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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/

 

[TayTayTheKiller]

Now this is said to be a kernel exploit dose this open the possibility of psp/ps1 games like on older firmware eventually? I'm not interested in anything else other then that and homebrew.

 

[DPyro]

Can you explain how you got it to work?

./build.sh http://yoururl/stage2.php http://yoururl/pkg

 

[Madridi]

./build.sh http://yoururl/stage2.php http://yoururl/pkg

Yeah that didn't work for me, and for a few others.. I assume it's a hit and miss..

 

[DPyro]

Yeah that didn't work for me, and for a few others.. I assume it's a hit and miss..

Try a different host

 

[Madridi]

Try a different host

Any recommendations? (windows)

 

[DPyro]

I used ubuntu VM, you should also be able to use Bash on Ubuntu on Windows

 

[metroid maniac]

Now this is said to be a kernel exploit dose this open the possibility of psp/ps1 games like on older firmware eventually? I'm not interested in anything else other then that and homebrew.

You don't even need a Vita kernel exploit for that.

 

[yifan_lu]

For the PHP hosting, I assume that some php configurations work and some don't. Try curl -i http://path/to/stage2.php and see if you see any errors.

 

[Madridi]

For the PHP hosting, I assume that some php configurations work and some don't. Try curl -i http://path/to/stage2.php and see if you see any errors.

I tried it, and it started freaking out by beeping continously for about 20 seconds. In those 20 seconds, cmd was unresponsive (but the process was complete)

Here is a screenshot of the output

P.S: Building stage2.exe and running that for GO worked great. Thanks for the tip

 

[jen171995]

Vita FW 3.61 is out! If you want to keep HENkaku, do not update!

 

[memomo]

I'm new to the vita and I would like to know if it has Auto update feature in the standby/sleep mode .. and if it force me to update if a new update is detected or it just nagging me with each boot..

 

[Madridi]

I'm new to the vita and I would like to know if it has Auto update feature in the standby/sleep mode .. and if it force me to update if a new update is detected or it just nagging me with each boot..

In the settings there is a setting under systems I believe where you can untick the option to auto-download an update.

I don't believe there is anything else you should do on your end

 

[jen171995]

I'm new to the vita and I would like to know if it has Auto update feature in the standby/sleep mode .. and if it force me to update if a new update is detected or it just nagging me with each boot..

In settings, go to System, Auto-start Settings. Uncheck the box next to Download Update File for System Software (it's checked by default). It'll stop the system from downloading the update

 

[phant0mg33k]

I'm new to the vita and I would like to know if it has Auto update feature in the standby/sleep mode .. and if it force me to update if a new update is detected or it just nagging me with each boot..

Also if you get any other PS4 or vita's/vita Tv's the 3.55 PS4.pup is live and as well as the vita 3.60. you can grab the update for manual updates thru QCMA if need be. But hurry the window is getting smaller.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps-vita/

 

[Wario32]

Vita FW 3.61 is out! If you want to keep HENkaku, do not update!

Thanks for the heads up!
It must of just happened cause its not on the front page of wololo.net yet.

 

[jen171995]

Thanks for the heads up!
It must of just happened cause its not on the front page of wololo.net yet.

Sony hasn't even put it on their site yet lol

 

[chocoboss]

3.61 is out ... update blocker willl work for few days only this mean if there is no epsp exploit really soon we will probably never get access to TN / ARK

Probably just "stability" update

 

[memomo]

In the settings there is a setting under systems I believe where you can untick the option to auto-download an update.

I don't believe there is anything else you should do on your end

In settings, go to System, Auto-start Settings. Uncheck the box next to Download Update File for System Software (it's checked by default). It'll stop the system from downloading the update

So I can use FTP normally without beening worry about updating to 3.61 ??

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3.61 is out ... update blocker willl work for few days only this mean if there is no epsp exploit really soon we will probably never get access to TN / ARK

Probably just "stability" update

Why???

 

[jen171995]

So I can use FTP normally without beening worry about updating to 3.61 ??

Yes, my FTP still works fine on 3.60

 

[Madridi]

So I can use FTP normally without beening worry about updating to 3.61 ??

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Why???

Yes you can use FTP just fine. There are no nags like nintendo systems.

As for update blocker, I can't confirm as I haven't tried it myself, but I heard that if you use that, you can continue using PSN for a few days to a week before sony blocks it with each firmware update.. But other than that, it's not needed