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Earlier today, Yifan Lu, a well-known member of the Vita hacking scene famous for the Rejuvenate hack for the Dev Assistants, has announced that a new (native!) Vita homebrew enabler for the latest firmware version, as of writing (3.60), will be arriving tomorrow at "9:00AM UTC".

The new hack, known as "HENKaku", will require the following:

• A Vita/PSTV running 3.60
• A memcard with at least 10MB of free space (internal memory is currently not supported!)
• An FTP client
• An internet connection**

**Offline support is now available! Launch the exploit straight from the email app without the need for internet access at all! See the unofficial release thread for more details. (Internet connection still required for installation)


This is a small paragraph of Yifan Lu himself explaining what the properties of this new homebrew enabler does:

HENkaku simply lets you install homebrew as bubbles in LiveArea. It is a native hack that disables the filesystem sandbox. It installs molecularShell, a fork of VitaShell that lets you access the memory card over FTP and install homebrew packages (which we create as VPK files). With vita-toolchain, developers have access to the same system features licensed developers have access to as well as undocumented features that licensed developers cannot use (including overclocking the processors).

The hack has been released at http://henkaku.me ~ Furthermore, the hack is said to be exclusive to 3.60, and there is to be no backports for the time being.

Source: http://yifan.lu/2016/07/28/henkaku-vita-homebrew-for-everyone/

 

[sj33]

Kirby's Dream Land 3 is a known problem game on other formats too. Unplayable on a New 3DS using CATSFC too, only really playable using pocketSnes. It seems to be a demanding game.

 

[VitaType]

https://henkaku.xyz/showcase/ added the game Flood It!

And a Snake game was release here: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=46171
And a Conway's Game of Life: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=46172
The Vita TV Whitelister app was updated here: http://haxxey.com/vpkmirror/

moded molecularShell here: https://twitter.com/smoke587/status/759225151460442112
Intressting post regarding the playlog: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?p=406530#p406530
Another VERY interesting post regarding the playlog: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vb580/potentially_safer_way_to_do_things/

Even eurogame informs about the hack now: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2016-playstation-vita-hacked

Kirby's Dream Land 3 is a known problem game on other formats too. Unplayable on a New 3DS using CATSFC too, only really playable using pocketSnes. It seems to be a demanding game.

I didn't knowed that.

 

[Duo8]

Catsfc vpk wouldn't start for me.

 

[Deleted User]

Catsfc vpk wouldn't start for me.

Wait, you managed to compile Catsfc?

 

[naughtyotsel]

cant they just install vhbl or tnv like this through the internet for the psvita?

 

[VitaType]

Another VERY interesting post regarding the playlog: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/4vb580/potentially_safer_way_to_do_things/

Excuse me please for quoting myself but I thing this is very intressting (and maybe important in the future).

 

[sj33]

moded molecularShell here: https://twitter.com/smoke587/status/759225151460442112

This is interesting. Gives us access to more partitions usually not shown by moleculeShell.

 

[Deleted User]

This is interesting. Gives us access to more partitions usually not shown by moleculeShell.

You can also access "hidden" partitions via an FTP client by typing in the partition path in the directory path box. But since there is this new version, it's not really a method needed anymore.

 

[Deleted-355425]

Excuse me please for quoting myself but I thing this is very intressting (and maybe important in the future).

Just sign out of PSN

 

[sj33]

Also, anybody have issues getting homebrew to working VHBL should try the versions on this page. I didn't realise there was a difference - I guess file paths are altered to writable paths, etc.

http://hackinformer.com/2015/01/28/psvita-easy-to-install-emultors-homebrew-for-vhbl/

Remember that you don't need to follow the instructions on this page. Just extract the emulator contained within INSTALL.ZIP straight to /PSP/VHBL/

 

[VitaType]

Just sign out of PSN

You're right, thats possible. But just for the case you forget this from time to time (better to be on the secure side as beeing banned).

 

[Lord M]

Yes yes, those hackers always said that they are against piracy, but i'm sure that in this moment he is playing with psvita isos with a method that he never make it public (this is the hackers morality) u.u

 

[vegasx]

Sorry. Late to the party.

Would this hack enable us to have more than 1 account in our PS VITA?

Or, as example, download some Paid/PLUS games from American Account and play in a different account, European.
Would that work?

 

[Duo8]

Wait, you managed to compile Catsfc?

I just convert the eboot.
I doubt compiling it would make much of a difference.

 

[djricekcn]

anyone know wher ei can get firmware 3.6 for Japanese Vita and Vita TV for future use? i can't seem to find the download link on jp sony website.

 

[invaderyoyo]

I have a couple of questions.

1) I was led to believe that while Minis can be used for bubbles, they aren't recommended due to a 1MB file size limit. Is this true? It's tempting to buy a Mini because they are so small and cheap, but want to check there is no downside compared with using my existing World of Pool-based bubble.

2) Should we download a couple of extra games while we still can just in case we need to make more bubbles in the future? Or can we duplicate our existing bubbles?

What do you mean by a 1MB file size limit? Honestly, the only thing I've been using is on it is gpsp.

 

[Deleted-355425]

anyone know wher ei can get firmware 3.6 for Japanese Vita and Vita TV for future use? i can't seem to find the download link on jp sony website.

I just used this one on my Jap vitaTV and it upgraded to 3.60 fine via usb: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps-vita/

 

[djricekcn]

I just used this one on my Jap vitaTV and it upgraded to 3.60 fine via usb: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps-vita/

so the US Firmware doesn't break / take out something only on JP Firmware? OK, nice to hear. thanks!

 

[metroid maniac]

Sorry. Late to the party.

Would this hack enable us to have more than 1 account in our PS VITA?

Or, as example, download some Paid/PLUS games from American Account and play in a different account, European.
Would that work?

I'm not sure if that particularly is possible, but you can swap accounts offline and without formatting your memory card.

 

[memomo]

Is there any free psp demo in the Playstation store I can download as base game for VHBL ???