Pandora's Battery: The resurrection of the deads

[Dark_AleX]

Yeah, the "Service Mode".

This has been the work of the alliance of a lot of developers externally known as "C+D": Nem, joek, Fanjita, Chris, jim, psp250, ditlew, Skylark, Dark_AleX (Me), mathieulh, tyranid, adrahil and Booster.

The battery lets to downgrade any firmware version (including those that Sony releases in the future), and to unbrick bricked psp's (whatever bricked by software psp, not only the ones bricked by that retard of Serafin), in all current hardware. Of course, we cannot be sure about future hardware, but the Firmware Update game has finally come to the end for all current psp's.

Spread the word: DIGG THIS (http://digg.com/gaming_news/Pandora_s_Battery_Software_to_un_brick_downgrade_E VERY_PSP)



USAGE

- Insert Memory Stick into the PSP
- Remove power cord and insert the JigKick Battery into the PSP.
- A menu appears when the PSP boots. Follow the onscreen information
and instructions.

NOTES AND RESTRICTIONS

- 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.

Donations via paypal please to http://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=ig390%40msn%2ecom


Download Mirror 1 option: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=APPUFMO6

Full instructions on how to use are available in the readme file attached. Special mention to friends Team Noobz
http://www.noobz.eu/

[woox]

Fist. You Rock.

[brethren]

omg, is this for reall!!!!

[kylesoldname92]

Heck Yeah Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[hitman43]

Bro this is really,a really crazy thing!

[Devilish]

It's unbelievable what all of you guys have done for the PSP Scene so far.
Thanks to all of you we can enjoy our PSP with it´s full potential.
It´s a great news for all off those peoples that have lost their PSP bricked by serafin and for all those that had lost their psp in the past.
no more overpriced UMD´s for downgrades or risk to do anything wrong with our beloved PSP.
congratulations to everyone on the team for this breakthrough.
Long life to Team C+D

[kylesoldname92]

Hope It Works For The Slim!!!!!!!!

[3r14nd]

Ah ****....Can't wait to test this one out..

[Alucard77]

Talk about a dream team of programmers. Thanks so much for this. If this works on the PSP Slim I will be in heaven.

[zerima]

OMFG, this is the biggest thing to happen to the PSP in a LOOOOOONG time!!!!

Thank you sooooo much!! (I guess we now know why DA took a break on the OE's!)

And from what I can see, team C+D is a PERFECT alliance of all the big name players in the PSP homebrew scene!!! (Nem, joek, Fanjita, Chris, jim, psp250, ditlew, Skylark, Dark_AleX, mathieulh, tyranid, adrahil and Booster) the legends unite!!!!!!!!!

[Mathieulh]

Nice release :p xD

[retardbud]

holy freaking crap, thank you so much DA, now I will have fears about the psp what so ever :D

[brethren]

Nice release :p xD

so team c+d was you guys all along:p

nice work, wisefellow

[beanz]

holy ****. thats all i can really say.

[haki]

all i got to say is Wow nice work guys you did well

[DaFireStarter]

Wishes do come through!!!


*(Please let the new PSP be downgradable.)*

[Bon Scott]

Mein Gott!
These guys are GOD!!!
This is simply unbelievable!!!

[kompas]

Nice & great Work thans all XD

[GSmoke]

I cant believe what i see , how its used , with normal Battery? Thanks to all C+D

[Theredbaron]

I trust Alex and Noobz, but I an not sure. Maybe this site has been hacked....
I will wait intill I get some more info before I make one of these battery's. I am too chicken.
God this is soooo cool if true.

[MeetJoeBlacK]

Great Work ;)

[msanchez]

D_A you simply love the psp too much.... you just couldn't stay away could you LOL. Anyways thanks to you and the rest of the guys; you guys have outdone yourselves with this one.

Cuidate socio!

[xllzerollx]

Omfg!!!
Thanks Awesome!!!

[p$p b0y]

holy **** im so gonna try this

[xrippa]

wow... holy ****, great work guys.

thanks!

[zach5555]

can anyone confirm if this works???

[acc41d]

THIS IS GREAAAT !!!

thanks to everyone who made this possible, thanks for all your hard work !

[Tydude4Christ]

I am simply speachless!

[cory149]

Excellent - cheat device for unbricking PSPs :)

A I said before (completely unaware of this code's existence) - probably happen much sooner than some would like.

Thanks everyone envolved - the noobz article link is broken for me though.

[W33MADSCOTSMAN]

WOW WERE THE HELL DID THAT ONE COME FROM TALK ABOUT A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR SONY HE HE HE
I THINK THATS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THEY LEFT THAT MAGIC MEMORY STICK IN THAT LUCKY PERSONS PSP AND IT FOUND ITS WAY ONTO THE NET JUS MY THEORY NOT FACT:eek::D:p;):rolleyes: WELL DONE GUYS U DONE IT AGAIN GOTTA LOVE IT....!!!!!!!!F**K SONY:rolleyes:

[xadmin]

Can this work with the slim PSP?

[beanz]

this worries me, so you cant flash to a custom firmware??

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.

[Wrenchy]

I never post but thought I'd congratulate C+D on their unprecedented work to achieve the unimaginable. I commend you all on your covert workings, patience, skill and passion for hacking which has resulted in what must be the hack of the year.

Well done.

Bricked PSPs on eBay are gonna be that bit more appealing now eh?

[covert]

Absolutely speechless.

Thanks yet again all evolved.

[SoftCorpse]

wow wow wow, amazing!

[Freestyle]

Congrats to all who worked on this and welcome back D_A!

[buffalotrace]

Holy Crap...Outstanding work guys....Finally no more asking can i downgrade my 3.xx Sony Firmware. Absolutely Beautiful Work!!!

[aypl]

This is really awesome......top of the top........
I'm definitely gonna try this cause I just brick my PSP..........

[Redbeard46]

Holy Christ!!

[Dany23]

is this 100% real and working?? anybody tested it with a bricked psp? my psp is working fine and i dont wanna 'brick' it just for testing this is out..but it will useful for some of my friends. :eek::confused::rolleyes:

Dany25

[RDJ134]

As you can see when hacker teams unite the sky is the limit, and i do have a bricked PSP of a mate here and guess what i am going to unbrick tommorow :) Tnx guys respect.

[russcarr]

this is amazing!! great work by the team

[monstreboo]

what happens to the memory after the operation??

