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GUIDE: Universal Unbricker V3 Using Official Firmware FAT/SLIM PSP.
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7. February 2008 @ 00:40 |
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Or it could be a blind installation; PSP Slim.
PSP Firmware History:
2.71 -> Got PSP modded (Waste Of Money) 3.40 -> Downloaded DAX's 3.40 OE-A -> 1.5 -> 1.53 -> 1.5 -> 1.53 xD -> 1.5 -> 3.40 OE-A -> 1.5 -> 3.52 m33 -> 3.52 m33-2 -> 3.52 m33-3 -> 3.52 m33-4 -> 1.5 -> 3.52 m33-4 -> 1.5 -> 3.71 m33 -> 3.80 m33 ->3.80 m33-3 -> 3.80 m33-5 -> 1.5 -> 3.71 m33 -> 3.71 m33-4 -> 3.80 m33 -> 3.80 m33-5
40GB PS3 - one game. skate. hoping to get GTA 4 and COD 4 :)
Help me hack my ps3 (:
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tdawg
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7. February 2008 @ 14:52 |
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well, there are multiple tutorials to hardmod the battery, and the one i used, http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/591203, says to simply cut the 5th pin. Now i dont know if that was just a misunderstanding or what, but it says nowhere on that tutorial to solder any wires(if im not mistaken)
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mannysh
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7. February 2008 @ 19:08 |
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ok this tutorial is one of the best...
just a heads up there are some bataries that canot be converte into a permanet pandora, so take care...
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maddstyle
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7. February 2008 @ 19:27 |
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So I finnally got my psp slim working followed the steps but had to make magic mem stick at a friends house. I bricked my psp on the first try but it was a bad magic mem card that i made so i redid it also have the datel tool battery for the pjat and everything worked fine
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tdawg
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7. February 2008 @ 21:06 |
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Originally posted by mannysh:
ok this tutorial is one of the best...
just a heads up there are some bataries that canot be converte into a permanet pandora, so take care...
yeah, we might have shorted it out(touching pins 5 and 6) but it still powers on, but I'm sure we have the correct battery
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vizor
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7. February 2008 @ 21:11 |
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I have got a new psp slim 2001 piano black.
I tried installing CFW using the guide given here.. but to no avail..
Here is what i did.
1. I modified my PSP slim battery into service mode using datel battery service tool
2. Created Memory stick using the files provided here, in XP..(Initially Lexar 1GB and later tried with Sandisk 4 GB)
Inserted my battery first and then MS..it didn't work.. only the power light comes on and nothing else happens (no flashing of MS or wifi lights)... i then tried putting the MS first and then battery.. still the same case.. power light was on all the time and nothing else happens..
can anyone help me please...
Edit: While creating mem stick.. found that MSINST is not installing the msipl.bin properly.. i didn't get the last screen at all as given in the guide (those sectors screen).. instead after installing all the files (.pbp etc).. it directly went to credits screen
i attempted to run the msinst install separate... but i got this error
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C:\>msinst\msinst g msinst\msipl.bin
PSP MS IPL Installer
Load IPL code msinst\msipl.bin
241664 bytes(59 block) readed
Target DRIVE is 1
Check partation Sector
Cannot open device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
Can't read partation sector
i used my friend's XP system for creating magic mem stick... its pretty wierd as for everyone it works smooth in XP... (my friend is not an admin in his system.is this a reason?!)...
i had a suspicion that even though the easy installer formatted the mem.stick, it might not have got formatted properly. so to check that i tried using "mspformat" and i couldnot format the mem.stick in an XP system... :( how did the installer do it earlier i dunno...
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open error(read)
all these are driving me really crazy...i hope i have explained my scenario clearly..
please help me people..
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. February 2008 @ 01:02
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jlj0425
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8. February 2008 @ 00:01 |
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i have a slim psp ofw 3.90. can i use the pandora's battery to change my ofw to cfw 3.90 m33. is there a guide to do that. kindly pls and pls send me the procedures. thanx o lot
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957351
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8. February 2008 @ 01:29 |
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Hey Guys i bought a datel tool battery for fat psp from Divineo UK and can somebody tell me what should i do charge it or what???
PePiNo
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8. February 2008 @ 02:08 |
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i would like to give out my thanks to everyone. rather than start a million threads, these stickies just helped me out tremendously and im loving my FF7 on my PSP Slim, Thanks again!
