Unbrick or Downgrade any PSP using Pandora's Battery
Requirements
Software Requirements:
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Pandora's Battery Files
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1.50 Sony Update
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WinRAR or
7-Zip
Hardware Requirements:
Two separate PSP's:
* A PSP you want reflashed
* A non-bricked PSP to prepare the files on. This PSP must also be capable of running 1.50 homebrew.
In theory, this could be done with one PSP. However, this PSP would need to be non-bricked, and capable of running homebrew. It would be much more efficient to use a homebrew flasher in that case. Therefore, the Pandora Battery should only be used to downgrade PSP's or un-brick PSP's.
A spare battery, of any make. After this process is complete, the PSP will not boot into its normal state with this battery
A spare Memory Stick Pro Duo, at least 256MB, less than 4GB. The Memory Stick Duo will not work, it must be a Memory Stick Pro Duo.
Warning!
The following steps require flashing. Do so at your own risk. No-one will be held responsible but yourself if something stuffs up.
Preparations
Memory Stick Preparations
Using a USB cable, connect your PSP to your PC.
Backup all data on the Memory Stick.
Using any utility, format the Memory Stick.
Using WinRAR, open up the pandora.zip file you downloaded (if you haven't already, it's in the Requirements section)
Unzip the files to a folder on your PC.
Open a command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd)
In the command prompt, switch into the 'mspformat' folder you extracted in step 1... wherever you put it.
Type "mspformat X" where X is the drive of your PSP. Do not include the colon. For example, my PSP is connected at O:, so I type "mspformat O".
You should see a prompt like this:
>>> C:\psp\pandora\mspformat> mspformat.exe O
>>> You are about to format the drive O.
>>> All data will be lost. Do you want to continue? [Y]
Type 'y'.
>>> y
and you should see
>>> Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved.
>>> C:\psp\pandora\mspformat> mspformat.exe O
>>> You are about to format the drive O.
>>> All data will be lost. Do you want to continue? [Y]
Type 'y'.
>>> y
and you should see
>>> Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved.
Disable the USB connection and remove the Memory Stick
Put the Memory Stick back into your PSP, and re-enable the USB connection.
Create a folder called PSP in the root of your memory stick (X:\PSP, where X is your PSP's drive letter)
Create a GAME folder (for 1.50) or GAME150 folder (for custom firmware) inside the PSP folder on your memory stick (X:\PSP\GAME) or (X:\PSP\GAME150)
From the pandora.zip file, copy the contents of the battery folder and the installer folder to the GAME directory you just created (X:\PSP\GAME) or (X:\PSP\GAME150)
Rename the 1.50 Sony Update you downloaded to UPDATE.PBP
Copy the UPDATE.PBP file to the root of your memory stick (X:\UPDATE.PBP)
Disable the USB connection and remove the Memory Stick
Put the Memory Stick back into the PSP
Run installer on the PSP. This will create the file needed to reflash your PSP (There should now be a file named "msipl.bin" at the root of the Memory Stick).
Connect the PSP to your PC via a USB cable.
Copy "msipl.bin" into the folder called "msinst" that was extracted from the ZIP file.
In the Command Prompt, switch into the "msinst" folder... wherever you put it.
Type "msinst X msipl.bin" where X is the drive of your PSP. Do not include the colon.
For example, my PSP is connected at O:, so I type "msinst O msipl.bin".
You should see a prompt like this. I guarantee that your stuff will be slightly different; it depends on how your computer is set up, what sort of memory stick you have, and so on. As long as you get the "Are You Sure? [Y]" prompt, you know that the msipl.bin file is OK.
>>> C:\psp\pandora\msinst>msi nst O msipl.bin
>>> PSP MS IPL Installer
>>> Load IPL code msipl.bin
>>> 241664 bytes(59 block) readed
>>>
>>> Target DRIVE is 7
>>> Check partation Sector
>>> boot status 0x80
>>> start head 0x05
>>> start sec/cyl 0x0004
>>> partation type 0x06
>>> last head 0x0F
>>> last sec/cyl 0xB7E0
>>> abs sector 0x00000810
>>> ttl sector 0x000767F0
>>> signature 0xAA55
>>> Check BPB Sector
>>> signature AA55
>>> Check free reserved sector:OK
>>> Write ABS Sector 0x10 to 0x1E7
>>> Are You Sure ?[Y]
Type 'y'.
>>> y
and you should see
>>> Write MS BOOT CODE
That means that you now have a "magic" memory stick.
You should see a prompt like this. I guarantee that your stuff will be slightly different; it depends on how your computer is set up, what sort of memory stick you have, and so on. As long as you get the "Are You Sure? [Y]" prompt, you know that the msipl.bin file is OK.
Disable the USB connection and remove the Memory Stick
Battery Preparation
1. Make sure you have completed the "Memory Stick Preparation" first.
2. Plug the Memory Stick back in.
3. ***OPTIONAL *** Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP and press Triangle "/\" to back up the contents of your battery's flash into a file on you memory stick. The program will automatically exit. *Note:* This step is REQUIRED if you want to make this a normal battery again; otherwise it's optional.
Run the "Pandora's Battery Creator" program on the PSP. This prepares the battery. You will not be able to use it normally from now on unless you've taken the optional step above to revert after the fact (should be using a spare so you can keep it around anyways).
You now have a "Magic Memory Stick" and a "JigKick Battery". Proceed to the next section to reflash your PSP.
Reflash your PSP
1. Remove the UMD, Battery, Memory Stick, and Power Cable from the bricked PSP.
Insert the Memory Stick ("Magic Memory Stick") you prepared beforehand into the bricked PSP.
2. Insert the battery ("JigKick Battery") you prepared beforehand into the PSP.
Boot the PSP. A menu will appear. Follow the onscreen instructions to reflash your PSP.
3. When the flashing process is complete, restart your PSP.
4. If all goes well, a blue screen will appear, telling you that your settings are corrupt, and to press circle to repair them. Do so now, rebooting your PSP if necessary.
You should now have a 1.50 PSP.
Excert From ReadMe
* The firmware in the Memory Stick is not a full 1.50, but a minimal subset. Therefore, not all applications (such as flashers, or recovery apps) will load.
* Only Memory Stick Pro Duo are compatible. Memory Stick Duo (e.g. 32MB sticks) are not supported.
* The IDStorage cannot be totally restored, as there is no known way to regenerate it properly.
* It is strongly RECOMMENDED to make a flash dump of the PSP before any downgrading operation.
* There might be a BSOD at the end of the downgrade. This is normal, and happens on the standard downgraders.
* All hardware revisions known at this day are supported.
* This release contains no Sony-copyrighted material. All required Sony data is generated from the v1.50 update files.
25/08/2007
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