Activating your PlayStation/Vita TV *without* updating!

[Bert960]

I have a question. For PSTV FW 3.20, which exploit game runs better? Patapon I or II?

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[Vita90]

I have a question. For PSTV FW 3.20, which exploit game runs better? Patapon I or II?

I use Patapon 2 and it runs like a breeze.

For a PS1 exploitable game then I'd recommend Superbike 2 / XS Moto.

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[Padre]

Is there any way to pull this off without a ps3? Im in Vt and my ps3 is in Fl atm. Vitaupdateblocker is spoofing but psn can detect im on 3.51 anyway and I need to pull my games again.

[Vita90]

Is there any way to pull this off without a ps3? Im in Vt and my ps3 is in Fl atm. Vitaupdateblocker is spoofing but psn can detect im on 3.51 anyway and I need to pull my games again.

You really need a PS3. Couldn't you rent one or ask a friend to use his PS3, if possible?

For the time being you could start getting the files prepared to then transfer them (preferably via FTP as it's a lot quicker).

[Padre]

Is there any way to pull this off without a ps3? Im in Vt and my ps3 is in Fl atm. Vitaupdateblocker is spoofing but psn can detect im on 3.51 anyway and I need to pull my games again.

You really need a PS3. Couldn't you rent one or ask a friend to use his PS3, if possible?

For the time being you could start getting the files prepared to then transfer them (preferably via FTP as it's a lot quicker).

Yeah I guess Im gonna have to do one or the other. Thanks for the heads up, im getting everything ready (the files)in the meantime.

[B453L1N3R]

Thanks for all those tutorials, I now finally understand how VitaUpdateBlocker works and how its working together with PS3 and PSN aswell. I now realized that I'm unable to run my transfered games as I'm on OFW 3.30 with Rejuvenate. The games requires minimum firmware 3.36 up to 3.50 for playing my games.
[spoiler]Is it in general possible to manually update to a higher firmware? I am afraight that I mess things up for the future if I'm going up to a higher firmware. 2nd question is, if I purchase the EU version of e.g. Patapon 2 from EU PSN store, am I able to load an exploit savefile to get TN-V eCFW additionally to Rejuvenate? Does this step even make sense as the scene is currently focusing on Rejuvenate as native exploit possibility? I'm sorry if this is a little bit off topic, thanks for your help anyway. Nevertheless this is an extremely useful tutorial. Thanks![/spoiler]
EDIT: Okay, managed to install ARK-2 based on the newest qwikrazor87 release. Worked pretty well with EU Demo of Ape Escape as based game. Now diving into this for seeing what's possible now. Thanks for all this. I'm not really sure if anybody is reading my monologue anyway. xD

[Van Slanzar de Fanel]

If someone else has figured this out, I haven't found it.

I've been meaning to install TNV on my PSTV for months. It's basically sat unused since I bought it. Followed all the steps precisely, starting from booting safe mode and restoring it. I have the vita update blocker running and working. But when it comes time to copy something from my PS3, it still insists on needing an update. I don't believe I missed anything, so am I just too late?

[xyzmanas]

Can this be done for a banned PS VITA?

[Zerocoolak]

I know this thread is old, but don't forget to disable your firewall in your anti-virus. This should fix most people's problems with vita update blocker not properly working.