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Firmware 2.50 is Out
Alias420 | October 13, 2005
Sony has released v2.50 of the PSP’s firmware. Do not upgrade to 2.50 if you want to play homebrew. There is nothing really eye grabbing about this update and no real new features like 2.0’s web browser that would give you something extra. Here is a list of changes:
FEATURES IN 2.50 INCLUDE:
- [LocationFree Player] has been added as a feature under [Network]. (Click Link for more info)
- [Auto-Select] and [Unicode (UTF-8)] have been added as options to [Encoding] under [View] in the [Internet Browser] menu bar.
- [Text Size] and [Display Mode] settings of the [Internet Browser] can now be saved.
- The input history of online forms accessed through the [Internet Browser] can now be saved.
- Copyright-protected video can now be played under [Video]. (This applies to video data saved on Memory Stick.)
- [Set via Internet] has been added as an option to [Date & Time Settings] under [Settings]
- WPA-PSK (AES) has been added as a security method under [Network Settings].
- Korean input mode has been added to the on-screen keyboard.







Nothing special in v2.5 :(
for those dumbass noobs that upgraded to 2.01 yall should upgrade to this one cause at least with this u buy some software and watch tv
as for and probably everyone who has 1.5 im stickin with homebrew. at least until a downgrader comes out
amazing, upgrading to v 2.5 requires that exact same number of working brain cells!!! 2.5!!
#1
yes there is u can buy a Location Free Player Pak and watch tv on ur psp
I watch TV every morning on my way to work on my PSP v1.50. I just download the video convert to MP4 and put it on my mem stick.
#5
Lmfao yea or u can use PortableVNC and have a 50 dollar tv card in ur computer, U save homebrew and 300 dollars that way.
Is it out in US and Canada now ? or still japanese email me VT544@hotmail.com plz AND is there a USB to Internet thing?
I don`t understand why you guys keep on doing homebrew??
I thought about starting at one time but then I decided not to cuz of everything that`s going on…
Let me tell you something though… when that virus hits your psp and when your psp becomes a shiny brick… don`t come crying to Sony, cuz it`s your fault for using homebrew on the psp…
I don`t think its worth putting your psp in jeapordy for some stupid homebrew…
#2, #3, #8
You are all morons. Plz stfu.
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#9 — agreed
i dont get the Location Free Player how dose it work
um…im with #8 homebrew is pointless
Why the animosity towards homebrew? Havent you ever had the itch to put down the crappy games like Coded Arms or Need for Speeed and play some Mario, Excitebike, or even Super Metroid?
Homebrew/Hacks gives your PSP great flexibility and a wider range of games that you can play…even if they are Nintendo or SNES.
Upgrading your firmware has bricked a few systems before, I recall. Sony posted an upgrade that wasnt ready…the 2.0 as we know it bricked a few systems and SONY did not want to pay for the repairs!
Homebrew is the best thing that has happened to the PSP as of right now most of the games are crap.
#8 ur a idiot. this “homebrew” thing is giving us anything we ever possibly wanted for our psps, just look through this website and see what type of stuff they have, now look at how many times these hackers beat sony and beat their new upgradres, theyre obviously smarter than sony, and i think they are smart enough to prevent a little “virus” on psp, which i doubt will ever happen, its more likely to happen with sonys web browser. So while your out there upgrading your psp and hangin on sonys nutsack, im gonna stick to my homebrew, here with about 90% of the other psp buyers, who are on the side with the psp developers who are constantly beating sony in the ass with a whoopie stick
Do you need the base station for the Locationfree player to work? Or will it work over a router?
Why do I need a wireless hotspot to watch TV?
I get what they are saying but that is total BULL. If I want to watch TV I want to do it from my car or the doctors office where there is NO WLAN!
Sony…call me when you do something that is worthwile. You know…forget calling. I have my 2.5 inch portable TV that I got in the year 2000 for only 75 bucks. I bet I can get a smaller and better one now than the crap you are offering. I think I can even set up my Direct TV at a tailgate dish cheaper than your new little product.
i agree #15, look at madden 06, that shit takes forever to load, and in the middle of plays it keeps freezin up, you cant even see the people walk around like they do on the psp version between the end of a play and when u pick a new one, if they couldnt get madden to work good enough…..imagin how gta is gonna be… :( i hope it doesnt take a real long time to load…and freeze… :(x2
homebrew is the chit, ima wait patiently for wab to make a version tricker that tricks the psp into 2.1 or 2.50, they’ll have it ina month or so
All the whinning about homebrew. Jesus, why do they come here in the first place. Just a bunch of whiney ass haters. Just wait until someone figures out how to drop some spyware in their psp then they will shut up. Only stupid people who sweat p2p d/l’s will get the virus. I cannot stand people that say “just wait till you get a virus b/c of your homebrew blah blah”. I call those people the SSS (sony scumbag snitches!)