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BlackC87
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8. February 2008 @ 08:03 |
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I have the same question as jlj0425 except mine's a phat PSP with 3.90 OFW (there's probably no difference) I've read that some people have said that you can't do it on 3.90 OFW is this true or is it just that these people haven't done it properly?
My other questions are since I have 3.90 OFW would I need the newest version of universal unbricker (I believe it's 4) or will 3 work just fine? I'm also very worried I could mess something up and end up bricking my PSP, any pointers on how to avoid that?
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mannysh
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8. February 2008 @ 08:54 |
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Originally posted by jlj0425:
i have a slim psp ofw 3.90. can i use the pandora's battery to change my ofw to cfw 3.90 m33. is there a guide to do that. kindly pls and pls send me the procedures. thanx o lot
this tutorial thats in page one should work...
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mannysh
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8. February 2008 @ 09:12 |
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Originally posted by 957351:
Hey Guys i bought a datel tool battery for fat psp from Divineo UK and can somebody tell me what should i do charge it or what???
take the original battery out conect the power chager, turn on the psp and put in the datel tool battery, and let it charge...
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8. February 2008 @ 09:16 |
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vizor to the best of my knowledge the 4GB is not compatible to make as a Magic Stick
I love psobb but i need a credit card # to get back on :(
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vizor
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8. February 2008 @ 09:33 |
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Originally posted by laz305:
vizor to the best of my knowledge the 4GB is not compatible to make as a Magic Stick
yeah thats why i used my 1GB one earlier.. even that was not working...
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vizor
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8. February 2008 @ 10:12 |
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people... while using Easy installer to create magic mem stick, the last step (msipl.bin installation) doesn't happen at all for me..it straight away goes to credits screen immediately after copying IBP files..
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After it has finished writing the files you will get an image similar to below. Just type Y and ENTER to finish the instillation of files to the Magic memory Stick.
MS IPL installer..
1. I used XP machine with admin privileges
2. I used Lexar 1 GB card first
3. Later SanDisk 4 GB card
this thing is driving me nuts.. need some help..
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gatemaker
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8. February 2008 @ 10:43 |
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Originally posted by laz305:
vizor to the best of my knowledge the 4GB is not compatible to make as a Magic Stick
Not true-i used a 4Gb, however it only worked ith xp not v*sta
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gatemaker
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8. February 2008 @ 10:52 |
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Also i could ony get mine to work on an old xp pro computer that hadnt had any windows updates for ages - it would not work on my bro's up to date xp home edition.
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vizor
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8. February 2008 @ 11:15 |
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Originally posted by delateur:
Hey all, I just got my custom firmware installed, and I wanted to let you know what I did to get it working, just in case going through this guide verbatim isn't cutting it (as it didn't for me).
First off, the part that didn't work for me is similar to what others have stated, which is that it copies the files, but then goes straight to the credits. For those who don't know, this means it did NOT install the custom bootloader properly (in other words, your memstick will not boot and you'll be staring at a blank screen). No amount of swapping of battery or memory stick is going to fix this, if that's the problem you're having.
So now you're probably wondering how to fix it, right? Well, I can help you there, also. The good news is the download you got does contain most of what you need. The only problem you're having is getting the memory stick formatted properly, which will then allow it to accept the custom bootloader, which will install 3.71 M33, and then allow you to do the other upgrades. I could not find a solid consensus on how this should be done, but I'll tell you what I did. I should let you know now, I was using WinXP SP2, and no matter what method of formatting I tried, I could not get the bootloader to work. The only method of formatting that did work for me was using mspformat.exe, which I believe was designed specifically to format a memory stick properly to accept a modified bootloader. So, go ahead and find that program (Google is your friend!), as well as another program called msinst.exe (the bootloader installation executable), and we'll get started.
So here's what you do:
1) Format your memory stick using mspformat.exe
2) Extract all the files from uniunbr.rar to your memory stick, and also copy the ADD_ON contents to the memory stick - these are all the files you will need to install your custom firmware.
3) Copy msinst.exe and msipl.bin (located on the memory stick in the root directory) to an easy location (c:/ would work, for instance)
4) Up to this point, I'm assuming you have the PSP connected to the PC in USB mode, so go ahead and quit out of that mode, or unplug the USB cable.
5) Open a command window and get to the directory those two files are located and type: msinst msipl.bin and hit Enter
6) It will now wait for you to reconnect your PSP, so go ahead and put it back into USB mode (Saying "Connect target MsProDuo" on the very last line) or reconnect the USB cable.
