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"Pandora's Battery" can unbrick your PSP

23 August 2007 7:42 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 76 comments

Pandora's Battery can unbrick your PSP It seems that thanks to a couple of legends in the PSP homebrew scene, that the hackers have won, as a universal downgrader was released, for free, yesterday.

The software, known as Pandora's Battery is the work of well known names, Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX, Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, and TyRaNiD.

According to Dark_AleX himself, "The battery lets to downgrade any firmware version (including those that Sony releases in the future), and to unbrick bricked psp's (whatever bricked by software PSP, not only the ones bricked by that retard of Serafin), in all current hardware. Of course, we cannot be sure about future hardware, but the Firmware Update game has finally come to the end for all current psp's."

Although it is unclear whether this will work on the upcoming PSP Slim, Fanjita said the software was finally released as the it had somehow hit the blackmarket and was selling for over $1000 USD, making some people a fortune off potentially stolen software.

What makes this even more special is the opportunity to unbrick a bricked unit, making the worries of trying to downgrade a thing of the past.

Although we cannot link directly to the software, it can be found at the source link for those interested.

For those needing help, please do not post in the news comments but instead visit our discussion forums here.

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Max Console


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    simpsim1 (Member) 29 August 2007 13:08 Send private message to this user   
    Email spambot coming to this webpage soon LOL!!!

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 29 August 2007 13:12

    PeeEssPee (Member) 30 August 2007 2:48 Send private message to this user   
    I used my 4 GB and it worked fine with this. So you can use 4 GB and lower up to like 256 mb. :]

    PSP Firmware History:

    2.71 -> Got PSP modded (Waste Of Money) 3.40 -> Downloaded DAX's 3.40 OE-A -> 1.5; soon to be going back to 3.40 OE-A.
    kvsingh (Junior Member) 30 August 2007 9:05 Send private message to this user   
    hey guys,
    i know there lots of forums about the pondoras battery out there but i just want to get a clear idea about what i want to do.
    i have a cfw psp.
    so if i buy a spare battery and memory card, do i create pandoras battery straight from my psp, or i need another psp with it?
    also what is the minimum sized memory card i can get away with?
    thanks
    dEEz_nUtz (Senior Member) 30 August 2007 11:38 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by kvsingh:
    hey guys,
    i know there lots of forums about the pondoras battery out there but i just want to get a clear idea about what i want to do.
    i have a cfw psp.
    so if i buy a spare battery and memory card, do i create pandoras battery straight from my psp, or i need another psp with it?
    also what is the minimum sized memory card i can get away with?
    thanks
    Yeah, you can create the battery using your psp that has cfw on it...A good size memory stick to have would be a 256MB pro duo-


    PeeEssPee (Member) 31 August 2007 1:16 Send private message to this user   
    You don't really need a spare battery and a memory stick.
    LastMastr (Member) 31 August 2007 1:44 Send private message to this user   
    Hey my previous comment was removed.. oh well

    ZOMG!!!!!!!!


    Well i did it, took me a while to make the magic stick but once i did i flew by the rest of the instructions and brought a psp back from the dead :D

    It works like a charm... ;)
    borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 31 August 2007 14:12 Send private message to this user   
    To the names mentioned above thanks for the great inovation to this device i gather many psp users will be delighted.
    PeeEssPee (Member) 31 August 2007 16:23 Send private message to this user   
    LOL. Many users? ALL THE USERS ARE DELIGHTED :]
    Shinraboy (Member) 1 September 2007 4:44 Send private message to this user   
    Im sorry, im just sooo confused. My question, Is this or is this not going to work on the slim psp?

    Here are pictures of slim taken apart if it helps

    http://psp.tgbus.com/news/200708/20070831160615.shtml

    As you can see it has Firmware 3.60

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1 September 2007 4:45

    PeeEssPee (Member) 1 September 2007 4:51 Send private message to this user   
    I dont think many people are interested in the PSP Slim..
    Shinraboy (Member) 1 September 2007 5:01 Send private message to this user   
    THE BATTERIES ARE THE SAME!!!! THE BATTERIES ARE THE SAME!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!

    http://image3.play-asia.com/gallery/large/GA.00074.0021.jpg

    Theoretically, if you just put a thick batt into the slim with the latch open, it should work!!!

    Also, Play-Asia has spare new batteries too. The only reason I want the slim is for this

    Final Fantasy VII Bundle!

    http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-01-77-2-49-en-85-1-70-25kr.html

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1 September 2007 5:06

    PeeEssPee (Member) 1 September 2007 5:07 Send private message to this user   
    We're not sure if Pandora's Batt will work with it yet.
    dEEz_nUtz (Senior Member) 1 September 2007 10:00 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Shinraboy:
    THE BATTERIES ARE THE SAME!!!! THE BATTERIES ARE THE SAME!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!

    http://image3.play-asia.com/gallery/large/GA.00074.0021.jpg

    Theoretically, if you just put a thick batt into the slim with the latch open, it should work!!!

