TUTORIAL: Make a Pandora's Battery without a homebrew PSP!

Trying to get homebrew running on your PSP? Want to add a screen light to your Game Boy? Trying to figure out how to work your GP2X? By popular demand, discuss it in here! (This forum is for pre-built handhelds, NOT custom made portables!)

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Post by trugate » Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:02 am

what if you're a moron and shorted pins 5 and 6? :D

It won't turn on with the battery in it, but if I plug in the AC and turn it on, then put in the battery, then unplug the AC, it works ;p

So did I break it? Or is this normal behavior for a pandora battery? I haven't made the memory stick up yet, so I was just curious... what does 'service mode' look like?

EDIT: It won't turn on with the battery in it AND plugged into AC. Only when I have the battery out will it power on... so the battery's failing check somehow.

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Post by Kurt_ » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:50 pm

Please see my post in Tech Q & A. I'm having troubles. Shorting Ground + the pin beside it. is the battery gone (for PSP use), or did I just erase the EEPROM data / screw the data up.

And if I fried it, it'll still work as a jigkick right?
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Post by blackbox_dev » Fri Sep 07, 2007 5:04 pm

Normal behavior for a jigkick (at least one made by this tutorial, I don't know about as softmod jigkick) is to turn on the PSP when the battery is inserted, even with no memory stick inserted.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...

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did everything as show

Post by iplay4fun » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:35 pm

man, i did everything that shown but when i plug the battery back into my psp nothing show up..as though it was before..thus i can't use the usb mode at all
or anything since nothing shown up, did i do something wrong?..my psp is non homebrew. Thanks

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Post by blackbox_dev » Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:46 pm

Does the PSP start right when you insert the battery? If it does then you didn't make the memory stick correctly. If it doesn't then you did something wrong modding the battery (perhaps the pin is still contacting the board?).

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I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...

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Post by iplay4fun » Sun Sep 09, 2007 8:08 pm

pin is completely off, i made sure of it..when i plugged the battery back in nothing show up..absolute darkness :cry:

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Post by blackbox_dev » Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:11 am

The power LED doesn't come on when you put it in?
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...

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Post by Kurt_ » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:39 pm

I have a feeling he didn't do anything involving the memory card. (My problem will either be solved or not by a homebrew psp if i get one.)
Hey, sup?

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Post by blackbox_dev » Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:16 pm

Yeah, but even without the MS the power light should still come on when the battery is inserted.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...

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Post by iplay4fun » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:26 am

powerlight come on, but nothing show up on screen..i can't do anything to the memory stick because my pc wont detect the psp since i can't even get to the usb mode..

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Post by iplay4fun » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:07 pm

memory stick is completely blank, i didnt load anything in it

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Post by Kurt_ » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:38 pm

Well, there's your problem.
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Post by soljaboi29 » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:41 pm

is there any other (simpler way ) of taking out the pin cuz i dont have a soldering iron and am confused on how to take it out.i dont wanna mess up my battery.................

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Post by vskid » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:50 pm

iplay4fun wrote:powerlight come on, but nothing show up on screen..i can't do anything to the memory stick because my pc wont detect the psp since i can't even get to the usb mode..
Try it without the battery and just have the PSP plugged into the charger. Then you can use the PSP to configure the memory stick however you need to.
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Post by jeroen » Tue Sep 11, 2007 4:51 pm

well cutting it. But i guess that would mess up the battery now would it? So the answer is no.

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