Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony PlayStation Portable (ExtremeTech)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.81526
EAN: 9780470104514
ISBN: 0470104511
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 378
Publication Date: 2006-10-30
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley

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We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level.

Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including:

Speeding up Web surfing.
Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.
Using your PSP like an iPod.
Transfering DVDs to your PSP.
Getting more power.
Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.
Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.
Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.
Running Linux® and Windows®.

Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.

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Summary: One caveat
Comment: At the time of the writing of this review, there is no hack to downgrade PSP firmware V2.81 or higher. Downgrading your PSP's firmware is essential for many (but not all) of the hacks provided in the book; e.g. running homebrew software won't work under V2.81+.
PSP firmware V2.81 was, I believe, released in the fall of 2006. The current version is V3.80. Thus, if you bought your PSP only recently, you may not be able to use a lot of the stuff in the book unless a hack for the newer versions becomes available.

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Summary: tech book
Comment: This is a good book, but it is not from folks who are not techies

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Summary: Lots of interesteing info.
Comment: Even if you think you know it all, you're bound to learn something here. Some of the info is pretty basic, but there's a lot of stuff I didn't know you could do. There's also interesting mod projects and whatnot. The only drawback is just the nature of print media in a constantly evolving area like this (example, the firmware roll back stuff has changed a lot in the past few months.) Still a recommended book for PSP fans.

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Summary: Not for programmers
Comment: Despite the obvious reference to programming in the title (alas, the term "hacking" has been used for much less worthwhile pursuits lately), the book contains very little with respect to writing applications for PSP. Instead, it's largely devoted to electronic and aesthetic "hacks" - like making a PSP holder for your car.
The book barely touches on development, only mentioning the toolkit and a few installation steps, which makes its title a lot less meaningful.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Nice reference. Cheap price.
Comment: You can find many useful tricks and guides to learn about your PSP.
One of the most useful is to learn how to disassemble it.
There's a battery charger, and other nice stuff you may not be aware of. Some of the chapters fall on useless tips but...whatever...and also...with the fact that homebrew software has been even more restricted with every firmware upgrade, 3 chapters are just now useless. Unless our dearly hackers find a way to reverse these features :). Anyway if you can pay less than 15 go for it.

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