No homebrews after dead battery

[FonzT]

Hi!
My PS Vita was working fine, until the battery was dead.
I turned it on after few months and my homebrews cannot start because it was saying to redownload and other errors.
So it did VitaDeploy.
I am on Enso 3.65.
After a reboot, the PSVita rebuilt the databsae on its own and all the apps disappeared, leaving only the "stock live area".
After few reboots, I could see SOME of the apps (still, no VitaDeploy). But they still weren't working (same errors as in the beginning).
After few reboots, it rebuilt the database again and even if I forced another database rebuild, I could not get again my homebrew bubbles.
Henkaku and YAMT shows in the settings.
I already tried rebuilding databases.
SD Card is from a good brand...
Also, reinstalling VitaDeploy from the hack website says that no ux0 could be found (currently, it points to Sd2vita).
Could it be the adapter is failing?? How do I know?
As long as I can see Henkaku, I know I have the CFW, but I cannot see any homebrew!!
What can I try?
Thanks in advance.

EDIT: putting the Sd card into my PC, I can see all my files!!! Is the Sd2vita adapter dead??

EDIT 2: switching back ux0 to memory card (I have a memory card) and sd2vita to uma0 on YAMT gives me back Vitadeploy and all the minimum homebrews to start over... so the psvita is working fine... and so does the CFW.

 

[duffman2k]

Something similar happend to me when using sd2vita adapter. I had some bugs on some homebrew and backedup the sd card, reformated and put all the file in the sd card again. After that all homebrews where gone
I ended up having to download Vitadeploy from the jailbreak site on the vita and starting over. After that I stopped using sd2vita and just having the Vita memory card

 

[FonzT]

Something similar happend to me when using sd2vita adapter. I had some bugs on some homebrew and backedup the sd card, reformated and put all the file in the sd card again. After that all homebrews where gone
I ended up having to download Vitadeploy from the jailbreak site on the vita and starting over. After that I stopped using sd2vita and just having the Vita memory card

Hi. Thanks for your reply.
I just ordered a new sd2vita adapter. Today it arrived at home and tried it.
I set ux0 as Sony memory card and uma0 to sd2vita.
uma0 was showing, but after reboot it was simply gone.
Reinserting the adapter sometimes fixed it... but it was not reliable.
Why is this happening?
I don't think the card reader on my Vita is broken...
what do you think??
Should I try another sd2vita adapter?
Thanks in advace.

 

[duffman2k]

Hi. Thanks for your reply.
I just ordered a new sd2vita adapter. Today it arrived at home and tried it.
I set ux0 as Sony memory card and uma0 to sd2vita.
uma0 was showing, but after reboot it was simply gone.
Reinserting the adapter sometimes fixed it... but it was not reliable.
Why is this happening?
I don't think the card reader on my Vita is broken...
what do you think??
Should I try another sd2vita adapter?
Thanks in advace.

I don't have to much experience with sd2vita. I generally find my 16gb memory card sufficient for my use. But very important to follow all of these steps to the dot. Have helped a lot of people
https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-my-sd2vita-psvsd-is-having-issues-thread.510876/

 

[Exnor]

Might be bit rot. Flash based memory is not suitable for long term storage and data gets corrupted. It only takes a few bits in the wrong place to get flipped to get those weird errors.

 

[duffman2k]

Might be bit rot. Flash based memory is not suitable for long term storage and data gets corrupted. It only takes a few bits in the wrong place to get flipped to get those weird errors.

That is very true. I had problems with my gamecube when using cheap sd-micro card. Make sure to buy good quality

 

[FonzT]

Thanks for your replies.
I am using YAMT btw...
The sdcard works on my computer.
Anyway I ordered yet another sd2vita, but the black one this time.... even if I think they are the same inside as the white ones

 

[duffman2k]

Thanks for your replies.
I am using YAMT btw...
The sdcard works on my computer.
Anyway I ordered yet another sd2vita, but the black one this time.... even if I think they are the same inside as the white ones

I had similar problems with my gamecube. Sandisk Aliexpress cards, worked on the pc, not on the gamecube.
Tried using it in a raspberry pi and started getting weird bugs so had to get rid of them

 

[Exnor]

I had similar problems with my gamecube. Sandisk Aliexpress cards, worked on the pc, not on the gamecube.
Tried using it in a raspberry pi and started getting weird bugs so had to get rid of them

I think that's beyond bit rot. That's sounds like bad nand chips.

Post automatically merged: Feb 2, 2025

Thanks for your replies.
I am using YAMT btw...
The sdcard works on my computer.
Anyway I ordered yet another sd2vita, but the black one this time.... even if I think they are the same inside as the white ones

Sadly you might have a corrupted internal storage (flash storage).

Might be a good idea to do system reset just to make sure.


Anyone knows if there is a file system check utility for the vita ?

 

[RAHelllord]

Did you follow the guide to use sd2vita properly and copied over all the relevant files from either internal storage or the memory card? If the homebrew shows up when switching back to internal storage there is an incredibly high chance you made a mistake somewhere in the sd2vita setup. Check that the config files and plugin lists point to the correct storages, double check the guide that all required files and folders are in the right area, and make sure you install the homebrew into the correct folders for the sd2vita, too.

