My VHBL Release: FAQ
Note from wololo: this post, and the release, are by Acid_Snake, not by me. Just giving the precision here for those who don’t take the time to read the author’s name at the top of the article 😉
Still having some questions about my upcoming exploit? read this first!
What type of exploit is this?
It’s a usermode only exploit, no kernel, no ISOs, just VHBL.
Will it ever be compatible with a kernel exploit?
Yes! when Total_Noob releases his TN-V4 I will immediately port it to this exploit, so it’s a good idea that you hold on to it and don’t update the firmware until then.
What can I do with this in the meantime? does it have good compatibility?
Yes, compatibility is decent, better than Apache or Gamocracy, so you can use it for some of the best homebrews in the meantime.
Does [insert homebrew here] work?
As time progresses, I’ll be releasing compatibility lists, if your homebrew is not listed, you can ask us to test it here: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=34368
When will it be released?
I don’t know.
How much does it cost?
I can’t tell you the exact amount. All I can tell you is: be prepared with the maximum amount of money you are willing to pay for the exploit.
Is it a normal PSP game or a mini?
I can’t tell you, and to be honest, it doesn’t matter.
I don’t speak English well, are there other sites that speak my language where the release will happen?
We are working to gather partners from other sites so that most users can get the exploit, specially PSP scene sites in other languages. When time is right, I will publish a list of Approved sites where you can ask for information and maybe obtain the Ninja Release.
Can I make my own Ninja Release in my site?
It depends, your site must have some prerequisites and must follow a few rules.
The golden rule here is that if your site is backed up by trustworthy scene members, and you know what you’re doing, we can allow you to do the release. But you have to be in constant contact with us for everything you do to make sure you’re doing it right and no leak happens.
About the $20 PSN contest, is there any requirement for submitting an entry?
[note from wololo: Acid_Snake announced in this article he would donate a $20 PSN Code to whoever reports the most leaks as part of the ninja release. To give a bit of context on this: leaks put the ninja release at stake, and we are trying various techniques to prevent them. This is one of these attempts. However I want to clarify that this “contest” is 100% driven by Acid_Snake, this is his money, not mine, and his decision to drive this]
There isn’t any, but if the leaker posts a screenshot of the Ninja Release it counts a lot more than if he only says the name.
What if someone leaks the game on purpose to report it and win the $20 PSN prize?
We have ways to tell if the reporter is legit or not. I wouldn’t have done the contest if I didn’t know what I was doing.
I found a leaker, but he’s leaking the wrong game!
He’s most likely a troll that wants people to buy the wrong game, it has happened before, nowadays we have photoshop and the like, so it’s easy to fake these things. You can/should report it as a real leak though, so we may stop these users from trolling other users with fake names.
Where do I report a leak?
Either send a Private Message to me, Wololo, or any other mods, so we can take action.
You may also send me an e-mail to acidsnake.dev@gmail.com
I CAN’T SEE THE NINJA RELEASE!!!
Chill out, you’ll eventually see it, just check the site every 5 hours or so.
What’s a Ninja Release?
Read this: http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=11307
Can I contribute somehow?
If there’s something in which you think you can help, ask me.
If you want to donate I will make a donate link available at launch.
How many people are behind this?
Lots of people. I will name them all when time is right.
Is VHBL all we got?
Like I said before, TN will release a new kernel exploit, and when he does, I will port it to this exploit. Other than that, there are a few surprises with this release.
D03s 1t pl4y 1S0s?
No.
If none of the questions solved your doubts, feel free to ask me directly here:
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=34368
i wonder, you said it can run TN-V but can’t play ISO??
It can’t play vita ISO’s. It can play PSP ISO’s when the kernel exploit is released.
at the moment, this exploit is only with VHBL, so it doesn’t play ISOs.
In the future, when Total_Noob releases his TN-V4, then I can port it to this exploit and it’ll be able to play ISOs, but in the meantime, it can’t.
D03s 1t pl4y 1S0s?
I laugh everytime I see th1s 😛
M3 700
L0L
Yeah, that one is hilarious.