[svtstang]

Absolutely amazing work guys! Dont know what to say really......ALL psp users are forever in your debt for this! Time to go screw with my xmb :)

[PS2_120]

Christmas in August?!!! Sweet
Thank you guys....You Rock. :)

[wiggim]

I wanna brick my PSP just to try to unbrick it... just don't have a suitable memory card atm.

[zx81]

Awesome work ! it's unbelievable !

[dbgtrgr]

My god... I am in awe... I <3 j00 forever.

[oldirtdog]

mad respect to the real hackers!!!

*waits for ownz to edit readme and steal credit*:p:p:p

[DJB]

All I'm waiting for is someone to confirm this doesnt screw your PSP and I'll try it out. I know its wrong to doubt work from D_A, but how come I dont see this news on any other sites?? That's what gets me.

[Exegence]

OMG. this made my day.

I don't have abricked psp per se. but just reading it made me happy. :) i'm gonna go buy a spare battery to use for my psp and use mine as the jigkick.

thank you so much to the team and dark alex.

i promise to donate. :)

[battosai121]

so could you say... use this on a 3.51 or 3.52 to downgrade it:confused:

[acbaldwi]

best to not doubt the great Dark Alex...... Congrats on pulling ott the greatest coup the PSP has ever known

[Chuck67]

OMFG Is this real *smacks face* Thank You Dax and others....I love you all (no homo)

[mystic54]

Wow, this just blew me away!

[russcarr]

From the readme....


NOTES AND RESTRICTIONS
- 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.

Can custom firmwares be installed once you have downgraded/unbricked then? And if yes, are they fully operational?

That refers to the memory stick recovery firmware (developers could replace some of the files of recovery firmware to exeucte their applications, and we just warn them that the subset of prx's for the recovery firmware is limited). But the one flashed back is a full 1.50, so you can install whatever cfw later.

[nuke868]

I would have w8 for the slim to be released wrong move to release it right now imho.

[alon800]

you are aowsomeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you very very very very very very you saved my a** , love you , you are great you made my month!!! tankssss a lot!!!:):):):):):):):)

[russcarr]

I would have w8 for the slim to be released wrong move to release it right now imho.

the slim will have different hardware so this method may not have worked with that anyway

[pukeboy]

This is amazing news. No more worries about what you do with your PSP.

But it sounds too amazing. How does it work? And what does it do to the battery to allow it to do this?

[Ryupower]

this is Cool

now

we need a video of how to do all the steps
and see it work


can you downgrade a 3.51+ psp with this

[ozpsp]

Great work to all the people involved. Many thanks.

Reading on the noobs website, they had no choice to release it now before the slim psp because of some leak. So they thought about that already and they would have loved it to be that way...but it still don't matter, it's still one awesome job they did.

[brethren]

its too late in the day for any hardware changes to the slim:D but software changes are another matter:(

[sparda0]

Hold on... So if you PURPOSELY brick your psp while updating the OFFICIAL psp
firmware, then you can restore it to version 1.50 right? If thats the case
then ALL HOMEBREWS ARE UNLOCKED!

[EXTER]

Is it possible to install custom firmwares in PSPs downgraded with this method?

[Mathieulh]

On another note, ps3lamers still suck xD

[hitman43]

It works perfect,i have bricked my PSP 30 minutes ago only for testing the new stuff,now i´m installing 3.52-m33-4CFW from 1.50 again:D:D!

But i have a problem now:D:D:D:D i have 2 psp´s and only one battery:D:D:D:D:D!

[jkadaks]

wow, its been a good week for playstation fans; first we got two memory card modchip solutions for ps2, now we get unbricker for psp, and I wouldn't be suprised if we will get some good news about ps3 by end of the week.

now i'm off to ebay buying up all bricked psps for cheap :D

[DKing]

Anyone have a link for a good place to buy replacement Sony batteries? Something tells me they may be going out of stock in places.

[lancelot323]

To reiterate the sentiment,

ZOMFG!!!!!!111123455669790000one

This is almost too good to be true...gotta get me a spare battery and try this!

[russcarr]

Hold on... So if you PURPOSELY brick your psp while updating the OFFICIAL psp
firmware, then you can restore it to version 1.50 right? If thats the case
then ALL HOMEBREWS ARE UNLOCKED!

you don't NEED to brick to use this to install 1.50 but it will also work on bricks

[bgmnt]

You do NOT need a bricked PSP! This will work just FINE on a normal PSP that you want to downgrade!

And you don't need a new battery. You can use the one you have, then convert it back. It's just a little tricky to convert it back, because if you plug in a pandora battery while the PSP Is off, it will automatically go into recovery mode. Basically you just need to plug in the wall adapter first, then the pandora battery second, then you can run the program to change it back.

Try it out!

[BaNDiTo_RoX]

This is truly the best story ever next to installing CFW, Dark_Alex you and your team are so freaking blessed with all that knowledge you don't seem to stop amazing us with these wonderful gifts. :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Defo sending your group a nice paypal.

[dcxbox]

so can i buy a new upto date psp (slim or non slim) and use this to downgrade to 1.50?

[Vampirex]

Thank you Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX, Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, TyRaNiD!!! Because of PS3NEWS, i have bricked my PSP!! I didn't know the situation till i bricked my psp. So far i have been able to boot my bricked psp using Pandora's Battery(a tear came out of my eye as something comes on the screen!). But i need to charge my battery to 50% before i can do anything. lol i'll keep you guys posted..

UPDATE: WOOOT !!! PSP RESURECTED!! Thank you all again..

[Chuck67]

You do NOT need a bricked PSP! This will work just FINE on a normal PSP that you want to downgrade!

And you don't need a new battery. You can use the one you have, then convert it back. It's just a little tricky to convert it back, because if you plug in a pandora battery while the PSP Is off, it will automatically go into recovery mode. Basically you just need to plug in the wall adapter first, then the pandora battery second, then you can run the program to change it back.

Try it out!

Could you or someone else make a quick youtube Vid? :rolleyes:

[Breath of Fire]

Wow, just wow, this is spectacular!

[gdfnr123]

damit man u guys are awesome thanks :cool:

gonna make a donate:)

[darknight88]

SO can i use this to downgrade my friend's PSP to 1.5 even if he has SONY FW 3.51???? Even when its not bricked????Also what about the TA-82 models?Dont they need a patch to work with FW 1.5?????Will this patch it b4 downgrading on that MOBO????

