levone from our forums has released his homebrew application for the PSP, Power Manager 2.1. This brew lets you save up on your power consumption by giving you more control over your handheld's configurations.

For the first-timers out there, here are the features for this app:

• Allows you to reach brightness level 99.(same as 100)
• Plug psp in to charger to unlock the full brightness of the screen.(higher then the fourth brightness
• off the slim)
• Plug psp in to charger for forced 333mhz cpu clock.
• can auto-clock the cpu based on usage.(to save more power.)
• can enable/disable the MAX brightness when plugged in.
• works along-side CWCheat for increased power saving.
• CW-Cheat Companion Mode(see notes)
• Companion Mode is enabled by defualt, to disable see controls.

In v2.1, there are several items to take note of as stipulated in the changelog:

• added ability to turn on and off maximum brightness anytime.
• added ability to set your own custom brightness.
• added ability to set power saving brightness when battery is low
• added ability to set your own battery low percentage
• added ability to automatically enable max brightness when pluged in.
• added new cwcheat compatibility mode.
• added config file.
• changed/added controls.
• Released with PMI.
• Other small things.

Download: Power Manager 2.1
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