[GUIDE]{ANY PSP 1000/2000} Pandora | Universal PSP Unbricker

[Bobtentpeg]

This as made possible by the greatest coders the PSP scene has ever made, I and all of use owe a great deal to them.
Enjoy


Making The Pandoras Battery and Memory Stick
If you already have one, skip this step and preceed to the next part
Secondly
Obtain the following
1. A bricked PSP
2. A nonbricked PSP that can run homebrew; 256+mb MS PRO DUO. non PRO will not work
3. A battery
4. Download this : http://dl.qj.net/dl.php?fid=14414


unrar it with winrar
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move the "Pandorasbox Setup.exe" into C:/
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Start it
press Install.
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Now find the folder that you extracted originally and double click the "Shortcut to Pandora's Box.exe"
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Click Pandora's Battery REquirements; make sure you meet them
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press OK
Click on Pandora's Box Easier-Installer For Pandora's Battery
You should get a Command Window
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press 1 then enter

***Note***
If you ant to save the files on yur Memory Stick, do so now.
***NOTE***
Now enter your PSPs drive letter. Just the letter no : or :/. Im my case its G
Now insert the memory stick you wish to use as the Pandora's MAgic MS
Press 1 then Enter
Press Y then Enter
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***CAUTION***
This WILL erase your memory stick, and all files will be lost. dont say i didnt warn you
***CAUTION***
AFter you press Y you should see the following SCreen
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press 1 then Enter if you do, if not, retry
Exit USB
Remove then replace your MS
RE-enter USB mode
Press 1 then Enter
Wiat
You should get the following screen
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if so, press 1 then Enter, if not, restart at beginning
Now put the battery you wish to use as your Pandora's Magic Battery in your PSP.
press 1 then enter
Exit USB
Go to Game on your memory stick and launch "Pandora's Battery Creator"
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After program has loaded press triangle
Press 1 then Enter
It should say dumping, then done and exit.
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REstart "Pandora's Battery Creator"
Press X
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Should say done and exit
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Press 1 then Enter
now start "Pandoras Battery Firm. Installer
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press X
It will display the following screen then exit
RE-enter USB mode
Press 1 the Enter
You should se the following screen
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Press 1 then Enter 2 times
Press Y then Enter
Should See Following Screen
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Press 1 the Enter***
Your done with this step, move on to the next***


Modifying The Memory Stick files to work as an Unbricker
Download the 3.71 , 3.40, and 1.50 eboots 3.71 Here (http://www.sendspace.com/file/vki46d) 3.40 here(Rename to 340.PBP) (http://dl.qj.net/dl.php?fid=13547) and 150 Here(rename to 150.PBP (http://dl.qj.net/dl.php?fid=163)
Place it on the root of your MS.
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Download this (http://exophase.com/files/psp/despertar_cementerio3.rar)
Extract it and place the despertar_cementerio in PSP/GAME
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Run the program
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(if you get the Needs firmwre 271 or higher message, go into recovery mode and turn GAME FOLDER KERNEL to 3.XX)
Press X
Wait
Now you have the Battery and Memory Stick needed to unbrick a PSP.[/size][/color]

Unbricking The PSP
Put the Battery and MS in the PSP you wish to unbrick
(On slim you won't see menu, remember that)

- Press X to install 3.71M33. On slim (blind installation), you will see orange led flashing, that means that 371.PBP is being written. When finished, orange and green leds will be flashing, done artificially by the program to know that it's working. On fat, once finished, you will have to press X to shutdown. Restart manually,

get BSOD, press O and you will be on 3.71m33.

- Press O to install original 3.71 (rest of the process as the X option)

- Press [] to dump nand to nand-dump.bin. When done, psp will auto shutdown.

- Press L+R+HOME+start to restore nand from nand-dump.bin

[cal360]

Nice tutorial this will come in handy for many people (n00bs).

[Bobtentpeg]

thanks

my life is writing guides and owning noobs at www.psphacking101.com/forum

[jayson1982]

hi guys... does this pandora works on any version of psp???

[Bobtentpeg]

Yup, this is Phat, slim any firmware (just needs a homebrew compatible PSP to make unles you use this method http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=21280&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 )

[EternalS]

wats the nand thing

[Bobtentpeg]

Its a full dump of your NAND in lamens terms he NAND is basically your flash0,1,2,3,4,5,6

[EternalS]

when i used te guide and got the battery and mem stik i got tat enu press x and it install 3.71, but when i start it up it comes up with same menu to install it again?

[EternalS]

Nevrmid solved! How do i rever my mem stick?

[Bobtentpeg]

just reformat your MS to remove the bootcode

[barto443]

I've used this on two psp
(1) bricked 371-m33-3....recoverd back to 1.50 no problems
(2) bricked 2.81 no custom firmware has ever bin install on this psp was a faild attempt ......recoverd back to 1.50 no problems

happy days thanks for this software to bring life back to my psp's ...............nice 1

psp (1) 2.81-3.50-1.50-3.52-371-m33-3-bricked-1.50

psp (2) 2.81-bricked-1.50-3.71-m33-3

[animekid4]

Could someone give me a mirror link please. And quick also, my friend is about to leave.

