"Pandora's Battery" hack promises to unbrick all bricked PSPs

The PSP has seen plenty of hacks in its still relatively short lifespan, but it looks like this latest one from the folks at N00bz could well be one of the biggest, with it promising to do nothing short of unbricking all bricked PSPs. The key to that daunting task, it seems, was to turn an ordinary PSP battery into a so-called "service mode trigger battery," resulting in something N00bz has appropriately dubbed "Pandora's Battery." To make one of your own, you'll of course need a spare battery, as well as a working homebrew-enabled PSP to set things up with. After running a few programs on it and your PC, you should then have a battery/memory stick combo that'll let you get any PSP back up and running with the v1.5 firmware. Those looking to give it a shot can hit up the link below for the full instructions and necessary downloads.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[jefflin @ Jan 28th 2008 1:39AM]

A source of Pandora Battery for Sony PSP
After read this helpful article, i try to seach "Pandora Battery" on google, and i have find some source which sell this battery,
one is gogamestuff.com, here is ther url:
http://www.gogamestuff.com/gogamestuff-topseller-skuid-a07122700ux0001-brandid-3-typeid-29-detail.html

It said"Using the magic memory stick and the magic PSP battery you can Unbrick& Downgrade any PSP easily."

Another site is uxcell.
Here is just what i find on google, any one have other source , please feel free to share with us.

[unbrickedkit @ Feb 25th 2008 1:50AM]

Get the Pandora battery with Magic Memory Card easy at, http://www.geocities.com/pandorammc/

[Genjibud @ Mar 21st 2008 9:47AM]

Will this work with a 64mb memory card, or do you need at least 128mb? 'cause i really don't want to buy a new one lol.

[Joan @ May 15th 2008 10:59AM]

I bought my Pandora from http://pandora-battery.com Simple to install.Nice.

[megan2008 @ May 21st 2008 9:55PM]

Pandora Battery Preparation

1. Make sure you have completed the "Memory Stick Preparation" first.
2. Plug the Memory Stick back in.
3. ***OPTIONAL *** Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP and press Triangle "/" to back up the contents of your battery's flash into a file on you memory stick. The program will automatically exit. *Note:* This step is REQUIRED if you want to make this a normal battery again; otherwise it's optional.
4. Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP. This prepares the battery. You will not be able to use it normally from now on unless you've taken the optional step above to revert after the fact (should be using a spare so you can keep it around anyways).
5. You now have a "Magic Memory Stick" and a "JigKick Battery". Proceed to the next section to reflash your PSP.
you also own a pandora battery from http://www.shopping-toys.com/pandora-battery-downgrade-and-unbrick-any-version-psp-p-6.html

[megan2008 @ May 23rd 2008 2:54AM]

a best PSP pandora battery online store, try it to get pandora battery
at http://www.shopping-toys.com/pandora-battery-downgrade-and-unbrick-any-version-psp-p-6.html

[george @ Aug 24th 2008 11:05PM]

a best PSP pandora battery online store, try it to get pandora battery at

ONLY:$18.69

http://www.tonymap.com/product_info.php?products_id=107

[Natasha @ May 24th 2008 10:02AM]

Nice topic
Thanks
I have found two interesting sources ( http://fileshunt.com and http://filesfinds.com ) and would like to give the benefit of my experience to you.

[Teester @ Jun 6th 2008 2:53AM]

If anyone is interested in buying a Pandora kit I sell them all day long! All you have to do is hit me up at [e-mail]

[tom @ Jun 11th 2008 7:58PM]

a good read.

[jjsasha @ Jun 15th 2008 1:11PM]

I just bought a Pandoras Battery from http://www.pandorasales.com/index.html and i got a great deal cause it came with the 1 gig sd card fully programmed. i got it in 2 days. I unbricked my PSP then i downgraded to 1.50 from 3.80. then i added the homebrew. Now im playing game rips from my backed up games (of course)...

[jjsasha @ Jun 15th 2008 1:11PM]

I just bought a Pandoras Battery from http://www.pandorasales.com/index.html and i got a great deal cause it came with the 1 gig sd card fully programmed. i got it in 2 days

[tiffany @ Jun 24th 2008 12:32PM]

Thank you for posting this! Now I just have to find another PSP
http://www.tiffanysale.org/

[joejoe @ Jul 11th 2008 3:18AM]

Good place to buy pandora if you want.

[j @ Jul 11th 2008 3:20AM]

http://pandora-battery.com nice

[Tiger @ Aug 12th 2008 7:44PM]

Yo this is a pretty good article I got the same sort of advice from http://www.pandoragadgets.co.uk

[laptop @ Aug 20th 2008 10:27PM]

Before going to bed we will turn on all the flashlights at the same time and left them on overnight. We'll note down the time that the http://www.batteryfast.co.uk flashlights were turned on. When we wake up we will watch the flashlights until they go out and will record the time. If one goes out before we wake up, we will get two more of the same type of battery and watch it during the day.

