HOW TO: Tell if your PSP is homebrew compatable

[evolve]

Look at the box for the letter of firmware:

(image from MODshark.com)

No Letter = 1.50 (North-American release) Confirmed
A = 1.50
B = 1.51
C = 1.52
D = 1.52 Unconfirmed (multiple version reports)
E = 1.52
F = 2.00
G = 2.01
H = 2.50
I = 2.60
J = 2.60 Unconfirmed (multiple version reports)
K = 2.71 Unconfirmed (multiple version reports)
L = 2.80
M = 3.00 Unconfirmed (multiple version reports)
N = 3.01
O = 3.02
P = 3.03

All of the above firmwares can be downgraded to 1.50 then to custom firmware at wish. Use the tutorial section to see how to downgrade the PSP system softwares.

[Batman]

Hi master evolve, it's me.. thanks for invitaed me in this PSPhome... and what you post up there it will really help people who seeking out to buy the PSP...
that a great posting ....

[bah]

Any new psp you purchase at the moment is downgradeable, meaning the system software it will come with is a version that is able to be downgraded to the homebrew-friendly version 1.5.

If you leave it a long time before purchasing one they may start shipping with 3.10, though I doubt that at their current rate of sale too many stores will be running out of stock any time soon.

[Pittbull666]

My Box has an I and there is no I on the post.

[evolve]

Originally Posted by Pittbull666

My Box has an I and there is no I on the post.

I = 2.60 , Sorry I didn't mention it...

[Pittbull666]

Thanx Evolve i have been trying this for too long now. I am not a happy camper!

[bah]

What version of PSP you buy doesn't matter anymore, and wont until Sony starts shipping PSPs with version 3.10 or above (quite a while).

All can be downgraded, thanks to the 3.03 downgrader.
You cannot buy a 'bad type' of PSP at the moment (unless its 2nd hand and broken or something).