My psp is a version 1.51 and I want to convert it to a 1.5 so i can play the the homebrew stuff. I have been told that I first need to convert it to a version 2.0 then back to the 1.5. How do i do this.
This will ONLY WORK on a 2.0. If you have a 1.51 or 1.52, you MUST upgrade to 2.0 first!
1) You need to unzip the files MPHDowngrader.zip and EBOOT_1.50.zip. Use a program such as WinRAR, 7Zip, or WinZIP (check Google). Once they are unzipped, you're ready to begin.
2) Set up a USB connection with your PSP and your computer.
3) Once the connection is set up, open up My Computer and browse to the removable disk that is your PSP. You'll need to set a few things up here.
4) When you first double click to open up the PSP on your computer, you'll be in what's called the root menu. There will be a PSP folder showing if you are in the right place.
5) Copy over to your PSP the following files to THIS location in the root folder...NOT in the PSP folder or any other folder. Copy Index.dat and h.bin from the mph folder (inside the Downgrader folder) on DISC 10 ? to the root directory on your PSP (i.e. straight in F:\ - NOT in the MP_ROOT folder!!).
6) Once this is done, open up the PSP folder (inside the Downgrader folder on DISC 10) and then open up the Photo folder. Here, you will copy overflow.tif to the Photo folder (inside the PSP folder on you PSP) and not a sub directory.
7) Now, go back to the PSP directory and go into the Game directory (on your PSP). If there is not one already, create a folder called UPDATE. It MUST be called UPDATE and nothing else.
8) Open up the new UPDATE folder and then copy EBOOT.PBP into this folder from your computer. Once all of this is done, you're ready to downgrade. So far, so good.
Double check that you followed the above instructions before continuing.
Good.
9) Now, disconnect the USB connection from the computer and plug the AC adapter into the PSP. As with all upgrades, you must have a certain percentage of battery life as well as the AC adapter plugged in, or this will not work.
10) Go to the Photo icon on your PSP and scroll through the pictures to get to overflow.tif. You do NOT have to press anything. It will start automatically. Two strings of letters/numbers will appear. This is normal and good.
11) Wait AT LEAST 30 SECONDS and then turn off your PSP by holding the power button up until it fully shuts down. Then, start your PSP again.
12) You will now go over to the Game icon and scroll down to memory stick. Select it and you should see the 1.5 update.
13) Select it and start it up. Go through it as you've done before with your 2.0 update and follow the prompts. When the update reaches 99% it will crash and show an error. THIS IS OKAY. DO NOT PANIC. Once again press the power switch up until it fully turns off.
14) Now, turn the PSP back on. You will get another error. Just press the "O" button and it will restart after rebuilding the system data. Then just set it up as you did when you first got your PSP and you have a brand new 1.5 PSP. Be responsible with it.
