How to Unbrick a PSP

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Last Updated: December 19, 2022

For those of you that don't know what a "brick" is, it's basically when you turn your PSP on, the green light turns on, the screen stays blank, and then it shuts itself off. Here is how to fix this problem.

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Your PSP should turn itself on. Depending on what's on the magic memory stick, you will see a menu.
it doesn't matter which option you pick.
about a hundred times. The magic memory stick is putting files on your PSP to make it work properly.
Press X to shutdown the PSP". Simply press X. Your PSP will turn off.
If you installed original X.XX, stop here, your PSP is unbricked.
This is called the Recovery Menu. Select "Advanced ->" and press X.
Your PSP will restart. You will see a blue screen with several languages. In each language, the message is "Setting Information is corrupted. Press O to restore default settings".
Congratulations, your PSP is unbricked.

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What is the magic memory stick?

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It's a custom memory stick that has files for reflashing your PSP. Type in Google "How to make a magic memory stick" and follow the steps. After that you will also need a Pandora battery, which you can buy on eBay or make it at home, but it's really hard to make it at home.

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Don't forget to press the R trigger whilst turning on your PSP. (Only if you installed the x.xx M33)

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Make sure the memory stick is completely formatted before you put the "magic" files on.

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A Pandora Battery switches the boot device from the flash0 to the memory stick.

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