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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/

 

[V0ltr0n]

On moleculshell, press select, and enter ip and port of ps vita.

I use filezilla

I got that part, but the client i used wanted a host name, password etc and idk what to do. Does filezilla require all that bs? If not, i guess ill get that and do ftp via pc. Thanks for the reply btw.

 

[driverdis]

Successfully Installed Molecule and VHBL bubbles and Custom Themes on 3.60 Vita and 3.60 PS TV.
Now its time to play the waiting game for more progress to be made.

I did this also, and I added the package manager via adding it to the database just for the fun of it (although it does not launch as 3.20 or below is needed for that)

 

[Swiftloke]

Should I buy a Vita for this? Which one, the original or the slim, and where can I get it the cheapest?

Never got an answer on this

 

[Deleted User]

Never got an answer on this

The slim is better in almost every inconceivable way, except for the screen (the original has an OLED screen which some prefer to the LED of the slim). It has better battery life and it's much thinner and lighter.

As to where you can find it the cheapest, there's not really a particular place. Just shop around, or check eBay/Craigslist for cheaper used vitas.

 

[Jay Clay]

The slim is better in almost every inconceivable way, except for the screen (the original has an OLED screen which some prefer to the LED of the slim). It has better battery life and it's much thinner and lighter.

As to where you can find it the cheapest, there's not really a particular place. Just shop around, or check eBay/Craigslist for cheaper used vitas.

really, you get the slim version or the old one and there is no real improvement about the slim one, I mean, there is no hardware improvement like more ram or cpu boost speed, you get the slimmer design but you lost the OLED screen which non in their healthy mind will prefer LCD over OLED.

 

[VitaType]

I got that part, but the client i used wanted a host name, password etc and idk what to do. Does filezilla require all that bs? If not, i guess ill get that and do ftp via pc. Thanks for the reply btw.

Try anonymous as password and username

I did this also, and I added the package manager via adding it to the database just for the fun of it (although it does not launch as 3.20 or below is needed for that)

I don't think it makes sense to buy it only for homebrew.
But there are a couple off good games (and a lot of rather strange japanese stuff. As in really wired *looking to criminal girls*).

You could look here: http://gbatemp.net/threads/new-essentials-ps-vita-games.435410/

 

[ishygdaft]

Never got an answer on this

I don't know about buying a vita for this but.. get the "fat" model because they have MUCH MUCH MUCH better screens. If you're gonna buy one I'd recommend second hand at a shop or taking an ebay trip. I've seen them as low as 100 dollars... lower then the psp go.

 

[Swiftloke]

really, you get the slim version or the old one and there is no real improvement about the slim one, I mean, there is no hardware improvement like more ram or cpu boost speed, you get the slimmer design but you lost the OLED screen which non in their healthy mind will prefer LCD over OLED.

I assume OLED is better, I've never seen one xD

 

[ishygdaft]

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[ishygdaft]

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[ishygdaft]

wah I am so sorry for the posts, server lag..

 

[ishygdaft]

I assume OLED is better, I've never seen one xD

I can say with confidence it's probably the nicest looking screen I've ever seen on a portable. It just has the crappy proprietary charging port. The memory cards are expensive so be ready for that~

 

[Swiftloke]

I can say with confidence it's probably the nicest looking screen I've ever seen on a portable. It just has the crappy proprietary charging port. The memory cards are expensive so be ready for that~

Yeah, Sony can go screw themselves on that (memory card) front. I'm going to call them and complain about it if I buy one. Might get a discount, but at least I'll be able to rant to someone

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Never got an answer on this

To be honest if you want cheap systems, buy theme early, once everyone find out about exploits, they will try to start selling them at higher prices knowing someone wants them and forcing them to pay more than the market sales price which is bad. You remember what happened with freaky hax don't you? Don't buy stuff for sole purpose of exploits, i bought 3ds and ocarina of time cause i liked it and wanted to play it ealier than before any exploits were made. So i got lucky.

Just buy games you want or like best. chances are popular games may be potential for exploits and you will already have the tool needed and not need to worry about overpriced buying.

 

[ishygdaft]

I hope this exploit gets backported, I'm on 3.18 and I do not want to lose my ps1 loader or psp exploit game.

Edit : They freed up more ram in later updates, I suddenly realize that it probably won't happen.. haha.

 

[sj33]

Never got an answer on this

1) You can buy a Vita if you want. May as well get one now while it's still easy to update to 3.60.
2) Doesn't really matter which version you get. The original version has a superior OLED screen. The smaller one is lighter and has 1GB internal memory (though this is not recognised by Henkaku so you'll still need a memory card, which I think disables the internal storage anyway).

Too add, one thing better about the PSP2k besides being lighter is that they can also be charged / data transfer by a mini-usb in exchange of OLED

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I'm using The Impossible Game for VHBL and It's only 10 MB.

This really works? I thought Minis didn't work?

 

[OneUp]

I'm not sure if it's considered a mini, but I'm re-using Talkman Travel Tokyo as my VHBL. (20MB)

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Is there a PSP Whitelist for pstv, I can't play Castlevania dracula x on it.

 

[Disco]

I have both Slim and OLED vitas, and the OLED is by far better one!
Slim looks like some cheap knockoff
And the screen quality is incomparable, OLED is much much vibrant and better looking.
Battery is better on slim, but only last abou na 1h more.

 

[thaikhoa]

I have both Slim and OLED vitas, and the OLED is by far better one!
Slim looks like some cheap knockoff
And the screen quality is incomparable, OLED is much much vibrant and better looking.
Battery is better on slim, but only last abou na 1h more.

This is the art of OLED on Vita, black spot issue when playing in the dark.