Also do i need a MS pro duo specifically to make the "magic stick"?? Will it not work on any psp after its used with the "jigkick battery"?

Thanx

[mrdude]

Woohoo - now there is no more need to install modchips, this is awsome news, thanks very much to all involved.

[wrcsti]

HOLY F*CKING SH!T F*CK!!

im getting a batt and card wheneer i go to wallmart immediatly. now for someone to make a vid of it

[buffalotrace]

SO can i use this to downgrade my friend's PSP to 1.5 even if he has SONY FW 3.51???? Even when its not bricked????Also what about the TA-82 models?Dont they need a patch to work with FW 1.5?????Will this patch it b4 downgrading on that MOBO????

Also do i need a MS pro duo specifically to make the "magic stick"?? Will it not work on any psp after its used with the "jigkick battery"?

Thanx

Read the readme bro

[.Gogeta§§J4BR.]

IF THIS HAS HELPED YOU UNBRICK YOUR PSP, D O N A T E a little part of the money you WOULD HAVE SPENT buying a new one!
as simple as that!

people from noobz group: I hope you guys have an idea of how many people you have already helped, THANK YOU! :D

[dydomite0]

omg thx dax and noobz and team C+D. u all are the best =D

this makes me sooo happy as my friend can now downgrade

[Yoreo]

I'm truly astounded. This is an incredible breakthrough. :eek:

[tinman]

The is the best thing ever to come to the scene as homebrew goes..

Thank you all for your work.

Just one question is there anything Sony can do to Patch this?

[Iownu]

Downgraders be damned, is it really posible that they are no longer needed? wow impresed, my gratitude and apreciation to the whole C+D team. Now if this works on the new slim psp then its going even more awsome!

[darknight88]

Read the readme bro


A universal PSP unbricker/downgrader by the Prometheus project

sorry....

But doesnt state anything about TA-82 MOBOs so is will it patch it b4 DGing it??

[Nvidia7800GS]

do i need to have the brick psp on because the memory stick light dont work when i boot the psp. its only black with no light nothing only green power light is one then shut off 20 sec

[wrayal]

Wow. Very _very_ nice work.

Just two quick questions though - what exactly are the restrictions due to an incomplete f/w? They mention flashers can't be loaded...??

Also, someone pointed out not all PSP vers are compatible with 1.5...what would happen here with those?

[osiron23]

I cant express what Im feeling. Im a very literate person and Im at a loss for words........ AMAZING AWESOME GREAT PERFECT EXTRAORDINARY STUPENDOUS MARVELOUS etc.

However, I cannot think straight right now so I have a question:

I have a bricked PSP, a 4 GB, and one battery. There is no way to do anything about this without getting an unbricked PSP and a smaller stick right?

Also, may I ask why this doesn't work on 4 GB sticks?

[tinman]

sorry....

But doesnt state anything about TA-82 MOBOs so is will it patch it b4 DGing it??

- All hardware revisions known at this day are supported.

;)

[Abda92]

Man people this is SICK!!!

I swear I never thought it was even possible! But I guess I thought wrong :p

No one and I mean NO ONE can beat these developers no matter WHAT!!!

Keep going with the good work. I'll test it as soon as I can!

Thanks again

[Milmirex]

Simply Amazing !

OMFG is the notice of the year, of the PSP era !!!!!

It's too much for me, i'm so excited !!!!
:p:p;);):rolleyes::rolleyes::cool::cool::D:D:eek:: eek::eek:

[GSmoke]

On another note, ps3lamers still suck xD

Helll yeah , and other person i remember Peacefully Talks .... where are you now Biatch ... Tell me are you a Fanboy or a Fanbiacth , the second one i guess . How could you not try to get Pandora , and not be a fan ???? im just bringing the beef on - Fork PS3biatchkis.


Very Special thanks to all the persons involved in this project....

[Triggerman]

This is so fuckin awesome... I just can't believe my eyes...

[LordX]

I am have some problems with on stage "- Execute "msipl" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write the IPL to memory stick."
program cant locate the msipl.bin :(


D:\PSP\PANDORA\msinst>msinst i msipl.bin
PSP MS IPL Installer
Load IPL code msipl.bin
Can't open msipl.bin

Drive letter is correct and msipl.bin is in the root

[buffalotrace]

sorry....

But doesnt state anything about TA-82 MOBOs so is will it patch it b4 DGing it??

I just used it on a buddies ti-82 board when he had updated to 3.52 without thinking...all went well. So excuse my white goo on the wall but great work!!

[Dark_AleX]

i acnt express what im feeling.

I cannot think straight right now so I have a question:

I have a bricked PSP, a 4 GB, and one battery. There is no way to do anything about this without getting an unbricked PSP and a smaller stick right?

May I ask why this doesn't work on 4 GB sticks?

It works on 4 GB. It won't work in +4GB one because of the recovery firmware being 1.50 kernel based... however that's a matter of luck, it actually "could" work with a 8 GB, but not warranty of that.

P.S: sorry i edited your post instead of quoting you lol

[xllzerollx]

I am have some problems with on stage "- Execute "msipl" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write the IPL to memory stick."
program cant locate the msipl.bin :(



Drive letter is correct and msipl.bin is in the root
msinst.exe L msipl.bin
"L" was my drive letter, and i copied msipl.bin to same folder also

and i just used it and everything went fine :DD

[AvatarOld]

OMG :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Definately contributing for this fantabulous genius code :eek:

Phooking Eck that readme.txt is like a wet dream come true !!!!!!!!!!!!
Going to buy a 512MB Memory Stick Pro Duo & spare battery tomorrow so I can play with this Offering from The Gods :p:D:):eek::D

This should get an Oscar !!!!!!!!!!! :D:D

[Dark_AleX]

I am have some problems with on stage "- Execute "msipl" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write the IPL to memory stick."
program cant locate the msipl.bin :(



Drive letter is correct and msipl.bin is in the root

msipl has to be actually in same directory as msinst. you have to move it.

P.S: damn, not my day, instead of pressing quote i press edit xD

[Ryupower]

sorry....

But doesnt state anything about TA-82 MOBOs so is will it patch it b4 DGing it??


