GUIDE TO::Making Pandora's Battery (*new method*)

[marcuis14]

on others if it works its supposed to say

check free reserved sectors:OK

mine doesnt say that though i dunno why

[marcuis14]

if my human interface device isnt on will it not work?

[marcuis14]

ok nvm i got it working i got custom firmwars 3.71 m33-3 but now how do i get iso's and cso's onto my psp and play like i know how to put them on but do i need to download devhook?

[netflex]

i tried to make a majic memory stick and i used the total newbie instaler i ran it as the administrator and at the end i get the eror to small reserve sector any help appriciated

[netflex]

sorry needed to bump

[screamsayonara]

If anyone needs any help, just PM me. Midian is only one person and I'd like to help out.

[screamsayonara]

Originally Posted by netflex

sorry needed to bump

This has worked for me twice, hopefully it will be of help to you.

Format the MS in your PSP, or a friends PSP - doesn't matter, just as long as it gets formatted.

Then format the MS again, but in Windows - (MY computer-->Right click your MS-->Select Format-->Then Start). Once that completes, Open Your Command Prompt (in XP), go to the directory where you have mpsformat (for example, if mpsformat is in C:\ then when Command Prompt comes up type "cd C:\" and press Enter. DO NOT include the quotation marks.

Refer back to My Computer, and write down whatever drive letter your PSP MS shows up as (example - E:\ F:\ G:\ etc, I will use F for the remainder of this post because that's my MS drive) and type mspformat, then the drive letter of your MS (example - mpsformat F) and press enter. It will say "all data will be lost, do you want to continue?" Press Y for yes and hit Enter.

Now you can perform the steps outlined in the first post for creating the Magic MemStick -

Stay in the Command Prompt, and if you've followed the guide in the first post, the Command Prompt is allready at the C:\ directory. All you have to do now, since you've just formatted your MS, is type "msinst F msipl.bin" (NO quotation marks) and press enter. A big list will come up, and at the end it will say "Are you sure?" and I promise, you are . Just press Y and hit enter. The it will display "WRITE MS BOOT CODE". Mission accomplished, your MS is ready.

Here are a couple pics to show what you should see -

Step One -



Step Two -



Step Three (sorry, no pic for this one...) -

C:\Documents and Settings\Daryl & Jess>cd C:\

C:\>msinst F msipl.bin
PSP MS IPL Installer
Load IPL code msipl.bin
241664 bytes(59 block) readed

Target DRIVE is 1
Check partation Sector
boot status 0x80
start head 0x0B
start sec/cyl 0x0018
partation type 0x06
last head 0x7F
last sec/cyl 0xCFE0
abs sector 0x00000810
ttl sector 0x003CEFF0
signature 0xAA55
Check BPB Sector
signature AA55
Check free reserved sector:OK
Write ABS Sector 0x10 to 0x1E7
Are You Sure ?[Y]Y

Write MS BOOT CODE

C:\>


Sorry for the long post. Any more questions, just ask or PM me.

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[Kurust]

Originally Posted by Kurust

thank you so much~ unbricked psp ;D


having a problem:
psp slim~
when I try to upgrade to 3.71m33-3 the file wont read (note: I did this as soon as i unbricked psp & downloaded 3.71m33-3 from link.)
Game folder:
despertar_cementerio
pandora_battery
pandora_battery%
UPDATE(replaced the other "UPDATE"[3.71M33-2] that was here since can't have same name folders)

I also put seplugins in Removable Disk (I:) my psp folder looks like this
kd
PSP
registry
seplugins
MSIPL
150.PBP
UPDATE.PBP
3.40.PBP
3.71.PBP


Game looks like this on psp:
Despertar del Cementerio
Corrupted Data
Pandora's Battery Creator
3.71 M33-3 (when i click it or anything else here it says: "This game cannot be started. The region code is not correct.")

Edit: can't read UMDs either now D:;;;

sorry quoting to bump problem~

[Midian]

yeah i neglected mentionin the mspformat because im lazy to add it to the tutorial. and im having a hard time getting on hints why i havent been on.

[Intergalactic Captain]

Don't feel like starting a new thread, so here goes;

My little sister wanted to play the new christmas locoroco demo, which required 3.73...So, I figured I'd upgrade. I was on 3.52-m33 and had to restore my xmb before upgrading to 3.71...So, I got my FLASH0 backup and rewrote it - Screwed up somewhere, as it completely bricked it (couldn't get into recovery).

Here's the situation as it stands now - I have 1 psp (fat), 1 memstick (1g), and one hardmodded (lifted pin) battery. I have no access to any other psp, battery or stick so don't recommend it.

I've tried, over the past 12 hours, every incarnation of pandora and "despertar cementario" I could get my hands on. Whenever it works, I end up in the same situation - The install goes fine (3.71 or 1.50, tried both), press x to shutdown, pull battery and power to flip out of service mode. Plug adapter back in, hit power switch, and nothing. The fist time it's flipped, I can see a ghost of the install text, then the psp turns off in less than a second, and subseuent attempts to turn on only flash the screen. If I start button mashing, I can get it to stay on but it's completely non-responsive and the screen is blank.

So, is my psp completely screwed? I haven't been able to find any reports of this happening before and I've got no idea what to do.

[screamsayonara]

@ Kurust - Boot into Recovery, then choose Configuration and enable Fake Region. Also enable Free UMD Region.

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[JD135]

K so I dont want you guys to worry to much Ill figure it out myself but just to mention it I tried every single thing on that memory stick like hell I used mspformat, blaa blaa blaa but it boots normally. Theres no need for you guys to wack your brains too much but I guess this is the ultimate OFW PSP which no one can downgrade. Im selling it for $1million and believe that no one can downgrade it but Ill try some other methods and if I succeed then Ill claim the title of worlds greatest PSP downgrader.

(Note:If you got no suggetions for this post then dont worry Ill try to figure it out myself. Too bad my battery is useless now.)

[feawar]

Now i cant use my battery at all. No lights flashing no lights are even on. I use the charger cable the psp on then i place the battery as instructed but i think it does not charge even like that because i dont see the sign on the right top side of the screen .

Can it be because i touched both the pin no :5 and 6 ? And if its like that is there a way to fix it?

A guy on another forum said;
You can convert the battery back
turn the psp on with as adapter in put the battey in the psp when you get to xmb go to pandora instlller.

But i only have Pandoras Battery Creator not the installer or something.

And also i think we reset the "eeprom" from the battery is there a way to fix it via memory stick? To flash it back for example?

Can anybody help me please?

[Kurust]

boot into recovery= hold R and hold power switch up right? i do then mem stick led starts flashing, then makes a click noise and wifi and power led turn on and off, then it shuts down.

[DarkFoxSniper]

It means there is a file missing when those lights keep flashing and nothing comes up.