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[[Image:pandora1.jpg|thumb|right|Pandora logo]] On August 22 2007, Team C+D released the "Pandora's Battery" which was the Prometheus Project everyone was waiting for. It converted a spare [[Memory Stick Pro Duo]] and battery into a [[Magic Memory Stick|"Magic Memory Stick"]] and [[JigKick Battery|"JigKick Battery"]]. Some people mistake Pandora's Battery for the JigKick Battery, but Pandora's Battery is both the Magic Memory Stick and the JigKick Battery. The Memory Stick and battery can then be used to downgrade any PSP of any version or to recover from a brick. A battery can be converted to JigKick via hardware or software methods (see below). To convert the Memory Stick, a PSP with custom firmware or a PC (with Memory Stick reader, or PSP connected via USB) can be used in conjunction with a Pandora's Battery program, such Pandora Easy GUI. After the downgrade/unbrick service has been completed, the Memory Stick and battery can be restored for normal usage. ==[[JigKick Battery]]== This is a battery with its serial changed to 0xFFFFFFFF. When a PSP battery serial number is changed to 0xFFFFFFFF, or unreadable, the PSP boots the IPL from sector 16 on the physical drive (the [[Magic Memory Stick]]). This unlocks the service mode of the PSP and launches the IPL from the Memory Stick (instead of from flash0). A regular battery can be made into a JigKick via hardware or software methods. A JigKick battery can be Hard-modded by opening it up and either cutting a wire or lifting/removing a pin, this can be done to most Sony batteries. Also, a JigKick battery can be made with just software (Soft-mod) by using a program on a PSP with custom firmware. Or you can use a special pre-made Jigkick battery such as Datel's.[http://us.codejunkies.com/Products/PSP-Battery-Service-Tool__EF000530.aspx Battery Service Tool]. Some batteries cannot be soft-modded by the PSP, and the newest PSP models (God of War edition and newer) cannot mod batteries in software. The Battery Service Tool, however, can be used on any Sony battery. === Use and Operation === It's important to note that the PSP checks the serial number when it first *receives power and not after the power switch has been used. I call this state pre-switched on, when the PSP has power but has not been turned/switched on by the user. Some error conditions ToDo add more. * The power light is solid.<br>&emsp;This indicates a problem with the memory stick. ToDo: Is there anything more about the pre-switched on state/code/program of the PSP that should be documented? Obviously it checks the bat. and perhaps does other tasks, but what then? Does it go though a hard reset as though the user held the power switch "down"/away|up? * I wonder if this includes power from the charging port when there is no battery, if that's possible? ==[[Magic Memory Stick]]== A Magic Memory Stick refers to any memory stick that has been converted to boot and work with a JigKick Battery. Depending on the method of creation, a Magic Memory Stick can either downgrade or upgrade PSPs to 1.50 FW (Phat), upgrade any PSP to 3.71/3.80 M33, and their counterparts, or be able to launch suitable homebrew. The Memory Sticks can be made into Magic Memory Sticks only if they are Pro Duo, and less than or equal to 4 GB. ==[[PSP Slim]]== The new release of the [[PSP Slim]] was long-awaited, but brought bad news to people in the homebrew community. First, a normal Pandora's Battery could not be used to downgrade the PSP Slim to 1.5 so you could install CFW. The lowest firmware downgrade was 3.6x on the Slim. Secondly, there is no 1.5x kernel on the PSP Slim, only 3.xx and 4.xx. This means when inserting a normal Pandora's Battery in a PSP Slim would give you a blank screen, and the PSP auto powering off after about 10 seconds. To solve this, Dark Alex made a program known as [[Despertar del Cementerio]], which creates a Pandora's battery, but downgrades to cfw and includes the 1.5x and 3.xx kernels, so instructions could be seen on the Slim. This works for all PSPs except TA-088v3 and PSP-3000, and can be downloaded at Dark-Alex's Official Website. [[Category:Pandora]]

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