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The Pandora Battery
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22. August 2007 @ 22:26 |
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This is just a place for people to speak there mind. I myself am pretty interested in unbrickin my psp(god forbid i brick one). And I think that I am going to download the files before they change there mind and start charging people. Is there any one that is going to download the "program" so to speak so that they can unbrick there psp? Or has anyone already tried it?
if you dont know what i am talkin about look here.
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23. August 2007 @ 00:51 |
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just found out that to
We told you that we'd be releasing an unbricker for the M33 bricks. But then we got to thinking, maybe that just wouldn't be exciting enough.
Would you like a super special surprise bonus? How about an unbricker for ALL PSPs? Yep, you read that right. We call it "Pandora's Battery".
There's a larger story behind this unbricker, though, and it deserves to be told. It's the culmination of years of behind-the-scenes research and development by some of the top names in PSP hacking, under the name of the Prometheus project. This group of people, from various development teams, was dedicated to developing and releasing PSP hacks and exploits, with the aim of improving the status of PSP homebrew, and making sure that it was kept alive.
For some time this project was highly successful - many releases from Noobz, C+D and others were direct results of this work. The zenith of this success was the development of this unbricker - which required some amazing technical leaps, including:
1. Reverse engineering of the service (unbrick) mode
2. Development of a technique to change an ordinary battery into a service mode trigger battery (and back)
3. Development of custom IPL code along with a technique to sign that code as authentic.
Even more impressive is that all of the above was achieved without any access to the official hardware or software. With careful nurturing, this unbricker and custom IPL was to become the foundation of a whole new homebrew environment.
Unfortunately something happened to shatter the idyll. Somehow, the unbricker was leaked into the wider world before it was ready to be released. Whether this was deliberate, by one of the team members, or accidental via a security breach is still unclear. The fact is that this unbricker appeared on the black market, being sold for huge prices. As far as we know, it is probably very close to the same software that appears in at least some of the 'magic unbricker'/'jigkick' videos.
So, although the time was not right to release this (it would have been wise to wait at least until the PSP Slim release), our hand has been forced. In order to prevent small fortunes being made by leeches, we are giving this unbricker away for free. So - let it be known - if you have paid for an unbricker, then you have been ripped off. I suggest that you take up your grievances with the seller - it should never have been sold. And if you're unhappy about this being released before PSP Slim - then blame whoever it was that leaked or stole it.
It's unclear whether or not this is the end for the Prometheus project - hopefully not, but that is undecided so far. In case it is the end, it is worth a quick roll of honour. In alphabetical order:
Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX, Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, TyRaNiD.
And here are their respective C+D (Create and Destroy) nicknames.
1. You run a program on a homebrew-enabled PSP that will convert a standard PSP battery into a jigkick battery. Note that you can't then use that battery normally - so you should use a spare one.
2. You run a program to generate the unbricker memory stick image, built from the v1.5 update EBOOT (note that this, and the custom IPL, means the release is completely free of Sony copyright materials).
3. You run some programs on a PC to install the image to your memory stick.
Now, you have a battery/memory stick pair that works just like the famous jigkick combination (but better) - just insert them into any PSP (even a brick) and the PSP will be reinstalled with the v1.5 firmware. As far as we know, this will continue to work for all future firmwares.
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23. August 2007 @ 01:34 |
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23. August 2007 @ 02:26 |
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is anyone going to try this? i think i might buy a spare battery and mem. stick and try it out. but i think that it might be good to have that just in case i brick. i mean even if it dont work, what would i have to lose...
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23. August 2007 @ 03:08 |
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i might try it but i will buy a bricked psp off someone.
how's thing's GHOST686
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23. August 2007 @ 06:53 |
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ITS REAL!!!!
it works.
i put a new thread for it. (didnt see this one.) :(
sorry.
my friend just tried it on his psp, (i was talking to him through yahoo IM.)
and he made a video of his previously bricked PSP.
1.5!!!!! (unbricked!!!!)
again, sorry for missing this thread.....
but i witnessed it in almost first person!
hope hes telling the truth.
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23. August 2007 @ 08:50 |
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do you know what this means guys?!!?!?!?!??!?!
you can brick a slim PSP, then unbrick it to 1.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PSP SLIM HOMEBREW!!!!!
dudes.....this is a downgrader!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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23. August 2007 @ 11:43 |
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Actually, because the slim hasn't been released Sony could modify it still, to make the Pandora battery not work with it.
