Also from the Dash Hacks Network:   ps3-hacks.com   xbox360-hacks.com   nes-hacks.com   iphone-hacks.com   ipod-hacks.net   dashhacks.com

PSP-Hacks.com

Hack your Sony PSP

Forums | Homebrew | Custom Firmwares | Search PSP Hacks

Possible 1.5x Downgrade Coming Soon?

greg | August 28, 2005

Earlier a few related PSP sites have posted information regarding a possible downgrade to be released on September 1st. This downgrade is pure speculation at the moment; however, it’s supposed to downgrade 1.51 and/or 1.52 to 1.50. Yoshihiro is responsible for this downgrade but has yet to release it due to bugs and other issues - i.e.) the risk of bricking your PSP. No less, stay tuned for Sept. 1st to see what comes of this potential downgrade!

Thanks to TALL_GUY and Anthony for bringing this to my attention.

Share and Enjoy: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • Reddit
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Technorati
  • Slashdot
  • Digg


RSS feed | Trackback URI

94 Comments »

Comment by EleMenT
2005-08-28 21:41:05

Hmm. My comment got screwed.. Anyways. Arnt you the annoying guy on the forums that keeps posting that shit?

 
Comment by rob rbight
2005-08-28 21:41:26

good work something positive is always welcome!

 
Comment by Julien
2005-08-28 21:44:17

Well, good thing but, I would prefer a universal launcher, i’ve been waiting several months for v3.0

 
Comment by MarsVolta
2005-08-28 21:49:39

to number 3, no he is not that guy, the guy you are thinking of is Hello_There. Yoshihro is a well know hacker not some stupid newb like Hello_there

 
Comment by PSP shadow
2005-08-28 21:52:17

CALM DOWN nothing is out yet and like the post upstair it may break your psp ,more some bug happen so we have to wait to see what the final result !

 
Comment by samsponian
2005-08-28 22:01:48

…v3.0 will be an iso loader!

¬_¬

 
Comment by Yoshihiro
2005-08-28 22:03:12

Hmm i see only a bullshit here what happen with my nick name remove the first comment if you whant talk about anything you can comme here #wab on blackcats-games.com the official Channel :D this bastard of the first comment it’s not me so ……

 
Comment by notvalid
2005-08-28 22:05:02
 
Comment by user9823
2005-08-28 22:19:39

ITS REAL! need 1.52 didnt test 2.0

 
Comment by PSP shadow
2005-08-28 22:20:01

you know what i hate beaners

 
Comment by stupid
2005-08-28 22:31:28

dang this always happens when i updated to 1.51 a week later 1.50 homebrew hack game out now i updated to 2.0 and they have a downgrader for 1.52 God im like cursed.

 
Comment by Sharp
2005-08-28 22:58:19

I know, it’s the same for me…

 
Comment by Vincent
2005-08-28 23:33:15

Damn! Knew i should have left my other PSP @ firmware 1.51. Instead of upgrading it 2 firmware 2.00. Well @ least my first PSP is still @ firmware 1.50.:)

 
Comment by shane
2005-08-28 23:35:28

T_T it is the same for me as well!

 
Comment by EMH
2005-08-29 00:01:31

Ahaha! I doubt hacker will work on firmware 2. Anyway they shouldnt. Cuz now sony security updates will not be a problem anymore and with this homebrew that tricks the firmware all our problems will be gone.

 
Comment by AceMilo
2005-08-29 00:05:48

This is comfirmed by yoshihiro. It is legit and 2.0 users are screwed. Europe will be getting 1.52, not 2.0 so they will be able to downgrade. So, until they start shipping 2.0 units, don’t expect a hack. LMAO @ everyone who updated a 1.51/2. I’ve been saying to wait.

 
Comment by JayQue
2005-08-29 01:43:41

why dont everyone shut it.. everybody needs to delete the news about this.. EVERYTHING must be be forgotten..

if sony sees this they will hold everything to stop this from going on..