[Bobtentpeg]

a mirror for what file

[soup129]

Hi
Terrific guide,everything seemed to go as the guide said.
Now can i use this on a friends slim psp to
downgrade it to 1.50 firmware,or will it upgrade it to 3.71m33?

[Bobtentpeg]

The PSP Slim is hardwired to not go below 3.60, you can only upgrade it to 371 M33

[mehmetcan]

Firstly, I want to thank you guys for this great forum.



- Press X to install 3.71M33. On slim (blind installation), you will see orange led flashing, that means that 371.PBP is being written. When finished, orange and green leds will be flashing, done artificially by the program to know that it's working. On fat, once finished, you will have to press X to shutdown. Restart manually,


I couldn't get this part
I have Slim-PSP

After installing finishes, orange and green leds will flash.

Then what should I do ?
Power off ?
Press any button ?

BTW 371.PBP mentioned above is M33 right ?
or this is for OFW recovery only ?

thank you & have fun
Mehmet Can

[Bobtentpeg]

the 371.PBP is used for both.
For you, once your lights have stopped flashing yiru PSP should turn off automatically, if it doesnt, give it 10 mins then turn it off and restart it

[mehmetcan]

Thank you.
now I got it.

I hope I will be able to homebrew enable my PSP-Slim.
I almost got every required information.
But this time, I'm lack of equipment.
Pandora Battery, Pandora MS or CFW PSP owner friend.

only these questions left in my mind.
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81434

thx for this great descriptive post.
I have learned much.

take care & have fun.

[Bobtentpeg]

I replied to your post

[mehmetcan]

I replied to your post
thank you.
I appriciated.

[Necro Star]

2 Questions:

1. Can I follow this guide and install cementary v3 instead of v1 with no side effects?
2.Does dumping or restoring nand dangerous to do? I want to have a backup but not if dumping it could brick my psp.

[Bobtentpeg]

1. This guide uses v3. Sorr if there was cunfusion, I named it incorrectly when i uploaded it.
2. Dumping it isnt dangerous at all, only resotre it if you know what your doing and know you have an uncorupted NAND backup

[Necro Star]

Thanks for the quick response. Your guide was the easiest and quickest around. Just went through with no problems.

[Bobtentpeg]

your welcome

[jam659]

when i try to load the battery creator it says the game could not be started (80020148)

[Bobtentpeg]

....read the requirements

[devunleashed]

in step two B- prepair memory stick, my command prompt says

Local drive has more than a physical drive. Cannot handle it.

THEN IN STEP THREE A-Copy files to the psp

it says

file not found
(0)files copied

I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO. HELP PLEASE.. IM A NEW PSP USER..

TNX

[Bobtentpeg]

Did you ener the correct drive letter for your PSP

[devunleashed]

Yes I Did.. I Repeated The Steps Many Times But Its Still The Same..

[Bobtentpeg]

Yes I Did.. I Repeated The Steps Many Times But Its Still The Same..

what OS are you on
are you the admin
do you have fake MS

[grishnakgorbag]

Hi,
on pandoras battery recovery menu i get press x to downgrade, then x to flash psp after this it formats then goes back to press x to downgrade.What have i done wrong ?

[Bobtentpeg]

most likely missing the eboot or using a fake MS

[grishnakgorbag]

fake as in not sony cos ms is a sandisk ?or do you mean something entirely different & i'm showing my ignorance ?

[Bobtentpeg]

fake as in, not the brand it claims ti be. IE a knockoff

[ThaSlayer]

Im at the point where you should run Despertar del Cementerio and it says "The game could not be started. (80020001)"

What to do?

I am trying to create the items on a 1.50 PSPfat. How do I access the recovery mode and how do I change the kernel of the GAME-folder?

[Bobtentpeg]

On 1.5 there is no recovery.

and are we sure we;re on 1.5?
if so, how did you get there

[ThaSlayer]

The fat 1.5 PSP is my friends but I don't know if he bougth it like this or installed the 2.50 firmware there. All I know is that it has 1.50 and I am trying to make the pandora with it. I was told it would work in this tut. If only someone could tell me how exactly it does work because it says that error 80020001.

What am I supposed to do?

This may be a silly question but do I need to modify the memory stick to install the cfw to a PSPslim? And if I have to, are there any other ways to do this? Am I supposed to change the fatPSP's fw to a custom firmware? (I am usin the fat to make the stuff so I could install a ctf to my own PSPslim)

I have done everything so far right imho.

Please help me :)

[Bobtentpeg]

Interesting, well it should work just fine on 1.5.

Perhaps you should run keycleaner on his PSP, this might help.

