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    Default Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D


    Source: http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/pandoras-battery.html/

    Partial Quote:

    We told you that we'd be releasing an unbricker for the M33 bricks. But then we got to thinking, maybe that just wouldn't be exciting enough.

    Would you like a super special surprise bonus? How about an unbricker for ALL PSPs? Yep, you read that right. We call it "Pandora's Battery".

    There's a larger story behind this unbricker, though, and it deserves to be told. It's the culmination of years of behind-the-scenes research and development by some of the top names in PSP hacking, under the name of the Prometheus project. This group of people, from various development teams, was dedicated to developing and releasing PSP hacks and exploits, with the aim of improving the status of PSP homebrew, and making sure that it was kept alive.

    For some time this project was highly successful - many releases from Noobz, C+D and others were direct results of this work. The zenith of this success was the development of this unbricker - which required some amazing technical leaps, including:

    1. Reverse engineering of the service (unbrick) mode
    2. Development of a technique to change an ordinary battery into a service mode trigger battery (and back)
    3. Development of custom IPL code along with a technique to sign that code as authentic.

    Even more impressive is that all of the above was achieved without any access to the official hardware or software. With careful nurturing, this unbricker and custom IPL was to become the foundation of a whole new homebrew environment.

    Unfortunately something happened to shatter the idyll. Somehow, the unbricker was leaked into the wider world before it was ready to be released. Whether this was deliberate, by one of the team members, or accidental via a security breach is still unclear. The fact is that this unbricker appeared on the black market, being sold for huge prices. As far as we know, it is probably very close to the same software that appears in at least some of the 'magic unbricker'/'jigkick' videos.

    So, although the time was not right to release this (it would have been wise to wait at least until the PSP Slim release), our hand has been forced. In order to prevent small fortunes being made by leeches, we are giving this unbricker away for free. So - let it be known - if you have paid for an unbricker, then you have been ripped off. I suggest that you take up your grievances with the seller - it should never have been sold. And if you're unhappy about this being released before PSP Slim - then blame whoever it was that leaked or stole it.

    It's unclear whether or not this is the end for the Prometheus project - hopefully not, but that is undecided so far. In case it is the end, it is worth a quick roll of honour. In alphabetical order:

    Adrahil, Booster, Cswindle, Dark_AleX, Ditlew, Fanjita, Joek2100, Jim, Mathieulh, Nem, Psp250, Skylark, TyRaNiD.

    And here are their respective C+D (Create and Destroy) nicknames.

    Mathieulh = WiseFellow
    Tyranid = bockscar
    Fanjita = FullerMonty
    Joek = CosmicOverSoul
    Dark_Alex = Malyot
    Chris = Caretaker
    Adrahil = VoidPointer
    nem = h1ckeyph0rce

    Anyway - make sure to read the readme.txt in this release for how to use it, but in brief it works like this:

    1. You run a program on a homebrew-enabled PSP that will convert a standard PSP battery into a jigkick battery. Note that you can't then use that battery normally - so you should use a spare one.
    2. You run a program to generate the unbricker memory stick image, built from the v1.5 update EBOOT (note that this, and the custom IPL, means the release is completely free of Sony copyright materials).
    3. You run some programs on a PC to install the image to your memory stick.

    Now, you have a battery/memory stick pair that works just like the famous jigkick combination (but better) - just insert them into any PSP (even a brick) and the PSP will be reinstalled with the v1.5 firmware. As far as we know, this will continue to work for all future firmwares.
    So that's why Dark_Alex retired from CFW development... He was helping in an even more greater project!

    [br]_________________________________________________
    So katong mga na-brick ilang PSP, ayaw na mo adto sa Maze Ayala!
    Patabang na lang mo sa team Istorya PSP para ma-unbrick inyong psps

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    pasabot ani kung ma brick inyo psp di namo kinahanglan mo adto emall o ayala to pay 5k for unbricking wahahahahahahah. pisti gyud ning mangawatay og homebrew....

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    Quote Originally Posted by comicGeek
    pasabot ani kung ma brick inyo psp di namo kinahanglan mo adto emall o ayala to pay 5k for unbricking wahahahahahahah. pisti gyud ning mangawatay og homebrew....
    Time to modify those spare batts na!

    _________________________________________________

    I wonder if 'the troll' is reading this...

    Note: 'the troll' - the one who was harping about a possible situation wherein team istorya psp might brick a psp during downgrading...

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    YES! It's Finally here! Sa mga na-brick ang PSP's naa jud tawon sulosyon sa inyuha mga problema hehe, dili na kinahanglan mubayad ug mahal.

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    The happy tales of bricked PSPs resurrected -> Pandora's Battery: The resurrection of the deads - MaxConsole Forums

    Edit: As a side note, I wonder if it's time to sell those unpatched Lumines and GTA:LC UMDs before their value gets rock bottom

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    Pic of the Pandora's Recovery Battery Menu:


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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    pwede diay ni gamiton as downgrader? pero as a note by NOOBS ang resulting 1.5 firmware gikan sa pag ayo sa brick dili pariha sa 1.5 gyud meaning naa daghan kulang. so di li advisable gamiton as downgrader lang this tool can be used to revive bricked psp but to intentionally use this to use this to downgrade a psp with no problems is suicide i think.... heheheheh

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    Quote Originally Posted by comicGeek
    pwede diay ni gamiton as downgrader? pero as a note by NOOBS ang resulting 1.5 firmware gikan sa pag ayo sa brick dili pariha sa 1.5 gyud meaning naa daghan kulang. so di li advisable gamiton as downgrader lang this tool can be used to revive bricked psp but to intentionally use this to use this to downgrade a psp with no problems is suicide i think.... heheheheh
    According sa mga posts nga nabasahan nako sa maxconsole forum nga akong gi-link in a previous post, only the firmware sa memory stick which is used for unbricking is only a subset of 1.5FW. Pero once na-unbrick na ang PSP, ang resulting FW sa PSP kay full 1.5 na kuno. One guy even claimed that he downgraded a 3.52 (official) to 1.5 using Pandora and then upgraded to 3.52m33.

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    Edit: If claims reported by people who've used this to downgrade a non-bricked PSP can be verified by other people with screenshots and vids, I may change the topic title to "Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker/Downgrader(PSP-1000) "

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    i read that to be able to upgrade to OE or M33, you will need to run the kxploit patcher before then flash the firmware update...

    here's the notes and restrictions...

    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.

    i wonder what problem will it bring (note highlighted in red)...

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    Default Re: Pandora's Battery - the Universal Psp Unbricker :D

    d na jud ko mahadlok mag customize sa akoang XMB...

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