Who does not love a PSP, handheld gaming, net-surfing, music, video device by Sony, I personally dont know any person who is a gadget lover and dont like PSP, if you are a gadget lover and have not a PSP then stop reading and go buy a PSP. Well this article is for PSP owners who got there PSP bricked.
About one year ago a bricked PSP was considered as the most expensive paper weight, but not now. So guys here I got a tutorial on how to unbrick your PSP and for downgrading you PSP.
This tutorial will guide you through the process of creating a "Pandora's Battery" and a "magic memory stick," which when used in conjunction can unbrick, restore, create IDstorage and downgrade any PSP directly to 5.00 M33-4. This process works on all previous "Phat" and Slim PSPs to date except 3000 series and those PSPs which have TA-088 v3 motherboard.
I tried to make this tutorial as easy as I could. Please read FAQ section before asking a question.
Disclaimer:
I personally used this software and found no problem. I successfully installed 5.00 M33-4 on my PSP system using this software. This software will erase all data from your memory stick. It is strongly recommended that make backup of your memory card before going ahead. I will not be responsible if you lose data of your memory stick, brick or semi-brick your PSP or your battery stop working. If you do not agree with this please don't go further.
Things You will need:
Softwares:
or
Extract this file and you will get a folder named DDC v8. Inside, it have two files and three folder. These are
500.PBP: It is official 5.00 EBOOT
UPDATE.PBP: It is official 1.50 EBOOT
pan3xxr3b.rar: It is Hellcat's Pandora Installer for 3.XX Rev 3b
dc8.rar: It is Despertar del Cementerio v8
timemachine_0.1.rar: It is Time Machine 0.1
Note: For extraction you will need WinRAR.
Hardware:
A homebrew enebled PSP. (A PSP having custom firmware installed in it)
Memory stick pro duo of at least 128 MB space
A PSP battery
Compatible Batteries:
Sony PSP 1800mAh Battery Pack
Datel PSP Battery 3600mAh 2X
Datel PSP Battery 1800 MaxPower
Sony PSP-280 2200mAh
Atomic Battery Pack 3.6v 1800 mAh
Creating a Magic Memory Stick:
1. First boot up the PSP into recovery mode (hold R during boot). Goto configuration->game folder home brew. Make sure it is set to 3.XX+ kernal. Exit recovery mode.
2. Extract downloaded file to desktop(you can do it anywhere but for sake for simplicity do at your desktop). Now on desktop there will be a folder DDC v8.
3. Insert the memory stick into the PSP.
4. Goto settings->system settings->format memory card in your XMB. Format you memory card.
5. Connect your PSP to PC through USB mode.
6. Goto DDC v7 folder and right click "pan3xxr3b.rar" file and choose extract to pan3xxr3b. Look inside the "pan3xxr3b" folder there will be a folder named "pan3xx". Copy this folder to X:\PSP\GAME\ (where X is drive letter for your PSP)
7. Exit USB mode. Now navigate to the Game menu on your PSP and execute Hellcat's Pandora Installer.
8. When it will load it will show you credits. Press any button and to go further.
9. Press R+X to repartition and format. On next screen press R+L+X to confirm.
10. Restart the PSP and connect it in USB mode once again.
11. Now all files have been deleted. So create a new folder and name it "PSP", without quotation. Inside PSP folder create a new folder and name it "GAME". Make sure that all letters are capital.
12. Again copy pan3xx folder to X:\PSP\GAME\ (Where X is drive letter for your PSP)
13. Copy UPDATE.PBP to the root of you memory stick (X:\UPDATE.PBP)
14. Exit USB mode and goto GAME->memory stick and start Hellcat's Pandora Installer.
15. Press X to install 1.5 firmware to your Memory Stick.
16. When process is finished Press L+X to install IPL. Now exit application.
17. Connect the PSP in USB mode.
18. Goto DDC v8 folder on your desktop. Right click Timemachine_0.1 and slect extract to Timemachine_0.1.
19. Inside Timemachine_0.1 folder there will be a folder name TIMEMACHINE. Copy this to X:PSP\GAME\
20. Exit USB mode. Goto game->memory stick and start Time Machine.
22. Now first select "Install IPL loader on PSP MS boot sector" then "Convert Pandora/DC1-DC4 IPL into TM format.". Now exit application.
