Some time ago, I made an entry about needing to write an article about custom firmware/homebrew, more specifically about enabling Custom Firmware on a PSP Slim using a Pandora Battery.
Now, I've managed to find a guide for doing it using the software method, but it seems that there's one problem in my country I can't beat: no one's selling the hardware needed.
Why is this? Well, there are two main reasons for why this is so. The first reason has to do with profits. The shops here sell Class A batteries which, according to the guides for making Pandora Batteries, won't do the trick. These Class A batteries are cheaper to buy from suppliers and can thus be sold for more profit. They also happen to do the trick when it comes to actually powering up a PSP, or so I'm told.
The second, and perhaps most important reason... is also related to profit. This time, from a conspiracy theory point of view. The conspiracy: to make people dependent on game stores for the unbricking and custom firmware installation services, which people pay extra for.
It seems farfetched, but there's a certain logic to it. By locking out the average homebrewer from making Pandora batteries, you force people to pay stores for the service and thus make more money from one consumer who comes in looking to buy a PSP.
When I went hunting for a specific battery earlier, few people would even talk about Pandora openly unless you happened to know it beforehand. Even then, they wouldn't be able to sell you a stock battery because the only Pandora-compatible batteries they have are the ones they use for their services.
Alas, it seems I'll have to find an old PSP and use that battery instead... if it's actually the proper battery needed. Heaven help me.
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(# 0) on 04/21/2008 07:59
(# 1) on 04/21/2008 08:06
(# 2) on 04/21/2008 08:13
He needs a separate battery to do what he wants to do. He could "pandorize" his battery, but then he wouldn't be able to set it back to a retail battery.
(# 3) on 04/21/2008 08:13
(# 4) on 04/21/2008 08:20
(# 5) on 04/21/2008 08:36
(# 6) on 04/21/2008 10:22
(# 7) on 04/21/2008 10:29
(# 8) on 04/21/2008 10:58
Then again a store stocking things that allow people to play pirated games means that they would be losing future business in the guise of making a few bucks on batteries now..?
(# 9) on 04/22/2008 04:21
In the Philippines, PSP sellers make money by selling the units and the game loading service for those people who don't know about homebrew.