[sexybeast099]

@Spen: I actually did mean softmodding as in the pandora program that you run on the PSP so that the battery goes into service mode. the method I'm talking about does not include taking the battery apart at all.

How this relates to the thread is that I was asking if the un-Pandora-able batteries that I came across may be able to be Pandora-ized with this method. I'll restate my question: Has anyone come across a battery (chinese made versus japanese made or spin-offs) that hasn't been able to be hard-modded? I was wondering because if it would be easier to make it for a friend by hard-modding it rather than trying to find a compatible battery, I'll just do that again.

@Snyper: Do you have a pic of the front of the battery casing? I wonder if this is the same type of battery I've got right now which is a relatively poorly-made chinese knock-off--no offense to china. If you totally destroyed the front or can't take a picture of it for some other reason, can you at least describe it? If you don't see any labels on any of the chips, you might not have it in the right light. I've found it extremely hard to read the letters/numbers in anything except for direct white-light, but that may be just me. Looking at my open battery (in signature) the camera seems to bring out the labels so I dunno. Also, is that battery for a PSP Slim? that may explain some of it as to the layout and circuit board color.