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Warning: Quantronics Selling Downgrader

Alias420 | October 24, 2005

Quantronics.com.au (not linked on purpose) is selling a downgrader service for $79. There is no need to pay for this downgrade it is freely available. You can download the MPH downgrader right here and do it your self. If you do not know how to use the downgrader have no fear you can use this tutorial. Once again you should not have to pay to downgrade your PSP from 2.0 to 1.50 here is a quote and a screenshot from the site detailing their service:

Want to downgrade your PSP to firmware version 1.50?

Seen hundreds of homebrew apps and ports and want to run them yourself?

Scared of turning your PSP into a brick?

Our service is 100% guaranteed! If we brick your PSP we will replace it, on the spot with a Ceramic White 1.50 or Regular Black 1.50 - the choice is yours!

The service takes approximately 30 minutes and is a 100% solution to your 2.00, 1.51 and 1.52 firmware woes.

NB: Modification may void product warranty. While we do assume all risk in this procedure we do advise to thoroughly check your console for faults before undertaking this service. The charge associated with this service covers the cost of a replacement console should upgrade prove unsucessfull.

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61 Comments »

Comment by Miau
2005-10-24 13:16:39

What’s the problem? Yes you can do it yourself but some people would rather pay for the secuirty of having the console replaced if they screwed up the downgrade

 
Comment by Mark
2005-10-24 13:24:38

Yep, seems fair to me, especially as they even seem to mention that the charge is to help cover the cost of replacing the console. If you want it done free, but with a small risk of being left with a brick, do it yourself. If you want to be assured that if it goes wrong you still get a 1.5 PSP out of it, pay someone like this to do it.

 
Comment by dylan
2005-10-24 13:32:48

there is a free downgrader out there already. i doubt that anyone is gona but it…altough it does replace ur psp if u briked it, but its all good, im just sayin u got to be really stupid to buy this thing. its POINTLESS

 
Comment by Matthew
2005-10-24 13:49:14

Wipeeeeeeeeeeee.

Anyone wanta to sell me a bricked PSP and we can get these jokers to bulk replace them with a white psp…

 
Comment by Alias420
2005-10-24 13:57:57

#’s 1&2 It’s a warning to noobs that might buy this not knowing about the free options.

 
Comment by lolol
2005-10-24 14:13:38

what a joke ! 80 dollars for such an easy thing to do in approximatively 2 minutes 20 secondes ?????? LOL i hope no newbies will buy these services. Noobs, just check the tutorials with google and dont pay for these thieves.

 
Comment by storf
2005-10-24 14:15:12

Why pay 80$ to something that is free? We should throw them poo :D

 
Comment by WizardEyes
2005-10-24 14:17:07

haha well its not the first time people are actualy selling the emulation programs for the psp on ebay for like 40 bucks lol some people are just dumb

 
Comment by YSB
2005-10-24 14:43:25

wow…guaranteed BAITED!!!

 
Comment by AcOrN
2005-10-24 14:43:39

There Also Selling the 4gb Datel Hard Drive for $319.00 bucks!!! lol i already ordered mine for 200.00 whats the deal w/ that. i guess it could mean 319 AU but thats still more expensive then the other place Lik Sang.

 
Comment by p4ch3c0
2005-10-24 15:30:46

I hope they get sued by Sony.

 
Comment by HomebrewIsGood
2005-10-24 15:42:36

Hmm… I need an app that bricks my PSP should it try to be downgraded… hello white psp for me…

 
Comment by Vicious
2005-10-24 15:42:58

Tell you what, anyone wants to pay, gimme 50 and I can do it in half their time, 15 mins!

 
Comment by Alias420
2005-10-24 15:44:12

#13 lol! But do you offer a replacement guarantee?

 
Comment by CampMasta
2005-10-24 15:47:17

Hey its a good way to make a buck i wish i would have thought of that. It’s a little steap though.

 
Comment by Alias420
2005-10-24 15:53:42

Why do I get the feeling I’m going to see alot of our users auctioning this service on e-bay?

