Posted Sep 27, 2007 at 02:35AM by Enrico S. Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: memory stick, Hellcat
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Pandora Installer for 3.xx kernels - Pandora Tools for PSP Slim - Image 1Homebrew developer Hellcat announced that he has created Pandora Installer for 3.xx kernels. Basically, this application is for a base Pandora setup and runs under any kernel from 1.50 to 3.71. It gives users the ability to:

  • Create a Pandora battery
  • Undo the changes done to a Pandora battery
  • Install a full 1.50  to the memory stick including the Pandora
For those who are wondering, this installer will work even for PSP Slim and on CFW 3.71 M33. Furthermore, the developer pointed out that users should never try to run this application using the PSP Slim and Lite's battery because it will not work and destroy the battery. Hellcat added the following reminder:


Since this installer installs a full 1.50, and not only a subset like the original installer, you're only one tiny file edit away from booting a full 1.50 from your memstick to run additional tools or installers from there before/instead of directly flashing your PSP.


At this point, let me suggest to install the "Extended Pandora Menu"


Download the program and try it out. Just make sure to go over the Readme file to avoid breaking your battery or causing harm to your handheld.

Download: Pandora Installer for 3.xx kernels
Visit: QJ PSP Development Forum


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   by KevinH - 2007-09-27
 » So...

So this will allow 1.50 on a slim psp?? (i have a fat but i'm just curious :P

@ Uberhax0r: Woow ur so 1337! ;-)


   Re: Iam(unregistered) - 2007-09-27
 » lol

I bought a service on ebay from some guy, and his email is uber1337h4xx0r! LOL!
   by KevinH - 2007-09-27
 » readme

hahahaha sorry for the double post but this is the best and funiest read me ever! :-D

   by dontmove - 2007-09-27
 » Can I Create Pandora from sony 3.60 firmware??

is this possible?? or need 3.60 m33??


   Re: Anthr4X - 2007-09-27
 » re

Official firmware can't run any homebrew application. So I don't think so.
   by FreePlay - 2007-09-27
 » ...what?

the commands for writing a serial number to the battery only exist in the 1.50 kernel... I'd love to know how this works.


   Re: Iam(unregistered) - 2007-09-27
 » simple

you just go to eloader, and have it run this program. Press X to turn battery into a service mode battery.

   Re: FreePlay - 2007-09-27
 » Yeah, thanks...

... for not answering the question at all. idiot.

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   Re: Iam(unregistered) - 2007-09-27
 » you're welcome!

you asked how this program works, and I told you how to work it! Also, stop acting like you're so 1337. Guess what, the "commands" didn't even exist in 1.50! There's no innate "write to the battery" command, ok? It just so happened that the pandora team found a way to hijack the psp and have it write stuff to the battery's eeprom. Likewise, all the firmwares have the capacity to write to the battery. it just so happened that since the psp slim was slightly redesigned as well as kernel differences in different firmwares, the hijack methods for creating the battery under the 1.50 kernel differed from the instructions needed i n newer versions.

Likewise, a few years ago, it would have been argued that "only 1.50 has commands for homebrew", while that'd be false in two ways: there are no "homebrew commands", just a way of hijacking the kernel, and second, as eloader and "Hen" proved, almost every firmware is hijackable. Likewise, there are no "battery commands", and all firmwares have a way of eventually being hijacked.

Finally, we know that sony still uses the jigkick on the PSP slim (evident by how the 0xFFFFFFFF serial still loads the psp into recovery/service mode), so all we need to do is find a way to steal sony's designs on their official magic memory stick. After doing that, we can make unbrickers! Also, regarding 1.50 kernel on a PSP Slim; it's possible. We'll just have to use a dev-hookish way to load 1.50, but with appropriate plug ins, like Slim-screen plugins, etc.

