A lot of people are having trouble installing custom firmware on their new PSPs (which have the offical firmware pre-installed), many guides require a Pandora Battery – some people understandably do not want to open up their Battery to modify it (understandably) for those people perhaps the only option left is to go buy one from somewhere, but for the brave and tech savvy I present you my guide which will cover everything from creating a Pandora Battery to Magic Memory Stick.
OK formailities out of the way, there are 2 parts to this guide.
Part 1 : Create both the Pandora Battery and Despertar del Cementerio Magic Memory Stick using CFW already installed on PSP.
Part 2 : Buy a Pandora Battery and make the Despertar del Cementerio Magic Memory Stick using your PC.
Creating a Pandora Battery using a PSP with CFW pre-installed
Items that you will require :
- A genuine PSP battery (cheap fakes do not work)
- A custom firmware installed PHAT PSP or 1st gen (TA-085) slim PSP.
- A Pandora Battery creator tool
NOTE slim PSP : You need to check whether your PSP version is 1st Generation or 2nd Generation, execute this app on the PSP and check the PSP motherboard model.
The run-down
Model TA-085 : First generation slim PSP. Can make a Pandora’s Battery.
Model TA-085v2 : Second generation slim PSP. CANNOT make a Pandora’s Battery.
Any versions beyond TA-085v2 will not be able to make Pandora Battery either.
Creating Pandora Battery :
- Follow the install instructions provided by the OSBT Battery Creator
- Launch the program from the GAME menu on your PSP
- Remember, the application works for custom firmware version 3.xx and 4.xx, It will not work on 1.5 Kernal any more, so remember to place the contents on the GAME folder and not the GAME150 folder
Select the option to backup the EEPROM, this stage is very important in case something goes wrong and you need to restore the battery. I’ve bricked one of my batteries permanently because I did not create a backup.
Also creating a Pandora Battery and reveting it back to a Regular battery usually nullifies the Batteries original, unique serial number. If you restore a backup EEPROM you will also restore your unique serial number so it’s worth doing.
The application should quit after creating backup, you’re set to convert it into Pandora Battery, so launch the application back up again.
Once done, Congratulations. You are the proud owner of a Pandora Battery!
NOTE : If you turn the PSP off the PSP, you will not be able to turn it back on as you normally would, this is because the Battery is used to ‘launch’ the PSP. One way around this is to remove the battery altogther, and plug in the PSP’s mains, that should boot up the PSP normally without any problems.
Creating the Despertar del Cementerio Magic Memory Stick using a CFW installed PSP
Items that you will need:
- A Memory Stick PRO Duo. with minimum capacity of 256MB.
- Any M33 or Dark Alex firmware PSP.
- M33′s Despertar del Cementerio installer : Here.
- Sony Official 3.40 Firmware Here.
- Sony Official 3.80 Firmware Here.
- Sony Official 1.50 Firmware Here.
- Time Machine IPL loader : Here.
Creating the Magic Memory Stick :
Alright first step is to rename the update firmwares Rename each eboot.pbp to it’s version number, 3.40 eboot should be named 340.PBP, 380.PBP, 150.PBP etc Move the 3 .pbp files on to the root of the Memory Stick
Extract the contents of the despertar_cementerio4.rar archive and move the folder despertar_cementerio to the Memory Stick folder :/PSP/GAME .
Now Plug unplug the USB, and launch the DC4 installer from the GAME menu from the PSP, follow the instructions and it should produce a bunch of files, a couple of folders should be generated you should notice kd folder, registry folder and msipl.bin file on the root.
Now extract the timemachine_0.1.rar files onto the desktop. And cut and paste the TIMEMACHINE folder to MemoryStick:/PSP/GAME folder on your PSP.
Now Run the Time Machine from the PSP’s GAME folder and install IPLloader to MS. Once it’s done, select Convert pandora IPL to Time Machine format. Then, quit the app. This should place the folder TM in your Memory Stick.
Congrats! Now you have a Despertar del Cementerio Magic Memory Stick in your hands.
