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**slappydooda** · 07-05-2005, 08:51 PM

I'm in quite the pickle. I have a version 1.5 psp, a nice big ms, and all the emu's/games I want on it. Just recently, my left trigger magically stopped working. This happened in the middle of an online game of twisted metal (While I was layin on my bed; there was no abuse involved). Now it acts as though it is constantly being pressed. This doen't really present too much of a problem right now ecept for anything haveing to do with weapons in tm and haveing to jump in coded arms... I think I'm really going to miss that button when gta and socom come out, though... Anywho, I only have the 1 year warantee from sony. I called and the woman seemed happy to replace my psp. "Send it in! We'll replace it right away!" she said. Only problem being that I'm sure that a new psp directly from sony will come with v1.52 or something worse... Homebrew is very important to me, and I really don't want to lose that feature. I have a couple of options. I could keep my old psp and pretend there is no such thing as a left trigger or send it in for a new one, sacrificeing my homebrew abilities. I also have a feeling that the longer I wait, the better the chance that sony will make an even worse firmware update... Is anyone close to running homebrew on 1.51/1.52? I heard something about someone working with a hacked jpeg or somthing... I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

07-06-2005, 05:23 AM

well it's not working now is it?

so either -

take it back to shop and get a new one (1.50 prob)

send it in and hope it isn't updated.

**crowba** · 07-06-2005, 05:26 AM

there wont be any homebrew on 1.51+ psps in the near future

**Spades85** · 07-06-2005, 05:29 AM

Your best bet would be to try taking it into the store first. Just tell them the same story you said in your post--worst they'll do is tell you no.

**spectacular** · 07-06-2005, 06:36 AM

what do you mean there wont be any hombrew on the new firmware updates?

**B-pops** · 07-06-2005, 06:38 AM

are there actually of any reports of sony sending back upgraded firmwares with fixed/new psps?

Apogee · 07-06-2005, 06:39 AM

Well what you could do is go to target and buy another psp and then switch the one you bought with yours . and then return the psp and say it had DPs or something . I know it sounds wrong but thats all that i can think of.

**ganjacyde** · 07-06-2005, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Apogee

Well what you could do is go to target and buy another psp and then switch the one you bought with yours . and then return the psp and say it had DPs or something . I know it sounds wrong but thats all that i can think of.

best idea yet...will also work with wal-mart.

this is pretty much your only guaranteed choice, other than taking it back to the store you originally bought it from of course.

**Spades85** · 07-06-2005, 07:08 AM

The old "buy a new one" trick wont work in this situation (not saying that its a bad idea in general).

When you buy a PSP, there is a unique serial number on the box which they scan and put on your receipt. That same serial is located on your PSP. So if you try to take the broken one back its box, they'll notice that the serial on the box is not the same; and if you try to take the broken one back in the new box, they'll notice that the serial on the PSP doesnt match the one on the box.

**unseen wombat** · 07-06-2005, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Spades85

The old "buy a new one" trick wont work in this situation (not saying that its a bad idea in general).

When you buy a PSP, there is a unique serial number on the box which they scan and put on your receipt. That same serial is located on your PSP. So if you try to take the broken one back its box, they'll notice that the serial on the box is not the same; and if you try to take the broken one back in the new box, they'll notice that the serial on the PSP doesnt match the one on the box.

supposing the shelf-replenishment engineer actually checks that. if they do, skip on over to another bestbuy/walmart/compusa til you find one that doesn't.

**Gryphon410** · 07-06-2005, 07:45 AM

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supposing the shelf-replenishment engineer actually checks that. if they do, skip on over to another bestbuy/walmart/compusa til you find one that doesn't.

Yeah, I agree. You might be able to luck out if you find the most retarded person you can. Sometimes it helps if the place is really busy. If it's slow, and you're the only one their, they'll usually take the time to make sure they're doing the job right. If it's busy, and the person is semi-new, they'll be trying to get through the line more than worrying about the serial number on the return.

**slappydooda** · 07-06-2005, 04:13 PM

I originally bought it from gamestop, and no longer have a warantee or anything. I doubt they'd take it back. Is there anyone who's gotten an updated psp back from sony?

**TheMysteriousThug** · 07-06-2005, 11:59 PM

usually messing around with the buttons fixes it, it worked with me

**fraseyboy** · 07-07-2005, 12:17 AM

I dunno if the left trigger not working is something to do with the firmware or to do with hardware. If it is to do with the firmware upgrading it would fix it. But then it would be upgraded and you would be better off getting it replaced. But if you perhaps waited until a firmware downgrader arrives then that would fix it if it is a firmware based problem.

