Outdated PSP - What to do?

[MadWhiteNerd]

First off, let me apologize if these questions have already been answered, but I, myself, couldn't find them.

I've got the Star Wars Edition PSP (model 2001, and I believe it's non-TA-088) that a friend Pandora'd for me. It is currently running 3.71 M33-2 firmware. It also has no other plugins that I'm aware of. My questions are:

What CFW should I upgrade to, and what would the process be? Does it still run ISOs and CSOs? Do I need to get my hands on a Pandora to do it? (A bit of a sub question: I've read that homebrew can now be executed on OFW. Does this include ISO launchers?)

How can I enabled registering the PSP for Remote Play once the FW is upgraded?

Are there any plugins I might need or want?

As you can tell, I've been out of the loop for a bit, and need some help coming back in it! So I also apologize if I seem n00bish as well during our communications.

[dothackjhe]

You might want to upgrade your PSP's firmware version to either 5.00 M33-6 or 5.50 GEN D3, then patch whatever firmware version you've chosen with 5.00 Prometheus 4 (5.00 M33-6) or 5.50 Prometheus 4 (5.50 GEN D3). No need for Pandora battery + magic memory stick. All you need are the right updates for your PSP which can be downloaded here on this site.

All custom firmware and semi-hack firmware on PSP's are capable of running ISO/CSO games which the official firmware is not capable of.

You might want the following plugins installed in your PSP:
cxmb = to enable custom themes be applied on your PSP
TimeBatteryPercent = displays the battery charge, date, and some notes (optional) while on xmb menu
game categories = categorizes files contained in the ISO folder, GAME folder, GAME150 folder according to your menu style of choice
batterywarning = shows a warning on your screen whenever your PSP's battery charge has gone low

[MadWhiteNerd]

Does 5.50 GEN-D3 with Prometheus allow Remote Play to be activated?

[MadWhiteNerd]

Turns out Remote Play does work. So, to recap what I did:

Started with a Star Wars Edition PSP-2001 (TA-085 Motherboard) running 3.71 M33-2.

Had to do an intermediate update to 4.01 M33, as XGEN updater crashed when running straight off 3.71.

Once updated to 4.01 M33, I was able to use XGEN Updater to upgrade to 5.50 GEN-D3.

After that, I patched to 5.50 Prometheus-4.

Once that was said and done, I installed cxmb, Game Categories, and Battery Warning. TimeBatteryPercent didn't work for me for some reason, although I could have just done something wrong. I'll try it again.

NOTE: Make sure you're not attached to your theme if you do this, as upgrading will format your flash at some point. Luckily, mine was still on my MS.

NOTE2: When cxmb is enabled, normal .p3t themes won't register in the system at all.

Big thanks to you, dothackjhe!

[dothackjhe]

Glad to be of help!

[Player863]

Ummmm... .P3T is a PS3 theme, you mean .PTF, right?