GUIDE: How to Custom Firmware PSP-1000's and PSP-2000's

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danny978
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Post by danny978 »

Hi, i have a PSP 1001 Ver. 5.01 i accidentally updated to that version.
and i want to downgrade it.

I tried ur method, but it seems like the memory card doesnt blink or anything. the screen just black.

You u think you can help me??

Thank you soo much! :D
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

danny978 wrote:Hi, i have a PSP 1001 Ver. 5.01 i accidentally updated to that version.
and i want to downgrade it.

I tried ur method, but it seems like the memory card doesnt blink or anything. the screen just black.

You u think you can help me??

Thank you soo much! :D
you might have a corrupt magic memory stick or a bad pandora battery.

to check your pandora battery, take out the mem stick and the umd disc if you have one in there and your pandora battery.

when everything is out, put your pandora battery in but dont press anything.

if the psp's power light turns on automatically, but still leaving a black screen, you have made it correctly.

if not, try turning your PSP on manually, if it doesnt boot or even turn on your PSP, you have a corrupt battery you need a new one save some money and get a 2-in-1 pandora battery here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15153

if it boots to the main psp screen, try making your pandora battery again, then put it back into your psp when done, if the psp's power light turns on automatically, but still leaving a black screen, you have fixed it.

well, thats the battery, now the MMS,

ok, take everything out of your PSP ( battery ms and UMD disc if there is 1 )

now insert your MMS.

hold down the 'L' trigger button and insert your pandora battery.

wait until the screen shown below comes up
Image

if it doesnt after 30 seconds, make your magic memory stick again, but when the program is running, dont use the computer.

when done, try doing step 3 of my guide again.....

hope this helped somehow...

if you have any more questions, just ask =D
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Post by eurddrue »

I think that I ****ed my psp up somehow. I made a mmemstick and pandora and it didn't work, nothing came up, now when I put my origional battery in, it stays black :?
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts
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Post by Aguiluz »

eurddrue wrote:I think that I ****ed my psp up somehow. I made a mmemstick and pandora and it didn't work, nothing came up, now when I put my origional battery in, it stays black :?
Uh-oh... Bricked.
Image
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Aguiluz wrote:
eurddrue wrote:I think that I ****ed my psp up somehow. I made a mmemstick and pandora and it didn't work, nothing came up, now when I put my origional battery in, it stays black :?
Uh-oh... Bricked.
:shock: :shock: :shock:

how can I unbrickify it?
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

eurddrue wrote:
Aguiluz wrote:
eurddrue wrote:I think that I ****ed my psp up somehow. I made a mmemstick and pandora and it didn't work, nothing came up, now when I put my origional battery in, it stays black :?
Uh-oh... Bricked.
:shock: :shock: :shock:

how can I unbrickify it?
what ver PSP do you have? if its a slim with a TA 88v3 motherboard or PSP 3000, you cant currently...

use the links in the guide to find out if the PSP is a 88v3 motherboard....

if your PSP isnt a slim with a TA 88v3 motherboard or a 3000, it can be custom firmwared, if you still have a phat PSP with 1.50, you can update straight from 1.50 to CFW, go here on how to do it: http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=26563


but you might have a corrupt magic memory stick or a bad pandora battery.

to check your pandora battery, take out the mem stick and the umd disc if you have one in there and your pandora battery.

when everything is out, put your pandora battery in but dont press anything.

if the psp's power light turns on automatically, but still leaving a black screen, you have made it correctly.

if not, try turning your PSP on manually, if it doesnt boot or even turn on your PSP, you have a corrupt battery you need a new one save some money and get a 2-in-1 pandora battery here: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.15153

if it boots to the main psp screen, try making your pandora battery again, then put it back into your psp when done, if the psp's power light turns on automatically, but still leaving a black screen, you have fixed it.

well, thats the battery, now the MMS,

ok, take everything out of your PSP ( battery ms and UMD disc if there is 1 )

now insert your MMS.

hold down the 'L' trigger button and insert your pandora battery.

wait until the screen shown below comes up

Image

if it doesnt after 30 seconds, make your magic memory stick again, but when the program is running, dont use the computer.

when done, try doing step 3 of my guide again.....

hope this helped somehow...

if you have any more questions, just ask =D
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Post by eurddrue »

lol, I have a phat psp, that's not the problem. I was wondering if I could make a mms in a bricked psp using the psp as a card reader? I think that may be the problem, I used my psp when it was bricked as a card reader.
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

eurddrue wrote:lol, I have a phat psp, that's not the problem. I was wondering if I could make a mms in a bricked psp using the psp as a card reader? I think that may be the problem, I used my psp when it was bricked as a card reader.
no you cant, i had that same problem when i first bricked mine, i had to go a friends place to re make my MMS....
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BoomBox-Creations wrote:
eurddrue wrote:lol, I have a phat psp, that's not the problem. I was wondering if I could make a mms in a bricked psp using the psp as a card reader? I think that may be the problem, I used my psp when it was bricked as a card reader.
no you cant, i had that same problem when i first bricked mine, i had to go a friends place to re make my MMS....
yep, I'm going to borrow my friends psp tonight hopefully I just had a corrupt mms.
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts
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Post by eurddrue »

eurddrue wrote:
BoomBox-Creations wrote:
eurddrue wrote:lol, I have a phat psp, that's not the problem. I was wondering if I could make a mms in a bricked psp using the psp as a card reader? I think that may be the problem, I used my psp when it was bricked as a card reader.
no you cant, i had that same problem when i first bricked mine, i had to go a friends place to re make my MMS....
yep, I'm going to borrow my friends psp tonight hopefully I just had a corrupt mms.
It worked! Thank you! :D :D :D :D
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chainfire95 wrote:220V I believe
I think we should check to see if you can withstand 220 volts
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

eurddrue wrote: It worked! Thank you! :D :D :D :D
thats good =D

if yer need any more help, just ask =D
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Post by Crispy »

Awesome guide, bookmarked. I already have a TOOL battery laying around here :lol:
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

Crispy wrote:Awesome guide, bookmarked. I already have a TOOL battery laying around here :lol:
Thank ye. if yer want you can bookmark my site: http://boombox-creations.synthasite.com/ ( still in construction... and its a pile of shi* )
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Post by olirauw »

Is it possible to make a pandora battery with a psp slim, and use the pandora battery with a phat psp?

thx!
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Post by BoomBox-Creations »

olirauw wrote:Is it possible to make a pandora battery with a psp slim, and use the pandora battery with a phat psp?

thx!
Do you mean hardmod or softmod?

you can only softmod a phat battery in a Phat PSP and use that pandora battery on a phat PSP or a slim PSP.


a hardmodded slim pandora battery WILL NOT work in a Phat PSP, onla a slim PSP.

but a hardmodded phat pandora battery will work in a phat PSP and a slim PSP.

So answering your question: It is possible to make a pandora battery using a slim PSP, but the pandora battery that is made in the slim, it WILL NOT work in a Phat PSP. but done in a Phat PSP, it will work on both slim and phats...

Hope that helped...
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