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Stryker412

Apr 16 2008, 02:56 PM

I'm thinking of getting a new PSP (slim). I have a DS with a card but the emulation isn't there just yet.

Black Knight gave a few of us these instructions:

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1) Download the Pandora Battery tool- you need the hacked PSP to make this battery.

2) Download the Universal Unbricker and put the stuff on the memory stick. Then run the application on the hacked PSP.

3) Put the memory stick with the Universal Unbricker stuff and the Pandora Battery into your new Slim PSP while turned off.

4) Turn it on, and follow the prompts.

Once you've made the stuff with a hacked PSP you can use it to downgrade and PSP, any firmware. You can find the links yourself- do a search. From this point on everyone needs to get back on topic. Ask downgrading questions in their own thread please.

I was wondering if someone who's done this process can go into a little further detail (not links) about the process. For instance, what is the Pandora tool and what does it do?

Devia Eleven

Apr 16 2008, 07:59 PM

http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/149

Stryker412

Apr 18 2008, 06:03 PM

QUOTE (Devia Eleven @ Apr 16 2008, 03:59 PM)

http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/149

Should I buy a Pandora battery off ebay or try to create one?

BlackKnight

Apr 18 2008, 06:13 PM

Create one.

gavin19

Apr 18 2008, 06:57 PM

I don't even have a PSP so I don't care either way.. but why when people ask about modding a PSP, are they always directed towards guides that specify you need an already hacked PSP to start off? Wtf!

Is there no way to just hack one by itself? I was thinking about getting one myself.

Tynvar

Apr 18 2008, 07:32 PM

QUOTE (gavin19 @ Apr 18 2008, 01:57 PM)

I was thinking the same, where the hell am I going to find a hacked psp around here.

Devia Eleven

Apr 18 2008, 07:54 PM

Hacked ones are rare, there has to be another way.

The first modded PSP couldn't have been hacked with someone else's modded PSP, it doesn't add up.

Tynvar

Apr 18 2008, 10:09 PM

QUOTE (Devia Eleven @ Apr 18 2008, 02:54 PM)

Hacked ones are rare, there has to be another way.

The first modded PSP couldn't have been hacked with someone else's modded PSP, it doesn't add up.

You probably need a interface for the battery to load the hack directly from a pc. That's how the first one probably started.

BlackKnight

Apr 18 2008, 10:54 PM

QUOTE (Devia Eleven @ Apr 19 2008, 05:54 AM)

Hacked ones are rare, there has to be another way.

The first modded PSP couldn't have been hacked with someone else's modded PSP, it doesn't add up.

Newer PSPs require Pandora's battery to mod. The only way to make one is to buy one, or make one yourself using a hacked PSP. Older PSPs didn't need all this... so it wasn't always this way, no. It is just that the older, easier, ways to hack the machine have been closed by Sony in the newer firmwares come in the box now.

Some only required a certain game or a certain exploit to fully mod... did you know the first shipment of Jap and US PSPs were practically already modded out of the box? They could run whatever you liked without needing to be hacked at all.

Stryker412

Jul 17 2008, 01:22 PM

I'm finally getting one today, I've had gift cards just collecting dust. I managed to get an 8GB SanDisk II yesterday from Amazon for $60.

If you modify the firmware does it effect any of the PSP features (like online play or remote play)? Will they ban you from online like Live?

BlackKnight

Jul 17 2008, 02:05 PM

No. There is no way Sony can really do that on the PSP. Apart from ditching a Chinese and Korean font, you're getting the everything there is.

L.S.D

Jul 17 2008, 02:32 PM

Modded PSP is the way to go. I can't think of what to do with an unmodded PSP as i have my Neo-Geo, CPS2 and SCUVMM emulators running most of the times.

Stryker412

Jul 17 2008, 02:36 PM

QUOTE (L.S.D @ Jul 17 2008, 10:32 AM)

Modded PSP is the way to go. I can't think of what to do with an unmodded PSP as i have my Neo-Geo, CPS2 and SCUVMM emulators running most of the times.

I'm just concerned with this whole battery trick and how much extra this will cost.

L.S.D

Jul 17 2008, 02:37 PM

QUOTE (Stryker412 @ Jul 17 2008, 02:36 PM)

QUOTE (L.S.D @ Jul 17 2008, 10:32 AM)

Modded PSP is the way to go. I can't think of what to do with an unmodded PSP as i have my Neo-Geo, CPS2 and SCUVMM emulators running most of the times.

I'm just concerned with this whole battery trick and how much extra this will cost.

Unless you know someone nearby who can help you, or you have to take the risk and invest. Try reading the instructions twice, and make sure you have everything before proceeding.

Stryker412

Jul 17 2008, 11:23 PM

Picked one up today. It's the PSP-2001, the firmware already on it was 3.95.

Devia Eleven

Jul 18 2008, 12:20 AM

You're going to need a memory stick and a Pandora's battery.

Stryker412

Jul 21 2008, 01:08 PM

Would anyone mind making an idiot/newbie's guide to modding a brand new PSP Slim?

Also, I tried ripping a DVD with DVDfab 5 but the end video was pillarboxed. What resolution does it have to be to native to the display? I left all the settings on the default for PSP.

Stryker412

Sep 5 2008, 07:21 PM

Has anyone used this?

http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Bat...__EF000530.aspx

megaman_zer0

Sep 5 2008, 07:37 PM

http://forums.noobz.eu/
go there.

Mooney

Sep 6 2008, 04:20 PM

QUOTE (Stryker412 @ Sep 5 2008, 03:21 PM)

Has anyone used this?

http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Bat...__EF000530.aspx

Unless it comes with a Magic Memory Stick, it's completely useless to you. If you have the ability to make an MMC (borrow a friend's PSP with a CFW on it, etc), then this product is useless to you because you could just make your own Pandora Battery.

Devia Eleven

Sep 6 2008, 05:10 PM

I used this to mod my PSP.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12472

Stryker412

Nov 19 2008, 06:53 PM

QUOTE (Devia Eleven @ Sep 6 2008, 12:10 PM)

I used this to mod my PSP.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.12472

After much procrastination my PSP is now on 5.0m33. What are the best emulators for NES, SNES, CPS2, and MAME?

Also, can you take your existing PS1 discs and make ISOs out of them?

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