Hacking So, going to buy a vita. Few questions.

[kristianity77]

So am looking to buy a vita that is low enough on firmware to enable me to hack it.

Basically I'm looking to find out a few things before I commit. I have no intention of playing online with it so that doesn't bother me. But can I add my psn account and sync up any trophies I may earn using a hacked vita? Or is this completely off the table?

Secondly, I'm assuming we can play pretty much any psx game, and also any psp game on the system also?

 

[MUDD_BR]

Morning!

1) So am looking to buy a vita that is low enough on firmware to enable me to hack it.
- The golden firmware is 3.60 so try to find one on this, but next month it´ll be released a new to support latest firmwares, so did a little search to answer more detailed;

2) Basically I'm looking to find out a few things before I commit. I have no intention of playing online with it so that doesn't bother me. But can I add my psn account and sync up any trophies I may earn using a hacked vita? Or is this completely off the table?
- I don´t know in the moment, as the spoof may or not work, again, the answer lies in this forum;

3) Secondly, I'm assuming we can play pretty much any psx game, and also any psp game on the system also?
- That´s right, via Adrenaline or retroarch you can play all your old library.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

At this point, any Vita you buy is going to be hackable with TheFlows latest exploit releasing on the first of July, so it doesn't matter what Vita you buy anymore.

That said, I would try to find something on 3.65, since that's the last firmware that will support Enso, which is a coldboot hack, whereas 3.67 and 3.68 won't.

Regarding your questions, yes, you can add your PSN account and sync trophies. At the moment, firmware 3.65 is the minimum you can use to access PSN, so that should be your target minimum.

And yes, virtually all PS1/PSP games are playable with Adrenaline (which is a PSP eCFW).

 

[8BitWonder]

You are able to sign I and sync trophies, though it isn't advised to do so for titles you haven't purchased. A while back it sounded as though syncing trophies from illegitimate games would lead to a ban.

As for the firmware to aim for, anything under 3.65 will net you persistency, as Henkaku and Enso support up to 3.65. (You will not need to launch the hack every reboot)

Though if you get 3.67 or higher it's not the end of the world either, as the upcoming Henkaku release from the TheFlow supports that and 3.68. Though for the foreseeable future there will not be a persistent soultion like Enso for these firmwares. (You will need to launch the hack upon every reboot)

 

[kristianity77]

You are able to sign I and sync trophies, though it isn't advised to do so for titles you haven't purchased. A while back it sounded as though syncing trophies from illegitimate games would lead to a ban.

As for the firmware to aim for, anything under 3.65 will net you persistency, as Henkaku and Enso support up to 3.65. (You will not need to launch the hack every reboot)

Though if you get 3.67 or higher it's not the end of the world either, as the upcoming Henkaku release from the TheFlow supports that and 3.68. Though for the foreseeable future there will not be a persistent soultion like Enso for these firmwares. (You will need to launch the hack upon every reboot)

When you say purchased do you mean digital only games that I haven't purchased? I assume games that are available physically are ok?

 

[8BitWonder]

When you say purchased do you mean digital only games that I haven't purchased? I assume games that are available physically are ok?

Some people have indicated that syncing illegitimate games that are available both physically and digitally is fine, and that digital only is being risky.
If it were me I'd avoid syncing altogether, but if you want to be on the safe-side: Only sync your owned titles, and if you're going to sync illegitimate titles make sure they're not digital only.

 

[Condarkness_XY]

For enso to work though, (someone correct me if I'm not right), you can't be on stock 3.65 firmware. If its just normal firmware you won't be able to to the hack. You have to update from 3.60 to enso 3.65. I'm not sure if you can do that with any other firmware like 3.61+ to enso 3.65.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

For enso to work though, (someone correct me if I'm not right), you can't be on stock 3.65 firmware. If its just normal firmware you won't be able to to the hack. You have to update from 3.60 to enso 3.65. I'm not sure if you can do that with any other firmware like 3.61+ to enso 3.65.

You're wrong. The Flow has an exploit for 3.65-3.68 that will allow the installation of Henkaku releasing in July on the first.

3.65 will still support Enso, because the exploit is still available there, but 3.67+ cannot.

 

[Condarkness_XY]

You're wrong. The Flow has an exploit for 3.65-3.68 that will allow the installation of Henkaku releasing in July on the first.

3.65 will still support Enso, because the exploit is still available there, but 3.67+ cannot.

Maybe I didn't explain my statement well. I was not talking about TheFlow's exploit. I was talking about the installation of 3.65 enso. Now I might still be wrong here, but don't you have to be on 3.60 henkaku to update to the 3.65 enso firmware? If you're on stock 3.65, can you or can you not perform the the enso hack? Noting of course that some of this changes with the TheFlow's exploit.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Maybe I didn't explain my statement well. I was not talking about TheFlow's exploit. I was talking about the installation of 3.65 enso. Now I might still be wrong here, but don't you have to be on 3.60 henkaku to update to the 3.65 enso firmware? If you're on stock 3.65, can you or can you not perform the the enso hack? Noting of course that some of this changes with the TheFlow's exploit.

Originally, yes, you had to be on 3.60 to install 3.65 Enso.

But with the new exploit releasing in less than 2 weeks, you can be on stock 3.65 and install Henkaku Enso without issue, so it doesn't matter that you used to have to be on 3.60 anymore, it's old advice and old information.