Vita Hack: What we know of TN-V 4 so far
The biggest event on the PS Vita hacking scene so far was Total_Noob’s release of his TN Hen for Vita, almost a year ago. Naysayers can keep saying this is “not good enough”, but his hack brought a full PSP CFW to the Vita, meaning support of dozens of emulators, hundreds of PSP homebrews and utilities, plugins, and (need I mention it?) psp isos… including support for games you love that will never be available on the PSN Store for obscure contractual reasons.
People who’ve tasted the joy of using TN Hen on their Vita have had a hard time giving it up in order to upgrade. A while ago, Total_Noob announced he would be back with another PSP Kernel exploit (and HEN) running on the Vita of course. He eventually stated that he would wait for the PS4 to be available before he would consider a release. His goal was clear: make sure the Vita firmware you will be “stuck” on to enjoy his exploit will also let you use your Vita with the PS4.
Today, with the PS4 release approaching, what do we know about the upcoming TN-V ?
- Most likely, it will have all the features you typically expect from the type of tool: psp iso support, plugins, homebrews, etc… Total_Noob however mentioned a while ago that the extra ram support has been disabled in recent Vita firmware updates (so we’ll probably be limited to 32MB instead of 64MB… for some homebrews this can be a big deal, but in general this shouldn’t be too much of an issue)
- Total_Noob will not release this before the PS4, for the benefit of the scene, he is waiting for a “useful” Vita firmware update
- TN-V 4 will not be a silver bullet. It will rely on a PSP kernel exploit, that Sony will probably patch easily with a firmware update. People who want to keep the hack will have to basically renounce the many online features of the Vita. Tough choice, probably, but if you’ve enjoyed TN’s work before, and knowing that there aren’t that many psp kernel exploits around, you know you’ll consider it
- TN-V 4 will not magically let you pirate Vita games.
- Total_Noob aims at making his work compatible with as many usermode exploits as possible. People who have had access in the past to our previous Ninja releases will most likely have a chance to get TN-V 4 to replace their current VHBL install, assuming the community does its job: Total_Noob has asked us to help porting his work to the existing exploits, here.
- I believe, if things are timed right, that TN-V 4 could even be compatible with the Vita TV… there’s no reason to believe the Vita TV would have a firmware too different from that of the Vita.
Stay tuned for a release date!
TN-V 4 screenshot on Vita 2.61 courtesy of hackinformer
cant wait for the ps4
I would gladly give up the ps vita online features for this!!
So would I!
Anyone would!!!!! At last!!!
I would give up the PS4 features for this xD.
Lol
My wallet with $20, im ready! Just bring the news… tks guys.
Can’t wait for it to be released
so if the TN_V would be limited to 32mb rather than 64mb so i should upgrade my vita from 2.12 with gameocracy vhbl to the ofw right?
Just wait and stay where you’re at. Until it is time to upgrade FW.
Yeah, so far so good with TN-V4. It is working great and loading time is REALLY FAST now, for a lot of games and homebrew. He’s even added a few extra things to it. You are going to really like this version of TN-V.
Your post suggests that some of you guys have already tested TN-V4
Ok my question is will this add the sound plugin making psx and multiple emus capable of sound….
@hackinformer
I will gladly wire you some money via Paypal. If you release this exploit this week. Deal?
You make me sick.
🙂
Do you know if it is going to be available for usa accounts? i have a mexican account, do you think tn v -4 might work too?
La peor cuenta que hay dentro de la psn xD lo mejor será tener una de usa.
A mi solo me apuran los trofeos en línea de killzone, saludos!!!
Gracias pppks,a cambiar de cuenta por una de usa.
Jajajaja los dos zoquetes hablando ingles XD,bueno yo tambien quien sabe si hay un argentino o mexicano por aca XD.Ojala no sea caro el juego ya que supongo me van a quedar 15 dolares por lo menos…..eso si no lanzan una promo como el de Dead Or Alive 5 Plus que me salio solo 10 dolares,insane no? jajaja.
U.S.A. account
🙂 can’t wait.. i would give up my UNO when the release comes and wifi features.. XD wooo.. i only got $20 in my wallet as well..
Full cfw for psp kexploit but you buy a game to exploit again?
Yes, you will need a usermode exploit to run the kexploit, so you will either need one of the existing vhbl exploits, or a new one.
Is it possible to run iso games and plugins on VHBL via TN-V?
