UNO Exploit: Installing homebrews and Isos on Vita 2.02 with TN Menu

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312 Responses

  1. MGB says:

    Thanks man .
    Works perfectly 🙂

    • Drake says:

      when i put wwe all stars in it and pressed x on the uno start screen, it just shows me a black screen and after sometime says an error has occured C1-2858-3 please help and reply

  2. CloudStrife1901 says:

    thanks gona do this now been waiting for months for an exploit to come along

  3. Vitauser says:

    it works ! Thanks!
    Only problem, I already put an ISO in the TN menu and I have more than 4 GB on space – but it said I have only 86 mb available and wont let me move the file. I can start the game tough, is this normal?

    • Veskgar says:

      Same problem here. I have over 12 GB free but its not letting me move a 735 MB game.

    • DAVID says:

      I FIND A WAY TO FIX IT. IF YOU HAVE 5G, BUT IT TELL YOU YOU HAVE 300 MB. YOU GO TO PSN AND DOWNLOAD A DEMO MORE THAN 300 MB.
      TRY IT!
      1GB ,DOWNLOAD A DEMO MORE THAN 1 GB
      OR DOWNLOAD MORE THAN 1 DEMO

  4. Veskgar says:

    I’m having the same problem as you Vitauser… I tried putting a PSP game on that was about 735 MB in size and it said I only had 435 MB of storage. The problem is that I had 12.86 GB free on my Vita’s memory stick. I installed a smaller game of 100 MB fine. My worst fear is that SONY incorporated a file size limit somehow in the newest firmware (2.02) — Can anyone else test this out and try installing large PSP games. 700 MB or larger in size. Also, I tried installing a couple emulators and once they extract they aren’t visible to try loading on the TN menu. This all worked fine on firmware 1.81 using the Mad Blocker exploit. Any suggestions would be welcome!

    • ZeroKrest says:

      I don’ think so? I just installed a 1.4GB game and its working fine —

    • dhm says:

      Everything works. over 700mb file also works fine.

    • AleKH says:

      You need to prepere the way to install the emulator. instructions:
      First, you need to create a folder colled PSP, inside PSP’s folder you need to create another folder colled GAME, Inside GAME’s folder you put the emulator’s folder for exemple: PICODRIVE.After all you will zip the PSP’s folder and put this PSP.ZIP At save of exploit from UNO.
      I Hope help you.

    • DAVID says:

      I FIND A WAY TO FIX IT. IF YOU HAVE 5G, BUT IT TELL YOU YOU HAVE 300 MB. YOU GO TO PSN AND DOWNLOAD A DEMO MORE THAN 300 MB.
      TRY IT!
      1GB ,DOWNLOAD A DEMO MORE THAN 1 GB
      OR DOWNLOAD MORE THAN 1 DEMO

  5. loki7777 says:

    Delete something from mc, than run cfw – it worked for me after i do that. Dont know what was wrong – i have 32gb and onle few demos on it.

  6. Kepler says:

    Is there any list over compatible homwbrew with this exploit? i tried snes9xTYL, following the instructions explicitly. But after i extracted the archive it just disappeared.

  7. Kepler says:

    Nevermind. apparently using winrar to create an archive from a folder, doesn’t make the root folder the archive. fixed 🙂

  8. ZeroKrest says:

    After installing the ISO Game – Can I delete the ISO backup on the UNO SaveData?

  9. StanSmith says:

    I also have a problem copying over games.
    I’m trying to copy a 1GB CSO file and it kept saying “some files cant be copied over” and stops the transfer.
    So I changed the savegame with the CSO and it works. I’m using the old Ubanix savegame to copy ISOs and it works fine but UNO refused to have CSO in the directory.

    SO, to others if you are having problems copying over ISOs/CSOs just use a different savegame then use whatever homebrew to move it over to the ISO directory.

    • dhm says:

      redo teh file transfer i.e retry and it will wotk. I had the same problem but I triee again and it worked.

      • StanSmith says:

        I tried 5 times and still get the same error.
        I used the old savegame to move it over then I used Filer to move it to the ISO dir and its all good now.

