1800mAh Cameron Sino battery problem

[Windows_10_User]

Mine is a simple conjecture. Maybe everything is okay. First start by thoroughly cleaning the pins under the battery cover and try recharging a battery. It may be that everything is okay already. However, all the PSP batteries circulating online are shoddy and unreliable.
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So, I ordered Ostent's 2400mAh external battery from Amazon, it also came charged like the previous 2200mAh Ostent battery and it took quite some time to discharge, not to mention the PSP's "POWER" indicator doesn't blink when the console is low in battery (so, the PSP turns off all of a sudden when it's fully discharged) and the battery icon doesn't appear in the XMB when using Ostent's 2400mAh external battery charger power storage pack, it's uncomfortable to hold the PSP with it attached because it's loose since it doesn't fit the back of the PSP properly (which is odd since it does in the pictures I saw), and if I'm not careful, it can mess up the UMD drive when taking it so I'll leave it hanging in order to not mess up the UMD drive when taking it. Even if it's not supposed to use it this way, at least it's safer and it feels more comfortable holding the PSP this way, too. Ostent's 2400mAh external battery's indicator is red when being charged and turns blue after fully charged.

I don't know if the PSP should be charged with Ostent's 2400mAh external battery connected to the console (regardless if batteries are inserted on the PSP or not) but I fully charged it without doing it and I also don't know how long it took. A week after charging it, the PSP still turns on with Ostent's 2400mAh external battery connected to it (I've been checking every day to see if it still does) so I guess it's not faulty like the 4 batteries I used which wouldn't even charge or just for a very short period of time. Assuming Ostent's 2400mAh external battery is fine, does it mean the PSP has a problem that affects all batteries or are they faulty? I find it odd all 4 batteries are messed up (3 of them are/were new). It seems Ostent's 2400mAh external battery can only be used about 500 times.

 

[Nikokaro]

the PSP doesn't blink when low in battery (so, it turns off all of a sudden when it has no battery

This is quite dangerous, because if it should go out while you are manually saving (or during an autosave) within a game, you run the risk of corrupting the save file or, at worst, the entire Memory Stick (which has already happened to some users). So I recommend that, where possible, you disable ingame autosave, which usually happens frequently and thus carries a lot of risk.

Otherwise, as I understand, this external battery lasts quite a long time, so it was a good purchase (at least compared to the previous 4 batteries): let's hope it doesn't hide nasty surprises for later.

 

[Windows_10_User]

This is quite dangerous, because if it should go out while you are manually saving (or during an autosave) within a game, you run the risk of corrupting the save file or, at worst, the entire Memory Stick (which has already happened to some users). So I recommend that, where possible, you disable ingame autosave, which usually happens frequently and thus carries a lot of risk.

Otherwise, as I understand, this external battery lasts quite a long time, so it was a good purchase (at least compared to the previous 4 batteries): let's hope it doesn't hide nasty surprises for later.

With my bad luck, that will likely happen, but the batteries don't work so I have no choice (if they did I wouldn't buy Ostent's 2400mAh external battery in the first place, obviously). Also, since I take Ostent's 2400mAh external battery every time I turn off the PSP, I have to set date and time often.

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This is quite dangerous, because if it should go out while you are manually saving (or during an autosave) within a game, you run the risk of corrupting the save file or, at worst, the entire Memory Stick (which has already happened to some users). So I recommend that, where possible, you disable ingame autosave, which usually happens frequently and thus carries a lot of risk.

Otherwise, as I understand, this external battery lasts quite a long time, so it was a good purchase (at least compared to the previous 4 batteries): let's hope it doesn't hide nasty surprises for later.

Doesn't that risk also exist if using batteries as well? Also, I use a microSD card, if it matters (I guess not).

 

[Zealotus]

So, I ordered Ostent's external battery from Amazon, it also came charged like the Ostent battery and it took quite some time to discharge, but like I said, the PSP doesn't blink when low in battery (so, it turns off all of a sudden when it's fully discharged) and the battery icon doesn't appear in the XMB when using it, it's uncomfortable to hold the PSP with it attached, it's tilted since I doesn't fit the back of the PSP properly (maybe it's my fault for not attaching it right), and if I'm not careful, it can screw up the UMD drive when taking it so I'll leave it hanging and because of that it won't be tilted and won't screw up the UMD drive when taking it. Even if it's not supposed to use it this way, at least it's safer and it feels more comfortable holding the PSP this way, too.

