This is probably how you resuscitate a scene: HENKaku – Native Homebrew announced for PS Vita 3.60, release tomorrow
Update: HENkaku is now out and the hack is confirmed to work on PS Vita 3.60. Users are already sharing tips such as how to whitelist more vita games on the PS TV, and more on our forums.
YifanLU announced a few hours ago the upcoming release of HENKaku, a Homebrew enabler for the PS Vita, running on the latest firmware 3.60. HENKaku will be released tomorrow. It was developed by team molecule, comprised of scene veterans Davee, Proxima, xyz, and Yifanlu himself. People who also helped beta testing the project are well known names of the PSP/Vita scene.
This is, by far, the biggest announcement for the PS Vita scene since the PS Vita launched in 2011. So, um, yeah, that’s big news. And yes, I’m a good half a day late on the announce here, I’ll blame life and my IRL work (as a matter of fact I’m typing this between two meetings…)
This is different from your typical VHBL/TN-V/ARK exploit: those run within the PSP emulator of the PS Vita. HENKaku will leverage the full power of the PS Vita. This will also be much, much easier to use and run than Rejuvenate. Rejuvenate was formerly the only known native hack on the PS Vita, and required the console to be connected to a PC in order to run homebrews. Let’s just say it was not user friendly, and Rejuvenate will practically be deprecated as soon as HENKaku is out.
Bottom line, this is native homebrew, will work on PS Vita 3.60 (latest firmware at the time of this writing), and is pretty much the biggest announced released for the Vita scene so far.
HENKaku will be released in a few hours at https://henkaku.xyz. In the meantime, Yifanlu recommends that you update your Vita to firmware 3.60 if you want to get the hack (keep in mind that by doing so you will lose other hacks such as Rejuvenate – which HENKaku will replace anyway -, mail “tricks”, and currently known ePSP hacks). He also advises to not update to future firmwares, as Sony will undoubtedly patch this.
HENKaku will be compatible with existing Rejuvenate homebrews. This includes for example this list of emulators. Also, Vitadoom.
For those who are interested, “Henkaku” means “change” or “revolution” in Japanese. Seeing a pattern in the naming here? 😉
More on this as soon as I get more than 10 minutes of free time 🙂
Source: Yifanlu
Highly illegal. All these hackers will be sued and arrested by Sony within hours.
Riiighhtttt.
Highly doubtful. Also, NOT illegal.
They are NOT releasing anything copyrighted, and are only releasing their own code, which happens to work on the PSVITA.
They aren’t releasing games. They aren’t releasing Sony source codes. They aren’t doing anything illegal.
Your comment is uneducated to say the least.
Take a lap on the knowledge track.
It violates the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Look at what happened to Geohot. The same can happen to these guys.
Technically, since the Vita had a 3G model, it may fall as a telephone handset. If that’s the case, there are exemptions in DMCA that would make this legal, as long as they did not use any development software from Sony to produce it. With it being mobile, it is definitely in more of a grey area.
Who said they reside in the US?
It almost certainly violates the DMCA’s anti-circumvention clause.
That said, King Reggin is quite obviously trolling. He cited the wrong law entirely (CFAA instead of DMCA), and also suggested that people can be “arrested by Sony” as if that is a thing.
*** dude ?
this is nothing different than all the hacks that have been made for vita, how can it be illegal ?
Lol
Why would they? To protect the security of a console Sony no longer supports? To make sure the Vita fades into obscurity so Sony can forget about ever having made handhelds? Sony doesn’t give the Vita the attention it deserves, and last I checked, hacking a game device was not illegal unless it was used for piracy or malicious means. HENkaku does not enable piracy. Team molocule is just trying to breathe new life into a promising console that was dropped by it’s manufacturer almost immediately after it was launched.
The bait is real
illegal != unethical or unjust….
Yes, the Sony Police Department sure have their work cut out for them these days. ***
A few questions. This needs to be done from the ps vita browser right? So if sony releases a 3.61 ofw, you won’t be able to access it because the ps vita web browser won’t be accessible without the latest frimware right?
Browser not accessible without latest firmware? Where did you get that from? I’m on 3.52 and the browser works fine.
On the PS4 this is not possible, but the Vita works just fine. PS4 needs the User Manual work around to access the browser.
This isn’t the 3DS, you currently don’t need a system update to use the browser.
That’s the 3DS not the vita lmao
So, do I need any game from PS Store for that? Anything in particular?
Nope, this will work from the browser using a vulnerability in one of the preinstalled Vita apps.
Hey king reggin shut up, if hackers cared about legality there’s be no scene. *** off and find a forum to preach on.
More importantly, will this run PSP games?
My question also
Might just make me take the vita out and put Fallout 4 on hold for awhile.
This is fantastic news! But I still have one question: will this work on FW <3.60? My Vita is on 3.36 with Rejuvenate and some other homebrew installed. Is 3.60 the ONLY firmware to support Henkaku? I wonder what 3.60 has that 3.36 doesn't for the decision to keep this exclusive to 3.60 consoles.
3.60 might have introduced a vulnerability that did not exist in the past, similar to how the failmail exploit only works on 3.00 and up.
Compatible with 3.60 only for now, we’ll let you know if things change
From what Yifanlu said, the hack could be ported to lower FWs, but each FW would require a separate port. So, Molecule probably won’t support anything but 3.60.