All hardware revisions known at this day are supported

so ta-082+ should work

[Kirusshan]

fuckin right go Dark_Alex. Thats what u get fuckin Sony suck my fuckin ****. I now wanna buy a psp jus to try this **** out. GOOD JOB EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE

[wrayal]

Out of interest, is this going to be a closed source app?

[sorry if that's overstepping the mark a bit...]

[CZroe]

I hope D_A, n00bz, et all know what they're doing because otherwise this is WAY too important to release now! What if the PSP "slim" batteries and consoles were to launch and be perfectly "jig-able" and yet now Sony has time to block this *hardware* backdoor? I sure hope that they confirmed that the "slim" can't use this before letting the cat out of the bag!

TOTALLY APPRECIATED regardless! You guys are awesome.

[DJB]

msipl has to be actually in same directory as msinst. you have to move it.

P.S: damn, not my day, instead of pressing quote i press edit xD

Hehe thats ok, we're all allowed to have a day like this every now and then.

Congrats on your work. Gonna look into getting a spare battery and memory card so I'm all ready to go if need be.

[COLiNx86]

OMG now i'll never be scared to flash my psp. and i don't have to spend money on a modchip now i just gotta buy a battery thank you so much:D as soon as i get some money in my paypla account i'll definatly donate.:p

[wrcsti]

i have 1 questrion tho

can i still use that battery for like homebrew and stuff, cause im terribly low on cash (20 bucks).
and thanks again. i never ever thought this would have happened

[halomasta203]

Wow! Great post!

[covert]

The 3rd option "Restore Nand ffrom ms0:/nand-dump.bin" Will it skip IDStorage of overwrite it with what is in the dump file ?

[COLiNx86]

oh yeah one question. nem is on the team? i didn't know he was still developing for psp.

[13thReaper]

so how do i get the software on there and to run if my psp is bricked?

[Chuck67]

OKAAY time for me to make a fat*** donation. ;) Im about to try it now. I still cant believe it. :eek:

[Nvidia7800GS]

this wont work on my psp since the memory stick light dont flash or light up. my psp was a 3.40 OE 2 bad theme flash vista theme and when i turn my psp on, the green light only turn on and shut down for 20 sec. no black light nor holding R works.

[JimmyHACK_KH]

crazy awesome

is it only a recover to 1.50.... cause imagine if it ends up working on the slims and instead of downgrading to 1.50 and maybe having issues with the new hardware... you jigkick the slim to something like 3.60 m33, when it's out.??

[ravenslayer]

i have been waiting for this for a long time :o
you cant believe how f*cking happy i am right now

[siangc]

Wow, the almighty D_A and the team is the best!!!
Very much thank you for their contribution to the psp community!!!
Bravo bravo!!!

[LordX]

WORKING !!! :D
Just Finished the Install :cool:

[p$p b0y]

EDIT: nvm its a problem with vista, works fine on xp

[Chuck67]

this wont work on my psp since the memory stick light dont flash or light up. my psp was a 3.40 OE 2 bad theme flash vista theme and when i turn my psp on, the green light only turn on and shut down for 20 sec. no black light nor holding R works.

youll need someone wit CFW to make it for ya bro ;)

[Final]

Gods Of the PSP

[Clive]

People there are many bricked psp's on ebay for around $45 to $65
and now they can be fixed easily :D

good thing that I have like 5 wich I have bought over the years LOL
this is the far greathest news at the PSP hacking scene, hell
it might be the most amazing breaktrough at the whole console
scene.

THANK YOU!

-Clive

[coldflame152]

OMG NO WAIIII!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Dark_AleX]

The 3rd option "Restore Nand ffrom ms0:/nand-dump.bin" Will it skip IDStorage of overwrite it with what is in the dump file ?

It will give you both options when you execute it... However we commited a little mistake.
We just added that option today quickly. The dumper app dumps to ms0:/nand-dump.bin", but the restorer actually looks for "ms0:/nandimage.flash", as it was added from an old app of mine and we didn't recompile it :p

[Exegence]

quick question, after going back to the 1.50fw. since the readme states that it's not a full 1.50, can i flash up to 3.52 m33?

[CrazyK]

Wow! Big thanks to the entire dev teams (and testers if there were any) for this. Granted I don't have a bricked psp and mine is already CFW, but for those who do, here is that light at the end of the tunnel.

By the way, D_A and all the others might wanna refrain from opening their doors to strangers, sony's goons are rather sneaky ;)

Thanks for all the hard work.

Crazy K

[math0907]

GG SONY !!!

WOOT today is like the first release of CFW!!

[Iownu]

Now wheres that dude that was flaming all CFW users(AKA MC. WHITE lol), haha id like to see him now.

[pspmte]

Fucking Amazing


You lot are the best

[Nvidia7800GS]

youll need someone wit CFW to make it for ya bro ;)

so i only need someone to make it and i put it on the memory stick on my pc then copy it and put it on the psp and that it.

[blade47167]

Awesome and I just about to tear the damn thing open and firmware dump thing.

Glad I bought like 10 PSP Batterys at K-Mart for $3 each :p

[Milmirex]

Thanks, Prometheus Project, i'm about to cry !!!!:p

And now here is my donation (by PAyPal). BIG thank you for all members inthe project.

THANK YOU!

[AvatarOld]

Man what makes this just incredible is this Fantastic Team didn't even have like Sony manuals or info - they had to reverse engineer it & learn it all the hard way :eek:

[Wakutan]

Heh, Nice work guys.

Now all i need is a bricked PSP and a spare battery.

[xllzerollx]

haha no more bricked psp on ebay,

[nonzero]

Nicely done, I owe you a pint :cool:

[Chuck67]

so i only need someone to make it and i put it on the memory stick on my pc then copy it and put it on the psp and that it.

Pretty much. get somebody to wit CFW to make the magic memstick and jigkick battery and put it in yours, VOILA! :cool:

[LordX]

I have some problem with nand-restore , it say "cant found the file" but file is in the root...
Downgrade also not works , say error on Formating Flash0

[Nvidia7800GS]

Pretty much. get somebody to wit CFW to make the magic memstick and jigkick battery and put it in yours, VOILA! :cool:

but if i get the memory stick data of that person CFW file and put it on my memory stick pro duo, i only need to run the memory stick pro duo and it will copy the data into the battery and that it. because that person live very far away.

