Hi guys,
I borrowed a friends PS Vita and need a bit of help figuring out what's going on with it. He says it's "fully hacked", but it's been a few years so he can't remember any of the details of what he did to it etc. It's working away without issue and he reckons he used to just add games without much hassle, but can't remember how. I've looked through the tutorials for hacking a Vita but can't figure out how he went about it or how to leverage what he did. System information says it's running 3.61. Can't see any mention of HENkaku or MolecularShell/VitaShell or anything that might give me FTP access. I tried connecting it to my laptop but it looks like it needs drivers/ Sony software, and the open source stuff is failing to compile on my laptop at the moment. I have a Mac lying around that I want to try out today that should hopefully solve that, but I'm not sure what to expect when I do get it connected.
So I guess my questions are as follows:
1. How do I identify what CFW it's running?
2. Can I leave it on firmware 3.61 if it's successfully running the CFW? Will mainly be throwing a few emulators on it to try.
3. Is VitaShell installed/how do I find out it it's installed?
4. How do I connect to the bloody thing to get homebrew on it?
Apologies if these are basic questions. If I'd gone through the hacking myself they'd probably be obvious, but I'm starting in the deep end so getting a bit lost.
I borrowed a friends PS Vita and need a bit of help figuring out what's going on with it. He says it's "fully hacked", but it's been a few years so he can't remember any of the details of what he did to it etc. It's working away without issue and he reckons he used to just add games without much hassle, but can't remember how. I've looked through the tutorials for hacking a Vita but can't figure out how he went about it or how to leverage what he did. System information says it's running 3.61. Can't see any mention of HENkaku or MolecularShell/VitaShell or anything that might give me FTP access. I tried connecting it to my laptop but it looks like it needs drivers/ Sony software, and the open source stuff is failing to compile on my laptop at the moment. I have a Mac lying around that I want to try out today that should hopefully solve that, but I'm not sure what to expect when I do get it connected.
So I guess my questions are as follows:
1. How do I identify what CFW it's running?
2. Can I leave it on firmware 3.61 if it's successfully running the CFW? Will mainly be throwing a few emulators on it to try.
3. Is VitaShell installed/how do I find out it it's installed?
4. How do I connect to the bloody thing to get homebrew on it?
Apologies if these are basic questions. If I'd gone through the hacking myself they'd probably be obvious, but I'm starting in the deep end so getting a bit lost.