How to hard mod a Pandora Battery...

[P12]

Note: A very respectable member at www.psphacks.com/forums pointed out that if you short out the battery or cause it to overheat there is a risk of explosion, so If you must use this method please, be careful. I AM NOT responsible for any damage to batteries or persons when using this method, I suggest buying a Tool Battery.

Click here to buy a Tool Battery <--- Link courtesy of Clee290...

This section if for a PHAT battery
Use something plastic (like a guitar pick, disposable picnic knife, ect...), to split the battery open. Do so by starting in the seams that run around the edge and work your way around untill you get it completely apart. Be extra carefull when you get close to the connections on top. If you feel the need to use something metal to take the battery apart do so at your own risk. I used a sharp, very pointy, steel pocket knife. Just dont cram it in to far or touch anything metal other that the pin you need to touch. (metal to metal shorts out circuits, and your playing with a live circuit board here) Refer to the pictures...



Once you get the battery open find the little black square located near the bottom right. It should have writing on it such as TExx and S93056. This is where you will need to remove a small pin from one side of it. On the main board (the green part) of the battery itself will be writing near one end of the black square such as ICO4. The pin under the 4 is the pin you will need to remove. Refer to the pictures...



As you can see from the pictures the pin on my battery is allready removed. Use anything you want to remove the pin from your battery. I used a sharp knife and gently cut the pin off. BUT REMMEMBER if you touch two of the pins at the same time, or slip and close the circuit between anything metal (ie. have the tool your using, such as a metal knife, touch two different parts at the same time) you could run a chance of ruining your battery.

When you get the pin removed put your battery back together. Use a peice of clear tape around the edges to hold your battery together. Dont use to much tape or the battery will kinda not fit properly into your PSP anymore, you'll have to push it in a little more than you did before.




Pic courtesy of ACUREON...


Pic courtesy of ACUREON...



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HERE ARE SOME MORE PICS OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PHAT BATTERY, COURTESY OF SMAX...
The battery at hand is a Sony 1800mAh purchased about a year ago









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This section is for a SLIM battery

Note: This picture was originally posted by Gandalf at PSP Crazy...


Once again: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES DONE BY USING THIS METHOD

[BCman]

nice addition.
decent pics.
thanks.

[P12]

Originally Posted by BCman

nice addition.
decent pics.
thanks.

Thanks, but only the first three pics are mine and there prob the worst . The rest are from other peeps, their listed, too.

If anyone has pics from hard mods of other types/brands of batteries I post em with their permission. I wanna get just about every battery type/brand in here that I can.

[BCman]

Working Batteries:

- Sony "standard" Li-ion 1800 mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh
- Datel, PSP Battery 3600 mAh (X2)
- Datel, PSP Battery 1800 Max Power
- Datel, PSP Battery GO MAX (Model # GM1000, uses AAA batteries) note: If u remove the batteries, it resets the serial back to all 0's

Not-Working Batteries:

- 3.6v 3600 mAh Battery Pack (Silver letters) (Model PSP-360) (Fake)
- 2600 mAh Mega Battery Pack (Fake)
- Atomic Battery Pack 3.6V 1800mAh
- Sony PSP-280 2200mAh (Fake)
- Sony PSP Bloc-Battery pack 3.6v 1800 mAh
- Battery 3600mAh, unknown brand, (china made model NK-RH008) (Fake)
- Battery Pack, unknown brand, (lithium) 3.6v 3600 mAH (Fake)
- Intec 1800 mAh Li-ion
- Intec 2200 mAh
- UltraLast e-Boost 3.7v 2200mAh Li-PO battery

[KristyKissy]

o.o I did this.
And now it powers up but the screen won't show me anything.

. . .Did I mess it up? -.-;;

I don't think I even got to cut it.

Help??

I can't even hear the UMB disk work inside it -.-;

[igotapencil]

Originally Posted by KristyKissy

o.o I did this.
And now it powers up but the screen won't show me anything.

. . .Did I mess it up? -.-;;

I don't think I even got to cut it.

Help??

I can't even hear the UMB disk work inside it -.-;

Sounds like you did it right, so right when you insert the battery the light, lights up immediately with a black screen? ? If it does that, then you did it right.

Now make the MMS.

Rain's UltraLite MMS Maker for 5.00 M33-4
http://www.psp-hacks.com/download.php?id=1623

5.00 official update (extract and rename this to 500.PBP)
http://www.psp-hacks.com/download.php?id=1568

Once, you make the magic memory stick, insert the magic memory stick. Next Hold on to the L trigger. Finally insert the battery into the psp while holding on to the L trigger, wait 3 secs a menu should appear select 5.00M33-4

Once you have CFW you can do almost anything, you can play UMD backups, PSX games, Emulators, plugins and much much more.

[KristyKissy]

Omg Really?!

Thanks .

You're awesome.

So wait, I put it on my memory card and put it in the PSP?

[igotapencil]

Originally Posted by KristyKissy

Omg Really?!

Thanks .

You're awesome.

So wait, I put it on my memory card and put it in the PSP?

Did you make the MMS yet? if you did.


Once, you make the magic memory stick, insert the magic memory stick. Next Hold on to the L trigger. Finally insert the battery into the psp while holding on to the L trigger, wait 3 secs a menu should appear select 5.00M33-4

[KristyKissy]

Oh, okay.

Wow I'm retarded.

So it's backing up my memory card and formatting it now lol.



I'm so excited. ^^~~~.

But isn't pandora or is it the magic stick (lol xD) that makes it hold more?

[igotapencil]

Originally Posted by KristyKissy

Oh, okay.

Wow I'm retarded.

So it's backing up my memory card and formatting it now lol.



I'm so excited. ^^~~~.

But isn't pandora or is it the magic stick (lol xD) that makes it hold more?

Pandora is the battery and the MMS.

Hold more?