Firmware 2.0

[G.T]

I had that problem too, RedWolf.

Run the browser and press the Triangle button > Tools > Settings > Cache Settings > set it at 2048 KB and restart your PSP.

Should fix the memory problems.

Can anyone care to explain why you have options to change the amount of Cache memory. To me it's pointless to turn it down from 2048kb so why have the lower options? Am I missing something?

 

[Carlos]

Usage of battery..

 

[G.T]

Really? I wouldn't have thought it used up more battery, but what do I know?

 

[Arwin]

Usage of battery..

Nah, there's a complex mix of benefits of using Cache memory and using all your 'normal' memory to store a page in, depending on how fast your connection is, how big the pages you're loading, the structure of the website, parts that are forcedly refreshed, parts that are good for caching, and so on.

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Hey McLaren's Angel..

The keyboard, also useable for screen protection. Release for Europe is on 28th of October.

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

For some reason I can't see the picture. How come other places overseas gets things that the USA don't get

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

I've noticed my PSP freezes and turns itself off occationaly. Twice I know what happened, I lost connection with the internet when I had to make a post in the "Go Advanced" box, and when I tried to reconnect, it froze and turned itself off. ( ). And once the other day, it froze and turned itself off when I was just loading a thread. I little annoying but I think I can put up with it.

I have a link to PSP wallpapers. I haven't used any yet though:

http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk/PSP.htm

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I think you should turn in your PSP to Sony so they can fix it. 👍

All those PSP wallpapers on that site is INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!! I think everyone should try some, especially the water ones. They all look so clear and dead on beautiful.

 

[Carlos]

Hey Mclaren's Angel..



Can you see it now? And, the release has bein delayed to early 2006.. They expect it will cost €30.(euros) I think that is like 40dollars..??

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Hey Mclaren's Angel..



Can you see it now? And, the release has bein delayed to early 2006.. They expect it will cost €30.(euros) I think that is like 40dollars..??

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

Now I can see it! 👍 I WANT ONE!!!

 

[G.T]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)
I think you should turn in your PSP to Sony so they can fix it. 👍

And will they give a damn?

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

And will they give a damn?

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I don't know about that! Is your PSP still under warranty?

 

[G.T]

Yeah, but I don't think its worth fussing over. It's meant for gaming and that's it really. Plus, it might be a bug fixed in updates later on for all I know.

 

[Arwin]

As of yesterday, you can downgrade from 2.0 to 1.5. Pretty cool, as this means even European people and U.S. people with 1.51 or higher can now use homebrew.

 

[Spock]

Man, I love wi-fi. Psp rocks with free wireless access points.

 

[Carlos]

As of yesterday, you can downgrade from 2.0 to 1.5. Pretty cool, as this means even European people and U.S. people with 1.51 or higher can now use homebrew.

Yes, they can play ISO files as well.. But I won't do it..
1st: I don't want to waste money on a 1GB stick..
2nd: I like my background and webbrowser too much..


Edit:
Also, I bought the PSP to play original games.. Not to hack it and play some homebrew on it.. I really like the PSP and I do want to waste money on games..

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Yes, they can play ISO files as well.. But I won't do it..
1st: I don't want to waste money on a 1GB stick..
2nd: I like my background and webbrowser too much..


Edit:
Also, I bought the PSP to play original games.. Not to hack it and play some homebrew on it.. I really like the PSP and I do want to waste money on games..

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I read an article on Gamespot that Sony is thinking about making the Firmware 2.0 a must have if you want to play future PSP games. People without that firmware 2.0 are using all kinds of programs that is in violation of copyrights such as game mods.

It is like forcing people to download firmware 2.0 just to play the newer PSP games in order to stop the homebrew stuff.

 

[Carlos]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I read an article on Gamespot that Sony is thinking about making the Firmware 2.0 a must have if you want to play future PSP games. People without that firmware 2.0 are using all kinds of programs that is in violation of copyrights such as game mods.

It is like forcing people to download firmware 2.0 just to play the newer PSP games in order to stop the homebrew stuff.

They already done that.. My friend downgraded to 1.5 and he couldn't play Burnout anymore..

 

[Arwin]

They already done that.. My friend downgraded to 1.5 and he couldn't play Burnout anymore..

