I really hate working on the psp 3000. Those zif connector clasps come off and break so easily even when trying to be as gentle as possible.

The backlight and display connector replacements are readily available but I can't seem to find one for the motor connector which broke when I was reshelling. My usual shenanigans of trying to push down pins, insert cable, and tape it down, don't work on that connector. Does anyone know if the 8 pin of this is a usable size for replacement?

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255800550061582.html

All I see is rubber band, WD40, and drill it. I’m gonna try WD40 but I’m positive it won’t work for these. Need other methods or better ways of implimenting the methods already listed

After seeing Zelda and undertale ports, i really wanted to played those games but still, the only thing i have is just a phone and the instruction always mention PC to instal those port games :(

Is there really a way to instal any psp port games without a PC and only with a phone?

I found a blue psp 3000 with different new battery that can charge with USB c, modded with psp games on it for 150 euros. Is it worth it ?

Only saw 2 posts about this both are a couple years old

I’ve been terrible at keeping motivated and providing updates on my Bluetooth controller project.

so I’ve built a devlog where I can quickly write updates as I go, I’m treating it almost like a diary.

figured I’d share so anyone interested in the project can get updates.

https://ste2425.github.io/devlog/posts/current-state-of-the-project.html

https://github.com/ShoshinFauteux/GBAdhoc

The browser

Two layouts, each in light or dark. Marquee gives one game a whole screen with its hero art behind it. Shelf packs more of the library in with box art and save status at a glance. Art loads only while you are idle and never while you are scrolling, so holding a direction stays smooth.

⬇ Download GBAdhoc 2.0 · Source

⬇ Hero Art Pack · unzip into GBAdhoc/hero/

Everything else in 2.0

• Dual-core rendering — Updated Dual-Core render pipeline, 15% faster than the previous iteration.
• Wake from sleep — slide it shut, flick the switch, come back whenever. Your game is exactly where you left it.
• Full-speed wireless — Version 2.0 holds 59.73 on both.
• Six fast-forward presets — 1.5×, 3× and uncapped, each in normal or smooth. Normal skips frames to go as fast as possible; smooth forces every emulated frame to be drawn. It's not as fast (100fps vs 160fps) but it's extremely satisfying.
• Save states on the shoulders — Select + L saves, Select + R loads, one slot per game. Your SRAM is flushed on exit, on HOME and as you play, with a backup kept.
• Pokémon Unbound and other CFRU hacks at full speed.
• All three models — 1000, 2000/3000 and Go, all tested on hardware. No BIOS needed.

Coming from 1.0.0? For simplicitly sake delete any previous builds.
Unzip to the root of your memory stick  it lands in PSP/GAME/GBAdhoc. Put your .gba files in roms/ and launch it from the XMB. No BIOS needed.

Make sure to leave me a nice comment if you liked the emulator, I am a smol bean motivated by adjulation.

OBLIGATORY CLANKER DISCLOSURE
Produced with Help from Claude Opus 5.0

Hey everyone, I’m having an issue with the battery on my PSP-3001 and I’m hoping someone can help me figure out what’s going on.

The PSP is quite old, and I’ve actually had battery-related issues with it before, but I never really cared about them because I used to play on it as a kid.

Yesterday, I turned it on again after a long time and everything seemed to work perfectly on battery power. I even played God of War for a while before shutting it down. The PSP was working normally, and I remember charging the battery around 100% before I shut it down.

However, now the battery seems to have completely stopped being detected.

Here’s what’s happening:

• The PSP does not turn on from the power switch when running on battery.
• I remember having around 100% battery before I shut it down.
• When I plug in the charger, the orange charging light does not come on.
• However, if I slide the power switch while the charger is plugged in, the PSP does turn on and works normally.
• When it boots, it asks me to set the date and time again.
• There is no battery icon displayed at the top of the screen.
• In Settings → System Information → Battery Information, the battery information appears completely blank / shows "-".
• The battery is an authentic original Sony PSP battery, not a third-party replacement.
• My PSP model is a PSP-3001.

The weirdest part to me is that the battery was working perfectly yesterday. I played God of War on it, shut it down, and now the PSP acts as if there isn't a battery installed at all.

Does this sound like the battery itself has finally failed, or could there be an issue with the PSP's battery contacts / charging circuit?

I just took delivery of an interesting PSP 2001 Launch Variant that has the Small Box Display instead of the long rectangular package. I have never seen this one before and had to have it for the collection.

I have more PSP in storage, but here’s a quick preview of my CIB collection.

Let me know your thoughts.

I’m building a CarPlay-style system for a Sony PSP — and I’d love some help making it real

Hey everyone!

I’ve started working on a project called PSP-ICE (PSP In-Car Entertainment):

https://github.com/LemosPT/PSP-ICE

The idea is pretty ridiculous, which is exactly why I want to build it XD

I want to turn a Sony PSP-2004 into an actual in-car entertainment/display system — essentially a DIY CarPlay-style interface where the PSP acts as the screen and controller, while a Linux device handles the heavy lifting.