If its a hardware based problem then you could try opening up the PSP and fiddling around a bit around the button but that would be risky...

**SuperN00B** · 07-07-2005, 12:39 AM

well supposedly team xecuter came up with a way to downgrade the firmware. You could just get it replaced by sony, so even if it comes back updated then you could just downgrade it back to 1.5 or even 1.0

Vash265 · 07-07-2005, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slappydooda

I'm in quite the pickle. I have a version 1.5 psp, a nice big ms, and all the emu's/games I want on it. Just recently, my left trigger magically stopped working. This happened in the middle of an online game of twisted metal (While I was layin on my bed; there was no abuse involved). Now it acts as though it is constantly being pressed. This doen't really present too much of a problem right now ecept for anything haveing to do with weapons in tm and haveing to jump in coded arms... I think I'm really going to miss that button when gta and socom come out, though... Anywho, I only have the 1 year warantee from sony. I called and the woman seemed happy to replace my psp. "Send it in! We'll replace it right away!" she said. Only problem being that I'm sure that a new psp directly from sony will come with v1.52 or something worse... Homebrew is very important to me, and I really don't want to lose that feature. I have a couple of options. I could keep my old psp and pretend there is no such thing as a left trigger or send it in for a new one, sacrificeing my homebrew abilities. I also have a feeling that the longer I wait, the better the chance that sony will make an even worse firmware update... Is anyone close to running homebrew on 1.51/1.52? I heard something about someone working with a hacked jpeg or somthing... I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

My PSP has taken more abuse than ::insert profane metaphor here(I had 3 in mind =p)::. I find that when a button gets stuck, it's usually from when it's either bumped into something, or the button may just be stuck on part of the plastic casing surrounding it...I know this sounds horrible, but it's worked for me on 3 occasions. Try tapping(I wish I could say lightly, but honestly, it has to be fairly hard...I had to pound it the second time my circle button got stuck) the sides of your PSP until the button feels normal. If it unsticks, you're golden. If not...just send it in to Sony like you were going to anyway, and wait for TeamXecutor to release their downgrades.

Dennis · 07-07-2005, 01:10 AM

Actually, if you read the news about TeamXecutor downgrade again, you'll realize that you won't even need it anymore. It seems that there's a way to patch the firmware directly to run unsigned code. So we won't need to find exploits anymore and thus it is irrelevant which firmware version you have. Update all you want, just make sure to patch it again after updating and you can run all homebrew even without Kxploit. Can't wait for it...

paranoiaboi07 · 07-07-2005, 01:53 AM

i dont see why this is in the hacks section...

pandoras · 07-07-2005, 01:56 AM

Could you send it in with no Memory Stick? How would they update it when theres nothing to hold the update?
Hell, you might even get a little 32MB!

Dennis · 07-07-2005, 02:56 AM

Quote:

How would they update it when theres nothing to hold the update?

*L* Don't you think that SONY will have some Memory Stick lying around??

**julez** · 07-07-2005, 07:59 AM

hell yea do that i will to my psp cuz my psp has some scratches i want to get rid of. This is a good idea

FURsAKeN · 07-07-2005, 08:29 AM

Yeah, I run 1.51 (sigh)
I made the mistake of upgrading when I wanted to try out one of these nifty PSP Hubs in Japan.. pay few hundred yen.. and d/l mp3z and movies.. if curiosity killed the cat.. it sure killed my homebrew

Ash · 07-07-2005, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by pandoras

Could you send it in with no Memory Stick? How would they update it when theres nothing to hold the update?
Hell, you might even get a little 32MB!

The OS isn't stored on the MS.

**playstationportable** · 07-07-2005, 12:05 PM

The BEST solution to this is buy a walmart PSP, take it home. Find your broken PSP including the box and stuff it came with. Take that back to walmart and say when you first opened the L button didnt work. KABOOM. Problem solved.

n1ckn4m3 · 07-07-2005, 12:08 PM

Perfect, except that they check serial numbers and serial numbers are printed on the receipt.

Plus, it's morally wrong to break something and return it for a new product by saying it came like that.

I'm not saying I've never done it, but I am saying I'd never recommend anyone do it.

**Mantis** · 07-07-2005, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by n1ckn4m3

Perfect, except that they check serial numbers and serial numbers are printed on the receipt.

