Some questions

[Dagobert]

Yea I got the original GTA game, so is there like an option to load the eloader thru GTA? Or is it something that will automatically appear? And is there anything else I need to download?

[bah]

EDIT: Make sure your PSP is fully charged and plugged into AC power before you start.

Backup your game saves first, just to be safe (Copy and paste the \PSP\SAVEDATA folder from you psp to your pc somewhere).

You need 3 things, 2 to trick the psp into thinking its a lower firmware: eloader and the downgrader, and the psp firmware version 1.5 placed in \PSP\GAME\UPDATE\eboot.pbp (the 1.50 pbp eboot file) to 'update' to 1.5 once you've used the downgrader.

If your running windows just use the 'installer version' of the eloader from here: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=36627
At the 'installation options' screen either tick the 'gta version' checkbox or choose the correct option for you from the dropdown box.

Then, copied/pasted from the eloader readme.txt:

'Running eLoader : via GAME mode
-------------------------------

- Load up the GTA game from the UMD.

- Open the menu with 'START', then select 'Load Game'.

- Select the eLoader icon from the list of saved games.
Confirm that you want to discard current progress.

- The eLoader should start after a few seconds.

- If instead, GTA loads a normal savegame, then you have the
patched version of GTA.'


You should be at the eloader menu and have the downgrader as an option. Read through the downgraders readme and off you go.

Once its done its work you just need to go to the game menu and select the 1.5 update.

From Kaiser's 2.0 downgrader guide:

'If so all is well, goto the game menu and Launch the PSP Update and simply
follow the onscreen instructions to update your psp. The update will get to
99% and Fail, No cause for concern this is still correct. The psp will now
do a faily length restart just let it play out. Now one of two things will
happen either the PSP will restart or it will turn off. If the PSP does not turn off automatically you can perform a hard reste to turn it off. After the LED goes off and the psp has turned off.. Wait 10-15 Seconds and power the PSP back on. You now have a 1.50 PSP, Congratulations.'


For me the psp just froze at 99%, I left if for a cpl of mins to make sure it had finished, held the power switch up for 5 secs to hard power-off, turned it back on and have been a happy 1.5 user ever since.

Hope that helps, try to search the forums for answers before you ask questions where possible.

[bah]

I know this is a double post, sue me.

I believe the new eloader can run through the tiff method under 2.01 as well, sorry, I havnt had much to do with downgraders/eloders since I downgraded myself.

You should be able to install the eloader, default settings in the windows installer, have your downgrader/1.5 update files in the right places, then go to the 'photo' section of the psp xmb (the psp's menu) and select eloader and hit x.

This should have the same effect as loading eloader through GTA, but is a bit less hassle for you.

Sorry I didnt think to check this sooner

[Dagobert]

Ok it's been a while now.

So anyways I did all that when I was doing the thing thru the eloader where I chose the option set to v1.00 it did was checking some things and then It said failed to assign to Flash2 Device : 8001000D. So it said press any button to exit which I did, so I go back to the eloader after rebooting my PSP and chose the 1.5 updater and when I chose that it does some check for like a second or two and it goes back to the eloader screen. So I press the home button and I choose yes to go to home, and then I get something that says Please wait... with the option yes or no so I chose yes. Now my PSP is frozen stuck on that screen with the power light blinking on and off.

I tried to turn it off but it wont go off, so what do I do?

edit: So I took out the battery for anything to happen so now I'm back to square one, and I'm doing every thing it says in the readme's theres something I'm doing wrong but I dont know what.

[splodger15]

just update to 2.71 then downgrade through that

http://www.psp-hacks.com/file/755

[MikeDX]

These downgrading "help" posts need locking and some posts deleting. There must be a guide on here somewhere how to downgrade to 1.5 from any TA-079 FW. I read this and cringed at some of the replies.

It's like the lame leading the blind.

[dejkirkby]

These downgrading "help" posts need locking and some posts deleting. There must be a guide on here somewhere how to downgrade to 1.5 from any TA-079 FW. I read this and cringed at some of the replies.

It's like the lame leading the blind.

There's no need to be nasty. People are only trying to help others. I agree about too many threads asking for help with downgrading, but it's not fair to slate the people helping as lame. It's not qj or psp-hacks you know.

[MikeDX]

There's no need to be nasty. People are only trying to help others. I agree about too many threads asking for help with downgrading, but it's not fair to slate the people helping as lame. It's not qj or psp-hacks you know.

I'm not being nasty, I'm being honest.

If I ask for help on a forum, I would hope that the people helping actually know what they are talking about and the answers are actually worthy of reading.

I wouldnt trust the advice of somebody who has made over 600 posts since july and whos replies and comments mostly consist of 3 word answers.

[dejkirkby]

I have arounnd 800 replies, I think. and I'm quite proud that the majority are not spam and are to help people. But because I've made them in less than a year, does that mean I'm lame or untrustworthy?

[MikeDX]

I have arounnd 800 replies, I think. and I'm quite proud that the majority are not spam and are to help people. But because I've made them in less than a year, does that mean I'm lame or untrustworthy?

Since this is going offtopic I've replied personally.