Accessing the Recovery Menu on PSP
I’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?
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.
download cfw 5.50 gen a, then gen b, install a first, then b.
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
NEED HELP…
I have a psp2000 5.00m33 but there is no recovery menu even if i turn it off and turn it on while holding the r-trigger nothing happen even when i press the r-trigger and the note. help me please
guys i just recently upgrade my psp’s software from 3.90 ms 33 to 6.10. i have gamers as a cso file on the iso folder. whenever i go to the game menu. it keep on saying there is no game. i’d cut and pasted my games to psp-game folder but still not working.. i tried to uncheck all the properties of the game and folder but still not working.. is it a software issue??
dear if your problem solved please help me i have also this problem..
muhammadtariqca@gmail.com
You are using OFW moron. More like the software issue is your brain malfunction.
Hi i just recently upgrade my psp’s software from 5.00 m33 to 6.10. i have gamers as a cso file on the iso folder. whenever i go to the game menu. it keep on saying there is no game. i’d cut and pasted my games to psp-game folder but still not working.. i tried to uncheck all the properties of the game and folder but still not working.. is it a software issue??
Worthless idiot ur on ofw
i have a prob here.you see my stupid brother updated psp to ofw 5.51 what should i do now??? i tried chickhen and other stuff but i always screw up something!HELP PLEASE.
I got a PSP Phat v6.10 and a 4 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo. I still couldn’t get into the “Recovery Menu” and I also have a problem finding the “CSO” games I downloaded. I did everything the net told me. The damn games still doesn’t show! PLEASE HELP…
you need to install cfw. you need to downgrade or flash over the 6.10ofw. there are several ways to do this but the easiest I have found is by making a pandora. the reason the cso wont show is cause your running ofw.
i know about this so simple i want to know how recovery menu put-up in psp…
HI, i just bought my psp slim and accidently updated it (officially) to 6.20. I don’t have a pandora battery and i cant open any game or software….PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME
same problem.
I have PSP-1004 and 6.20 OFW and 4 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. How can I run games from Memory Stick. (downgrading, HEN, Timemachine or smthg)
Dear Friend
Hello from Turkiye. I need help. Here is my PSP and my friends’ PSP Properities. I need help to downgrade my PSP-1004 6.20 FW to 5.03 CFW or HEN something else to play games from Memory Stick.
I dont know that My Memory Stick is Magic or my battery is Pandora.
Please help me step by step.
[B]My PSP[/B]
PSP-1004
DATE CODE : 5D
PSP-110 Batarya
4 GB MemoryStick Pro Duo var.
System : 6.20
DC 5V 1.2 A
seri : FC*****51
Battery
PSP-110 – Li-ion
3.6V 1800mAh
5X***ZB
[B]Friend 1[/B]
PSP-2003
DATE CODE : 8C
PSP-S110 Batarya
2 GB MemoryStick Pro Duo var.
System : 5.50
[B]Friend 2[/B]
PSP-3003
DATE CODE : 9A
PSP-S110 Batarya
1 GB MemoryStick Pro Duo var.
System : 5.50
hi all , i have a psp 2004, slim&light system software is 5.03 MHU i can’t open Recovery Menu i have problem at oppening some games “game could not be started PLSS HELP