Ok well im sick of ppl asking what is cfw and how to get it. so i thought i would make this so i can just give them the link.
first off i will do some questions then answers.
Q: what is cfw?
A: cfw stands for custom firmware. its dark-alex's firmware for the psp.
Q: what is better about it?
A: there are many better this. i will only say afew. you can run homebrew apps, play downloaded psp games, change the xmb, and much, much more!
Q: what is homebrew?
A: homebrew is basicly any app/program that is designed at home. well just made by someone. not by sony.
Q: ok i got a idea now of what it is. so how to get it?
A: you will need two things, a extra 256 or higher mem stick, and a extra battery. here are the links to the tuts on how to do it: how to make pandora how to make magic mem stick

If you want to learn more about all of this, follow this link to wikipedia. click me!
Also, if you have any questions or if you know anything i should add, just tell me!

I will be adding more to this later. like on how to add games, apps, plugins...

wow my friend from school is soooooo stupid
he doesnt let me upgrade his psp to cfw
i always ask him
and he says no
i show him all the cool things you could do with cfw
like i show him gta lcs cheatdevice
and all the things it could do
but i tell him u need cfw for it to work
and he still doesnt want to update
i tell him bout the cso and iso's
but he still says no
he thinks he is gonna brick his psp with cfw
but i tell him if he doesnt know what he is doing then he will brick it
well too bad for him
it is his loss

ya sucks to be him!
wow he has it so easy. all he needs to do is give it to you!

yup but he chooses not to
but it jus tempts me even more to upgrade it to cfw