PSP 3000 finally, inevitably hacked by Datel's Lite Blue Tool

Hacking the PSP has long been a popular pastime, but the 3000 model has proven a tough nut to crack. Don't pop open the champagne just yet, though, Sony -- Datel has revealed a special battery peripheral called the Lite Blue Tool that boots the handheld 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, pirates totally 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 28th 2008 1:43PM]

NOV 28 WHAT HAPPENS ON DATEL LITE BATTERY IS ON WORK ON PSP 3000 AND TA-088V3??????????

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2008 9:31PM]

wow bad english but yes this will boot the slim and brite psp's (2000 and 3000) all mother boards into service mode but that is still useless at this point cause CFW will not work yet so this is my advice to everyone DON'T BUY THIS YET! wait for Dark Alex to release a CFW that works on the psp 3000 and when he does he may also offer a way to upgrade you Pandora's battery to one that can also boot the slim

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2008 1:51PM]

Any advance on this?

I hate Datel because all the hype and noise when we don't see a hacked psp3000 yet. After all who can confirm that the "green light" it's actually service mode?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 29th 2008 4:44PM]

one thing i dont get...the reason that people can hack psps is the only reason that i started usuing mine again so i fit causes people to use them again why does sony get so pissed about it

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 3:38AM]

wait, this is possible?