One more thing…LocationFree my butt…It’s restricted to an area where there is WLAN…its not total freedom like they claim in the name.
upgraders suck cock
Nothing special, but if you have already upgraded to 2.0 then whats the harm?
I assume the downgrader still works?
LOL, the LocationFree base station is $350. That’s ridiculous. I’ll stick to homebrew.
the downgrader will not work if u upggrade to 2.1 or 2.5
#16, I don’t think that you are smart enough to call #8 an idiot, He is right about viruses, and thats why we have an antivirus for psp. I think that sony is da best electronics company, and its impossible to fight against hackers, becouse, there needs to be aviability to run Eboot.pbp to upgrade, but what hackers does is - they code the same thing in images. Images are aviable function on psp, and nobody wants to block it. And anyway why hackers couldnt’t make same pbp’s as sony?
#23, the downgrader works with 2.0, not 2.1 or 2.5….
I think whoever wants to upgrade, more power to them. I downgraded my PSP from 2.0, yet I enjoyed the built-in browser and the other little features it added. And I think those who wish to brew, go for it! We’re all gamers here, or we wouldn’t have the most powerful handheld on the market. Those upgraders are necessary, because if they don’t, how will the brewers know about what exploits can be created or what functions can be generated as homebrew for 1.5? I don’t use my PSP to browse the web, but it was a neat thing to use to start a conversation at work or while out and about. So, I feel if you want to upgrade, do it. If you don’t want to, don’t. It’s your system, and unless you intentionally fuck it up or break it, no one’s an ass either way.
I think the whole upgrade thing is all crap … the only cool thing about upgrading is the x.00 updates because they actually meen something big,like in 2.00 the web browser was put in. In the meantime ill just steal my brothers PsP for the updates.
Nothing interesting about this update? Your a fool…Whoever posted this article that is. Location Free is very interesting regardless of the cost. It will make alot of Homebrewers update. God this site is starting to suck too.
I don’t understand what all the haters are doing here, this is obviously a homebrew site. I would also say the chances of getting a virus on the psp is about as great as getting one on your cell phone, so pretty much nil. Homebrew is the best thing to happen to the PSP just like it was the best thing to happen to the xbox.
i love how everyone gets so angry when new updates come out. if you upgrade, your lost. if not then have fun. i’m sick of all of this drama bs. upgraders upgrade and support sony, LIKE MAKE BETTER GAMES INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT HOMEBREW!!! And homebrew people help make more advanced things that we can enjoy, i’m a homebrew guy, and i love it. none of your bullshit whinning and crying about homebrew is shit isnt going to change my mind nor anyone elses, so everyone grow up. upgrade is good, but homebrew is better, so get along. us hackers will never die! no matter is you put out 10.0 we will ALWAYS find a way around it. so shut up and make better games for christs sake!
The way I se it, the more the psp becomes like a mini computer the greater of a chance we have to get a virus. I know this may sound like a long shot, but i think in the near future sony is gnna have some people distribute viruses for the psp, so it would scare others and push them to update from homebrew. I agree with #8, the more homebrew we get, the greater chance we have for a virus, everyone telling him to shut up or call him an idiot, has to look at the possibility that it can happen and homebrew is a risk to our PSP.
go mod your fridge nerds
#30, i believe you meant site, this is NOT a web “sight”, where are you from? terjikistan? learn you sum english, and get edumicated
Why are you people who don’t like homebrew or emulators on your psp even here?? I like most of the games out for psp rengoki,coded arms,burnout and hot shots, but why not have more then just that! Shit we paid $250 for the system I want to be able to do more then then just pay the games out for it right now and play snes games that I have here at home on the go! All the homebrew and emulator haters get lost and go cry to sony for somemore games or something!
#13 u r such a fucking n00b idiot, if u think homebrew is pointless then why r u at this site.. pls note this sites name is psp-”"”"hacks”"”.com as is “”"”"”"hacking the psp”"”"” ok u get it dumb fuck???? now leave
Man, People sure do love to complain about shit they arnt even part of..
If you up-grade to 2.5 good for you, No homebrew.
If your not going to upgrade to 2.5, why bitch about it?
To #9: Thank you, you clear everything up.