[Dark_AleX]

I have some problem with nand-restore , it say "cant found the file" but file is in the root...
Downgrade also not works , say error on Formating Flash0

the downgrader error is odd. Anyways as for the restorer. It actually looks for ms0:/nandimage.flash despite text says other thing, and despite the dumper actually dump to nand-dump.bin, little mistake.

[Milmirex]

This error (a little one, only the name of the file) will be fixed ? or we just live with that? (i can):D:D

Thank You !!

[Kazuya]

Awesome news. I'm hoping for a big breakthrough on the PS3. Fingers crossed!

[mso2000]

Great work, guys!! You're the best!!

Can I change back the "magic MS and battery" to standard ones after downgrading/unbricking a PSP or there's no way to do it (I will loose the battery/MS forever)?

Thank guys!!

[LordX]

the downgrader error is odd. Anyways as for the restorer. It actually looks for ms0:/nandimage.flash despite text says other thing, and despite the dumper actually dump to nand-dump.bin, little mistake.

yes something like , PANIC: Error formating flash0 .
And nand-dump.bin from other PSP backup not works , it say cant found file but file is there.

[aypl]

You do NOT need a bricked PSP! This will work just FINE on a normal PSP that you want to downgrade!

And you don't need a new battery. You can use the one you have, then convert it back. It's just a little tricky to convert it back, because if you plug in a pandora battery while the PSP Is off, it will automatically go into recovery mode. Basically you just need to plug in the wall adapter first, then the pandora battery second, then you can run the program to change it back.

Try it out!

Is it safe to put the battery in when the PSP is turned on?
And can the Memory Stick be used for copying again?

[Grapsyc]

- Execute "msipl" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write
the IPL to memory stick.

When I try this I get an error unable to run bin on Windows. I tried mounting the image with Daemon Tools and still get nothing? What am I doing wrong?

Very sorry if this is noob question.

[Ranguvar]

I give my thanks to all of you, your efforts are appreciated immensely.

I would love to hear the technical details of how this worked, if anyone knows them.

I'll be unbricking my friend's PSP with this.

One more thing: You managed to create a custom IPL. Does this mean that true custom firmware (entirely designed by devs) or other innovations may await?

Thanks again!

[rangu2057]

all i can say is can fu.cking beleive it!!:eek:

[WhyKlef]

Noooooo!!! They may fix it in PSP2 now!! T_T

[covert]

It will give you both options when you execute it... However we commited a little mistake.
We just added that option today quickly. The dumper app dumps to ms0:/nand-dump.bin", but the restorer actually looks for "ms0:/nandimage.flash", as it was added from an old app of mine and we didn't recompile it :p

Thanks D_A. So we can restore a bricked PSP with a M33-4 dump since it has the sigcheck removed.

What about FTP patching ? Auto checks key5 ?

[Ranguvar]

Noooooo!!! They may fix it in PSP2 now!! T_T
Blame the lamer(s) who leaked it.

[foundmy]

yes as you might of known we were using the unbricking kit for the past while and what is released does work. So like everything eventually it will get released, but this is not just a little bump in the scene this is a huge deal.

This team opened up alot of stuff here. It will be interesting on how many people will donate now to them, because some people will use it for their business and they didn't pay a dime but won't donate either.

Yes, we paid for it, a while ago, from whom, well it doesn't matter, but we did finally pay the units off. We didnt know the real story about it, an opportunity was shown and well we took the leap. but even if we took a loss on it, atleast it was an alternative service instead of sending the unit into MFG at paying over $100.00. No regrets since there would of been alot of broken PSP lying around and now look, they got fixed...

Restoring and correcting the IDKeys manually is fun learning curve as well its possible to do it, but again its a learning process.

start the donations since this is the largest scene release.

http://paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=ig390%40msn%2ecom

[Dark_AleX]

One more thing: You managed to create a custom IPL. Does this mean that true custom firmware (entirely designed by devs) or other innovations may await?

Technically it means that custom firmwares that boot without using 1.50 kernel before (e.g. using directly 3.XX ipl), can be created, as now executing code at same time as sony is possible.

The only code they can execute before developers now... is apparently read only, they cannot reprogram it, the "pre-ipl", a little program of 1024 bytes, with a mini nand driver and a mini memory stick driver.

[LordX]

the downgrader error is odd. Anyways as for the restorer. It actually looks for ms0:/nandimage.flash despite text says other thing, and despite the dumper actually dump to nand-dump.bin, little mistake.

Yeah!!! after useing "new" name it works ! PSP is BACK TO LIVE

[COLiNx86]

so this has been tested? and can someone answer my question about nem.

[Veskgar]

Blame the lamer(s) who leaked it.

Yeah, son of a *****. This vexes me more than anything. I'm really getting tired of leakers trying to impress a few at the expense of the legitimate benefit of thousands.

The PSP Slim will allow PSP Phat batteries to work and it obviously uses Memory Stick PRO DUO's so this, or a variation of this could have maybe given major homebrew hope for the PSP Slim.

With the rate of speed that SONY tries to fix exploits, hope is all but lost now.

[BaNDiTo_RoX]

Yea Baby got me a "Magic Memory Stick" and a "JigKick Battery". bring on those brick PSP's :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

By the way what file are safe to delete ?

thx again Dark_Alex and crew

You should have my donation by now.

[3r14nd]

When I ran the msinst I did not see any new files get written to the memory stick or the folder that msinst is located in. IS this normal?

You said you have to copy over the msipl.bin file....when you run the msinst file does it patch the .bin file? on both the memory stick and the folder msinst is located in?

I'm at work so I can't test but so much..

[trinitykate]

everything works fine cant reflash my own dump for some reason says cannot open file everything is named correctly and in it's original place bug ? can downgrade to 150 and latest m3 so alls cool :)

[soutthpaw]

Dude you guys are awesome, I have never bricked, but I am would love to be a fly on the wall in the Sony offices when they found out about this!!!:D

[ultimate-psp]

AMAZING... thats what i call "the return of the masters"!

big up all the involved and welcome to a new psp era. :D

[ramonc091]

Are there going to by UPDATES for the pandora's battery

[Mathieulh]

Are there going to by UPDATES for the pandora's battery

Not sure if this is planned to be honest, but there will likely be bugfixes if major bugs are found.

[trinitykate]

Are there going to by UPDATES for the pandora's battery
it should not need any i hope is seems perfect on it's first release prolly the dump and restore thing thats it.

