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Pandora's Battery FAQ's with Problem-solving Advices

This is for the people having trouble with the process and because it is hard to find specific info in the main thread.

I will add more are they are asked, and removed if they are fixed. Most of them taken from the original thread: http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=75759

1) Pandora's batteries can NOT be blocked through Firmware Updates.

2) To formatting memory stick: Put mspformat.exe the C: and use Run, type cmd, on the black screen type cd c: and hit enter, type mspformat.exe DriveLetter (space in between these two)

(EASIER) To formatting memory stick: Once memory stick has been connected to the pc through the PRO DUO Adapter or through the psp's USB connection, in "My Computer" look for its Removable Device and Right-Click-->Format...-->check mark Quick Format and hit Start.

3) If problems with writing the IPL to memory stick: (make sure msinst.exe and the msipl.bin are in the C: ) use Run, type cmd, on the black screen type cd c: and hit enter, type msinst.exe DriveLetter msipl.bin (space in between these three)

4) After executing msinst.exe (above note), you might get
"write MS BOOT CODE
C:>". Ignore it you are done.

5) (Linux Only) To do "mspformat" and "msinst": http://psp.jim.sh/fanjita/linux.txt

6) There might by updates for bugfixes.

7) Nand backups are saved as nand-dump.bin but in order to be restored they need to be renamed to nandimage.flash

8) Works on 1st and SOME 3rd party batteries. (NOT Working: "El-cheapo" )

9) 32 MB memory card are NOT supported, try anything higher.

10) A "Special" memory stick can be used as a normal one BUT if you want to get rid of its IPL, format it in the psp. Most PC will preserve it when formatting.

11) The "Special" files can NOT be used on a normal memory stick. It must have an IPL.

12) FAKE memory sticks appear to be working.

13) Once the a psp is downgraded or unbricked using the 1.5 update in the root, the you have a fully installed 1.5.

14) The 1.5 UPDATE.PBP can be replace with any other Official Update But NOT with a Custom firmware one such as M33's. First unbrickdowngrade (to 1.5) then upgrade through the XMB.

15) In order to convert Pandora's Battery to a normal one: Turn psp on with Power Cable plugged in but Pandora's Battery and Memory stick out, once in the XMB but both of them in. Under GAME execute the Pandora's Battery Creator not the Firmware Installer. In the Menu, press [].

16) It won't work in +4GB one because of the recovery firmware being 1.50 kernel based... however that's a matter of luck, it actually "could" work with a 8 GB, but not warranty of that.

17) The downgrader of the recovery firmware already has the patch to patch only the key 5.

18) For non-patched Key 5 TA-082/TA-086 PSPs, the recovery firmware itself, despite being 1.50 kernel based, can boot into ta-082+ without any keys patched (not even key 5), because it is patched directly at ipl level.

19) ANY PSP can be recover even if it has a corrupted IPL or idstorage destroyed.

20) It is unknown if it will work the PSP Slim & Lite, though Pandora's batteries will fit the new PSPs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...le_Slim_&_Lite

21) Even if the PSPs do NOT support 1.5 kernel, now with custom IPL, there is no need of 1.50 kernel to boot CFW, other firmware kernels can be used, though 1.5 is more "Dev-friendly"

22) Pandora's Batteries are charged the same way as the normal ones.

23) If you BRICKED your "memory stick" while formatting and HAVE CFW: Load your psp in Recovery Mode (press R while turning power on) or just remove the battery and put it back in) then Choose Toggle USB and properly format your memory stick through there.

23) To Make or Restore a Nand-Backup: Turn psp on without Power Cable BUT with BOTH Pandora's memory stick and battery inserted. From the menu, O and will be dumped to psp root under nand-dump.bin but in order to be restored it needs to be renamed to nandimage.flash. Once renamed, boot into this same menu and press [] to restore it.

*** Most of them are straight from Dark_Alex but the one that are not, tell me to give you credit.

- All work done by the Prometheus team aka Team C+D:

Adrahil (VoidPointer)
Booster
Cswindle (Caretaker)
Dark_AleX (Malyot)
Ditlew
Fanjita (FullerMonty)
Joek2100 (CosmicOverSoul)
Jim
Mathieulh (WiseFellow)
Nem (h1ckeyph0rce)
Psp250
Skylark
TyRaNiD (bockscar)

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Post edited by: blakey87, at: 2007/09/08 15:01