I'll answer what I can. Bought my PSP on release day and I've been using it almost every day since (though I've gone through about three of them).
Short answer: No.
Go into System Information and tell us what the firmware is. You might will definitely be better off just pirating your games if that's the case. Pirated games have much better load times, cause no noise, and are just more convenient.
Doubtful.
It will not. Your firmware is just that – Firmware. It is an integral part of your system and doing a factory reset will not change that. However, it may inconvenience you if there are specific user settings in place that allow the custom firmware to work. I would suggest avoiding the full restore and just manually changing whatever settings you'd like to. There's nothing the last owner could have done to 'taint' it in a way that can't be overwritten by you.
There, unfortunately, is none. If it is indeed a hacked PSP, however, there are homebrew alarm clocks you can use.
Jaxson Thomas
Don't repair it, just get CFW on it and a call it a day.
Adrian Gomez
I have a PSP that I hacked (it takes like 30 seconds) and with CFW there's honestly zero reason to ever use the drive itself. Do check the firmware revision before you wipe it, while I don't think there's a version that you can't put CFW on, it's probably worth looking it up ahead of time. Memory Sticks are hard to find, but you can get an adapter that lets you use microSD cards in the memory stick slot, and that will give you plenty of room to put whatever pirated games you want to on it.
Aiden Sanders
disregard what I said about wiping it - this user is right. Manually changing all the settings will let you 'reset' the device without hassle.
Both systems have good libraries and one isn't necessarily an upgrade over the other (assuming you mean the original DS line). Or do you mean you've only been using your DS for that purpose?
Lucas Green
So I just got a PSP and was trying to install custom firmware. I've never put CFW on anything before, so this was all pretty new, but the tutorial I was following seemed pretty straightforward. But I'm only on the first step and I'm already worried I fucked up.
I've got a PSP-3001 on 6.61, so I followed the instructions and copied the PROUPDATE folder into PSP > Game. It was vague on how to run the update so I unplugged my PSP and reset it. Tried updating from system files, and it couldn't find anything to update from, so I tried hooking it up to my computer again, and now my PSP is just stuck on "Please wait…" and won't move on to the USB Connected screen. No more D: drive showing up on my computer either. Don't tell me I fucked things up already.
Jeremiah Scott
I'm having a hard time trying to digest this part. You're telling me that going into to your memory card and running the update on your PSP is too "vague"?
Michael Butler
UMD is a piece of shit, don't waste time or resources trying to get it fixed.
No.
You can disable the UMD drive with some CFW's.
You can reconfigure the console from the system settings, no need to factory reset.
I don't remember OFW having a clock alarm but you can get one if you have CFW.
If you don't have a pressing need for the money is always better to just keep your older consoles because they aren't worth much.
Never plug the PSP to your computer via USB, just take the memory card out and use a card reader.