I see. I’ve decided to update my whitelisted PSTV to 3.60 and hold my breath with my 3.36 Vita in the minuscule chance this will get ported over to lower firmwares or something else gets announced later in the line. Thanks for the help, nope, wololo and Townsperson 🙂
lets see what it got to show us 😕 i wonder if sony tries to patch it up as soon , because i bought a secound vita just for being online and remote play with PS4 and other , i hope they dont try to patch it soon 😐
anyway lets celebrate this event and hope it will get us some where 😀
Embrace your self , Henkaku is coming 😀
Will this help making psp/psx game bubbles? I really hate having to haul around my psp and vita to play all the games I want.
If this can be used to play PSP or PSX games, I’m in. Otherwise….time to get a new Vita?
No drama this time =)
“Full power of the vita”, so safe to assume mGBA and other Vita emulators will run even smoother when compared to their rejuvenate counterparts?
No, I believe this will be the same as Rejuvenate, sorry for the confusion
Wololo so this thing will make all Vita’s CPU cores at full speed? Rejuvenate was limited to ~400 mhz. Correct me if I am wrong?
ja tem um beta teste de uma nova atualizaçao da sony pro ps4 que de deve sair em setembro ou no fim de agosto conserteza a sony vai quere bular essa molecula coisa que ja era pra ta desbloqueado a muito tempo os hackinformer querem vender o desbloqueio
estamos em um site em inglês então por favor, just write in english.
Are you guys using libxml2 exploit??
Holly ***!!! I was waiting for this all my life!!!
I HAVE A IMPORTANT QUESTION. If i update my psvita (currently 3.52 with tn_noob and ark) to 3.60, I will lose my exploits? please answer me T.T
Yes.
yes you will
If this can provide an easier way to install PS1 bubbles, then sure why not. But for now, I think I’ll stick to my 3.52 Vita and 3.18 PSTV until it develops a bit more.
Hey you’re not the Russkie. 😛
Will there be a way to run TN-V still as a bubble on the vita’s home screen?
Good question.
Anybody know???
not yet anyway dont update i am not updating any of my vitas or vita tv’s from 3.18 for this its just an easier way
to run rejuvinate its still the same old thing, the thing that sucks the most is having to visit the site and reinstall the
exploit after every reboot that is stupid. If u have TNV and TNX running DONT update for this the smart thing to do
would be to port this to 3.18,3.36 and 3.52
I’m sure the article stated that Henkaku is better than TNV or any other previous hacks for the Vita. TNV does not use the full power of the Vita yet Henkaku will be, and installing homebrew is easier. Hmmmm, I’mma gonna choose Henkaku.
hey thats your choice all i am saying for now it has a lot more disadvantages like lack of homebrew, emulators and the fact u have to reinstall the exploit after every reboot sucks *** ok, and then if devs lose interest like the *** they pulled with rejuvinate we r done, I mean they made rejuvinate such a hype and then it turned out to be the biggest piece of *** but u go on and update.
Ive Waited Like 4 Years To See This!! What an Amazing Birthday Present!
And this is why I’ve kept my Vita all these years.
Hope has finaly arrived.
Damn this just made my day that much better hearing about this.
people should keep their tnv/ark bubbles in case another kexploit surfaces, its just a matter of replacing the loader
vhbl bubble works fine afaik
Ok, I kind of stopped messing with my Vita right when Rejuvenate came out. I’m on 3.18 and I have Gladiator Begins and Talkman Travel Tokyo. TNV is installed with some emulators and a PSP game. I remember doing a PSV Unlocker through email, but I don’t think I did anything with it. (It was for Rejuvenate I think…)
1. Do you think I should update?
2. If I update, can I keep TNV by using some bubble thing? (Some people have commented to make TNV/ARK/VHBL bubbles.) If yes, how can I do this, and do I lose any features of TNV?
How do you update the VITA firmware do you need a cart? My Vita is still on like 1.x something since I never updated hoping for an exploit on lower firmware.
I’m using Gladiator Begins to run my hacked virtual psp will i still have a hacked virtual psp with this mod?
Should i update to from 3.18 to 3.60?
time to clean my vita from dust.
For those wanting to know more info about the Homebrew visit YifanLu’s blog discussing whether or not to update from 3.18. It’s highly recommended since he said it’ll be obsolete and HENkaku is superior in every way.
^leaving you a reply so that other people will more easily notice your info
I’m using Gladiator Begins to run my hacked virtual psp will i still have a hacked virtual psp with this mod?
Should i update to from 3.18 to 3.60?
And I’m guessing this works on PS TV…?
Thanks
Damn this makes my designer’s blood boil in my vains, I’d like helping to dev something for the vita but am out of free time those days.
Will have to give it a try at least once !
Hoping that Android emulator and DS emulator to be available through this exploit. Maybe some very skillful programmers out there could make it happen and will deserve a massive appreciation for their efforts.
Oh *** yeah ! Finally something fresh ! Ok, my main 64gb card’s full, so if i switch to my 32gb card, will i lost the custom bubble if i switch back to my 64gb and return after to 32gb ? Thank.
Obsolete? could that mean quite possibly that HENkaku might get it’s own Epsp or PSP emu? An Epsp or a PSP Emu that could run natively off of the vita using it’s full potential?
AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHYESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Asking the real question here, If I wait until its release, there is any other way to update to 3.6 when sony launches the 3.61???? because I believe most of us want to stay on the sweetspot of ecfw and see how this works before doing any update change to our devices.
Whoa what the heck? I posted a comment and Beastyxv’s name and email (!!!) are showing up in the name and email boxes.
I’ve been checking this site daily since 2011, hoping to one day see a native hack like this.
Finally, the day has come! Oh god where’s my charger!?
Im currently on 3.18fw. Do I need to update?
Many thanks!
Has anybody set it up on a PSTV yet? I want to make sure it’s working with no snags before I update my firmware to 3.60.
Thanks!