Decatur Posted May 14, 2009 Report Posted May 14, 2009 How to mod your PSP (Original-1001-series) Things you will need:A PSP original (1001 series) Safety Goggles PSP battery (3.6v, 1800 mav) A spare PSP battery **this is a necessity** A box cutter A safety pin This software <= download as free user to show your love Step 1: Pandora's Battery Allright, here we go. First thing, you need a fully charged battery (80%+) Okay, holding the battery so the Sony logo facing you, with the charge node on the right side. Now, going slowly and softly, slide the box cutter up and down the sides of the PSP. See pic below:http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd280/vv_condor_vv/pspcut.jpg Go VERY slowly, if you pierce the battery, you might break your battery, or have it blow up in my hand like I did. Eventually, if you keep sawing (do the corners too) you'll be able to wedge your knife up the SIDE of your battery, pic below (you should be able to angle and slide your knife UP the inside casing of your psp) : http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd280/vv_condor_vv/cut1.jpgThis step, involving my battery took me about 30-60 minutes of sawing, trying to go slow. This step is SLOW, take your time. Okay, now that your PSP battery is open, go do a dance, swearing in all. Run up to your parents screaming "look what i did" then shove your battery in there face. Now, comes the intense part. Make sure you have steady hands. Once you have, take your battery and look for the motherboard side. Now search for a certain chip, there will be 3-4 of em. The one we are looking for is label "ICO4" Take your safety pin, and gently prod, poke, and slowly lift the pin closest to the "4" in "ICO4". See pic:http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/mmaaccaattaacckk/pandora3.jpg Once that pin is broken, you are all good. seal up your battery using tape. Step 2: Magic Memory Stick IF YOU HAVE VISTA THEN PLEASE READ THE BLUE TEXT, IF YOU HAVE XP YOU MAY SKIP THIS PART ALSO IF YOU GET "OPEN ERROR" OR "CANT LOAD IPL" OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS IN COMMAND PROMPT THEN USE THIS METHOD IN BLUE..PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ASK ME WHAT TO DO If you have vista download this 25mb file and then this 4.01 EPBOOT file. dont ask me how to use this program, because there is a Help file within. before you open the file, right click it, then click "Run as Admin". after you make the mms, hold down the L trigger, and pop in the modded battery, and you will be presented with a psp-like menu...again...read the help if you dont get it you are going to need a Sony, Lexar, or Sandisk memory card, (not a fake, but a real one)also make sure that they are no less than 256mb, but no more than 4gbYou can make sure it is real by:1) Sticking the stick in the psp2) Going to Videos (don't press X, just go to it)3) Press triangle4) Go to information5) At Supported, it should say MagicGate, if it doesn't then it is fake, and there is no way around this. Or, you know, you could just...read the stick!! After you have downloaded the software in the heading, it's time to make a magic memory stick. Easiest part IMO. extract the PSP hackzz.rar to your desktop (use WinRAR) Open READ1st Folder highlight and copy MSINST and MSPFORMAT FOLDERopen My ComputerLeft Click the C: drive once NOT TWICE, you just want to highlight it.Now RIGHT Click on C: drive and hit pasteformat your memory stick through your psp (Settings>System Settings>Format Memory Stick)once that is done, enable USB mode make note of your drive letter (usually E: or F)open up command propmt (click Start, select Run, type in cmd and hit enter)Type in the following command "CD C:\" (note: with-out quote mark) HIT entertype the following command "mspformat\mspformat.exe Drive letter" ( mine would look like mspformat\mspformat.exe E) note: NO quotationhit enter buttonhit Y for yes, then press enterit should say "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved."disable USB mode, and take out the memory sticknow re-insert the memory stick, and re-enable USB modeNow go back to the Desktop where you extracted the folder "PSP HACKZZ"double click itopen the Despertar v3 folder, and copy its contents to your psp via your PC (just the contents, not the actual folder)now go back to your command prompt windowtype the following command "msinst\msinst.exe X msinst\msipl.bin" ( where X=psp drive letter) NO quotationpress Y for yes and hit enterThe last line should say " Write MS BOOT CODE "then type exit and enterWOOOOO!!!!! you now have a magic memory stick! Step 3: Changing firmware to 3.71 M33-2 Now, once again, i cannot stress this enough, MAKE SURE YOUR PSP IS WELL- CHARGED!!! Okay, now shut down your PSP, pop out the battery (so it will could boot) With pandoras batteries, you kind of have to jump start it, so first thing you do is:Take out the batteryPlug in chargerTurn psp onQuickly pop in battery. Now, that thats done with, you should have a funky screen. Press 'X' to install 3.71 M33-2 firmware this process should take about 5-10 minutes. At the end, it will says Process complete, press X to shutdown. Press 'x' Now, swap out that Pandora's battery (modded battery) for that untouched necessary battery i said earlier in the tut. If you dont, it will just keep booting to that screen that says press 'x' to install firmware. Now that you have a fresh battery, pop out your memstick. turn on your PSP, go to Settings>System Settings>Format Memory Stick, and push in your memstick, and press X. you are done, YOU KNOW HAVE A FULLY MODDED PSP WHICH CAN PLAY .ISO'S OR .CSO'S or homebrew. woooooooot 5
Korupt Data Posted May 14, 2009 Report Posted May 14, 2009 Interesting, to bad i dont have a psp anymore :/ thanks for the tutand im glad you typed it up your self instead of ripping.
