My name is Karol Krizka, and I am a undergraduate student at SFU where I study physics and computer science. In my free time, I write simple applications and play with my PSP.Accessing the Recovery Menu on PSP
Karol Krizka @ August 31, 2007
PSPI’ve recently received an email about instructions on accessing the Recovery Menu on PSP. This menu is used my homebrew users to set different settings like ISO loading mode, Sony logo skipping, and setting the processing speed of your PSP. I have already briefly mentioned how to access this menu in an earlier post, but it was not very clear and detailed. So I’ve decided to dedicate an entire post to it. In the future I will blog about different settings that I found in the menu, so stay tuned in by subscribing to my RSS feed!
Start by fully turn off your PSP by holding the power button for a couple of seconds. After the screen goes dark, you know it’s off, and you can let go. Then press the big R button on top, and hold it. Next turn on the PSP (still holding the R button!), and you will see the recovery menu. Simple, eh?
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Hey, I read everything i could on this, but I still can’t reach my recovery menu on my slim psp. I have official firmware 3.80, I always hold the R button down when i turn the psp on (yes, on, not from standby) but the psp continues to the main menus as if the Recovery menu didn’t exist!
HELP!
-Alex
You need to be running custom firmware, not official firmware.
oh, thanks much!
go to ur game, but before u start your game, press select
hi,i can access the recovery menu but when i try open the configuration section the psp restarts any ideas? im on cfw 3.90m33-3. thanks
Alex and me have the same issue every time i started my psp while holding the r button it continues to the main screen. now i know the answer, i have to be in custom firmware. now my question is what cfw should i upgrade into?
thanks…
kanashii
Does the recovery menu work with verson 4.5?
is their a way to downgrade my psp, because i have the official 5.00 and i don’t have a pandora battery.
I bought a PSP slim+lite last year in hopes of running a few homebrew apps I discovered on the net only to find that I need either a pandora battery and magic memory stick or a friend who has a fat psp running custom firmware. Is it possible to obtain the necessary files for installing custom firmware on my slim+lite via email or online without the need for a MMS or pandora battery?
First, to see recovery menu you have to have installed a custom firmware and not an official one.
Besides this, the new motherboard TA88v3 shipped on some PSP 200x (like mine, 2004 G, OF 4.01) is unhackable by now, as Pandora battery doesn’t power up the console.
Stay tuned!
I have cfw 3.90m33, when i play nfs most wanted it startup but before the race begin the loading state just hang up. . .please help me,thanks!
First of all I HATE TECHNOLOGY, i have been at this for 5 hrs now.
I have a psp slim, version 3.80, 1GB pro dual memory card, and a psp 3.6V battery.
I want to get games on it, it seems I cant get to the recovery menu without custom firmware, and i cant get custom firmware without accessing the recovery menu? Is this just a never ending revolving door? How Can I get CFW without it saying ‘the game could not be started. (80020148)
MY PSP WILL NOT LET ME GO TO THE RECOVERY MENU IVE BEEN TRYING FOR 2 DAYS MY SOFTWARE IS 5.02 ANY SUGGESTIONS!!!!!!!!
hey i did have the recovery and then I dont know what happen
whta should i do