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How To Create a Magic Memory Stick
A Magic Memory Stick (= MMS) is your key to enter the world of Custom Firmware. It's not that difficult to create one.
Requirements:
- a PSP (no CFW needed)
- Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker
- Official firmware 5.00, renamed as 500.PBP
- Windows 2000, XP, Vista or W7
- a Memory Stick Pro Duo (64MB – 4GB)
Let's go to work !
- Download, unzip and rename the 5.00 OFW to 500.PBP
- Download and unzip Ultralite MMS Maker v1.2, make sure the exe file is in the same folder as 500.PBP
- Connect your PSP to your computer and enable a USB Connection
- Doubleclick the exe file of UltraLite MMS Maker (Vista and W7 user may need to select run as administrator)
- Select the correct drive letter for your PSP
- Make sure Format MS is checked
- Hit that Make MMS button
- You're all done now!
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How To Create a Pandora Battery
If you have a PSP with official firmware and you want to enter the magic world of custom firmware, chances are great you need a Pandora battery. The Pandora battery can unbrick a PSP and/or put your PSP into Service Mode. This Services mode enables you to install CFW. There are several way for obtaining a Pandora Battery:
- softmod a normal battery (requires a PSP that already has CFW)
- hardmod a normal battery
- buy / borrow / steal /… one
Softmodding a normal battery
This requires :
- a normal battery (fully loaded)
- a PSP that already has CFW and that is capable of creating a Pandora
- the Pandora Installer software
- a Magic Memory Stick
Make sure your PSP can create a Pandora battery. Every PSP fat and a PSP Lite with a TA085v1 motherboard can do this. More info on
To create a Magic Memory Stick (MMS) go to
How To Create a Magic Memory Stick
OK, now let's do do the hard work (ahum):
- Download and unzip the Pandora Installer software
- Connect your PSP to your PC and enable the USB Connection
- Put the folder you unzipped inside X:/PSP/GAME
- Insert your Magic Memory Stick.
- Insert the battery you wish to "pandorize" (fully loaded!) and start your psp.
- On your psp go to Games >> Memory Stick >> Pandora Installer for 3.XX R4b.
- Press X and select the Battery Options.
- Select dump battery serial to file and press X
- Now select the option Make Battery Pandora
- Once Pandorized (it only takes a second!) go back to the main menu.
- Once there choose Quit.
Hardmodding a normal battery
I don't recommend doing this as if often goes wrong.
For hardmodding your battery you'll need following :
- a safety pin / nail scissors
- a cutter
- (a pencil)
- steel nerves
- an original battery (slim or fat) see list below
If you're still certain to go on with this. Here's how it goes:
- Use the cutter to seperate the 2 halves of the battery. Don't use too much pressure. Cut a few times on the shortest side (left side)
- Put away the plastic casing.
- Now we need to locate the right chip on the battery. It has the number S93c56 on it. It has the letters IC04 next to it.
SLIM BATTERY :
FAT BATTERY :
- Cut the leg as indicated on the pictures by using nail scissors. Be very careful !
- Put the battery back together using some tape.
- Now you have a Pandora battery
List of working batteries:
- Sony "standard" Li-ion 1800 mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh
- Datel, PSP Battery 3600 mAh (X2)
- Datel, PSP Battery 1800 Max Power
- Datel, PSP Battery GO MAX (Model # GM1000, uses AAA batteries) note: If you remove the batteries, it resets the serial back to all 0's
NOT working batteries:
- 3.6v 3600 mAh Battery Pack (Silver letters) (Model PSP-360) (Fake)
- 2600 mAh Mega Battery Pack (Fake)
- Atomic Battery Pack 3.6V 1800mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh (Fake)
- Sony PSP Bloc-Battery pack 3.6v 1800 mAh
- Battery 3600mAh, unknown brand, (china made model NK-RH008) (Fake)
- Battery Pack, unknown brand, (lithium) 3.6v 3600 mAH (Fake)
- Intec 1800 mAh Li-ion
- Intec 2200 mAh
- UltraLast e-Boost 3.7v 2200mAh Li-PO battery
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What Is a Pandora Kit?
A Pandora kit is a modified battery and a modified memory stick (= Magic Memory Stick or MMS). With this kit you can downgrade or debrick your psp! You can install custom firmware (=CFW), restore or dump the NAND…
To get a Pandora battery there are three ways :
- Softmodding (requires a CFW psp – maybe you can borrow a friend's psp – and a Magic Memory Stick)
- Hardmodding (requires opening the battery)
- Buy one
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