Light custom firmwares usually involves flashing new modules to flash0 on the PSP, without replacing any existing ones, offering most features, if not all features of a full custom firmware. These new PSPs cannot recover from a brick with a Pandora battery and Magic Memory Stick also.įor a more technical explaination, visit here. This is used because these new PSP models, patched the pre-ipl exploit, rendering the old method of full custom firmware not possible. This method is really only used on PSP 2000 with newer motherboards (Ta-088v3), PSP 3000s and the PSP GO. Light/Partial Custom Firmware, relies the use of a kernel exploit and rebooting the PSP into a Homebrew Enabled (HEN) Environment. These PSPs are termed fully hackable and allows the use of a Pandora Battery and Magic Memory Stick to recovery from a brick.Įxamples that use this method is 5.00 M33-6, 5.50 GEN-D3 and 6.60 ME.Ģ). These types of custom firmwares are only available for PSP 1000s and certain PSP 2000 models (Non Ta-088v3). This makes the CFW firmware permanent on your PSP, where it will always be on CFW even after a shut down. Full Custom firmware, which relies on the use of the pre-ipl exploit and flashes a custom ipl onto your PSP. There are really only 6 custom firmwares out there that are used nowadays, these include the famous 5.00 M33-6, 5.03 GEN-C and 5.50 GEN D-3 Final, 6.20/6.39 TN, 6.20/6.39/6.60 PRO and 6.39/6.60 ME.ġ).

In this guide we will discuss the differences between the major custom firmwares that are most commonly used by the PSP, in this modern time, helping you to choose the custom firmware that best suits you.

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