SHHHHhhh keep it on the down low :)

 
Comment by DRAGONMASTER
2005-08-29 02:08:01

lol revenge at last
sony fear the hackers and know that nothing is unbreakable .i am
waiting for this

 
Comment by hate
2005-08-29 04:49:26

I FUCKING HATE U “psp shadow” #10 hope ur whole family dies ill put a cures on u read this 123134312414
123412341234
213421342134
213421342134
242341234234
234234323424

 
Comment by someone
2005-08-29 06:57:30

wow!! thats great news
i hope they can do that too with 2.00….

 
Comment by ZiEgFRiED
2005-08-29 10:28:43

please stop saying WAB downgrader will be release at Sept 1st, nor WAB or Yoshihiro has given any release date at the moment, (at least no precise one) and even yoshihiro has no way to know if his tool will be ready for release on sept the 1st as in it’s current state the tool might brick some noobs psps.

 
Comment by sarge159
2005-08-29 10:47:07

you people should be thanking me and tall_guy for sending this to the admins.

oh i found a way to hack 2.00 but i’m not sending it to anyone intill europes 2.00 come out!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by DRAGONMASTER
2005-08-29 11:52:54

europe psp will come with version 2.00 firmware grrrrrrrrrr
i hate sony for making life difficult to have a respected psp

 
Comment by Gary13579
2005-08-29 13:49:38

At post #23
No, the Europe PSPs are coming out with 1.52..

 
Comment by EleMenT
2005-08-29 14:12:38

To #4. Some noob posted before me with the name of Yoshiro (problably a fake) saying that he hacked it and he will only release it to 150 people.. he’s been posting that in each topic in the forums..

 
Comment by PJDJ
2005-08-29 15:37:05

Figures, I upgrade to 2.0 after thinking I was boned over my 1.51 and here we have some downgrading news. When will I learn?!!!!

 
Comment by PJDJ
2005-08-29 15:39:31

Look up for the prerelase… someone test that on 2.0!

 
Comment by dumbass
2005-08-29 16:34:26

Unless your a mason, don’t try it with 2.0

 
Comment by psp-hacker
2005-08-29 20:36:58

any one who had 1.51 or 1.52 and upgraded to 2.00 is an extream retard dont u know eventually us hackers would be able to down grade its proboly gona take a couple of months for hackers to downgrade from 2.00 by that time u noobs will have 2.1!! sony increases the security with every update

 
Comment by BetaSword
2005-08-30 01:52:11

First off, that “pre-release” above is fake. It’s the version changer that tricks your 1.5 into being a different version so you can play UMDs that require a higher version. That’s all.

Second: 2.00 hasn’t been hacked yet. Anyone who says they have, but isn’t releasing it for whatever reasons is either lying, or an asshole. Not that it matters to me, cause I was didn’t update from 1.51 to 2.00.

Third: That person that was only going to email it to 150 people was that “Hello_There” person, the idiot who was probably sending out viruses. Ignore him, and everything he posts regarding that.

 
Comment by BetaSword
2005-08-30 01:53:12

Oh, and fourth: My 1.51 anxiously awaits a downgrade. Hopefully it’ll be finished soon, so that I can finally play that nice Rockman Dash ISO that’ll be finished downloading in about 10 minutes.

 
Comment by Tenshin
2005-08-30 09:04:25

Like said: Europe will be 1.52,
on the Demo Disc will be the firmware upgrade to 2.00 but only stupid people will use that :p

 
Comment by bill
2005-08-30 09:22:16

i hope there is a downgrade that doesnt fuck up ur psp cause i ubdated to 2.0 and i really want the super nintendo emulator back or does that screw up ur psp

 
Comment by sarge159
2005-08-30 11:14:23

i got the invite to beta test socom:bravo teamfire or something like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you only get it sent if you are a member with the comeplet form filled out and you regestered your psp!! oh you also have to have the v2.00 and the internet browser!!!