 

[FonzT]

Thank you for you replies.
sd2vita was working really good, until the battery died.
It's not the first time I let the battery die, but this time it sat for some months...
I can't explain this...

 

[duffman2k]

Wild guess and I am probably wrong. But is the settings to use the sd2vita as ux0 relevant on battery? Like if you remove the battery from a pc you will resett the bios

 

[FonzT]

Wild guess and I am probably wrong. But is the settings to use the sd2vita as ux0 relevant on battery? Like if you remove the battery from a pc you will resett the bios

Hi. Sincerely I don't know!!!
Anyway, I just started my Vita up and NOW it seems to ALWAYS recognize the sd2vita on uma0...
But if I switch partitions in YAMT settings, I don't get all the bubbles (I don't get VitaDeploy either!!) and they don't start at all with generic errors or errors says the content must be redownloaded... like it isn't picking the nonpdrm or something like this... Consider I have all of my plugins on ur0 partition!!!! So it's safe and Enso is fully working!!

EDIT: I noticed in the app folder of the SD card, some apps were missing!! Or some files were missing!! I compared the ux0 (Sony memory card) and uma0 (sd card)!!!
Folders like PKJ00000 and SKGD3PL0Y have different contents, missing files, corruptions, etc...!!!
I bought this card from Amazon and the brand is Netac... I think it's starting to act up!!! I thought it was a good brand!!
I am starting to think it's the Sd card...

If I run chkdsk G: /f, where G: is my Sd card, I get "the file system if Raw"... WTF???

EDIT 2: I tried opening various files inside PCSB00273 (Fruit Ninja) and I compared with another one and files seem to be all corrupted. PNG don't open and I get definetely corrupt files, like XML, plain text files or even simple hash comparisons don't match!!

EDIT 3: I think Amazon is getting cooked... too much dropshipping, inflated prices 2x or 3x, poor quality, Prime being not-Prime (lately they have been collecting shippings with the "shipping is late" excuse, altough selecting the "next day delivery", then I get all my packages at once...)

EDIT 4: I tried reformatting it and again, I get corrupted contents... but filenames and size seem to be good... strange sd card!!

 

[Exnor]

Hi. Sincerely I don't know!!!
Anyway, I just started my Vita up and NOW it seems to ALWAYS recognize the sd2vita on uma0...
But if I switch partitions in YAMT settings, I don't get all the bubbles (I don't get VitaDeploy either!!) and they don't start at all with generic errors or errors says the content must be redownloaded... like it isn't picking the nonpdrm or something like this... Consider I have all of my plugins on ur0 partition!!!! So it's safe and Enso is fully working!!

EDIT: I noticed in the app folder of the SD card, some apps were missing!! Or some files were missing!! I compared the ux0 (Sony memory card) and uma0 (sd card)!!!
Folders like PKJ00000 and SKGD3PL0Y have different contents, missing files, corruptions, etc...!!!
I bought this card from Amazon and the brand is Netac... I think it's starting to act up!!! I thought it was a good brand!!
I am starting to think it's the Sd card...

If I run chkdsk G: /f, where G: is my Sd card, I get "the file system if Raw"... WTF???

EDIT 2: I tried opening various files inside PCSB00273 (Fruit Ninja) and I compared with another one and files seem to be all corrupted. PNG don't open and I get definetely corrupt files, like XML, plain text files or even simple hash comparisons don't match!!

EDIT 3: I think Amazon is getting cooked... too much dropshipping, inflated prices 2x or 3x, poor quality, Prime being not-Prime (lately they have been collecting shippings with the "shipping is late" excuse, altough selecting the "next day delivery", then I get all my packages at once...)

EDIT 4: I tried reformatting it and again, I get corrupted contents... but filenames and size seem to be good... strange sd card!!

Brand Netac? Yep if i,m not mistaken that is one of the cheap sdcards from aliexpress.

Your data is lost. And probably that sdcard is junk already.

Don't buy sdcards from those cheap brands. It's not worth it. Imo stick with Kingston, SanDisk or Samsung and maybe Toshiba and Lexar.

Sorry about your data .

 

[FonzT]

Thank you all.
Right now, I am using a Sandisk one and it's working perfectly.
But I get some errors about apps being corrupted or to redownload apps after some minutes I connect the console to the internet.
I have spoofing on and my account is not banned.
What's happening??
If I try to hard, I keep getting the same symptoms... And I have to reformat the sdcard...
I must keep the console off internet... Why??

EDIT: it's doing it again... Sd2vita is not working again and uma0 is not showing... What the F is happening?? Does anybody knows??

 

[duffman2k]

You did follow the guide postet earlier? Every step is important, just formatting did ended up in error last time I tried

 

[FonzT]

You did follow the guide postet earlier? Every step is important, just formatting did ended up in error last time I tried

Hi. Yes, it sometimes works, sometimes not.
I managed to play one Vita game and one PSP game...
Sometimes it works flawlessly, sometimes it just hangs and sd2vita starts acting up.

I don't know if it's due to some plugin, even tho I was NOT having problem before putting my Vita in the closet.

Are there some logs I can look at? I didn't find anything about this. It would be useful.