Well,3.71m33 is a decent firmware.It supports many UMD titles so,there's nothing much to worry about.But if you wish to upgrade to 5.00M33,which is an equally good firmware,check out the guide that i posted in my previous reply. (Reply to grammar)

Alright,a pretty weird problem.You can always try this.

1) Go to recovery mode (Hold the off switch for 3-5 seconds,then HOLD the R button and boot your psp up.)
2) Go to "Advanced"
3) Click X at the "Format Flash 1" option.

Your psp should restart and your settings should be formatted.

Hope that sorts your problem.

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Added on November 5, 2008, 2:53 pmIt depends really.If you manage to buy a PSP1000 or a PSP2000 unit in Malaysia,you most probably would get an already hacked unit,so you won't have to go through the trouble of hacking it.If you get it elsewhere,and if it has an official firmware installed on it,you'll need to create a Pandora's Battery and a Magic Memory Stick to install custom firmware on it.

If you get a PSP3000 unit,you'll just have to bear with it as it cannot be hacked at the very moment,even with a Pandora's Battery.

This post has been edited by Playboy21: Nov 5 2008, 02:53 PM

hardware problem...
formating the flash file wont change anything.

penmarker: thx for the speaker mod tuto, i've use it, really help me alot

This post has been edited by wetfusion: Nov 5 2008, 03:56 PM

hey guys sry for being a newb here but i still dont get how a pandora battery works. hehe..nvm dat. all i nid to knw is whether i have to pandorise a battery everytime i change to a new battery? or iz dat not the way it wrks? thx

yup can...

meaning i hav to repandorise a new battery?

Thanks for replying,

Playboy, will give your suggestion a try, but will there be any risks involve when performing Format Flash 1? Do i need to back up anything before proceeding?


wetfusion, any way to fix this if it really is a hardware problem? Do you know any shops that can solve this problem and also the cost involved?

Again, thanks for replying guys.

pandora stuff will be answered by playboy

as for WIS9000
nope... just your bad luck i guess

Alright,about the Pandora's Battery,it's very simple really.A psp would usually boot to it's flash 0 once you boot it up (From a full off situation).Once it's booted up,it'll load each .rco file at the time (Battery icon,menu icons etc).By booting it to flash 0,you wouldn't be able to hack psp's which have firmware 3.50 + installed on it.In order to prevent the psp from booting into flash 0,the Pandora's Battery was developed.It's just a normal battery of course lol.The Pandora's Battery would boot the unit into service mode instead of flash 0 allowing users to carry out any flashing they want.In other words,the psp will NOT boot up to flash 0 as it'll always do.Here comes the part of the Magic Memory Stick (MMS).Once the psp is booted into service mode,you won't be able to do anything,unless you have the flasher files in your memory stick.So,it's simple.The memory stick won't work without the battery,and vice versa.


C-Note

As for you doubt,no.You would NOT need to Pandorize your battery everytime you change your battery.As i explained above,the Pandora's Battery and the MMS would be required ONLY once when you brick or when you want to install custom firmware.Once you have it done (custom firmware installed),you can use any odinary psp battery and us your psp like usual.Simple isn't it?

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Added on November 5, 2008, 7:28 pmHey wetfusion,thanks for clearing that up man

This post has been edited by Playboy21: Nov 5 2008, 07:28 PM

thx for the painstaking explanation. definitely cleared some of my doubts abt the hacking world

No problem mate

thx bro..ur guide worked well
all seem 2 be fine now..
wats so good abt da PSN n da store?

harmeet15,hehe,good to know that

Well,using the PSN store,you can download some content from it.I don't see it as a cool feature,but that may just be because i don't have a wi-fi connection to even test it out lol.Go ahead and give it a shot

olrite bro...
terima kasih

Anytime

bro..
when i wanna try 2 log on 2 da store..they ask 2 create a acc...
i say ok..then they ask 2 update...
can update ah?
wud my games on da card still run?

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This post has been edited by kobe8byrant: Nov 5 2008, 11:31 PM

I'm not really sure about the update thing,but it for sure is an official firmware update.If you upgrade,you will lose iso loading and homebrew capability.

Also,your firmware (5.00) is one of the LATEST firmwares out there.So why upgrade?

thot so..
so i said wat da heck..i dun need 2 lose all tat just 2 try da stupid store..
so im leaving it as it is
thx bro

hehe,that's why i still am on 4.01m33.