| What is a Pandora battery? | | | | -Official Sony firmware - limits you to playing only |
| Pandora's battery is a combination of a PSP battery | | | | PSP discs. |
| plus an authentic Sony Memory stick Duo 1gb | | | | -Custom firmware lets you play ISO/CSO files |
| memory stick with modified special files. The battery | | | | (images you can make from those discs). Bydoing |
| itself has also been modified into a "special" battery | | | | this your PSP runs faster and smoother. |
| that puts your PSP into recovery boot mode. | | | | -Custom firmware allows you to move PSP video |
| What does the Pandora battery allow me to do? | | | | files directly to your PSP. Official firmwareforces you |
| -repair a PSP that refuses to turn on | | | | to purchase additional software to do it. |
| -install custom firmware 4.01 M33 and all future | | | | -Custom Firmware allows you to use "emulators" to |
| custom firmware versions | | | | run Nintendo games, N64, |
| Does this Pandora battery work on both "fat" and | | | | SuperNintendo, Gameboy Color/Advanced, Atari, |
| "slim" PSPs? | | | | Playstation 1, Sega Genesis, arcade games and much |
| Yes it does work on fat (PSP 1001 models) and | | | | more! PSP with custom firmware (CFW) also allows |
| newer slim (PSP 2001) models. | | | | you to run homebrew games. |
| I have firmware 'x" installed on my PSP. Will this work | | | | |
| on my PSP? | | | | What is homebrew? |
| Yes, the Pandora Battery kit will work regardless of | | | | If you were to write a piece of software for the |
| what firmware is already installed on the PSP. | | | | PSP on your own, it would be called "homebrew." It is |
| My friend also has a bricked PSP. Can the battery be | | | | unsigned code that that is written outside of the |
| used over again? | | | | commercial world. There are a variety of homebrew |
| Yes the tool battery can be used as many times as | | | | programs available for the PSP on the Internet. |
| you like again and again. | | | | Is Pandora battery made using a soft mod or a hard |
| Would this harm my PSP in any way? | | | | mod? |
| Absolutely not! The Pandora battery repairs your PSP | | | | A soft mod involves altering the software so that |
| from a brick and does not brick it. | | | | the battery's serial number is changed. A hardmod |
| What are the benefits of having PSP running custom | | | | involves actually opening up the battery and making |
| firmware? | | | | alterations to the battery's hardware. |
| You can unlock the full potential of the PSP which is | | | | Of course this battery has been modified (modded) |
| truly a powerful piece of hardware. Youshould not | | | | using a soft mod. Hard mods are dangerous and |
| have to be able to run only official games and | | | | there have been several cases in the news where |
| software. With this homebrew software edition, now | | | | the PSP catches on fire as a result of modifying it |
| you can enjoy the benefits. | | | | that way. |