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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/

 

[xy2_]

Ok, I have no clue about Vita, but is it worth buying now?
I mean...haxx ...em...khm khm games....DOES IT RUN WAREZ?!

lol

 

[jimmyleen]

I sad its revolution time well this is a biiig step to get all goodys for vita to work on and hoping they will start hacking for vita games soon

All we need to do is convert the blackfin extension (.PSV) to a format the vita can understand.

 

[Deleted User]

if only this would allow me to use other storage devices for my vita :/

 

[Deleted member 370671]

Ok, I have no clue about Vita, but is it worth buying now?
I mean...haxx ...em...khm khm games....DOES IT RUN WAREZ?!

Maybe, soon™
(no really, seeing what the devs said on the exploit's page, I'm practically sure it'll be possible in some time)

 

[jimmyleen]

if only this would allow me to use other storage devices for my vita :/

If we had full kernel access than yes it can be done.

 

[Demonith]

Patience friends soon or later will be done we shell not force the ppl who done so far but will be will be

 

[djricekcn]

Doom https://github.com/xyzz/Vita_Doom/releases/
Supernintendo https://github.com/frangarcj/Snes9xVITA/releases
NeoGeo Pocket https://github.com/frangarcj/NeopopVITA/releases
Sega Genesis https://github.com/frangarcj/Genesis-Plus-GX/releases/
Sega Master System/Game Gear https://github.com/frangarcj/SMSplusVITA/releases
Atari Lynx https://github.com/frangarcj/HandyVITA/releases

Thank you

 

[VitaType]

Thank you

http://haxxey.com/vpkmirror/ <- includes the famous missing mGBA data. (haven't tested yet)

 

[Demonith]

http://haxxey.com/vpkmirror/ <- includes the famous missing mGBA data. (haven't tested yet)

Well i have it and runs not good i mean its fine but sound lags and games some of them low fps its not done yet waiting for new release

 

[jimmyleen]

http://haxxey.com/vpkmirror/ <- includes the famous missing mGBA data. (haven't tested yet)

But that mgba version FPS is broke.

 

[djricekcn]

So emulators are not that good right now?

 

[Demonith]

So emulators are not that good right now?

Well u can play still but its not so perfect try it and see by your self what i can say

 

[zecoxao]

it seems to have a kernel exploit, the question is, who'll be the first one to find it?

 

[pikpol]

I am only waiting for TN-V and TN-X to run with HENkaku
And hopefully someone finds a way to install Unity developed games on the Vita.
I already got it working for a bit, it only said, out of memory :/

 

[zoogie]

@yifan_lu (or anybody who knows for sure)
Can Sony remotely lock out the Vita browser until updating? (like the 3ds can)

 

[Deleted-355425]

Do you have to reinstall this every time you reboot/switch off the device? Also do you need to have internet access to launch it? I've installed it on a kiosk vita and after a reboot it needed to be reinstalled again to launch it.

 

[yifan_lu]

@yifan_lu (or anybody who knows for sure)
Can Sony remotely lock out the Vita browser until updating? (like the 3ds can)

No. But they can lock you out of psn--which is why people with privilege like me has a second vita

All we need to do is convert the blackfin extension (.PSV) to a format the vita can understand.

convert is not the right word. Decrypt. Then NPDRM bypass. Good luck with that

 

[Supster131]

Do you have to reinstall this every time you reboot/switch off the device? Also do you need to have internet access to launch it? I've installed it on a kiosk vita and after a reboot it needed to be reinstalled again to launch it.

Unfortunately, yes.
Each time your Vita is turned off, you have to reinstall it through the browser.

 

[Demonith]

The developers of Vita are not supporting it anymore so only your accounts can be compromised so use new account for wat ever u wish too

 

[Enigma Hall]

Can we have in the future a android app to do it? I say run the exploit offline under wifi?