 
Comment by C1N
2005-08-30 15:44:56

Europe has 2.0, nothing else.
I have them @ the shop already,
but Sony forbids me to sell them
until the 1st. You won’t find any
1.52 sold at the shops in Europe!

 
Comment by Milad
2005-08-30 16:36:59

So..
Can someone really give an answer to tmy following question?
I don’t want anyone to reply that, because I just need ONE person who REALLY KNOWS about that to answer it.

Here’s the Question:
Will I be able to SNES with my PSP, which is on version 1.51 now?

Or is all that just fake?

I really want to play SNES in school, you know? ^^

 
Comment by bboy
2005-08-30 17:21:41

yea after u downgrade to 1.50, u’ll play SNES :P

 
Comment by guy
2005-08-30 22:26:01

Thank god I never updated my psp. I wonder how many ppl still have the 1.50, or the 1.0 firmware out there? Ahh well, mines still 1.50. HAHAHAHA :p

 
Comment by FZ
2005-08-30 23:26:52

Well, fuckheads, I guess no one will be getting a downgrader at all until you pay yoshiro money to get him a 1.52 Euro PSP on September the 1st. go to http://www.pspupdates.com find the news and the link to give yoshiro more than 10 cents. Otherwise no one is downgrading shit. This will also help him to crack the Euro PSPs and move on to V2.0 with all the real nice features that it contains. Hurry Up!.

 
Comment by asdf
2005-08-30 23:43:51

That’s full of shit. I am not going to give some dead-beat hacker money so he can “alledgedly buy PSPs to ‘test’”. No one pay this so-called hacker, we don’t even know if this is even a hoax or if it doesn’t work. From the look on his website, he’s a fucking adult with a job, I’m sure getting a PSP won’t be much of a problem for him. What’s to stop him from charging us for getting the software in the first place?

 
Comment by GayPants
2005-08-31 01:33:24

To all that claim to have Stuff they don’t (you know who you are): You’re all Retards!
To all that think Yoshihiro is Full of Shit: You’re all Retards!
To the Rest: If you think it doesn’t go as fast or something as you’d like, you’re a Retard, do it yourself then (oh, you can’t, because you’re too stupid and too average to be able to do anything interesting)!
So everyone please Shut the Fuck Up and give Yoshihiro like a few bucks or something, he works for YOU, give him the respect he deserves (ask him his personal PayPal Account on the WAB IRC-Channel, I don’t really trust pspupdates.com)…
Thanks in Advance, you will not regret it!!!

 
Comment by JK
2005-08-31 12:43:04

C’mon guys. I just want to read about the progress of this app, not a bunch of fanboys stroking their virtual chodes and insulting each other in minor ways. For the record, if you can hack this stuff, you’re a genius. If you think otherwise then go collect your McArthur award. But can we get back to the subject? I really wanna play the Euro release of TOCA2 and I have a 1.52 - any danger of that actually coming out tomorrow?

 
Comment by natedog
2005-08-31 13:34:32

do anyone know what site the download link is going to be on?

 
Comment by Hey
2005-08-31 18:10:42

you guys are nerds

 
Comment by Hey
2005-08-31 18:15:36

For 2.0 Users!!!!!!!! Well i guess it kind of sucks for us, or for those who are really into homebrew games that have 2.0. But maybe I can get your hopes up. MAYBE on the next sony upgrade, they will have a new feature that will allow you, somehow, put homebrew games on your psp. I thought of that, because right now Sony is trying to lead you off into buying their products, and then when you get enough of there products, there you have the new update. So like i said, do not take this advice to the full 100%. If you have any questions or concerns, my e-mail is ajbasketballplyr@yahoo.com

 
Comment by F9zDark
2005-08-31 19:17:15

#46 —

Are you on fucking crack? If you aren’t, then you better tell your mom to stop doing it, since its seeping its way into her breast milk as she tit feeds you.

