Mandatory PS Vita Firmware 3.51 is now available!
Just one day ago we have told you that the PS Vita, and therefore also PS(Vita) TV, firmware 3.51 is going to be released very soon.
One night later, and the firmware is now available. It is mandatory, by the way!
PS Vita and PlayStation TV system update 3.51 is coming soon. It’s a minor update that will improve stability.
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) 13. Mai 2015
Sony promised that the new firmware 3.51 is going to make the buggy PS Vita firmware 3.50 a bit more stable, fix various random slowdowns & freezes.
As of now, it looks that the firmware does what it promises, similar to the PS4’s firmware 2.51, which also happened to be a bugfix update for the buggy version 2.50.
Unofficial changes:
While the official changes are nice, what’s about the unofficial changes?
As of now it seems that the public kernel mode exploit, used for the 3.50 ARK-2 & 3.50 TN-V release, has been patched.
With a bit of luck, Sony did not patch the leaked kernel mode exploits.
The savedata exploit in World of Pool (and Pool Hall Pro) seems to be still working, though.
It is not known if the Ape Escape: On the Loose savedata exploit is still working, but we assume that we will find out very soon.
If you want to know what is definitely still working, then you might want to take a look at the good old Half Byte Loader:
Despite ARK-2 & TN-V not being compatible with firmware 3.51 (for now), it is nice to know that at least the VHBL is still working.
Source via FWUpdateBot.
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Hallo, Z. Verwendest du VHBL auf PSVita mit einem noch nicht veröffentlichten exploit Spiel ?
Das tut er wahrscheinlich.
Wieso fragst du ?
I’m still on 3.18 waiting something big!
Nah.
Will this update block the PSM hack thats yet to be released?
how can it be patched/ blocked ?! the files for the hack aren’t released yet ! sony can’t patch things if they don’t know how the exploit is initialized
Even more, if you are willing to link your Vita to your PSM Dev Licence, you MUST have your Vita updated
lmao sony must have given up
When in doubt don’t update. It’s always safe to assume that updates break exploits even (though I doubt it would in this case).
..Meant this in reply to Silents…
“It is mandatory, by the way!”
Have Sony ever released a non-mandatory update? Or any console publishing company for that matter?
yes. there are optional updates, generally it is apart of a beta program. i joined a beta program for updates on my xbox 360. i got the update before it became mandatory, so in that instance, it was optional.
I have seen at least 3 updates on the PS3 that were not necessary, I would still be able to go online on PSN without installing them so I would generally skip them in case something was broken and… on one of those PS3’s started bricking lmao
Yes they have for the PS3 a few times, I know update 4.53 was optional.
A later 1.6x FW was optional. Same with one of the 3.1x firmwares.
If you’re below 3.50 and want to update without losing ape escape just file swap the update and use update blocker. Tick-tock though
psm 2.0 never update to 2.0.1 with system driver 3.1 still latest 3.51
Is there ape escape VHBL
has anyone tested ape escape after the update and how do i spoof 3.50 to get back online please help i enjoy my emulators and cso’s but black ops multiplayer is where its at
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Hey, how did you installed emulators on 3.50?
can anyone tell me if it is possible to install half byte loader on firmware 3.36? I am waiting to install new firmware so I can hack and use my vita with Nintendo games, but I have also purchased new Vita games I would like to play and sadly I can’t install them. I’m new to this and any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
First : if you have bought Vita games online, you CANNOT download them to your Vita if you’re not on the latest firmware (at least without a hacked PS3, but since I haven’t one, I cannot inform you for this). That’s what MANDATORY means.
Second : If you’re on 3.36 and you have one of the possible exploit games (Numblast, Patapon 2 for example), then you can install very easily ARK-2, which does the same as the VHBL but better. ARK-2 can launch the same homebrews as the VHBL, and it can launch PSP games as ISO/CSO.
All in all : if you own a PS3 that has a custom firmware, you can try to download one of the abovementionned games on you 3.36 firmware without updating, and run ARK-2 (or VHBL if you want, but ARK-2 is only better !).
A regular PS3 is enough. It doesnt need to be hacked.
http://i.imgur.com/sO7SuWy.gif
Nice one 😀
I actually chuckled, nice job.
Good evening I have just be approved for psm … currently I’m on 3.36 firmware but wonder to update firmware 3.51 so I could connect me on psn to Download vita “Unity for PSM” and “PSM SDK” .faut 2 software download it? I saw that it was compulsory update to 3.50, but now I can update with firmware 3.51? the feat psm t he work with? if not how to update 3.50? thank you in advance ….
I’m glad to stay on 3.18, waiting for that moment when someone advice, not to update to 3.36, stay on 3.18…I am still waiting…still…
Should we stay on 3.18 or what you nerds!
i buy a new psvita 3.30 and exploit game ape scape, and now i use tnv-11 and play megadrive, snes and etc. finally i can use INSTALL.ZIP with out problem.
now i buy new psvita and wait my psm license.
Looks like TNV-11 does not work with Ape Escape: On the Loose on 3.51
What a shame, I was just on the PSN page to download it when it forced me to update. Thank you for confirming 🙁
If I do update to 3.51 from 3.50, should I remove the homebrew games I have on my Vita first before I do this? I’m not sure I can remove them using 3.51 and i want to access the PS Store.
3.51 seems alot smoother and stabler
I’m so glad I was to able to purchase Ape Escape on the Loose the other day while I’m currently still on 3.50.
Though, I’m phobic about updating 3.51 breaking anything if I do update after I apply the Ape Escape exploit..
Anyone else get Vita Update Blocker to work with this patch? It’s not working for me, as my Vita still says I need to download the mandatory update. I want to sync my trophies and buy from the store. It was working on the previous firmware. If its a time thing and will work on the release of the next firmware update then that’s fine then.
What FW are you on?
3.36
Hey, The Z.. Can you share the steps on how to apply or use the Ape Escape exploit for 3.50?
I was able to grab the game on 3.50 the other day and I’m still on 3.50.
I’ve Googled around but didn’t find any steps, tutorials or guides on how to apply or use the Ape Escape on the Loose 3.50 exploit. Please help.
Hey, thnx for all ur info about the ps vita. My question is The savedata exploit in World of Pool in 3.51 didnt work, can u help me ?
it say data corrupted, i just want to run vhbl. Thnx in advance
You need the “PSP” not vita demo for toukiden from the japanese store which wont be back until the release of 3.52+ to do any exploit on 3.51.
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