yesterday when i came home from school i found my psp was upgraded back to 2.0 thank god it was 2.0. so any way i went to download the mph downgrader and my norton kept deletin the tif file because supposebly it was a virus. i dint want to brick my psp so i didnt downgrade but this mornin i woke up and i said fuck it. i downgrade bak to 1.5 usin mph and it didnt brick my psp and now im enjoying homebrew again

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT BRICKED MY PSP DAMN DAMN DAMN!!! damn this sucks…

how can your psp upgrade it self back to fw 2.0

#3 it didn’t update itself my little sister updated it for me im sorry i wasn’t more clear

#2 u probably used the fake downgrader

#2 bull $hit

#2 either is here to spam and cause a mass arguement

or

he used wrong downgrader

I believe the first.

tried it and worked, never had that damn norton installed but the downgrader works, Reset the PSP to it’s original state and works fine at 1.5.
I miss 2.0

#8 i missed 2.0 to so i updated. i couldn’t be any happier. just upgrade. the homebrew isn’t that great.

LMAO at #9….Homebrew is the best thing to happen to PSP…2.0 is useless

I agreee… homebrews are just getting better…while those stupid firmware updates add a thing or two (always disables homebrew).

the downgrader took me to 1.0

You aren’t 1.0, you’re 1.5. The downgrader tricks your PSP into thinking that it has firmware 1.0 installed in order to downgrade it to 1.5.

Fuck Norton Anti-Virus!

@16, stop tryin to start arguments.. dumbass noob

psp-hacks is one of the most reputable sites for.. well.. psp hacks! Keep up the work guys, i appreciate the homebrews!

Why does KXploit replace a system DLL in the system32 directory? At least it tried to on my XP box (I skipped the overwrite).

Alot seems to me that they should test there programs before the send them to there site before say that we should trust them ….

of course they should but as everybody knows, it worked on their psp, does not mean it will work on all, if someone screwed up some file in their psp, then tried to do whatever with the homebrew and brick your psp, thats your problem, youve been warned many many times, and yet i havent had any problems with the homebrew i got on psp-hacks.

yea

PPL Y ARE U LOT ALWAYS CUSSING PSPHACKS. PSPHACKS R A VERY GOOD SITE. THEY R ALWAYS PROVIDING US WITH COOL STUFF 4 OUR PSP`S. MAN ALL U LOT CAN GO AND DO URSELVES.

the overflow.tif is a virus which when put on ur psp messes around with ur systems.
i suggest deleting it once u av downgraded.

overflow.tif is a virus and messes around with the restarting part of your psp which can brick your psp…
be carefull when using MPH…

big pun and Ag is a virus and messes arounnd with the visitors here at Psp-Hacks which can piss a lot of people off…
be carefull when you see guys like them…

I think it is made by SONY Company.

I try to DL the MPH Downgrader from THIS Site and my Norton says PSPBrick blabla….what now?
Can i use it from this site?

I’ve had no problem taking a 1.52->2.0->1.5

Personally I love the PSP-PDA. I can honestly say if Sony would release some serious apps for the thing I would not care but I feel we are being left out in the water to drown. Sony just wants to sell UMD movies………

I THINK AG And Big pun are sayin the truth… my psp its acting weird. Like 2 weeks ago i couldnt turn the volume down… it repaired by itself… in 1 week anD now is The monitor it turns off and on lots of times :S i dont know whut to do :’(

if someone knows about this plZ HelP me :S

thX

#29- Prehaps, something infected your PSP, or maybe you erased one of the files, or prehaps, your PSP acted weird for a little bit, and now its ok, because thats what happened to me,at least the screen going off thing anyways.

F*** U guys if your anti virus says that it is a virus just disable ur god dam you anti virus it will work!!!!!!!!

#30 so?? what should i do know?? will it repair by itself??? Help plz :’( im scared…

Look this is my mail rafahztz@gmail.com

thX

Of corse norton is going to detect all this stuff as a virus now. For the longest time Symantic was saying nmap was a virus, netcat was a virus, and so forth. I use AVG-Antivirus and have had no problems like that. Its corporate bullshit, sony probably gave them some big amount of money to try and scare people. Heh, wouldn’t be supprised if they have something to do with the orgional virus as well. Because after all, its the american way!

I think some of you have a virus called the stupidity virus. Thats all I need to say.

my PSP has shown no problems after i downgraded…

Thats Bullcrap, my PSP is working fine and I used the MPH downgrader.

My Norton was saying the file overflow.tif was a virus too, after reading around a few forums I found noone that would say if it would still work even if Norton said, it was a virus. well here it is, I got my file from psphacks, I turned off my virus scaner and ran it on my psp like the read me said. AND IT WORKS. as long as u get the file from a good source dont worry about the virus warning. now u have some real info on this BS-virus. ur welcome everyone.

