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*UPDATE* Spotted on eBay: The PSP "Unbricking Battery" for 80 bucks |
Listed in: Homebrew Development, News Tags: eBay, Noobz, psp homebrews
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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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http://kotaku.com/gaming/manhunt-2/manhunt-2-lands-m-rating-for-halloween-release-293084.php
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SIMPLE !!!!
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Aload of crap.
Theres always 1 *****.
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http://pspupdates.qj.net/Trick-or-treat-ESRB-gives-Manhunt-2-an-M-rating/pg/49/aid/100716
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And remember to donate if you can and what you can :)
http://www.noobz.eu/joomla/news/pandoras-battery.html/
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Of course enterprising in this way is different from these *****s who are just ripping people off.
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That is GREASY. These people should be shot and pissed on.
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Those whom are just profiting and not kicking back something are going to ***** it for the rest of us in the long run.
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Using free software that also states it's illigal to use it for your own profit is just as lowlife as these guys on ebay.
There is a topic on the QJ forum and Maxconsole where people can sign up for a list of people that help out people with pandora batterys, FOR FREE.
Don't come in here giving us that bull***** of enterprising, you are a lowlife leech.
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P.S.: sry about my english, I'm foreign
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do some actual READING, get any standard battery and do it myself!
but i do agree that some people have deep pockets and empty brains, in that case ebay is the way to go... :)
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Dear t3kn1k4l,
not at all. i have rewritten all of these instructions and under uk copyright law that now makes them copyright of me.
Thanks :) bye bye now
- mediaseller1977
Heres another:
Dear t3kn1k4l,
No, i'm not selling the property, i'm selling a 'procedure' that is available on the net to anyone. Now ***** off you numpty
- sambam!
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Dear t3kn1k4l,
what are you on about ?
im providing an unbricking service ?!?!?!
are you on drugs ?
dave
- davenic11674
and another:
Dear t3kn1k4l,
No I'm not, I'm selling a service to people who either don't have the tools to do it, or don't want to take the time to learn to do it.
Go bother the people that are just selling the "process" of doing this on ebay.
- hootermancs
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Dear t3kn1k4l,
look nobhead
check my listing date
and check when the pandora battery came out
ull see i had it b4 they released
now go back to maxconsole and suck DA's ***** you stipind littla maggot
dave
- davenic11674
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But when i think about it these offers can be just what one needs.
Imagine you knew no one with a homebrew enabled PSP so you cant get your hands on the Modified battery or the Memstick. o.O
for unlucky ones like that ebay might be the easiest way to regain a fully functional PSP.
But these should not be much more expensive then memstick +battery alone =(
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http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180152213759&sspagename=ADME:X:RTQ:DE:11
This guy is selling the battery plus the memory stick for 169 Euros (about 231 dollars).
You can even get a new PSP for this price.
I wrote him an email about this rip off and he informed eBay about this mail and he wants to sue me for insulting him!
It's a mad world in which we live in....
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*****s.
http://cgi1.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=160150349398&Category=122516
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$231, the guy must really want his crack.
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You should report it to ebay.
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i tried psp unbricker
psp unbricker battery etc.
maybe ebay restricted them for sell now.
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Personally I don't see a problem with an unbricking service for people who only have 1 PSP and it bricked for reasons not associated with homebrew, as long as they don't charge insane amounts of money for something as simple as putting a Pandora Battery in with the proper memstick and pressing X.
You always get the greedy *****s that ruin things for everyone.
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I hate people selling it on ebay (inless they're gunna doante it all to noobz and C+D
I can't believe they leaked this. If sony fixes this would've been a huge chance on running homebrew on the new psp's! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh hh!!!!!!!! (los'in it)
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what an idiot...
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http://tinyurl.com/32rohd
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I already reported it to eBay yesterday and now the auction is canceled.
But he still wants to sue me for insulting him. I didn't even insult him, I just made clear that he uses copyrighted material and rips off people's money with a method that is freely available for everyone.
I really hate it when guys like these are trying to make big money with the hard work of others and don't even think about donating to the devs.
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then that would be worth it.
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80 dollar Unbricker battery> 200 dollar official firmware Psp.
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KEEP IT UP KEEP REPORTING YEA!!!!
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I'm sure you got AT LEAST ONE of those, right? Or at least one with a PSP.
A little more thought before posting an obvious question please.
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http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id+psp+thread.id+3122250
^Sony forums
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You know I could understand them selling the unbricker battery for the price of a standard battery but this is a complete rip off.
If I were them, I would have sold it for the same price as the standard battery because you can easily buy a standard PSP battery and convert it into a pandoras battery, if you have a custom FW.
Also if you wanna get them really good, just show the people that control EBAY, proof that the software is free online by showing them the website of the people who created the unbricker and then they will probably take the batteries down for price gouging and cheating customers.
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I'm sure he's not the only one in that situation, so people selling the battery and memory stick are actually doing the community a service. It's the but munchers selling just the program that should be sodomized by team c+d
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Its a shame to have such ebay sellers here +(
The sucker got his auction back online and claims there is no copyrighted material on the Memstick.
If the memstick is prepared should not be there copyrighted materials?
Is it possible to dump the Boot files from a PC?
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You can't create the needed files on your PC and you still need a functional PSP to perform the minimal 1.5 FW install. So if he really removed the copyrighted material off the memory sticks then he's lying in his auction by stating that everything is ready to use.
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You can't create the needed files on your PC and you still need a functional PSP to perform the minimal 1.5 FW install. So if he really removed the copyrighted material off the memory sticks then he's lying in his auction by stating that everything is ready to use.
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"First to sell on ebay and obviously the only one that knows the way you should do things."
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I will make a easy tutorial if I can a real one! with the comands and everything! U know copy paste some comands!
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I didn't think you'd lower yourself to this level, and swear like an eight year old.
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and
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-PSP-Unbricking-Battery-Unbrick-Firmware_W0QQitemZ220142994853QQihZ012QQcategoryZ127742QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Second one states "eople would pay a lot of money for this and i have seen these on ebay for LOTS more than i am selling it for. I am not greedy."
No, you're not greedy - you're just selling someone else's hard work for money without their permission. Moron.
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Phuckholes.
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Example:
http://tinyurl.com/yolkos
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http://cgi.ebay.it/Sony-PSP-Unbrick-your-psp-and-restore-v1-5-firmware_W0QQitemZ220142992505QQihZ012QQcategoryZ102485QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.it/PSP-nach-downgrade-umbau-Kaputt-Hier-Unbrick-Serivce_W0QQitemZ260152552309QQihZ016QQcategoryZ100831QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.it/DIY-All-in-one-unbrick-ANY-Sony-PSP-and-back-to-1-5-FW_W0QQitemZ270158754725QQihZ017QQcategoryZ75556QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem
ITS NOT RIGHT TO MAKE MONEY ON OTHERS WORK!!!!!!
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crack it
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