[JedyPSP]

thanks Dark Alex.....

the GOD....

team C+D rullez / team M33 sucks.....

DarkAlex please return to CFW's...


cumps and thanks one more time..

[covert]

Just restored a M33-4-3.52 dump from another PSP to a bricked PSP. I bricked the PSP for testing this out :)

Thanks again team.

[kamagurka]

haha no more bricked psp on ebay,
But there will be a$$holes asking money to unbrick a psp using this free trick.
(proof: see signature of covert, the guy above me)

[r35w37]

this can dwongrade also 3.51 and 3.52 ?

[zach5555]

when i run the mspformat.exe it just pops up real fast and goes away, is that supposed to happen??? Is it even doing anything??

[yamabigdog]

Wow very nice piece of code there. Hats off to you DA, and all who contributed. The PSP world is a much safer/better place with you guys around!:D:D:D

[Ranguvar]

Technically it means that custom firmwares that boot without using 1.50 kernel before (e.g. using directly 3.XX ipl), can be created, as now executing code at same time as sony is possible.

The only code they can execute before developers now... is apparently read only, they cannot reprogram it, the "pre-ipl", a little program of 1024 bytes, with a mini nand driver and a mini memory stick driver.So possibly a dev-created custom kernel (highly doubtful). Also, I see potential for a new "recovery" in the IPL that would allow loading of a kernel off the ms0 and execution of homebrew? In other words, brick-proofing your PSP.

Sheer speculation, I am only a power user, not a dev. Obviously.


Another note: I guarantee that unless Sony has already started production of the Slims, they will be changing the method of the JigKick so that a new method is required.


Making a custom IPL, IMO, is the biggest achievement here.

Oh, and are there any potential consequences of not having a full key set?

[andrewcw]

Why I haven't a menu appear on the PSP when I put in the Pandora's Battery.

Although my psp can autostart during put in the battery, however, my memory stick do not flash. also, during making the magic memory stick process, I cannot use mspformat. This is because it said FAT 12 is not supported. Except this problems, can follow the procedure.

[Mathieulh]

thanks Dark Alex.....

the GOD....

team C+D rullez / team M33 sucks.....

DarkAlex please return to CFW's...


cumps and thanks one more time..

M33 does not suck, nor does team wildcard or any other development group. Before saying that anyone suck, please at least achieve what they have done up to now. Otherwise you are in no position to talk.

Wise words from an humble dev :)

[Human!]

i have a problem.

in the readme

- Execute "msipl" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write
the IPL to memory stick.
bur´t i think it must be

- Execute "msinst" application on the PC with the msipl.bin to write
the IPL to memory stick.
??


if yes then here my problem

in cmd

msinst [driveletter] msipl.bin
it says


PSP MS IPL Installer
Load IPL code msipl.bin
Can't open msipl.bin

where is the problem?
pls help

[elko]

:eek: i am not sure, whats the dynamo for this release, but i am for sure Sony will be not amused.

Respect! Gratz!

[kamagurka]

PSP Unbricking/downgrading All Models, All firmware. Same day repair. No fix No fee
You sure have to have guts to ask money for something the scene gives for free or are you donating all the income to Team C+D?

[BaNDiTo_RoX]

when i run the mspformat.exe it just pops up real fast and goes away, is that supposed to happen??? Is it even doing anything??


You have to run it from a dos window.

go to run and type cmd

Put the file in like a folder on the root of c:\ it will make life easy for you.

[ramonc091]

Not sure if this is planned to be honest, but there will likely be bugfixes if major bugs are found.

Such as the restorer looking for nand-dump.bin rather than nandimage.flash?

[p$p b0y]

uhh, just isnt my day

when i type: msinst d msipl.bin

i get:

psp ms ipl installer
load ipl code msipl.bin
241664 bytes (59 block) readed

target DRIVE is 1
check partation sector
boot status 0x80
start head 0x01
start sec/cyl 0x0001
partation type 0x0E
last head 0x7F
last sec/cyl 0xC9E0
abs sector 0x00000020
ttl sector 0x003C9FE0
signature 0xAA55
check BPB sector
signature AA55
check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

what the hell am i doing wrong >.<

[DevHooker42000]

now im glad unpatched lumens umds are semi worthless for downgrading.....i can now repair all my noob friends psps who bricked.....



so while in the limited 1.5fw can u just update to 2.0-3.50 offically then downgrade to a full 1.5 fw.......and then to CFW???


was the pandora brick leaked on another site?

[lefty]

first off great work to all involved :D

now you will need a standalone carger for the jigkick battery or am i wrong:confused:

[naturesbane]

Fantastic job. Appreciate all the time you spent developing this code.

[NephilimNX]

Nice work but imo its bad for PSP Slim. It could have been waited until PSP Slim is out. But overall, nice team up and work! Kudos to all PSP Devs.

[Dark_AleX]

uhh, just isnt my day

when i type: msinst d msipl.bin

i get:

psp ms ipl installer
load ipl code msipl.bin
241664 bytes (59 block) readed

target DRIVE is 1
check partation sector
boot status 0x80
start head 0x01
start sec/cyl 0x0001
partation type 0x0E
last head 0x7F
last sec/cyl 0xC9E0
abs sector 0x00000020
ttl sector 0x003C9FE0
signature 0xAA55
check BPB sector
signature AA55
check free reserved sector:to small reserved sectors

what the hell am i doing wrong >.<

You have not run the mspformat probably. It is actually the first thing of all. And it will also delete eveyrything :)

[JedyPSP]

M33 does not suck, nor does team wildcard or any other development group. Before saying that anyone suck, please at least achieve what they have done up to now. Otherwise you are in no position to talk.

Wise words from an humble dev :)

sorry

and congratulations for the great work....

cumps...

Dark_Alex/Moonlight, Yoshihiro, Fanjita, Ryoko_no_usagi, Groepaz, Booster, Cswindle, Joek2100, Tyranid, Nem, MrBrown, psppet, emu_kidid and Shadowsan you are gods, thanks

[radiodemon]

I am really amazed, like a lot, and I don't get amazed easily!

Please please please work with the PS3 :p

[maniackid92]

Just 2 questions can i use a third party battery for this operation or do i need a sony official battery.

