As anticipated - and warned - by Alek and the rest of the gang at the Dark_AleX forums, the oober-hyped Datel batteries, the "savior of the PSP 3K", turned out to be nothing more but that: oober-hyped.

Says Alek (and we're quoting him verbatim lest there might be anything lost in translation),

... it's confirmed that this over exalted batter will leave 3K at least like the 88v3, just with a flashing light, a black screen and nothing but that LED indicator, as we announced.

Therefore, that (strange blue colored) battery won't work for you, instead "someone" makes a bypass for the preIPL thing that Dark_AleX explained [here]. (Considering that the preIPL on the 3K has the same security) Looks like D@tel was hoping that Dark_AleX hacked it, so only their battery could be available for the hacking process. Bad luck, guys.

Meanwhile, he also provides some updated on the 88v3 project:

Now onto the 88v3 IPL. You might remember [a] post from where part of the signing (there were 2 functions missing) was hacked from Brokencodes; so being as partial as it is, it would be interesting now to say, after reading about it on all the PSP-related webpages, that is NOT conclusive or definitely, so please, be aware that a "hack" for this couple of mobos might need further and longer study.

There you go. As always, keep it posted here for more PSP updates.

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