Hacking I'm stuck downgrading FW :(

Alex79uk · May 13, 2019

Hey all, I was really excited to see the 3.70 hack finally released and sat down to apply it today. It's all gone ok so far, I've hacked 3.70 and installed VitaShell. I am, however, now stuck during the downgrading process. I want to go down to 3.60, and am following the guide found here: https://vita.hacks.guide/downgrading-firmware-(3.60)

Where I'm having issues, is after installed Modoru, the guide says I need to copy the 3.60 FW to an 'app' folder. After installing (or indeed before doing so) there is no app folder visible to me. Neither on the console itself, nor browsing via my Windows FTP application.

Any ideas?

I can't seem to get past this stage and it's killing me! The only folders I have available in VitaShell ux0: are calendar, data, mms, ptmp and VitaShell.

Have I gone wrong somewhere? I can't work out where I need to copy this FW to. I read a little ahead in the guide also, and the next stage involves lauching h-encore whilst holding R. I don't have h-encore either? I've followed this guide from the start with an unhacked 3.70 machine, and at no point have they covered installing h-encore or anything like that.

I'm stuck

Can anyone help? Huge thanks in advance.

Alex79uk · May 13, 2019

Huh, OK, so my issue was not enabling the installation of unsafe homebrew in Henkaku settings.

However, now the next step is wrong. It says launch h-encore whilst holding R, but h-encore is not on my console. The guide isn't perfect, it seems to be missing information. I've followed it word for word from the start and it's never mentioned h-encore till now

Dave_Chad · May 13, 2019

Trinity instead of H Encore.

CTR640 · May 13, 2019

The update 3.60 has to be put in 'app/modoru' folder AFTER Modoru is installed. And because you have opened Vitashell, Modoru requires you to reboot the device, open Trinity and then you can downgrade. The battery has to be atleast 50%.

Alex79uk · May 14, 2019

Got it sorted, thank you! The guide was misleading but managed to work it out. Now fully hacked, woohoo!!

Now to find some emulators.

CTR640 · May 14, 2019

Who wrote the guide?? It is indeed misleading and the vpk files doesn't have to be in 'data' folder. You can just copy vpk files directly to the root of your memory card if connected to PC using USB cable. And the PSP2UPDATE.PUP in 'data' folder too?? Wut?? You have to copy the update in app/modoru folder after modoru is installed. And then reboot.

dubsmachine · May 14, 2019

I also used that guide from 3.68 to 3.65 and had some issues with information.
I used a couple of guides in the end but still had to muddle some parts myself due to SD2Vita.

It was the same with Vitahacks site when I setup everything on 3.68 and had to x check some other guides.

It seems no guide covers all areas with Vita but when I hacked my 3ds using 3dshacks which is linked to Vitahacks it was perfect.

Guess it's due to so many firmwares and different hardware names it difficult.

CTR640 · May 14, 2019

dubsmachine said:
I also used that guide from 3.68 to 3.65 and had some issues with information.
I used a couple of guides in the end but still had to muddle some parts myself due to SD2Vita.

It was the same with Vitahacks site when I setup everything on 3.68 and had to x check some other guides.

It seems no guide covers all areas with Vita but when I hacked my 3ds using 3dshacks which is linked to Vitahacks it was perfect.

Guess it's due to so many firmwares and different hardware names it difficult.

Hardly believe it's because of so many hardwares and firmwares and I'm talking about PSVita. Nintendo devices on the hand, yes, they have so many firmwares.
But I would go find video guides instead of pulling my hairs out because of misleading written guides.

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