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Best PSP base for IPS + USB-C + bigger battery? Physical games, unsure about CFW

Want to build a nice PSP to play my old UMDs on, plus some secondhand pickups. Planned: IPS screen, USB-C, bigger battery, new shell. UMD drive stays in. Leaning 3000 mainly because of the extra ram, but not sure if I'm missing something, is there a reason to go 2000 instead once the stock screen is coming out anyway?

Also: worth running CFW just to dump my own discs to the memory card and save the drive from wear, or is that overkill if I'm happy loading UMDs? Ik hesist about this because I notice when I have too much games to my proposal (eg. In a loaded RetroPie) I don't have the patience to play anything anymore. So I think I want to do the physical act of putting a game in. (Hopefully someone gets this😅)

I do have my old PSP-1000 but it's got nostalgic value so I'm hesitant to mod that one, figured I'd buy a separate unit to work on. Unless people think the 1000 is a better base and I should get over it?

Cheers.

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u/pocketnl — 20 hours ago

Looking for a fake psp camera

Hello. I'm looking for a fake psp camera that works. As you probably know, real ones are expensive. Any help is appriciated. Thanks (image is for attention)

u/subbito — 1 day ago

Permanent microSD adapter?

These days, probably everyone using a PSP uses one of those cheap memstick to microSD adapters, and they work well enough, but they're a bit on the delicate side. I'm surprised nobody's developed an adapter that gets soldered in place of the original socket and has a spring loaded microSD socket instead. Is this something people would be interested in having if it was more durable than the cheap adapters?

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u/TheUnfreeMan — 1 day ago
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I found this PSP Street for €35, did I get a good deal?

The goal is simply to get an opinion on my case, not to show off, I'm clarifying because it might seem a bit like that 😅

u/Horror-Signature5804 — 2 days ago

Has anyone face this issue?

I have a PSP 1000 model with IPS screen.

When i go to themes, there a lot of squares with shadows where it supposed to be colors, the theme does change if I pick it, but its kinda weird

Also, for every game there's a corrupted data file

The 1st thing happens with or without MStick in it

Any suggestion or guidance?

u/ritchghr9 — 2 days ago
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PSP Homebrew Developer Conference 2026 Teaser!

The PSP Homebrew Dev Conference is BACK for 2026! The conference will be held on August 22nd at 6PM UTC; 2PM EDT!

#List of presentations:

  • GameMaker Re-Engineered - SergoDevs: A renewed GameMake implementation for games like DeltaRune!
  • CrossCraft - Iridescence: Revived project bringing Minecraft to PSP, 3DS, Switch, PC and web!
  • pspdev-nix - Slendi: A wrapped reproducible toolchain for PSP develpoment!
  • Making a Game Engine for PSP - Andrew: How to make a game engine!
  • Ren'Py Re-Engineered - SergoDevs: A renewed implementation of Ren'Py for visual novels! Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 Chinese Localization - main_void: A localization of the game into Chinese on PSP!
  • Star Fox 64 PSP - TheMrIron2: The famous N64 title now running on PSP!
  • Steel Blossom: PSP - illestalive: A new indie game created for PSP!
  • Adrenaline v8.0 - GrayJack: The latest and greatest Adrenaline firmware for PS Vita enabling PSP homebrew!
  • Nimbus / Lighthouse - qberty: A brand new plugin for cloud saves on PSP!
  • Preserving Hilton Team Play - lusid1 & linblow: A talk about reverse engineering and brute forcing Hilton Team Play!
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u/NXGZ — 4 days ago
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Buttons not working on psp when starting up?

I was wondering if anybody else had this problem where the majority of the time the buttons refuse to work on startup and I have to turn it on like 10+ times and then they will eventually work. I recently modded it I'm sure it might be something to do with that cause all of the internals look fine. Additionally removing the battery and memory card does nothing to improve my odds it quite honestly feels like purely random chance sometimes.

I will say when I took it apart I did boot it up and the buttons worked first try then, but they also work first try with the shell on sometimes so I'm really lost here.

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u/gigacgadtge3rd — 4 days ago
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please help — ark5 cipl did not stay persistent and potentially bricked my go.

i followed this mr mario tutorial video and now im pretty sure my go is bricked. i dont remember exactly what hack i was using before i tried installing ark5 yesterday, i just know i was already on 6.61 and it was an infinity hack that i installed in like 2021. it wasnt one of the other ones mr mario mentions in this video. i tried finding a psp go specific video that mentioned my cfw specifically but i couldnt find one.

mr mario did not mention anything about how infinity interferes with how cipl works, i had to find this out the hard way when i couldnt get it to work. mr mario also did not make it clear that for the go all the mod files need to be copied to the sd card, and NOT the internal storage, i also had to learn this the hard way. after installing cipl the incorrect way i thought i softbricked my system because the screen would turn on and the green wifi and blue bluetooth led would turn on then the system would shut off. i learned that pressing the ps button while turning it on got me back to the xmb, so that was a problem avoided.

once i figured all those things out and removed infinity, everything worked perfectly fine and i played the go for an hour with ark5 and everything working perfectly then turned it off. the next day i go to play it and my psp games arent showing up, just ps1 so i go and check and its somehow back to completely stock firmware.

okay, so i see if despertar del cementerio is still installed, and it is so i try to reinstall 6.61 ark, no dice, i get the error you see in the attached photo at like 90%. i try oem 6.61, same error at the same place. i try to boot 6.61 ark from the sd card, this works and gets me into the xmb but if i try to run cipl, it says its successful but on reboot it just crashes and shuts off completely. now when i try to just turn the system on regularly the green light turns on then after about a minute it turns off and nothing else happens.

if i press the ps button and turn it on it'll boot and say sony computer entertainment then the screen just turns white for a sec and it shuts off. once doing this i got it to show the initial process when you first reinstall the os but the background was white instad of grey like usual then once i entered in the time and my name and stuff the screen went white again and just shut off.

at this point i have no idea whats going on or what to do so i'd really appreciate some help on figuring out what to do. never in my life have i had so many issues with psp modding as i have with trying to use ark5 this week.