Plus, it's morally wrong to break something and return it for a new product by saying it came like that.

I'm not saying I've never done it, but I am saying I'd never recommend anyone do it.

My roomate is a wal mart employee they have bo sytem implimented to check serial numbers of anything and we have done this with PSP's and many other things wal mart has sub standard conditions for their employees and horrible corporate practices that destroy the lives of small buisiness owners every day shed nary a tear for these fat ******* wal mart ceo's

PS: "Morals arent something you can shove in someones ear, their basically a byproduct of a mind thinking clear" <---NOFX - The Plan

**playstationportable** · 07-07-2005, 12:35 PM

Well then on the new 1 you just bought tear off the serial number and place it onto the old one.See problome solved

**Gryphon410** · 07-07-2005, 12:38 PM

I will admit that I did that with a used PS2. My current one finally stopped working completely, so I went to a game store and bought a used PS2, took it home, swapped the part of the PS2 that had the serial number on it, and took back my broken PS2 with the different case back, claiming it stopped working. They gave me credit which I then used to purchase my PSP.

Morally wrong? Yeh...probably. I justified it a million ways, but it was still wrong. Although every time I turn on my PS2, now, I feel very right.

nat666 · 07-07-2005, 12:43 PM

Heres my advice, something breaks, crack that mother F*cker open and fix it yourself Sony can go strait to hell. there are plenty of psp schematics out there to help you in your endever.

**ohgod** · 07-07-2005, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B-pops

are there actually of any reports of sony sending back upgraded firmwares with fixed/new psps?

I just got a new PSP as a replacment yesterday and it: was 1.50, and has no dead pixels!

07-05-2005, 08:51 PM	#1
slappydooda Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 69 Trader Feedback: 0	Interesting situation... I'm in quite the pickle. I have a version 1.5 psp, a nice big ms, and all the emu's/games I want on it. Just recently, my left trigger magically stopped working. This happened in the middle of an online game of twisted metal (While I was layin on my bed; there was no abuse involved). Now it acts as though it is constantly being pressed. This doen't really present too much of a problem right now ecept for anything haveing to do with weapons in tm and haveing to jump in coded arms... I think I'm really going to miss that button when gta and socom come out, though... Anywho, I only have the 1 year warantee from sony. I called and the woman seemed happy to replace my psp. "Send it in! We'll replace it right away!" she said. Only problem being that I'm sure that a new psp directly from sony will come with v1.52 or something worse... Homebrew is very important to me, and I really don't want to lose that feature. I have a couple of options. I could keep my old psp and pretend there is no such thing as a left trigger or send it in for a new one, sacrificeing my homebrew abilities. I also have a feeling that the longer I wait, the better the chance that sony will make an even worse firmware update... Is anyone close to running homebrew on 1.51/1.52? I heard something about someone working with a hacked jpeg or somthing... I really don't know what to do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

07-06-2005, 05:26 AM	#3
crowba Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 510 Trader Feedback: 0	there wont be any homebrew on 1.51+ psps in the near future __________________ [CENTER]visit the [COLOR=Red]fastest [/COLOR] [SIZE=5]GERMAN [/SIZE] psp-news site [url]http://www.portable-news.de/[/url][/CENTER]

07-06-2005, 05:23 AM	#2
grim1234 Guest Posts: n/a	well it's not working now is it? so either - take it back to shop and get a new one (1.50 prob) send it in and hope it isn't updated.

07-06-2005, 05:29 AM	#4
Spades85 BlackMako85 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The year 3000 Posts: 402 Trader Feedback: 0	Your best bet would be to try taking it into the store first. Just tell them the same story you said in your post--worst they'll do is tell you no.

07-06-2005, 06:36 AM	#5
spectacular Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 271 Trader Feedback: 0	what do you mean there wont be any hombrew on the new firmware updates?

07-06-2005, 06:38 AM	#6
B-pops Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 114 Trader Feedback: 0	are there actually of any reports of sony sending back upgraded firmwares with fixed/new psps?

07-06-2005, 06:39 AM	#7
Apogee Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 21 Trader Feedback: 0	Well what you could do is go to target and buy another psp and then switch the one you bought with yours . and then return the psp and say it had DPs or something . I know it sounds wrong but thats all that i can think of.