Obviously you’re a blithering idiot. Sony would never do that. Not at least for another 2 years would they even THINK about it.

Stop being a stupid troll, trying to get everyone riled up over patently, obvious bullshit.

To clear up some misconceptions:

1)There aint no downgrader coming from 1.52 - 1.51 to 1.50. Hmm, that would require the PSP to be HOMEBREW ABLE, now wouldn’t it?

2)Euros ARE, and I repeat, ARE getting the 2.0 firmware on their PSPs. Anyone saying other wise had too much Bullshit Crunch for breakfast.

Stop wasting your time and by a 1.50 PSP while there are still some left. And for the Euros out there, sorry, but you are SOL (Shit Out of Luck).

 
Comment by GayPants
2005-09-01 01:23:49

Euro PSPs (first batch at least) is confirmed 1.52…
The Sony BeNeLux Boss told me himself… :D

 
Comment by boris
2005-09-01 07:12:41

I’ve just buy a PSP today, and it comes with the 1.52 firmware. I’m living in France.
There is a Sony warning that say to upgrade from the umd demo disc to get 2.0.

 
Comment by Leo
2005-09-01 08:43:07

Hi,
I just bought a new psp 1st september from Germany. It has 1.52 firmware. There was a warning to upgrade it, but I didn’t :D I’ll wait for all the games that will come for 1.52 :D.

 
Comment by Gcentrex
2005-09-01 09:29:00

Well I also bought my PSP today and it did indeed have 1.52 firmware installed and the demo disk contains the 2.0 upgrade.

So will this downgrade be getting released?

 
Comment by everlasting
2005-09-01 10:53:25

I keep on checking like the rest of 1.52 europe, still nothing. The hope is still there.

 
Comment by Mach
2005-09-01 11:24:00

Just got a UK 1.52 ill bet the next batch will be 2.0, oh and no messed pixels

 
Comment by F9zDark
2005-09-01 13:27:36

So how many still think this downgrader is real? It is September 1st and still no downgrader…

I can see the hope of many dwindling over false news.

 
Comment by GayPants
2005-09-01 13:29:46

Seems like Yoshihiro never said anything about a date, only that he’s working on downgrading and that a second PSP is needed…

 
Comment by Leo
2005-09-01 15:02:37

Well I think that he is working with it. But hope that he finishes it soon ;).

Good luck and enjoy guys until downgrade.

 
Comment by Gcentrex
2005-09-01 16:46:26

Well I do hope it does come out soon, not like im gonna upgrade the thing anyway.

At least I can enjoy it without the nag of it needing version 2.0.

 
Comment by shane
2005-09-01 16:46:42

Is their a web browser for the psp that is not in 2.0?(with the exception of the wipeout pure hack)

 
Comment by F9zDark
2005-09-01 19:00:01

If anyone bothered to read the news post we are commenting on you’d see the date of September 1st as the release date.

I think its a load of shit anyway. There is no possible way that he could write a custom firmware legitimately. And you can bet your ass that anyone downloading his downgrade if it was written with a stolen Sony devkit or with the leaked SDK that Sony will come after all parties involved…

 
Comment by Hey
2005-09-01 20:25:57

TO #46!!!!!!!!!!!Hey how ya doin’? Sit back and relax. Don’t get all hiped up man. your just mad that your 40yrs. old and you live in your parents garage, trying to download shit. I also got e-mailed from another guy that said you “toss salad”. Well if you have free time go kill someone and your in jail. Before you go to jail, make sure you bring syrup or jelly, whichever you like asshole with. Your buddy, ajbasketballplyr@yahoo.com
e-mail me there if you want some crack ;)

 
Comment by Hey
2005-09-01 20:28:56

P.S. TO #46….IT WAS A FUCKING THOUGHT ASSMUNCHER

 
Comment by F9zDark
2005-09-01 22:47:35

Your pretty funny making assumptions about me… First off, I am 21 years old, a physics major AND I live on my own. So why not get your facts straight fucktard before you go throwing insults about.

