This application has a major glitch. Hopefully this msg reaches Hellcat. When trying to make a Pandora Battery/Revert to Normal Battery it SIMPLY DOESNT WORK after you have used the official Pandora Battery creator and switch back and forth between them.

Huh?
Yah, it reached him.... so you used the original Battery Creator and then wanted to revert to battery with this?

I'll try that, however the has nothing to do with the other.... weird....


[EDIT]
Just tried:
Hopped into 1.50, used the original Battery tool, hopped back to 3.90-M33 and used this one.
All went fine....

hmm Hellcat ... i dont know exactly what i did but all i know is that at the moment on my PSP it does not create a pandora battery, it says that it did but infact did not. But the official pandora creator still works ... maybe its jsut a glitch on mine

What firmware are you on?

I converted my battery on my phat to pandora and tried to convert it back to normal and it froze up on exit.Tried it again and it still froze up but it did convert the battery back to normal.And I'm on 390M33-2..

I converted my slim,bought it this weekend..love it,to pandora and back to normal without a hitch.372-->(DC4)380M33-5--->390M33-2.

Toppers..I tried to use the Nand dump option and it hung up at the dumping....screen.I had to reboot and the MS led was off when I did.It rebooted just fine but I connected to my pc via USB to see if the dump was successful and to my surprise there were only 3 files on it.Two weird files with Japanese names and one file that was just labeled as 3.91GB..I tried opening the first two files and Vista reported that the syntax labels or was it volumes was incorrect and wouldn't proceed.I freaked out needless to say,I had alot of stuff on my stick that was and is gone forever..

I then had no choice but to format the stick and start over..and my battery was a Pandora at the time..I formatted in the XMB,connected to USB,copied and ran Panxxrev3b and like an idiot reformatted the stick for Pandora and chose the reboot option.I don't have to tell you what happened next..to top it off I had just sold my Phat and the wall charger that I had since I was using the USB charge in my slim more anyway..I finally went to Walmart at like 2am and bought a new one,powered it with that loaded the XMB then put the battery back in,booted up the Panxxrev3b again and converted my battery back to normal..whew.....................................................................................close call,and I feel like an idiot..Can I safely go back to Pandora on my slim? I'm assuming yes since I don't have the TA-85v2 mb,I want to because I happen to like the extra security it provides(380M33-5 recovery via DC4) and for the TM..

But what happened? I'm afraid to try the Nand dump again,but I've heard alot that it's a good idea to do..any feedback? X3? Hellcat????

Toppers..any help???????????????????/

is this a upms battery?

hi! is this hombrew still work in 4.01 m33-2?

I used it to convert my Pandora back to normal and reinstall my backed up batser.bin file but haven't tried it to go back to pandora...kinda worried about that,,4xx kernel and all..

can i install the generic serial onto a psp slim battery?

Yep, it'll work.

thank, its much easier than hardmodding it, although i should have thought of that before i hardmodded it, lol

This file is not hosted on Exophase, I can't download.
Can anyone post it please?

It is actually, it's linked in the universal unbricker guide. Here's the link:

http://exophase.com/files/psp/pan3xxr3b.rar

Thanks so much :smile:

Howdy folks :)

No need to download Rev3b - HERE COMES REV-4 :)

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

Revision 4: ( 15.07.2008 )
- added a new menu system for more easy navigation of all available options
(I ran out of buttons for new functions *lol*)
Usage should be a bit more easy now, less confusion....
- added option to install TimeMachine IPL to the MemStick
(the IPL is build in, not required to have it as file on the MemStick)
- added option for installing a DDC stick! ("Desparter Del Cementario", or however it's spelled ;-) )
Now you can finally make a MagicStick with this app that also works perfectly on the Slim and
installs a recent CFW! :-)
No need for any additional tools or setups.
(3.40 module extraction based on M33's PSARDumper)
- added option to modify a DDC MagicStick to launch ELF-Menu, instead of the original
DDC ressurection.elf - already presupplied with NAND-Tool (propperly set up) and the
original ressurection to be launched from the menu.
For all you maintanance needs :-)
- It now looks for the 1.50 updater under "150.PBP", no longer under "UPDATE.PBP"!
- The required updater .PBPs are checked on startup and missing ones a are noted in a warning at the bottom of the mainscreen

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***


Enjoy! :)

WOW thank you Hellcat, awesome update, thanks so much for your work and release.

Very nice release. I will need to update my universal unbricker guide :) Also liking the redesigned user interface. :thumbup1:

When I load this. I can see that I do not have 380.pbp installed. However the reason for that being is because I am currently using 3.90pbp instead.

Does this app not detect the latest in sony (offical) firmwares?

It needs the 380.PBP for the DDC installation, has nothing to do with the FW you are currently running.
The 380.PBP is actually used (only) by the installed DDC to install 3.80(-M33).

Ahh okay. I'll download 380.PBP then.

This is only for going back to 390M33 until Dax releases a DC for 401 right? Anyone tested it in the 4XX kernel?

any link


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RNC_EBM

Yes 8):biggrin:
I made R4 while runniog 4.01-M33 on my Slim :)



What's that supposed to tell me?

