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How to Make the Pandora Battery Switch

The Playstation Portable can be modified so that its operating system will accept programs created by other PSP owners. Converting the battery that comes with the PSP into a Pandora battery allows you to make this modification without having to open up the PSP. But this renders the Pandora battery useless as a regular power source for the PSP. You can switch the Pandora battery back to a regular battery by enacting a few commands on the PSP. Neither the PSP nor the battery will be harmed by switching the Pandora battery back to normal.

Things You'll Need

Bath towel
Modified memory stick

Instructions

- 1
  Turn off the PSP. Put a bath towel down on a table. Put the PSP face-down on the towel with the disc door lid at the upper edge.
- 2
  Pull the battery compartment lid off of the left side of the bottom of the PSP with your fingers. Remove the Pandora battery from inside the battery compartment.
- 3
  Turn the PSP right side up on the bath towel. Insert the modified memory stick that was used when you first made the Pandora battery into the PSP's memory slot. Plug the AC power cord into the PSP's power connector.
- 4
  Turn on the PSP. Wait for the Home menu to appear on the screen. Lift up the PSP and insert the Pandora battery into the battery compartment. Place the PSP back down on the bath towel.
- 5
  Navigate from the Home menu to the "Game" icon. Select the icon of the memory stick that is below the "Game" icon. Select the Pandora battery creator file to the right of the icon of the memory stick. Press the "X" button on the PSP.
- 6
  Wait for the menu to appear on the screen. Press the Left and Right triggers at the front left and right edges of the PSP at the same time. Press the "X" button when the menu reappears.
- 7
  Navigate back to the Home menu. Turn the PSP off. Remove the modified memory card from the PSP's memory slot.
- 8
  Turn the PSP over. Put the battery compartment lid back onto the battery compartment. Remove the AC power cord from the PSP.

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