Is Your PSP Hackable?

First thing we must consider is to know what is your PSP model.

There are three types of PSP, namely:

• 1000 Series (Also known as Phat/Fat)
• 2000 Series (Also known as Slim or Lite & Slim)
• 3000 Series (Also known as Brite)

What is a "hackable" PSP?

It means you can install a Custom Firmware (CFW) on it, which means your PSP could run Homebrew , which are programs that have been developed by people that don’t have a contract with Sony. A PSP with Custom Firmware could also back up your games from the UMD to your computer; it also allows you to play those backups from your Memory Stick (MS). You could also do some serious customizations to your theme. Basically, you free your PSP from the hands of Sony.

To determine if a PSP is hackable, we you must determine its motherboard. Ok, let's make things strraight. All 1000 Series PSPs, 2000 Series are a little complicated. There are old units, new units, & really new units. The old ones contain Motherboards released before the TA-088v3, and are all hackable. The new ones have TA-088v3 Motherboards, and are unhackable. Finally, the really new ones, those have TA-090v1 Motherboards, which are hackable. Finally, the 3000 series PSPs, all of those have the TA-090v2 Motherboard, which are unhackable. For a better view of what i'm saying, here’s a list of all the Motherboards made & released by Sony:

 

If your not sure what motherboard your PSP has, you can use PSPident, download here.

 

Instructions:

• Connect your PSP to the computer in USB Mode when you have loaded ChickHEN R2.
• Extract the file to your computer.
• Copy the PSPident folder to your X:GAME/GAME3XX folder
• Disconnect your PSP.
• Run PSPident.
• If you did it right, you should have this screen pop out.

Update: PSP 2000 with motherboard TA-088v3 and PSP with TA-090v2 can now be partially hack. You have 3 options depending on the firmware your psp have.

For firmware 5.03 and earlier, upgrade your firmware to 5.03 if your running an earlier version.

Install ChickHENR2 (Homebrew Enabler) then install signed 5.03 HEN + 5.03 GEN-C. After that install prometheus-4 for GEN-C, by this you can play games for 6.xx firmwares.

For more info on how to install this software, go to HOW TO section.