D03s 17 P1AY V17A r0mZ?
Another one XD
good faq, i dont speak english, im from chile and i understand everything
thanks
you can check pspstation.org or daxhordes.org, both sites have been approved by me to do the release, and I also check the periodically.
Wait, I don’t get it, this is a usermode exploit which will have TN-V ported to it and it will become a kernel exploit, I thought that wasn’t how it worked, can anyone explain it to me like I’m stupid please?
There are two different kinds of exploits, a user mode (this exploit) and a kernel exploit (the one from Total_Noob). A kernel exploit give you the power to run TN-V, BUT you need a user mode exploit to run it. So he is releasing this exploit so that everyone has a usermode exploit, before the kxploit is released.
Ahhh, right, cheers, so people can install TN-V then use this upcoming kxploit to run it?
TN-V can only be installed with the kxploit. SO VHBL is the only thing you can run at this time
so are you saying that for me to play psp isos i need to have the game that will have a usermode exploit and also the game that will be used as a kernel exploit..so 2 games will be needed to buy? or am i just going to need the second ninja release (for the kernel exploit one) to play psp isos, cause im a bit confused already about what your talking, really a noob here,sorry guys ..
Waiting for the N.n.a release…. 😉
Will you please tell me if TN-V4 will work in Gamocracy VHBL? Or do we need to update it on 2.60 and get the VHBL on that?
Short answer: yes
Long answer: kernel exploits can always be ported to previous exploits so it’s always a good idea to hold onto them.
Okay that’s cool. Last thing, how will I put the kernel exploit into my Vita when it is released? If through PS3 then wont it ask me to update my Vita when I connect to it?
when it’s released I will port it to the game and you install it the same way as VHBL
Could it be that you give the save data for Gamocracy like you did last time and we put it in our Vita through open CMA and then install the kernel exploit?
So if I’m on 2.12 the only way to download a game on my PSP is to buy it on the ps3 and transfer it?
You guesed it right my friend.. Im on 2.12 for now.. and have rogero 4.46 on my PS3… Once TN releases the Kern-exploit.. i can download the announced game on PS3 via PSN and then use the Open CMA trick to trnager to my Vita…
SOMEBODY CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG… 🙂
**Im on 2.12 on My Vita with GOLOR** to be clear
If you are on 2.12 with GOLOR then all you have to do is wait until the PS4 is released and then TN-V4 with kernel exploit will be released for GOLOR. If you update to 2.60 you will gain a few new Vita features. At the same time you will lose the extra RAM support in TN-V and you will have to buy another game for 2.60+ usermode exploit. My point is you do not need to update or buy another game in order to get TN-V4 on your setup.
Dude, i already know that. you just repeated what i said in the post just above. I think we both have same point to prove to Jason..
btw how do you change the artwork pic to the right-side of your post… 😉
I like the way I worded it beter :)- As for the picture next to me on this blog, look up gravatar on google.
Sorry phil your post was just confusing to me.
No offence taken, its all good..
I guess i was a little confused too..
Anyways thanks for the gravatar tip… cheers
Bare with me. wanted to check my image
Hey guys, can U plz help me, I’m new to this Vhbl stuff. So new, that I don’t even know what it is, or how it works. I just wanted to play P_mon on my Vita, searched thw web for it, and I ended up on this site.
So my question is how do I get started?
As far as I understood I need to download an upcoming game, but how do I end up playing P_mon? Do I have to download anything else, or how does it work?
Thx for you help!
🙂
First , you wait. When Acid Snake tells us the exploit game , you buy it and download it. Later , you will install the exploit, then masterboy and the pokerom. Now, stick to this website and wait, Don’t return to google yet, wait.
Will this be ported to Apache?
Thanks Wololo!! (Kidding! Thanks, Acid! :] – but you too, Wololo!)
Hi guys my ps vita account got banned i have the gamocracy robot exploit.is there anyway to have kernel exploit on my vita with banned account when its released? I dont understand what the author meant it will be ported .isnt kernel exploit game specific?
