PS Vita hack: TomTomDu80 confirms his VHBL port will be released
VHBL Ninja releases are like the Fight Club. The first rules of the ninja releases is that you’re not supposed to talk about them. Then again, there’s always the difficulty of letting people know that they should be ready for an upcoming hack, without saying too much… TomTomDu80 confirmed to me that he will be releasing his VHBL (compatible with OFW 2.06) port sometimes soon.
The release date is of course not disclosed, as this is a key part of the success of such releases. But at this point, it is not a question of “if”, but a question of “when”.
As for all previous VHBL ports, running this exploit will require you to purchase a specific PSP game on the PSN (the exploit relies on a vulnerability in that one game). Given the history of these exploits, we know that Sony take the problem seriously enough to pull the exploited games from their stores, usually within hours of the public announcement. For this reason the announce is secretly made to members of our community before it is announced publicly.
As a reminder, VHBL is a homebrew loader for the psp and in particular will not let you run psp isos or vita isos. VHBL has an ok compatibility rate with the most popular PSP homebrews and emulators (snes, nes, gba, megadrive, …), although this highly depends on the exploited game. I haven’t tested this port myself yet. For those of you on 2.05 or 2.06, this will probably be your best bet for now to run a psp emulator hack on your Vita. For those who are running on 2.02 or lower, with CEF or ARK, the choice is more difficult, as you’ll have to choose between running a PSP Custom Firmware, and get to the latest Vita firmware but stick to a less compatible homebrew experience with VHBL. In general I would recommend to keep your eCFW over updating in order to get VHBL, but the choice is yours.
As usual, I recommend that you do not update until you actually know for sure that you want to.
Stay tuned.
Thank you, I’m really happy now!lol
I excited
Dear readers,
I have the following question:
Will my installed homebrew on the PSV be lost if I upgrade it to OFW 2.06 and from there use tomtom’s exploit for VHBL?
No, it shouldn’t get lost (unless Sony has implemented special security in newer firmwares)
Is the game available in all regions? or is it like the last time where UNO was not available in Asia :/.
US, EU, and JP versions are OK, UK is not ok because tomtom haven’t got this version.
No, there is no JP version of the game :/
It would be amazing to be able to test DaedalusX64 with this. Could you tell me how well (if at all) DaedalusX64 runs with your port?
http://forums.daedalusx64.com/viewtopic.php?t=3688
Should have thought this one out. Since this is a usermode exploit and DaedalusX64 requires PSP kernel access, it’s my best guess to say that DaedalusX64 will not run on tomtomdu80’s exploit.
It may sound dumb, but can a usermode exploit for the Vita gain access to the kernel of the PSP emulator?
How about in HK region? Not available?
I look forward to this release. I cannot wait to use my Vita for homebrew. Games like Wagic, emulators and other fun. The Vita is such a great system full of potential. I thank the people of the wololo forum, tomtomdu80 and all the other developers who work hard to bring us such releases. I patiently wait and thank you for bringing new life to my vita. Awesome news!!!
thank you wololo and tomtom
I have a question, i am new to all of this homebrew or vita hack and i heard there are many types…exploit,ark or something like that..
I am on 2.05 at the moment….i want to know if this thing you talk about, VHBL, you state it cannot play psp iso, so i can only run emulators unless i use the ecfw then i can play psp games?
So with this vhbl i cannot play any psp games? Sorry if i sound obvious..
VHBL can run PSP homebrews. This includes emulators, and indie games such as Wagic, CSPSP, Cave Story, etc…
VHBL however will not let you play PSP “backups”, but of course your vita will still be able to play the psp games you purchased from the psn.
@ Wololo,
Could you please answer my question to?
: I have the following question:
Will my installed homebrew on the PSV be lost if I upgrade it to OFW 2.06 and from there use tomtom’s exploit to use VHBL again?
Will it be gone, or ..?
Please reply,
And thankyou for your hard work.
No, your homebrews will be still on your vita 😉
Hi tomtom i love you <3
Question: Can I download the game on the japanese PSN and still use the exploit?
In the case of the uno exploit, i can remember that you can download it from any psn because the savegame will be ported yo any language – japanese includes. Just take a cofee and sit down for a while. Lula
How I can know this game?
me dun have any money to buy game in psn…lol
How will members get to know this exploit? I really want to know what game it is. 😀
i thought i am very lucky..but when i heard that the game need to buy..HHHHMMMPPP need to wait another exploit that..when the game is free to DL in psn store..i hope you try to exploit the game….patapon,piyotama,patchwork…did you already try wololo..?
You *are* very lucky, you will be given the choice to access a ps vita exploit.
PPl that owns a $250-300 device and cannot afford 5-10? Those deserve to wait forever. No excuses.
wow wow wow..i get excited but i cant understand them all sorry im not good in english you mean..i dont need to purchase the exploit game?bro?
hmpp i think i get what you mean……sorry..for that bro..im not that rich like you..and this vita is just a gift from me…
wow… if you think I am rich because I can spend $5 to get a game I can play and use an exploit on, then you should sell you vita immediately and use the money for food.
How much money you waste on *** in one week? Less than $5? Don’t think so…
But cheap ppl is always cheap…
i dont have to explain my reasons to you.maybe you wouldnt understand.
Im so glad you have to BUY it. It “pays” to have a job (unless youre not 15, I understand). Thanks! TomTomadu80.
