How to install PSM Dev for Unity on PS Vita firmware 3.20 and above
Note from Wololo: This tutorial was initially published by /Talk member YumYumOfTheYum, as part of our monthly tutorial contest. YumYumOfTheYum won the best PS Vita tutorial prize in June (a $10 PSN Code) for his entry. You can find the original post here.
This is for PSM Dev Unity packaged by Major.Tom & Mr Gas.
Credits to them, and also all you coders in the scene. Big thanks !
Without further ado …
- Get the PSM Dev Unity package here: https://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/8322 then unpack.
- Install Mozilla Thunderbird (portable version also OK, thanks pythonista for clarifying).
- Open the “test2.eml” file included in the package using Thunderbird then send the email to your email. You can send it to yourself, btw.
- Copy the directory “UNITY” into PSAVEDATA/blahblahblah/UNITY in your PSAVEDATA folder .. note blahblahblah is your device unique identifier.
- Then copy the package using Content Manager. It will show as PSM UNITY INSTALL (>3.20).
- Rebuild database before anything else (power off then R+power+PS button).
- Tap any game that needs updating but don’t open it.
- Start update for the game by tapping the upper leftmost icon in that game’s “page”.
- Pause the running update (open your notification bubble in LiveArea then tap … then “pause”).
- Open Vita email app, then open the email sent earlier by yourself. If it’s correct, you will have 2 attachments showing as images.
- Tap image 1 (left). An error message will appear, just close the app (NOT the error message).
- Re-open Vita email app, then open again that email.
- Tap image 2 (right). An error message will appear, just close the app (NOT the error message) just like before.
- Turn off Wi-Fi.
- Reboot.
- Open your notification bubble in LiveArea, then tap on the message showing failed update.
- ???
- Profit !!!
Additional notes:
- For you guys noticing 96kb (or whatever) size in the Vita content manager app after copying the save data, don’t worry, it’s really 27-something MB. It is shown as 96kb because apparently the Vita system did not read the size of the subfolders.
- Also, apparently you need QCMA instead of OCMA for successful file transfer (h/t Dr.GiggleZ and AlexTwolf).
- If you’re on 3.30+, apparently you need to update the PSM Dev Unity app first. Just do it.
- If your Vita says “you must update the system software”, just shutdown and refresh database. Restart in airplane mode (h/t tinostar91).
- Some people reported that the game update must be paused right after it is initiated, but that seems not to be the case (h/t tinostar91).
- Outlook doesn’t work, Hotmail doesn’t work (h/t RonnChyran and SaltySticks). For Gmail, you need to either enable 2-step verification and use app specific password, or allow access to less secure apps.
- PSM Runtime can also be used for update payload (h/t RikuKurai).
- Any game on a cart can also be used, as long as it requires an update (h/t Xplic1T).
- Edited for a few important points forgotten, 2nd edit for additional infos learned by people in this thread. Thanks, everyone!
Cheers!
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i see what about 3.18 FW questions and what about 3.52 FW questions but im on 3.15 FW? will this work on it?
uhm.. i’m on 3.18 and installed PSM dev for unity, but needs to be updated.. may i know how to update it? it asks me to update my system software before i can do the update for PSM dev for unity.. if i do update my system software i’ll be on 3.52 and i can’t use this PSM dev right? what do i have to do? sorry.. really noob.. thanks in advance..
Confused on step 3, so do you just open to email, then forward it to yours own personal email address? I keep trying that with my gmail account but its not showing as image attachements.
On step 3, do I forward it to my personal email? tried that but the two attachments aren’t image files.
Got it.! Estou pronto pro Rejuvenate! Psm Dev For Unity instalado e atualizado!
I finally got it installed after so many tries.
Stuck at Step 5 with QCMA. Am I Doing Something wrong? its the could not connect to the PC problem.
Need help, i’m on 3.51 and when i connect to content manager i tells me to update. I installed open cma but it still wants me to update. So i can’t go further then step 5. Appreciate any help, thanks.
