Bricked psp here....and I can't go into recovery mode

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31. May 2009 @ 19:05

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I'm trying to unbrick it with Pandora battery. But in order to do so, I need to go into recovery mode so I can enable the USB. But it won't go into recovery mode. I hold down R and the power switch, I tried holding down L too, but it would switch off after a while.

Now what do I do? Can't take it back to Sony because they don't fix bricked PSPs. Am I screwed or what? Can someone help?

DCP_PSP
Yup, I still have a fat PSP
PSP life: 1.00 > 1.50 > 2.00 > 2.50 > 2.60 > 2.71 > 2.81 >> 1.50 > 3.03 OE-C > 3.52 M33-3 > 3.90 M33-3 > 5.00 M33-6 - Trying to go back to 3.90 M33-3 but no one will help me :(

By the way my PSP is BRICKED if any nice person wants to help revive my psp please message me or answer one of my threads.

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31. May 2009 @ 19:53

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You can buy a multicard reader that connects by USB and make it from there.

Here is an example: PPA 2438 12-in-1 USB 2.0 Multi Card Reader

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flamekyo

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31. May 2009 @ 20:48

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maybe you are doing it wrong.
when i go into recover i hold R and the power switch up until the psp turns off. then once its off, i hold R and switch the psp on and recovery menu comes up.

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1. June 2009 @ 06:32

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Thanks for the help guys...

For the above post, I think I'm doing it correctly. I tried like 10 different ways and they all wouldn't work. The first thing I did is exactly what you did...hold down the R switch and just switch on the power without holding the power button. All it did was turn it's green light on.

As for the multi card reader, what exactly does this do? Dhow does it read the data of a bricked psp? Is it worth buying? If I buy it, and connect my (bricked) psp successfully, do I just create the pandora battery and jigstick from there?

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1. June 2009 @ 07:31

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Instead of using the PSP in USB mode it makes the card function as a flash drive which lets you access it even if the PSP doesn't work.

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stumitch

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1. June 2009 @ 09:13

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I have a PSP-1001. My son was updating the firmware for a game and turned it off- it has never worked since. I purchased a pandora's battery and 2 G Duo stick from the Internet. I've followed the tutorial but there is still no life in the PSP. The tutorial says to use the PSP to open the pandora's battery firm. installer- but as its bricked I can't!

Can anybody help!

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1. June 2009 @ 15:21

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Originally posted by zulo1:
Instead of using the PSP in USB mode it makes the card function as a flash drive which lets you access it even if the PSP doesn't work.

So is this multicard reader GUARANTEED to bring my psp back to life? Like is there a way that if I buy it, it will somehow not detect my PSP? I don't want to waste my money. I already spent $20 on a new USB cord because I thought that was the problem.

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1. June 2009 @ 15:48

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1. June 2009 @ 19:49

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Haha no I'm just asking because I don't want to be running around like a dog trying to catch it's own tail.

I want to fix the problem NOW, and I'm making sure that what I am buying is going to work properly. I just read some reviews, and it sounds pretty reliable. I'll try buying it soon, and I'll get back to this thread so someone can guide me through making the Pandora battery and "Jigstick."

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1. June 2009 @ 20:06

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Yes it will work provided you have the jig kick battery. Be sure to make a NAND backup while your in Pandora mode though just to be safe.

You can buy the jig kick battery premade HERE.

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daddie05

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3. December 2009 @ 14:45

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my psp wont turn on. the green light turns on for a couple of sec, but then it goes out. I was able to go into recovery mode a couple of time but now it wont even do that. i let my brother borrow it for a week and he said it started freezing...and just yesterday it froze on him so he took the battery off and tried to start it but only the light came on. thanks btw