Even if you have a pandora's battery you need a magic memory stick.

I dunno I am still on 3.51!

It's a Sony memory stick, the Pro Duo. You put the software on there.
Edit: The software does the rest. Just read the guides.

And you can't make the battery unless you already have custom firmware. So you'll need to buy one.

Alright, I found a nifty guide online and am all ready to make this Pandora myself, but should I have more than one battery?Like, if I make a pandora out of my only battery, will it no longer work as a battery and my psp won't work anyways or will it still work as a normal battery?

You can no longer boot your PSP with the pandora battery but it still functions as a battery.  It's recommended you have two batteries but to bypass it with one hook your PSP up to your AC adapter, turn it on, then after the boot up screen insert the battery.  The magic memory stick works normally but it works in conjunction with the pandora battery (so you don't need to convert the memory stick back).

There are a couple of programs (like cory's pandora battery maker or whatever it's called) that allow you to back up the data of your battery and restore it at any time.

What's this magic memory stick nonsense? Is it just the memory stick you make with the battery, or do you need to make it separately or what?

Every guide I've read also includes how to make the magic memory stick (it's also called a kickjig or jigkick stick).  All it does is contain the boot up files and it stores the data that allows you to downgrade to 1.5 or upgrade to 3.90m33.  With the pandora battery, you can actually install any firmware you want (you don't have to downgrade).

And you can't make the battery unless you already have custom firmware. So you'll need to buy one.

Actually there's a way around that but it requires extensive knowledge of cmd console and windows xp (doesn't work with windows vista) or it requires you to pop open the battery and hardwire it yourself (which I tried once and ended up shorting the thing out).

Hey any of you guys know if it's possible to watch a video off your PSP on the Xbox 360?

Hey any of you guys know if it's possible to watch a video off your PSP on the Xbox 360?

uhh... like transfering an mpg4 to the 360 or hooking your psp up to the 360?

either way, no.

See I know you can connect the PSP up to the 360 an listen to music off it but are you saying I cant watch a movie that's on my memory stick on the 360 when connected?

See I know you can connect the PSP up to the 360 an listen to music off it but are you saying I cant watch a movie that's on my memory stick on the 360 when connected?

Tau....
This is Microsoft. You have a PSP. It can't even READ a Sony memory stick as far as I know.

Isn't the answer a bit obvious?
Edit: Okay, apparently you can view photos and listen to music, but not play videos. I thought it couldn't read the memory stick, but I guess I was wrong.

I'm surprised you busted it because I did the same thing and it was relatively simple and by far the best thing i could have done EVER. Even if i brick my psp, all i have to do is put in that battery, the mem stick and bam!, back to 3.71m33-2 

I'm pretty hamfisted which is funny because I'm a certified electrician.

Wait... is that funny or ironic?

I would say both Marcus, but wow I need to make me one of those pandora batteries, somehow.

Macubex you should buy another battery and make it into a pandora and then use that plus add the required software on your memory stick and it should unbrick it.

So the PSP I had before broke in the process of installing a new backlight and I had to go out and buy a new one, which is 3.52. I understand there are no downgraders for 3.52 and I need a pandora battery to allow for homebrew. Bad news is, nobody I know has a PSP with custom firmware.
So, after searching on google for 30 minutes and finding nothing really all too helpful I'd like it if you (or anyone else) could link to the guides you used to hardwire the battery/use cmd console to make one, Marcus.

EDIT: is this what I want? http://pspupdates.qj.net/Tutorial-How-to-unbrick-your-PSP-via-Pandora-Battery/pg/49/aid/100693

You'll have to do a soldering job so you'll need a soldering iron.  I happened to know how the batteries operated but not how to remove the pin but this guide will show you the correct procedures. 

So my psp has been bricked for 2 weeks.

What do I do?

I have the fat version with 3.09 or something firmware. I can't find my spare battery.

Help?

You can't unbrick it without a pandora battery.  I know you can get a slim and fat battery for 20$ then you'll need to follow the guide above to modify the battery.

Yeah that guide that Marcus posted is great it actually shows how to do it in a clear way.

EDIT: It's not hard, you basically melt the solder off of the eighth pin shown in that guide, of course you have to have it flat on the table and something to hold it into place so that you don't end up blowing up the battery... but that only happens if the soldering iron touches the cell pack.

Yeah, I installed M33-2 not so long ago. I don't know all that much about CFW jazz but everything seems to work fine! PSX games worked just as before