TA-082 downgrader released! by Dark-AleX/Mathieulh/Harlyg

[HoTuS13]

Ok, well I finally got the guts to reboot, and my PSP seems to be working fine.

I'm still not certain why my PSP didn't respond as expected. Once again, and ideas or hypotheses would be much appreciated.

By the way, here's the numbers on the inside of the UMB bay:

Left: IC6001
Right: IC1003

...therefore it is, in fact, a TA-082

************Edit************

Ok, so the reason this failed the first time, and looked like it did, was due to user error.

I'd copied the 1.50 firmware over twice to the UPDATE folder. Once as UPDATE.PBP and once as EBOOT.PBP
Yeah, I know. I deserved to brick my PSP.
Luckily, it DIDN'T brick...

So, on second attempt with the correct files in the correct places:
1) I re-ran idstoragechange and it merely told me something along the lines of "You already ran me, you dolt. The changes I originally made are still on your PSP... so stop running me!"
2) I hit X, it reloaded me back into XMB
3) I held my breath and ran "PSP Update ver X.YZ"
4) Everything went as previously stated and I now am running a TA-082 on FW 1.50.

All's well!

[Weirdo109]

I have just got a silver Jap PSP from success-HK which has 1.5 firmware on it. I looked inside the UMD draw and on the board it has the IC1003 which I believe means it is a TA-082 board.

Does this mean I don't need to do any firmware upgrades, or does it mean I can't.

Any helpful instructions on how to get the best out of this would really be appreciated.

Regards
Ricky

[Cloudhunter]

You don't need to downgrade But you can upgrade to a custom firmware

Cloudy

[ManaVampire]

Thank you Dark-AleX, Mathieulh, and Harlyg

You guys are coding GODS among men