Tomtomdu80*
Will eCFW get ported to this exploit in the near future?
you need kernel acces for that
nice think i got under two dallers on my psn…
Tomtomdu80 était ou est sur pspgen.com !
Oui je suis toujours sur les sites gen 😛
haha who needs a vhbl exploit when you have a kernel exploit yourself my exploit is still working but i found some one who has the exact same exploit
Haha,we don’t really care about your private exploit.
Will there be a Hong Kong version?
I was just on the psn store and i got a undergoing maintenance while i was browsing the store.!
Try restarting your device, it worked for me when I restart it.
The Service is undergoing maintenance. It’s true! I
cannot browse store anymore on my system!
Hey, i really wanna run this expoit, but can someone please just tell me how much money I need on my psnaccount to buy it, is 10€ enough, or do I need more?
I ve already missed a few exploits, and just don’t wanna miss these……
yo estoy igual
pero siempre tienes que tener un unos $20 en tu monedero de PSN, esperemos que no pierdas este exploit, ademas los juegos de psp no revasan los $40
ATENTO
The people registered to Wololo’s site will know first, then the rest of us – the public. Will find out later. Just wait for it.
how do i subscribe so i get a early notification, so i know what game to download 🙂 need toknow i missed all other exploits please help!!!!! 🙂
registrating on the #talk board helps. You also will find allot info on the board so being active also increases the chances.
I’m in the same boat.
You can register on the forums like someone already suggested. If you need help on forums I can be of some assistance under the user: DMTea.
i will pass on this, i only have one vita and it must on latest FW to play online right ? #PSO2 🙂
I’ll buy a vita when a vita native hack comes out. I still wish I had one right now though.
Spanish:
es posible que pudieran dar el precio aproximado del juego para comprar la tarjeta de monedero y estar preparado para el Lanzamiento del VHBL
English:
could conceivably give the approximate price of the game to buy the card wallet and be prepared for the launch of VHBL
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sorry for my bad English
Spanish:
es posible que pudieran dar el precio aproximado del juego para comprar la tarjeta de monedero y estar preparado para el Lanzamiento del VHBL
English:
could conceivably give the approximate price of the game to buy the card wallet and be prepared for the launch of VHBL
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sorry for my bad English
sorry gave me error, I doubled the message
yo espero que con 20 dólares alcance XDD, si va a ser un juego de psp creo que no hay ninguno de mas de 20…
Hey, I’m just wondering – is it going to be possible to port TN-V over to this?
Nope.
yes and no
once we have a psp user exploit we cant port tn-v over
i think once someone gets ahold of the user exploit for the psp emulator then we r golden on porting tn-v over
but the major problem is, sony is trying to block every possible psp exploit
Oh, whoops. I was under the impression that this was a kernel exploit rather than a usermode one, in which case there could’ve been a port. My bad.
Can’t wait to see what some old Nes or Snes games look like on PSV!!!! X)
i think i have to be awake once in awhile..hate missing the next game again..hope i could get the announcement…great birthday gift then…thank you guys..tomtom…wololo…
Hey, is it going to be possible to port TN-V to this? Just wondering
Dude I’m not trying to be rude or anything but why are they still making VHBL when we know now is possible to have CFW like CEF & ARK. Obviously since that has been patch over update & they have to make completely different CFW, then do it. The whole point is CFW is way better than vhbl & I wouldn’t get this VHBL. I’m sure people for now will get this better than nothing but some people will still wait for a new CFW in a few months or even a full ps vita hack in a year if possible.
There are some things you are missing.
We would go for eCFW if we could, this is just a user mode exploit (only partial control over the emulator). For eCFW we need a kernel mode exploit (full control over the emulator), kernel exploits are VERY rare.
About a native Vita hack, security is getting more sophisticated everyday, it isn’t as easy to hack the Vita as it was with the PSP. Also, all hackers are people with a life, they can’t take the risk of legal action from Sony so don’t expect a public native hack soon because it isn’t legally safe to do that. The PSP had already been hacked so Sony can’t sue anyone for a PSP emulator exploit.
I hope the range between 1 to 16 dollars would be enough for the game ! looking forward to playing some cool emulators on the ps vita ! thanks tomtomdu80 !
ohh man can’t wait ^_^, I can feel a near vita native cfw coming in the 3.xx firmwares just like the psp’s with DA super excited for this 😀
I would love to pay for any PSP game for VHBL. I don’t understand why people complain about a little bit of cash. Hacks are becoming more expensive, yea it’s released for free, but right now giving PSN money is the only option. I just wish I could pay the DEVs instead of Sony. On I side note, I wonder how hard it would be to reverse engineer the game cart? That could be our new Pandora for native hack.
Thank you Tomtomdu80!!!
Is it under 10.00$?
With this, people will be able to play psp homebrews and emulators of older consoles (gba and the like).
Not psp games. Correct?
Merci 🙂
correct
Nice work Tomtomdu80!
Im trying to find some exploits myself xD
If you havent tested the UK version of the exploit let me know on the forums by sending me a message. I’ll be happy to buy a new game and try it on my vita.
Best of luck ninjas!
On forums im internally-blazed
Can someone tell me how to become a member so I can get the exploited game before Sony removes it because I’m not on the computer that often because I’m grounded from both computer and PS Vita so please reply as quickly as possible.
I really hope i dont miss this one just like the others.