PSP-290 GPS receiver tips and tricks

[mafiaxxx]

If you have the Mapthis! map on your PSP in GAME350, put it in GAME150.

Put Kernel on 1.5, and off you go if al went well.

Just try different combinations of kernel, and the map to place it in if my advice doesn't work, but what's above worked for me.

i dont have a game 350 or 150 it just says game. do i make a separate folder....how do i put the kernel to 1.5??

how do i try different combinations...i cant downgrade...how do i from 3.5??
help!!!!!!!!

[Waltrock]

if you have the sony-firmware 3.5, you are not able to use mapThis! oder any other homebrew.

DO NOT TRY TO DOWNGRADE. It will brick your PSP... wait until the magic of Dark_Alex appears and let 3.5 users downgrade. Until this: have fun with the games!

[mafiaxxx]

thanx finally a good answer.......
so,
when is that downgrade coming out??

[Waltrock]

thats a good question....

Nobody knows when Dark_Alex will be able to hack this Firmware ...

[xVanguardx]

my foil shield: (i got 1-2+ bars)




in the car: (new honda civic models)


it was cool that i found out that u can put it in the gap of the steering wheel and it stays still.. well if u are a short person driving

[Codaz]

Can you make us a tutorial to make such a shield ?

Hehe nice pics ! But you can't see your tachometres now !

[Psyberjock]

It looks like a piece of cardboard with aluminum foil taped to the surfaces. Try that. Should work.

[liujialiu]

i download mapthis and follow the instruction already, and i add map from my friend's car nevigator software which brand is navman. after that i put on my psp-290 but this is no reaction when i turn on the psp power, nothing happen to my console. i can not find anything that can show i am using gps, it is exactly the same as before i install mapthis and gps. could anyone tell me what happened with my psp and gps???? please help!! i am in australia.

[liujialiu]

i download mapthis and follow the instruction already, and i add map from my friend's car nevigator software which brand is navman. after that i put on my psp-290 but this is no reaction when i turn on the psp power, nothing happen to my console. i can not find anything that can show i am using gps, it is exactly the same as before i install mapthis and gps. could anyone tell me what happened with my psp and gps???? please help!! i am in australia.

[lofarkas]

Well the maps from other gps units will not work, that's for sure. Read the FAQ stickies and find out how to use gmdl to make your own maps.

As to the rest I can't even understand it. You prolly installed it wrong but I don't know how to install the 290 compatible versions so you'll need someone else to chime in.
Does your PSP turn on and do you get the XMB and all other functions? Did MapThis ever show up in the Game menu and did it ever work?

Also, what firmware and MapThis version?