I need help downgrading 2.5 psp

[splodger15]

Just A question.....Are there any people tryed to downgrade with 2.5 downgrader without bricking their psp?????????????????

If you read the instructions carefully and check everything it should go well

[Gizmo356]

yeah ive never bricked any of my friends psp's u should use the easy installer if your too scared to do it.

[Foxmc_loud]

Yeah I guess Im scared because i dont want to brick my psp from the first day

[Foxmc_loud]

I Think my friend should help me because he downgraded 2 times using the easy 2.50/2.60 downgrader so....I think there is not a real problem....An someone tell me the chances of bricking????

[sonic3d]

well i upgraded my psp to 2.71 and i DEFINATLY DONT want a BRICK lol i wish there was a safer way even tho i think my psp is just the right one its over coming my fear of death lol of course id be dead cuze my dad lol j/k

so i download the easy 2.17 downgrader

install it

run it

plug my ac adapter in

have 75% or more life

check for the numbers!

erase all data on memory stick

restore defult

PRAY

and plug my psp to my pc and run the program

when the red screen comes up wait tell it reboots

and then Celebrate! Right???

[andrewgabriel77]

That's right...although i haven't heard anything about people bricking with the 2.5/2.6 downgrader I don't trust doing any flashing with a UMD in the drive and I have heard about people having bugs after using the 2.5/2.6 downgrader due to the fact that it only overwrites the nand and doesn't actually erase it before writing.

[sonic3d]

oh well i just downloaded eloader and it works perfect and i didnt have to downgrade so im good buteven tho it doesnt load the n64 emu right im ok as long as i got my genessis!!

btw has any 1 ever bricked using eloader? is it posible? is it better to downgrade?

[splodger15]

There is always a chance of a brick as it writes to the flash but like i said before if you read instructions VERY carefully everything will go well

[sonic3d]

ok i was browsin the forums and i saw this program called hen D and somthing like reverse devhook umm are they better than eloader? or safer? And if i want to run any homebrew besides gen and snes is this a good choice? A most up to date version would be great with some noob instruction!

[mikebeaver]

Hen D is Dark_alexs homebrew enabler D it allows you to run homebrew on a standard 2.71, it does write a small portion to flash 1 (only once) so is safe to use, this would be the first step in downgrading from 2.71 if you decide to do it.
I started off with a 2.5 and upped it then used downgrader so i could install custom firmware, it is one of the most rewarding things you can do for your PSP, but its deffinetly a scary 10 mins whilst you do it.