My experience with Codejunkies-Review-This may help

[xman23]

Hi all,

I wanted to post my experience so far from Codejunkies.

First, I live in the US.

I called them yesterday to research some information about their company (i.e location of their HQ, item stocking policies, delivery time-frames, and about the Battery Service Tool, etc. I actually called twice within 2 hours and asked the same questions to verify the validity of their company. Both times I spoke to friendly and very savvy people. (Folks that actually spoke very clear English!) That is important to me.

They told me that once an online order is placed they immediately order the item from the UK and ship it straight to Florida (where they are located). From there (for US customers) they ship to the address listed on the order you place. They stated that sometimes it takes a few days (depending on the item being in stock in the UK). The rep stated that they had the Battery Service Tool in stock and he continued to explain the tool to me.

After these pleasant conversations, i decided to take a risk and place the order online. I too was hesitant because of the negative experiences of some users here and other sites. But I said what the heck, lets give it a shot.

I placed the order yesterday morning and I just received a confirmation
email stating the item has been shipped to me and was provided a UPS Tracking number.

I will receive the item tomorrow and will report back on how well the item worked for me.

I am a Noob, and am on Official 3.93 Firmware, so i do not know how well this will work for me. I'll just have to try it out and utilize the guides found on this site.

Again I will update you all when I receive the package and update the PSP.

Hopefully my review will help some people decide on whether or not to utilize codejunkies and the battery service tool.

[Boddle]

:) funny thing is I just got mine a couple hours ago and thought I might do the same thing..maybe you yourself might like to see these images or the rest of the crew.

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All these are as-opening pictures, sorry about the massive size!

[xman23]

great pics. I planned on doing the same when my package arrives.

Looks like the tool worked for ya. Which guide did you follow?

[Boddle]

I used BCman's "HOW TO HACK UR SLIM AND FAT PSP, noobs start here"

Requirement 3
if u have the DATEL TOOL battery or Pandora battery or Service battery(all the same thing...), all u need is "magic" memstick.
U can try this, it is super easy(thxs Beaker..)
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=136070

OR to make DCv3(flashes 3.71-2M33), anyone can do this.

1st Can be made with ANY psp, slim or fat, regardless of firmware (as long as u have USB access),Will work with Card Reader too.
Must use memstick bigger than 32mb, 64MB-4GB memsticks work great(in other words, dont use 32MB card or any card bigger than 4GB), watch out for FAKE memsticks!!!! Such as EBAY...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NGOH440I
-download file.
-note: Will not work on VISTA
*extract the file into your desktop:
*Open README 1st folder
*highlight and copy MSINST and MSPFORMAT folder
*open My Computer
*Left Click the C: drive once (Note: if you double click, it will open C: drive)
*Now RIGHT Click on C:\ drive and PASTE
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*now you need to ENABLE USB MODE on psp
*make note of the psp drive letter
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*Open Cmd window ( Start > RUN > CMD )
*Type in the following command "CD C:\" (note: with-out quote mark) HIT enter
*it should take you to -----> C:\>
*now type "CD MSPFORMAT"(note: with-out quote mark)
*it should take you to -----> C:\MSPFORMAT\
*type the following command "mspformat.exe X" ( where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
*Press Y to continue
*it should say "Drive succesfully formatted, and partition moved."
*disable USB mode
*close cmd window
*remove the memory stick and re-insert back
*re-enable USB mode
*Now go back to the Desktop where you extracted those files earlier
*Choose the Pandora Folder you want to make ( original(phat ONLY!!!, will downgrade to 1.5) or despertar(slim or phat, will flash 3.71-2M33 to either)
*Once you choose the folder you want, dbl click and open it
*Select all and COPY
*open the psp memory stick and PASTE
*go back to CMD window.
*Type in the following command "CD C:\" (note: with-out quote mark) HIT enter
*it should take you to -----> C:\>
*now type "CD MSINST"(note: with-out quote mark)
*it should take you to -----> C:\MSINST\
*type the following command "msinst.exe X msipl.bin" (again where X=psp drive letter) note: NO quotation
*It should ask you " Are You Sure ? [Y]
*Press Y and Hit ENTER
*The last line should say " Write MS BOOT CODE "
thats it your done..

Insert memcard into psp, insert battery AND hold L trigger to boot to DCv3, from there, press [] to dump nand. When its done it shuts off psp to confirm dump.
Restart and load DCv3 again.
Now press x to flash 3.71M33.
X to shutdown, remove service battery and boot like normal with good battery or AC plugged in.
Install 3.90-2M33 once done to be up to date....
NAND DUMP TUT/INFO...
http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=132237
BTW. All credit goes to Mexi_chino (for files) and Da.Milenko (for guide)
SERVICE BATTERY MUST BE CHARGED MORE THAN 75% FOR MENU TO LOAD!!

Was all that I used..thanks to that it worked out great! I'm as currently right this second trying out 3.90 m33-3 :mrgreenthumbsup:

I followed it exactly and didn't have a single problem

[xman23]

Sweet. Glad it worked for ya.

Hopefully the "Battery Service Tool" will work out for me.

have fun..

[Boddle]

Thanks :) As someone who fried a battery then had to buy a pre-made one, I hope you have better luck than I first did!

[osnap1584]

Reviews go in the review section. After seeing this review I loled. My cousin bought a datel tool from code junkies but he got a black battery instead of an orange battery. Still works but he wanted orange.

[Oyabun]

I was kind of disappointed when i got the black battery myself :|

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