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How To Install Plugins

By calsijnm  //  Basics, Plugins  //  No Comments

A psp with custom firmware can handle plugins. These plugins can be almost anything : a screenshot tool, a homebrew organiser, a battery saver,…

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jan
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What Is a Pandora Kit?

By calsijnm  //  Basics, Pandora / MMS  //  No Comments

A Pandora kit is a modified battery and a modified memory stick (= Magic Memory Stick or MMS). With this kit you can downgrade or debrick your psp! You can install custom firmware (=CFW), restore or dump the NAND…

To get a Pandora battery there are three ways :

  • Softmodding (requires a CFW psp – maybe you can borrow a friend's psp – and a Magic Memory Stick)
  • Hardmodding (requires opening the battery)
  • Buy one

If you want more information, check out these related pages:

How To Create a Pandora Battery

jan
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How To Find Out Your Current Firmware Version

By calsijnm  //  Basics  //  No Comments

To find out your current (custom) firmware version, turn on your PSP and go to Settings on your XMB.

Scroll down to System Settings and press X

Select System Information and press X

The System Software tells you your current firmware version

jan
29

How To Determine the Type of Your PSP

By calsijnm  //  Basics  //  No Comments

There are 4 types of the PSP :

  1. Type 1000 = Fat = Phat
  2. Type 2000 = Slim = Lite
  3. Type 3000 = Brite
  4. PSP GO

By just looking at you PSP you can determine the type.

The only "tricky" part is to know the difference between a Lite and a Brite.

Take a look at the following pictures and you'll understand.