microSD to game card adapater becoming a reality thanks to a Reddit member!
It came true! Xyz’s of Team Molecule (not Yifan’s!) microSD to game card adapter will be produced by someone on Reddit! This is awesome news for all PSVita owners and something to look forward to when it lands!
What’s exactly going to happen?
Reddit member “moredrugsmore3somes” (who should’ve picked a more appropriate name :p) has decided to take matters into his own hands and create some microSD to game card adapters for us all. Initially, he was going to do 50 microSD to game card adapters but after the /r/vitahacks went crazy on his Reddit thread, he decided to do an extra hundred. That means that 150 adapters will eventually be up for grabs on eBay.
The nice chap is even going to do international shipping for us all, which won’t be free, so people from all over can get one if they’re *fast* enough. “moredrugsmore3somes” has already ordered the materials needed from China and will assemble the adapters himself so it will be about 3-4 weeks till these boards go on sale. The adapters should cost $10 but don’t take that as the final amount although I personally think that even $20 would be worth it!
More details about the adapter
The Reddit member has been kind enough to answer my questions so here they are.
- Q:”Is this going to be connected via the game card slot?” (Question was asked for clarification)
- A:”It is connected to the game card slot as they both use the same connections. The game cards are literally just proprietary SD cards.”
- Q:”Will the Vita memory card be usable if you have this connected? Will it mount to ux0 or gma0 (or whatever the game card patition is called)?”
- A:”From what I can tell (I have nothing to do with the coding of the software that makes these adapters work) it mounts the game card at ux0: and I am unsure if the vita memory card still works after it is mounted.”
- He also stated that game cards will also be usable as normal once you unmount and disconnect the adapter
Remember that this work is not from a single person so one can’t get all the credit. Keep your eyes peeled for this amazing adapter assembled from “moredrugsmore3somes”. If you have any questions ask the relevant person from the list below:
Designer of the adapter itself: xyz of Team Molecule. pomfpomfpomf3 of Reddit
Software patches (and presumably the way the microSD card is mounted): motoharu
Person who decided to take matters into his own hands and do the adapters for us to enjoy: Reddit user “moredrugsmore3somes”
Good luck at getting an adapter!
Initial Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/6klhfr/just_ordered_50_boards_and_micro_sd_adapters_will/
Second Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/6ko1ak/got_such_a_good_response_on_the_sd2vita_boards/
Video that set the ball rolling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4QBZkWU104
holy *** first
Last in our hearts
Hey, basically the concept is buying a micro-SD push-pull card reader, print the dedicated PCB, cut the PCB so that it enters the PS Vita and soldering the micro-SD card reader ? And there’s nothing else ? If so, I think I can build some.
Yeah that is all you have to do.
Is there tutorial that explains the whole process?. I would like to give it a try
plz some one put some tutorial about it
ebay? That sucks.
winwin for ebay…
will this work for users unfortunate enough to be on 3.65? whats the maximum GB can it handle?
Considering that the adapter needs special software to work, it won’t. Even if it didn’t require the software, it still wouldn’t work as the game card adapter was not originally intended for use as a memory card by Sony. If you have a Vita on 3.65, your best bet is to replace the motherboard or get another PSVita, which if you’re lucky, won’t take much out of your wallet.
Why don’t you buy an spare PSVita motherboard from china and change it yourself?
It’s not that expensive or hard to do!
Or you could have waited for Xyz to get his batch in and then buy directly from him and Yifanlu? :p
Xyz didn’t plan to produce anything as per the video posted on Yifan Lu’s YT channel
It’s like the Gamecube SD Geckos of old. Except utilising the game cart port instead of memory.
Thats kinda painful not “Yifan” WHat happen to his board anyway it didnt become hit?
1) Yifan uploaded the proof of concept video, so everyone thought this adapter was made by yifan, thats why it is stated that way. Nothing to do with bashing yifan.
2) Yifan’s adapter DID become a hit, it sold out the first 2 batches within hours of posted but the whole project is not finished yet, they will ship between September – october if no delays occur.
It’s legit, my pcb pics bellow
https://ibb.co/jthghv
https://ibb.co/dRJMhv
I dunno about this. I think I’m going to stick with my plan to use the psvsd that I will get from my 3g module backing. It’s nice of them to make and sell these but how can we confirm they aren’t lying and posted this for Reddit karma?
The smart thing I guess is to wait until it’s out and people have reviewed it. Then buy it if it seems useful.
Hmm not really sure what is the point, everyone already bought a VITA and memory card, as this is a dying console not much people will get NEW Vita with this memory card.
I can only see the point if this will enable better hacks, and maybe hacks on 3.60+!
Vita memory cards are expensive and people may want larger sizes for homebrew, etc.
64GB Vita: £115
64GB Micro SD: £10-20
Plus you can get larger micro SD cards.
64GB Sony memory card are low quality and super expensive.
Also, what will happen when Sony stop the production and your memory card die in 3-5-10 years and you still want to play ? Nothing last forever. Buy a new one for 300$ ? ………
Well, if there isn’t a size limit that can be addressed via homebrew there’s a huge point and it’s that 64GB isn’t nearly enough. You have legitimate PSN purchases from PS1, PSP and then the Vita. You can easily run out of space way too fast and since it’s a pain switching AND buying Vita cards, being able to potentially have 256GB-1TB of space on one card would be great if any OS limitations can be addressed.
