Setting Up & Talking About Pandora's Battery: The Legendary PSP 1000/2000 Unbricker

Pandora’s Battery was released publicly to the world in 2007 and delivered what PSP owners could only dream of: A method of completely unbricking any soft-bricked or hard-bricked PSP! Once a battery was modified to become a Service Mode battery (aka Pandora’s Battery) it could then be paired with a specially prepared Magic Memory Stick for use on any PSP-1000. This also allowed for firmware downgrading and was many people’s entry point to installing custom firmware onto their PSP. As this was released just before the PSP-2000 this combination thankfully still worked on most 2000 models, but was patched in later run 2000 models as well as all 3000 models.

Although the latest PSP firmware at the time of recording this can be modified within a few minutes, Pandora’s Battery and the Magic Memory Stick still hold a special place in my heart for the ultra powerful unbrickers they are. This is sort of a love letter to Pandora’s Battery but also hopes to show people out there how to set one up themselves. Whether it be for fun or for brick protection, Pandora’s Battery is still a must have in my modding collection.

#PSP #PandorasBattery #PSPModding

This video has been made with Fair Use in mind and has been created as an educational piece of media.

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Timestamps!

0:00 – Introduction & Background
3:26 – Prerequisites
6:53 – Battery Options
11:00 – Storage Options
13:15 – PC Setup
14:42 – Building a Magic Memory Stick
17:25 – Building a Pandora’s Battery
19:20 – Pandora’s Battery Usage
23:22 – Unbricking a PSP
26:13 – Now What?
28:52 – Restoring the Battery
32:13 – Restoring the Memory Stick
33:18 – Outro

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Related Hardware! (Affiliate Links):

PSP Console
Amazon – http://geni.us/c5NsNC
eBay – https://ebay.to/2MPHtHQ

Micro SD to Memory Stick Duo Adapter:
AliExpress – https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_uYtLf5
Amazon – http://geni.us/3NtYTz
eBay – https://ebay.to/2wLMQNI

SanDisk Ultra 64 GB Micro SD Card:
Amazon – http://geni.us/N0QU
eBay – https://ebay.to/3bsr6cf

Mini USB Cable:
AliExpress – https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_uWCPND
Amazon – https://geni.us/Ji9WOh
eBay – https://ebay.to/2NGMJyx

Other Hardware I Use for Making Videos & Modifications:
US – https://www.amazon.com/shop/mrmario2011
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mrmario2011

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Downloads & Links!

Rain’s PSP Tool:
https://gbatemp.net/download/psp-tool-1-00.36089/

PSP Grader:
https://www.brewology.com/downloads/download.php?id=9374&mcid=1

PSP Firmware Archive:
https://archive.midnightchannel.net/SonyPS/Firmware/index.php?cat=PSP