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Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony?PlayStation?Portable (ExtremeTech)

We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level.

Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including:

  • Speeding up Web surfing.
  • Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.
  • Using your PSP like an iPod.
  • Transfering DVDs to your PSP.
  • Getting more power.
  • Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.
  • Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.
  • Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.
  • Running Linux? and Windows?.

Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.  more

  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Sep-03-2009

Good and interesting book

This book is really interesting and full of informations to extend the usage of this fantastic device.I liked the continuos reference to Internet sites and links in order to keep the contents always up-to-date.

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Mar-16-2009

Useless with current edition of PSP

This book is useless. Sony's 3000 series PSP cannot be hacked to do what author writes about.This book was good in its day...now it's just something to put in the fireplace as obsolete / worthless.

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jan-05-2008

One caveat

At the time of the writing of this review, there is no hack to downgrade PSP firmware V2.81 or higher. Downgrading your PSP's firmware is essential for many (but not all) of the hacks provided in the book; e.g. running homebrew software won't work under V2.81+.PSP firmware V2.81 was, I believe,...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Mar-29-2007

tech book

This is a good book, but it is not from folks who are not techies

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Mar-19-2007

Lots of interesteing info.

Even if you think you know it all, you're bound to learn something here. Some of the info is pretty basic, but there's a lot of stuff I didn't know you could do. There's also interesting mod projects and whatnot. The only drawback is just the nature of print media in a constantly evolving area...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Mar-14-2007

Not for programmers

Despite the obvious reference to programming in the title (alas, the term "hacking" has been used for much less worthwhile pursuits lately), the book contains very little with respect to writing applications for PSP. Instead, it's largely devoted to electronic and aesthetic "hacks" - like making...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Mar-08-2007

Nice reference. Cheap price.

You can find many useful tricks and guides to learn about your PSP.One of the most useful is to learn how to disassemble it.There's a battery charger, and other nice stuff you may not be aware of. Some of the chapters fall on useless tips but...whatever...and also...with the fact that homebrew...

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Nov-04-2006

PSP Hacking Book

This is an alright book depending on how much you are into your psp. I would recommend it to an extreme psp player, but not an everyday average psp player.

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  • From: Amazon
  • Posted: Jun-11-2006

Useful book

I recieved a PSP for christmas, but until I got this book I had no idea what a powerful machine it is! This book will teach you how to do anything you have ever wanted to do, including; build a battery pack, revert your firmware (without bricking your psp!), turn a one player game into a two...

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  • Posted: Apr-29-2006

great psp accompaniment!!!

I received a Sony PSP as a mother's day gift and wanted to gain more intell than I found in the owner's manual. I purchased Mr. Rahimzadeh's book and found it extraordinarily useful! I recommend HACKING THE PSP to anyone who wants to take full advantage of all the cool capabilities of their new toy.

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