Then if you want to put all our UMD based games that you already bought and aren’t available officially for the Vita. Then homebrew and the space needed for that.
I mean, get real here. This is huge.
One guy claims to be producing these so called adapters and what does wololo do? make an entire article about it, i swear you guys believe anything these days…
Are these adapters going to be OpenSource? Hope so as I’d like to build at least one by myself for myself. LOL
Great news!
Only problem is no one knows if the software needed for it to work is going to be released or not so making these adapters without permission is kinda stupid unless you know how to code and make it work.
there is documentation on github of xyzz so i guess it is all you need
You’re totally overthinking this. All this is going to need is Henkaku Enso when that itself is released. Proper tweaks to the TaiHen files, and directories is all that will be needed most likely. So of course it will be released…..Just later this month.
The source code of the driver and the schematics of the board are found on Xyz’s github.
I’ve found the schematics, but the .sprx file needed is missing U_U. Hope it gets uploaded anytime soon so I can get into making my own. I’m more of the hardware guy than the software one. 😛
To meka this work , do I need to be on a sertain firmware (3.60 henkaku) , or it will be for all firmware ?
It only works on 3.60
Awsome too bad that i cant get it in iran
Am i the only one scared ? I mean, who is this guy ? Is he wellknown for anything ? I wouldn’t buy anything from unknown people. Since everything is public i guess i will just wait chinese to do it. There will be plenty opportunities to get one from someone else.
150 cards, 15M PS ViTA sold, good luck getting one.
There’s a FAQ thread on Reddit that was posted after this article. Check that as it will provide an answer to your concerns.
You can even create an adapter by yourself. All informations are on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/6khrpz/ps_vita_gamecard_to_microsd_adapter/). So you only have to order the PCB, the push/pull microSD slot and to solder it together.
can i run “road rash” 2017 on it ?
So even the ps vita slim will be able to use these?
for those dont have skills for solder to bad 🙁
for those dont have skills for solder is to bad 🙁
Just ordered 30 pcbs, I will have them available privately, once orderes are delivered and tested I will make video and take privet orders!
I don’t do eBay or PayPal 😉
U.K only!
Racism. 🙁 I’m tired of UK sellers being “UK only”.
🙂
Makes things simple for P&P and payments as lost Paypal many years ago due to not haveing invoices lol
The plugin mounts the MicroSD card at ux0. When it does that it unmounts the proprietary memory card until the console is rebooted. You actually have to go through an extra step when launching taihen if you have the proprietary card inserted. I find it easier to just boot the console with only the MicroSD inserted if that is what you are planning on using.
I’d pay $20 if it was tested and working. Totally sound investment.
You do know that pomfpomfpomf3 is xyz right?
This is only for psvita 3G or for all psvita
For all, this one uses the game card slot
give this adapter to pruduce to china ali
Can’t wait to etch/build some pcbs of my own to mess with while I wait for my 3G adapter.
Where are the chinese companies making statements of them mass producing this when ilyou need them to? :v
no hardware board circuit welding?
Let’s be honest, by now everyone is really waiting for a 3.63+ hack so we can all play new games.
That’s unlikely to happen anytime soon. For physical games the best that can happen is decryption of a 3.65 update file, then reverse engineering the contents of it to make a custom firmware out of it, and possibly add them to 3.60. In other words disguise 3.60 as 3.65 with reverse engineered contents from 3.65. As long as Sony doesn’t play around updating the firmware anymore this will be the only feasible solution.
To those thinking that would be impossible….It’s been done on other consoles. Wouldn’t surprise me if this is what’s being worked on as we speak since no one is interested in trying to crack 3.61+ firmwares completely.
Seems like this guy will encounter some issues… PCB is too thick, just look at SonyUSA’s comment : https://imgur.com/gallery/VY94I
Just to warn potentials customers…
SonyUSA: “Too bad you’re gonna be stuck w/ stupid memory cards cause that *** ain’t gonna fit… you need 1.0mm and oshpark doesn’t offer that.”
PSFR33D0M: “Good thing the slot supports up to 2mm thickness, thanks for the input though.”
If you really think that’s Sony actually going through the hassle of tracking that down, and even remotely giving someone a clue as to what thickness the item should be at, then you’re crazy. They wouldn’t do that. Not to mention I wouldn’t expect them to cuss in their response. More like I’d expect a legal threat of action or something if sale of that item isn’t stopped, followed by a page removal per the sites administrators.
Is this real http://posterpress.us/?ref=2214
F^*U!!!
These adapters will be flooding Ebay soon enuff.
Does this work for any Ps Vita system ? i remember reading it only work for ps vita 3G.
Works for any system, provided it runs 3.60 with Henkaku of course. The one for the 3G Vita is a different mod.
Hey Guys!
I’m also doing a batch and looking for at least 50 units
this is basically for those who want to buy from Manila / Philippines
here is the Google forms for you to place your order.
Thank you!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jRQvREeJohct5g2urJWZ8W1VKhU1vlD0IQ7SqCX5VEA/