 
Comment by Dyna
2005-10-24 16:21:46

It’s nothing new, atleast they actually do it for you. Only a few days after the downgrader was released there were LOADS of people selling it on Ebay. Hell I bet they even linked to this site for the download and instructions, now thats taking the piss as some of them were charging upto £30.

 
Comment by I hack
2005-10-24 16:45:01

Grow some balls and do it yourself you pansies.

This is like paying someone to fix your computer after you overloaded it with spyware and viruses from porn sites. Download fucking AVC Virus Scan and Adaware and do it yourself. Nothing will go wrong unless your an idiot.

YOU DON’T EVEN DESERVE TO OWN A PSP IF YOU WON’T EVEN TRUST YOURSELF TO DOWNGRADE IT YOURSELF. I HOPE YOU SEND IT IN, GET IT BACK, AND BRICK IT BY MESSING WITH THE FIRMWARE LATER.

These guys are cold-hearted, idea-stealing, ass-fucking scumbags. Don’t give them money.

Once again, you don’t deserve to hack a PSP if you can’t even hack it down to 1.5 correctly.

 
Comment by Rancid-Milk-Man
2005-10-24 17:10:18

I ratted them out to Nintendo for trying to sell NES/SNES Emulators with there PSP packages.

 
Comment by ISOHaven
2005-10-24 17:12:46

I have absolutly no problem with the service. Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

1. Maybe someone doesn’t have internet!

2. Maybe someone doesn’t feel comfortable to do it.

Whatever the reason there is no excuse for bad mouthing something just because you can do it yourself.

 
Comment by Xekojm
2005-10-24 17:28:37

i wounder if anyone has bought this…

 
Comment by PJDJ
2005-10-24 17:37:59

Hey, if they can get away with that then I think I’ll start charging people $100 to let me install AOL on their computers!

 
Comment by Yea
2005-10-24 17:39:17

OMG THIS IS SUCH A SCAM. YOU SEND IT IN, AND THEY JUST STEAL IT. OR MAYBE ITS LEGIT. BUT I WOULDNT TRUST IT.

 
Comment by Super_Menteur
2005-10-24 17:45:44

It seems that the Downgrade Service was removed from their website. But i’m according that is a disgusting method for a seller to make money.

 
Comment by PsyMonkey
2005-10-24 18:21:52

Well, people that bricked their PSP could buy this and say that the Quantronics’ downgrader did that, so they would get another PSP for only U$80 instead of 250

 
Comment by Alias420
2005-10-24 18:26:25

#25 Not quite they would see that your PSP is already bricked when they attempt to turn it on to downgrade it.

 
Comment by dicktracy
2005-10-24 18:48:51

almost like the dvd full of psp games that was being sold to peeps on ebay a while ago for £10-£20 per disc!

good scam! wish i had thought of it! lol

 
Comment by yelom
2005-10-24 19:04:15

hahaha, its like you’re buyin’ an insurance for your psp, they break your psp, u got a new one for free, nice tho… at least, u dont have to worry bout turnin ur psp to a brick…rolf

 
Comment by mike
2005-10-25 00:00:53

LOL what more can you say there are suckers out there so might as well take advantage

 
Comment by Mick
2005-10-25 00:01:12

Firstly, this website is australian and is Australian dollars!

Secondly, great company owned by a great bloke trying to offer a service(not selling software) to assist ppl in downgrading their psp’s.

Can I suggest that all the fucktards that a re flaming this get a life coz in my short time in the psp scene, I’ve come across alot of fuckknucles that think they know everything, but actually know nothing!

Take a look at the sad fuck that created software designed to brick a psp(and create a video of him doing it).

Take a look at the kiddy tacticts between, now, rival so called psp development teams, an absolute fuckin joke!

With their carry on it is little wonder ppl are confused as to what will work and what wont! That is why Quantronics service is awesome!

I have had them do mine and I am absolutely over the moon that I can now use homebrew apps etc, without having to worry about fucking it up!

Same rule applies to modchipping of PS2 and xbox, I find these very easy to do, but most don’t. it is for this reason ppl offer chipping services, same rule applies here!!! If ya dont konw what you’re doing, stay the fuck away from it!!!!

