Hardware PS Vita permanently bricked?

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Greetings,

A couple of weeks ago, I bought my 1st PS Vita, I know that I'm still a huge NOOB in regards to PS Vita hacks, anyway, I managed to successfully hack my ps vita, I could downgrade it from 3.73 to 3.65 with no problems and installed Henkaku Enso and everything was working perfectly but I made a huge mistake using this tool: "Molecule's boot logo disabler for enso" from SKGleba, I used the 3.60 bootloader on 3.65 and now my Vita seems to be permanently bricked, it won't turn on at all, it still charges because if I connect the charger you can see the orange light and then turns off when the charge is complete, but the Vita is dead... I was so STUPID, I should left it as it was, everything was OK.
Does anyone know if there's any last solution in order to unbrick it? If not, I'm gonna have to find a motherboard replacement on Ebay, don't know if those mobos are reliable or if it would be better to try to find a used PS Vita "for parts" with a working and genuine motherboard?
Man, I had to learn the hard way, to not mess with some core files on my PS Vita...
Thanks in advance for any help.
 

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Did you try to enter recovery mode? Hold R+Power for at least 5 seconds. If that's not working then it's really bricked and you need a replacement board.
 
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can't boot into safe mode either? I've seen other people brick by doing the same thing.
Hi, I've tried several times to boot into safe mode but it didn't turn on at all.

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Did you try to enter recovery mode? Hold R+Power for at least 5 seconds. If that's not working then it's really bricked and you need a replacement board.
Yes man, I've tried this even for a minute... lol, but I didn't work, yes, I'm gonna have to buy a new motherboard...
Thanks!
 
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Greetings,

A couple of weeks ago, I bought my 1st PS Vita, I know that I'm still a huge NOOB in regards to PS Vita hacks, anyway, I managed to successfully hack my ps vita, I could downgrade it from 3.73 to 3.65 with no problems and installed Henkaku Enso and everything was working perfectly but I made a huge mistake using this tool: "Molecule's boot logo disabler for enso" from SKGleba, I used the 3.60 bootloader on 3.65 and now my Vita seems to be permanently bricked, it won't turn on at all, it still charges because if I connect the charger you can see the orange light and then turns off when the charge is complete, but the Vita is dead... I was so STUPID, I should left it as it was, everything was OK.
Does anyone know if there's any last solution in order to unbrick it? If not, I'm gonna have to find a motherboard replacement on Ebay, don't know if those mobos are reliable or if it would be better to try to find a used PS Vita "for parts" with a working and genuine motherboard?
Man, I had to learn the hard way, to not mess with some core files on my PS Vita...
Thanks in advance for any help.

My advice is to discharge your Battery. And try it again. Thats the last option in my mind

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Greetings,

A couple of weeks ago, I bought my 1st PS Vita, I know that I'm still a huge NOOB in regards to PS Vita hacks, anyway, I managed to successfully hack my ps vita, I could downgrade it from 3.73 to 3.65 with no problems and installed Henkaku Enso and everything was working perfectly but I made a huge mistake using this tool: "Molecule's boot logo disabler for enso" from SKGleba, I used the 3.60 bootloader on 3.65 and now my Vita seems to be permanently bricked, it won't turn on at all, it still charges because if I connect the charger you can see the orange light and then turns off when the charge is complete, but the Vita is dead... I was so STUPID, I should left it as it was, everything was OK.
Does anyone know if there's any last solution in order to unbrick it? If not, I'm gonna have to find a motherboard replacement on Ebay, don't know if those mobos are reliable or if it would be better to try to find a used PS Vita "for parts" with a working and genuine motherboard?
Man, I had to learn the hard way, to not mess with some core files on my PS Vita...
Thanks in advance for any help.

Maybe it helps to discharge you battery and try recovery again
 
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My advice is to discharge your Battery. And try it again. That's the last option in my mind
Thanks tomberyx, I'll try this, in fact, I haven't touched or tried to turn on my PS Vita since December, when this error happened to me, I think that by now the battery should be fully discharged.
If I have success restoring my Vita, I'll let you know.

Thanks for your help!
 

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Thanks tomberyx, I'll try this, in fact, I haven't touched or tried to turn on my PS Vita since December, when this error happened to me, I think that by now the battery should be fully discharged.
If I have success restoring my Vita, I'll let you know.

Thanks for your help!

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