Hacking a PSP Slim with a Datel Battery Tool |
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by Waffle Slayer on Feb 29 2008 |
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This tutorial is the way I hacked my PSP Slim. There are other ways out there so find a way that is suitable for you. With this method you will have to buy a "pandora battery" from a retailer. I used the Datel Battery Tool. They make them in two versions: phat and slim. Mine was $29 and I had to have it shipped from Canada to the United States. So, it was about $46 with exepdited shipping. You can also create your own pandora battery and there are several places to find out how. Preperation Make sure your PSP is fully charged. In the future when upgrading custom firmware your PSP will always need to be 80%+ charged. You should have the TOTALNewbi-easyInstaller software downloaded onto your computer and ready to access. Here is a list of things needed according to this tutoral: -Computer running Windows XP with the software 'TOTALNewbi-easyInstaller' on it. The download is about 130mb. -A PSP Slim. -A comptabile memory stick pro duo stick. I believe for it to be compatible it needs to be 1 or 2gb, say "PRO Duo" and "Magic Gate" and either be Sony, SanDisk or Lexmark. -Memory card reader or usb cable. Preparing the Memory Card (For bigger picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qW-sZkqMeo) First we'll get the memory card prepared. I don't have a PRO Duo card reader slot on my desktop so I will be using my PSP as the reader and have a usb cable running from the computer to the PSP. 1.) Go into the 'TOTALNewbi-easyInstaller' directory and run the program named 'START'. 2.) Hit Enter. Now go to your PSP and into System Settings and click Format Memory Stick. Hit Yes two times and O to go back. 3.) While still using the PSP scroll up to USB Connection and press X. 4.) Go back to your computer and press enter. The program will ask you to enter in the letter of the drive on your computer that represents the memory card. Enter that (eg. E) and hit Enter. It will ask you to insert disk for the letter you entered. You're already in USB Connection so press Enter again. The program will verify the memory card and it will take a few moments. 5.) Hit Enter when the Volume Label comes up to your screen. Now it tells you that you're about to format the card. Press Y and Enter. This takes a minute or so to do. 6.) The program instructs you to remove the memory card and then stop USB Connection. So, remove the memory card and press O on your PSP. Go back to the computer and press Enter. Now go back to your PSP and put the memory card back in and press X on USB Connection. Back at the computer you will press Enter to go to the next step. 7.) A menu will pop up with five seperate choices. This tutorial is specifically for the PSP Slim so enter 4 and hit Enter. The program will put the files on to the memory card at this point. Should take less than a minute. 8.) Some new text comes up and asks if you're sure. Press Y and hit Enter. Now it asks to write MS BOOT CODE. Press Enter. If all is well you should see the credits to the people who made this possible and just hit Enter again to close it out. Installing the Firmware (For a bigger picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEKV4ZxLWDU) 1.) With the PSP completely shut off and 100% charged put the memory card into the PSP. Take out the original battery and put in the Datel battery. Put on the battery cover so that the Datel battery won't fall out during the installation. 2.) With the Datel battery tool your PSP will automatically power on. Notice the green light. We're in service mode right now. The PSP Slim video drivers are not compatible with the program we used to create the memory card so you should see a black screen barely lit. 3.) Press X once. If you followed the steps correctly while creating the memory stick then the indictator light on the PSP will start blinking orange. This lets us know that the custom firmware is being read and is installing onto your PSP. 4.) This process takes a few moments. When its done the screen will be completely black and the orange light will not be flashing. 5.) Remove the Datel battery and install the original and boot up your PSP. Fin. |
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