Long live Quantronics….you CHAMPIONS!!!

 
Comment by g
2005-10-25 01:12:57

umm…that guy didnt create the virus he just demonstrated it and you can stil brick ur psp this only covers the downgrading

 
Comment by mtj
2005-10-25 01:16:19

30 u prbly work 4 them

 
Comment by mtj
2005-10-25 01:20:34

does mph have copyright 4 this?

 
Comment by Administrator
2005-10-25 01:37:18

Oh yeah I’m sure they have a copyright for their copyright infringing program. (US copyright at least)

 
Comment by P|ay$taTi0NProNab|3
2005-10-25 01:49:13

Ive been to quantronics and i am prob gonna get the datel 4gb from them. This service is mainly for the noobs who know almost nothing about computers or the internet, ne1 else could do it easily themselves…that being said if i was a noob (prob still am) and i wanted my psp downgraded and did not know anything. Id be glad to have such a service advertised.

 
Comment by mike
2005-10-25 02:08:11

#30, your a wanker.

How about getting your fist out of Quantronics arse.

 
Comment by Peter
2005-10-25 03:11:29

#36 you are the exact fucktard #30 is referring to! how about you add value or simply SHUT THE FUCK UP. BTW your mum doesn’t spit it out either, she said to say hi!

 
Comment by silverboy0772
2005-10-25 04:45:10

Man sony’s gonna be pretty pissed off (someone actually selling a program that modifies the psp in some way). They gonna get sued for sure.

 
Comment by Peter
2005-10-25 06:20:17

#38 how is Sony gunna sue for a firmware version that they released???nothing illegal about using that!, no breach of any copywright laws either.Downgrading is perfectly legal, its the umd emulators, loaders, iso’s etc, they’d be concerned about.

You don’t have to update your firmware if you dont wanna and its not a crime if ya don’t.

Why are you on http://www.psp-hacks.com if your doing everything legit???

 
Comment by JezzBot
2005-10-25 07:44:26

I’d be fucked if I’m paying for a downgrade. But I know a lot of other dickheads that are either too stupid or too scared to do it themselves. I think that’s where this service comes in.

I’ve been to this place a few times. They are pretty good cause they actually know the shit they sell.

And to the knob complaining about the price. It’s in Australian dollars! Yes you can get it cheaper from lik-sang.. but you wouldn’t be able to bring your PSP into lik-sang and have them install it for you free would you?

Enjoy.

 
Comment by Tokes
2005-10-25 09:15:54

A jesus dont buy this downgrader, even if your worried , u wont brick it.

And if your retarded just give it to your friend, an IQ of 60 is needed, all it is following simple instructions.

Andif he does brick your PSP…. Pound the shit out of him and take his! :P

O and I made a program to brick the PSP,(dont worry im not puttting the plans out or masking it as an emulator LOL) its a simple 1, I just made the screen appear black, and basically Un-binded all the keys so that you couldn’t get out of it.

 
Comment by Tokes
2005-10-25 09:17:21

This Site is Autralian?

 
Comment by Alastair
2005-10-25 09:27:19

YEAH!
And trust it to be a shop from paramatta…like ethnic/crime capital hahaa
I think I should pay the shopa visit and (house) BRICK them for this rip off service!

 
Comment by jabberwocky202001
2005-10-25 09:51:51

Seems to me if you’re PSP isn’t bricked , then you should get the 79 cents back. And it takes 30 minutes ?? WTF? Doesn’t sound right if you ask me :P

 
Comment by jabberwocky202001
2005-10-25 09:53:42

Oops, I meant 79 bucks, not cents :D…lol

 
Comment by P|ay$taTi0NProNab|3
2005-10-25 10:05:02

42 u wrote “O and I made a program to brick the PSP” why would you even want to do this?
is it something u came across trying to do other stuff or are you just a dickhead

 
Comment by P|ay$taTi0NProNab|3
2005-10-25 10:08:35

44 u wrote “And trust it to be a shop from paramatta…like ethnic/crime capital hahaa
I think I should pay the shopa visit and (house) BRICK them for this” you cannot undo the crime by commiting ur own.