Or you could always update his PSP to a customfirmware, as they beat the crap out of 1.5 anyways

[grishnakgorbag]

Well i have tried another sandisk ms with the same result, i guess i will have to purchase an official sony ms from a high street trader or something like that so i know its real.... will this sort my prob ?

[grishnakgorbag]

Actually come to think of it my sandisk ms was purchased in store with psp

[grishnakgorbag]

on pressing o to back up nand, i get bad file message

[Bobtentpeg]

You dont have the space on your MS or the way its been formated/manufactured there is a bad sectoe preventing copying

[grishnakgorbag]

It can only be a bad sector preventing copying cos ms is 512 pro duo, has been formatted as per tutorial, manufacture must be ok cos we have used three different ms but still getting same outcome grrrrrrr.

Thanx for your continued replies please help me sort this cos i aint giving up.

[grishnakgorbag]

Can i make a pandora's ms direct to ms ???cos i only got a bricked psp so need to make ms via card reader...... formatted other ms that have been previously being using cos it was f***** been getting help from a pal with homebrew capable but he lives a distance away

[Bobtentpeg]

NO, you need to have a homebrew compatible PSP con hand unless you lare3yad have the battery in which case your buddy can make you the files to write

[No_one_in_particular]

Should have really posted it here:

Okay, I've finally gotten around to creating a Pandora, thanks to this tutorial (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=75654). I've created one mainly for going back to 1.5 (and then onto my CF of choice) incase I don't like the firmware I update to, and for unbricking - just incase. My question is, I've completed the Making the Pandoras Battery and Magic Memory stick part, do I need to go on and complete the Modifying the Memory Stick Files to Work as an Unbricker step ? If I left it, what could it do currently ? If I modified it to work as an unbricker, then what can it do ? As in, if I done the unbricker step, would I be adding to it's features, or am I replacing them so it's now just an unbricker ? Hope you get what I'm on about...

Lastly, would my Pandora & Magic Memory stick work on someone else's PSP ? Thanks.

[Bobtentpeg]

It wont work properly on phats and not at all on slims unless you do the last set of instructions

[femzy112]

Its like my new slim PSP of 4 days old is bricked.I tried making a PAndora batt.And i installed the Total newbie intaller on my 1GB mem stick but when i turned it on i went to the mem stick menu n it prompted to install it to 3.71 firmware from a 3.73 .
To cut things short when i switched it on it worked twice.
O n switching it on the thrid time;only the green light shows.
I tested it wit another battery.
Still giving thesame result.
I tried using auto recovery(press the R button and power for 8 seconds)No difference yet
Ithe green light switches off after some seconds
Can somebody suggest a remedy cos i have even barely enjoyed it.
Thanks

[Bobtentpeg]

Remove the memory stick

[femzy112]

yeah i have removed the mem stickand put it back still flashing the orange and green lights.I cant get to recovery mode(pressing the R button)
Awwwwww Lawwwwwwddd
I m pissed off

Yeah i fixed it all(courtsey youtube);so how do i copy isos to the custom firmware

[ldaneels]

Hi,
Thanks for the guide, I have followed the steps up to the part where you format the memory stick (yeah, not very far indeed). When I try to format it, it says "open error <read>".
As for relevant details (?), I run windows Vista & I have the PSP connected to my PC via USB. Would using a MS reader change anything ? Is this one of these obnoxious Windows quirks ? If it is, how can I get around it ?
Thanks for any help you can provide,

Loic

[Bobtentpeg]

It snot a windows quirk, its a Vista being bloatware quirk

[ldaneels]

Ok, that explains things a little. Any idea how to get around this ? Would a card reader solve my issue ?

[Bobtentpeg]

A friend with XP would solve your problems :)

[ben13//_u]

Why is it everytime I look for a downgrader i need a homebrew compitable psp? I dont have one/I can't use my for internet use because it got virus(I download everything on psp then do work on pc)

[ben13//_u]

Why is it everytime I look for a downgrader i need a homebrew compitable psp? I dont have one/I can't use my for internet use because it got virus(I download everything on psp then do work on pc)

[BOBNESS]

Hi i tried this (on a slim) but there was no change and the lights didnt start flashing. I have completely deleted my flash 0 would this be a reason for it not working?

[blacksuit16]

Hi i tried this (on a slim) but there was no change and the lights didnt start flashing. I have completely deleted my flash 0 would this be a reason for it not working?
WHat didnt work?

[grishnakgorbag]

Dont have a buddy to help anymore cos he left my workplace, thought that i had lost the bricked psp when he left but recently found it in a drawer at work so now i need help to sort it.

I have a slim that i am considering homebrewing so i can fix the brick but dont wanna lose the slim too..... what to do????

[Bane King]

I have a psp1001 with 5.00M33-6. I am trying to make another magic memory stick because my last one broke. I followed all the instructions up to opening Pandora's Battery Creator and Pandora's Battery Firm, Installer but my psp won't open either one. It won't open with either my regular or pandora battery.

What should I do?