i have had a psp for a while now and like a NOOB i was!!, i started upgrading the firmware. the latest firmware i had was 3.03 before i finally dicided enough was enough and i downgraded back to 1.50 i now have irshell and devhook installed but i was wondering is there a homebrew program for 1.50 so i can access the internet again?. i know about the custom firmware but i dont really wanna risk it unless i am 100% sure it will work and i wont be left with an expensive black paperwieght at the end of it all????.

Custom firmware is very safe, as long as you follow the instructions and make sure you have a full battery and the power cable plugged in when flashing, you should be fine.

In fact, you can even use an easy installer to make it easier; here's one for 3.03 OE-C: http://www.psp-spot.com/forums/303OE-C-eas...ler-t33797.html

I would recommend that you install 3.03 OE-C (using the above link), but if you still don't want to risk it, then the only Internet Browser I know of is the one in Wipeout Pure. But I don't really know how well that works.

get custom firmware it made me love my psp

I'm still new at this, so when you have 3.03 OE-C, can you play emulators and psx games?

Yes Jay that is correct.

And flettz your crazy not to go to custom firmware. And the link that ADW gave you is working flawless, its been used here thousands of times I am sure! I use it once a week helping others.

Yeah dude, the link that ADW posted I just downloaded. I works great and it only took about 2 seconds to set it up.

And also, How can you put emulators on your psp? All I can find how to do on the tutorials is to put a psx game on it.

Get the emulator, copy the two homebrew folders to "ms:\PSP\GAME150\", copy some ROMs to your memory stick, then run the emulator.

As far as PSX games go, if it is an ISO, then it goes in the ISO folder at the root of your MS. If it's an eboot, put it in a folder within either GAME [if you're running 1.5 homebrew kernal] or, GAME150 if you're running 3.03 homebrew kernal.

Then, you'll be able to boot it from the MS option under your GAME menu on the XMB.

A custom FW is one of the easiest and safest things to install. There is a risk of bricking but as another member said just make sure the battery is full, you have the charger pluged in, and that you have read the instructions. Plus not only does it give you the things you love about 1.5 homebrew, ISO, emulation (as well as the features Sony has added since then BUT WITHOUT THE SECURITY ^w^) But this also gives you the godsend of recovery mode the ability to restore a semi-bricked PSP to full health. So all and all for such a minimal risk it is well worth it!

cheers for the help guys! i have just installed 3.10 oea on it and it works flawlessly apart from my ir shell does not load i just get the very annoying "this game could not be started bla bla bla" can i rectify this by putting this in my game 150 folder? and is it possible to change my custom firmware so i can see which one has the best software features?

iR Shell v3.1 has a folder which goes in "ms:\PSP\GAME\" (irshell271) and two folders which go in "ms:\PSP\GAME150\" (irshell150 and irshell150%).
Then you also need to put "IRSHELL" in the root ("ms:\").