Sony PSP's with Firmware Version 6.60 and Earlier Can't Access PSN and Certain Web Sites

[Nz17]

Then it is going to be a sad day for those that "walk the straight and narrow" when these official means of loading software onto the PSP are also cut off in a few years' time.

Myself? I find moral justification in the mantra, "If you bought it, then you own it." So when SONY cuts off all official ways of loading software onto the PSP, I will use unofficial means to load and play the software which I purchased.

[fahlim003]

So in the year 2016 I want to go online with my PSP, well, access PSN. Based on the info from nz17 if I upgrade to 6.60 OFW it should be ok? I'm presently on 5.50 Gen-D3 and I was getting the old 80431075 error and was unable to link the DLC content for Gran Turismo PSP. My understanding was that you cannot bounce around firmwares, although its been a while since I last did it.

I probably last went online 3 years ago, perhaps more, but its just to sign in and authorize that the accounts are the same as there is no other way to use the 5 DLC cars that for some reason are still on PSN, hence why upon recently finding GT PSP I decided to get them.

[Nz17]

Yes, with the latest official or custom firmware, you can take the PSP online and use PSN such as for purchasing or downloading or authenticating. I recommend the custom firmware as it has all of the good abilities of the official firmware without all of the restriction that go with the OFW.

[fahlim003]

I attempted to update using the OFW and apparently its not possible since it reads "you have 9.90 and do not need to update". Well, that's a relief as apparently it is a typo in the version.txt so I'll need to modify that.

Edit: Alright, got up to OFW 6.61 then loaded the 6.61 CFW with the IPL flasher and we're good to go. Still able to access PSN without issue and the ability to change between OFW/CFW is a nice change.

[Baloo]

Five years later and I am posting to say that PSPs still have this problem even on the 6.61 firmware. The web browser effectively doesnt work because it cannot complete the TLS handshake encryption to the website. So the ability to use RSS feeds on PSP is effectively dead. Does anyone know if CFW has fixed this issue?

On a separate but related note, you can still use Shoutcast Radio on PSP if that is your fancy, by going to pspradio.co.uk in the web browser. It will download a Shoutcast Internet Radio applet that still works in 2021. Just some fun for anyone interested.

[gbpxl]

My PSP has CFW and Ive never been able to go online with it.