If I hard-modded my battery to be a Pandora battery, can I still use this utility to restore my Pandora battery to a normal battery?

No that won't work... only way is by soldering the original pin back.

Hi Hellcat,

I have made a MMS (with TM/DCv5) using the instructions given by x3sphere in the Universal Unbricker tutorial. I would like try the 3.XXR4 with the Elf/Nandtool capability.

Could I replaced the 380.pbp with the 390.pbp instead (the additional files needed), so that DDC will install 390M33 instead ?? Or is it that the DDC by default in the 3.XXR4 is v4 ?

There is a nand dump option in the DC. Nand could also be dumped using the nandtool. Is there any difference between the two ?

If I dumped nand using DC, could I write it back using the nandtool ?

Thk u very much for your advice !

Hi!

The DDC that comes with the Pandora Installer always installs 3.80-M33.
If the dumps DDC <=> Nand-Tool are interchangeble.... honestly, I never tried.... don't know :)

Clear. Thk u Hellcat.

I Know it was released litterally years ago. But MS MasteR was written for just this reason, I highly suggest you look into it. If you had already you would have a backup of your MS now.

PS MS MASTER only works on xp. I wrote it for people (like me) who insist on testing every thing that comes out. Its a good policy to test peoples applications, But even though all of the DEVs strive to make their code bug free, loss of something like MS data is an acceptable loss, mainly because it is so easily avoided.

Sorry for your loss of data bud, Please be more carefull to back up data before testing applications.

PS ever since idstorage... if its possible to back data up b4 running a patcher (just about every thing has a backup option for things that are not more easily maintained by the user, ie nand backups) I always do. Coding a backup utility takes time and effort and the devs wouldnt make it if they didnt think there was a reason to use it. We try to minimize the risk involved 50% of that is good testing, good code, the other 50% of it is following directions, and backing up your files (weather in the MS, or backing up bin files.) so if something goes wrong , and we all know from time to time it does, we give our selves (and the devs helping us ) the greatest chances of recovery.

Huh? Data loss? IDS? Patcher?

Anyone feel like filling me in? :)

*** UPDATE *** UPDATE *** UPDATE ***

added installation of DDCv6

Enjoy!
(first post has been updated with new download :))

@ Hellcat:

thanks for the update! :smile:

when are we going to be able to pandorize new slims? anyone knows? i miss my phat and all my friends have slims

Many of the Slim units being sold today are still TA-088 v2, which works with DC6. You might never be able to use Pandora on a TA-088 v3. From the looks of it they totally blocked the battery exploit.

I hope DA & Team M33 finds another route.. :smile:

My vote (guess) goes for "PSP finally joined the club of consoles needing a modchip"

I hate to admit it but I think your right.. :crying:

but I hope you and other developer doesn't stop developing homebrew for

PSP. :smile:

hey hellcat, can you please temme abt this situation i m facing

i want to knw whether the new version directly intalls DDCv6 without the need of puttin all the official firmware files like 3.90.pbp etc....
Can you plz temme abt this...coz if we don have to put the files..is it tat we can directly install DDCv6 into the memory card without the need of downloadin the offical firmwares...

OK HELLCAT I UNDERSTOOD DAT WE NEED THE OFFICIAL FIRMWARES..BUT I WOULD BE VERY GREATFUL TO YOU.IF YOU COULD WRITE A GUIDE ON HOW TO INSTALL DCCV6 THROUGH THIS APPLICATION EASILY...

AND ONE MORE QUESTION ....SHUD WE DOWNLOAD DDCV6 OR THIS APPLICATION DOES ALL THE WORK???

@ ashaab2007:

pls. avoid using all caps.

there's a detailed guide on how to install/create magic ms with DC6

just use Pandora Installer for 3.xx kernels Revision 4a:

http://forums.exophase.com/showthread.php?t=3780

If you only want to install DDCv6 and nothing else, all you need it the Installer itself and the 401.PBP, you don't need anything else.

I'll see that I make the readme a bit more detailed on this for the next release :)

When I use 3.xx kernels Revision 4a I can't find the option to "install a 1.50 firmware, containing Pandora, to the memory stick" like in the old update, so do I even have to do this?
Thanks.

It's the third, if memory servers well.... the last one of the Pandora install options ("Install Classic Pandora....")

You only need it, if you want it....
For a DDCv4 or DDCv6 install you don't need it, every function takes care of everything it needs, not necessary to run one of the others before (except the additional tools, they require a set up DDCv4)

Nice, thanks alot for your help Hellcat :)

Help okay i need some clarification, do i need another psp that has custom firmware. Ive put the folder in the game folder and renamed my update to 150 i tried loading the pandora installer and hte psp screen comes up and then it says game cannot be started i need help please.

Erhm.... you ARE capable of reading? ;)
If so, heres the first few lines of the release post again: :p

waaaaaaaaaaaaaa i cant install pandora. my mainboard is TA 085 V2...is there any way to create pandora using my psp slim?or der will b pan3xxr4b for TA 085 V2 that patch my batt to pandora?current firmware 4.01m33-2.plz help hellcat...and by the way can i use my slim battery 3.6v 1200mAh to do pandora in pan3xxr4a or any pan3xx homebrew?