Omar, unfortunately, that’s a negative :\
how’d you get banned?
nothing to worry about i used ps vita account on my cfw ps3 and played online it got banned.
No, kernel mode exploits aren’t game specific, games (user mode exploits within them) are used just as launcher and if you have kernel mode exploit you port it to almost any game (user mode exploit)
ok thankyou so much so ill just have to wait and get the kernel exploited file in to my vita and launch it through gamocracy right ? seems lucky
Yes , tell us how you got banned.? :-0
As far as I know, you cannot use CMD while banned.
Also, I do really want to know how he was banned haha! Beed to make sure I take the extra precautions!
Whats CMD ? did you mean open cma ? its working fine for now i can transfer backup anything.hopefully i can do the kernel exploit using it.Sony banned my account but not ps vita all the games installed are working as long as i dont sign in with different psn.
Used my account on cfw ps3.
I did the same thing and lost allot of Vita games I paid for. I had to format my vita, the ban was only on the account tied to my PS3. So your Vita, and mine, are not banned. Just the account holding everything you ever did is tied to it. Basically you have to start over from day 1. It really sucks. Stay away from back ops II on CFW!
i am not going to format it and use new psn since i had the vhbl install on one game
Why you have to check the site in every 5 hours?
Did you say that this leak will be announced when PS4 come out? So in this issue, is this means this leak will come out earlier recently?
Besides, is HongKong server（china？ psn） test available?
Thats for the kern. Exploit.
This one will be released sooner
Thanks for you reply. Recently I can get a new vulnerability game?
First you buy the 2.60+ game that VHBL will use. Getting this game installed on your Vita is the most important step. Then you stay at that firmware until after the PS4 releases. At that time you can change VHBL into TN-V4.
I am only interested in playing retro games and wagic so this is perfect for me since I missed the ninja releases thanks for the hard work acid
Mah rant in the other blog post got removed T.T Thankies for this though, hope ya’ll catch a lot of leakers D:
Oh, it..didn’t get taken down..but it was gone for a while..? eh?
The cache on your browser or on our site played a trick on you.
hope someday vita could read vita backups too.. 😀
Silly question, this VHBL is for 2.60 right?
Correct
Im on 2.12 GOLOR can i download the next exploitable game once released using my PS3 and then copy it to my PS Vita ? using the OpenCMA trick? will that work.?Just asking..
yeah it will work, but if you already have GOLOR, why do you want this one?
Also if you update past 2.12 then you will lose TN-V4’s extra RAM support. This may not be a big deal for some, but if PRO Online gets ported to the Vita I would assume it would be for firmwares at 2.12 or below because of this RAM limit on higher firmwares.
Oh I misread what you were asking. As Acid says above, if you have GOLOR with VHBL working stay on 2.12 until the PS4 is released. The compatibility of GOLOR will not matter once the kernel exploit comes out. Therefore getting the newer VHBL title would not be beneficial at all (it would do exactly the same thing as GOLOR.)
What about the RAM issue? is it better to stick with Gamocracy for the kexploit because of that? or is it recomended to update?
keep gameocracy if you want high mem support
I encountered a version of Duke Nukem 3D ported to the PSP today. It comes in 2 versions. One version is for extra RAM PSP and runs much better. There are many other examples of homebrew like this. Most homebrew that uses the extra RAM has HighMem, Slim, or 2000 in the title. Many people will never know they don’t have the RAM because most things do not use it. I am one of the people who really wants access to the extra RAM.
I have a 2.12 VHBL I still need to be updated to 2.60?
no, keep 2.12 VHBL
thank you
Hi my friends, I wonder if my fellow Firmware at 2.12 or do I update to 2.60. I want to know if it is new TN-V is compatible with Gamocracy. I await an answer
again, if you already have VHBL (apache or gameocracy), stay with it and don’t update
Does this jailbreak play isos ???
Can I play vita isos with this hacking ???
Please help!!
