The advent of new handheld consoles with their powerful processors has allowed a lot of users to play high caliber games anywhere, even while traveling. The problem is that these consoles are quite prohibitively expensive, so there are players who still can't get hold of one. But what many are looking for is actually a platform with a high-quality screen on which to play emulators and retro games, so what if you already had something that would allow you to do that?
PS Vita Jaibreak is extremely simple
Over time, modders and scene experts have managed to come up with incredibly practical tools to get extra features for the PS Vita , and one of the latest additions was an automated website that injects the necessary exploit to run homebrew applications on the console.
This is really useful since only with the help of the console's original browser will you be able to access this website and carry out the entire process, avoiding the use of computers and extra devices that only complicate everything.
In a matter of minutes, the console will have the software installed and will be ready to run anything you can think of, such as emulators.
How to Hack a PS Vita
To perform the process, the best thing you can do is reset the console to factory settings (you can do this from the settings menu), and once it is completely reset, connect to your WiFi network and log in with your PlayStation Network account.
You will also need to have a memory card connected so that the files are stored on it, although this will not be necessary if you have a PS Vita from the 2000 series, which has built-in memory.
- Open the browser and visit the web deploy.psp2.dev.
- The page will take a few seconds to load, but once it does, a black screen will be displayed with some options to choose from, where you must select "Install henkaku”. This will download and install the first components.
- Once it finishes, you must select the second option “Install VitaDeploy”, which will finish installing the last elements of the necessary software.
When it's finished, scroll up and tap Exit to exit the installation process. You can now return to the console's main menu and see that the VitaDeploy icon appears at the bottom. But before entering it, go to Settings and check that the HENkaku Settings section is also integrated into the system settings menu. There, you'll need to enable the " Enable Unsafe Homebrew " option , which will allow you to run unsigned third-party software.
Now, return to the main menu and run VitaDeploy. When the application opens, go to the "Install a different OS" option and select Quick 3.65 Install . This will install version 3.65 of the PS Vita operating system, which is the version with vulnerabilities that allow it to run all kinds of software. It doesn't matter if you have a newer version installed on your console; this process will automatically downgrade it.
When you select it, a new installation menu will appear (black background) and it will tell you the version you have and the version you are going to proceed to install (3.65).
Using microSD as game cartridge
With version 3.65 installed, your console will be transformed. You'll be able to do practically anything, and among the many options, you'll be able to use microSD cards as game cartridges . To do this, you'll need to purchase the adapter listed below, as it's required to follow the steps outlined below.
With the adapter inserted into the game cartridge slot, all that remains is to format the card in the appropriate format. To do this, go to the VitaDeploy menu and select "Miscellaneous," then "Format a storage device," and proceed to format your card in TexFAT format so that the console recognizes everything stored on it. Wait until the message "Formatted" appears on the screen.
Return to the VitaDeploy home screen and select the “Reboot” option to restart the console and allow it to recognize the new storage drive.
But we are not done, there are still a couple more adjustments to apply. The first, you must activate the "Use YAMT" option in the Settings / Devices / Storage devices menu. You will have to restart the console after activating it.
Finally, we'll need to transfer the system files downloaded to the memory card to the microSD card so it can act as the system's main storage. To do this, open the VitaDeploy application, tap "File Manager," and the file explorer will appear.
Here you'll need to go into the "ux0" folder and select all the folders except the "SceloTrash" folder (the triangle button will display a context menu to select all folders, and the square button will deselect the folder you're currently in). Select the indicated folders and copy them by pressing Triangle and Copy. Go back to the previous folders, enter the "uma0" folder, and paste all the folders you copied earlier. This will copy the folders from the memory card to the microSD card, which will act as the main storage.
But in order for the microSD card to work as main memory we must go to Settings, Devices, “Storage devices” and in the ux0 option select “SD2Vita”, and in the uma0 option select “Memory Card”.
Restart the console and you will have everything working.
Install apps
From here all that remains is to install applications, something that you can do, again, from the VitaDeploy application and selecting the "App Downloader" option, where you can install "VitaDB Downloader" an application store from which you can download multitude of tools and applications, as well as "VitaShell", which will be a very comfortable file explorer to manage the storage of your console. When you have selected the desired applications, go up to the top of the menu and click on "Download the selected apps" so that everything begins to download and install automatically.
Once the process is finished, the applications will appear installed in the console's main menu, and all you have to do is enjoy all the possibilities that the system offers you.