*UPDATE* Spotted on eBay: The PSP “Unbricking Battery” for 80 bucks
This article was originally posted on August 24, 2007 at 8:53 a.m.
When Noobz and C+D released their Pandora Battery unbricker for the PSP earlier, the teams warned everybody that information on their project was leaked.
This amounted to the unbricker being released earlier than expected (it was originally meant for the PSP Slim), and more importantly, to several unauthorized copies of the unbricker being sold on the market for cutthroat prices.
We’re letting you guys know about an ongoing auction over at eBay that appears to be for one of these “unofficial” releases. The auction starter (aka mediaseller1977) is selling an “Unbricking Battery” for £ 40.00 (US$ 80).
We’re assuming that the dealer means a PSP battery that’s already been prepped with the Pandora Battery. Also being vended is a copy of what appears to be the installation software for the unbricker, for £ 2.50 (US$ 5). Both sales are expected to end this August 26.
As an important reminder, Noobz and C+D released their Pandora Battery unbricker as a free downloadable (follow our previous report for the download link). Just make sure that you’ve got the technical skills to install its components.
We’re letting you guys in on this information as a form of warning – the dev teams did say that certain “enterprising” individuals would be popping up to take advantage of their success. Spread the word.
Update: When the Noobz said that “some enterprising individuals” may take advantage of their success, they were really on to something. We reported earlier that a Pandora Battery used to unbrick PSPs has gone on sale at eBay, but now a separate instruction file is being offered for US$ 5.99.
Again, we post this as a warning to those of you who are not fully aware that both of the information and the unbricking software are hosted free of charge by the developers’ sites and QJ.NET.
All you really need to spend on if you want to unbrick a PSP is a spare battery which will be used to jigkick the bricked handheld. Instructions are available in our comprehensive tutorial. We’re hoping nobody gets suckered into this gimmick.
Thanks to Haikaido for the tip!
This article was originally posted on August 24, 2007 at 8:53 a.m.
When Noobz and C+D released their Pandora Battery unbricker for the PSP earlier, the teams warned everybody that information on their project was leaked.
This amounted to the unbricker being released earlier than expected (it was originally meant for the PSP Slim), and more importantly, to several unauthorized copies of the unbricker being sold on the market for cutthroat prices.
We’re letting you guys know about an ongoing auction over at eBay that appears to be for one of these “unofficial” releases. The auction starter (aka mediaseller1977) is selling an “Unbricking Battery” for £ 40.00 (US$ 80).
We’re assuming that the dealer means a PSP battery that’s already been prepped with the Pandora Battery. Also being vended is a copy of what appears to be the installation software for the unbricker, for £ 2.50 (US$ 5). Both sales are expected to end this August 26.
As an important reminder, Noobz and C+D released their Pandora Battery unbricker as a free downloadable (follow our previous report for the download link). Just make sure that you’ve got the technical skills to install its components.
We’re letting you guys in on this information as a form of warning – the dev teams did say that certain “enterprising” individuals would be popping up to take advantage of their success. Spread the word.
Update: When the Noobz said that “some enterprising individuals” may take advantage of their success, they were really on to something. We reported earlier that a Pandora Battery used to unbrick PSPs has gone on sale at eBay, but now a separate instruction file is being offered for US$ 5.99.
Again, we post this as a warning to those of you who are not fully aware that both of the information and the unbricking software are hosted free of charge by the developers’ sites and QJ.NET.
All you really need to spend on if you want to unbrick a PSP is a spare battery which will be used to jigkick the bricked handheld. Instructions are available in our comprehensive tutorial. We’re hoping nobody gets suckered into this gimmick.
Thanks to Haikaido for the tip!
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