Well I was googleing as hard as I could yesterday to see if I could find anything on downgrading psp's firmware. What I found was something many of you probably already know but those who don't here goes. It appears Team Xecuter has developed a piece of hardware that can downgrade firmware. This info was released on July 6th.They claim that certain retailers may allow you to downgrade (if Xecuters hardware becomes A. Legal and B. comercial) but it may cost you some green. I havn't heard any news on this topic so it looks like its not going to happen. And Xecuter's not sharing secrets(if they're serious).