        Just forgot to backup my CWCheat and TempAR last time and have to set them up again manually.

      • StanSmith says:

        I’m not sure what it was but that game didn’t like being transfered using that savegame but another savegame copied it fine.
        I tried both ISO and CSO and neither worked.

        I did try other ISOs and CSOs and they transfer ok.

  10. loki7777 says:

    I think – it looks like – the game has to be in one(continuous) fragment – am i right?

  11. surlybeve says:

    Do i have to make a legit UNO save first(Run the game and actually play it) before attempting all this?

  12. Lucas says:

    Will vHBL come out soon or can I put it on already? Sorry if this is a dumb question but I don’t understand vHBL much.

  13. Veskgar says:

    OK, yes, seems everything is working now. The only emulator I haven’t been able to get working is Snes9xTYLmecm. That is the by far the best SNES emulator for the PSP. I am assuming it has something to do with the way it was coded to tap into the media engine and / or extra RAM on the PSP Slims. I want to believe its possible to run on the Vita. Does anyone know how? Or perhaps a future CEF with improved compatibility may allow that emulator to run?

    • simpl3lang says:

      works for me. cant use the one the utilizes the psp media engine (its a hardware in the psp thats not in the psp). sorry i dont know if im allowed to post the link for it.

  14. Cloudstrife1901 says:

    is there an easy installer or some kind?? im having trouble following the tut lol

  15. ShogunzX9 says:

    Followed the simple procedures and working perfectly
    Thank you so much for this 🙂

  16. azzkykr says:

    All copy/ transfers works fine. But the games do not start. I tried Burnout legends hangs on loading screen and Prince of Persia gives a black screen :{.. anyone having similar issues?

    • Frostegater says:

      u probably use the patch version..use the clean version. it should work unless ur iso backup is corrupted.

      • azzkykr says:

        i tried the ymenu and some ISOs are working now without even asking me to move the game to ms0:/ anyway i didn’t get the patched/ clean version, I just download from the CEF links on this website.

  17. Vitauser says:

    Every time when I move the ISO to MS0:/, always get an error (C1-2858-3) and the CFW just goes black and wont boot again (same error). I have to remove everything and transfer everything again. Any idea how to move ISO properly with the error ? Thanks in advance!

  18. Edgar says:

    Once extracted, will the homebrew stay on the system?

    If I delete the zip archive from the save data.

    Using gameboy advance emulator, will the save files of the roms be saved in the system or the zip archive?

    • Edgar says:

      In addition, if I would like to add roms, could I just create an zip with

      ROMS.ZIP/PSP/GAME/GPSP/roms/xxx.gba

      without anything else inside knowing that the system will already have all the other files. In other words, will the rom be copied to the same directory as the previously extracted homebrew if the paths are the same?

  19. dezo says:

    GREAT THANKS FROM FRANCE!!

  20. FalseHero says:

    Can I Use .RAR file instead of .ZIP file?

  21. neil says:

    The heck… I have a 32gb and tried putting Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep and Duodecim. I could install one or the other but can’t install both. It says that I need more space available when I have well over 24gb left.

    • Frostegater says:

      Try deleting some demo if u have on ur vita. At worse, try to format ur vita mmc. it should work from clean state.

      • neil says:

        That ended up doing the trick. I still don’t get why the error would show up, though. There’s no real reason for that to happen.

  22. PSP Veteran says:

    Wonderful guide that helped very much. Time to relive my teenage years of PSP Hacking!

  23. Kitsu says:

    can some one make a video on how to do this more clearer then the described info given cuz im have trouble putting home brew games on my vita

  24. levis says:

    everything work like charm …thank u guys great work

  25. Woloert says:

    How can I change the CPU Speed in the TN Menu? I saw it a while ago in a Z Video

  26. Nixon says:

    Followed the instructions to a T but something is still going wrong. Wagic shows up in TN menu and extracts, but then doesn’t show up anywhere.

  27. jek says:

    HOW TO RUN THE ISO/CSO THAT I INSTALLED? ITS NOT WORKING WELH PLS..