-enable airplane mode and disable the wifi then turn off your vita
-turn it on again
-connect it to ocma/ qcma
if that doesn’t work rebuild databaseand try again … remember you need to restart your vita with wifi turned off
Thanks buddy, I did everything like you said but it still asks me to update. Isn’t there an alternative way to transfer those files without content manager? Or is there anything else I should give a try?
Same here. Keep trying to load up content manager to copy the package but content manager on the vita keeps saying to update. On firmware 3.51. Been rebuilding the database and airplane mode, nada.
I fixed that. You have to use QCMA http://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/8241 , i managed to copy all files to my vita. Just keep PC and Vita both offline, i tried a couple of times but then it worked.
Solved this problem but stuck in the next step. I don’t have a game who requires update, and i can’t download any from PSN store. I use vita update blocker 1.2 but that doesn’t help either. I’m asking those who are on 3.51; how did you managed to access PSN store without updating?
thanks for the reply guys. im gonna try until my vita yields and allows me to copy. yeah and finally get stuck on that update step.
i have ark 2 with paptapon2 already but i dont have any game who need update is that problem
hat to do
what fw is your vita on?
3,36
I solved this update problem minutes ago. If you ain’t got nothing to update, just go to system settings, PSM runtime and click update to do that update trick. The rest goes on with the email step and etc.
Hey, know this is an old post but im trying this process right now. On 3.50 and cant connect to PSN to get any updates for apps without updating my FW… i dont have PSM installed. Trying to install UNITY for the first time. Any way i can do this?
Yow guys, i really really need help. I’d no game that requires an update, so i transfered the game to my PC, deleted the patch file (also the whole game from vita), then transfered the game back to vita. Now when i hit refresh on the game page no update icon appears, i’d that for 3 different games but that doesn’t help.
Then i tried the same with facebook app and a f…ng update icon appeared, but when i click on that f…ng update icon it saz ‘the latest version of this application ia already installed’. I’m rally *** off, pleaaaase someone help me 🙁
I also tried vita update blocker but that doesn’t help either.
Hey I’m at the same point as you right now. I’m on 3.50. Did you ever figure this out?
Hi did it on 3.52 got the magic message from Mr. Gas but no app bubble has appeared. I’m guessing people below 3.52 would have an app bubble so what I’m really saying is that following the instructions does work.
I don’t get it. I have 3.51, I put UNITY in the PSSAVEDATA ########### folder, and it will NOT appear at all. Nothing I do seems to work.
I did all the steps but I coudn’t find the PSM unity app on my ps vita ; and I can’t tap on the message showing failed update
Did you ever figure this out?
I’m trying to install the Unity App on my 3.01 Vita, but I’m being out of luck. As my Vita has a faulty USB port I can only rely on wi-fi, but when I try to use the Package Installer it disconnects from the QCMA (as I can see, it simply disconnects when I’m in livearea). Does anyone knows an alternative to it?
i followed every single step.. got the message from mr gas.. but no unity app bubble 🙁
and i tried following the steps but it’s the same.. any guidance?
Is this hack worth it over vhdl ? i have a ps vita with vhdl on fw 3.18, should i switch to this?
Could someone send the mr gas email to this gmail, used only for vita homebrew, so I can install it.
xandy.sound1@gmail.com
I’m having a problem with step 6 (Rebuild device database), for some reason, the progress bar keeps stopping in the middle. I have firmware 3.36
Never mind, I just have a lot of stuff on my memory-card that it needs to reindex. It has successfully finished the database rebuild. Now onto step 7!
whenever i try to connect to qcma or even open cma it tells me could not connect to the pc when using usb mode, but if i try wireless mode it tells me i need to update, first time using qcma, have been using ocma till version 3.18 i haven’t connected my vita to the pc since i updated to 3.51, whats wrong with my setup?
