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Earlier today, Yifan Lu, a well-known member of the Vita hacking scene famous for the Rejuvenate hack for the Dev Assistants, has announced that a new (native!) Vita homebrew enabler for the latest firmware version, as of writing (3.60), will be arriving tomorrow at "9:00AM UTC".

The new hack, known as "HENKaku", will require the following:

• A Vita/PSTV running 3.60
• A memcard with at least 10MB of free space (internal memory is currently not supported!)
• An FTP client
• An internet connection**

**Offline support is now available! Launch the exploit straight from the email app without the need for internet access at all! See the unofficial release thread for more details. (Internet connection still required for installation)


This is a small paragraph of Yifan Lu himself explaining what the properties of this new homebrew enabler does:

HENkaku simply lets you install homebrew as bubbles in LiveArea. It is a native hack that disables the filesystem sandbox. It installs molecularShell, a fork of VitaShell that lets you access the memory card over FTP and install homebrew packages (which we create as VPK files). With vita-toolchain, developers have access to the same system features licensed developers have access to as well as undocumented features that licensed developers cannot use (including overclocking the processors).

The hack has been released at http://henkaku.me ~ Furthermore, the hack is said to be exclusive to 3.60, and there is to be no backports for the time being.

Source: http://yifan.lu/2016/07/28/henkaku-vita-homebrew-for-everyone/

 

[zoogie]

Has anyone tried to mount gro0: or grw0: in Filezilla with a gamecard inserted?
It would be nice to write to saves. Wishful thinking perhaps.

 

[Swiftloke]

Yes! If you complete yifan's "find the kernel exploit" challenge!

Maybe : )

Seriously? What would that entail? Doesn't HENkaku already run a kernel exploit?
Anyway, should I buy a Vita for this? Which one, the original or the slim, and where can I get it the cheapest? Will there potentially be a way to have a MicroSD card inside a game cart which we can use with this, as @the_miah mentioned? I don't want to buy an overpriced memory card.

 

[pikpol]

Has anyone tried to mount gro0: or grw0: in Filezilla with a gamecard inserted?
It would be nice to write to saves. Wishful thinking perhaps.

Sorry, it does work!
I can access the game files

grw0: doesn't work though, but I also don't know what the difference between gro0: and grw0: are.

 

[Romsstar]

Sorry, it does work!
I can access the game files

Yeah, encrypted= pointless.
There is no way (that I'm aware of) to dump vita game files decrypted on 3.60

 

[pikpol]

Can't we get Package installer as a bubble with HENkaku?

 

[Deleted member 333767]

This looks really sweet, but I'm going to stick with firmware 3.18 for now, gots to keep my TN-V and TN-X!

Call me when somebody achieves dat privilege-escalation so I can avoid paying for the terrible PS Vita software.

 

[yifan_lu]

Sorry, it does work!
I can access the game files

grw0: doesn't work though, but I also don't know what the difference between gro0: and grw0: are.

grw0 only exists on certain games. It's a writable portion where patches can be installed to.

 

[pikpol]

grw0 only exists on certain games. It's a writable portion where patches can be installed to.

That sounds nice^^

Is there actually a size limit for .vpk files?

 

[yifan_lu]

That sounds nice^^

Is there actually a size limit for .vpk files?

No, just limits of your memory card.

Can't we get Package installer as a bubble with HENkaku?

Sure with app.db mod but on 3.36+ (I think), Sony disabled the package installer.

 

[pikpol]

No, just limits of your memory card.

Sure with app.db mod but on 3.36+ (I think), Sony disabled the package installer.

Okay, but I had 400+ mb free space, but I got the error out of memory?

Mhh:/ that's unfortunate.

Anyways, thanks for the support and bringing this to our Vita's

 

[leon315]

well we need someone to make an FTP client tutorial about this new hack

 

[VitaType]

well we need someone make an FTP client tutorial about this new hack

You just mean a general FTP client using howto? (start the hack shell, press select that IP plus portnumber are the information for the FTP server)

 

[Columbo2811]

Can someone explain what happens if you get a psn ban? Will games legitimately downloaded to say a ps4, PS3 or vita still run with a psn ban. I know obviously online only games won't and online access for games won't work. Also can you make another account afterwards but you then obviously lose all games and stuff.

 

[leon315]

You just mean a general FTP client using howto? (start the hack shell, press select that IP plus portnumber are the information for the FTP server)

wow, it works thx a lot! man can u find me also the tutorial HOW TO use psp isos on psvita? i'm just too lazy look it for myself XD

 

[VitaType]

wow, it works thx a lot! man can u find me also the tutorial HOW TO use psp isos on psvita? i'm just too lazy look it for myself XD

Is these meant to be a kind of joke that I helped you in these case or is this a serious question?

 

[ayy lmao]

Has this already got released? Should I get it right now? I want to play psp and ps1 emulators on it.

 

[leon315]

Is these meant to be a kind of joke that I helped in these case you or is this a serious question?

well i'm very seriously asking u where can i find a tutorial on HOW TO USE PSP ISOS

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I have a question, According to my memory manager, the pstv has a Internal memory of 1 GB, But for some reason i can't seeem to use it. How do i access the internal storage? I want to use it to put the Homebrew on it.

 

[VitaType]

I have a question, According to my memory manager, the pstv has a Internal memory of 1 GB, But for some reason i can't seeem to use it. How do i access the internal storage? I want to use it to put the Homebrew on it.

The slim has this too but the moment you use a memory card with the slim the intern storage isn't available anymore.
Probably the same with the PSTV?

 

[Romsstar]

I have a question, According to my memory manager, the pstv has a Internal memory of 1 GB, But for some reason i can't seeem to use it. How do i access the internal storage? I want to use it to put the Homebrew on it.

Henkaku doesn't support the Internal Storage. You need a mem card.

well i'm very seriously asking u where can i find a tutorial on HOW TO USE PSP ISOS

Well very seriously: It's not possible.

IMPORTANT

AT THIS VERY MOMENT, HENKAKU DOESN'T SUPPORT PSP AND PSX EMULATION.
IT'S UNCERTAIN WHETHER IT WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE.

HOWEVER: YOU CAN INSTALL VHBL CUSTOM BUBBLES. IF YOU WANT TO INSTALL IT YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.
TUTORIAL: http://wololo.net/2016/07/29/tutorial-installing-vhbl-custom-bubble-via-henkaku-firmware-3-60/