*** hahahahahahahaahahahahahaha just bugging
which reminds me of : Does BUGZ homebrew game work on this exploit? Acid_Snake can you please confirm this?
it’s not in the list of tested games, ask SMOKE to test it for you
But when if someone doesn’t know how much cash the person is suppose to put down and once the game is released and ends up becoming $20-25 and i or someone have just ONLY $10 on the account, but don’t have enough to add more before $ony removes it? Then What?!
The most I ever paid for a VHBL compatible game was $20 USD. However, all other VHBL games cost under 10 most times. I assume 10 bucks in enough but I would try to put in $20 just incase. Or if you have a PS3, wait for gameocracy to be put back on the store and grab it. Only grab Gameocracy vita a PS3 if you are on 2.12 firmware or lower though.
I’ve been redirected and pointed to this site every time mu curiosity for a Vita hack emerges. I read through a lot of threads but to be honest I probably only understand 10%.
In a derp moment I updated my Vita firmware which currently sits at 2.60. I understand this means that any psp emulate exploit will have a restriction on extra memory.
Q: What are my possibilities, if I want to be able to play iso’s of my psp games.
Should I download this game which can be user exploited? Should I wait for total_noobs release to do anything?
if you buy this game you will have homebrews for now, but TN will release a new kernel exploit, then you’ll be able to play PSP isos.
The key is to have an exploitable game on your vita, once you have that then everything else is just waiting.
Ty for your clear explanation.
Others trued but this explanation just clicked with me better.
Hi, the exploit that Acid snake is going to release is a user mode exploit which allows vhbl to run off a psp emulator on your vita (on the exploited psp game) for you to be able to play psp backups you have to have a kernel mode exploit which total noob has and is working on he said he will release TN v4 and kernel exploit after ps4 release hope that helps 🙂
Wow that was fast thanks for your reply.
I am still a bit confused because someone in this thread said you needed both.
I I understood correctly he/stated that in order for total_noobs exploit to work, one would need;
1. A user exploit
2. A game that will run this exploit
3.a kernel exploit
all you need is:
– A game that has a usermode exploit (this is what I will release)
– a kernel exploit (this is what TN will release)
for the kernel exploit you need an entry point, and this entry point is the game I’ll release, once you have that, then you just wait
A user exploit still gives you access to emulators all a kernel exploit does is give you more access to the psp emulator meaning you can run a custom firmware allowing you to run psp backups total noob will release his kernel exploit and custom firmware which is TN v4 after ps4 release in the mean time you can use acid snake exploit to play emulators hope that helps sorry my grammar sucks
A kernel exploit gives you more access to a psp emulator so that you can run custom firmware off it which total noob has already done on previous vita firmware’s and he will release TN v4 and kernel exploit which will be for whatever firmware is out all acid snake is doing is preparing us for that release by releasing his own user mode exploit which only gives access too emulators like gba etc and others compatible with vhbl once TN v4 and kernel exploit is released Acid snake will port it to his user mode exploit
I’m on 2.12 GOLOR and would like to stay on that FW to use the extra RAM but….I have no PS to transfer the game when released. Hard times man. Guess its upgrade for me.
you dont have to transfer or buy any new game. just stay on 2.12 GOLOR… there will be a gamesave released by TN which you can copy using your PC OpenCMA…
Oh okay. I must have misunderstood, thanks for the info.
thanks wololo
you mean Acid_Snake.
is this goin to be 2.60?
YES, unless Sony pops out another surprise update soon.
I doubt it, they will wait for me to release my exploit, patch it quickly, then release the firmware update
I hope tonight.
I try to transfer my PS3 OFW / open a CMA MINIS game on my Vita FW; 2.12 but its not working.
the agony of waiting for the release…..hmmmm…waiting mode….lol
How many times does this have to be mentioned? -_-
Hello guys.
I know this is a dumb question but after seeing most comments saying something about OpenCMA and PS3s got this little bug behind my ear: Can I use VHBL (I mean buy the PSN game transfer it directly to my PSVita and then the rest) even if I don’t have a PS3?
I now that sometimes it depends of the game, but you can basically transfer any PSP Game directly to your Vita from PSN, right?
