PSP CFW

[Kiarax]

Try googling sometime. Entire first page is guides on how to do it, there's even YouTube videos of walkthroughs.

[Jefe]

IIRC there's an app that tells you which motherboard you have. Unfortunately I don't remember the name and I'm too lazy to google it. ;x

Edit: ta-88v3 identifier

Good luck!

[Auspice]

Try googling sometime. Entire first page is guides on how to do it, there's even YouTube videos of walkthroughs.

Yeah, already tried about twelve fucking guides and none of them work for me which is why I think I have the v3 motherboard even though according to my box it shouldn't.

Also, I can't run the motherboard identifying program without having CFW which doesn't help since I can't get CFW installed.

'Round and round we go!

[Elcura]

Just exercise some patience and wait for new firmware cracks.

[lilfoo]

Ok so you should be able to hack it w/ a Pandora + MMS. i cant find any information on weather a GoW PSP can have a 88v3 Mobo

1. Charge the Pandora battery. Do this by plunging the PSP into the wall > Remove real battery > Place Pandora in > Charge to 100%. Replace Pandora w/ real when 100% charged.

2. Download PSP Downloads, Downloads for your PSP. Download, PSP Hacks - PSP Slim Hacks (Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 5.00 M33-4 at the bottom of the page. wont let me link it for some reason)and http://pspslimhacks.com/index.php?dl_id=138 (5.00 OFW)

3. Extract both to the same folder.

4. Plug in PSP to PC. Run Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 5.00 M33-4 w/ format option. Drive letter is the drive your PSP is assigned by your PC.

5. Turn off your PSP. Remove battery. Hold L trigger. Place in Pandora. See the lights flash a bit then push X. Follow on screen instructions.

If you live in Tallahassee i would do it for you >.>

From what it sounds like x2 things could be wrong. your Pandora battery is not 100% charged or you have a bad Pandora. All PSPs should get to step 5. But if you flash a 88v3 motherboard it becomes perma bricked.

Made a thread for you here: http://forums.pspslimhacks.com/user-...html#post18494

[Elcura]

But if you flash a 88v3 motherboard it becomes perma bricked.

I say go for it. What's the worst that could happen?

[Ququroon]

[How to] Tell if you have a TA88v3 (The unhackable PSP) - PSP Hacks - Forums

How to tell if you have the previously unhackable Slim PSP. It involves a few guesstimation methods, as well as a 100% sure one.

[lilfoo]

[How to] Tell if you have a TA88v3 (The unhackable PSP) - PSP Hacks - Forums

How to tell if you have the previously unhackable Slim PSP. It involves a few guesstimation methods, as well as a 100% sure one.

Awesome. thank you for this link. Can beat some of my friends now cause i wont CFW there PSP cause i think it is a 88v3.

[Ququroon]

And just in case this wasn't known, as I've seen no mention of it, 88v3 are hackable using ChickHEN r2.

PSP Hacks - Forums - View Single Post - The Hack Your PSP Mega-Thread

There's a link for that one.

[Auspice]

I think this pandora won't work with my PSP for some reason. It works fine on a PSP 1000 but if I unplug my PSP 2000 from the wall with the pandora in it for more than a few seconds it shuts off.

Going into battery info it says it's 100% charged then turns off if I unplug the AC adapter.

Thanks for the help guys, this shit is frustrating the hell out of me.

EDIT: The power light only stays orange for about 10-15 seconds with the pandora in and the only way to get it to turn on is to leave it plugged into the wall which makes the PSP boot up like normal. A couple of seconds after unplugging it the PSP shuts off; it turns off in the same amount of time during boot up if the pandora is in and not plugged into the wall.

[Ququroon]

Pandora do not work as normal battery. When I thought I had under 88v3, I tried to do this (hardmod), to no avail.

(By the way, hardmodding it is really easy (once you can get the damn thing open). You score a single line, then later fill it in with a pencil. After I reopened the case again and filled it in with a heavier line, it worked wonders, and I haven't had a problem with my previously hardmodded battery.)

[Auspice]

The first time I put CFW on my old PSP1000 I hardmodded the battery to a pandora so I'm vaguely familiar with how to do it on the original style batteries. I haven't and don't want to do anything with my new slim.

That being said; I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong with the pandora then. If the PSP simply won't turn on with the pandora and I've tried charging it and nothing happens, what the hell do I need to do?

[Jefe]

Look for another thread here in BG, there was a person who had the same problems and went through the same stuff. Provided a bunch of links etc. etc. and in the end got it fixed.

[Auspice]

Recently? I kinda sorta derailed the "thinking of getting a PSP, need advice" thread with a couple of questions before bumping this.

[LinktheDeme]

This could be as simple as are you sure your memory stick is magic gate supported? And are you sure you did that process fine and etc.

[Auspice]

Yeah, it supports magic gate; it's a sandisk I bought personally from the store brand new. I even checked it in the PSP. Seems to be a pandora problem but I dunno. :/

[toonces]

Did you tried using Pandora Deluxe to create your magic mem stick? (with all the official firmwares in the right folders)

[Auspice]

I used Rain’s UltraLite MMS Maker for 5.00 M33-4 to make the MMS and yes I renamed the OFW and put it in the root folder like I was supposed to. The problem is the pandora doesn't do ANYTHING when I pop it in.

[toonces]

try to built the magic mem stick with another program.. pandora deluxe is the one i usually recommend.

You also need to hold down R or w/e depending what you assigned it to with Pandora Deluxe.. if not it wont boot to anything.

[Arnwulf]

I had problems with trying to use a Sandisk memory card, a 1 or 2 GB Sony Mark 2 is the best one to use for the MMS, a lot of the off brands don't work right for some reason.