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#51 PSP_Maniac
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Is this free?

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Yeah.

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#52 Extelleron
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Is the update definatly coming out today?
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#53 Pureevil88
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ok so today is august 15 and it is not on the sony website. what gives first they puish it back and now its just m.i.a
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#54 gretorn
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ok so today is august 15 and it is not on the sony website. what gives first they puish it back and now its just m.i.aPureevil88
Week of the 15th, not necessarily the 15th...
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#55 weird_loser
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where does it say the week o the 15th
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#56 PSP_Maniac
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where does it say the week o the 15thweird_loser

"The PSP Firmware 2.0 Upgrade for the North American market will be available during the week of August 15th, instead of on August 12, as previously reported."

http://psp.ign.com/articles/641/641670p1.html

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#57 Zeke129
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[QUOTE="weird_loser"]where does it say the week o the 15thPSP_Maniac

"The PSP Firmware 2.0 Upgrade for the North American market will be available during the week of August 15th, instead of on August 12, as previously reported."

http://psp.ign.com/articles/641/641670p1.html



In other words, Saturday.
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#58 theremixer
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Man i really hate sony for this I mean stick to your dam plan.

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#59 MstrChiefJon117
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i agree this is getting annoying
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#60 revoltracers
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do I absolutely need my AC adaptor, because I lost mine while moving and all I have is a charger I have to take the battery out of the PSP to use...
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#61 PSP_Maniac
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do I absolutely need my AC adaptor, because I lost mine while moving and all I have is a charger I have to take the battery out of the PSP to use...revoltracers

No. As long as you have your PSP charged by at least 70%, you can update the firmware.
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#62 revoltracers
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[QUOTE="revoltracers"]do I absolutely need my AC adaptor, because I lost mine while moving and all I have is a charger I have to take the battery out of the PSP to use...PSP_Maniac

No. As long as you have your PSP charged by at least 70%, you can update the firmware.

oh thank god. and thank you, too.
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#63 baiathu
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if i connect my PSP to a wifi router can i use the internet even if im out in the park or downtown??

what distance do i have to be from router?

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#64 dn_gangstaboy
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you have a psp ??

uhm i have some questions over the psp

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#65 baiathu
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if i connect my PSP to a wifi router can i use the internet even if im out in the park or downtown??

what distance do i have to be from router?

baiathu

anyone knows????

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#66 dn_gangstaboy
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can you make a copy of the umùd disk when you have taked the container of the disk?

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#67 Kevntoby
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[QUOTE="baiathu"]

if i connect my PSP to a wifi router can i use the internet even if im out in the park or downtown??

what distance do i have to be from router?

baiathu

anyone knows????

It depends on your router. The distance is not very far. It will probably workin your house and thats it because the distance is not really far at all.

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#68 triniboy
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hey .......i hav the .0 jappenese version on the psp.......lets say da US version comes out can i update da US 1..........?...........man i hate da Jappenese version
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#69 triniboy
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srry i meant 2 say 2.0***.........not .0......
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#70 MikeLirette
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I found something. It says make sure the UPDATE folder is in caps? Well on the sony website it says it doesnt matter. Just wanted to say that :) Anyways great post!
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#71 Fame36
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i can't find F: on my computer
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#72 Garrett
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I had already put Japanese V2 onto my PSP. Now the US version is available I would like to over-write the *** version with the US version (there could be minor updates/bug fixes).

I had thought the *** version was 2.00 and the US version would be v2.0000001 or something and so the *** version would get overwritten. But that is not the case. When I try to update my *** v2 version with US v2 version it says "there is no need to update".


Any ideas on how to force it to update?

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#73 RockstarFury
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I had already put Japanese V2 onto my PSP. Now the US version is available I would like to over-write the *** version with the US version (there could be minor updates/bug fixes).

I had thought the *** version was 2.00 and the US version would be v2.0000001 or something and so the *** version would get overwritten. But that is not the case. When I try to update my *** v2 version with US v2 version it says "there is no need to update".


Any ideas on how to force it to update?

Garrett

You can't. You have to wait for the next update.

Kind of a whoops! to all the people on here that bragged about just d-loading the Japanese 2.0.

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#74 Joejoe5519
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i can't find F: on my computerFame36
well you have to download a special drive because you dont have XP
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#75 Garrett
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The US and JP EBOOT.PBP files are exactly the same size. If they fixed some extra bugs, then the size of the recompiled firware would change, I would think. Even if only by 1 byte. Even if they only added a single line of extra code that would change the size..no?

Seems to me to be identical firmware and they must have been working on 'other' stuff for the US release. Such as the US PSP-sized web site.

Just my humble opinion.

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#76 PSP_Maniac
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The US and JP EBOOT.PBP files are exactly the same size. If they fixed some extra bugs, then the size of the recompiled firware would change, I would think. Even if only by 1 byte. Even if they only added a single line of extra code that would change the size..no?

Seems to me to be identical firmware and they must have been working on 'other' stuff for the US release. Such as the US PSP-sized web site.

Just my humble opinion.

Garrett

They are the same because you can't update a PSP with Japanese firmware 2.0 to the U.S. firmware 2.0. If they made changes to the update, it would have been a different number than 2.0. I would think, 2.01.
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#77 The_Game21x
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[QUOTE="Garrett"]The US and JP EBOOT.PBP files are exactly the same size. If they fixed some extra bugs, then the size of the recompiled firware would change, I would think. Even if only by 1 byte. Even if they only added a single line of extra code that would change the size..no?