Also when i unbrick my psp and get to 1.5 can i update to a 3.03 and downgrade it back to an official 1.50 and then update to a CF

[covert]

But there will be a$$holes asking money to unbrick a psp using this free trick.
(proof: see signature of covert, the guy above me)

I have been unbrickings PSP's by reprogram NAND at hardware level but thanks anyway.

[Fr0sTy]

i'm absolutely floored. i have a psp sitting in my drawer.... well not for much longer lol!!! thank you so much! something told me C+D had something to do with dax and a few other guys... CATS OUT OF THE BAG!!! :p

[omerbener]

wowwwwww thanks for the great gift. i wonder if it would work on the psp slim? yea as everyone said no more bricked psp's on ebay and also the vast number of battery sales has to be taken into account too.so someone who just went into the psp battery sales should earn a lot.lol. i wonder if dax will return to doing cfw again? doesnt matter how much i thank, it wouldnt be enough for all these good releases.

[covert]

You sure have to have guts to ask money for something the scene gives for free or are you donating all the income to Team C+D?

Been in my sig for a long time. Been doing hardware unbricking up until this day...

[ramonc091]

when i run the mspformat.exe it just pops up real fast and goes away, is that supposed to happen??? Is it even doing anything??

put it the C: and use Run, type cmd, on the black screen type cd c:\ and hit enter, type mspformat.exe DriveLetter (space in between these two)

[jctech6]

:eek:Amazing!:eek: This might send sony beserk for losing money on their so-called "repair" service. This is a godsend for psp users!

Quick question,
When on this 1.5 subset will you be able to change the firmware into a custom firmware?

[omerbener]

Just 2 questions can i use a third party battery for this operation or do i need a sony official battery.

Also when i unbrick my psp and get to 1.5 can i update to a 3.03 and downgrade it back to an official 1.50 and then update to a CF

i wonder that too

[Ranguvar]

I have been unbrickings PSP's by reprogram NAND at hardware level but thanks anyway.
No matter what method he uses, as long as he lets people know that it is possible to do this yourself, I support him.

He's selling the service. Some people are just lazy, or want to be sure.

[cloudboy]

i love you guys. seriously... les amo

[lordhellbr]

one guy here say that's possible back a pandora battery to a normal one....

is it true? and how?

And the magic memory stick? can i reformat and use normaly?

BTW you guys ROCK!!! Dark_Alex you came back with style! You're the best man! I'll unbrick a psp's friends these days to try this out!

[demonbloode]

i have been waiting to months for a downgrader tyvm dark alex for coming bak!

[nickjaco]

and they say legends never die these legends didnt just die they are hacking for us from beyond the grave great great talents loe ahead i love you all (that comes from my girlfriend who has just fixed her psp)

[Ranguvar]

So possibly a dev-created custom kernel (highly doubtful). Also, I see potential for a new "recovery" in the IPL that would allow loading of a kernel off the ms0 and execution of homebrew? In other words, brick-proofing your PSP.

Sheer speculation, I am only a power user, not a dev. Obviously.


Another note: I guarantee that unless Sony has already started production of the Slims, they will be changing the method of the JigKick so that a new method is required.


Making a custom IPL, IMO, is the biggest achievement here.

Oh, and are there any potential consequences of not having a full key set?

Reposted in case anyone has answers.

Apologies, but this topic is going by extremely fast.

[PSPZoRZ]

Definitely the biggest psp homebrewer news ever... unfortunately maybe Sony will get smart and modify the PSPSlim's battery so this will not work. But either way, they're obviously going to try to implement a new mobo to block out lower FWs so this probably wouldn't have worked either way :(

Hmm... wonder how long before PSP**** tries to take credit for creating this?

[Fr0sTy]

can't open msipl.bin??? wtf??? help!!!!

[sakamoto]

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

Today our precious community has written history. The scene has won the largest cyber battle in the history of mankind.

Today, the 23rd of August, we celebrate our Independence Day!

Homebrew FTW!!


congrats to all devs involved ... phenomenal

[sakobatoneko]

will this work with a fake memory stick pro duo?

[PaRaNoID81]

:D
great job guys, big ups... gonna donate for this one, even though I've never bricked my psp but just for everyone else, great job.

[r35w37]

yup the battery modifier app has 4 option, 2nd option is the changing of
the battery to normal mode. boot psp with ac plugged in, no battery, insert
mem stick with battery modifier app, insert modified battery then launch the
battery modifier app.


one guy here say that's possible back a pandora battery to a normal one....

is it true? and how?

And the magic memory stick? can i reformat and use normaly?

BTW you guys ROCK!!! Dark_Alex you came back with style! You're the best man! I'll unbrick a psp's friends these days to try this out!

[cloudboy]

can't open msipl.bin??? wtf??? help!!!!


type: msinst [Drive letter] [Drive letter]:\msipl.bin


You CAN change jigkick battery back into normal battery, but you've gotta run the battery creator eboot on psp

[zach5555]

ok i got the mspformat.exe to work, how do i get the msinst.exe to work??

[Fr0sTy]

type: msinst [Drive letter] [Drive letter]:\msipl.bin


You CAN change jigkick battery back into normal battery, but you've gotta run the battery creator eboot on psp

thanks dude... like... a lot lol

[Mathieulh]

I am really amazed, like a lot, and I don't get amazed easily!

Please please please work with the PS3 :p

This is not planned.

[cloudboy]

thanks dude... like... a lot lol

lol no problem, i had the same error

[shadowdancer]

All I have to say is : Awesome work ! , hope u have support to work on ps3 scene as well, guess i must find a way to support u creating a paypal account, thank u all.

[TONY-T]

Dam!!!!


i just bought a new motherboard cos my psp bricked!!!

why couldnt this have come out a month ago!? ****..

anyway this is an unbelievable break through!

major props to the C+D team!

[Dark_AleX]

i wonder that too

All batteries work, including 3rd parties one, at least all we tried.

[ultimate-psp]

On another note, ps3lamers still suck xD


now more then ever :D

i have to sa it again... that what i call "RETURN O THE MASTERS!"

[cloudboy]

This is not planned.

You said you were going to the 360, right? You like the cpu arch. more than ps3?

Cant wait for any release from you on 360!!

[Ranguvar]

will this work with a fake memory stick pro duo?Most probably. Fake memsticks seem to only lose support for copy-protected content, and be somewhat flakey.

I'd be careful though, and buy a cheap MS Pro Duo.

