7zShell modification (VitaShell) released – Extract 7z files directly on your Vita without using ePSP
Update: Download link was updated as the ZippyShare link stopped working for whatever reason.
A great deal of files come packed in 7z archives but unfortunately, the latest version of VitaShell doesn’t support extracting these archives. Fortunately for us, there is a version of VitaShell that does!
What is 7zShell? Why does it exist?
Back in August 2016, VitaShell 0.8 was released for HENkaku enabled devices and while it brought about many features (such as customization) and bug fixes, 7z and RAR support were dropped in favour of support for ZIP files larger than 2GB. While RAR support was re-added in a later release of VitaShell, 7z support didn’t so 7zShell came into existence.
The first version of VitaShell for HENkaku-enabled devices was version 0.7 and that, indeed, had support for 7z archives! Now, I have decided (yes, it is my modification) to share with you all the small mod I did to the VitaShell files that I decided to call 7zShell.
This is what the modification includes:
- Stock (unmodified) VitaShell 0.7 so you have support for 7z archives. This means that you can easily extract ROMs from 7z archives directly on your Vita without using ePSP!
- The name ‘VitaShell’ was changed to ‘7zShell’ so that you don’t have 2 ‘VitaShell’ bubbles.
- The installation directory (in ux0:/app) was changed to ‘7ZVTSHELL’ from ‘VITASHELL’ to avoid installation conflicts.
- The LiveArea screen was updated to reflect the name change.
As you can see, this is a simple modification (to the PARAM.sfo and template.xml files) and I don’t claim any credit for the program whatsoever. All credit goes to TheFlow for VitaShell!
I have simply shared this little modification because I personally find it useful since thanks to DownloadEnabler (by TheFlow), you can download all types of files from the Vita’s browser and some of them are in 7z format. This little mod saves me time as I don’t have to use PSP Filer in Adrenaline (also by TheFlow) to extract 7z archives!
Conclusion
As expected, this modification comes with NO support whatsoever so don’t go bugging TheFlow (or me for that matter) for support because there won’t be any. This is simply a repackaging job with a small modification in some files to avoid confusion and make it easy to install. Obviously, it requires unsafe permissions so get it from a safe source such as the link below!
Download link: https://anonfile.com/a8Zfc9d5bc/7ZSHELL.vpk
VitaShell’s source code: https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/VitaShell
How about sending pull request to the official vitashell? This feature should be in the official app!
Your profile picture here is pure gold.
I was thinking this at first but according to the article, 7-Zip support was purposefully removed (if everything was functional, I can’t really imagine why this was done). Hopefully it will get introduced into mainline again but thanks for the quick+handy patch.
Totally agree, just make a pull request. This seems silly, also where’s the source code?
zippyshare probably isn’t the best place to host this. I used to use zippyshare for apps that I have made but after a certain amount of time they expire making it impossible to obtain them from that url anymore and if you’re like me and don’t make local back ups of your old builds you will lose access indefinitely. I know that this is just a param.sfo modification so you won’t have a dozen different versions but people coming to this article in the future won’t be able to get the file from zippyshare so I’d recommend hosting it on mega.co.nz or github (or even discord if you just upload a direct link here).
PS3 has been improving lately but still this one has no improvement and no PS2 either facepalm
inb4 GPL sue incoming
GG, I needed this yesterday, I didn’t realize PSPFiler had z7 support so I used my PC.
Making the PSVita more independent one mod at a time haha 🙂
Was this really worth writing about? Seems like some people write about anything they get their hands on these days..
Some people need that support. I just downloaded a ROM and it was .7z, so this will be usefu.
THANK YOU!!!
Been waiting for this since download enabler came out. 🙂
@Aurora Please remove the link immediately as it’s illegal. Vitashell is licensed under the GPLv3 and it states that the source code **must** be provided with any derivatives.
hahaha
Links as Removed please upload again. Also thanks for this.
Will do later today 🙂
Other link to Download?
Will be reuploaded later today 🙂
Thanks
> get it from a safe source
> anonfile.com
Yeah, no. What the heck happened to using one’s own web space?
Anon files isn’t unsafe, use an adblocker if you have to (just not on wololo.net). Never install an exe while downloading a vpk file. Also by “safe source” I think Aurora means it’s linked from here.
Yup, by unsafe I mean not to get the VPK itself from an untrusted source. Anonfiles works just fine, with adblock at least