well what i did was took and exacto knive and went around the crack in the case where the to pieces join at a bit of an angle with light pressure and when it went through the case i gently pryed along the crease i just made so the two pices of plastic came apart i started at the bottom corner away from the connector on the top,then as i got up to the top where the connector was i had to be extra crefull not to damage the connector or the part of the case that holds it in place and after the batt came apart,then i used my exacto knife to score the pin a bit at a time makeing sure not to touch to pins at once or short it out after the pin was cut i took a needle to move the pin to make sure it didnt short anything out.then i put it all back together and where i cut up in a angle it seemed to hold it self together again good enough to put it in and out of a psp with out it falling to pieces and it can still be taken apart and put back if i ever dont want a pandora for some reason.