[PSPZoRZ]

Lol, I wonder how fast the price of old Lumines will drop... I'm so glad I sold mine right away when the DG came out... I've been very lucky in my purchasing of games... First 2 games I bought were GTA: LCS and Lumines and beat em both and ended up selling them for almost the price I payed new :)

[covert]

No matter what method he uses, as long as he lets people know that it is possible to do this yourself, I support him.

He's selling the service. Some people are just lazy, or want to be sure.

I have always been letting people know how to do it. I even wrote a guide on unbricking with a Devolution. http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=67225

[alucardus06]

I did not know this was possible at all. Question - I have an idea but just want to confirm. How can one make a flash dump of the PSP as stated in the readme. Thank you in advance and congratulate C + D for this monumental release. Cheers.

[Ranguvar]

You said you were going to the 360, right? You like the cpu arch. more than ps3?

Cant wait for any release from you on 360!!He said maybe, and still a low chance.

360 also has much more of a challenge in terms of security.

360 homebrew would be very nice though.

[omerbener]

All batteries work, including 3rd parties one, at least all we tried.

thanks for that dax

[Ranguvar]

I have always been letting people know how to do it. I even wrote a guide on unbricking with a Devolution. http://forums.maxconsole.net/showthread.php?t=67225Then props to you, you are one of a few honest salespeople left.

[omerbener]

Then props to you, you are one of a few honest salespeople left.

good thats settled

[sl1pkn07]

its very BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!1

UOOOOOOO!!!

[maniackid92]

So can i turn back the psp battery i used to unbrick my psp back to a regular one

[canadajames]

I'm actually kinda sick when i see some of the posts people made a month ago some of you guys were cursing dark alex's name and whining about him doing something to protect himself. Once M33 came your like o screw dax nvr like him anyways. I rwally gotta hope this can make you put your foot in your mouth and if he ever leaves remember that he could still be doing something exactly like this. :(

[sakamoto]

finally it makes sense why sony will release a slim psp with a new battery ;p


23rd of August ... our Independence Day!!!!! homebrew FTW !!!!

[sakobatoneko]

sorry but i cant try this out i dont have windows i have linux if its possible can some one send me the files that were installed on the mermory stick . my friend want me to downgrade his 3.52 psp.:confused: thanks if you do send me the files :o

[NephilimNX]

I assume I can replace 1.50 update.pbp with 2.71 or higher for non-patched Key 5 TA-082/TA-086 psp or there's built-in function w/c patch it automatically?

[p$p b0y]

You have not run the mspformat probably. It is actually the first thing of all. And it will also delete eveyrything :)


thanks, i guess 4am isnt the best time to do even the simple things lol

got it working now

[chagdes]

Everytime I try to run mspformat.exe in cmd mode I get a write error. I've tried a couple different memory sticks, a 128, 256 and 512... still get the error. Any ideas?

[deathack]

I can confirm it definitely works! LOL. This is so damn great guys. You made my day!! I dun have a bricked PSP, just a 3.52 M33-4 but... Hahahaha... isn't this technically a 3.52 downgrader???? GOD!

[alebolla]

Can confirm that it works 100%, brought back to life a PSP in just minutes.
Donation link here I come!!

[Dark_AleX]

I assume I can replace 1.50 update.pbp with 2.71 or higher for non-patched Key 5 TA-082/TA-086 psp or there's built-in function w/c patch it automatically?

the downgrader of the recovery firmware already has the patch to patch only the key 5.

The recovery firmware itself, despite being 1.50 kernel based, can boot into ta-082+ without any keys patched (not even key 5), because it is patched directly at ipl level.

[ramonc091]

ok i got the mspformat.exe to work, how do i get the msinst.exe to work?? do what i said about the Run but make sure msinst.exe and the msipl.bin are in the same place

Example: use Run, type cmd, on the black screen type cd c:\ and hit enter, type msinst.exe DriveLetter msipl.bin (space in between these three)

[lawl02]

As soon as one my of my friends told me online about Pandora's Battery, I thought this wouldn't be possible. Then something caught my eye, I saw the words 'Dark_Alex', and I said, OMFGROLFLOLO1!!!1111NOWAY!!111 this is true!!. Good job Team C+D! My friend is going to be so happy about this, since he bricked his first psp...

[NephilimNX]

the downgrader of the recovery firmware already has the patch to patch only the key 5.

The recovery firmware itself, despite being 1.50 kernel based, can boot into ta-082+ without any keys patched (not even key 5), because it is patched directly at ipl level.

I see. Thanks!

[omerbener]

So can i turn back the psp battery i used to unbrick my psp back to a regular one

yes u can.

[mrdude]

Woot - I bricked my psp twice to test this out, then I restored my nandimage.flash file and it restored with my full custom theme - weehee - this rocks.

[The_Nothing]

Unbelievable!!!

Although I have never bricked a PSP, I have two PSP's with Custom firmware. I will save this download forever in case anything happens.

I'm glad people are confirming that they are bringing back their once dead PSP's. :D

Donations are imminent. Thank you!!!

[jjmai]

Wow, amazing.
So every PSP battery actually has modifiable firmware on there or something?

[nesianstyles]

unbelievable!
Am I going mad or something?
/me buys a ms and battery

[aydreeun]

This is THE PSP STORY OF THE YEAR!

Thank you D_A and crew!

[Nvidia7800GS]

damm i cant get this to work >_< if anyone has the file pm me plz. thank you

[jctech6]

In the readme it said that:
- 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.
Will i be able to go to a cfw after this?
Thanks.

[andrewcw]

the downgrader of the recovery firmware already has the patch to patch only the key 5.

The recovery firmware itself, despite being 1.50 kernel based, can boot into ta-082+ without any keys patched (not even key 5), because it is patched directly at ipl level.


Is it means that I can downgrade to 1.5 directly on TA082/86 MB?
After That, I can upgrade to any custom firmware?

[lawl02]

I'm a bit confused tho, if you can't run flashers, updates, etc, then how do you get to a cfw? And if you use the memory stick and battery you have now, how can you get them back to normal. I heard its possible on a battery but not sure about the memory stick. If you can do it on the ms, how?

[Nick255]

Sony could easily prevent downgrading by putting idstorage on masked rom (traditional rom chips that are actually read only). If you can't modify idstorage then you can't run firmware version 1.5.