I don't know if it can also charge the internal battery and I didn't try it and I took it while playing as well. I also don't know if the PSP should even be charged with it inserted (regardless if the internal PSP battery is inserted or not) and I charged the external battery overnight, which I don't know if it's right (I don't know how long it took to fully charge it). A week after charging it, the PSP still turns on (I've been checking every day to see if it still does) so I guess it isn't faulty like the 4 internal batteries I used which wouldn't even charge, just for a very small period of time of after being fully charged, the PSP wouldn't turn on the next day. Assuming the external battery is fine, does it mean the PSP has a hardware problem that affects all internal batteries or they are screwed up? I find it odd having 4 faulty batteries (3 of them are/were new). If it really has a hardware problem that affects internal batteries, why doesn't it affect the external? Also, I've been using the original battery cover.

EDIT: I still don't get why the PSP can't connect to my network if not somewhat far from it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSP/s/9rlVlTASRV

Take a look at this. Your psp is showing sign of bad supercapacitor. Hope it helps

 

[Windows_10_User]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PSP/s/9rlVlTASRV

Take a look at this. Your psp is showing sign of bad supercapacitor. Hope it helps

I don't know, nor do I want to open the PSP. I don't want to mess it up even more. It seems the problem has to do with the console, after all.

 

[Nikokaro]

I don't know nor want to open the PSP.

Read the reddit link the user posted: it doesn't seem to me that this is the same problem as yours, or is it?
In any case it would be enough to remove that capacitor without the need to replace it, unless you care about the exact date and time.
But if you don't want to open the psp shell, you won't know if that is the actual problem.

 

[Windows_10_User]

Read the reddit link the user posted: it doesn't seem to me that this is the same problem as yours, or is it?
In any case it would be enough to remove that capacitor without the need to replace it, unless you care about the exact date and time.
But if you don't want to open the psp shell, you won't know if that is the actual problem.

To be honest, I don't know.

I don't know how to replace it.

If I tried to open it, I'd mess it up even more.

Why does Ostent's 2400mAh external battery charge the battery if used along with it? It seems it can only be used about 500 times.

 

[Zealotus]

To be honest, I don't know.

I don't know how to replace it.

If I tried to open it, I'd mess it up even more.

Why does Ostent's external battery charge the internal battery if used along with it? It seems this external battery can only be used about 500 times.

Because ostent external battery works like a charger. You plug it in the charging port. You can use it without internal battery of course but there is no way of knowing if it running out of juice. My suggestion is use it in combination with the actual battery at the end of the day it is simply just an external power source.

 

[Windows_10_User]

Because ostent external battery works like a charger. You plug it in the charging port. You can use it without internal battery of course but there is no way of knowing if it running out of juice. My suggestion is use it in combination with the actual battery at the end of the day it is simply just an external power source.

If it works like a charger then why does it need to be charged and can it charge batteries? I no longer have the battery and even when using it with it, the battery discharged without notice.

 

[Zealotus]

If it works like a charger then why does it need to be charged and it can't charge the internal battery by itself, then? I no longer have the internal battery and even when using it along the external battery, it discharged without notice.

It can charge the internal battery but if your internal battery is busted then you know why. Of course it needs to charge. It is a battery after all. It like power bank but for the psp. Yeah thats the psp for you. It consumes power even if its turn off because of the internal clock. I dont know what you are pointing but thats my answer.

 

[Windows_10_User]

It can charge the internal battery but if your internal battery is busted then you know why. Of course it needs to charge. It is a battery after all. It like power bank but for the psp. Yeah thats the psp for you. It consumes power even if its turn off because of the internal clock. I dont know what you are pointing but thats my answer.

You're right, it is a charger, hence it's called "OSTENT 2400mAh External Battery Charger Power Storage Pack". I just noticed "Charger" is part of its name.

Anyway, it seems it takes longer to charge it than the baterries but I don't know since I charged it overnight. Also, I only bought it precisely because my batteries are busted so I wouldn't be able to use it to charge them, anyway.

I think my PSP has a problem since it had issues with 4 batteries (3 of them are/were new) so I guess I'd still have one if using the OSTENT 2400mAh External Battery Charger Power Storage Pack to charge batteries.

EDIT: I bought the official PS Vita Portable Charger and it can charge the console via USB cable and without using the PS Vita's power supply (so, I don't have to connect the latter to a wall socket or a power strip). The problem is that the latter is needed to charge the Portable Charger (so, I have to connect the former to a wall socket or a power strip) along with the PS Vita Fat USB cable (which I didn't have because I have a PS Vita Slim so I had to buy it too). It's not worth it and so I'll keep charging the console directly with its power supply.

