21st October 2007, 7:33 AM
The thing is, it's safe. Once you get that battery hacked, even if you do somehow manage to screw it up, the battery gets you out of it. In fact that's kinda the reason the battery CAN overwrite firmware. It was originally a way for Sony to fix people's systems. It's fine. Never once had a problem myself. This new method can fix ANY firmware issue, every single one, right down to a completely deleted and empty flash (in fact the app wipes the whole flash itself before adding in the hacked firmware). Worst brick I ever saw was shortly after a friend dropped a PSP on concrete. That wasn't firmware related to the best of my knowledge...
The battery while in "hack" mode can't be used as a normal battery as it will now autoboot the PSP into that firmware hack mode every time you insert the battery. The way around that is easy. Power up your PSP without a battery (use the power cable), then insert the battery and run the hack app again (with a newly hacked PSP, you can run it on your own machine). Then just use the option to revert the battery to a normal one. Done.
Still, your choice.
So anyway, that media manager pro thing is actually an application you put on the PSP itself? I thought it was just some app on the PC for "managing" files on a PSP (something I am fully capable of). Oh, thanks for the plug. "Available at Walmart" eh? Cute.
The battery while in "hack" mode can't be used as a normal battery as it will now autoboot the PSP into that firmware hack mode every time you insert the battery. The way around that is easy. Power up your PSP without a battery (use the power cable), then insert the battery and run the hack app again (with a newly hacked PSP, you can run it on your own machine). Then just use the option to revert the battery to a normal one. Done.
Still, your choice.
So anyway, that media manager pro thing is actually an application you put on the PSP itself? I thought it was just some app on the PC for "managing" files on a PSP (something I am fully capable of). Oh, thanks for the plug. "Available at Walmart" eh? Cute.
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