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To clear all doubts around here:
The whitelist patch is applied in 2 ways:
Either by replacing the file "list_launch_vita.dat" with an "empty" one, thus clearing the list, or;
Modifying the app.db file to have the SQL triggers needed so that when you install a new game/application, it gets automatically patched to run on the PSTV and ignore the database block (this applies mostly to most recent games).
Both of these methods are not affected by memory card formats or swaps. Because these 2 files, the DAT and the DB file, are stored in the internal NAND memory of the PSTV/Vita.
So, the only way to lose the whitelist patch, is by either:
- A full system restore/format or;
- the app.db gets corrupted and re-creates itself (this happened to me once).
If this last one happens, you lose the triggers, and if you update the Firmware and lose the email exploit, you won't have access to the app.db again to patch the triggers, hence, you lose the whitelist DB method patch.
As far it goes to the DAT method, I think the only way to lose that one, is by a system restore/format. But then again, most newer games have the check in the DB, so this is a deprecated method...
AND REMEMBER: you cannot backup Firmware in the PSTV or Vita. You cannot downgrade! Once you go up, and lose some of the hacking capabilities, you can't go down and get back what you had!
@masaki88 : I also suffer from that. AFAIK, I think it's related to either the PSTV not being activated, or because you are not logged in the PSN account and the games just download the update, but don't apply it. But this is only speculation...
The whitelist patch is applied in 2 ways:
Either by replacing the file "list_launch_vita.dat" with an "empty" one, thus clearing the list, or;
Modifying the app.db file to have the SQL triggers needed so that when you install a new game/application, it gets automatically patched to run on the PSTV and ignore the database block (this applies mostly to most recent games).
Both of these methods are not affected by memory card formats or swaps. Because these 2 files, the DAT and the DB file, are stored in the internal NAND memory of the PSTV/Vita.
So, the only way to lose the whitelist patch, is by either:
- A full system restore/format or;
- the app.db gets corrupted and re-creates itself (this happened to me once).
If this last one happens, you lose the triggers, and if you update the Firmware and lose the email exploit, you won't have access to the app.db again to patch the triggers, hence, you lose the whitelist DB method patch.
As far it goes to the DAT method, I think the only way to lose that one, is by a system restore/format. But then again, most newer games have the check in the DB, so this is a deprecated method...
AND REMEMBER: you cannot backup Firmware in the PSTV or Vita. You cannot downgrade! Once you go up, and lose some of the hacking capabilities, you can't go down and get back what you had!
@masaki88 : I also suffer from that. AFAIK, I think it's related to either the PSTV not being activated, or because you are not logged in the PSN account and the games just download the update, but don't apply it. But this is only speculation...
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