Easy-To-Use Pandora's Battery Guide

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by MachackNS

I have 2 questions: Do you have to format the memory stick on psp first or does mspformat command does it instead?And second question can you re-solder the pandora's battery after you have installed custom firmware?

mspformat does that for you, yes you can re-solder the battery..it says it in the guide, i think

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by AE86_Noobie

hey great guide, extremely easy to understand but its not working. its probably because i got a cheap $10.50 pandora's battery from dealextreme, but i've done everything in this guide, and when i pop my pandora's battery in with the MMS, all it does is the power light goes green, the WiFi light goes green, and the memory stick light goes orange. the screen stays black. It's a phat PSP-1001 and I'm currently running OFW 4.05. It's probably been answered before in this thread but i really don't want to search through 81 pages of posts for a solution.

Thanks!

press X, its not the battery, because i have the same one....if that doesnt work, try to remake the mms

[MachackNS]

And when you install CFW and press X PSP will reboot?Or will it turn off?Because on all youtube videos PSP turns off after installation and they say you should remove the pandora's battery and MMS,put normal battery and turn it on.Is it that true?

[vsoccerulz]

Hi, uh I'm trying to make a MMS with vista. I followed all your blue instructions but after i type in (in the command prompt) mspformat\mspformat.exe F then i hit y and enter it comes up with "write error" instead of "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved." I saw a video that said to just ignore it and keep going so i did. Then after i type in "msinst\msinst.exe F msinst\msipl.bin" it comes up with this:

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

Target DRIVE is 1
Check partation Sector
boot status 0x80
start head 0x01
start sec/cyl 0x0010
partation type 0x06
last head 0x3F
last sec/cyl 0xBEE0
abs sector 0x0000002F
ttl sector 0x001DEFD1
signature 0xAA55
Check BPB Sector
signature AA55
Check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

Any way to fix or get passed this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Schumann]

i made the mms just as in the guide then i think this is where i go wrong i have a psp slim and i went across that gold line like 100 times and when i boot up my psp it does everything as normal what am i doing wrong?

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by MachackNS

And when you install CFW and press X PSP will reboot?Or will it turn off?Because on all youtube videos PSP turns off after installation and they say you should remove the pandora's battery and MMS,put normal battery and turn it on.Is it that true?

it will turn off, but take out the battery after it shuts down and put in the normal battery, how about you try it?

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by vsoccerulz

Hi, uh I'm trying to make a MMS with vista. I followed all your blue instructions but after i type in (in the command prompt) mspformat\mspformat.exe F then i hit y and enter it comes up with "write error" instead of "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved." I saw a video that said to just ignore it and keep going so i did. Then after i type in "msinst\msinst.exe F msinst\msipl.bin" it comes up with this:

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

Target DRIVE is 1
Check partation Sector
boot status 0x80
start head 0x01
start sec/cyl 0x0010
partation type 0x06
last head 0x3F
last sec/cyl 0xBEE0
abs sector 0x0000002F
ttl sector 0x001DEFD1
signature 0xAA55
Check BPB Sector
signature AA55
Check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

Any way to fix or get passed this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

you cant just pass the format, and i have not successfully made a MMS on vista, you will need to find a computer with XP to do it

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by Schumann

i made the mms just as in the guide then i think this is where i go wrong i have a psp slim and i went across that gold line like 100 times and when i boot up my psp it does everything as normal what am i doing wrong?

do it harder, but not to hard or else you will break the board, if that fails, then cut the fifth pin like it says in my video

[zdargh]

I spent a good 9 hours researching, going through guide after guide and this is the best guide that works and is easy to follow.

If you have a slim, like me, and this is your first time, like me, you probably made the pandora batery, plugged it in and think you bricked your slim because it's just bank with just a green light. Don't worry, you have to have the MMS to have your psp load up with the pandora battery... if you don't have another psp to work with (my girlfriend had the phat I made the MMS with after I realized the slim psp won't load with a normal memory stick and a pandora battery) then you need to buy a new battery and make a MMS.

don't be discouraged about buying another battery also... you'd probably do it eventually.

[mepsp]

i got a tool battery maker from amazon. it works 4 phat and slim theres no disasembaly of the battery required. if you use anothe battery then ul hav a normal and a pandore battery then put the deviceon ebay n make your money bak.

[Hercules]

well to mepsp and zdargh..you guys are what make my day, people who actally know how to read and take their time..congrats to both of you guys and enjoy cfw!! a lot of good HB stuff is on pspmod.com you can find some more at pspupdates.qj.net or psp-hacks.com and congrats again!!!

[alpha_omega7dayz]

OMG! so i did the magic memory card.. i did the pandoras battery hard mod and if flashed crazy a black screen appeared (looked like ms dos) and it rebooted.... then i see a update icon on my psp so i click it now my firm ware says (version 3.73) is this custom firmware or should i cry for another 5 days!!!!! somebody help a lost soul

[tonscan]

hi guys,
is there a despertar file that installs cfw 4.01m33-2,just like the procedure of this guide?

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by tonscan

hi guys,
is there a despertar file that installs cfw 4.01m33-2,just like the procedure of this guide?

dude..stop being lazy..didnt you read the top of the guide?

**JUST BECAUSE Despertar del Cementerio v6 IS OUT, THIS GUIDE WILL STILL USE Despertar del Cementerio v3, WHICH MEANS YOU WILL HAVE 3.71 M33-2, SO STOP ASKING ME TO UPDATE IT, AND STOP BEING LAZY, AND UPGRADE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION. THANKS

next time google it..

[Hercules]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega7dayz

OMG! so i did the magic memory card.. i did the pandoras battery hard mod and if flashed crazy a black screen appeared (looked like ms dos) and it rebooted.... then i see a update icon on my psp so i click it now my firm ware says (version 3.73) is this custom firmware or should i cry for another 5 days!!!!! somebody help a lost soul

thats impossible...do the process again