Hacking Any advantage to staying on 3.18 vs upgrading to 3.60?

[Deleted member 42501]

Haven't checked in on the Vita scent for a while, whats the difference between upgrading to 3.60 now with the new exploit vs the older 3.18 version?

 

[thealgorithm]

3.60 Allows you to run native PS Vita homebrew as well as game "backups" as well as PSP homebrew via VHBL. (No ISO's for PSP mode). If PSP is more important to you, then stay on 3.18. Otherwise strongly recommended to update to 3.60

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

3.60 still doesn't have a kernel exploit for PSPemu, so no PSP/PS1 ISOs, but you get native Vita homebrew and Vita "backups".

So basically your choice is between PSP/PS1 "backups" and Vita "backups" (since VHBL homebrew works on Henkaku).

 

[mechagouki]

I'd say go 3.60. The only thing you'll currently lose is PSP/PSX iso compatibility, and IMHO PSP games look terrible scaled to the Vita display.

I'm pretty sure someone will unlock PSP/PSX functionality soon, or at the very least a good PSX emulator will get ported. 3.60 HENkaku provides you with all kinds of neat stuff, lot's of emulators running really well (CATSFC plays almost everything full speed on Vita), the ability to backup and play backups, cheat plugins, overclocking and more. The release of HENkaku has created a surge of interest from homebrew devs that will doubtless lead to more great stuff in the coming months.

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Thanks folks, do I need any exploited games etc.. to install Henkaku?

 

[thealgorithm]

Thankfully you dont need any games in order to run the exploit. You need to ensure you are on 3.60. (If not, you can manually update to 3.60 from a lower firmware version) but be careful.
Its merely a case of going into your browser and going to henkaku.xyz then from there, it will install the relevant filemanagers and you can start installing VPK's (packaged files) via FTP.

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Wowsers, that is a lot easier than the hoopa of days gone.

 

[mechagouki]

Wowsers, that is a lot easier than the hoopa of days gone.

Just make sure you carefully follow the instructions for manually upgrading to a target firmware if you haven't done this before. It would suck to end up on 3.61 by accident.

Instructions here if you need them: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=23013

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Just make sure you carefully follow the instructions for manually upgrading to a target firmware if you haven't done this before. It would suck to end up on 3.61 by accident.

Instructions here if you need them: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?t=23013

Superb, thank you.

 

[ChazzyChazX]

well, I been playing some vita "backups" now, if you know what I'm saying ~

 

[Deleted member 42501]

well, I been playing some vita "backups" now, if you know what I'm saying ~