    Also, Play-Asia has spare new batteries too. The only reason I want the slim is for this

    Final Fantasy VII Bundle!

    http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-01-77-2-49...kr.html


    I have read that you can use the battery that you are using now in the psp slim, and that sony will be offering replacement battery covers when its released...The new psp's batteries have half of the life than that of the original...The only problem is that it will stick out like a sore thumb with the fat battery....
    naj94 (Inactive) 1 September 2007 14:09 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by naj94:
    So i got Firmware 3.51 are you sayin i can downgrade that and then put custon firmware on it and play iso's? if yes can you e-mail me the info about where i can get the 'pandora's battery' to edited
    Sorry i didn't know that i wasnt allowed to put my e-mail dwn sorry
    PeeEssPee (Member) 1 September 2007 19:57 Send private message to this user   
    Everyone makes mistakes.. :]
    Shinraboy (Member) 2 September 2007 17:34 Send private message to this user   
    There are now multiple reports that Pandora's battery does not work on the new PSP Slim & Lite and there is absolutely no response from the MSD. It seems as if Sony has well and truly blocked it in their new firmware v3.6 which will ship on every new PSP Slim & Lite

    -http://www.psp-spot.com/t45796.html

    :-(
    PeeEssPee (Member) 2 September 2007 22:56 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Shinraboy:
    There are now multiple reports that Pandora's battery does not work on the new PSP Slim & Lite and there is absolutely no response from the MSD. It seems as if Sony has well and truly blocked it in their new firmware v3.6 which will ship on every new PSP Slim & Lite

    -http://www.psp-spot.com/t45796.html

    :-(
    Dont buy them, then
    pballer99 (Newbie) 5 September 2007 17:37 Send private message to this user   
    I need to double check a couple things before i do this:

    1. Can i use pandora with a TA-082/IC1003 mobo?

    2. What does pandora do to your battery?
    plazma247 (Newbie) 6 September 2007 5:22 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by pballer99:
    I need to double check a couple things before i do this:

    1. Can i use pandora with a TA-082/IC1003 mobo?

    2. What does pandora do to your battery?
    Yes should be fine as i reconise the numbers as an older model.

    It will recovered a bricked psp which has a corrupt firmware on it.
    alexrodri (Newbie) 16 February 2008 20:13 Send private message to this user   
    the psp phat batteries fits on the new psp slim u can try this. it worked for me i didnt have to mess up my psp slim battery
    alexrodri (Newbie) 16 February 2008 20:19 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by alexrodri:
    the psp phat batteries fits on the new psp slim u can try this. it worked for me i didnt have to mess up my psp slim battery
    if u want to make pandoras battery here is a detailed way there is a youtube video at the bottom
    'http://youtube.com/watch?v=tpYBzq8GxLI&feature=related'
    and go to 'dark-alex.org and download this
    'http://exophase.com/files/psp/despertar_cementerio4.rar'
    vineshety (Newbie) 8 May 2008 5:17 Send private message to this user   
    So, Can I create Pandora battery Myself,
    & can I get it back into normal one,
    to use it for normal use.....
    please help me
    alexrodri (Newbie) 8 May 2008 20:45 Send private message to this user   
    yes u can
    540G (Newbie) 23 May 2008 16:18 Send private message to this user   
    i have a psp. and i made the pandora battery because i was trying to downgrade the psp from 3.95. so i had to make the pandora battery in order to downgrade it & install the firmware (3.71 m33). So i put the stuff on it the memory stick and followed each step by step really close. But now when the psp starts it says " Press X to install 3.71 m33" "Press O to install original 3.71" "Press BOX to dump the Nand" and the last option is "Press L+R+START+HOME to restore nand dump phisically( dangerous! ) thats what it says in a dark screen. i have did all of the above and notting has happend and the psp wont start up at all. what am i doing wrong and what do i need to do to fix this problem? do i need a regular battery and memory stick for it to go back to normal or what? can some one PLEASE HELP =[
    binaryfun (Newbie) 10 June 2008 16:42 Send private message to this user   
    I bought a Pandora battery Here. Ha..It sure beats having to open up the psp battery and hard modding it. :P

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 10 June 2008 16:43

    vineshety (Newbie) 10 June 2008 21:45 Send private message to this user   
    Thank U dEEz_nUtz ,
    I created Pandora Battery successfully,
    & installed CFW.
    So,
    If I can, then anyone Can...!
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