7) The expected text will be displayed (that was skipped on your installation before), so hit Y and the memory stick will be set up as a Pandora memory stick (meaning it will boot when you put a Pandora battery in).
8) Now you can follow the rest of the guide as stated, hitting X to install the custom firmware at the menu that shows up, etc.
Note: This method SHOULD work with any version of Windows, because of the use of the custom formatting tool, and because the custom installer is not used.
Hope that helps anyone else keep from going through the frustration I did trying to figure out what was going wrong.
Edit: Wording changes for clarity
delateur u r the god man...people the issues i have mentioned here is solved by what delateur has mentioned in the quoted message (its available in page 7)...thanks for all your help and spl thanks to delateur for finding a solution.. i have now CFW 3.71 M33 installed and updating to 3.80 M33-5.. thanks you all..
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Ray88
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8. February 2008 @ 12:09 |
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Hi could anyone out there pls help me.
I am trying to use the guide on page 7 made by delateur to create the magic memory stick. I am using XP, and have tried a 256MB, 512MB & 4GB memory sticks, they all havent worked.
My problem is that I dont understand step 5. Could someone please simplify it further for me.
Thanks
Ray88
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Ray88
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8. February 2008 @ 14:40 |
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Hi guys
I managed to solve the problem. I used my laptop instead (that uses Vista) to use the guide at the beginning of the page.
It worked like a treat.
I know have a psp slim with 3.71 M33-2 cfw
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miggamigz
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8. February 2008 @ 22:00 |
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OK my psp is all good thanks a lot but im just wondering after I install the updates can I delete the MUX and the add on files cuz i need some space.
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Spartan28
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9. February 2008 @ 01:53 |
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Wondering if I should buy a semibrick slim psp for $110?
"You are bidding a Used Sony PSP Silver Ice Slim 2001 Semi-Bricked System and No Reserved. The power went on, battery is fine and the USB is worked. The PSP system crashed for unexpected that couldn't read UMD disc, game can't play or load and the WiFi isn't working anymore. The condition is mint and it has no scratch or damage. This come with the PSP Bricked System, a battery pack, a Black Pouch and a Wii Wrist Strap.If you can fix this then its all yours. I don't accept return, since I can't fix it myself."
Also on the pics he took it was 3.71 on Jan31 with no macaddress and then he updated to 3.80 and took a pic on feb 3
http://i30.tinypic.com/16772m8.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/eah8jm.jpg
I was wondering if a pandora could fix the semi brick psp?
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9. February 2008 @ 13:16 |
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Originally posted by Spartan28:
Wondering if I should buy a semibrick slim psp for $110?
"You are bidding a Used Sony PSP Silver Ice Slim 2001 Semi-Bricked System and No Reserved. The power went on, battery is fine and the USB is worked. The PSP system crashed for unexpected that couldn't read UMD disc, game can't play or load and the WiFi isn't working anymore. The condition is mint and it has no scratch or damage. This come with the PSP Bricked System, a battery pack, a Black Pouch and a Wii Wrist Strap.If you can fix this then its all yours. I don't accept return, since I can't fix it myself."
Also on the pics he took it was 3.71 on Jan31 with no macaddress and then he updated to 3.80 and took a pic on feb 3
http://i30.tinypic.com/16772m8.jpg
http://i30.tinypic.com/eah8jm.jpg
I was wondering if a pandora could fix the semi brick psp?
A Pandora Battery can fix any PSP that is bricked/semi-bricked. Though, are these pictures taken before it semi-bricked? Because if it can still turn on it's not called a semi brick, so presumably it's some kind of hardware fault (A Pandora Battery wouldn't work in this instance) unless it's just *slightly* corrupted firmware...
PSP, all the way from 1.00 to 5.50 GEN D2 - DS Lite w/ M3DS Real (M3 Sakura v1.34)
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Stars22
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9. February 2008 @ 13:52 |
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You can now go to /PSP/GAME folder and delete the despertar_cementerio, pan3xx, ospbt, pandora_battery and pandora_battery% folder because they are not needed.
You are now finished with the Magic Memory Stick part of the guide.
DO I NEEEED to delete those?
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bobtim
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9. February 2008 @ 13:59 |
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Quick question what would happen if you ran your psp off ac power with the battery out? How would it tell if it is in service mode or not if it cant load the info from the battery?
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