Learn here all about Pandora battery hacks. A new one works without opening the battery. A Pandora battery allows the user to unbrick (or restore) a PSP that has previously had a hack attempt fail and thus been bricked (or locked up). The hack utilizes a service mode on the PSP and a special trigger battery, appropriately named "Pandora."http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/23/pandoras-battery-hack-promises-to-unbrick-all-bricked-psps/ Pandora's battery hack...

A Pandora battery works by modifications that trick a PSP into entering “service mode” when first powered up. “Service mode” permits hacked 3rd party software work around the PSP’s security system and write over the PSP’s firmware.http://www.instructables.com/id/PSP-Hacking-Guide/step2/Pandora-battery/

The pandora battery hack is the result of the combined research of several Internet hackers determined to break the PSP's brick mode. Several steps were taken to produce the successful outcome.

1. The team reverse engineered the service mode used by Sony technicians.
2. They developed a way to change an ordinary PSP battery into a service mode trigger.
3. The team developed a customized version of the IPL code.
4. They created a way for the PSP to authenticate the custom code.N00bz: Pandora's Battery (August 22, 2007)

1. By running PSP Tool.exehttp://www.megaupload.com/?d=A6WZPNIU on a working PSP system with one of the motherboards featured in the picture below, hackers can convert regular PSP batteries into Pandora battery hacks.
2. The hackers also create an unbricked memory stick image built from the 1.5 update EBOOT, and install it on the memory stick.
3. You can use the Pandora battery and unbricked memory stick to unbrick your PSP: #Simply install both into the PSP. It will be reverted to the 1.5 firmware.http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/pandoras-battery.html

Check out the video further down this page for more info.

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