~Dim Assassin
#30 come on. this webSIGHT? ask a 5th grader how to spell next time PLEASE. homebrew is good, for nerdy 30 year olds playing video games and want to play games from 15 years ago. well , thats not completely true. but really, wasting your psp’s power with SNES games, its ridiculous. keep your old games at home, play a snes, or an emulator on your PC. i really dont see how you NEED old games everywhere. i wont downgrade again, i missed the web browser too much. once someone figures out how to exploit LCFTV using a regular router i will upgrade again. infact maybe ill just upgrade now. just to fuck with you assholes.
BITE ME
#30 I hate you. And its hard for me to say that. Crazy ass drunk fuck. I have NOOO problems with homebrew, but you just sounded like some pissed off 3rd grader. Asshole.
you are all dum. why the hell do you care if others like or dislike homebrew and versions 1.5/2.5. i dont i have what i like on my psp, i admire sony for making such a great system(i still hate sony) and that psp is so flexible that everyone could like it(those who like homebrew and those who dont). sony made a system on wich alot of great things are possible. if sony wont use its full potential we will.
ok to those people that saying homebrew brick PSP, hear me out ……first your PSP soon or later will possibly be broken anyway…you know y? cause it use a umd drive that have laser lend and laser lens burn out..with homebrew, games are load off MS so I of think homebrew as saving my PSP not killing it.
see everyone has their own opinion
#30 just told us his live story…nice
This comments section needs to go. It’s become nothing more than useless jabber and unproductive jabber. If I were in charge of ths site, i’d disable this feature. Some of you people are pathetic.
Well I updated to 2.5. . . when is there going to be a crack for this? I WANNA PLAY HOMEBREWS. .
I AM ONLY KIDDING.
I will probably check out that location free stuff before I do this. I have now bought all the games I wanted to play thanks to the ISO Loader. I hope that homebrew does make its progress further with 2.0.
I think we’ll see a lot LESS upgrades to 2.5 than we did to 2.0
Hopefully you people got smarter. I did. I upgraded to 2.0 when it came out, I admit it. Now I’m at 1.5 and let me tell you, my PSP is the coolest thing I own. Do you know how sweet it is to play Megaman X and Zelda: ALTTP during Calc class? Yeah (though I’ll probably fail)
A piece of hardware is only as good as the software developed for it. I think the PSP is a sleeping giant and I’m sure one day, Sony will release the software that will make it tremendous, until then, I’m sticking with what other people have come up with.
::goes back to using portable VNC to surf the web while on the toilet::
#30 is WAY to dedicated to homebrew
but whats that localization thing do anyway?
i just hate updates because when my grand theft auto comes out in like 1 week and a few days im going to be working on a downgrader.
Todos ustedes los que no les gusta la vercion 1.5 y quieren la vercion 2.5 son Morones Idiotas!!!!!!!!!
@37 i agreed with you until you said you liked Rengoku…
They really need to add full res video support and some other full featured options for me to upgrade to 2.5. Until then, I’m sticking with 1.5
#3 Laughing my ass off.
The people that dump on homebrew are the people to stupid to be able to get it to work, or have upgraded. The only thing that homebrew lacks is a good webbrowser. Everyone who is upgraded STFU!!!
#35 sucks ya retard
#8 and # 13 I smell something wrong. GO BACK From where you came u stupid ass-holes. If you dont like homebrewGames then you should’nt be here. Fuck off and get the hell out of this website.
#30 Stop Fucking around and get lost .. Before i start fucking you. I will teach you how to spell Website .. Not Sight you fucking Kiddo, Go back to school you suckass.
#34 Once again fuck off. i dont want to see your fucking weird name here again you fucker.
#39 Stop encouraging you nerd. I mean fucking nerd, if you updated .. Fine fuck your update and eat shit, I mean eat fucking shit, put my I in your fucking ass. you suckass.
#42 you ‘r the fucking Dum.
#51 Fucking English or out.
To all the fuckers, if you dont like HomebrewGames, then you should’nt fucking be here. Goto fucking Sony PSP website.
** let me tell you something. If you know what is sony stand, “S.O.N.Y”
S: Sucking
O: …….
N: …….
Y: …….
:P
i never read 35 but i have now and he sucks hes a dumb ass
could some one tell me how to play hombrew i got 2.5
lol
Well soney is only trying to get people to update so they cant have homebrew and i hate them for that…..
#58 You fucking eat shit, now you cannot play Good homebrewgames, You fucking Idiot. Hahaha …
#59 Sony not Soney. Fucking dont know how to spell Fucking sony. you Fucking weird.
AHHH!!! Man i got a psp 2.0. Since no homebrew for 2.0 I am going to update to 2.50 tonight!
I’M UPDATING TO 2.0 TO 2.5!! HOPE HACK WILL COME OUT FOR 2.5 SOON!!
what!?!? WHY YOU TELL ME NOW, I AM UPGRADING NOW!?!? I AM TURNING IT OFF RIGHT NOw!!!
