First off, either wear a rubber glove or use a rubber coated wire if you don't want a little shock. Than to get to to a Pandora's Battery, you short the middle and + pins using the wire. To get it to a normal battery you short the - and + pins. For some reason it doesn't always work, but just keep trying and it shoudl eventually work.
This is a step by step guide on how to make a Pandora (Service Battery) and a Magic Mem Stick without another PSP.
Things you need:
1. PSP running any Firmware
2. 1 Memory Stick (Pro-Duo, 512mb – 4gb)
3. 2 Batteries (one to use for normal operations, and one that we will turn into a Service Battery)
4. The Newbie Mem Stick Program. Link is here…. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=23IG8GGU
5. A sewing needle (or something small and thin
6. a knife or razor blade
First we make the Magic Memory Stick
Step 1:
Download the Mem Stick Installer, when you have downloaded it, extract it to your desktop.
Step 2:
Put your battery and mem stick into your PSP, and power it up.
Step 3:
Format the Mem Stick using the PSP.
Step 4:
Now connect the PSP to your PC via the USB Cable.
Step 5:
Now you will go back to the Newb Installer and open the folder, you should see a bunch of .rar archives and some Icons, find the Icon named “START”, then click it. It should open up a DOS Style Program on your desktop. It should be prompting you to press any button to continue, go ahead and hit any button.
Step 6:Now it should tell you to Format the memory stick using the PSP, go ahead and do this again, I know we did it once already but it never hurts to do it again. Then reconnect to your PC, then hit any button to continue.
Step 7:
Now type in the letter of the Drive that your PC recognizes your PSP as, in example my PC recognizes my PSP as drive G: once you have entered it, then hit any button to continue.
Step 8:
It will tell you to enter a new disk, don’t worry about that just hit ENTER button to continue.
Step 9:
Now the Installer will tell you what file format your stick currently is then it will re-format it into a FAT32 File format. This will take a few seconds. Now it will ask you for a name or label for the Drive, Just hit ENTER, DO NOT LABEL IT!!
Step 10:
Now it will tell you you are about to format the drive, do you wish to continue, hit “y” then enter. It will appear as if nothing is happening but its working.
Step 11:
Once its done it will tell you to take the mem stick out then disconnect USB. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU DO THIS JUST LIKE IT SAYS!
Step 12:
Now hit any key, it will tell you to Re-insert the Memory stick, and re-start the USB Connection, go ahead and do this. Then hit any key to continue.
Step 13:
Now you should see the Pandora menu, go ahead and choose the best option for you. I always use #4, because its universal and it will install CFW 3.71 m33-1 on to any PSP you use the stick on! Once you have selected the best option for you type it in then hit enter.
Step 14:
You will see a blinking cursor for a sec, no worries its working, then you will see it start putting all necessary files on to the stick. The last file named G:3.71.PBP will take a while but just watch the percent complete to the right.
Step 15:
Now you will see a screen that has a bunch of info then at the bottom it will ask you if you want to write the ABS Sector, hit “y” then enter.
Step 16:
It should now say “Write MS Boot Code” go ahead and press any key to continue.
Step 17:
Now you will see a thank you screen, hit any key again to continue. The program will close.
Step 18:Remove the Memory Stick, then disable USB Connection. Now your Finished! You now have a Magic Mem Stick with CFW installer on it.
Now to create your Service Battery
I have only found 2 Batteries this works on they are as follows:
PSP-110 (1800mAH) # down on bottom right of sticker: 2-581-225-03
PSP-280 (2200mAh) # down on bottom right of sticker: 2-637-269-11
Step 1:
Take your spare battery, and open it up. BECAREFULL NOT TO PUSH A KNIFE TO FAR INTO BATTERY CASE YOU MIGHT PUNCTURE THE BATTERY CELL!
Step 2:
Once you have it apart, look at the circuit board, and find the word “IC04”, you should see a little micro-controller right next to it. On that micro-controller it will have 8 pins. It will be the pin on the bottom right. Here is a pic of what it should look like. (I got the 1st PIC from the web, it is not my pic, my camera didn't want to work so thanks to whoever took the pic.) 2nd pic, I took.
Step 3:
Tape your battery down to your work area so it doesn’t move, then tape the circuit board to cover all the areas around the micro-controller. Doing this will help prevent any accidental shorting of the battery if you accidentally touch the needle to something else while touching the controller.
Step 4:
Now take your sewing needle and slide it under pin 5, then gently pull up and outward to the right. (you might have to repeat this step a few times to weaken the pin.) It will break free from the circuit board. *NOTE - ensure the tip of needle is not touching pin 6, it will short the battery!
Step 5:
Now un-tape everything, and put the battery back together. You can use very small amount of super glue or, just tape the battery together. *Caution when tapeing, it will create a very tight fit into the PSP Battery Compartment, and you will have to really push it in all the way to make the Battery connect to the receptors on the PSP!)
Step 6:
That’s it, your done! You now have a service battery.
*NOTE – To use these on a PSP, you must first insert the Mem Stick, then the Battery! Then simply follow the on screen instructions, enjoy CFW!
