making a softmod pandora with 6.20 for fat-1001

[lire]

hi, i am new to hacking and modding overall, and after looking at the sticky by BCMan, rule seven states

7-----Own a fat(psp1000) with any firmware version 5.03 and below.

i had upgraded the firmware before hearing about modding it, so my fat 1001 is now at the current 6.20. i already have a spare battery, is there any way i can make a pandora with the current firmware?

also if there is a preferred video walk through that you would recommend, feel free to share it

thanks!!

[kamenrider]

unless u have access to another psp running cfw then u're only options are to hard mod your battery or buy a pandora

- B. Hard modding your battery
- C. Buying one

[Organized_Chaos]

You have to have a PSP with custom firmware to make a Pandora battery and you need a Pandora battery to get custom firmware. You can buy a pandora battery from dealextreme for $6.10 with free shipping.

[lire]

im following the steps at this post

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f133...9/#post1084298

ok, so i opened up my battery (eventually) and popped up the 4th pin, taped it up, and made a MMS. the guide says that the MMS and pandora battery should autoload or i should hold L while powering up, but even then it still loads normally.

the 'pandora' battery still charges, so i am wondering if there is something else i am supposed to do or if i didnt remove the pin enough, although i dont see how i could remove it any more as it goes straight up and has an obvious gap. any ideas?

[Organized_Chaos]

Do you have the charger connected to the PSP while you do this?

[lire]

no, there is no mention of the charger, so i left it unplugged. should it be plugged to the wall?

[Cheesetheif]

No.

You might have lifted the wrong pin or did not lift it enough and it is touch the motherboard still. Or you are not holding the L trigger while inserting the pandora.

[lire]

i got it to work!!

turns out, i did do the pandora battery right, but the MMS i used was the issue. i used MMS_Maker the first time and it didnt work.

i found this video and recommend it to anyone that has already has/made the pandora, it was easy to follow, and the only difficult part was waiting 45 sec for each of the 3 download files

http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f133...0-gen-t251206/

a side note: before i followed this video, my pandora worked normally, will that no longer be the case? i heard that hard mod pandoras do not convert back or work normally, but mine did, is this a stroke of luck or a possible problem? it was a spare, so its not an urgent problem, just a curious thought.