23. Again connect the PSP in USB mode.
24. Goto DDC v8 folder on desktop. Inside DDC v8 folder right click dc8.rar and select Extract to dc8.
25. Inside dc8 folder find dc8 folder and copy it to X:\PSP\GAME\
26. Copy 500.PBP to the root of your Memory Stick.
27. Exit USB mode. Now navigate to the Game menu on PSP and execute the application "Despertar del Cementerio v8"
28. While installing, the application will ask you which key(s) you would like to bind DC to. Hold UP on the directional pad.
29. After installing the files, the program should exit back to the XMB. That means installation was successful. And here is your magic memory stick.
Converting a Battery to Pandora:
1. In XMB goto game->memory stick and execute Hellcat's Pandora Installer.
2. There will be 4 options
* Press O to convert battery to Pandora
* Press [] to convert battery to normal
* Press R+O to write battery serial to file
* Press R+[] to restore battery serial
3. Press R+O to write battery serial to file.
4. Press O to convert your battery to pandora. HURRAHH!!!! here is your pandora battery.
Unbrick, Restore, Downgrade any PSP:
Note: If you are performing the following steps on the same PSP you used to create the battery with make sure to remove and then reinsert the battery.
1. While holding UP on the directional pad, boot the PSP with a magic memory stick and the Pandora Battery inserted.
2. You will be presented with a menu containing the following options: * Install 5.00 M33 * Install 5.00 OFW * NAND operations * Hardware Info * Test M33 * Shutdown * Reboot Device
3. Slect "NAND operation" then slect "Dump Nand". Wait untill it is complete. (If any thing wrong happened at installing just goto "NAND operation" and select "restore NAND". This is just for Back up. Not necessary)
4. Select "Install 5.00 M33" to begin the installation process.
5. Wait for 3-4 mins to complete process.
6. Now press X to complete installation. DO THIS.
7. Boot up the PSP with a regular non-Pandora battery. You may be presented with a BSOD, but just press X or O to restore settings.
8. And that's it. You're now running 5.00 M33-4.
Fix IDstorage:
1. Insert magic memory stick in PSP then Put battery in compartment. PSP will boot up.
2. Goto NAND operation->IDstorage tools. Select your continent use get MAC address. if you dont get you MAC address use random MAC address and write these files. Thats it your PSP will work again
Converting Your Pandora Battery to Normal One:
1. Start your PSP with AC adapter. Put your pandora memory stick and battery in PSP.
2. In game menu execute Hellcats Pandora installer.
3. Press R+[] to restore your battery to normal one if you have your battery serial in you memory card.This is the preferred method for restoring your battery back to its previous state. If by chance you forgot to back up the battery serial and still would like to convert your battery back to normal, choose the second option by pressing []. Thats it. Now you have Normal battery.
Converting Your Pandora Memory Stick to Normal One:
1. Put your Pandora memory stick in PSP.
2. Goto settings->system settings->format memory stick. Press X. Hit yes for confirmation. Thats it.
FAQ:
Q: What is boot?
Ans: Boot mean turning on your PSP.
Q: what is XMB?
Ans: XMB is main menu of your PSP. It stand for Xros Media Bar.
Q: What is TA-088 v3 MOBO?
Ans: MOBO is short form of motherboard. TA-088 v3 MOBO are the last motherboard in PSP 2000 series. It is pandora proof. (Yet)
Q: Give me one good reason why i should i try this?
Ans: Well, You can downgrade, brick or restore it no meter what PSP you have. (Except TA-088 v3 MOBO) You can make pandora if you use windows vista. It have GUI (Graphical User Interce). Easy to use.
Q: My PSP have TA-088 v3 Motherboard. Can i downgrade it?
Ans: Unfortunately NO.
Q: I have only slim battery. Can i use this to make Pandora?
Ans: No, if you do this your Battery will stop working.
Q: I bought a pandora from market. Does i still need to make a pandora?
Ans: NO.
Q: My firmware version is 3.XX M33. suggest me what to do? Install 5.00 M33 or not?
Ans: When you boot your PSP using pandora, Select "Test M33". Now you have 5.00 M33 on your memory stick. Feel It and decide it by yourself.
Q: My PSP's UMD drive and WLAN not working. Tell me what to do?
Ans: goto "Fix IDstorage" section hope it will work.
Q: What is BSOD? Ans: BSOD is abbreviation of Blue Screen Of Death. The Screen which show corrupted settings is called BSOD.
Q: What does other option do?