Yes. Not VHBL. But TN-V
If you want to use a current VHBL exploit, make sure you stay on that firmware because if the usermode game is patched, the Tn-v doesn’t work.
Nope.
VHBL is different from TN-V, but both are PSP emulators in different ways. You need a working VHBL exploit (which is called usermode exploit) to get the kexploit & thus run TN-V. 😉
At first, I read “TN-V 4 will magically let you pirate Vita games” until I read it the second time. Lol.
Eh….. I’ll consider this… ITS A HACK ON A VITA AFTER ALLLLLLLLLLL
..I’ll throw away my PSN account IF i Can Play Fate extra on a Vita… (sINCE CORPSE PARTY BLOOD DRIVE IS NOT RELEASED AND PORTED YET… no real reason to buy one until then…) I can Imagine it all Caster On A VITA screen
Total_Noob thanks for your work
I’ll probably try this out when it gets released, but it wont stop me from updating when I need to. I have a PS+ subscription, so being able to use the PSN store is important to me.
i will surely update my 1.81 gravity crash for this cant wait.. i wish there could be a sound plug in for ps1 aswell
I have a 2.12 VHBL, but I do not have openCMA, how can I transfer file to the PSV? Is there an openCMA for 2.12? I cannot find it.
get an open CMA. easy
I have access to the New Zealand PSN store, but if I buy the exploit game from said PSN store; will it be any different from the US version of the exploit game?
I’m hoping I don’t have to create a new account and buy US PSN credit just for the exploit.
And the point of this is? a PSP can do this. Even a laptop. But then i guess Total_Noob’s has alot of free time.
The point is that not everyone owns a PSP for 1.
And those that do would still rather play homebrew on the Vita’s gorgeous 5in screen.
Including the ability to play PSP games that are otherwise not available on the PSN store for Vita.
OMG!, no one here has ever heard this complaint before. And it’s laughable that you’d try to insult Total_Noob for having a lot of free time, when he’s following his interests AND helping a bunch of people use their devices in new ways, yet you’re… trolling the comments section?
watching DBZ Tag team Tenkaichi screen shot on Vita makes me excited for this! 😀
cant wait for this kexploit…thanks tnoob
I wonder if the new kexploit is going to be available for HongKong account.Would you mind give me an answer? Still waiting for more details till the ps4 sales! Thx for posting!
yea…. finaly im seeng my self playng KH bbs Ff crisis core ….. on the gorgeous OLED vita screen , thanks in advnce to all of you who are working so this can happen 🙂
I have the current PSPEmu on my 2.12 Vita. It’s awesome. If I do update, I’ll have to not only give that up, but every Vita game I purchased through the store, only because my PSN ID got banned on my PS3. And that’s what I bought games with on my Vita. If I go to update, I’ll lose it all because I’ll have to sign in with a different account.
Longest…4 weeks….ever! 😛
Hey wololo, I was wondering how much I should put into my account for this game. I know you can’t give the specifics, but can u give a range that the game will cost?
Nice question i’ve got 15$ on mine hope it’s enough 🙁
$1 to $30 dollars, most probably? They don’t give ranges or prices because that could tip off Sony, but I’m pretty sure the most expensive VHBL game thus far has been Monster Hunter at ~$20. Many of the games have been in the $5 to $10 range, but there’s really no guarantee as it could theoretically be a more recent or popular $40 game.
40$ for a psp game…worth the one time investment lool
So this TN-V4 exploit will work directly on the VHBL exploit I have of Arcade Airhockey & Bowling [EU] ?
i die inside every time its not a gamecube\ps2 emulator,well ill stick with my old 2.60 lol
I’m pretty sure a Gamecube or PS2 emulator would require a fully unlocked Vita, and even then might be essentially impossible without a large team of experts. (i.e. if there is ever any sort of PS2 emulation, it will be made by Sony and limited to selected games) I’m pretty sure the specs simply aren’t there to emulate that generation of consoles, without some truly absurd skills and luck from the authors.
Don’t die inside too much, because news of a PS2 or Gamecube emu really isn’t coming, unless, like I said, it’s a PS2 emu by Sony.
I’m not demanding it, nor am I requesting it, but because there are some firmwares that can access the extra RAM and others cannot, will there be 2 versions? For example, Firmwares from a to b have access and have a TN-V4 “extra RAM edition”, while Firmwares from c to d have just the regular TN-V4.
