Backup PS Games

Do you have to unbrick your PSP in order to play original (backup and/or downloaded) of a game from a UMD disk

Ok so lets just say that you went onto a site and downloaded a PSP game ok, OR you just made a back up of a game that you own, now here comes the question, do you have to unbrick your PSP in order to play it on your PSP by putting it on your PSP by using a PC? Because i have a backup of my game (SOCOM u.s. navy seals Fireteam Bravo 2) and I put it into my PSP/GAME folder (making sure that using a backup actully work) and then i go my PSP and take it out of USB Mode and i go to Game and then Memory Stick and i find a file, but all it says is its corrupted data. So if you know anything about it any help would be well helpful, Thanks in advanced -Dark_nemesis ok my PSP isnt bricked, and im not using a custom firmware as far as i know, i updated the PSP to version 3.90 and i have the game in the PSP/GAMES/Killzone Liberation.cso, i guess what i was really trying to ask was do i have to do that whole "pandora" battery thing in order to play backups or downloaded games

Public Comments

1. if you can access your psp's xmb (the start screen) then your psp isnt bricked. the problem is probably how you labeled the file that has your game in it (aka PSP/GAME/(your file here)) the folder should be the games official sony name (the name should be like some weird code, example: the code for my flow game is uled90040) another thing, what firmware are you running off of? if it's custom then you have to go through the recovery mode and set the game folder homebrew to whatever firmware your on (do this by shutting your psp all the way off, then start it up again while holding down the right trigger. then go to customization>homebrew folder and change it from 1.5 to whatever your on) best of luck