Release: Patapon 2 VHBL Exploit for PS Vita Firmware 3.36

The Zett

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196 Responses

  1. Ben2x

    how to make custom bubble if i want to play PSP games, but if the game is like 1gb do i need a base games with 1gb also?

  2. Ariakan

    Sorry for my question but I don’t understand everything about VHBL. 🙁
    I’m on 3.20 (PS TV) and I have TN-V on it. Is there a benefit to purchase Patapon 2 for me to do this ?

  3. Trubs

    Okay, so I got VHBL working, and I even went through the hardship of setting up FTP for the first time and the painfully slow process of transferring over a game. The problem is, I picked FF Type 0 (merged ISO’s, English translated, so about 2.8GB), and although it all transferred over fine, upon refreshing the directory, it got trimmed down to 1.4GB (an approximation). Upon trying to boot the game I used (Uno), it simply fails to boot and goes back to the live screen. Yes, I rebuilt the database before attempting to launch it.

    I presume this is a unique issue seeing as FF Type 0 is a bit of a special case, but is this due to the single game size limitation on the PSP? Are custom PSP bubbles limited to the size limit of a single PSP UMD? If that is the case, is there a way to use this particular game via custom bubbles, or do I simply have to hold out hope for TN-V on 3.36 since I doubt there is a way to get a two ISO game functioning otherwise with custom bubbles alone?

  4. Marc

    Can i use talkman travel paris as my base game?

    • The Z

      No. All the Talkman Travel games have been patched as of firmware 3.36.

      Since the restrictions apply to Tokyo, they might also apply to Paris and co.

  5. Marc

    or tnt racers as my base game?sorry noob here

  6. Marc

    *** sorry i mean tnt racers as my other game i already have the patapon 2 on my psvita

  7. Rodrigo

    I have made all like the video says se have yo do, and then I become a red screen and not the green screen. I guess I did something wrong but I dont know what… Could you help me please? I’m a noob…

    • Samoel

      Hey Rodrigo, tha same happened to me the first time I tried, that was because I was using the wrong game ID, I copied the same from the video, the European one, but as I have US version I had to changed it to US game ID, then it worked. Try that !!

  8. nina

    I followed all the steps. Everything seemed to be working just fine. I did PATAPON, got the gray and green screens, then launched UNO to get the VHBL, and unfortunately, UNO started up like normal, no VHBL.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks!

    • The Z

      Did you restore the database after patapon but before starting uno?

      Did you remember to drop the EBOOT.PBP into the patapon 2 savedata before transfering it to your vita?

      • nina

        yes and yes.

        As I said, I followed everything in the video exactly (which I’m sure you hear a lot). And everything was going very smooth, until I launched UNO to get the VHBL…it didn’t launch VHBL like it did in the video.

        I’ll try again later and we can celebrate another PSvita nerd hacking their VITA.

        thanks!

      • Lantz

        Same here, and I did do all of the above. Then I noticed the message about 3.3 no longer worked so i went to 3.2. At which point i got the license bug. How do you revert from the bug? I’ve tried deleting Pap2 & Uno along with their corresponding save games. Then tried restoring Uno from my backup and from re-downloading and still says uno isn’t licensed. Any suggestions. (I’ve been following and modding since the PSP’s first mod where the games were pre-iso)

      • Guitarguy1974

        Any idea why I get a grey then red screen. Ive put post in different places and others have had the same problem. I used Patapon 2, and tried 2 different base games king of pool and locoroco demo.

  9. Samoel

    Hey guys,
    I have installed an emulator for snes, but it doesnt have any games on it, do you know how I copy or move games to it?
    thanks!

    • The Z

      Install PSP Filer and drop the games into a ZIP file.

      Then open the ZIP file with PSPFiler and manually move the games from the ZIP to the correct folder.

      • Samoel

        Thanks The Z, dude I swear I tried but I couldn’t do it, how do I move/copy/install the PSP FILER into my vita?
        thanks!

