"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]

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 23rd 2007 5:00PM]

I admire your effort, but no.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 23rd 2007 3:44PM]

In order to MAKE the magical battery, you MUST have a 1.5 or hacked FW PSP in the first place... Somewhere I can send my battery to, or buy a pre hacked battery/mem combo?

If anyone knows where I might be able to get a pre set up 32mb mem stick and battery combo can you please reply to this with a link? thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 24th 2007 2:57AM]

Wait a few hours/days/weeks, then eBay. I guarantee it.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 6th 2008 2:52AM]

I can hook you up! Just hit me up at [e-mail] and if you know anyone else that needs help with this let them know as well...

[rthprog Posted Aug 23rd 2007 11:18PM]

Yay! It worked!

[Torch Posted Aug 24th 2007 8:55AM]

I just bought an extra battery and use an old 64mb memstick. It works like a charm. I downgraded a 3.40 directly. No UMD BS.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2007 9:05PM]

on march lm bricked (full) my psp, now lm use pandora's mem/batt...""he's back to Alive""
thanks guy.""" WOW """

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2007 9:19PM]

It is true there is a all in one unbricker out there for the old psp and the new ones as well :P 100% You can create this stuff on your own for free with your existing battery and memory card :P No need for a working psp even :P

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 5th 2007 10:30AM]

The ultimate Pandora box installer (THE MOST SIMPLIEST ONE OUT THERE)
I’m a complete knob with the PSP, I was introduced this from a friend and I highly recommended it to everyone, this is the most simplest Pandora Battery installer you will find anywhere, it solves all my problems from not knowing anything about the psp to making into a cfw homebrew enabled psp. I can promise you that this will save you a lot of time, especially if your knob. This will work for Fat PSP and slim. Unbricking/Downgrading

Enjoy

http://rapidshare.com/files/74407162/PSP_PANDORA_GUIDE_BY_PANDA-CORP.rar

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NQ7IYNGB

http://www.sendspace.com/file/gqdrmr

PASSWORD = Panda-Corp {CASE SENSITIVE}