Theres nothing wrong with the downgrader, My psp has been acting a little strange as well, but i never downgraded(got my PSP when they where 1.50’s). Could be the Homebrew your using. Im going to try getting rid of a few Homebrews i dont use any more…

Thats very odd, I didn’t even need to use the Backround.png for the downgrader to work.

And yes, Just incase any of you are wondering. The Psp tricks itself into thinking it’s version 1.0 with the downgrade. When you turn it off and restart the system you can run the 1.5 upgrader. So basicly you do:

Version 2.0 > Version 1.5

~Dim Assassin

Norton did a scan friday and said it found that overflow.tif was the Trojan.PSPBrick which is BS because I used those exact overflow.tif files on my buddies PSP and took him from 1.51->2.0>1.5. This is just Sony’s way of trying to stop the scene.

I think SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT Inc. or SONY Inc. is paying NORTON for them to make a new Anti-Virus Update That will identify the MPH Downgrader as a virus or Trojan just to scare us and to make us not use the downgrader. That is what I think.

its the overflow.tif is the virus
it most likly not brick the psp.
and wont program into the psp but u never know

#39 i dont think sony will do that mcgrafee and my home made anti virus program didnt detect it, its listed as a psps brick, because HOMEBREWING IS ILLEGAL!!!!

Yea i agree , sony is just being mad because we , psp owners found a way to downgrade they’re precious and now they are crying because no one will buy they’re games anymore and want US to upgrade to 2.01 so we all buy from sony!

I used MPH Downgrader and it worked perfectly. Thanks

I have a question. What if you accidently put a file in the wrong spot or sumthin will it brick your psp??

Also when it says put the 2 files at the root of the stick it means the first screen right? The one with the folder that says “PSP”?

yo, um does this thing work with 2.01? i keep finding places that say it will and it wont… plz help XD thx

I’ve successfully downgraded to 1.5 and can honestly say it’s the best thing you can do to your psp if you’re into programming that is. The next step for you then would be to install the ftpd program on your psp so you can ftp tp your psp using the one supplied by windows or linux over wifi.

then download the psptoolchain and start making games!

Hi,
I’m scared. You sure it doesn’t brick your PSP? Please people tell me.
Thanks

Ok then, The assholes who said that this Hack does not work are wrong. I have just done the hack to my psp and it is all working perfectly fine.

So those of you who want to run Homebrew games go for this hack it works fine.

Those of you who are shit stirring I can only assume that there is something seriously wrong with you or you lot are too stupid to know what you are doing with the patch.

hi
i just updated my norton and its not detecting mph as brick

im having a problem downgrading it from 2.0 to 1.5 my comp anti virus keeps deleating the overflow.tif what do i do to prevent this and get this working so i can downgrade it.

i sucsessfuly went from 1.5 to 2.0 and used the mph dpowngrader to go back to 1.5 then i updated to 2.0 again and now i cant get the mph to go work again im stuck on 2.0 can you only use the mph downgrader once please reply?

Well. I haven’t upgraded my norton thing for like a year. I’m good right? Post your serial number and when we got it if you got brike or not. Then we’ll see if it is a random problem or a time thing.

hi.I want to downgrade my psp using the MPH thingyy but im wondering if my psp if version 2.01,can i still downgrade it to 1.50?or its not possible already?please reply fast.thank you

after downgrading to 1.5 my umd games wouldn’t run so i had to upgrade back to 2.0

will it work from ver. 2.5?

um this is not working cause i cant find the overflow.tip file

do what i do. email if youi think i’m lying. my psp was bricked. i ran the batteries, charged it up and turned it on. worked.

any of ya who want to play UMD game and HOMEBREW with one PSP.. well to tell you.. you really CAN’T. only 1.5 can play homebrew and 1.5 cannot work with new UMD Game. so just buy two psp if you got them money. and use one for hacking and one for UMD. im only using it for HomeBrew becuz UMD GAME are FUKING SUCK!!!!!!! to tell you the truth the only good game is Metal gear acid and everything else SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This works!

Does this thing work or not…cus some ppl are sayin yea and some are sayin no so plz answer!!!

I tried it just a second ago, and it works perfectly ^^

holla!!!

it bricked my psp is there a when i turn it on all i c is the screen pitch black is there a way to fix that?

DISABLE NORTON WHEN YOU GUYS DOWNLOAD YOUR OVERFLOW.TIV! THEN, BURN ON A CD ASAP BEFORE NORTON DETECTS IT ON RANDOM AUTO PROTECT SCANS!!

i have the symantec antivirus n it automatically deletes the TIF file and i cant get it bak even if i choose “undo taken action”, can ne wun help?

