If you had bothered to look at the link I posted, it's for a version 3.03 downgrader, which happens to be the firmware version of my PSP. Hence my curiosity as to whether this is a viable option for me at this point, without putting my PSP at severe risk of brickage.

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I should very much like to know the answer to this question, if anyone is capable of giving it. If I attempt a PSP 3.03 downgrade via Vice City Stories and my PSP gets bricked, will I be guaranteed to be able to recover it, or will I be stuck with a worthless chunk of silicon and plastic?

Well, in your case you will be bricked, and being bricked literally means you will be stuck with a worthless chunk of silicon and plastic.

However, you CAN use Liberty City Stories to downgrade. And again, being bricked means your bricked.

Bricking is fairly easy to avoid though. As long as you read the readme and follow all of its steps meticulously you should be fine. Don't do anything stupid like shut off the PSP while flashing, and keep it plugged into the charger at all times. Lastly, you'll need to be patient and let the downgrader finish its work before do anything further with your PSP.

Gah, Mateui is better at making these update posts look good, but whatever.

update v3.10 oe-a is out
http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=2810436

So the guides Mateui linked to now say they are outdated and to follow the new guide. I have now got 3.10 OE-A' (or OE-A2, whatever you want to call it). Does that let me run PSX games?

nvm omeg walked me through it on irc and yes it does

Congrats Jester and welcome to the world of pirates homebrew!

Have fun swapping disks btw. Took me entirely too long to figure out how to do it.

swapping disks o_o

In order to switch discs when playing multidisc PSX games, for most games you can save before the disc change, exit the game, load up the disc 2 iso, and you can continue your game by loading your savefile from disc 1. You have to make sure that both cds have the same Save Game Name and Save ID, otherwise the second iso won't be able to see the save file from the first one.

If you're playing a game that doesn't let you save before a disc change (like MGS) you can always load up your game on your computer using the PSXe emulator, get to the first save point there and save. Then transfer back to your psp. I think that there's another way to bypass this, but I'm not entirely sure how it's done.

Oh, that. Yeah, I read all about that.

Hey does anyone know if it is possible to change the order of the icons that show up when you select your memory stick?

I want all my PSX games at the top and in order but I dunno how.

Hey does anyone know if it is possible to change the order of the icons that show up when you select your memory stick?

I want all my PSX games at the top and in order but I dunno how.

I forget the name of it, but there is one on PSPUpdates if you look around.  It is an older program IIRC, but it worked fine for me.

I found two:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/PSickoPortable-v0-1-Icon-Arranger-for-PSP/pg/49/aid/6832#comments
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=8024
The forum topic one didn't recognize my games, and the pspupdates one's link didn't work.

Wah?

Ok, so I just bought a PSP and my firmware version is 2.71.  I read a guide and found out that I have a TA-082 motherboard.  I'm going to download the files and see if I can get the homebrew to work.  If I brick it I can take it back to EB for a new one as I have a one time replacement warranty.

Just remember that there is a specific downgrader just for that. YOU CAN'T USE ANYTHING ELSE. Sift through this topic to find out what it is.

You can do it manually. Whatever game folder you've copied last onto your drive is what shows up first. (Basically MOST RECENT type of deal)

Aw man but that'll take years ​.