#61 you are fucking Noob, you can downgrade your PSP v2.00 to v1.50 and play all good homebrewgames. if you upgrade to v2.50 you will eat fucking shit and you will not be able to play Good homebrewgames.
SHOULD I TURN OFF MY PSP NOW!???!?
@8. Its not just homebrew you dumbass fuck. You keep paying $30 for your games and ill keep paying fuck all. You 2.50 ass sucker retard slut whore
AHHHH I THINK I BRICKED MY PSP WHEN I TURNED IT OFF WHILE UPDATING!!! HAD ERROR!!
#noob that updating. This is the link to the downgrader
http://www.psp-hacks.com/2005/09/27/20-downgrader/
Fucking copy it and paste it
#noob. thats not what will happen. now all you need is to switch on your psp again and try the link i gave ..
#noob. Bricked ??? there is no fucking “Bricked” word in my dictionary
**you mean broken.
ok, if you Dont like homebrew, then get your fat, retarded, unintelligent ass off the computer and go fornicate your ass with a fucking pole.
If you are so afraid of getting a virus, then you should shut off your computer, or buy a mac. If you think that homebrew games suck, then you can suck my fat fucking cock. I have found at least 12 KICK ASS NES games for my PSP. I play them more then ATV offroad fury, Coded Arms, and twisted metal. The games WORK, and run smoother than coded arms. They also save and are customizable. If you didn’t like SNES then you’re a fuck off to begin with.
Stop jerking off for one minute and realize that you are able to run all of these applications that kick the ass out of any UMD (even the porn umds) out there.
Congratulations and go fuck yourself,
-TC
!!!!!!!!!! NO WORRIES DIDNT BREAK IT!! I just upgraded it back to 2.0 for some reason. Dont know how!!?!??! So okay, i now set it to 1.0. Do i now update it through the Wifi?!?!?! it says updating to 2.5 though? should it be 1.5??
OMG THIS IS SOO HARD, TO DOWNGRADE. I AM GOING TO UPGRADE TO 2.50 AND WAIT FOR A HACK.
We’re now in 2007… sony is releasing it’s 19.7 firmware. What’s makes this update so special is that it (finally) support a new video format. Unfortunatly, old 1.5 users can already have multiple format supported such as avi, mov, mpg etc…
:(
#60 is a fuckin noob
good news i hacked version 2.5 i have a program that can play eboots ill relese it in a few days
To 77. yea right. I’ll suck your dick if you already cracked 2.5 and it was released today and I am a guy so I am betting my life on it you didnt crack it you lying bastard!
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I upgraded by accident :(
-40 Go suck some cheesypoofs out yo boyfriends ass. Homebrew is the shit,As far as im concerned it should go on forever. I mean who doesnt whant to play oldschool shit like smb.
im gonna laugh when u all get a virus and it bricks ur psp
homebreww can lick a hairyy nut!!… v2.5 is the shhiieett!!!.. u can finally stream videos.. i tryed it… i can stream any streamable videos.. its tite shiet!!!!…
kick ass job C
Crackers, crackers, crackers, no squeezy cheese……sigh
#78 is a freakin noob..i hope u keep putin sum stupid shit on ur psp and den u get da biggest VIRUS in the world and ur psp is a worthless shit lyk u r
Couldn’t you make an html that will load eboots and folders?
Then put it in X:/PSP/SYSTEM/BROWSER/
im a noob please don’t burn me
PS. home brew KICKS ASS
i had a 2.00 then found out about homebrew then downgraded
sup
My 2 bobs worth is;
Why say that if people upgrade they are wankers and idiots - are you now going down the same road that psphacks.net went with calling people the same for no real reason.
If someone upgrades it is their choise and not something which you guys can judge - just stay calm - you have your PSP and thats cool no matter what version you have.
The PSP as a stand alone product is great and homebrew makes it even better.
I had 2.0 for ages b4 I downgraded and both have merits.
So QUITCHYABITCHIN.
It is a bit like school kids all hating the head but arguing on how to top him off.
or
Ford owners knocking each other out about the different models.
You cannot blame people for listening to the media and being afraid of homebrew - hell I was and the trojan hadn’t hit then.
People who are in the know just know - and be happy that you do - the day you judge people for their opinions and knowledge and preconceptions is the day you lose your humanity and join the ranks of the ignorant and the arrogant.
Be humble as you guys have the power to do all you have and much more - use your enegy to prove the upgraders wrong instead of just saying it.
I say this because I think this site is “ONE” of the best and friendliest PSP info sites around.
Calling people idiots are for idiots only.