 
Comment by Rasheed
2005-10-25 10:14:34

Real Dumbass pay this service

 
Comment by Chaos Zero
2005-10-25 11:15:49

Wow. I like pizza and coke (or pepsi ;)on a friday night.

 
Comment by Chaos Zero
2005-10-25 11:16:50

Yep indeed.

 
Comment by PZP
2005-10-25 15:39:17

haha, they’ve only made about 32,000 dollars so far downgrading peoples psp’s. figured they would have made more than that.

 
Comment by eee
2005-10-25 22:22:16

What’s the problem? you fuckin retard! they didnt do the downgrader! it is not their idea! so they are making money out of the LEGIT authors! I say burn those mother fuckers!

 
Comment by Misty
2005-10-26 00:57:31

The way I see it, you are paying for insurance, not for the actual downgrader. Sure, it’s easy to do on your own, but if you can afford the AU$80, then more power to you. It’s not like the downgrader is faultless, there are more than a few out there that have done everything right and still bricked their PSP. Just luck of the draw.

Myself, I got a 1.5PSP, and have not upgraded it. Until 2.0 is fully hacked, I won’t, though I really do want the new codecs and the web browser, and LCS. :)

 
Comment by Joey
2005-10-26 03:01:02

hehe…it’s kind of funny because I was downgrading and loading emulators for some friends on their psp’s (and I’m not tech savvy) and they were saying I should charge for it and that people would pay…I thought that was ridiculous and silly…but I guess someone decided to run with the idea. I think if they people are willing to pay, I guess it’s okay…but still kind of silly.

 
Comment by Darknightlee
2005-10-27 03:50:48

Humm..went over to their site to check it out and it seems they took it off…thanks for psp-hacks for educating people that these homebrew stuff are for free!!!

 
Comment by freckle
2005-10-27 13:22:15

i say just keep upgrade then downgrading untill it gets bricked, so you can get a white one

 
Comment by Steve
2005-10-31 22:38:46

Guys,

it’s not even on the website anymore so why are you still going on about it? People were paying for the insurance and security, just like fixing a TV or car. Even with manuals you might wreck something.

I think if you read the site more, or even give them a call as I did, you will find they aren’t selling a downgrader, they are selling the service to downgrade the PSP, you have to do it instore so they will not steal your PSP and you can’t scam them buy bricking yours and going ‘oh, you did it, gimme a white one’.

In any case, whether they are ripping people off or not is irrelevant as people are only ripped off if they don’t pay it. Something is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay and if I paid $80AU and bricked my PSP, I would get a 1.50 PSP (colour of my choice) on the spot and put my memory card in there, I’m sure they don’t pay under $80AU for their PSP’s so good on them.

If you want to do it yourself, feel free to do so, but the choice was there for those that were unsure. And for all the posts about ‘if you cant downgrade you dont deserve to hack it’, what about if i just want to play the homebrew games on it, not isos of anything, like air hockey or chess or something?

I have been into the store on a few occasions and they seem to be really nice guys. I think they are copping a lot of shit for a good idea and service.

As for ‘paramatta…like ethnic/crime capital’, Parramatta has a Westfield and Parramatta Business Centre, so I guess we can’t buy anything from there ever again, damn.

If you guys feel ripped off, don’t use the service, why don’t you start a forum about mechanics ripping people off. If my car was broken I wouldn’t trust myself to fix it, even with all the parts, equipment and manuals, though I am still allowed to drive it, am I not?

Go get a life instead of putting otheres down. Learn about the real world instead of going on the internet all day because you’re a fifteen year old school drop out that types things like ‘lmao, lol, rofl, kthx, npz’ and the like

 
Comment by Black Bean
2005-11-08 13:28:23
 
Comment by NecroFile
2005-11-13 06:54:48

wow, forums/message boards are gay. no, nevermind. just you people are.

 
 
Comment by Shop Diamonds
2006-06-11 17:43:27

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