Sony PSVita firmware 3.70 released – Game decryption keys not changed so reF00D will still work with the latest games!
In recent times, the PSVita has only been receiving minor updates that don’t do much except add some security fixes and remove features. Now, Sony released FW 3.70 which is yet another minor update and interestingly enough, it doesn’t even change NpDrm (game decryption) keys!
What changed in FW 3.70?
As far as the regular end-user is concerned, FW 3.70 barely changes anything as most of its changes are all under the hood. From SilicaAndPina’s comparison between files found in the 3.69 and 3.70 PUP file, the following saw changes:
- The Calendar application and its background although VitaTricks didn’t get patched so it’s anyone guess as to what Sony did.
- The Near application, which was discontinued on July 31, 2017
- The Settings and PS Store app.
- Some things having to do with the kernel, Twitter and the store checkout plugin
- The f00d key was apparently changed although Yifan Lu still appears to have been able to access the secure kernel’s plain text and get the master key which means that Sony’s measures didn’t change much when it comes to hacking.
Will reF00D still work? Should I update to FW 3.70 if I want hacks?
As the npdrm keys remained identical to those found in FW 3.69 and 3.68, reF00D will still work out the box without any modification.
Thanks to this, you will still be able to play the latest Vita games that require FW 3.70 on a hacked PSVita running FW 3.60-3.68 even though there aren’t an awful lot of games to look forward to since Catherine Full Body won’t even be released in English on the Vita.
If you want to hack your PSVita, then it is recommended not to update to FW 3.70 even if it’s on FW 3.69 as it may have some security fixes lurking around which could make it more difficult to hack. That being said, there might not be much to worry about as TheFlow hinted that the hack he’ll release later this year (which he believes is the Vita’s EOL) will also support FW 3.70!
Conclusion
As the npdrm keys in FW 3.70 haven’t changed, it’s safe to say that this update won’t affect users sporting a hacked PSVita/PSTV. If your Vita is hacked, the only thing you’ll probably have to do is to change the spoofed FW version to 3.70 from HENkaku Settings in the Settings app if you want PSN access.
On a concluding note, it seems that Sony barely cares about FW 3.70 as they haven’t updated the Vita firmware page even though the update has been out for hours!
“even though there aren’t an awful lot of games to look forward to since Catherine Full Body won’t even be released in English on the Vita.”
This is news to me… 🙁
It’s likely someone will release an inserted ps4 patch at some point. It is super sad.1`
Is that even confirmed? Why would they do that?
There’s very little people still using the Vita in NA, and it takes effort/money to release a localized version, so it’s not worth it to them.
Actually there’s not many people using the Vita to play Vita’s junk games. But to emulate better games on it. I’m one of them.
Why are you bothering with emulation on the Vita when you can just use a Switch? Vita has good to great games and is the perfect handheld for sony systems. It sucks for emulation beyond GBA since there’s no point unless you’re bound to smallest form factor with decent controls but you don’t really need analog sticks for anything beyond PS1 games since N64 is hardly noteworthy on the Vita.
Expected a bit more with 3.70 🙁
Thank God (TheFlow) exploit still works.
what’s the difference betweeen NpDrm and food keys ?
Im not 100% sure on the therms, but NonPdrm are false tickets to games you didn’t buy so you can trick the vita to run the games.
Food keys are the encription keys used in 3.69-3.70 firmwares thtat prevent you from play new games on older firmwares, even if it’s an original cartridge game you can’t play it without those keys or an update.
NPDRM is the encryption used with the games, while F00D is literally the security key responsible for all crypto on the device.
in terms of hacking, if F00D wasn’t hacked and NPDRM changed, until a later firmare was exploited to derive compatibility packs from, all games from that firmware forward would be unusable. Basically it would be the 3.60 limitation we saw all over again.
By owning F00D, you effectively can decrypt anything in the system. User, kernel, if it has crypto, you have the keys to the kingdom.
Sony’s attempt to change F00D was an attempt to remove that freedom, but ultimately it was pointless. Having that ability could even potentially allow for actual modified firmware to be installed, bypassing the need for an OFW update.
R.I.P 3.6X
“This system software update improves system performance.”
Lies
MAYBE it really improves performance, but in the Calendar xDD
Thats why it`s not a lie =)))
It was actually party not near lmao I got the titleids mixed up tbh I don’t get why they don’t just delete near
https://youtu.be/JuQRi0M-kA0 3.70 hack
what types of games i can play if i hack my vita FW 3.69