Also, freeplay, if a n00b like me can outwit you like this, I think you should stop acting like you're all 1337 and everything. OK? kthxbai. Oh, and since I know it pisses you off, freeplay, I'm going to promote my friend's ebay site: http://stores.ebay.com/PSP-Unbricker

(Although I don't know him personally, he got me a pandora kit, so I think of him as a good enough friend :P)
   by Ron Overdrive - 2007-09-27
 » old news

I dunno if cory149 on maxconsole is Hellcat here on QJ or not, but we've had a 3.xx Pandora Battery creator for like almost a week now. And FreePlay, its open source too so if you want to look at the code feel free to.

   by Anthr4X - 2007-09-27
 » hmmm

Let me quote a line out of this article: "For those who are wondering, this installer will WORK even for PSP Slim and on CFW 3.71 M33."

If that's true, why does the download section say: "The program will NOT work in you are using 3.71-M33 firmware or the PSP Slim and Light."



   Re: Iam(unregistered) - 2007-09-27
 » le gasp!

Doublespeak by QJ!!! Well, what I'm wondering is how it says that 1.50 can be installed. I thought that the PSP Slim would get possessed if you dared to install 1.50 on it... Maybe I'm just reading it wrong. Bah, I'll just ask my ebay friend if he knows what this is.

   Re: Pwn3r1001 - 2007-09-30
 » easily answered...

It never says the program WON'T work for psp slim and lite on 3.71 m33. It says don't use slim's battery. Only use a fat battery(which could fit into the slim) when installing.
   by piru550 - 2007-09-27
 » ?

can u boot 1.50 off mem stick on 3.71 m33 on slim??


   Re: piru550 - 2007-09-27
 » am+ns

it boots str8 into 1.50 on slim or phat with batt and mem stick
   by jaydno6 - 2007-09-27
 » i need help

hi can someone please help me i am on 3.71 OFW on a psp slim does this work on it if NOT please tell me and if YES tell me how to do it because i have tried everyhting and i cant do it.


thanks.


   Re: mohaas05 - 2007-09-27
 » ...

no because this is homebrew. in fact you can't do anything with 3.71 ofw even if you have pandora.
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   by prime - 2007-09-27
 » can anyone confirm 1.5 on Slim?

Does 1.5 from the memstick load on a Slim? Can anyone confirm that 1.5 apps (like SNES TYL 4.2 ME) will then work?

If so, then I no longer need to hold off getting a Slim :)


   Re: prime - 2007-09-27
 » nevermind

this installer let's you create a pandora battery and magic ms for the phat ONLY. However it runs on all psp with custom firmware. It does NOT create a magic ms for the 3.60m33 installer. **It does NOT allow 1.50 kernel on a slim. It does NOT allow 1.50 kernel on a phat.**

It's the same basic software as the pandora EXCEPT it no longer requires a 1.50 kernel to run....

To keep it short. This only works on phat for now, and has nothing to do with 1.50kernel on 3.71m33.

   Re: Iam(unregistered) - 2007-09-27
 » lol

you answered your own question in less than 4 minutes ;P

Nice!

But yeah, basically, this tool will let you make a normal pandora kit on either any fat PSP, or any custom firmware PSP Slim.
   by Jack512 - 2007-09-27
 » wtf

i installed this on my 3.71 m33 and made if full 1.5 instead of subset, and yea i read the readme and i got F**king BRICKED! WTF I WAS INSTALLING A UNBRICKER! why did it brick me? and yea im useing a phat psp with the original phat psp battery.so can anyone explain this?

   by Xmedia - 2007-09-27
 » im kinda slow

Ok call me a dense but when you say, any phat psp you mean including ofw too? Because I have a psp phat with 3.52 ofw.

   by blackvest - 2007-09-27
 » why dont u guys try to do this

upgrade to 3.71 m33 then take the flash0 and flash1 for 3.52 m33 updt-4 and put it on devhook then autobo0t it on recovery menu!, save u time and have 1.5 on ur psp!

   by jwseymo - 2007-10-06
 » Pandora Installer for 3.xx kernels

Did anyone else have the problem of installing this to there battery.. I do.. I have try it and it keeps locking up my psp.. I have to undo the battery for the psp to work right.. thanks..



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