Easy-To-Use Pandora's Battery Guide

**THIS WORKS ON ALL ON FIRMWARES..SO NO NEED TO ASK IF THIS WORKS ON 3.8, OR 3.9...

**updated: GUIDE IS NOW UPDATED FOR SLIM BATTERIES...READ THE [color:9dfe="Red"]RED TEXT FOR INSTRUCTIONS

**UPDATED: there is a video, but it is exclusively for pspmod only

i see a lot of people not sticking to the search tip, so i will make a brand new guide that i use (and tested), i know there is a thousand

guides, well makes this 1001, i love to help people (i work in a helping place) i was a n00b just like you, so here it is a pandora's guide,

and please if you dont understand something, feel free to IM or pm me

here how we will break this down

1) hardmodding
2) magic memory stick
3) turning your psp into CFW

----------------hardmodding---------------

*NOTE: BEFORE YOU START ANYTHING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL CHARGE (GREATER THAN 78%)

here are two things you will need:

a box cutter

and a safety pin

(or a pencil for slim batteries

amazing that these common household products can be used? lol

anyways you just used the box cutter to open the battery, but hold the battery with the SONY logo facing you,as you see in this picture

and cut along the left side (shorter side). as you are cutting, just keep rubbing against the crack, but dont force it, just keep going back

and forth until you can lift the top open either with the knife or your finger...
now you should see the motherboard on the battery
or if you have a slim you should flip it over as seen here


now i hope you have steady hands, if not test it on something first... (if you have a slim, read the [color:9dfe="Red"]red paragraph

hold the battery as the pictures are shown above (it depends what hand are you, im left-handed so yeah)
now its time to use the safety pin, you want to use the needle of the pin to prop the 5th pin up cut the pin in the picture indicated, make

sure it says ICO4...then used the safety pin to cut the pin indicated in the pic, put it under the pin and left, but dont FORCE it, but keep

lifting and it shoudl change to copper, and there you have it...

[color:9dfe="Red"]for my slim users!!! once you flipped the motorboard out, just use the blade to make scratch on the board indicated in the blue rectangle area, just follow that gold line in this picture... dig into like 10 times just to make sure, but not too rough to break the board (thanks to Faceless on PS3Forums - Powered by vBulletin) and then you have a pandora's slim battery!!! after you install CFW, please read the next red paragraph in this guide...

-----------------------magic memory stick----------------

you are going to need a sony or sandisk memory card, (not a fake, but a real one)
also make sure that they are no less than 256mb, but no more than 4gb

there are two ways to do this, you could just use an easy installer (CatB50's for example)
or if you are like me and like the hands on stuff, do it yourself installer

for the easy one just go to this thread:

http://www.pspmod.com/forums/psp-software-guides/28540-release-catb50-teams-magic-memory-stick-creator-v2-0-full-lite.html

for the do it yourself, you will need DCv3 (there is DCv4, but i havent tested it out yet)

just download this big old file called The Filez You Need.7z (download)

* after you have the downloaded files we will make a magic memory stick! ( the easiest part)
- extract the The File You Need.7z to your desktop (use WinRAR)
- Open README 1st folder
- highlight and copy MSINST and MSPFORMAT FOLDER
- open My Computer
- Left Click the C: drive once (Note: if you double click, it will open C: drive)
- Now RIGHT Click on C: drive and PASTE
- format your memory stick thru your psp (Settings>System Settings>Format Memory Stick)
- once that is done, enable USB mode
- make note of your drive letter (usually E: or F)
- open up command propmt (click Start, select Run, type in cmd and hit enter_
- Type in the following command "CD C:\" (note: with-out quote mark) HIT enter
- type the following command "mspformat\mspformat.exe X" ( where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
- hit Y, then enter
- it should say "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved."
- disable USB mode, and take out the memory stick
- now re-insert the memory stick, and re-enable USB mode
- Now go back to the Desktop where you extracted the folder "The File You Need"
- double click it
- open the Despertar v3 folder, and copy its contents to your psp (just the contents, not the actual folder)
- now go back to your prompt window
- type the following command "msinst\msinst.exe X msinst\msipl.bin" (again where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
- press Y and hit enter
- The last line should say " Write MS BOOT CODE "
- then type exit and enter
* you now have a magic memory stick!



---------------------------turning your psp into CFW--------------

now that you have a pandora's battery and a magic memory stick, you are ready to upgrade your PSP! w00t!!11!!!11!!!111!!

we are a matter of minutes away, but before we start, make sure you have at least a 78% charge, to charge it up with pandora's battery, plug

in your PSP into a AC adapter, turn it on, then pop on the battery, once the battery changes from green to orange, then it is charging...

after you have a fully charged battery, this is wat we will do....

make sure your magic stick is insde your psp, then pop in the battery, if the all the lights are blinking like crazy, then my friend, you

just rock!

if you have a slim, and the green light is on, but the screen is black, dont worry, you are okay! i went thru the same problem, then about

two weeks later a found the soultion...take out the battery, hold down the L button, insert the battery (while still holding down the L

button) once your lights blink like crazy, then it worked...

press X to install 3.71 m33-2...just set the psp down, do not take out the battery..it should say "install sucess. press X to reboot" press X

and viola, you have custom firmware!
[color:9dfe="Red"]
if you have a modded slim battery, without cutting the pin, then read here...
open your battery back up... you see the line you cut with the blade? now use that No.2 pencil and trace over that line..yes you heard right, trace it with a pencil, do it maybe 5-6 to make sure it works...

---------------------extra info----------------

it is recommended you will want to buy another battery, but dont worry you can still use that one, just not like you want to, the trick is,

you will have to give the PSP power from a source other than the battery (AC adaper..?) then turn it on, and pop in the battery...

it is also recommended you format your magic stick, from the PSP go to Settings>System settings>format memory stick, select yes and yes...

---------------------------questions???----------------------
if you have any questions feel free to email/PM/IM me...i know this isnt your professional guide, but what works, works, right?

----------------------credits-----------------------

first i must give credit to Dark_Alex without him none of this is possible
secondly, Rich335 who told me to hold down the L button on my slim (i was going crazy!)
thridly, pspmod.com for letting me host this guide, and welcoming into the forum *group hug!*
and lastly, you who took this time to read this guide, enjoy your CFW!!!!!