TL;DR, i tried installing ark5 cipl following a mr mario tutorial and now my psp go wont turn on unless i open despertar del cementerio, and i cant even get to the os unless i open it from ddc, but i cant actually reinstall the os, i just get the error in the attached photo. when trying to turn the psp on now regularly now it just shuts off after a few seconds without even turning the screen on. even pressing the ps button and turning it on doesnt work because the screen turns white after the SCI splash and shuts off. please help!

u/lawnmowergirl — 6 days ago

Flash sa psp 3004 6.61 en 2026

Bonjour, j'essaye de flasher ma vieille psp 3004 version 6.61, mais tout les tuto ms que je trouve ou les liens associés son pu d'actualité et du coup je n'y arrive pas. Pourrais-je avoir de l'aide, s'il vous plaît ?

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u/lee57420 — 5 days ago
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I'd like to switch from Pro C Infinity CFW to Ark 5 CFW on my PSP 3004, but I don't know how.

Hi, I have a PSP 3004 running Pro C Infinity and I'd like to run ARK 5 CFW on it, but I don't know how. Is there a video or written tutorial in French? Actually, I'm a little worried about bricking it, but I admit that overclocking interests me, so I'm willing to try it. So there you have it. Don't hesitate to tell me if any information is missing, and I'll provide it. Thanks for reading and maybe replying. Have a good day! 👋

u/Horror-Signature5804 — 7 days ago
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Psp black with games loaded

Sony Psp black
2gb memory
30 games loaded
Battery
Charger
All included

u/Patient-Reality7966 — 7 days ago

What game files can you use For PSP games?

I tried downloading some but they seem to be wrong type files. Is there a way to convert them or sum? If you have some knowledge it would be nice to message me private (not that good in this stuff)

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u/ryuuu47 — 7 days ago
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Finally joined the PSP Club

but did I pay too much?
PSP 1000, pretty great condition, very minor scratch on the screen. I ordered a clear hardshell case
PSP case, new battery, charger, PSP volume/ headphone adapter, and 14 games was $125 and with taxes and shipping was $140. 4 of the games don’t work but I haven’t tested them out. Does that happen with some of the UMD games? Any advice on getting those working unless they’re a loss?

I just updated the software to 6.1 and looking at PSPunk to load some games into there. I see a lot of people on here doing that. Was also thinking about loading some music videos and movies I have on my iPod but I think I might need to Handbreak them into a different format?

LMK!

Thank you!

not selling/ not for sell - there was a notification that my post might be taken down for selling so had to make sure to include a note lol

u/asalasal17 — 10 days ago
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Eagle Has Landed

Someone lead me the right way tryna get all the goods in this bad boy

u/CausionWitFlossin — 10 days ago
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Hi guys I'm working on a lock screen for the psp pls give feedback

Hey everyone!

I'm currently working on a small PSP homebrew project: a customizable lock screen.

This is mainly a learning project for me. I'm currently learning C and PSP homebrew development, so the code and the project are still very much a work in progress.

The functional side is already working:

- Password protection

- Custom password changing

- Persistent password storage

- PSP button controls

- SELECT to change the password

- L/R controls

- HOME to exit

In the video, the PSP displays “PASSWORD CORRETA”, which means “PASSWORD CORRECT”, and “PASSWORD ERRADA”, which means “PASSWORD INCORRECT”. The interface is currently in Portuguese because I'm from Portugal.

At the moment, I'm mainly looking for help and ideas with the UI/design. I want it to feel like something that actually belongs on a PSP, rather than looking like a modern phone UI.

I'm thinking about a clean XMB-inspired style with custom graphics, PSP button symbols, and eventually animations.

I'd really appreciate feedback on:

- Overall layout

- Colors

- PSP-style visual elements

- Animations

- Ideas for making the interface customizable

The long-term goal is to make the lock screen/theme system customizable so other people could create their own designs too.

I'll include a short video of the current version running on real PSP hardware, along with some design ideas/mockups.

Thanks!

u/Mobile-Historian8357 — 10 days ago

How do I download games, movies and series on my PSP?

My PSP 1000 has PRO-C2 but I want to change it to
ARK-4, with PRO-C2 | have had many problems with ISO
files

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u/No_Wall_6627 — 8 days ago
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ERRO AO TRANSFERIR JOGOS , FOTOS OU VIDEOS DO CELULAR PARA O PSP

Bom dia a todos, pessoal comprei recentemente um psp 2000 slim e resolvi baixar uns jogos e transferir para ele , comprei cabo de dados e cabo otg novos são bons os cabos , ao tentar transferir qualquer coisa da erro não passa de 10% a foto como é leve ela chega a transferir porém quando chega no psp está corrompido, não sei mais o que fazer , tenho espaço livre do cartão também. Fora que depois que dá erro o psp fica naquela tela "por favor aguarde" e desconecta do celular.

u/Matheuspontes — 8 days ago