SKFU interview details more on his native Vita hack
An interview over at the PsXtools community from SKFU reveals some more information on SKFU’s attempts at fully hacking the Vita, what he has done and the possibility of a release. Awhile back SKFU teased us with was is believed to be a native Vita hack with a custom app on the homescreen and the reveal of the common app paths along with his obtainment of devkit Vitas. Now the interview with SKFU reveals some light on what exactly he has been doing including a batch of images of his exploit in action, showing off directory access. I’ve translated the interview from German to English which you can read below. Keep in mind that we have no verifiable proof of this in our hands so far:
ps X tools.de: “You have your own exploit for the PS Vita – What is this?”
SKFU: “I’m working on several different exploits, including some less and others more useful. I haven’t yet been any further than User Mode, this time Sony didn’t do a terrible job.”
“For example, the FS (File System) is more secure than on the PlayStation 3, but hopefully it’s only a matter of time. Unfortunately, the problem of all current exploits is to port them and adapt them to a new system, since they are highly adapted to the respective systems on which they were created. In my view, strong measures were taken during PSV development to make sure that there would be no piracy on it. “
“Unfortunately many other aspects were ignored, which Sony has not taken into account apparently. I’d be glad to give details and give examples but as usual, this would in a short receive a firmware update which will lead of course to the error being fixed. So wait until there is a possibility that it can be prevented. ”
ps X tools.de: “Do you have unpack/repack tools PSVIMG files.”
SKFU: “No.”
ps X tools.de: “Do you get help from other programmers of the scene?”
SKFU: “As always, I work closely with iQD, but also with other developers from PSV Scene.”
ps X tools.de: “Do you intend to publish your exploits in the near future?”
SKFU: “As mentioned above it may not be published until I am certain that it can not be patched. I’m not interested in being in a cat and mouse game like VHBL, that would just be too time consuming.”
Well there you have it from SKFU himself along with a few more pictures of his exploit, we will continue to follow up on this story as more details develop. What do you guys think? Are you ready for a native vita hack and/or native homebrew? Let me know in the comments below.
This is just a vita native user exploit. Imagine a vita native kernel exploit. It would give us more power for emulation than a user exploit
No system in history, that I know of, has “died” due to piracy as a result of hacking/unlocking In fact it’s my thoery that user-friendly hacks that allow someone to access thier purchased device without restrictions (as it should be) gives a lot of incentive for one to purchase said device. Also, someone mentioned in one of the comments that those who usually pirate games were never planning to purchase those games anyway which I think is true in most cases. I’ve never heard of anyone who wants and can afford games pirating them.
I’m afraid Dark_AleX has secured the PS Vita… It seems unpenetrateable!
I can donate to SKFU right?
His comment about the cat&mouse is reassuring. I don’t want to keep downloading and reapplying hacks. i just want a fully hacked vita, playing vita games and psp games.
I completely agree with SKFU. If holding off on the firmware to determine its vulnerabilities, so be it. I personally can’t wait for the Vita to be hacked. I don’t want it for backup vita games, but for the homebrew. I bought my old PSP Slim with CFW in mind. I still bought UMDs of the games I wanted. Granted I usually spent most of my time playing emulators, but my point is, not all “pirates” are actually pirating. I really like my Vita, but once I can play some N64 on the go, I will love it.
^ then r u pirating N64 games? Jks, but i would love a console that can emulate games from other consoles. It’s too bad tekken 4 is on ps2, i could’ve had the whole collection legall! 😉
I’m wondering if these exploits are still left in the US store because then people will buy it for homebrew not piracy so in a way sony gets the big bucks for user exploits:D
Its funny actually when wololo informed me a couple of years ago that davee hacked my PSP 3000 for a downgrade, i was literally over the moon, but now im going to get a vita in august and i don’t see why other people don’t understand this but personally i don’t want the vita to get hacked because Sony will get so *** off again and then just discontinue it just like they did with the GO in 2011, and what will happen? our money will have gone down the drain.
skfu is thinking intellegently, why “play” cat n mouse with sony… better play it safe
cant wait for the native hack !! how long until it is released ? take a guess !!
any news about the native exploit ? anything would be good