[george @ Aug 24th 2008 11:01PM]

Yes, my friend told me:

1. Make sure you have completed the "Memory Stick Preparation" first.
2. Plug the Memory Stick back in.
3. ***OPTIONAL *** Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP and press Triangle "/" to back up the contents of your battery's flash into a file on you memory stick. The program will automatically exit. *Note:* This step is REQUIRED if you want to make this a normal battery again; otherwise it's optional.
4. Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP. This prepares the battery. You will not be able to use it normally from now on unless you've taken the optional step above to revert after the fact (should be using a spare so you can keep it around anyways).
5. You now have a "Magic Memory Stick" and a "JigKick Battery". Proceed to the next section to reflash your PSP.

you also own a pandora battery from here, only $18.69:
http://www.shopping-toys.com/pandora-battery-downgrade-and-unbrick-any-version-psp-p-6.html

[stumbleupon @ Aug 27th 2008 4:31AM]

My friend told me:

1. Make sure you have completed the "Memory Stick Preparation" first.
2. Plug the Memory Stick back in.
3. ***OPTIONAL *** Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP and press Triangle "/" to back up the contents of your battery's flash into a file on you memory stick. The program will automatically exit. *Note:* This step is REQUIRED if you want to make this a normal battery again; otherwise it's optional.
4. Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP. This prepares the battery. You will not be able to use it normally from now on unless you've taken the optional step above to revert after the fact (should be using a spare so you can keep it around anyways).
5. You now have a "Magic Memory Stick" and a "JigKick Battery". Proceed to the next section to reflash your PSP.


you also own a pandora battery from here, only $18.69:
http://www.tonymap.com/product_info.php?products_id=107

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[Jack @ Nov 23rd 2008 5:38PM]

Do not buy from http://www.pandorasales.com, the owner is running a massive click fraud campaign. He has scammed people left and right!

[Pandora Battery @ Nov 29th 2008 3:27PM]

Whoo finally a battery for the 3000 has come out. About time!

[Ace @ Nov 29th 2008 7:47PM]

Cheapest price I round anywhere is @ http://www.pandorabatterybuys.com. Only $5.95!

[n5modchips @ Apr 16th 2009 11:57AM]

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[Pandora Battery @ Dec 6th 2008 5:43PM]

Be careful not to buy the cheap, knock-off ones!

[PandoraBatteryCo @ Jan 3rd 2009 2:01AM]

Buy from a reputable company, http://www.pandorabatteryco.com

[Alex @ Mar 12th 2009 8:06PM]

I would also try http://www.123psppandorabattery.com
Got my battery quick, and very good price.

[spaceman4445 @ Mar 19th 2009 1:32PM]

i would suggest http://www.pspoverhaul.com , cheap price and nice tech support..

[spaceman4445 @ Mar 19th 2009 1:36PM]

i got my pandora kit from http://www.pspoverhaul.com ,got in good condition and cheap price..

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[urbanx @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:19PM]

wow

[Jonathan Keim @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:19PM]

Thank you for posting this! Now I just have to find another PSP... a homebrewed PSP.

[shamrock593 @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:28PM]

"Pandora's Battery" hack promises to unbrick all bricked PSPs

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That's a rather large promise.

[FreeRange @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:52PM]

Now's the time to buy a bricked PSP off of ebay for cheap.

[davidxi @ May 23rd 2008 2:43AM]

a good psp pandora battery online store, try it and get a pandora battery for cool game at
http://www.shopping-toys.com/pandora-battery-downgrade-and-unbrick-any-version-psp-p-6.html

[george @ Aug 24th 2008 10:55PM]

a good psp pandora battery online store, try it and get a pandora battery for cool game at
http://www.tonymap.com/product_info.php?products_id=107

[Nathaniel C @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:30PM]

Its real, heres a video of how to make it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-10VBXLIqc

many have tested already and it works.

[Xavier Gill @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:54PM]

Should be real considering N00bz are pretty trustworthy and this is how Sony unbricks PSP's when you send them in, with a special battery.

W wonder is it would work on the new PSP-2000's?

[W00t @ Aug 23rd 2007 12:58PM]

Dude, you need to work on your video skills.. That was awful to watch

[Grey Acumen @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:08PM]

I like this. So when do these batteries start turning up on ebay?

[NHAnimator @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:18PM]

Awesome. I can't wait to brick my PSP.

[Mike @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:26PM]

I think what might be more amazing about this is that if it takes ANY PSP back to firmware v1.5 you could keep one of these around to test any newer features out by a later firmware. It should also make for more aggressive hacking since hackers should be able to use this to easily go from later versions back to 1.5. All in all I think this is way cool!

Mike

[The ZeroCorpse @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:03PM]

And once it's unbricked, it does about the same as when it was bricked.

[idk @ Aug 23rd 2007 3:43PM]

wow, your an idiot, GTFO.

[silverblackvoid @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:28PM]

my heroes!!!

[Drumtech @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:29PM]

Perhaps Apple was wary that something like this was possible and so it could be one of the reasons why the iPhone battery is not user serviceable.