Bricked PSP Without the Use of a PC

[Broadus]

I'd been using my PSP for months without any problems, and one day, I let some girl play my PSP out of my supervision for, like, thirty minutes. When she brought it back, she told me that she'd broken it after she'd turned it off and later turned it back on. I evaluated it, and it has all of the symptoms of a bricked PSP (green light, screen doesn't activate), but I can't imagine how she would've bricked it, because there was nothing on the memory stick that would mess with the flash memory, and she'd need both a USB cable and an elaborate plan to connect the PSP to a PC and mess with the flash there.
So, if she did have this insane plot to brick my PSP, which she seems totally incapable of doing, then I guess I was screwed, oh well, sucks for me.
However, let's go off the theory that it DID just "brick" without the use of editing the flash, which seems unlikely. Is it possible to have only the green light turn on, but not have the PSP actually activate, exactly like a bricked PSP does, without editing the flash memory?
If you have cold, hard evidence or experience that the answer is "No, only editing the flash memory can brick a PSP," then please post it. If, under the same cold, hard circumstances, the answer is "Yes, that can happen without editing the flash memory," please ALSO post.
If you're just an idiot and you have no idea but you THINK you know the answer and you're going to spout your thoughts as if they were facts, shut up. Don't bother posting.
I don't need anyone commenting on her breaking it. Yeah, I shouldn't trust people that have parole officers with my PSP. Don't waste space by saying "Oh, snap, foo', you done got jacked!" I really don't care. I'm not going to do anything "totally legal" against her. She's a poor gal that lives in a trailer and, even if she wanted to pay for it, which she wouldn't, she couldn't afford it.
I just want to know if a PSP could be bricked, or have all of the symptoms of a bricked PSP, without editing the flash.

I'd simply return it to Sony with the warranty, but I lost the receipt, which they apparently NEED, and I don't think they'll let me trade it for another via warranty without the precious small piece of paper saying when and where I bought it. Like I ever keep those things. Which I don't. Guess it's a lesson well learned.

[zidanerick]

She works for sony and knows u have a DCEmu acct? Or maybe she used to work for Lik Sang and decided to get revenge

Sounds like a freak of nature to me and if you cannot find receipt u can always do what this guy did



Good Luck!

[splodger15]

Did it have a umd disc in maybe she was updating and pulled the disc out

[gamer06]

i did it trying to update. i didnt hav the battery in and accidently pulled out the adapter (charger). the light came on and the screen didnt. the light turned off after about 10 seconds. took it bak and exchanged it.

[Broadus]

Well, my PSP was 1.5, and I was emulating 2.71 via DevHook with Star Wars Battlefront 2 inserted, so I can't imagine how she would've been updating (there's no wireless internet nearby, either). Could it have been DevHook, maybe?

Hehe... Do what that guy did to Best Buy? Well, I couldn't afford to buy a brand-new PSP myself, even if it was instant money back...
I'll try one more time with Sony's messed-up warranty. I don't see anything on Limited Warranty saying "You need a small piece of paper with proof-of-purchase". I threw away the box, too. Man, I'm stupid.

[SoQb0nc5r]

moral: girl + psp = end of life

[kfish2oo2]

Well, when you turn off your PSP it reverts back to the 1.5fw. If she did that, then tried to play your 2.71 game, and it started updating, maybe she panicked and poped out the umd. that could be your problem right there.
It really sucks, sorry dude.

[Rocksil]

moral: girl + psp = end of life

your rite about that

Well, when you turn off your PSP it reverts back to the 1.5fw. If she did that, then tried to play your 2.71 game, and it started updating, maybe she panicked and poped out the umd. that could be your problem right there.
It really sucks, sorry dude.

that possible as well

or it could be the devhook and she could of been messing around with the setting of the devhook laucher in the option

at the end it sucks 4 u

[Russoxley187]

thats crazy...
Thats why I always watch my kids like a hawk when I let them get on my psp...

[mnuhaily22]

Maybe you is runnin custom firmware, I seen a lot of people have that problem try to boot up with the hold on so that it goes into recovery mode(only for harleyg's), or mess with the power till it works.