Thank you for your hard work finding an exploit Acid, and Wololo as well for having this wonderful source of information!
the openCMA and PS3 trick you have read is for people with lower firmwares, or people on areas where the game is not available directly to the Vita. If the game is directly available to the vita in your region and you are in the latest firmware then there’s no need
Thanks Acid! That was really helpful 😀
Good luck ninjing people – me as well 🙂
hi all,
iam fairly new to this scene and have to admit i do not understand al which is explained. I asked a similar question in this thread but i am stil confused
Q :my launch day fat ps3 died a while ago so i dont have acces to a ps3
and my vita is on official firmware 2.60
i have not attempted any kind of hack on the vita yet.
Do i need the game release and userexploit from acid_snake for when total_noob releases the kernal exploit
Yes. Get the 2.60 VHBL title. Do not update past 2.60. Sit and wait for VHBL. Once you get VHBL, play some homebrew. Sit and wait till after PS4 launch and get TN-V4. So you need to register in /talk forum of this website then wait for the title of 2.60 Vita game to be released. Once you get the title of the exploitable game, buy it immediately from your Vita make sure it in installed and runs on your Vita. Remember once you get the 2.60 VHBL working do not update past 2.60.
Ty for a clear explanation.
Shamefully I posted a couple of times but failed to realise people can also “reply” on previous posts, thus my questions might have already been answered.
I really would like to know what GOLOR is.
I’m VERY confused, I have a PS Vita, and upgraded it to 2.12.
From what I’ve been reading it’s best to stay on this firmware, if I like to use the High Memory feature.
What is like to know is, do I have GOLOR????
GOLOR was the exploited game for FW 2.12, it’s stands for Gameocracy Ledgend of robot.
Gamocracy One: Legend of Robot was the exploited game for 2.12 for vhbl and Apache Overkill for 2.06 firmware. Both of these will support higher memory, because apparently sony changed this in 2.60 firmware.
I’m currently on 2.12 and mostly play Snes games. Unfortunately, the 0.42 Snes emulator does not have that high of a compatibility rating with most games. I would hopefully like to know if a kernel exploit would allow us to use the Snes MOD versions that seem to have better compatibility with snes games and whether having the extra ram would affect this. Thanks
I think some of those mod versions are using the PSP’s media engine to help run things smoother. The Vita does not have the media engine and causes issues with any homebrew that uses it. The extra RAM on 2.12 and lower might be helpful in emulating the media engine but there is much work to be done in that area still (I have no clue if the media engine can even be emulated.)
I’m sorry if this has been asked before.
Will this be available for 2.12?
If so, will the GOLOR exploit be the one used to run TNV or will I have to buy a different game.
Again, my apologies if this has been asked numerous times before, but I got confused with all the jumbled comments here. 🙁
You’re fine with what you have
IM 2.60,can we play PSP ISO after TN4 open?
If you have a working VHBL on 2.60 then yes.
Hello, I want to ask if you release a loophole in the game, how do I go to download it, I mean, my PSV is 2.12.
So like, does it play ISO’s?
lol just kidding. Keep up the great work Acid_Snake, Total_Noob, wololo and the rest of the awesome devs that make magic happen. If it wasn’t for you guys this site wouldn’t be possible. Once this usermode and TN’s kexploit are released, I’ll donate to the cause 🙂 Kudos.
I got a warning some time ago, does this mean I am not getting the ninja release? If so, by the time the game name becomes public will I have any real chance of downloading the game before it’s puled from psn? -Thanks
They release the game publicly on the blog, then you have 24-48 hours. If you wan’t it bad enough visit every 5 hours or so. Good Luck, I’m sticking with GOLOR for higher ram. I assume you missed that release however.
Sorry… But I’m totaly new on this topic of the xploits and things on PS Vita… so If I don’t have any Xploit and I have version 2.60, I have to wait for the new xploit? and is there any Detailed FAQ to make it work?
I have readed some things here… and Acid_snake, Wololo and Total_noob are really amazing!!!
Thnx for your work Guys!
Yes wait for the game to be announced. If you register on the forum you can get the game slightly earlier than public release. Then once you buy the game they will release a game save you must transfer using CMA.