PSP, all the way from 1.00 to 5.50 GEN D2 - DS Lite w/ M3DS Real (M3 Sakura v1.34)
PS3 3.01 - iPod Touch 2G 16GB Jailbroken - Xbox 360 60GB - PC, Q6600, 3GB DDR2, GTX260 (216) 896MB |
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Yaguchi
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23. August 2007 @ 13:14 |
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anyone tried this on their bricked psp yet? I don't have an extra to test out for my bricked psp
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23. August 2007 @ 18:29 |
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Originally posted by lordofuo:
do you know what this means guys?!!?!?!?!??!?!
you can brick a slim PSP, then unbrick it to 1.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PSP SLIM HOMEBREW!!!!!
dudes.....this is a downgrader!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah I would not want to get ahead of our self's now... Yes Sony is now fighting a up hill battle.... Believe it or not they might have a chance to contest that program and maybe even sue (but that wont stop much, just make some people with lots of money angry). Because if you think about it... now that that program is out think about how many people that was not able to downgrade there psp and download games that is able to do so now! Sony is going to be out a big source of money. If they caught wind of this program and I am sure they did. They will do everything they can to ensure that the realese of the slim will be pretty much downgrade proof and if not then most likely push back the release until it is. I think that we should also expect a decrease in amount of games that will be released until Sony can control the problem. (ha ha Sony but I don?t see that happining) but really this is good to the fullest to be able to downgrade any psp and unbrick any psp we want, but still in the sence a little bad. To put everything I said into perspective I think we caught Sony with there pants down :P
Nothing more to it.
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23. August 2007 @ 18:31 |
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Originally posted by lordofuo:
ITS REAL!!!!
it works.
i put a new thread for it. (didnt see this one.) :(
sorry.
my friend just tried it on his psp, (i was talking to him through yahoo IM.)
and he made a video of his previously bricked PSP.
1.5!!!!! (unbricked!!!!)
again, sorry for missing this thread.....
but i witnessed it in almost first person!
hope hes telling the truth.
so pretty much we just need a battery and a mem. stick and the program? do you know what size mem. stick your friend used...
just wondering
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23. August 2007 @ 18:33 |
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Originally posted by 07anto07:
i might try it but i will buy a bricked psp off someone.
how's thing's GHOST686
i my self am going to hurry and buy a bricked psp before everyone hears about this :P (that way i can get one cheap)
good.. just always busy and what not lol
you?
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LLeg3nd
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23. August 2007 @ 21:31 |
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Hey can i fix my 3.11 stuck firmware with this Pandora's battery solution?
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23. August 2007 @ 22:20 |
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yes... but you are going to need another psp that has CF before you fix your 3.11.
did you read the link above on what you need to run the Pandora battery?
if not, here it is
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23. August 2007 @ 22:37 |
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Originally posted by GHOST686:
Originally posted by 07anto07:
i might try it but i will buy a bricked psp off someone.
how's thing's GHOST686
i my self am going to hurry and buy a bricked psp before everyone hears about this :P (that way i can get one cheap)
good.. just always busy and what not lol
you?
same here in work and on this
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23. August 2007 @ 23:02 |
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yeah i think that i am going to hurry up and get as many as i can before people catch wind of the program....
where do you work?
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23. August 2007 @ 23:10 |
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23. August 2007 @ 23:25 |
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been searching for bricked psp's can't find anyone selling one, people and sell the The pandora battery on ebay
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23. August 2007 @ 23:36 |
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Originally posted by 07anto07:
been searching for bricked psp's can't find anyone selling one, people and sell the The pandora battery on ebay
what??? can you refrase that?
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LLeg3nd
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24. August 2007 @ 00:22 |
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Originally posted by GHOST686:
yes... but you are going to need another psp that has CF before you fix your 3.11.
did you read the link above on what you need to run the Pandora battery?
if not, here it is
Thanks for that info. so i can run 3.40 oe after right? or does that flasher dont work?
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24. August 2007 @ 01:51 |
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well the only way to get the "pandora battery" is to run the program with a CF psp. then you can use the pandora battery to downgrade other psp's or god forbid un brick a psp...
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24. August 2007 @ 02:12 |
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been searching for bricked psp's on ebay no one is selling i think everone heared about The pandora battery
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24. August 2007 @ 02:30 |
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i am thinkin so too. i downloaded the program and i think that i am going to turn one of my psp batterys into a pandora battery but does anyone know a good cheap place online to buy spare psp batterys?
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24. August 2007 @ 02:34 |
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i think that i am going to turn one of my psp batterys into a pandora battery sometime this week but does any one know a good cheap place online to buy a spare psp battery?
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24. August 2007 @ 02:42 |
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hey ghost ebay there's one there NEW 3600mAh RECHARGEABLE BATTERY for Sony PSP
buy now EUR 1.46 and shipping is 4.99
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