Powerslave wrote:

Hacking the PSP has long been a popular pastime, but the 3000 model has proved to be a tough nut to crack. Don't pop open the champagne just yet, though, Sony -- Datel has just revealed a special battery peripheral called the "Lite Blue Too"l that boots the hand-held console into service mode, where downgrades to earlier, cracked firmwares are possible. Of course, most older PSPs could be downgraded without any additional hardware and you only needed a battery like Pandora if you failed the idiot test and bricked your system, but be patient, legit homebrew types -- Rome wasn't burnt in a day. Lite Blue is priced at an affordable $29.99, not bad for an interim solution if homebrew and "backups" are your thing.

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I read this on another site as well. How is Datel legally allowed to sell this? Or does this service mode just provide other functions and someone figured out how to downgrade using it?

Shiranui wrote:

I read this on another site as well. How is Datel legally allowed to sell this? Or does this service mode just provide other functions and someone figured out how to downgrade using it?

because all datel is doing is selling a battery. what people do with the battery is totally up to the customer. just like selling lock picking sets. some people will buy them for the job (ie. lock smiths) others will buy them to break into things.

google it. you can make your own outa hacksaw blades