Pandora Battery Guide for Noobs - Page 5

dukepoth · 08-25-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BliND123

Not sure if this is the best place for this question, but it is related to the whole Pandora thing....I wanted to know if once the MSPD is setup, could I add CFW installers on it and it still work to unbrick/downgrade? The smallest MSPD I have is 512MB so I want to use as much of that space as I can to unbrick and upgrade. Sort of like an all-in-one thing. But I don't know if that would screw up the MSPD and have to redo the setup so it can unbrick again, or will it still work? I want to put like official firmware and a few different CFW on it.

Yes it will work. The files of the pandora is only about 20mb, so you have plenty of room left over. To make it clear for everybody else, you can use your memstick as the unbricker memstick and have normal games and stuff it the same time. Just make the appropriate folders manually.

the begginer · 08-25-2007, 05:45 PM

hey dukepoth is it true that if you mess up your nand you cannot unbrick it?

dukepoth · 08-25-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by the begginer

hey dukepoth is it true that if you mess up your nand you cannot unbrick it?

This is true in the case that if you corrupt all of your IDS key. The Battery will not be able to help you and there is no know way to regenarate these keys if lost. But if its a simple brick of flash or IPL then its a different case.

If you are interested you can read all about it HERE. As it is qiute complicated to explain.

the begginer · 08-25-2007, 06:01 PM

so in order to corrupt your nand you would have to do delete the nand?

dukepoth · 08-25-2007, 06:06 PM

No sometime the nand can also bcome corruted after multiple flash as they can only be flash a certain amount of times or hardware failure can also corrupt it as well.

the begginer · 08-25-2007, 06:11 PM

so say you are downgrading or updating and you turn off your psp will that most likely corrupt nand?

BliND123 · 08-25-2007, 06:25 PM

o_0 ...Oh man, that sucks. What are the chances or that happening? I don't know how it works but couldn't someone maybe figure out a way to make a backup of the files or whatever on the NAND when the PSP is working? Then maybe make another feature on the pandora MSPD setup where you can add this file to automatically patch the NAND if corruption is found? If only it were that simple...

Edit: Hold up, jas0nuk said:

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I have a white JAP PSP, came with 2.00. I suspect it is a TA-081.

It has a corrupt 0x100/0x120 and no backup of the original

edit: How I messed it up: I tested harleyg's EARLY region changer without having made a backup (I expected it to work xD).
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Does that mean it is possible to backup the NAND thing and put it back if it were to go corrupt?

mashie00 · 08-25-2007, 10:49 PM

I'M RUNING FIRMWARE 3.51 M33 AND GETTING " message 8002014c game could not be started" what am i doing wrong,can someone help me please

mashie00 · 08-25-2007, 11:21 PM

O ye i,v now got 2 psp thanks to pandora i love it
it's a very BIG UP to team c+d and all how have helped me
thank's again to you all and keep up the good work.

the begginer · 08-26-2007, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by BliND123

o_0 ...Oh man, that sucks. What are the chances or that happening? I don't know how it works but couldn't someone maybe figure out a way to make a backup of the files or whatever on the NAND when the PSP is working? Then maybe make another feature on the pandora MSPD setup where you can add this file to automatically patch the NAND if corruption is found? If only it were that simple...

Edit: Hold up, jas0nuk said:

Does that mean it is possible to backup the NAND thing and put it back if it were to go corrupt?

im sort of confused about that to when you stick the magic memory card and battery in psp it tells you to back up your nand.

BliND123 · 08-26-2007, 12:39 AM

Ok, so if there is a way to back it up already, then how do you replace it? I don't have my Pandora setup stuff yet (probably another 2-3 weeks

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drew00629 · 08-26-2007, 01:18 AM

when i create the .bat file and try to run it, the screen pops up and asks me if i want to format it, and i hit y, then the window just closes.. how can i tell if it worked? its only a 512mb pro duo but should it say something?

so i figured it worked,
but then when i try to do the msint.bat, the dos window opens then closes right away.

alfox · 08-26-2007, 03:03 AM

nice guide dukepoth and yes this is a good guide so that noobs wont get lost anymore.for me i used 256 mb memstick pro duo and i already tried to unbrick downgrade with my own unbricker so thanks to DAX and all the makers of this...

aokuruwa · 08-26-2007, 08:04 AM

ill be trying to use a fake ms 1gb card. wish me luck

xxcrashxx · 08-26-2007, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by drew00629

when i create the .bat file and try to run it, the screen pops up and asks me if i want to format it, and i hit y, then the window just closes.. how can i tell if it worked? its only a 512mb pro duo but should it say something?

so i figured it worked,
but then when i try to do the msint.bat, the dos window opens then closes right away.

the best way to do this, is run the program through the command prompt console. that way, if it errors, u can see what it says, before it closes, cuz it wont close on its own that way.