  10. Marc

    It worked perfectly i already have the vhbl installed on my psvita thanks! so now my problems is i have no idea on how to create a custom bubble to play psp game on my psvita…i just bought this vita earlier just for the exploit thank you so much Zett!

  11. gui

    how to custom bubble to play psp games?
    I can play CPS1PSP too?

    thanks.

  12. Marc

    lol somethings wrong with my vhbl it says error couldnt find any homebrew in ms0/psp/vhbl HEeeeeeeeeelp!

    • Oli

      You’ve done it correctly. You now just have to add whichever homebrews you want

      • gui

        how i put homebrew?

        • Chris

          If you want to add homebrew, first of all you should download it. After that rename the folder and name it INSTALL.ZIP. Next put that zip file into any save folder in your computer and transfer it to your ps vita. Open VHBL, click the L button and go that same save folder and click X (or O button in Japan). Then click yes when it asks you to install the homebrew.

  13. Phant0mg33k

    So your telling me having super collapse 3 around is a great idea and should work perfectly. Thanks

  14. peke

    I did all and get red screen, not green, then I got c1-2738-0 error when I run my psp game (chamaleon I use), don´t know what I did wrong

    • Convectuoso

      Same here!

      • Guitarguy1974

        Me too. All I know is to follow instructions. 3 times step by step and same RED SCREEN OF DEATH!!!

    • guitarguy1974

      Make sure in the command prompt everything is CAPITALIZED except fake_np -b. vhbl.iso for example must be VHBL.ISO. Green Screen;) Spread the word

    • MysteriousStranger

      Double check and make sure that you set the PATH.TXT file correctly. I had VHBL running properly before I tried to modify my bubble and had to start over again after a really long complicated process. Then when I transferred everything over and got what you had, I realized I hadn’t re-edited my PATH.TXT file.

  15. chard021

    help pls….newbie here.. i donwload fakenp,,, but inside the winrar,there was NO pkgview.exe .. tell me where to donwload it

  16. chill8019

    I’m getting grey and red screen and now getting error on loading uno … Help help help …and is the game ID for uno( us )?

  17. Rodrigo

    Hey z
    Ich habe das ganze schon drei mal gemacht wie es man in Video gezeigt ist..
    Stat der grüne Bildschirm kriege ich eine rote…
    Kannst du mir helfen bitte? Ich habe eine ps vita 2000
    Danke!

  18. eduardo

    Hola disculpen yo soy mexicano y tengo la version 3.35 quisiera saber como puedo conseguir esa version de patapon

  19. Rodrigo

    Hey z
    Ich habe das ganze schon drei mal gemacht wie es man in Video gezeigt ist..
    Stat der grüne Bildschirm kriege ich eine rote…
    Kannst du mir helfen bitte? Ich habe eine ps vita 2000
    Danke!

  20. wilfredo

    ok so i have vhbl installed… now how to add emulators? i want nes snes and n64 i make the psp/game/emulator folders.. then zip it…. then rename to install.zip….. but it always say “no homebrew found in psp/vhbl” please help

    • LJH

      I have experienced same situation like you and I finally found an answer
      We can transfer an eboot.pbp file in the game savedata folder to the vita by using cma

      Follow this
      : Prepare the filer(psp file manager homebrew) and put the eboot.pbp file of the filer to the psp savefile folder then you can send that homebrew to the vita and can use on the vhbl

      Rename the install.zip -> eboot.pbp on the computer and send to the vita
      Launch filer and rename it eboot.pbp->install.zip
      Now you can unzip that file by using the vhbl

  21. Mr.X

    Sweety a new exploit for a Dash Hardware
    No realy Good Games no real Applikation nothing
    To Play I use a Smartphone
    There need no Exploits
    There has a lot more and realy good Games for 0.00$
    For what the Vita?
    Only for my Dash
    Now is my Vita 3 Years old and she cant do nothing.
    Importing Psp to Vita is not real nice .
    Only for Childs
    Hey Guys for what the *** Vita?