07-06-2005, 07:08 AM	#9
Spades85 BlackMako85 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The year 3000 Posts: 402 Trader Feedback: 0	The old "buy a new one" trick wont work in this situation (not saying that its a bad idea in general). When you buy a PSP, there is a unique serial number on the box which they scan and put on your receipt. That same serial is located on your PSP. So if you try to take the broken one back its box, they'll notice that the serial on the box is not the same; and if you try to take the broken one back in the new box, they'll notice that the serial on the PSP doesnt match the one on the box.

07-06-2005, 04:13 PM	#12
slappydooda Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 69 Trader Feedback: 0	I originally bought it from gamestop, and no longer have a warantee or anything. I doubt they'd take it back. Is there anyone who's gotten an updated psp back from sony?

07-06-2005, 11:59 PM	#13
TheMysteriousThug Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fascination Street Posts: 7,215 Trader Feedback: 0	usually messing around with the buttons fixes it, it worked with me

07-07-2005, 12:17 AM	#14
fraseyboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 397 Trader Feedback: 0	I dunno if the left trigger not working is something to do with the firmware or to do with hardware. If it is to do with the firmware upgrading it would fix it. But then it would be upgraded and you would be better off getting it replaced. But if you perhaps waited until a firmware downgrader arrives then that would fix it if it is a firmware based problem. If its a hardware based problem then you could try opening up the PSP and fiddling around a bit around the button but that would be risky...

07-07-2005, 12:39 AM	#15
SuperN00B Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 59 Trader Feedback: 0	well supposedly team xecuter came up with a way to downgrade the firmware. You could just get it replaced by sony, so even if it comes back updated then you could just downgrade it back to 1.5 or even 1.0

07-07-2005, 01:10 AM	#17
Dennis Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5 Trader Feedback: 0	Actually, if you read the news about TeamXecutor downgrade again, you'll realize that you won't even need it anymore. It seems that there's a way to patch the firmware directly to run unsigned code. So we won't need to find exploits anymore and thus it is irrelevant which firmware version you have. Update all you want, just make sure to patch it again after updating and you can run all homebrew even without Kxploit. Can't wait for it...

07-07-2005, 01:53 AM	#18
paranoiaboi07 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 26 Trader Feedback: 0	i dont see why this is in the hacks section...

07-07-2005, 01:56 AM	#19
pandoras Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Trader Feedback: 0	Could you send it in with no Memory Stick? How would they update it when theres nothing to hold the update? Hell, you might even get a little 32MB!

07-07-2005, 07:59 AM	#21
julez Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 223 Trader Feedback: 0	hell yea do that i will to my psp cuz my psp has some scratches i want to get rid of. This is a good idea

07-07-2005, 08:29 AM	#22
FURsAKeN Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10 Trader Feedback: 0	Yeah, I run 1.51 (sigh) I made the mistake of upgrading when I wanted to try out one of these nifty PSP Hubs in Japan.. pay few hundred yen.. and d/l mp3z and movies.. if curiosity killed the cat.. it sure killed my homebrew

07-07-2005, 12:05 PM	#24
playstationportable Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PSP Posts: 167 Trader Feedback: 0	The BEST solution to this is buy a walmart PSP, take it home. Find your broken PSP including the box and stuff it came with. Take that back to walmart and say when you first opened the L button didnt work. KABOOM. Problem solved.

07-07-2005, 12:08 PM	#25
n1ckn4m3 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4 Trader Feedback: 0	Perfect, except that they check serial numbers and serial numbers are printed on the receipt. Plus, it's morally wrong to break something and return it for a new product by saying it came like that. I'm not saying I've never done it, but I am saying I'd never recommend anyone do it.

07-07-2005, 12:35 PM	#27
playstationportable Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PSP Posts: 167 Trader Feedback: 0	Well then on the new 1 you just bought tear off the serial number and place it onto the old one.See problome solved

07-07-2005, 12:38 PM	#28
Gryphon410 Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 114 Trader Feedback: 0	I will admit that I did that with a used PS2. My current one finally stopped working completely, so I went to a game store and bought a used PS2, took it home, swapped the part of the PS2 that had the serial number on it, and took back my broken PS2 with the different case back, claiming it stopped working. They gave me credit which I then used to purchase my PSP. Morally wrong? Yeh...probably. I justified it a million ways, but it was still wrong. Although every time I turn on my PS2, now, I feel very right.

07-07-2005, 12:43 PM	#29
nat666 Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 30 Trader Feedback: 0	Heres my advice, something breaks, crack that mother F*cker open and fix it yourself Sony can go strait to hell. there are plenty of psp schematics out there to help you in your endever.

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