And I would suggest trying to get your thoughts into 1 post, but I guess your brain just isn’t big enough to formulate 2 ideas at once, as well as multitask.

And like thought, this downgrade is bogus bullshit, thanks Yoshihiro for another hoax on the PSP community. *chalks another up to the PSP-hoax board*

 
Comment by mateys
2005-09-02 00:47:07

PSP was launched yesterday in Australia. I think it came out like the euro version. not sure whether it is 1.51 or 1.52 but it does come with the 2.0 update umd.
I called playstation technical center before i made this order to check what firmware it will come with.
They told me that it was going to be v1.0 and will come with 2.0 update umd
I was tricked…

 
Comment by Special Brownies
2005-09-02 03:09:19

this sucks i checked wab constantly for 24 hrs and NOTHING

 
Comment by Foraum
2005-09-02 03:53:24

I still have some hope (sitting here with my freshly bought 1.52 european psp in my hands, not knowing what to put on my 1 gb memorycard)

Yoshihiro, show the world u the man!
Otherwise i have to take a job and actually pay for games. Can you imagine??

 
Comment by natedog
2005-09-02 08:10:35

things like this happen all the time to me. trust me, if their is a downgrade for psp, then it is released already. but just because this is the released date, is stall going to take with in 2-3 week to put this on the internet. Not saying that this is going to happen. I don’t know if this is a hoax or not.

 
Comment by sucuni
2005-09-02 11:10:25

siete un pugno di teste di minchia! coglioni ciarlatani

 
Comment by Killa Gee
2005-09-02 11:33:02

Will you all shut the fuck up before i slap ya’ll. Just chill and do the maths! everything always gets hacked one way or another. PSP firmware 1.52, 2.00 or whatever else sony brings out will get hacked as long as people like Yoshihiro are out there.

Now Bitches keep off his nuts and let the man do his thing in his own time. In the meanwhile get a job, get money and buy games like most people ya 50p tarts!

 
Comment by Z00P
2005-09-02 13:14:35

I have my doubts if a firmware downgrade will be available,unless they were pre installed With V1.5 and upgraded to v1.5x before leaving the factory.
But that said and done, i will with hold judgement until team WAB releases a statement…..Lets hope they prove me and everybody else wrong

 
Comment by miniflash
2005-09-02 14:37:03

i want it

 
Comment by Hey
2005-09-02 15:17:11

TO NUMBER 61!!!!!!!!!hey how ya doin? Before you say anything about me making assumptions….o too late. Jackass your the one that made an assumption on me first. Second of all, y get mad over something stupid. You say your 21 but you act like your 12. Your getting mad at the fact that you can’t downgrade, and another thing about you, y upgrade if you wanna downgrade. I’m just going to start calling you BIll o’ Riely! Your buddy, Ajbasketballplyr@yahoo.com

 
Comment by F9zDark
2005-09-02 16:00:32

#70
I got a 1.50 PSP. But I am tired of brain dead hackers like Yoshihiro making the PSP Developer scene look like a bunch retards because he wants to steal some glory by hoaxing the whole community, rather than doing some actual work.

Anyone who has worked with PSP development knows that a legitimate downgrade is impossible, since we cannot acquire the AES keys and Signatures to produce software that the PSP can run.

And if they are produced illegitimately and released, then you can expect to be visiting Yoshihiro in jail, since Sony won’t let that shit fly. And trust me, there is no way to maintain legitamacy and downgrade the firmware. Not to mention, if the file is a legitimate attempt to downgrade, ie homebrew-made downgrader, well guess what, that one work since 1.52 and 1.51 doesn’t allow non-encrypted, non-signed ELFs to run…

So rather than defending this person who is just trying to get the community stirred up over nothing, why not actually get your fucking facts straight rather than buy into everything you read.

