who many times have you bricked your psp

[buildit92]

i have bricked my psp 3 times but recovered it back. how many times did you brick your psp. what fw. did u manage to unbrick it. (RECOVERY)

[LilSwish722]

I bricked my psp 4 times, 3 on purpose 1 on accident. all repaired through flash0 access via USB

[xg917]

yo that flash0 through usb bricked my psp perminently! i ws so pissed, n y would u brick on perpous?????? lmaoo

[LilSwish722]

haha tryna see which files i could delete without bricking it lmao

[Video_freak]

I've bricked zero times.

[baracki96]

if you count shattering the screen, 2 times ir-repairable. all the other times, I'd say maybe 8, were semi-bricks caused by messing with flash0 ( mainly making space, and using the memorystick as a cache when using the web-browser) been brick for 48 days and counting though:D

[JKKDARK]

Never, because my PSPs have nice quality.

[SnoopKatt]

Never, I don't have the money to mess around with my PSP like that. 3.10 OE-A works fine with no flash editing, so why risk it?

[HomerSp]

0 times.
I don't see where people get the money to buy new PSP's all the time.

[EvilSeph]

If you can recover your PSP, then it is not a brick.

It is called a brick, because it turns your PSP into a really expensive brick. That's all it can be used as, a brick.

[althena77]

If you can recover your PSP, then it is not a brick.

It is called a brick, because it turns your PSP into a really expensive brick. That's all it can be used as, a brick.

Correct, I think what they are talking about here (being unable to boot it and get into the XMB but still being able to recover it) is called a semi brick. Happened to me one time on 2.71 SE when I tried to customize it with XFlash.

[buildit92]

thats what i ment stuff like that. not loading xmb. loads battery and time not xmb. and doesnt load anything and stays black.

[Shrygue]

I bricked 34 times, all recovered via recovery menu except for one when I was updating from 2.60 to 2.70 when I tripped over the AC cable and the battery came out (this was a time before I got on the homebrew scene).

[jak66]

If you can recover your PSP, then it is not a brick.

It is called a brick, because it turns your PSP into a really expensive brick. That's all it can be used as, a brick.

Based on that, no PSP can ever truly be bricked, but many people lack the equipment to unbrick (modchip)

I have semi-bricked twice. First time I moved index.dat to the root of my flash0 (used filer, ths was before usb flash access came out), because I wanted to see the red screen of death. Second time was (everyones mistake) flashing a custom topmenu after upgrading to 3.10 OE.

[S34MU5]

Never, and i flash alot.

Back at 1.5 I was a flash whore.

Getting back into flashing on 3.03oe-c but I have never bricked, because im not a complete retard

[ICE]

never. ive flashed probably upwards of 30 times as well.

[EvilSeph]

Based on that, no PSP can ever truly be bricked, but many people lack the equipment to unbrick (modchip)

I have semi-bricked twice. First time I moved index.dat to the root of my flash0 (used filer, ths was before usb flash access came out), because I wanted to see the red screen of death. Second time was (everyones mistake) flashing a custom topmenu after upgrading to 3.10 OE.

I love how everyone thinks a mod chip can magically unbrick a bricked PSP. You CANNOT unbrick a brick. What don't you understand? Even if your modchip houses a second partition of flash, this won't make a difference. If your ipl is screwed up (ONLY one of the many ways to fully brick), then you are out of luck. NOTHING will recover it.

[Cloudhunter]

I love how everyone thinks a mod chip can magically unbrick a bricked PSP. You CANNOT unbrick a brick. What don't you understand? Even if your modchip houses a second partition of flash, this won't make a difference. If your ipl is screwed up (ONLY one of the many ways to fully brick), then you are out of luck. NOTHING will recover it.

Yup, Although the UP can recover certain types of brick, as it allows you to reflash effected sections.

However, if your IDStorage or your IPL is dead, then you are gone without a hope buddy.

If you have a TA-082, (for now, unless this new mod chip magically surfaces) you have no chance.

Cloudy

[monkvash]

never have bricked YET i cant say for sure if i ever will i hope not.

lol i bricked my friends xbox trying 2 install custom dashboard tho lol


he was pissed


i ended up trying again for him n semi bricking his new one.

delted his dash on that 1 he could still play games tho.
that happened about 1 year ago.
im wayyyy better now.