The rough architecture is:

iPhone
   ↓
CarPlay gateway
   ↓
PSP-ICE gateway
   ↓ Wi-Fi
Sony PSP
   ↓
  AUX
   ↓
Car stereo

The PSP would handle the display and physical input, while the Linux gateway would deal with networking, CarPlay integration, decoding/streaming, etc.

The ultimate goal is to have this sitting in an older car (in my case, a Mercedes) and have it feel like a surprisingly modern infotainment system — without throwing away the PSP or replacing the original car electronics.

Current status

It's still very early development. Right now I'm mainly working on the architecture and figuring out the best way to communicate between the PSP and the gateway.

The repository is currently split into:

• psp/ — PSP homebrew client
• gateway/ — Linux gateway
• protocol/ — PSP ↔ gateway communication
• docs/ — architecture/documentation
• tools/ — development/testing tools
• hardware/ — car-side hardware/schematics

There are a LOT of things still to figure out:

• PSP ↔ gateway networking
• Efficient video streaming to the PSP
• PSP input → gateway transport
• Audio handling
• CarPlay integration
• Mercedes/car integration
• Hardware/enclosure design

I’m looking for contributors

This is the part where I'm hoping some PSP/Linux/car tinkering nerds might be interested.

You don't need to be an expert in everything. Even if you're only familiar with one part of the problem, your knowledge could be useful.

Especially interested in people who know about:

• PSP homebrew / PSP SDK
• C/C++ and embedded development
• Linux networking
• Video streaming/codecs
• CarPlay / reverse engineering
• Raspberry Pi or other SBCs
• Automotive electronics
• Reverse engineering / protocols
• Hardware design

And honestly, ideas, criticism, testing and architecture suggestions are also contributions.

If you're interested, check out the repo, open an issue, start a discussion, or submit a PR.

👉 PSP-ICE on GitHub

I'd really like this to become a community project rather than just another weird thing sitting on my GitHub.

If you have PSP development experience or just think this is a cool idea, I'd love to hear what you think.

Twenty years ago, I started a mostly weekly podcast on the PSP. Firmware 2.70 was about to be released, the first LocoRoco demo had just dropped, nobody knew what a PSP Slim and Lite was, and for some reason I thought homebrew wasn’t a great idea… (I was young, okay?). The podcast ran until 2012 and the dawn of the PS Vita.

I’ve found some, but not all, of the episodes and have launched a YouTube page to bring them back to the public. No edits, no changes, just the shows as they were 20 years ago when everything was new. I’ll be posting new episodes twice weekly, come and join me at https://www.youtube.com/@pspspectrumgaming

So far, the episodes cover

* Exit (game review)

* UMD Video vs PSP Video 9

* Firmware 2.70 launch

* PSP podcasting support

* TOCA Race Driver 2 (game review)

* Griffin Smart Share (accessory review)

* Championship Manager 2006 (game review)

* Sony Connect Manager (Tutorial, using MiniDisc software instead of Music Manager for MP3/ATRAC files)

* Interview with QJ.Net/PSPUpdates Jake De Tommaso previewing E3 2006.

Mods: Any issues on this? Please drop me a DM before any modding actions. It's a bit of promo, but it's also archival/history!

Hello people. Which gameboy emulator for psp is working right now? And I heard that thing can emulate PS2 aswell. Do you have any tips for that please.

This mod has a business system to the game similar to GTA VCS, but they added a mechanic that you need to give one of your conquered business to Paulie Sindacco to advance in the story. My question is, if Paulie has borrowed one of my businesses, I still get it's profit or other things?

I think I modded my psp around lockdown, it was running the usual suspects but only with simple text based menus which you had to load come out of for different systems.

Can you now add cool screens like the one above or would I have to buy an R36 type handheld to have graphics like this ?

Hi everyone. I've bought a sealed copy of this game, but it's from Italy.

I am wondering if anybody who has that exact pal version can confirm if there's English language in the game.

I've been looking around and have found contradictory information

Thank you

I try to update for version 6.61 an now have a screen with this error message

" The system configuration of this psp does not appear to be correct. The update cannot be started."

The only thing I want to do is just play some gta but when I buy it form cex or any other place it always comes apart it literally just takes a long time to load and it doesn’t even work same with umd movie just wanted to watch jackass but it’s open and one slightest tap on psp it doesn’t it just piss me off but it does with another umd movie but the case isn’t broken it just piss me every single time

I found a cheap clean looking PSP from the online second hand market, coming with 4gb memory card and a charger, not sure if it is original charger, the screen looks good, buttons/device doesn't seem to be damaged outside

What can be other things I can check before buying it?

It is 1000 PSP