Yeah, but they have released a little bit of code with which you can fool the PSP to think it is a 2.0 so you can play Burnout again. The only thing that you can't do with 1.5 at the moment is play *a few* of the Video UMDs (and of course no AVC and Sony Web Browser).

However, the custom backgrounds can be done on 1.5. There was a program to do that long even before FW 2.0 came out.

For the record, I am NOT interested in Piracy. I condemn it violently. I am a programmer, it's my daily bread.

But the power of the PSP is being severely hampered by Sony's restrictive coding policy. There is just SO much homebrew being coded, and it is such a fun little device to code on! I coded a little keyboard emulator that combines two buttons on the PSP for a key, and once you get used to it it types very quick. It was my first C project, and it was great fun to do. Now I may make a little typing tutor for it in Lua, an easy entry programming language that is also used for user scripting in World of Warcraft and such.

You don't have to downgrade for me. I never had to upgrade. In fact, I bought a PSP with FW 1.0, and then I upgraded it to FW 1.5. Just never upgraded further, because I like Homebrew so much.

But there are so many great little programs already for it now. Just a tiny, tiny example - Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, written by Archer McLean of Mercury fame, is a better game emulated with CaSTaway, the Atari ST emulator, than the current Snooker game that looks prettier and was coded specifically for the PSP. I owned an Atari ST for 7 years, and I love having it in my pocket now with all the old classics available again.

I could go on for hours, but suffice to say, to each his own.

Piracy sucks, but Homebrew rules. 👍

 

[Carlos]

I'm not a fan of classic games.. My life began in a modern world so.. I'm almost 15, for me, reallly HQ games.. Or Pac-Man, that's a game I really like on a handheld.. But I'm not going to downgrade..

 

[Arwin]

I'm not a fan of classic games.. My life began in a modern world so.. I'm almost 15, for me, reallly HQ games.. Or Pac-Man, that's a game I really like on a handheld.. But I'm not going to downgrade..

Pac Man ... try Hac Man II on an Atari ST emulator. That's the funniest and best Pacman clone I know.

I love the round for instance with the Daleks chasing you, while shouting 'Exterminate ... Exterminate', or the round where you only have one ghost, but he leaves a trail of dots ... !

 

[LaBounti]

Squarz is the only homebrew game I play and it is addictive and with many more featrues it could be good enough as a retail game. I also play classic games and use the text reader so i can have all my stratgy guide txt files were ever i go. i only have a 256mb ms.

 

[RedWolfRacer]

I have a 512. I was quite angry when it was on sale two weeks later for thirty USDs less! lol

I like the homebrews back on 1.5 but the browser on 2.0 is extremely useful for me. Since I have dial up at home, I use the browser to save various things onto my 512 stick and install 'em on my comp at home. Usually it's stuff for the PSP, such as PSP video 9 and things like that. The homebrews were cool, but now that I have highspeed internet and some decent movies and songs on my PSP, I'm content wherever I go. Plus I got Lumines! lol

BTW, anyone have a good coder/decoder for the PSP? I need one to raise the volume of my songs, too, since the bus to school is so loud. Or rather, the people on the bus.

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I love my Firmware 2.0 very much and would never downgrade it! I will definately keep on upgrading whenever there is a new Firmware. I am not the kind of person who like to do things that may breach copyrights or do illegal things. I rather do the good things so I will never have to worry about any FBI agent or government kind of people coming for me because I did something very bad.

I just got Ridge Racer last night and LOVE IT! All those techno music with the arcadish drifting and sliding is addicting! The voices in the game is so cool too! It gives like this techoish and competitive atmosphere to the game! I highly recommend this game. 👍

 

[Solid Fro]

I'm with Angel on this one. Firmware 2.0 is mighty impressive. I'm sorry to say that most of the PSP "Homebrew" is just a bunch of emulators running illegal ROMs. The real Homebrew applications are not worth downgrading to 1.5 and losing all of the 2.0 features, IMO.

 

[G.T]

Yep, I'm with McLaren and Viper too.

 

[Arwin]

I'm with Angel on this one. Firmware 2.0 is mighty impressive. I'm sorry to say that most of the PSP "Homebrew" is just a bunch of emulators running illegal ROMs. The real Homebrew applications are not worth downgrading to 1.5 and losing all of the 2.0 features, IMO.

