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by The Z » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:59 pm
One more time:
Any PSP 1000 and most PSP 2000s (except those with the "cursed" TA-088v3 botherboard), are capable of running a "full CFW" (a cIPL CFW). The old 5.50 GEN and 5.00 M33 CFWs are cIPL CFWs.
The TA-088v3 2000, any 3000s, the Go and E1000 can not use these "full CFWs", because their hardware fixed the IPL-flaw that was used to use a cIPL (custom IPL).
The TA-088v3 2000, most of the 3000s and every PSP Go are capable of running the sony firmware 6.20. Since the permanent patch has been fixed as of firmware 6.30, these PSPs have to be downgraded to version 6.20 to run something that is similar to a "full CFW" (cIPL), but is technically worse (but yet visually an automatically booting CFW). This is called a "permanent CFW" (a temporary CFW that was made permanent thanks to the permanent patch).
The most recent 3000s and the PSP E1000 can not run to PSP firmware 6.20 (they were shipped with firmware 6.3x and 6.50, respectively), and are therefore unable to use any kind of "full" or "permanent" CFW. These devices can only use temporary CFWs. Temporary CFWs require the usage of a launcher (LME launcher, PRO recovery).
Updating a PSP that would technically support the permanent patch (88v3 2000, most 3000s, the PSPGOs) to a firmware higher than 6.20 (6.3x, 6.60, 6.61), is also forced to use a temporary CFW, since the perma patch only works up to 6.20, any these devices do not support the "full CFWs" (cIPL CFWs - only supported by the older PSPs).
I hope this amount of imformation can help you a bit.
To actually answer your question, the ME CFW does not and will never require any kind of "launcher", because it only exists as "full CFW", and a full CFW is only available for the PSP 1000s and most PSP 2000s. It is ALWAYS a full CFW and ALWAYS boots the CFW by itself.
The LME and PRO CFW do require a launcher to launch the CFW; because these CFWs are only temporary CFWs. Depending on your PSP and your firmware, they may also be flashed as "permanent CFWs" via the permanent patch, but this only works up to version 6.20, and only on PSPs up to PSPgo (or 3000 04g).
In case your install the PRO CFW on an old PSP (any PSP 1000, any PSP 2000 - except for the TA-088v3 one), you can also use the optional cIPL flasher, which can "transform" the temporary PRO CFW into a "full CFW" (cIPL CFW). But the cIPL Flasher only works on the older PSPs and would brick a newer PSP (because they dont support cIPLs).
The PRO CFW was pretty much made and designed as a temporary (or permanent) CFW, while the ME CFW was primarily made and designed as full CFW (cIPL CFW). The LME was created at a later date to offer the functions of the ME CFW for the newer PSP devices (as temporary ME CFW, aka. L(ight)ME CFW).
I would stick with the ME CFW (6.60 or 6.61, since those are the newest firmwares) for older PSPs (any PSP 1000 and any PSP 2000, except for the TA-088v3 motherboard one), and use the LME or PRO CFW on the PSP 3000s (03g, 04g, 07g, 09g), PSPgo and PSP E1000 (even thought I would still use the LME CFW, since I think it is superior - especially on a PSPgo).
White PSV TV - 32GB - 3.65 CFW ✔
White PSV 1000 - 32GB - 3.65 CFW ✔
2x PSV 2000 - 32/64GB - 3.65 CFW ✔
PSP Fat 1000 - TA-081 - 6.61 ME-2.3 ✔
PSP Slim 2000 - TA-085¹ - 6.61 ME-2.3 ✔
4x PSPgo & 1x PSP 3kº⁴ᶢ - 6.61 LME-2.3∞ ✔
