PS Vita 3.57 hack: TheFlow found a way to install PS1 bubbles, asks for a 3.57 ePSP Kernel exploit
PSVita hacker theFlow, known for his work on VitaShell, has been recently investigating some PSP emu hacks on the PS Vita. He announced this week that he has found a way to make PS1 bubbles (in other words, a way to run unsigned PS1 binaries directly from the PS Vita’s live screen).
The Vita scene has been pretty quiet lately, so it’s great to know that devs are still active.
The PS1 Bubble technique works on all firmwares, including on the latest 3.57 firmware. However, in order to be able to release it on firmware 3.57, TheFlow is asking for someone to step up and release a Kernel exploit for the PSP emulator on 3.57.
Does anybody have a 3.57 pspemu kernel exploit? Without it, the ps1 loader won’t be supported on 3.57..
— The Flow (@theflow0) February 9, 2016
Of course, this slightly lowers the benefits of the bubble in the first place, as having access to a PSP Emu Kernel exploit means you could access TN-V or ARK, full PSP Custom Firmwares running on the PS Vita, which give you access to all the features of the PSP Emu (including psp iso loading, homebrews, and plugins).
Nonetheless, this is a pretty cool finding, and popular PS Vita Developer 173210 has confirmed it works on firmware 3.57.
TheFlow has said on Twitter that he would release more information “soon”. Stay tuned
I was only asking whether @DaveeFTW and @173210 were interested, so please stop asking for beta testing. I’ll present more information soon. — The Flow (@theflow0) February 8, 2016
Source: TheFlow on Twitter
I’m a little confused about this, it’s a ps1 bubble but requires PSP Kernel exploit to run, does that mean we will still have no native sound for psx?
Yeah, exactly. So it is NOT another type of ARK-3 or TN-X, with emulation for PSOne games with perfect sound….?
PSOne launcher, like the famous TN-X always need some PSP-exploit because you need it to install your PS1 games. But there’s probably others reasons.
Mea culpa, it’s looking it’s dosn’t work like the TN-X .
and you are saying that because…? read that thread
http://www.psx-place.com/forum/general-ps-vita-discussion/theflow-ps1-bubbles-9096.html
Seems that it maight work with perfect sound emu.
Awesome stuff. Just a case of waiting for TheFloW to release this and learning how to do the exploit method then eh? Making 3.51 the lowest base firmware needed for all the best exploits (minus PKG installer), theoretically.
You read it wrongly. TheFlow doesn’t want the bubble to get patched (in next FW of course) without homebrew cpmpatibility, that’s it.
It would be interesting if they could break out of the PS1 emu if they loaded an exploit binary.
“The PS1 Bubble technique works on all firmwares”
The best firmware 3.18 keeps getting bester even 1.5 years after the release!
I get the feeling if a downgrader is ever made, people will downgrade to 3.18
Wow really awsome 😀 im really looking forward to it to run 😀 thanks guyz , keep up the good work.
This is awesome for the only meaningful platform that’s still alive and well.
It’s funny how dead the Vita is even on itself.
Hm sounds like the bubble is not using the native ps one emu, but just a way to directly start the ps one emu inside the psp emu :/
Would be awesome to get real ps one bubbles working to avoid going thru tekken everytime
Hope Acid_Snake notices, as it could be useful for Ark-3/4… I bet this will require 173210’s unreleased bubbles for FW 3.57, no telling if 173210 will release it anytime soon.
Hopefully this will mean I can play some of the PSX games I really want to play, including Xenogears, and Little Big Adventure.
Does this method allow sound on PS1 games?
Surely this can’t just be a shortcut for running PS1 games inside ePSP, that would hardly be newsworthy. The fact that he needs a PSP kernel exploit is probably because both the PS1 and the PSP emu is actually more related than you would think. Developers have explained this before.
I’m very happy this finally gets public, been longing for it for ages since Total_Noob first teased it…
Let’s hope that you are right, cant wait for perfect PSOne sound emulation on my 3.36 FW as well!
Me too, FW 3.36 + numblast.
PSX emulation with perfect sound is a milestone on the vita.
It would nice to be able to play my purchased PSOne games that Sony for whatever reason won’t allow us to play on the Vita. Sure I could them inside the PSP Emu but you don’t get any sound which make feel like I’m deaf.
This could lead to use the PocketStation??
If this is a genuine exploit of the PS1 Loader (i.e. full speed games with perfect sound) as TN-X is/was, this is incredibly useful with or without bubbles. Those holding out on 3.18 can finally upgrade to 3.51 and then this would be the golden firmware for TN-V, TheFloW’s PS1 Loader exploit and Rejuvenate.
Exactly. I’m on 3.18 because of TN-X, but the inability to use 444MHz mode in Rejuvenate as well as 3.30 games is a real bummer.
I think rather of 3.36 as new golden firmware, when we will have the new PS1 Loader. 3.36 has its own webkit exploit hole found just like 3.18, and 3.51 dont. And 3.36 supports 444 MHz in Rejuvenate, not only 333 MHz like 3.18. If that new PS1 Loader will raise up, we will only need implementation of Package Installer for that webkit exploit we already have, and new golden firmare 3.36 it is 🙂
Interesting, I didn’t know about this 3.36 webkit exploit… what it is used for, how do you trigger it?
Read this thread
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=42501
Just like I said, the hole in webkit security has been revealed, now it’s just a matter of implementing to it some cool stuff, that 3.18 already has. I asked about it in this thread:
http://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=43142
please help me
can activation dump on 3.51?
my vita not active
Great Job, Mr Flow! 😀
Can it run TN-X or something other to load cwcheat module like CFW ?
So is this exploit working?
I can’t wait until this sees official release by TheFloW, it’s gonna be awesome. 😀
no free explot again ;( all i want is to play ps1 and emulators on my vita without paying ;(
i wish there were free exploit like toukiden kiwami demo psp version plz 🙁 i really want vhbl on my ps vita 🙁