Release: VPK Mirror Direct Installer – install Homebrews directly from your PS Vita
Developer SMOKE released VPK Mirror Direct Installer, a tool that lets you browse, download, and install homebrews directly from website vpkmirror.com.
The tool has a simple concept, but does the job really well: upon launching, it will run the browser and open vpkmirror.com, let you choose and download your homebrew from there, and then will install it. Check the video below for details.
Other techniques exist such as renaming the .vpk into .mp3 on some servers, to let you download the homebrew to your Vita, then install it through VitaShell, but you’ll have to admit this is way more convenient.
Smoke credits the following people for their help with the tool:
– TheFlow for his package installation code
– haxxey for the images used in this homebrew and of course the website itselfSpecial thanks to the testers:
– Cfw_Hyppe
– corbinraymond
– Dutt
Download VPK Mirror Direct Installer
You can download VPK Mirror Direct Installer from vpkmirror here.
To install & run, please note that you will need to have a PS Vita running firmware 3.60 with the HENkaku hack. To install HENkaku, please check our PS Vita CFW page.
Looking for more? We have a full list of Emulators for the PS Vita, an up to date list of Homebrews for the PS Vita, and an All in one guide for Vita 3.60 describing everything you can do with your hacked PS Vita.
Source: SMOKE
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Now this is much easier than transferring over FTP or QCMA because it takes up twice the space of my Memory Card.
heck yes. this is what we needed
It does exactly the same thing, when the app is downloaded, where do you think it goes before being installed?
It needs some more empty space to be installed and I assume the script deletes the vpk when not needed anymore. So that everything is clean.
What we have here is an app that leads to a good lot of homebrew and where the installation is made easier for everyone but it’s no magic.
By the way, reading your comment leads me to understand you keep your vpk even after the app is installed, just as a reminder you may delete your transfered vpk right after the install is done 😉
Can’t wait to see my playstation 4 to get jailbreak like this.
lol….just…lol….
So why exactly your post is so salty? There is an file access on really low firmware and user land exploits on 3.50 (or something like that). There’s definitely gonna be done exploits in future.
Looks quite useful. I need a registry editor.
There already is one, check out the registry editor from some1.
This is a must download and sort of homebrew network
Nice, But does anyone even like flappy bird? Makes me wanna break something!
that game was made by Satan!
What a great app! Thanks SMOKE!
Wow this slis cool. I hope this can be done on other files as well such as psp backup
Well we cant run psp backups so why would they do that?
Forward thinking mate. Also other roms perhaps?
ok, why not just “pure” homebrew-store app instead of using web browser?
I would guess its harder to set up and maintain.
The browser handles network communication, presentation and input.
Not Really, Have you seen PSPInstaller for the PSP? I was thinking about making one for the Vita 🙂
http://www.pspinstaller.co.uk
how do i install it?
nvm found it 😉
how do you install it? or which folder you put in?
Download this sample vpk file. https://github.com/xyzz/Vita_Doom/releases/download/1.0/vitadoom.vpk
Open Archive with 7zip. http://www.7-zip.org/
Replace sce_sys with the sce_sys file from your VPKMirror download.
Replace eboot.bin with the eboot.bin file from your VPKMirror download.
Close 7zip. install your vpk file the way you always do.
This is Great! The most used feature I use on PS3 is PSnetsrv and due to storage limitation on vita, PSVnetsrv would be the greatest homebrew. With that said, this release accomplishes the same thing doesn’t it? If we can download VPK from a web browser, then it should be possible to do this on our own private networks! We should be able to put a private ip address into our browser and pull up our personal VPKs.
How do you install it?
stick one finger into the charge port on the vita and stick ur other finger up ur butt then shout ” INSTALL”
nvm figured it out……
Yeah, I can’t seem to get my ftp client to reach the vita no matter what I try. I don’t have access to the wireless router, so I cant enable ports. I tried to use qcma but that just crashed and wouldn’t connect to my vita. (I’m not a noob but I’m not that tech savvy either. Since the initial install app for VitaMirror is a .vpk, I don’t see anyway around my problems 🙁
Port 1337?
Could you not rename the file to “seems legit.txt” then attach it to an email.
Set up the Vita email clirnt
Send the email to the address you set up in the Vita email client
Save the attachment+rename back to homebrew.vpk
I haven’t used the Vita email client at all. It occurred to me that Sony could totally write an email app that cant save attachments.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMXH6hzzkd6GSBf1rte7Tw
What Vita is that? I can’t find that metallic red for the 2000. And it’s not the new announced colours either since they haven’t been released.
Its not working well for me. After it downloads and instalas quake and hexen they don’t run at all. It gives an error…
how do you install this I cant find the vpk file in the folder