Seems to me to be identical firmware and they must have been working on 'other' stuff for the US release. Such as the US PSP-sized web site.

Just my humble opinion.

PSP_Maniac

They are the same because you can't update a PSP with Japanese firmware 2.0 to the U.S. firmware 2.0. If they made changes to the update, it would have been a different number than 2.0. I would think, 2.01.

I can't believe they didn't make one single change. I kinda figured they wouldn't. Maybe I should have just went ahead and downloaded the japanese version after all...

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#78 Phalkyne
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I just tried to update my *** 2.0 to Amn 2.0 and it says, No need to update already updated. But you said to update it so wtd mate?
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#79 PSP_Maniac
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I just tried to update my *** 2.0 to Amn 2.0 and it says, No need to update already updated. But you said to update it so wtd mate?Phalkyne

The U.S. and Japanese firmware 2.0 are the same. You can't update to the U.S. 2.0 because you already have the Japanese 2.0 on a U.S. PSP. It would be pointless if you could, anyways, since they are the same.
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#80 isaacowako
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Hey is it normal for the psp to freeze while using the internet... nothing works for a while so i had to turn if off one time and in another i had to take the battery off
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#81 PSP_Maniac
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Hey is it normal for the psp to freeze while using the internet... nothing works for a while so i had to turn if off one time and in another i had to take the battery off
isaacowako

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is. Could have to do with the site having too many graphics, popups,e.t.c.
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#82 undeadarthas_89
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yea so.... i don't have a psp. :cry:
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#83 LTomlinson21
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yea so.... i don't have a psp. :cry:undeadarthas_89

that stinks.

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#84 hunterhound
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man the PSP is cool I can not live with out it. I play for like 8 hours stright 8)
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#85 hunterhound
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man dude i feel sory for you:(
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#86 hunterhound
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i also do that it is no problem sometimes i wait for it to go back to normal
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#87 strongbadgamer
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alright i will ask one more time

when i go to download the 2.5 firmware (already have U.S 2.01 firmware) and i get the memory stick all set up with the PSP,GAME,UPDATE folders and i drag my firmware to the update folder and i get all there but when i go to my memory stick on my psp it says data corrupt i dont know what to do

can someone please help me out because i really want 2.5 firmware
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#88 PSP_Maniac
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[QUOTE="strongbadgamer"]alright i will ask one more time

when i go to download the 2.5 firmware (already have U.S 2.01 firmware) and i get the memory stick all set up with the PSP,GAME,UPDATE folders and i drag my firmware to the update folder and i get all there but when i go to my memory stick on my psp it says data corrupt i dont know what to do

can someone please help me out because i really want 2.5 firmware


Make sure the firmware update file is extracted and not in a .zip/.rar file.

Save the file to your computer: http://du01.psp.update.playstation.org/update/us/2005_1013_00df561c8215e42b16661ecde4c57e14/EBOOT.PBP
and put it in the UPDATE folder.
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#89 andyhoy2005
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Same thing happened to me a while ago. What I did is that I saved it directly to my UPDATE folder, not the computer, then drag it to update. 
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#90 deactivated-57ef6a3ad2935
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I have a question about the new game update problem.I heard that you have to update to play new games?
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#91 PSP_Maniac
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I have a question about the new game update problem.I heard that you have to update to play new games?jpazhman

Technically you do have to update to be able to play the new games, but their is a "trick" where you can trick your PSP into being another firmware version, but I can't say anymore about it.
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#92 mario_128gc
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Hey ppl, can I upgrade to 2.5 if I dont have 2.01 ?? If not, where can I get 2.01?
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#93 PSP_Maniac
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Hey ppl, can I upgrade to 2.5 if I dont have 2.01 ?? If not, where can I get 2.01?mario_128gc

Yes, you can.
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#94 prepprince78
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I am updating my firmware and formatting my memory stick tonight.  Will I lose my game data from doing either?

Thanks.

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#95 kourosharm
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I am updating my firmware and formatting my memory stick tonight. Will I lose my game data from doing either?

Thanks.

prepprince78


Formatting your memory stick is self explanitory going to remove all data on it, just cut and paste all your save files onto your computer.
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#96 mario_128gc
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I have firmware 2.0, should I upgrade to 2.5? why should I upgrade??
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#97 fynne
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I have firmware 2.0, should I upgrade to 2.5? why should I upgrade??mario_128gc

It's not an essential update like 2.0 was.  That said there are a few features....mostly security though.  I always update because you never know what bug it might fix....and I could care less about homebrews.

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#98 _mageta
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Ask again for the same thing, but want to be sure after all this "brick" happens. I have *** 1.5 ver. I want update to 2.5. Should I download 1.51, 1.52, 2.0, 2.1? Please answer, becouse I already downloaded 2.5 and clear memory stick :)
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#99 _mageta
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Please help. I can't stand watching EBOOT file on my desktop :/
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#100 mbukste
Member since 2004 • 871 Posts

i went on www.yourpsp.co.uk so i could get the european version of 2.5 and it redirected me to .com every time

i downloaded the 2.5 update and when i started the process on my psp at the beggining i read the terms and conditions and it said some stuff about the U.S so i quit the process and havent updated yet because i don know if its is the right version can some one help plz thankx :D:D