  28. Vitauser says:

    Can anyone confirm you can put an ISO larger than 1 GB? I put in a few ISOs (Less than 1 GB all together) and wont let me move anymore ISO even I still have some room (4 GB left) on my stick. Any suggestion ?

    • jek says:

      DID U TRY YOUR ISO CSO GAMES?

    • Neil says:

      I can indeed confirm that ISO/CSO larger than 1gb do work. A few posts up, Frostegator suggested formatting the MC which for whatever reason ended up working.

      But it was indeed weird.

      I put KHBBS which was about 1gb

      Installed it, worked fine.

      Then proceeded to transfer Duodecim which is 1.25gb CSO

      Tried installing it, said I needed more space

      Deleted, KHBBS, retransferred Duo over, worked fine.

      Had to format in order to get both working.

  29. killsony says:

    does the stuff work on 2.01 fw?

  30. jek says:

    I CANT PLAY ANY ISO CSO GAMES WHEN I RUN THE GAME IT SAYS “AN ERROR OCCURED” ? HELP WOLOLO

  31. Kizu says:

    It works fine, try with FTP. But some games might not work just like previous CFW’s.

  32. AntiHeadshot says:

    My Game says “Memory Stick Pro Duo has been removed.”
    So i can’t save?

  33. dewitman says:

    Just ran the exploit. Forgot to set system language to English, but it worked fine for me.

    My system language is Dutch so this language seems to work fine also 🙂

  34. dmc83 says:

    I got the C1-2858-3 Error… What can i do? I got install the Game Uno new -> Error… I installed the Savegame new -> Error…
    Plz hlp =(

    • boloney says:

      check make sure name of the file is in uppercase including extension. I had the same issue and that was the problem.

    • Frostegater says:

      Change ur language of ur vita to english. For homevrew & iso installation please follow the above instruction in post.

    • elsisero87 says:

      Where are you from? I mean, I had the same problem because I had the system language different from English (US). Try put this language, then retry! 😉

  35. Hax says:

    Windows will by default hide the extension for you. You will see it named “WAGIC.ZIP” but in reality the name will be WAGIC.ZIP.zip, which will not work.

    Linux will do the same thing

  36. boloney says:

    it does work on EU version, thanks a lot. happy new year

  37. Xephrey says:

    I get ‘An error has occurred (C1-2858-3)’ fairly regularly. Mostly when an item is done decompressing in TN Menu after a few seconds pause. Or when I’m scrolling through the items in the menu and there’s a gap where an icon should be; same brief pause and error. Also when I try to remove a compressed file after I have installed it. Is there anything I can do to lessen these occurrences or is this just included in the homebrew experience?

    I’m so grateful for all the work that’s gone into this. Cave Story is a dream on the Vita! 😀

  38. elsisero87 says:

    Hi everyone and thumbs up for the very detailed guide 😀

    But there’s one problem… I’m Italian, so I have my Vita’s system language in italian, and the exploit won’t work just because of that! I verified it by changing the system language in english (U.S), and it works perfectly.

    The only little problem is that I can play my backup PSP files only in english, because the system sees the english language in the settings… I guess that I’ll have to wait patiently a new savegame file for the others languages (italian, french, german, spanish) am I correct?

    P.S
    I really appreciate your work! 🙂

    • dmc83 says:

      In German it is not working well. If I switch to U.S., it works wonderfully. Could someone check the EU version again?

  39. LEE says:

    Hey could anyone please help me?

    Every time I extract/install the Zip files on the TN menu they just disappear, I cant execute them because there are no icons

    what can I do ?

    • Frostegater says:

      Make sure ur content and structure inside the ‘NAME’.ZIP file is valid. u should not have a problem if u follow the steps in the post above.

    • Nixon says:

      I get the same problem 🙁

    • Nixon says:

      Have you zipped a folder called for example Wagic with a folder called PSP inside it? Thats what I did by accident. What you need to do is zip the PSP folder and name it WAGIC.ZIP

    • Nixon says:

      Are you making your Zip file with the PSP folder as root? I Accidentally did it with WTH as the route and it did the same thing as you’re seeing.

  40. turkeY says:

    Thanks so much for this! Your probably increasing vita sales with this.