EDIT 2: Maybe it wasn't a PSP problem when I had the battery which came (the first battery of 4) with my used console and that worked until 2023 and even when I got the first (Cameron Sino's from AliExpress) that I ordered (the second of 4, overall) which had problems since it arrived in 2022. The following 2 batteries (Cameron Sino's from Amazon and Ostent's from AliExpress) also had problems from the start so could the first battery I ordered (Cameron Sino's from AliExpress, which was the second of 4, overall) might just have been faulty and the problem which affects all batteries might just have arisen in 2023 (affecting the original battery and the two [Cameron Sino's from Amazon and Ostent's from AliExpress] I got after the first one I ordered)? If so, I might have confused a PSP problem with faulty batteries because I ordered 2 when I already had the former.

EDIT 3: I ordered a 1400mAh Ostent battery from Amazon and it doesn't work too. I guess the PSP really has a problem.

EDIT 4: So, I was right and the batteries problems had to do with the PSP since I bought another used one and the 1400mAh Ostent battery fully charges when inserted in it. Also, this PSP comes with a 1500mAh Hisewen battery and it also fully charges. I'll keep both batteries and the OSTENT 2400mAh External Battery Charger Power Storage Pack. The problem with this console is that the screen is a little scratched, the UMD drive spins by itself and apparently the D-pad also has issues (like all my previous PSPs).

EDIT 5: I bought Ostent's Battery Desktop Wall Charger Stand and it can charge PSP batteries (like Ostent's 1400mAh and Hisewen's 1500mAh) when inserted in it and without using the console's power supply (and the PSP, of course) since it directly connects to the wall socket (hence its name), not to mention it looks way cleaner than if using the latter, even if I have to use a travel adapter to fit it in my wall socket (I bought Ewent Universal travel adapter from World to Europe from Amazon) since it has an US power plug and I'm in Portugal. The problem is that it takes a long time to charge PSP batteries. Also, its "CHARGE" indicator turns red when charging PSP batteries and green after fully charging them.

EDIT 6: I ordered a phone power supply and an USB cable and now fast charge always works, but when charging the phone, I hear a buzz-like noise. I don't have that noise and fast charge works if using the new USB cable with the previous power supply. Also, I noticed the old power supply USB cable's USB-C port was loose unlike the new and so the fast charge power problem may had to do with it. I'll use the old power supply with the new power supply's USB cable, then.

EDIT 7: Now, fast charge often doesn't work again and the new power supply USB cable's USB-C port isn't even loose unlike the old.

EDIT 8: I ordered another used PSP from Wallapop but it turns out it's the wrong model (PSP 2000) unlike stated by the vendor (3000) and it didn't turn on, unless I kept forcing the 3600mAh battery it came with (as well as Ostent's 1400mAh and Hisewen's 1500mAh batteries I already got) to fit on the console's battery connectors so I got rid of that PSP as well (like I did with the others, except the previous one) and kept its 3600mAh battery and the previous console.

EDIT 9: Now, the 1400mAh Ostent battery I ordered 2 months ago stopped working. I'm tired of having bad luck.

EDIT 10: This thread was updated and now it says Ostent batteries are the best instead of Cameron Sino's since it mentions a YouTube link of an user testing PSP batteries and reaching that conclusion. I'll order a 1400mAh Ostent battery from AliExpress' Ostent store.

EDIT 11: The 1400mAh Ostent battery I ordered from AliExpress' Ostent store arrived. I think I won't charge it with Ostent's Battery Desktop Wall Charger Stand but with the PSP's power supply and that way it will charge it a lot faster, at least. I hope it lasts longer than the previous 1400mAh Ostent battery.

 

[kitty85]

The 1800mAh Cameron Sino battery I ordered from AliExpress came with an USB cable for some reason, it's somewhat unconfortable to hold the console because of the battery cover that came with the battery to fit it in a PSP 2000/3000/Go/Street, and above all, when charging the console, its "POWER" indicator always turns off some minutes after, so the PSP stops being charged and that means I lost money for nothing. I'll order a new 1800mAH Cameron Sino battery from Amazon.

poor quality. short battery time. china batteries.

 

[Windows_10_User]

poor quality. short battery time. china batteries.

Which one should I have ordered, then? Like I said, according to this thread, Ostent batteries are the best since it mentions a YouTube link of an user testing PSP batteries and reaching that conclusion.