“HomeBrew becuz UMD GAME are FUKING SUCK!!!!!!! to tell you the truth the only good game is Metal gear acid and everything else SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ”

Your about 14 years old right? You complete donkey.

hi.. my system info shows V.2.00 …. but i have it downgraded… so… does this happen to u guys too???

im atempting to downgrade with no luck
i dicable auto protect yet this file im suppose to have simply isnt there
im kinda lost..
if u have any ideas please post
it would be appretiated
(sos about spelling not my stong point =p)

ok look heres some background info for the noobs, misinformed, and impatient. there are 2 kinds of downgraders. one kind turns your psp to a brick, the other actually downgrades. they both use a file named overflow.tif. its a fake image file that actually contains data. when accessed it causes a buffer overflow which allows for code to be executed. one group of people decided to use code that overwrote the flash rom on your psp with garbage data which makes it impossible to start. the other group used the flash rom from a 1.5 PSP to flash the psp to a working 1.5 state. norton identifies the file “overflow.tif” as a virus because the version that “bricks” your psp contains the same filename as the version that legitimately downgrades you. Its simply a mix-up based on filename and data. another note: basically any file that causes a buffer overflow is considered a virus, regardless of whether or not its good. Take the microsoft sasser (lsass.exe) exploit for example… One author of a variant actually used the vulnerability to run the patch on the infected system, making it invulneravle to further infection, yet virus companies still listed this helpful action as a virus. its the same idea here.

you have said that but you also dont say if this site is legit and how to stop the dam thing deleting because (for me) disabling anti virus just dosnt work

and thank u for the info lol
it did help =p

Will this down grade work with uk machines????

ummm… i dono if i want to do this…. i realy dont want to risk briking it…. why cant someone just kidnap one of the sony programers and force them at hacking point (some sort of viris that will brick 10’s of 1000’s of 10000’s of psp’s) to make a crack… or just right mad emails to sony asking them to drop the freaking “protection” and fix the problem…. or a combo… kidnap a programer and threting to to brick them unless thay do what we demand…. or maybe i should get a job and get a 2nd psp for this…. maybe….

does the downgrade allow me to play GTA. and other 2.0 games

hey i want to help you all if you get this problem my psp just crashed and then i got really pissed off so i took out the battery put it bak in and restarted it up if u put this on your psp dont but even if u dont believe me just try wut i told u bcus i never blieved most of da ppl on here wen i shud hve nd i kno how it feels 2 hve ur psp wrecked so im warning u all do not put it on and enter the photo section on your psp

YEAH! I had my douts but this shit works!

is there a way to know whats the Brickdowngrader or the REALDOWNGRADER(omfg!!!) ?

Yeah what #76 said…I also had many doubts like all those people out there but in the end, i was able to downgrade with no problems.

how do u downgrade from 2.6 to 1.50

Hi Guys still not got the guts to do it because i sore the video that is in the video section maybe someone can video the process with these files so we can see it not being bricked

Well im really messed right any diffrenece with the downgrade bettween a japanese or a uk psp also if i get 2gb card can i play all the iso’s i get from torrent spy or others?

Yes it wrked this is sik!!!! salute to ManHan people like like u make this possible nuff respect!

This is very safe. I thought about doing it several times then i just went for it. It really works, just make sure you do everything the directions say and it will work!

ok im 13 and kinda scared shitless about downgrading to 1.5… im a noob but im gettin the hang of it.. what happens when ur psp gets “bricked?” cuz there is no way i can afford to get another psp if somethin happens.. i had to actually pay for mine cuz i have to “earn” my money… damn it..
someone reassure me =]

and to #41 who cares if homebrewing is illegal!!! sony is just bein a lil b***h cuz theres only like 3 good games for the psp..

how did i unzip the files

Hello.
I am informing you of a hack containing
TROJ_PSPBRICK.A.
This hack is the MPH Downgrader.
“This Trojan disguises itself as a cracking tool for the PSP console. Upon installation, it displays the following message:

PSP TEAM 2.0 Exploit Hack the 2.0 firmware
Thank’s to toc2rta for the 2.0 exploit :)

It then proceeds to delete the following files needed to properly start the device:

index.dat - an important system file
init.prx - an important file to start the device
loadcore.prx - starts the PSP console
loadexec.prx - loads an executable file
After deleting the above files, this Trojan displays the following message:

Your 2.0 is hacked please reboot
Thank you PSP Team the french team
FuCk yoshihiro and SonyxTeam Looser”

(Courtesy of Trend Micro Systems)

This is a malicious threat to users of the Sony Playstation Portable®. All I ask is that you please remove the threat from your site; hosting a trojan isnt something that is worthwile.

^^^ To #86. Thats all bullshit, isn’t it? I’m on the verge of downgrading, because now that i’m done fooling around with GTA, which i had to update for, i wanna rollback on to 1.5 and get my homebrews back.

To 87
There is a high risk that this download will infect your psp with the brick. I have 2 friends and myself who ‘bricked’ their PSPs with this program. 1 of them was so upset he took a hammer to his psp… luckaly I am fairly decent at programming to understand how this trojan wrks so I removed the overflow item and isolated the trojan… I also had to dump the previous firmware and reload the 2.0, then I updated to 2.6, hoping it would be better, it isnt… I was thinking of running linux, but I havent