I mentioned the Atari ST emulator (and other Atari Emulators) because that one is not illegal. The intellectual property for the OS and hardware was not claimed after Atari filed bankruptcy.

Right now, the two programs I use a lot are internet radio - just put a pls file on the memstick and start the program, awesome! - and a pdf reader, that is also an incredibly fast .txt reader which remembers where you left off, so makes for a perfect ebook reader.

The browser in FW 2.0 is pretty decent, but I think that we'll see a better one eventually coming from the homebrew scene. The other advantage of FW 2.0 is the AVC decoder which is very nice. But for me, the inverse is the case. I never need the browser, as I always have a real computer available to me. And I don't watch my own movies a lot either so I don't need the AVC decoder. The rare case I do need it, the default mp4 playback is already great. And now there is the AVI / DivX decoder, which supports a 480x272 resolution, something which you can only get from UMD otherwise - you can't encode AVC in full 480.x272 resolution yet.

And so I disagree on FWs claim to superiority. Fine if you need a browser as yes, the FW 2.0 browser is good, but in all other respects, Homebrew makes FW 1.5 own. There's a chance though that FW 2.0 will allow a number of homebrew applications run also, as they've managed to develop the same bug that allows downgrading to also start an elf file (psp executable). They can't do kernel mode stuff yet so not everything is possible, but who knows ... it's a start anyway.

But to each his own. I can now upgrade and downgrade at leisure, which is great. And I can use my PSP to develop my own PSP software, which is awesome. The costs of a Sony devkit are scary, and what you get then isn't portable.

 

[Carlos]

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

I love my Firmware 2.0 very much and would never downgrade it! I will definately keep on upgrading whenever there is a new Firmware. I am not the kind of person who like to do things that may breach copyrights or do illegal things. I rather do the good things so I will never have to worry about any FBI agent or government kind of people coming for me because I did something very bad.

I just got Ridge Racer last night and LOVE IT! All those techno music with the arcadish drifting and sliding is addicting! The voices in the game is so cool too! It gives like this techoish and competitive atmosphere to the game! I highly recommend this game. 👍

I'm totally with you.. I also have Ridge Racers.. But it's really simple.. A little bit too arcady but the trax are great! Also the sliding is fun 👍

 

[McLaren'sAngel]

I'm totally with you.. I also have Ridge Racers.. But it's really simple.. A little bit too arcady but the trax are great! Also the sliding is fun 👍

Hiya! Meow! (='.'=)

Yea, Ridge Racer is quite an easy game. Wipeout Pure is a racing game people should look into if they want more difficulty. 👍

Oh! Everyone should go check out the PSP Wallpapers thread! Neocrox posted a bunch of cool PSP wallpapers of cars! Learn how to make them yourselves too!

 

[Solid Fro]

Anyone upgrade to 2.01? I had a little WEP key problem with 2.0 and now this update fixes it.

Did I pay $250 to play old Atari, SNES, Genesis ROMS, and read .PDF files until my eyes fall out?

I don't think so.

I do agree about not be able to view .AVI or MPEG4 using the full resolution. Although, 368x208 is perfectly fine for me, I will just wait until full resolution gets hacked out and keep my 2.01 for now.

 

[G.T]

2.01 is released already? Unless it's for you Americans already. I'm going to check for update later. 👍

Edit: Yes, it has been released, but it needs 17mb of free space on memory stick, and I only have 4.

 

[Arwin]

Those who upgraded to 2.01, you no longer even have to think about downgrading, because 2.01 was released to fix the security bug in 2.0 that allowed the downgrade.

I just installed the flower demo - wow is that a piece of cool coding! (it's converted from the 2004 demo of the same name for the PC)

I also installed PSP_PDA, which contains a notepad, calendar, mp3 player, file browser, Address book, calculator, and image viewer.

I think maybe one of the projects I'll be starting is something for GT4. Maybe something to keep track of your best laps with or a car database, etc. We'll see.

You guys who think homebrew sucks, whatever. I'll give you a final warning - installing 2.01 may close the option of running homebrew for you for quite a long time.

By the way, those who think Ridge Racers is really simple, did you finish the game 100%? All 39 World Tours? All Special Class cars unlocked?