Installing CFW
Turn off PSP completely. And Insert the DC4 Magic Memory Stick
Now hold UP on the D-Pad and insert the Pandora’s Battery. Keep holding the UP button until the PSP boots into the Pandora menu.
Now press X to install 3.80 M33-5.
Done!
Note on PSN games :
quote Dark_AleX
Note: If you are gonna use the memory stick to restore a psp other than the one that created it,
check if the file /registry/act.dat exists in the ms. If it exists, remove it, otherwise the restored psp may not be able
to buy psn games until the user doesn’t delete from flash2 the act.dat of the other psp. (act.dat files are unique for each psp).Note that act.dat will be restored to the moment of the MS creation.
If you have bought other PSN game later, the act.dat file may have changed and if you restore the old one, you may loose the latest bought game.
Backup flash2:/act.dat each time after you buy something from the PSN!
{ 25 comments… read them below or add one }
Very nice write up. One of the better ones I have see on the net.
help!!! on the psp it says that the game is corrupted
So where is part II?
I don’t have a modded psp to make the stick with.
Why do you need a minimum capacity of 256Mb? i only used 106 Mb for the magic memory stick. I bought a 512Mb stick but still had 4056Mb left after I made the stick.
Great… Umm, Not To Be Rude But The Hell Are We, The Few (Or Not, I Dont Know) Without Already Modded PSPs Sapouse To Do.
I personally see little to no value what so ever on creating a pandora battery and magic memory stick with an already hacked psp. Other then unbricking and maybe trying to make it a product and hack other psps.
But More Importantly, The Hell Am I Sapouse To Do with my non-cracked psp.
Again I Dont mean to offend Im just tired of seeing “How to mod with a pre-moded” tuts that dont tell you in the title that you need an already moded psp….
this is the best place on the net i have seen, as it also has dark-alexs opinion on it so you have the actuall creator helping you and the tutorial is toips thnx alot
Hello, are you actually going to post the second part of the guide?
As DB03T2XYR said, I’m not meaning to be rude, but posting an incomplete guide stating you’ll cater for both parties (modded psps and unmodded) is rather annoying.
If you want a modded psp you need a tool battery which mods the psp for you. hope this helps
nice guide, I created a magic memory stick on a 128mb memory once, has anyone done it on anything smaller??
can you turn your battery back to a normal battery after it has been changed to a pandora one??
ermm i made my battery pandora but now my psp wont turn on. is it because i dont hav a magic memory stick or what…please help :O?
its really good man thanks
it actualy works OMFG
Excuse me, my PSP has CFW 5.00 M33 running on it. Yesterday, the memory stick got corrupted. If i purchase a new memory stick, will I have to downgrade and repeat the whole process all over again?
Official Sony 1.50 can’t be downloaded from PSP-Hacks. The page says “downloads disabled.” Is there an alternate source?
I have a PSP Phat with OFW 3.51, a Pandora battery, and a blank memory stick. Where can I go for a clear guide to installing CFW onto my PSP? Most tutorials are, like this one, directed at people who already have CFW installed.
Even the “noob friendly” tutorials are loaded with exceptions and asides about modded vs. non-modded units, which makes them very confusing.
Those links for the Firmware downloads aren’t working for me… is there a different place to get them?
Guys, rather buy a pandora battery – it’s cheap and easy!
Isn’t it easier to simply buy a Pandora battery?
Btw, avoid P2P’s and Torrents and you will be fine.
o and you can buy a kit for $40.00 wit a mms and pb.
i have a pandora and a magic memory stick , i did what is says above but it only lights the green power led on psp … nothing happens ..
hold down the L tigger then put the memorystick in then the pandora
this is for nikolas
does the pandora battery need to be reverted in order for the firmware to install correctly?
-made pandora battery
-made magic memory stick
-no charging pandoras battery to approx 80% charge
after i start the install process(?) when the lights flash and the white writing appears, does the pandoras battery need to be changed back- if so how?