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

[noside12123]

Will this work for the psp made in japan??

[Midian]

OK everyone, I'm officially back.

I will be updating my guide shortly. I've missed alot.

Turns out there are a few things sony has done to block my tutorial from working. Here are examples:

1)Japanese batteries (the newer batteries) will NOT work
2)The new psp 1001 batteries have new chips with no ICO4 pins, so they also will NOT work

and so on. I currently got an older psp (classic one) from a friend. I broke my slim and he gave me his old since he got a slim. Anyway, i took the battery apart and BOOM, my tutorial failed on the battery.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do at this time. The battery is not hard-moddable and it will never be. You best bet is to get an old/used battery or a higher class battery. Just be sure the battery isnt japanese. If it is, it wont work.

[sexybeast099]

@inkee: I think you may have had a faulty USB cord if that was all it took to fix the problem. Either way, a memory card reader is a better idea than running the PSP since the game system sucks power like nothing else.

@The_Dope_Show: If you followed step 2 on the list of directions you gave, you should have an extracted folder on the root of the C drive. open My Computer and go to the C drive. if there is a folder named "msinst" then you are in business. On step 7, type "cd" then press the spacebar and type "C:\msinst" and finally press enter. you should see "C:\msinst>" to the left of the blinking cursor. if so, you should type "msinst", space, your drive letter for the PSP or memory card, space, "msipl.bin". if you don't get a yes/no prompt, report what the last two lines say on the long list (assuming there is a long list).

@Midian: You could just suggest getting a Datel Service Tool and you can use it on any (and I do mean any) official Sony PSP battery to put it in service mode. they don't even cost as much as a battery does (about $20 when I last checked) and they don't ruin your battery either. I ordered one and had a bad experience with it but I've heard from countless others that theirs worked, leading me to think that my case was just a fluke.

[cheezus19946]

you could have posted pics or a vid..

[angelrm]

when i try to move the partitions it tells me all the info and stuff but doesnt ask me yes or no, i have ofw 3.72 is this a problem?

[ajeetgoblin]

hi,i use a psp with official 2.81 firmwire.
can anyone plz help me with how to run homebrews on this one.
i couldn't find a gta or lumines unpatchd umd.so help me either with custom firmwire upgrade or downgrade.

[Hack3r]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! long but good

[hayd3r]

thanks, for the post as flashcheetah said hopefully this will stop noobs asking the same old questions about pandora.

[Midian]

Originally Posted by sexybeast099

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@Midian: You could just suggest getting a Datel Service Tool and you can use it on any (and I do mean any) official Sony PSP battery to put it in service mode. they don't even cost as much as a battery does (about $20 when I last checked) and they don't ruin your battery either. I ordered one and had a bad experience with it but I've heard from countless others that theirs worked, leading me to think that my case was just a fluke.

THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY TUTORIAL IS TO AVOID HAVING TO BUY ONE! Thats why I made this. I am not telling anyone to waste $20 on a battery they can make themselves.

[Newagelord]

I made the pandora battery correctly, I put it in and the green light turned on, but I messed up on the magic memory stick. I took out the pandora battery and plugged the charger and usb into my psp, then redid the magic memory stick. After I made it, I took out the charger and usb connector and put the battery back in. The green light didn't come on this time and I've tried everything, it still wont come on. Please help me, how do I make the green light go on again?

[ChaosMarine03]

i downloaded and extracted all of the software but when i try to move the partions i am greeted with an error saying that it is an invalid request...help?

[link222]

Hello i do this and when i do the partation it dont work

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Joshua>cd
C:\Documents and Settings\Joshua

C:\Documents and Settings\Joshua>cd C:\msinst

C:\msinst>msinst g 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    0x0012
partation type     0x06
last head          0x3F
last sec/cyl     0xB5E0
abs sector   0x00000171
ttl sector   0x001DAE8F
signature        0xAA55
Check BPB Sector
signature        AA55
Check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

C:\msinst>

it comes up with that and there is'nt a yes or no question, does that mean its done or not, also i have a working pandoras battery but it dont load the memory stick so thats probably why

[sexybeast099]

Originally Posted by Midian

THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY TUTORIAL IS TO AVOID HAVING TO BUY ONE! Thats why I made this. I am not telling anyone to waste $20 on a battery they can make themselves.

I know, scary that I'm actually quoting a post... anyway, I was just trying to suggest it as a potential option for those who have messed up their batteries at least once. I know the entire point of this tutorial is so you don't have to do that but in an debate you usually state or at least consider all possibilities and why your's is the best one. All I really hoped for was a footnote or something in the guide that "alternate ways of doing this are summarized as follows:" or something along those lines. Don't shoot me for my suggestion, I was just trying to aid in the growth of this guide.


@cheezus19946: C'mon man, give midian some slack! There are umpteen billion guides on youtube and there's even a thread that is specifically designated for people like you who want pictures. Go search the forums for Pandora High res pictures. It should bring up the one I'm talking about.

@angelrm: alright now, it has nothing to do with the current firmware you have since that is completely immaterial to pandora's battery. The point of pandora is to be a PSP cure-all. Tell us what the last line says above "C:\msinst>" after process has finished--assuming you get a long list. If there is no long list, tell us exactly what you did in the most excruciating detail possible.

@ChaosMarine03: Did you make sure you typed everything right? check my previous post to The_Dope_Show on this page and use that to check your input against.

[link222]

someone please help me

last line in msinst is
Check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

there is'nt a yes or no question

[derekm91]

Hi, I am having the same problem as link222. Please Help!