2.71 Downdater by Dark_AleX/Mathieulh/Yoshi

[guyhersh]

I need to be sure about the dump question. If its ok i think i'll go ahead and do the downgrade.

I couldn't tell ya.. my insticts would be that it shouldn't matter for 1.5, but i'm not the one to ask.

Guy

[Pumped'Up]

Congrats Dark_Alex and Mathieulh!

Thanks dudes, you guys rock!

[ICE]

so any idea about when that eloader for 2.71 will be done?

[porchemasi]

Nope, by next week 4 sure

[porchemasi]

I strongly suggest after dgradin to up to 2.0 then down to 1.5 again to fix wifi issues i had (inf)

[Neospy]

Phew, WORKED FOR ME !!! It takes quite a while to do it's job... THANK YOU PSP GODS FOR MAKING THIS!

[zevende]

I'm pretty sure i know what most people who bricked their PSP's are doing wrong (and feared this as soon as i read the downgrading instructions).

While to me its cliear that the files INSIDE the MS_ROOT folder go on the root of your PSP, some people are going to inevitibly put the MS_ROOT folder itself in the ROOT of their PSP. So they would have

PSP:/PSP/PHOTO/Tiffile.
PSP:/MS_ROOT/(Downdaterfiles)
PSP:/DOWNDATER/
PSP:/MP_ROOT/

/\ WHICH IS INCORRECT.

Supposed to be:
PSP:/PSP/PHOTO/Tiffile.
PSP:/(Downdaterfiles)
PSP:/DOWNDATER/
PSP:/MP_ROOT/

One person admitted to this already (but still doesn't know what they did wrong) here:

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/sho...&postcount=239

So yeah, be careful with the directions. If you follow the directions perfectly, have a good firmware dump, and your PSP is NOT a TI-82, this is 100% working!

Guy

Hmmm... Interesting... Does anyone who got a brick remember if they put in the MS_ROOT directory? Has anyone who bricked done the above steps properly?

[Video_freak]

I strongly suggest after dgradin to up to 2.0 then down to 1.5 again to fix wifi issues i had (inf)

Thanks for the suggestion porchemasi. That is a very good idea for those fo you who want to downgrade.

[ICE]

an eloader is far simpler than a downgrader right? so the loader should be out very soon. does anyone know if there will be compatability issues with standard homebrew games running on a 2.71 loader?

[Forever~Zero]

I couldn't tell ya.. my insticts would be that it shouldn't matter for 1.5, but i'm not the one to ask.

Guy

I checked the dump files from the PSP-hacks downdater.rar files and the psp hacks 1.50 japanese dump files. There is a significant increase in number of files and file size.