Random1225 Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 Nice tut. I may have a reason to buy a psp now lol.
iBotPeaches Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 What does breaking that pin off the battery do? Just curious. What does that disable or stop, that doesn't interfere with playing?
jmdalmighty Posted May 15, 2009 Report Posted May 15, 2009 What does breaking that pin off the battery do? Just curious. What does that disable or stop, that doesn't interfere with playing? braking the pin renders the turn on button usless as ur psp will turn on automaticly this is a big bump i have already posted a tut like this http://www.ibotmodz.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=5436
Decatur Posted May 15, 2009 Author Report Posted May 15, 2009 What does breaking that pin off the battery do? Just curious. What does that disable or stop, that doesn't interfere with playing?its a smart battery and that has something to do with checking firmware or something like that. I know it has to do with checking for legitibilty, and disabling power button, thats why you have to "jump start" your battery. @JMD, that tut you wrote was illegible, hard to understand, and very confusing. thats why i took my time and wrote this huge tut with pretty pictures. and a lolknife.
subs_55 Posted May 18, 2009 Report Posted May 18, 2009 you cant do this with an updated psp right? or does this work with all fatty psps regardless of updates?
miinaturvat Posted May 24, 2009 Report Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) It works with every firmware for the phat and slim PSPs, to the extent of my knowledge... I don't think it's really possible for sony to disable it from working just with an update, so it should work forever, on any firmwares to come Also, how do you bump a sticked topic? http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4622/awepic.gif Edited May 24, 2009 by miinaturvat
subs_55 Posted May 25, 2009 Report Posted May 25, 2009 It works with every firmware for the phat and slim PSPs, to the extent of my knowledge... I don't think it's really possible for sony to disable it from working just with an update, so it should work forever, on any firmwares to come Also, how do you bump a sticked topic? http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4622/awepic.gif it will show it as it having updates in is category, and it will go back to the top of the list when you click "view new posts"
miinaturvat Posted September 28, 2009 Report Posted September 28, 2009 its a smart battery and that has something to do with checking firmware or something like that. I know it has to do with checking for legitibilty, and disabling power button, thats why you have to "jump start" your battery. That pin is what stops the battery from being a service mode battery. It doesn't 'disable the power button', since you can clearly still turn it off. When you break the pin, the battery becomes a service mode battery. Basically, when the PSP turns on, if it's a service mode battery doing it, it tells the PSP to look for a certain file on the memory stick and, if it exists, run it. thanks for post This is you:http://2.media.tumblr.com/sYGwuMrEIij3wduz61oQBXmlo1_400.jpg 1
michael iz pro Posted September 29, 2009 Report Posted September 29, 2009 wow im jealous he post a tut on how to make a pandora battery and he gets loads of post i post a tut on how to hack the psp which has the same outcome as this (installing custom firmware i get 2 or 3 reply's lol im not jelaous great tut if you guys think this is dangerous read my tut then after whn you get it hacked if you have an old psp anything bought before 2007 xmas then you can install custom firmware from psp-hack.com
Decatur Posted October 4, 2009 Author Report Posted October 4, 2009 wow im jealous he post a tut on how to make a pandora battery and he gets loads of post i post a tut on how to hack the psp which has the same outcome as this (installing custom firmware i get 2 or 3 reply's lol im not jelaous great tut if you guys think this is dangerous read my tut then after whn you get it hacked if you have an old psp anything bought before 2007 xmas then you can install custom firmware from psp-hack.com Mine is legible with pictures.
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