He put in all of that effort into discovering the extra RAM, we can at least let him release a version using his findings, making Total_Noob feel like it wasn’t all for naught.
I faowd a game on the psn store and it wasa psp game but it free on it yo think that it can bi patch too
It has to have an unpatched vulnerability. So chances are no, but you could find out for sure by following the VHBL tutorials and attempting to get a usable crash out of that game.
Come on…. guys v need a big update to the vita hack. like we can dump any psvits game to our pc through vita like the umd dump through psp…. ability to control the whole vita features and play any pirated game of vita… WE THROUGHLY NEED THIS *** THONG IN OUR BITA
If you could form a sentence, other people might actually care about what you are saying. If you want a Vita exploit, then either put up or shut up.
Espero que este trabajo tenga muchas mejoras y creo que todos los de la PSvita Scene colaboren con TOTAL_NOOB para que sea un trabajo impecable y nos podamos favorecer todos.
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I hope this work has many improvements and I think all of the work with Total_Noob Scene PSvita to be an impeccable job and we can encourage everyone.
I liked seeing Tenkaichi Tag Team on there. 🙂
Awesome!! Can’t wait.
what is clear is already pretty much all that was found on the hack the vita but go no further people will be able to hack the ps vita as the psp.
I think the hack vita games never veras day sony biien is too strong for the hacker without wanting to offend
Does the limited ram affect the ability to play psp isos?
Not at all. I had a previous kernal mode exploit with the UNO game, and ISOs ran just fine.
Proof everyone on this planet is a noob – Total Noob calls himself total noob. We’d all be like super noob :'(.
I’m glad these exploit are coming, they give us some fun when thers nothing to do :).
If we’re putting so much effort into bringing cfw to the vita (2 years and nothing), I wonder how long it will take for the PS4 to hack.
Decisions, decisions :/. Get the exploit when it comes out and enjoy the PSP games I didn’t get a chance to play along with emulators. Or keep enjoying the benefits of all the free/discounted stuff constantly being pumped out for PSN+ members.
As stated by Yifan, (those who still didn’t realized that Sony did a great job making the Ps Vita secure from being fully hacked) – “The system memory is on the same chip as the CPU, so you cannot try to piggyback the RAM. Plus anyone doing a hardware hack would have to have expert electrical engineering skills and access to expensive tools.”
The PS Vita Devs can make exploits, but without electrical engineers, this is why PS Vita taking so long to be fully hacked, and thanks to Sony again, for making heck of a secured handheld system. All the Devs deserve a big credit for their hard work and time too. I do wish that Devs would all work together on a exploit to make it fully hacked, and The Z would do that by contacting all these Devs some how…
It’ll be the biggest history printed on Sony, I promise you that! Anyways, I hope that clears out the noobs who are begging for a fully hacked Vita. I hope you guys enjoy the next Ninja Release! I sold my vita long time ago when I finally realized that PS Vita was not going to be fully hacked anytime soon, hope the noobs understand this too. Peace.
Challenging “hackers” by putting up walls and more walls, just to prevent the system to be hacked, is a war lost from the start; all it’ll take is time.
the only people all of this annoys is the average user, not the “hacker”.
I’ve yet to hear of another handheld system, cellphone, iOS, Android, any existant multimedia storing device which requires you to update to the latest firmware just to send a photo to your PC from the system in question and viceversa.
Not to mention, that this could have had more sense for the PlayStationPortable system, for its wider library of games after 1 year of launch (or earlier; within December 2005, it had MH Freedom – which would then start a series of games exclusive to the PS Vita System – an announced exclusive game for the FF anniversary, other good games already) it’d give an assurance to developers for their product to not get pirated.
On a system which 1 year after release still lacks a solid library of games, with very few announces for the near future – and among the best ones there are either remakes of other games and/or multi system games, some of which happen to play better on any other system other than the Vita, due to missing modes and whatnot, tho still no exclusive fresh new titles – and on which user and/or kernel hacks would only unlock and empower the device itself, making wider use of its potential, all these anti-piracy measures feel just like an unnecessary load of bull****. It’s like putting thousands of locks on an empty treasure chest.
*exclusive to the PSP system; my bad.
*exclusive to the PSP system, my bad.
wololo i would appreciate if you can kindly reply to this. is there a way for me to continue to use the online features on my ps vita and not upgrade to the latest firmware? i wouldnt want to lose the vhbl but also find the map and youtube app very useful.