EDIT: Now, the PSP doesn't turn on no matter what I do. I'm tired of buying these consoles. I bought this PSP last November. My bad luck doesn't end. I ordered an used one from eBay which won't come with a battery.

EDIT 2: So, I got the new PSP (my fifth 3000 one and my eighth PSP, overall) and it's working fine, though the screen is a little scratched and dirty, apparently the D-pad also has issues, the battery cover isn't fitting well because when holding the PSP and touching it, it falls (I don't know if it was me who caused this by possibly breaking something or if the console already came this way), it's hard to turn it off since right after sliding the "POWER"/"HOLD" switch up it often makes the PSP enter sleep mode. Also, it came with a Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible microSD adapter (my current one is breaking so I'll replace it by this), a 64 GB microSD card (mine is 128 GB) and with the PSP-384 power supply which is less bulkier than the PSP-104 I had so I'll use it to charge the 1400mAh Ostent battery, not to mention it charges batteries way faster than Ostent's Battery Desktop Wall Charger Stand. I just hope this PSP lasts longer than the others, at least. I got rid of the previous PSP (the sixth one, whose screen was a little scratched, whose UMD drive spun by itself and apparently whose D-pad also had issues).

EDIT 3: It's hard to take the 1400mAh Ostent battery and I noticed it's swollen (I don't know if it came this way) so I guess I should buy a new one (I can only take it if using an object like the PSP battery cover). Also, now I have to set date and time after charging the PSP when I no longer take the battery.

EDIT 4: Lately, I haven't had to set date and time after charging the PSP. Odd.

EDIT 5: I ordered a PSP (3000) battery cover from AliExpress but it doesn't fit. It seems my bad luck doesn't end.

EDIT 6: Now, the PSP is getting fully discharged fast again (not to mention its battery is swollen, like I said). I'm tired of this.

EDIT 7: I ordered a new 1400mAh Ostent battery from Amazon, it's not swollen (it's not hard to take it unlike the other swollen 1400mAh Ostent battery) and I'll only use it.

EDIT 8: I sometimes have to set date and time after charging the PSP again and the console gets fully discharged fast but not as fast as before (it also discharges if turned off for some days even after having fully charged it). I got rid of the swollen 1400mAh Ostent battery.

EDIT 9: I turned the PSP on to find out it returned to OFW somehow. I used Chronoswitch Downgrader to install OFW 6.61 but after running "ARK-4 Loader" and "ARK-4 cIPL Flasher", the PSP returns to OFW (which it doesn't if only running "ARK-4 Loader") and if running the "Custom Launcher" (after running "ARK-4 Loader"), it just freezes with the background image still moving. Nothing happens if pressing the "SELECT" button on the XMB when the VSH MENU should appear. I also have these issues if using the other microSD card (the 64 GB one) and the other Memory Stick PRO Duo compatible microSD adapter. Oh, God! The XMB only appears when gaming if I manually press the "PS" button and the keysTester app didn't find an issue with it (though it crashes and turns off the console), so I guess this means it's not stuck. I ordered another PSP from Vinted.

EDIT 10: It seems the previous issue is caused by a stuck "PS" button after all. I ran the PSP Keys Test app and it detected the problem unlike keysTester.

EDIT 11: So, the new PSP (my sixth 3000 one and my nineth PSP, overall) arrived, the "PS" button isn't stuck and the battery cover is a bit loose but doesn't fall, though it's still hard to turn the console off since right after sliding the "POWER"/"HOLD" switch up it still often makes the PSP enter sleep mode. It came with the european Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters UMD and with the PSP-384 power supply.

EDIT 12: This doc says there's a new 1800mAh Ostent battery that's better than the 1400mAh Ostent one.

EDIT 13: I got a 1800mAh Ostent battery from AliExpress' Ostent store. It came with a USB A to Mini-B USB cable.

EDIT 14: Now, the D-pad has issues and the analog stick sometimes has right drift. The nightmare doesn't end.

EDIT 15: After following this video's instructions, I'm not having analog stick drift.

EDIT 16: Now, I'm sometimes having analog stick drift again.

EDIT 17: I followed this video's instructions again and now the analog stick isn't working at all when running apps (like Keys atest) and games but it does in the Internet Browser. Odd. Also, now, it's not hard to turn the PSP off since after sliding the "POWER"/"HOLD" switch up it often turns off the console.

EDIT 18: Now, the analog stick is working but it sometimes has right drift again. Odd.

EDIT 19: I stopped having right drift again but just to be sure I followed this video's instructions again.

EDIT 20: The analog stick sometimes has right drift again.