RUMOR: Slim pandora...??

[Darkatomz]

The Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew development scene keeps on surprising the video game world with its leaps and bounds in terms of creativity and ingenuity, and this update is no different. Behold - DarkRayne's jigkick battery, made from a Sony PlayStation Portable Slim & Lite battery, and he's got a video to prove it.

We're still not sure how true this one is, so we're filing this one under rumors for the time being.

Of course, as we really can't understand Polish, we can't verify at the moment if this is a legitimate claim or not - but the video itself does look convincing. Note that he shows everything from start to finish, making it clear through various times in the clip that he is in fact using a PSP Slim & Lite's battery.

How did he do it? Details are scant, but according to DarkRayne himself, he used a software modification process to "pandorize" the battery itself, and not with a hardware modification.

A little bit of refresher for those of us unfamiliar with a JigKick battery: it's basically a battery used for unbricking a bricked PSP, or downgrading a Sony PSP with any firmware version. Until then, please note once more that we're filing this under rumors, so let's not try anything with our Sony PSP Slim batteries just yet.

Rumor: JigKick battery made from PSP Slim battery - PlayStation Portable News - PSP Updates

video in link. it looks reassuring, but who knows how it's done... i certainly cant understand the language. hope for slimmers?

[SlasherX]

I thought you could use a slim battery already .... ? Something bout cutting a cable when you open the PSP battery .... meh I guess that one was for the fat PSP Battery.

[pspcrazy]

You can it's on the front page I'm guessing this is for those of who do not want to do the hardware modification.

[Darkatomz]

well... it has to be proven first, but yea that's the idea.

anyways, some new developments on the same front.

Not long after DarkRayne introduced his PSP Slim JigKick battery through a video, another homemade video is out complete with a makeshift "user DarkRayne" banner. This new video clip by shows how DarkRayne downgrades a PSP Slim using an unmodified, normal battery and an AC adaptor USB connected to the unit. It's just too bad that the video is cut short, however, and we couldn't make heads and tails out of Polish.

In this video DarkRayne shows quite clearly the battery he used for the downgrading, and the memory stick that he inserted inside the PSP slot. After turning on the PSP the videoclip is cut short, leaving us in the dark about any specific steps to be done. We couldn't confirm how the exact process is done at this point, so we're shelving this under "Rumors" for the meantime.

Rumor: DarkRayne downgrades PSP Slim with normal battery - PlayStation Portable News - PSP Updates

vid in link. i really dont know how this guy is actually pulling this stuff off. i mean, yea, he's a no name as of now, but if it was real, it confuses me a little about why he wont release step by step instructions.