few questions:
is it the only way?

i have a mac not a pc, the walkthrough mentions using a pc, is it possible with a mac? if i buy one of the preloaded memory stick would i avoid this? if not is there any other way?

thanks in advance

 

[kai445]

edit: Disregard this previous message, I misread 3.80 as 2.80. Thank you.

2.8 Downgrader
http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/improved-2...er-updated.html

It's so cheap and easy to get a pandora battery though, and then DC8 to load 5.00 M33-4... so simple.

 

[madeirabhoy]

thanks for the quick and useful answer.


i followed the instructions to what i think is the letter but im missing something, prob something stupid.

i copied all the files onto the card in the right place.

i disconnect the psp from the mac. go to psp menu, to camera, memory card, hen_280
it says 2 files
first file is hen and when i open that i just see a hen.
second file says corrupted file. ive rewritten it and redownloaded it but still the same.

 

[kobykaan]

2.8 Downgrader
http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/improved-2...er-updated.html

It's so cheap and easy to get a pandora battery though, and then DC8 to load 5.00 M33-4... so simple.

2.8 downgrader for firmware 3.80 ? after 3.50 you will struggle to try downgrade without a pandora!

check the PSP stickies how to softmod or hardmod your battery into a PANDORA battery and do it that way

 

[xist]

You'll do more than just struggle....you'll search high and low for a way to get a reliable Pandora battery as cheaply as possible!

 

[skyman113]

I would say just buy a Pandora then just load up the necessary files onto your Memory Stick.

I say buy one, because unless you soft-mod it, you are going to have to buy a new battery anyway, since Pandora's can't be used for normal use. I got this battery and it worked perfectly. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12472

 

[jargus]

You'll do more than just struggle....you'll search high and low for a way to get a reliable Pandora battery as cheaply as possible!

http://dealextreme.com/feedbacks/BrowseReviews.dx/sku.12472

The one I have. It hasn't let me down yet.

 

[kai445]

Oh, I'm so sorry!! I misread 3.80 as 2.80 :-(

Don't waste any more time with that, highest firmware I know you can downgrade without a pandora is 3.03 with GTA:LCS.

 

[madeirabhoy]

ah d'oh! i didnt notice either even after reading those instructions 10 times. I was soo excited too!


right back to my original question

i have a mac. is there a problem doing this on a mac? i see in the pandora instructions to use a dos prompt to write stuff. is this avoided by buying a memory card with the files on it?

 

[madeirabhoy]

i see http://www.pandoragadgets.co.uk/cart.php

sell the battery and the memory card, should i just buy both from them?

whats the diff between the version 4 version 5 and version 7 cards?

 

[Diablo1123]

i see http://www.pandoragadgets.co.uk/cart.php

sell the battery and the memory card, should i just buy both from them?

whats the diff between the version 4 version 5 and version 7 cards?

The difference seems to be the CFW version they install. With this, I don't think having a mac matters.

 

[madeirabhoy]

so why do they sell the three different ones, should i just get version 7?