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Exactly a year ago on the 18.2.17 I found an user entry point.
Two weeks ago when my university holidays began, I had time for the vita again and told myself to finally hack 3.67.
Just a day after, I found a kernel vulnerability.

— Andy Nguyen (@theflow0) February 18, 2018

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For those unaware, approximately a year and a half ago, developer yifan lu released the most widespread Vita hack, called Henkaku, for firmware 3.60. Sony, of course, quickly updated their firmware and fixed part of the initial exploit. In that time, we've had multiple releases from various developers, spanning from simple Retroarch ports by the libretro team, to OpenGL accelerated homebrew by Rinnegatamante, to NoNpDRM and Adrenaline by TheFlow.

And now, TheFlow has announced that he's successfully found a full chain exploit for 3.67 on the Vita! Of course, there's a catch; it won't be released any time soon. With university beginning once again for TheFlow, he simply won't have enough time to fully finish the exploit so it's user-ready for all. In the meantime, TheFlow has announced he may be able to port Henkaku Enso to 3.65, available only for users already on 3.60 and Henkaku.

This is tremendous news for the Vita scene, one of the biggest wants from the community since Henkaku released and Sony updated the firmware with new keys has been the ability to play 3.61+ games, and now it appears it may come quicker than the years most thought! While we may have to wait a year or more for the release, it's still great to hear there's hope for the future.

 

[Bonestorm]

lol to all the people saying it would take 10 years of brute forcing

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Favourites:
1.Switch
2.PSVita
3.PS4
4.N3DS

please tell me your talking about just this gen

 

[dimmidice]

Shame there's no release coming but hey it's promising. I got a buddy who's regretted modding their vita cause they wanted to play higher FW games so that'd be very nice for him.

 

[linuxares]

My body is ready!

 

[KanterZ]

Oh man am I following this

 

[Deleted User]

because theflow said he tries to Port Henkaku to 3.65 and works after university on 3.67

not quite right.


"[3/3] The only thing I can do sooner is to port enso to 3.65 that you will be able to install from 3.60 (if and only if I have got time). The thing is university starts tomorrow again, so I will NOT have alot of time for the scene. Don't push me. See ya"

that means he ports it to 3.65 BUT(!) you cant install it on 3.65! you need 3.60 to install it to be used on 3.65.
so let him update to 3.67 probably... because 3.65 does not work out for him anyway as you need 3.60 to install the port of enso 3.65 ^^
quite tricky... ^^

 

[GunzOfNavarone]

I have a Vita and a 3DS and although the 3DS's game library is superior, I love playing the Vita. The OLED screen is gorgeous and while there may not be the extensive titles the 3DS has, it also now has emulator support which lets you play tons of the old games through the OLED - there really is no better way to play them if you love visual fidelity.

 

[gnmmarechal]

I have a Vita and a 3DS and although the 3DS's game library is superior, I love playing the Vita. The OLED screen is gorgeous and while there may not be the extensive titles the 3DS has, it also now has emulator support which lets you play tons of the old games through the OLED - there really is no better way to play them if you love visual fidelity.

And I mean, it's also essentially a PSP, and the PSP had a fuckload of homebrew and great games.

 

[Zerousen]

This is great, so many games I'd like to play on 3.61+, though the switch will be cracked wide open before any more progress is made lol.

 

[Naster]

This announce forced me to buy psv today.

 

[darksweet]

what are the games that's on vita 3.61+ that is worth playing?

 

[Tony_93]

Rest in Pepperoni dude, if your family share same account for ps4/ps3, all ur digital contents are screwed too

He had the same account in his PS4 with his PS Plus and a few digital games.

I actually warned him against playing online since Henkaku and spoofing became a thing, but him being 15 years old of course didn't listen.

Anyways he is too entertained with his Switch, Mario Odyssey and Mario Kart these days.

 

[netovsk]

What?

Persona 4 Golden
Tearaway
Hotline Miami
Rogue Legacy
Steins;gate
Danganropa series
Zero Escape series
Gravity Rush
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Trails series
Atelier series
Tales series
Freedom Wars
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
Muramasa
Countless VNs and JRPGs

Thats just, you know, his opinion.

 

[Smoker1]

Already got a couple Updates grabbed from another place, ready for when the 3.65 Enso comes in.

 

[Deleted User]

i hope my plugins and homebrew dont break since nonpdrm and vitashell had to be ported

 

[GunzOfNavarone]

And I mean, it's also essentially a PSP, and the PSP had a fuckload of homebrew and great games.

Too true. Also 'fuckload' is a very underappreciated word. I've queued it in my vocabulary for use sometime this week.

 

[NeoSlyde]

Do you think we will ever get ark-2 for 3.65?

 

[Xandrid]

Do you think we will ever get ark-2 for 3.65?

I mean Adrenaline is better so I don't see much use in getting Ark for later firmwares

 

[Burrito707]

​

For those unaware, approximately a year and a half ago, developer yifan lu released the most widespread Vita hack, called Henkaku, for firmware 3.60. Sony, of course, quickly updated their firmware and fixed part of the initial exploit. In that time, we've had multiple releases from various developers, spanning from simple Retroarch ports by the libretro team, to OpenGL accelerated homebrew by Rinnegatamante, to NoNpDRM and Adrenaline by TheFlow.

And now, TheFlow has announced that he's successfully found a full chain exploit for 3.67 on the Vita! Of course, there's a catch; it won't be released any time soon. With university beginning once again for TheFlow, he simply won't have enough time to fully finish the exploit so it's user-ready for all. In the meantime, TheFlow has announced he may be able to port Henkaku Enso to 3.65, available only for users already on 3.60 and Henkaku.

This is tremendous news for the Vita scene, one of the biggest wants from the community since Henkaku released and Sony updated the firmware with new keys has been the ability to play 3.61+ games, and now it appears it may come quicker than the years most thought! While we may have to wait a year or more for the release, it's still great to hear there's hope for the future.

You sir are a God amongst men............

 

[DJPlace]

not bad i just want emulators and PSP Games and PS one games on my vita....

 

[RedBlueGreen]

What?

Persona 4 Golden
Tearaway
Hotline Miami
Rogue Legacy
Steins;gate
Danganropa series
Zero Escape series
Gravity Rush
Ys: Memories of Celceta
Trails series
Atelier series
Tales series
Freedom Wars
Odin Sphere Leifthrasir
Muramasa
Countless VNs and JRPGs

The same can be said about the switch and look how everyone is defending it.

The vita has several exclusive titles, if said titles aren't for you is another matter.

I think most of the people who say the Vita has no games either don't have one or haven't used it in years. Yeah, there are a lot of JRPGs (there are also monster hunter style action RPGs) and visual novels, but that's different from not having any games. If those aren't for you then whatever but it's still a number of games, and plenty of them are solid too. Those aren't the only things on it either, they just get the most attention.