Product Description

The easy way to play home brew games and applications on your unmodified PSP. This special TOOL version of the PSP rechargeable battery works in exactly the same way as a standard Sony PSP battery, but has the ability to put your PSP into Service Mode. This is a facility made available exclusivey to programmers and developers, allowing them to run software from a memory stick instead of the UMD - a vital means of testing the game you're developing on the PSP without having to get Sony to cut a disc for you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5810 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Datel Direct Ltd
• Released on: 2007-11-09
• Rating: Exempt
• Platform: Sony PSP
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Features

• Boots your PSP Slim into Service Mode*
• Ideal for custom firmware and homebrew applications
• Lithium-Polymer lightweight rechargeable battery, Colour may vary
• 3.6V 1200mAh for PSP Slim (PSP-2000) only
• *Requires knowledge of firmware systems and a suitable memory stick

Customer Reviews

Won't work on PSP-3000
This will not work on PSP-3000 consoles as Sony has made these un-hackable. The same goes for the latest PSP-2000 made after mid-2008.
It works great on older PSP-2000 models though, which came with firmware 3.95 or below from the factory.

The other reviewers are correct, additional software is needed to use this item to the full. I have uploaded an additional product image which is of the official Datel instructions. As you can see, they state that additional software is required but give no hints as to where to find it.
Please feel free to contact me if you need any help finding the software to make your memory stick into a 'magic' memory stick to use with this item.

Datel PSP Slim, Tool battery
A very very good way of getting your PSP slim into service mode, without having to risk damaging your own battery. As the descripton states, a suitable memory stick is required, as is a reasonable knowledge of firmware, google is your friend for helpful advice.

A nice quality build, clear insructions that you SHOULD read before use, quick delevery from this seller too, very quick. Not a lot to say, an invaluable tool at a good price.

Does what it says on the tin
Like the other reviews, this is an amazing piece of kit for unbricking or converting to CFW.

You require this and the magic memorycard. I charged it for about an hour, put in the memorystick and it went off without a hitch.

The item is the offical datel one too.

Highly recommended for easy use. Lifesaver for unbricking too.