 
Comment by GayPants
2005-09-02 16:15:18

The Guy above me is a FuckTard…

 
Comment by Hey
2005-09-02 23:01:46

TO #71!!!!!!!!!!!!!First of all, I was just puttting a thought into something, and you get all pissed off, for some reason only god knows what, and second of all if you don’t care about downgrading, then stop writing you jackass, + i wasn’t stating any facts!
Your Buddy, Ajbasktballplyr@yahoo.com

 
Comment by antoine
2005-09-04 07:23:59

haha you people make me laugh…
im losing my patience with this psp downgrade grrrrr.. if it dont come soon my dog will have die….
if you want my dog to live you better give me the downgrade now
i know you’re an animal lover.. i saw the video

 
Comment by Denis Basketball
2005-09-04 10:08:52

Are you sure this fucking downgrade arrive?I’ve lost my
patience

 
Comment by Denis Basketball
2005-09-04 10:11:40

I want this downgrade.WE WANT THIS FUCKING DOWNGRADE!!!!!!

 
Comment by jan
2005-09-04 11:43:19

I live in northern Europe and bought a PSP at the release, 2005-09-01 (sept 1st). It’s 1.52. I haven’t looked at the demo disc though, so I can’t tell if the 2.0 update is there or not. (Been busy playing wipeout.) I’m waiting until the downgrade is said (by Yoshihiro-kun) to be relativly safe. GO YOSHI!!! :D

 
Comment by Denis Basketball
2005-09-04 12:07:41

When arrive the DOWNGRADE? SOmeone can tell me????

 
Comment by Denis Basketball
2005-09-04 12:43:33

Stay CALM!!!!On Wab.com Alonetrio says that yoshihiro is working on the downgrade and he hasn’t quit the wab team.The message risale al 3 September 2005.Stay calm the downgrade is arriving.And Finally we can play Homebrew on PSP 1.50x

 
Comment by PLAPPA
2005-09-04 16:20:16

When arrive DOWNGRADER??????????????????????

 
Comment by Francaccio
2005-09-04 16:22:20

When the Downgrader will be in my hands???Porca troia ho bisogno di sto cazzo subito!!!!!!

 
Comment by CNCieao
2005-09-05 05:03:02

DOWNGRADE DOWNGRADE DOWNGRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by thenewguy
2005-09-05 07:30:19

here it is… congratz to all the eruo people on your new PSP’s an such, sry for all who have V2.0 such as myself, congratz to those who have V1.50 or V1. Im not that good at hacking an doing all that kind of stuff, but the one of the few things i know, is that no matter what you are doign it takes time, and time we have… the plain an simple truth is that no good PSP games are comeing out before the month of October an even still i beleive there not comeing untill the later part of the month… This being true all the hackers of the world, includeing Yoshihiro, have atleast another month of searching and hacking before Sony has another chance to put out another security wall in a new version… Patience is a vertue and I am going to have patience and wait for them to release the downgrader, so they can do it the best they can the first time an not completely nuke a PSP or two because someone told them to put it out as fast as they could… Good things come to those who wait for them… The downgrader is comeing, you just need to have patience, i have said my peace, good luck to all who are trying to break the code

 
Comment by antoine
2005-09-08 03:51:11

the wab site hasnt been working for 2 days :(

 
Comment by antoine
2005-09-08 03:51:46

i fear the wab site has been closed down by sony :((

 
2005-09-10 22:07:18

WHY IS SONY SO EVIL!!!

 
Comment by Paulo
2005-09-15 16:08:18

Hi there guys, does anyone know maybe when downgrade 1.5 will be available?? It’s already the 16th and no signs…. = :0 ( I cant wait to play Killer Instinct on my PSP help? help? help??? lol
Thanks guys!

 
Comment by grasshoppa
2005-09-16 10:44:28

psp-dev(the guys working with wab) said that they quit working on it. “it was only a project and could quit whenever they wanted to”. have fun waiting for someone else to do it now.

 
Comment by cyb
2005-09-16 10:58:48