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How to Fix a Bricked PSP With a Pandora Battery

The Sony PSP is a portable video game device that was released in 2005. It plays PSP video games, music and movies on a large display. The PSP uses Sony firmware to run the PSP. You can compare this firmware to Windows on a PC or OS X on an Apple. Sometimes the firmware becomes corrupted and your PSP becomes unusable, or "bricked." Instead of sending your PSP to Sony to be fixed, you can simply fix it yourself with a Pandora battery tool.

Things You'll Need

Pandora battery
Magic memory stick

Instructions

- 1
  Turn off your Sony PSP and remove the normal battery and memory stick from their respective ports. Place them aside.
- 2
  Insert your Magic memory stick into the PSP card reader. Insert your Pandora battery tool into the PSP, and your PSP will turn on automatically. The PSP is now in service mode.
- 3
  Press the "X" button twice to restore the PSP firmware to the original PSP firmware, 1.50. Wait as the PSP is downgraded, reinstalling/fixing the corrupted files of the PSP firmware.
- 4
  Press "X" again when the program tells you to. This will shutdown the PSP. Remove the battery and memory stick, and replace them with the normal ones. Turn your PSP back on.
- 5
  Navigate to the "System Update" icon on the PSP and select it to update your PSP firmware to the latest release by Sony.

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