I’m having the same issue. I can’ t get past Step 5. Has anyone fixed this ?
should it say could not install.(C2-13275-8) the only option it gives me says cancel?
i’m having the same problem, help plz
I’m having a very difficult time with this. I have 3.51, and I just cannot get past step 5. At first, It would tell me to do a system update when trying to use content manager. I downloaded and installed QCMA, and I am still unable to copy it. I go into content manager on my vita, and now it just tells me “Could not connect to the PC”. I tried doing this with wifi off, and rebooting in airplane mode. How the heck do you get this to work?
I was stuck here as well this is what I did, I reinstalled qcma it has to reregister your device which is why i did that tell me if that works or not.
Just tried this today with my 3.35 ofw vita, I feel like I’m doing everything right. but when I turn off my wifi, turn off vita, turn it on and go to the liive area notifications, It just says paused. am I doing something wrong? I’m using psm runtime package a the update payload a well.
I installed PSM Dev for Unity but the problem is the version is 1.00 and when try to open ..You must update this application. to 1.06(27 MB) . It is OK if update? I decide update to 1.06 ,and when rejuvenate ask me to enter your PSM Dev Assistant version number, im typing 1.06 , is waiting to connect , Finally i go for Email and hackinformer choose the option I used PSM+ before and want to refresh my license.
I recive a email and install inside Development Assistant VitaDefilerClient ans show me Hello World Script,
I’m stuck in QCMA every time it asks me for update I’m ofw 3.35
Hey man, did u solve this problem??
My psvita is on 3.36 and i’m trying to install Unity, but when try to connect to qcma the vita pops up a message to upgrade the psvita. How solve this ??
Solved, here install official QCMA and follow this http://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/1252
Running 3.36. QCMA does not work. System requires update. Fixes listed in comments above also don’t work. About ready to call it quits. Maybe I’ll come back in 2 years when someone actually hacks this system successfully.
Try disabling wifi and enabling airplane mode. Then just reboot the Vita. It apparently still has the official update xml file from Sony.
the game update wont pop up either becouse it asks system update first so this guide isnt possible to do
this is not possible because when choosing game update it requires system update
Ive followed all of the steps very carefully, im pausing my updates the disabling wifi and restarting. when i reboot my downloads are just paused as they were before i disabled wifi. how does pausing download before disabling wifi cause an update to fail? ..since the update is already paused. it just isnt workin…unless im missing something. on firmware 3.51 i have unity 3.20 on my vita. tried updating both borderlands 2 and the playstation mobile service but nothing seems to work. downloads just will not fail.
Have I missed the boat on this?
I have a vita running 3.50 but there are no games on it as I have just brought it from ebay, solely for the reason to put retroacrch on it and play old games. I have set up the email. but I cannot sign in to PSN without it asking for an system update.
Can I use this update as required by steps 7/8 or dose it have to be a game that needs to be updated? I don’t want to start the update and not be able to go back if it not right.
If I need a game to update can I use a physical game and go that way?
Any help you guys can offer will be much appreciated as I’m starting to wish I hadn’t stated
Did you ever figure this out? Im in the same boat right now
Everything til step 16 goes fine.
I turn on wifi, go into system and update PSM Runtime (ps mobile), and it starts download 2 files. PSM runtime update and a PSM runtime 2.0.1 file,
I pause both of them at 25%
Go into the email, run the first attactched file, exit program without clicking ok, start email, run 2nd attatched file, exit and close email,
turn off wife, reboot Psvita,
click on the corner bubble and hit “resume all”, they fail :
Reading “Could not download (NW-10759-2) on both files, however no new bubble appears. :/
What am I doing wrong? Please
ya im stuck there and i have 3.57
yeah doesn’t work on 3.57, it is up to 3.36 or 3.50 i think …
So,
I installed Unity (but still can’t get a licence), and I read everywhere that Unity cannot use rejuvenate, but there are no links to the Dev Assistant, and only to Unity.
So has this been ported yet? Will it be ported?
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