[flu0r]

Never. Never will.

[jak66]

I love how everyone thinks a mod chip can magically unbrick a bricked PSP. You CANNOT unbrick a brick. What don't you understand? Even if your modchip houses a second partition of flash, this won't make a difference. If your ipl is screwed up (ONLY one of the many ways to fully brick), then you are out of luck. NOTHING will recover it.

thanks for the info, all i knew was that the undiluted platinum had the ability to recover a bricked psp. i didnt realise that there were still ways to brick.

[pob-pnuk]

ive bricked atleast 10 times on all custom firmwares (SE & OE) and once while emulating 1.5 from 2.71but it didnt matter because it was the emulated f/w that bricked

[valar]

i bricked completly 1 psp.no recovery,black screen,green light lasting about 10 seconds then switching off.tried to downgrade ta-82 with non ta-82 2.71 downgrader.lol,my mistake.anyway the second psp i have got is 1006 and works excellent,i wish sony implemented better d-pad.

[buildit92]

ive bricked atleast 10 times on all custom firmwares (SE & OE) and once while emulating 1.5 from 2.71but it didnt matter because it was the emulated f/w that bricked


is that possable? im not sure if u can brick an emulated fw cause it runs threw the memory stick not the psp.i think u just messed up installing it.

[pspgur]

is there any programs to access flash0 from pc without being able to get into recovery?

[Triv1um]

I have semi bricked about 15 times maybe more.

semi-bricking is nothing special anymore, its just so easy to fix with rec.

never fully bricked thank god.

[SSaxdude]

1 time and recovered it, it was my fault.

[Zion]

is there any programs to access flash0 from pc without being able to get into recovery?

That would be awesome :thumbup:

[madcat1990]

bricked accidentally 1 time when I used a hack XP *thanks god for recovery mode*

[dabomb]

At Least 5 Not On Purpose

[hodgy47]

Never thankfully though god knows how with some of things I have done and tried

[PLZKLLME0080]

does the warrenty cover it if it gets bricked? not the free warranty, the extended one that covers it for almost everything.

[gunntims0103]

I bricked my psp 2 times i believe and it was last week when the new devhook was released. When i ran it and then went back to my regular OE firmware i found that i had bricked. I recovered however and installed OE back on. This happened two times in one day. No harm done though as my psp is well. :)

[trinisk8er]

i bricked mine once luckly i had OE fraimware so i used recovery mode

1.50>through time>3.03>1.50>3.03 OE-C>bricked>unbricked>1.50>3.03 OE-C

[samthegreat68]

hmm i think i might have a semi brick. i cant run the new daedalus. but everything else seems to work fine. just r9 freezes and shuts off when ever i boot it up.

[Mr.Denny]

eh...none

I don't muck around with it at all. i'll only install something that has a good track record of working.

[Method Man]

3 times
1 time i chose the wrong option in Flash agent
1 time i deleted a file in PSP filer and forgot to put in the customed one
and 1 time i used a 3.02 DAXR for a 3.03 firmware *lol*

[Gold Line]

well i have bricked my psp 9 times caz i was to lazy to read the readme but i was on 3.02 OE-B so i recoverd

[cal360]

Never! I've done many flashes to my PSP and none have resultes in a brick and I hope it stays that way

[ExcruciationX]

I have never bricked my PSP.

[pt9087]

I have bricked 0 times cos i no what im doing

[Matais]

iv bricked mine about 8+ time in the past 24hours, messing around with xmb themes on 3.40oe with a theme manager which applies a new theme every month, i was on 3.03oe, Thank God for that recovery menu :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

[ultimatebioweapon]

i thought most people havnt bricked their psps at all
i think mine might be bricked soon as when playing a snes emulator the other day i got a flashing red screen saying bios error and "sh*t happens"

[ICE]

yeah most people have never really bricked. semi bricks are common but are no big deal and ive done it several times before.

[eatnooM]

Just the once, I believe the cause to have been a slip-up hex-editing an rco to redirect wallpaper to MS, even though I triple-checked my modifications. (Following the tut correctly, before anyone has a go at me or implies that anyone who bricks is a moron).

Fortunately, I had a nice gullible salesperson dealing with the return of said bricked PSP. :)