  22. Stephens

    Sorry my English translator, but I am bad in English.
    I wonder if somehow hesitate to transfer the bubble games for PSVita via USB, because the WiFi is very time consuming.
    Thank you for attention

  23. Oli

    Is there a dedicated place to find different hombrews? I have no idea what is available. Thanks.

  24. thanks

    muchas gracias, ya puedo correr el hbl pero ahora como le instalo juegos

  25. thanks

    muchas gracias, ya puedo correr el hbl pero ahora como le instalo juegos
    thank you very much, I can already run the hbl but now as you install games.

  26. gui

    its work. But how put games???

  27. wtf

    guys i think uno dosnt work on this exploit, nobody can seem to get pass the red screen, and nobody adressing this issue

  28. Paul t

    Hi, can you help me guys, got past the green screen in install, restarted but when I start my game, Beta Bloc from the EU store it just loads into the game, can anyone recommend a working UK game?

  29. san

    Please (someone) create a tutorial explaining how to put games and how to create the bubbles please. many people managed to install the exploit but can not install games. thank you.

  30. derrick

    hey z is there a way to do this on a macbook? also i followed all the steps do i put the created eboot.pbp in the save data of patapoon or uno?

  31. mgplayer

    Hi , please tell me how transfer uno from pc to psvita.
    I download uno.pkg to pc know how I can copy uno to psvita?

  32. nqbu

    If I have installed Patapon2 game long time before current firmware, should I redownload it from Store or I can use version installed?

  33. Samoel

    Hey guys, how do I transfer and install PSP filer into my vita, I got the PSP filer files but I can’t find out where to put them in documents\ps vita and then move them to be installed in my vita, can anyone help me with that? thanks!!!

  34. bili

    patapon 2 retiré du store y a t il un autre jeux ?

  35. bili

    possible avec un autre jeux?

  36. Wolf

    Bummer, i did buy Papaton 2 yesterday evening but did not download it due to low resources. Than this morning it’s gone from the download list. Yet i got an .xpd of it but it doesn’t start a download on my win7 pc with the Content Manager. When i click it nothing happens.
    I even phoned Sony- no help from there.
    Any ideas?

  37. FABIO

    hello all friends I was having the same problem red screen instead of green I decided it’s time to make the step fake_np the letter must be uppercase in my case it worked
    now so I do not know put the homebrew …

  38. Ninetailz

    Use LOCOROCO Midnight Carnival Demo instead of UNO, Worked perfectly for me.. But i don’t know how to add homebrew for VHBL for 3.36 !_!

  39. steve

    I got a red screen first time. Formatted the ps vita. Re downloaded uno and patapon 2. Launched both to create save game files. It worked second try. Follow the steps exactly. I used psn pkg decryptor & extractor to get my eboot.pbp that became uno.pbp and for fastest results just have uno.pbp, fake_np, and vhbl.iso in a folder then open command. I’ve seboot in that folder too. Worked great. Got the eboot.pbp and made sure the path.txt was correct. Copied it all over and got the green screen. If you get red something didn’t work out properly. Format and try again. I don’t have snes up yet. But I’ve got nes and master boy running. About to try gpsp and a different snes version. I’ll post results later. Also, when you get an emulator for example and there’s a folder in a folder like gpsp. The root with the data.bin and icon0 n that stuff stays. The second folder ( folder in the root folder) you zip it into install.zip in caps. Or it will say data corrupt. I just joined. Name is slaminger

    • guitarguy1974

      Do cap locks matter anywhere. Does renaming the package file matter. ex. I used locoroco midnight carnival demo as the base game and I renamed it locorocomidnightcarnival.pkg?

  40. steve

    And ninetailz you add it in your save data. Navigate on your pc to where the save data goes for me it’s documents/psvita/psavedata/ random jibberish. It goes in that folder alongside the patapon folder you went into to do the exploit n put files in. But don’t touch the patapon folder. I saw a tut that said delete the patapon save to be safe n it ruins the whole thing. Just put patapon in a folder by itself n ignore it. Also if you corrupt your save n uno won’t launch you don’t start over. Re download uno. Re transfer the patapon save n start from that point. It still works.