How to Unbrick a PSP

Last Updated: December 19, 2022

For those of you that don't know what a "brick" is, it's basically when you turn your PSP on, the green light turns on, the screen stays blank, and then it shuts itself off. Here is how to fix this problem.

Steps

1
Take out your regular battery and regular memory stick.
2
Insert your "magic" memory stick.

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3
Insert your Pandora Battery. Your PSP should turn itself on. Depending on what's on the magic memory stick, you will see a menu.
4
Click "install X.XX M33" or "install original X.XX". it doesn't matter which option you pick.
5
Your PSP screen will say "Flashing file ..." about a hundred times. The magic memory stick is putting files on your PSP to make it work properly.
6
Just wait a minute or two.
7
You will see the text, "Install complete. Press X to shutdown the PSP". Simply press X. Your PSP will turn off.
8
Insert your regular battery and regular memory stick
9
If you installed X.XX M33, hold the R trigger and turn on your PSP. If you installed original X.XX, stop here, your PSP is unbricked.
10
You will see a menu. This is called the Recovery Menu. Select "Advanced ->" and press X.
11
Select "Format flash1 and reset settings". Your PSP will restart. You will see a blue screen with several languages. In each language, the message is "Setting Information is corrupted. Press O to restore default settings".
12
Press O.
13
Your PSP should start up like brand new. Congratulations, your PSP is unbricked.

Community Q&A

Question

What is the magic memory stick?

Community Answer

It's a custom memory stick that has files for reflashing your PSP. Type in Google "How to make a magic memory stick" and follow the steps. After that you will also need a Pandora battery, which you can buy on eBay or make it at home, but it's really hard to make it at home.